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Inhabitants and their Welfare he is prepossessed with Contempt or Indifference, and under the Pressures of Indigence, expects Relief only from Perquisites of Office Is it not reasonable to sup. pose that he will be tempted to estimate his Place as a Gratuity bestowed by your Lordship to maintain him; and that an abject Neces. sity and Attention, to make the most of it, will prevent his ever recollecting that it is a Deposit entrusted to his Integrity and Abili. ties for the Use of Society Bishop Burnet in drawing the Character of Scrogs, Lord Chief Justice of England in teh Reign of Charles the Second, makes mention of his Pov. .erty among his other Disqualifications: It was a melancholy Thing (says Burnet) to see so bad, so ignorant, and so poor a Man, rais. ed to so great a Post. But I will venture to affirm, that without the Depravement of Heart, which so eminently distinguished Scrogs, and disgraced the Tribunal on which he pre. sided, Ignorance and Poverty in any Sole zjudge, must inevitably betray him into Ini quity and Dishonour; expose the Property of the Subject to Hazard and Insecurity; cover the un. happy Man himself with Shame and Confusion, Pressure of Indigence, expects Rely only from Perquisites of office Is it not reasonable to sup pose that the will be tempted to estimate his to maintain him, and that an abject Neces Deposit entrusted to his Integrity and Abib Chief justice of England in the Reign of Charles the Second, makes mention of his Po erty among his other Disqualifications: It was tees for the Use of Society Bishop Burnet a melancholy thing (says Burnet) to see se bad so ignorant, and so poor a Man, rous ed to so great a Lost But I will venture Heart, which so eminently distinguished Scrigs, and disgraced the Tribunal on which he pre sided. Ignorance and Poverty in any Sole judge, must inevitably betray him into Ini Subject to Hazard and Insecurity; cover the un happy Man himself with Shame and Confession.
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