CIHM Microfiche Series ((Monographs) *^ :'« iCMH Colldction de (monograph ies) ■<■■■■■■ ■.<■>.■. .^ y •^-/, Canadian InstitMta for HMtorical MIcroraproductlona / HiatUgt Canadian damicroraproductipna hiatoriquaa Taehmcal and Blbliograpliic NotM / No«m tMhniqum t bibliographiquM Th« Institute l,>• J .*• ----- ' \ - . / ■'.■.., ■ ■ ■•■ , ■ _^ HMM ^;,^^ ^^^ U'^'9' «»T'i|»''ij.»^^^'"^»^' ■'wr j+v*^ V ^ WHY m I A MEM-.,„„.,„ Dri» Of lU^'V^ij THE ENGLISfi CHURCHr ■J «T BEr:l>. W.VWANE, ST. AWAN'S COll^aE, ENULAND. LOUDON. ' A ■/ yeihiOl find rest fjr yoif .souk." Jcrcmtafc Vi. 16. {fiOfYRIOHT SDITIOlf.) PVBLI8HBD Bt p. C. AUan, Bo<^eUer.and ^t^ttoner. Br^^^ '^^} ^*. J PrioQ lOo. or 12 Ooplti tor $1. ■\:'y^^^f^ f^ ¥ • r«»» ■''^>-.',.^ ■%f. •:-^'?^'-. ■ ■ ama 3BopK«s«z^. v ■ '■'■:'■'.. /:9^' BooImU Cbruti yiailiilig «rt (MetM Melliini, In qtw twlmm lii' ^ l^arani proBdicfttiur, et SMnmento, quoad ea qu» neoewirio ezigontiiry ' • ^ i. hfi^; iUet omvitEooIflaURomana, non solam quoad agenda ei 4 WmniQnianim rituji, Tenun inliia efc^am qu» oredenda sunt. •/■: w BSTMKV ;>-:^f..- To the memben of the SUglish Churoh I address thii little work, iM >^ in which 1 desiie to stir up your pure minds by way of remembranoe! S| Iwiahyoatokmnrtnd undentand your Ohuwh— the Chnreh oi: ?*^i V ^ - ywir ftthers— the Chnreh of the Mariyr»— the Church of y lode H. ^ . ^ '^ ^- «v:' il*3^ 'I JlMMuhor MkiMwia^gM with gmitiM* th« iMirtuo* 4nift€ fim tk« w«fkt«ri»f, A. MtMMtea, aad Um Ldrd BMm^ •TE^. , Tuaoarora, Gnnd BSVer, ,, Ontario, May 19th, 1868 3#' u MhGood mMi^ikm Mqireiteif tod^fheezaminttloii «. 1^ li^ ToTunle nnfil jon ;h»f» • qniei hour to yenmlf. Read it whttt^aloiie; andtfo nirt nirt ttntil y;• ^^^^ ,,V'^^^:^J•.flf_ <•> 41 \i ;-.-'^- ..«i- >. If* m in that fcW, wd ihey have a sort of low for th« «n*_%Wfaf to wlueli they and their ftthera have long b«jB noenaUa^, m% Moht tl^ m^n to Batiify na ? Are there not better aatf iCrongpf TCMODi why we ehould love «ar Church, and oling to it w wBiietMWg that we really valaef ,, . Iiit m theiiput myself in the plabe of any reasonable pewop, f^- g^||5|ielf; "Why amlaOhurohman?'* . j ^' ♦ Ji i;;Sylwt reason is, that the EngUsh Chirolt ki , the same Church in the Orders of her Mmistr; ^ tM* was instituted by Christ and ^ught ^ij: : X *^ ^ - by his inspired Apostles. « ; r f ;^ . ' Oiii rf ^i^ recorded aoti of oar Saviour, in the eilaWtaniii ff W« Awnh, wa» the ordination of tweli5§. ApoaUas ; and befow le kH tUa w«irld, he gave certain din»tiong|neotiBg the manueinitfl ' «tUl chudb, whid havebeen handed ddi|t6 ua in the booia of the "^^ Wi?X^rfOhriaV^at inw4t bhmch (aa in th« JFeirfj^ ' 'Ai«tfl«f old whiA was appointed by Gcdj) thOTe ahoiild *• A^p SSoNtdM or degreea ^(i^ WaniidSntlMMddtflfte^l tital beaidis the ordinary priesta and levitea^ there ^waa^alw; ji« liUA wpUafc miA thertafere Uuee diatinot oiidflnk Niimb< iu. 0| W. mSSSi xilti. U ; Lev. in. 10. When ow bl^Ml .^^ ^ •OOA lantk heordauaed two ordem ef miiii|iteM under hiaiie)^ tte tfSitkl ml OkaBetintyt Matt, i, i, Lukejb H«i« Ihaii^ wat-a SM^itriSiiS^ eatabliahed % ^. tNjifd JSTl/^^hiinaelf answering to tlw H^h; %rtr8.