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 ^ ^PPLIEC IIVMGE Inc 
 
 1653 East Main Street 
 Rochester, New York 14609 
 (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone 
 (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax 
 
 USA 
 
TO THE PARISHIONERS' 
 
 OF 
 
 MOA^TEEAL. 
 
 te "'!^:;""'t' "l"l' ^'"='=='" "^^"-S "- name 
 of rhelvov.CapelMoIyneux, B. A., incumbent of 
 the I.,„seo,,a Chapel, Woolwiel," as its author, and 
 re-rubhshed here by the Incumbent of one of our 
 Chapels, as I am credibly informed, has very recently 
 been put into circulation for the instruction and ediii- 
 cafon of our Church Members generally. The object 
 of Its author ,s evidently to repudiate all stated days 
 and reasons of fasting or abstinence, (especially the 
 present season of Lent,) as serving "fo.. ,he n,ost part 
 to foster lamentable self-deception, and perilous delu^ 
 s.on in regard to flie soul's health and salvation ;" and 
 as tending to "the substitution of mere formalism for 
 eenumerehgton,-' and the effect apparently intended 
 to be produced by its re-publisher, is to justify his own 
 practice as differing from fb.t ...i,ie.. ^.,..-V " 
 Parish Church. " ' " ^'"'''"^" '" '""' 
 
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^""- of ou; aurora islr'^'-^'- °^ "- .I,>i- 
 I-actiee, I feel i. ,, 'b, .''^ "f^ "'' »'■"« Cl,n„i,„ 
 « « ".c occasion seems to ,2;? *"'" ^"'•'' "'"'•oe of 
 
 -necion with ,ho offices L^,'"° "''/'^^'-'-"ce, in 
 »;'''or and re-publi.sl.er of ,"';''""'= C""™'' "f <>■« 
 
 V'ovvof ti,e subjeet. "'"" °^ ""^^r schi.s„a,;,: 
 
 Jt IS provided by .),„ op,, ^ 
 
 1 r»ii 
 
 .!' -pI" ^';i»-«mney of ,be Sovereign «. 
 - -"'at the Book nP r ^"^"e'gn, &c. 
 
 ---;Boo.p_,:-t:t--- 
 
 f" «.-aX: TIbe If rf f ^-•*. Of „eb-. 
 Jo"' ftovineei, n./^ZtZa^ '"' ^'■''"« 
 "on bolden at London inT '1 T' '" ""^ ^°"^<'^"- 
 
 i7/' •'-'^in number ^ne tf t ' f """'" «- 
 «a .Jeat,on, to be agreeable ^^ "^ 'r''"' *"^ 
 >V inch subscHntJn« . ^ ^^ ^rd of Gnrl 
 
And for the avoiding: of all ambif?uitie."=i, such person 
 shall subscriho in this form and order of words, scttin"" 
 down both his Ciiristian and sirnamo, viz: I. N. N., 
 do willingly, and ex atiirno, subscribe, to these three 
 Articles above mentioned, and to all tilings that arc 
 contained in them. 
 
 "And if any Bishop shall ordain any, except he shall 
 first have so subscribed, he shall be suspended from 
 giving of Orders for the space of twelve months." 
 
 In •' the Ordering of Priests," the liisliop asks the 
 person to be onhuned— " Will you give your faithful 
 diligence always so to minister the doctrine and sacra- 
 ments, and th 3 discipline of Christ, as tlie Lord hatli 
 commanded, and as this Church and realm hath 
 
 received the same?" 8cc. To which he answers " I 
 
 will do so by the help of the Lord." 
 
 The Book of Common Prayer appoints the follow- 
 ing days and seasons " of fasting, or abstinence :" 
 
 1 . The forty days of Lent. 
 
 2. The Ember days at the four seasons. 
 
 3. The three Rogation days. 
 
 4. All the Fridays in the year except Christmas day. 
 
 The 3oth Article says : " The Second Book of Ho- 
 milies, the several titles whereof we have joined under 
 this Article, doth contain a godh/ and wholesome doc- 
 trine * * * * as doth the former Book "of PIo 'Hes," 
 &c. One of " the titles," here mentioned, is " of good 
 works, first, of fasting,"— and in this Homily it is 
 declared, not only that " the authority which Christ 
 himself used (in respect of fasting) be left to the 
 Church," but that " to abstain from certain meats, at 
 certain times, not because the meats are evil, but be- 
 
eausc they nrc not necessary, this abstinence is not evil 
 and to restmm the u,c of „,eats when tin.e and neces-' 
 ^y «';"" .-"luu-c, this doth j„.oi,erIy pertain to Christian 
 
 liut <l,e nutl.or and rc-,.ulli.he,. of the Tract under 
 con.,,derat,on, h,., n,ade a solcnn declaralion, .ub- 
 
