Tables for renewing and purchasing of the leases of cathedral-churches and colleges : according to several rates of interest; with their construction and use explain'd. Also tables for renewing and purchasing of lives. With tables for purchasing the leases of land or houses.
- Mabbut, George
- Date:
- 1735
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Tables for renewing and purchasing of the leases of cathedral-churches and colleges : according to several rates of interest; with their construction and use explain'd. Also tables for renewing and purchasing of lives. With tables for purchasing the leases of land or houses. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![| ' ■ ; [ 61 ] And when the Nation is in a Hate of Profpe- rity, the Wives and Children of Clergymen will, and may reafonably, exped to bear fome Propor¬ tion to other People, and not to live in fo mean a Condition, as to be Objeds of Contempt to Per- | fons of other Profeffions. Befides, common Juftice, as well as natural 1 AfFedion, obliges Clergymen to make the belt Provifion they can for their Wives and Children, that they may not be expofed to Poverty and Contempt when they are dead.' 5Tis confeft, that when the Church is under a ( ftate of Perfection, Clergymen muft be content to undergo greater Hardfhips than the Laity ; but in time of Peace and Plenty, when all Orders of I Men fit fafe, and enjoy their Eftates with Free- : dom, under the Protedion of the Civil Govern- i ment, there is no reafon to exped, that in fuch i a profperous and free Nation, they ffiould be con- j tent to be debarr’d of their juft Rights, and live i as it were in a ftate of Perfecution, and Oppref- fion, when Men of other Profeffions are in a flou- rifhing Condition ffor fo Clergymen may be faid to be, if they may not be allowed to make a rea¬ lisable Improvement of what the Law has allot¬ ted for their Maintenance). But farther, ’tis very probable, that when the Cuftom of taking one Year’s Rent for renewing of feven Years began, it was then very near the Value of the Thing ; for we know Money was at io l.'per Cent. or upwards 140 Years ago, and be¬ fore that Time it was probably of greater Value j fo that 2 Years Rent is not now a higher Demand, than 1 Year’s Rent was 140 Years ago : Bj^vkich Stis evident, that neither Churches nor Colleges, have for 50 Years laft paft, taken much above half](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30779352_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