^^^ AttMAiit^iheprieBta: 8. The Seventy to th^Levililk^^^^^^';^^^ SifC the Sanimr in body departed firom ihU^hrld, heleftMfid^ Mm|wriveApo«ia€il(«»»' •€5 'jn '.^l .r;,. v^ (Dmsriti. rite i&^. P' '*>'i ■^ '-»# . t fe^ I- 1 •», { - llitim M their ftllow-Uboorert, AoU zt. 22. ImmedUtely •fl«r Um- •MMosion the AposUee appointed a third order, the Order of Deeeooftt Aoto tI. &i let Tim. iii. 8^ 12. Oooe more the number wee ooo^ d^te, and embraced:--!, Apoetl^i 2, Klden or Preebjten^ 8» beacons. Whiliit the Lord Jesaa wu preeent with them, he alone ordained. Matt X, Luke z, John zz. Alter hie aacensioD ^ezcept in the oaiee oTHt Matthias and St Paul, who were oonBtituted Apeetles bj Ohri^ himself,) the Apostles acted as the ministers of ordinstion. Aots vi, 8, 6 ; ziv23 ; 2nd Tin., i. 6. Under them, and in addition to them, #e find continual mention of tWQ orders of ministers, Presbj-' Cars or Blders, (who are also called pishops,) and Deacons; Aeui zz. 17 ; Phil. i. 1. The Apeetles in all things undertook thegOTeni- ment of and authority oyer the churches, giving directions to the ministers and superintending them ; Acts zt. ziz. 1, ft; zz. 17,85| ' X^i Oor. iv. 16, 21, Ac. But the time was to come, when the Apostlte ihoold be taken flrom the church. Bid) they then make proyision ' for its goyernment after thoir departure ? Did thej make proyision for a 9uoc$$»uM to themselyes, as minbters of ordination ? Let the epistles to Timothy and Titus answer this question. Timothy and Titufl had themselyes been presbyters, ordained by St. Paul. 2 Tim. $.6; Titus i. 6. Towards the close of hb own ministry, when his Mrn apostolical cares had Uigely increased, he appointed theiA to lake the ovibsiqht of two large districts, the one at Ephesos, i^her* there were seyeral Blders or Presbyters; Aots zz. 17 ; the other of ' Crete, famous for its hundred cities. In these districts he authorised them to ezeoute fVill apostolical authoritv*. They were to regulate the publio serrioee or the church, 1 Tim, ii. 1, 2, Ac;, — to ordain' ^reebyters and deaoons by the^laying on of their hands ; 1 Tim. iii. ;j, 14; T. 22: Titins i.A; — to^proyide that sound doctrine should be ^H^ught; 1 Tim. i.3;^iii. 15; iy. 6, 16; 2Tim^L13; il U; .'^itos i. 13 ;-'-H)ommitting oarefully to faithful men the office of teadib^ log, which they had theimwlyes reoeiyed fr(»n the Apostles ; 2 TlMi» ik 2;— trezeonte discipline, honouring the diligent, 1 Tim. r. Vl^ "-r-Mring eompiaints and judging those oomplaiied of, 1 Tim. ▼. 19^ ,^80, 81, 84 ;— admonishing those that erred, Titua i. 13 ; hut rejedt- ' ing those that were heretioal, Titus iii 10. All this )>ower is oom- ittitted to th^m, as a folemn ohaige, to be accounted for bdbre Qod|, '«nd as ftoommendment to be kept without spot, nnrebnkable, (o ^ 6mmg of our Lwd Je9ut Chritt. 1 Tim. i. 13 ; y. 81; fl 18 ; 8Tin>.iT. I.-..;... -^ ■.,■■.■•■-;.■.•.•'; ■•■ -« ^•' J ..