 8m,ed ,v„h their Christian and .irnanu, that " the 
 13ool< of Common Prayer eontainclh in it n„.hi„. eon- 
 
 yn use the form m the said Ii„«h preserihed-'-and 
 yet they dechn^e, that the obser,anee of such days and 
 seasons of fa.tins or abstinence, as are prescribed in 
 h sa,ne Look of Connnon Prayer, does not accord 
 with .Scnpture, " but is rather in direct opposition to 
 It. llie hke observation applies ,vi.l, e.|ual force 
 with reference to tl,eir "subscription" to the 35th 
 Artie e. I leave it to them to reconcile such a declara- 
 tion to their o,v-n eonseienec-as tliey can ; but it 
 appears to my simple judgment, that tbey wlio impugn 
 that discipline of the Church, which they liave solcnidy 
 promised to maintain, subject themselves to the penalty 
 imposed on such persons, by the 38th Canon of the 
 Cbtn-ch:-'" If any Minister, after having subscribed 
 the three Articles of the 36fh Canon, shall omit to use 
 any of the ordcs and ceremonies prescribed in the 
 Communion Book, he shall he suspended," &e., &e 
 I do not see (says Archdeacon Sharp) how any man 
 can, ,v.,h a good conscience, continue acting as a Minis- 
 ter of our Church, who can allow himself either to 
 depart from her doctrine, as expressed in .her Articles, 
 or from her rites and ceremonies, as prescribed in the 
 bervice Book." 
 
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 One of the a>-,„„o„t,s ,„-g,,I, in <I,o Tract, .n..,in.t 
 >o " „,.se,.vance of tin,,. ,.,„! ,,.„,., r.. L^Z 
 
 Sr,r' " ''\ ''""•^^■^ "'■ -'-^ •'-■^' ..-.akcn m; 
 
 OK, „l,o observe tl.o.o ,i,„c,s and seasons, do so flnt 
 
 U urj. Iherefor,, „ocordi„s lo the Tract, tl>ese 
 must also he reiiudialcd. ' 
 
 fast at al ; but that Christians are lel't free to fa f o^ 
 n^t. as they please. " It is „ot (it is assert d).nab 
 Bolute, not an essential dut, ; there is no a li" 
 >"June.K,n in the Kew Te.ta.nent to that etl' ct • fve 
 re now ere ieW™ to fast. SV. are instructed hw 
 
 . "s '-"It- i-h.s ,s truly a .nost notable interore 
 tafon of Our Saviour's injunction : " ir/Jy^SZ 
 not OS the hypocrites," ^.c. According to',, '1 
 mode of .nterpretation, the inj.n.cions-: " IHe 
 pray say Our Father ,vhieU art in heaven," L an] 
 
 beorThe'°"a '■'"■" ■^'''° ""' —<> » tr -^t 
 before thee, are mere instructions how we are to act 
 <^'en we pray and ./.„ we give al™s-but wither Z 
 ore to pr.y at all or give aims at all, is " left ,« be de 
 tertnmed by every man', expenencc of their e^ull 'l" 
 
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 *''•'"' that tl,l., expositor of Z' , " ""''•^'- ^O"- 
 "•^.'i forty ni,,,,,, „, „ ,,'■;;:'•;" «'^"-"o fort^ .,„,, 
 
 ''ith thorn," l,ooa,Ho'u". /' ' ^"■'•-'-S'-oom was 
 
 ;-. -•--..... be r •; :!ir,:: -/>// '^-^/.w. 
 
 ■•»"■• lift He el«„.Iy imiil '"'' '"'^'^'^ ^'f sor- 
 
 «-e, when the Bri,,.., ,rm s ,' , ■; "" "-'>■' -i" 
 "n-l then M.y sAallfaZ "V ''' "''"=" '■™"' ""■".. 
 Ji" not .ememher the .rJjTT'T' "" """ ^^« 
 
 >""» t-''o Lor,l, ana /L..^ - .V J ^.! ""■/ '""".^tere.I 
 prated «vM yW/«„ •' (A~ ■ """■ -■> " ••"'•' I'aJ 
 -'^- -y boa, a,,/ ,.,-, ^ ,;^:- f •) . " I^u' I keep 
 '^y any n.ean.., when T hn '"^J'^<^tlon : lest that 
 
 f • « b; ;:: jx^i cl " "''^- ^ ™^-- 
 
 ""aking the duty of fa,tit of '•'■- -"> ^hus 
 
 •^•) " In fastings often Y''"^"'""?^'" (-' Cor. vi. 
 
