The Correspondence of Nathan Walworth and Peter Seddon of Outwood Volume 109; And Other Documents Chiefly Relating to the Building of Ringley Chapel - Nathan Walworth

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... the Scoole you know what you promissed and the rest of ye Neighbourhood at the Bcginninge, and not onelye promissed, but past it under hand and Scale, to pay v/. when any thinge was found out, and assured for the mayntenance of a minister you also know, that there is a Stipendiary maintenance for a minister, wch, (though not so larg as I could wish) yet, competent, and assured, and I would all the Chappells in Engl: were no worse provyded for, and yet notwithstandinge, you for your parts have not performed your promis nor in any wyse done, as men that stand either upon honestye, Credit, or Conscience, (I am sory to speake it) but what would you have me to say? you are lyke unto those that St. Bern: speakes of qui omnem velint sine sumptu excersere55 pietatem, you will serve god of free cost, but rather then be at any charges you will for sake god, religio and all, thus the Divell accused Job: that he served god for his owne gayne, Job: 1,9. but he was (lyke him self) a Iyer, the prophet David, could say, I will not offer a sacrifise of that which cost me nothinge 2 Sam: 24, 24; I wonder what we would have done if we had lived in those tymes under the Law when the service of god was more chargeable than it is now; I thinke we would have offered but leane sacrifyces; when we stumble at so small a thinge as this, especiallye when after the payment heereof you are freed for ever after; I could say much more, if I were amonge you face to face, but I have not tyme to wryte at large, but I heare there are some amonge you, that thinke they are freed fro paying their money because (say they) I forgave them, butt my meaninge was not so; but thus it was, I was sory to see the Chappell so long unprovyded of meanes, and I saw you were slow Inough, for although you had ...