- IxJ .. % ,.. '-- —'i ,-rA- >■• 4 ^ Jiy Wi ' >f. . If it not plain th«n, that, aa our Lord l«ft the Apoailii with Aiff authority over hta ehuroh. having elders and deaeons nnder th^m, fo now the Apostles leave Timothy and Titus and others like thfm, nith the name anthority, which they themselves had received tnm Christ? . - The evidence therefore of thi) old and new testament is dear, thai there always existed three orders of ministers in the Charoh of Qodt'. FiBsT, in the Jewish Church there were — 1, The High Priest) 2, The Priests: 3, The Levites. Sboondlt, in the Christian Church there were — ^^1, Our liordj 2, The Apostles; 3, The Seventy. t'HiRDLY, after tl\e Ascension there wore — 1, the Apostles; Zy The KIders or Presbyters; 3, The Deacons. PotfEtHLT, when the vApostles died tuere were — 1, Bishops ; 2, Presbyters or Pi iests ; 3, Deacons. Such wss the prxotice in the earliest time. Onr Lord Jesus Chrifi had his church with ApoHtles and Bishops to watch over it, 2 Cor. xj. 28; Titus i. 5. The Kn}i;lish Church follows exactly the same rale. She has ministers in every parish to instruct the people, and to administer the sacraments^, and she has also Bishops placed over them to superintend and direct them. This surely is a wise arrange- ment ; and what iji more, it is scriptural. II.i^My next reason for being a rnember of the EngHi^^huiTh is, that •' the doctrinea of IRny church are sound." '^ I have shown you from the Scriptures that the English Church is the same church in the orders of her niioistry that was institutsa l^ Christ, and taught by his inspired Apostles But although this is the case, still if her tf/iching also be npt scriptural and true, ^e oafinot be safe in h^r fold. l*et us then t^, and I believe the closer ^e look into tliia important subject, theqaoie ve shall be satisfied that our ehuruh te^clKs sound and whpleMme dootrine, the truth as it is in Jasus. 1 Tim. vi, 3. . Observe in the first place, that the English Church "holds faii'Vto the Three Ancient Creeds, namely, the Apostles Creed, ll»1iioh wi|a drawn up in the earliest ages ; the'Xicene Creed, which was agr««cl to about two hundred years after ; and, the AUiunaBian Creed, abQQt t hundred years later still. \^^^*** #* - • :- . tfrn"" \ V 4 .'A- J Ofp »■;* ^;. ** Jite ^m %v t; j"l J KftTl.~Tli« word Cretd eomM from tk« Ulln vor4 " Ci«do." uid iigiii6M ««! b«li«v«." A CrMd !• a forin of •omA wonii (3 Tim. h 18.) in which w« make a public oonfMiioii of our ftllb, (Malt i. 3], Z%.) Qmt Lord gave • "form of tooud vordt" to tbo /poitlw. bj whiok Umj wmw * to baplixt, i. f ., «• in tho nan* of tb« fatbtr, and of tbo Son. and of tao Holy Uboat." (Matt siviii. 19 ) I'bilii^ the doacon r«iuir«d ol ibw Banock an «xpr«a«ioB of bolior thai **Jmm Cbntt waa iba 8ob of Ood." (Aeta vtii. 37.) and 8t. PeUr ipaaking of '< tba anawar of a food toaid' epaa toward God." baa girao ua lattr*! arlfolaa of tba Apoatlaa QiMd. (I Patar i». 31, 22 ) *^ ^T^ lo tba Craadi tbawoid **CatKolic'* tifrnlfiaa "onlTfiaal, ganaral," or "aitending to all,."— and the term "C«tbolie" wtf appliad to tba ohar^b of Chriat, aait waa hia will that bit ebureh aboutd axiand tbru'ottt all. bationa. Matt, ziviii. 19. Thera li no tpeoial reforaDca whataTar to tba arHng Church of Roma. Ron. li. 19. 