 constant and regdar ;„ tie oh ''''" ^^""« ^^^y 
 
 amual and «• °,,^ ^^ ''" .r^-"»"«e both of their 
 
 Wednesday, and FriL, bee. "'"^'^ ''''^'' '^-e-'e 
 
 - "etrayed, on .hf oth rc^liC ''^ "? ^^ ^"^'^ 
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 '""'•"•ficatio,, n„,I ,,,r.,,„ „■ ; ;7 "'""■' ^'""e time for 
 "■" '-»' of Ka.,e„. J ; ^'T";'.'-'-' "'«"'-lvc.s for 
 ;>;ear.s i>o,n ,l,e death of S "ohJ ,""' "''"'" "''"^'r 
 ""•'^"•i,|, s, i,.,,,.^.,, ;^'- ^•^;''". ami conversed (an.i- 
 
 - it "'«s observe,! i„ l„s ;„"""^='' "'"-''"'tall^, „,„; 
 l"'c<Ioccs,„rs."_(„y„,„,/^ ""^' '° « "as in ,),at of |,ia 
 
 »'"i. «a.i.,/l„,ory ,,ns,ver to ^ T," "'" '" " '*"'«"--' 
 "Sa'-"st the l.ro„rie,v of „b ' " '""' '" "'^' '^'-''^.t 
 
 ^^n 'his I,al]o,ve,r •'^ "'■'""''■•""""« = 
 
 ;^^"w.o,,::;t-2h*:"''''^ 
 
 ft-om the rising of ,!,«', „ '^ "■"'•'■' '" repentance 
 ^"J. if over there wa, an ;„ i ," '"'"^ """■" «''^^eof. 
 '»»'e the glory of God l"f"" "'^'"'^'*"^ '« Pro- 
 
 I'^ons to consider their " VT "' "' """■ '"'' »« 
 
 "'"^ to return from ,vhenerth >'' ««• "'eir sina, 
 
 ""; infinnities of the tie , ,d 7 ''"■'" '■""™ ""-ough 
 
 '•^"o". For though most ' " '"■"'"'"'"^^ "'' '«»P- 
 
 f-'i ''e the eonltan? Lr; r ' '"' '""' — 
 
 '.'•""s^ressions call for daUy „'" "'"" ''"' ••""' daily 
 
 r-etico convinces us of anotf "' ^''' *'""' ox,,e. 
 
 ">"' i" a body so fr.:^ and 7 "n'' "" ^<^^^ --^k 
 
 -J pleasures soon oppC.he 1 ' " '°""i''' -•<■' 
 
 ■"•-es on the .lumber nisi "'' ""' '"^'^"-''ility 
 
 "^ to its spiritual concerns w"?'' ""'^ "-^^''-^^ee 
 
 ««' dispersed by frennrri: '"^'''. ""'^^'^ di^^ipated 
 
 " " ' '"^"-''^'^ admonitions; will 
 
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 at length seal it up in the deep sleen nf n r , • 
 
 n.ent season' wherein to turn from sTn \ ' '°""'- 
 
 "'"t 'convenient season' ,"„ Hever l"'"' ^"^""""^• 
 
 'tften be foun.l to cover'; 7^Zn7w' '"' "°"'" 
 a' all. It seemed .oo,l ti.erefe to 1 e n°" "^^ '°'^ 
 « stated time, in which ^en m 1 , r « it *° ^^ 
 
 work of thoir renentanoo A ^ \ ^ thegreat 
 
 "• ^Pnng season, when univer..! n! " . 
 
 ft''-m her wintry sleep .„,! e ' ' ^^^■''''™'"g 
 
 -ioformity, and a conf: I " °"' "^ '^ ^'••"« of 
 
 ri.e from the .:ead ; „d ptt J: «„ JT ' " "'""' *° 
 glory and beauty, to give u " HnT f f """' "^ 
 renovation of alUhins.; g; ^jf ^'7^' '» *"o 
 -. harmoniously reeomptir ^ t 'e 7? 
 Chureh, as that sweetly aceordeth to tl e e.ll of 
 Apostle, 'Awake thou that slee,,e»t ad / 
 
 "- dead, and Christ shall give tZhgh?""" '"" 
 I am, 
 % Cliristian Friends, 
 Your faithful servant, 
 
 Montreal, 19th February, 1847. 
 
 JOHN BETHUNE. 
 
 WyjiLI. A.>D GIB80X, PRIVTHIU, 
 
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