21. Tboaa who object to tba ^'Condemnatorj aantaooea" in tbi Cfoad of St. Athanaaiaa, aliouM lemember that thia Creed ia onlj intendiid for tboaa who 'l^'/f or "<^«fire''— Quicuoqua Vult— (aod tberefora bate an op- porlaniij) to be inatruoted in tba Catholic faiib, i a. tba Gbriatiaa Religion. It ia <*tbe fool" who saji in hia heart "there Ja no Ood." PtelM lit. r. It ia Chriit himaalf that declarea, *fha that beliarath not. aball ba damned." M«rkz*i. 16. ^ Bow thankful we shoold feel tliat the English Cborch ia no( aakaaad to oonfeM what Chriat haa apoken f Bead Mark riii. 38. Here now are three aneitnt landmarka, whioh are of great ralne, and which keep us from going away from the truth. For the oloaer we folbw the steps of the early christians, the safer will be our oottrae ; the nearer we get to the springhead, the,pui«r wUl be the water. Then we have a further safeguUrd in our Thirty^ine Artidee whion were drawn up over three hundred yean ago / aad also in our Liturgy (or Form of Prayers,) whioh has existed for a gnat length .of time. ■ • ■'• ■ ,.^ -■.,■■■ -■■,''> But after all, the English Chirah olings to Holy Sorlpttie, ai the great Ibundation of her faith. She sets forth nothing to be believed by her memhert but what is oontained in the Word of God, or ia jigreeable to the same. She is indeed very decided on tliis point '*Eohf ^mpMre (iht soya in her 6th ArUeU,) eontaimeih aU ihimgi itMatanf to tmwUytn. So (hat vhattoeverU not tead Ihereim, f0r ffcrty he proved therthy, is not to be required of any nkmif that it dhoidd he helieoed a* an Article of the Faith, or be thought reqwitit^ or neceuargto talvation.'* Then in ail our tervioes. aa well aa in ^: it 4^.r' I \0% I, %r^ m' ■ if >' • 'ti ■•■■• V t ■■'•?■':/■ .M V ( ♦• I ^>' \r'^ Ti»7> ^^S^rapTfclHF ■ T' I"' 5 ." ** ii •V» ^1 ^|^#a,'* '■.i . %' . *■ ■ M fi Ikt AH{«)h. Ww «lMrIj Uic (vwt aiid lMil]ii(|dootHii«ioftk«OQMd . IM biougbt oati anoh m Um Ml of n«ii,_hia radttoptioo thitMudi Okmt «loi«t-- tli« MorillM of the Son of God fot tbo liiM lo«^ tniie, Epha. iv^ 14. We h«re aomethiog aolid and aubatantial to faU baek upon. We are foanded upon a rook, which never chanMi or waveral « ® It ia poaaible that aome of her Miniatera may bt tmfaithfbl : It if poaalble that Oieir teaching maj be fiuilty ; but the church whoM •artanta they are, ia HiU faithful, tod herdoetrinea aound. Set xiiii Artiolea. tou see then that our church ia the aame church ^n the ordera of her miniatry, that waa inatituted by Chriat, and that ahe ia alao deaf* and aoriptural aa to the great trutha which ahe aetabeforaher memberBr . III.— A third reason is, that the Enclish Chiuch is no neio Chijurch, bul has existed^m the , I earliest times. I Some thinga, truly, are none the better for being old. The elotbei we wear are atrongefjind more comely for being new. Th* hmm we live in U aU themAre aolid and air-tight &r haTiBS b«M ieeaalA« buflt. The bread w<) eat ia all the aweetor and ^ora nntritioaa, Vw haa not lain too long in oof oapboarda. AH f^ being new. Bat tlunoeao with maay w, i"M*«BO^ we want p eomiaelter we ahoald no« oou,-.. • «,„ j« ter. We ahonld rather ehooee a penon whoae iptn haw dtto floilie MperiaiMe, Ifadifteakandperihwaat&k wamtoba^a op aome V^rt, tlfio G«ii«ral would aeleot for thia eJt«rpSt a bindof thian aia bsltai - thingfc V, Cm itaaaeiaywityii m ni .;* t- ■■■ J ■..■T- '■-* f V , )Mi.#rt*. '.t"^' y-r;'^ ) I ■t:. I ^.':-^ - 1 -> a '^'jlfld ought it Bot to bo 16 in^ ten^M HeffTM, wbea Wo iro doeid- tMnippii a bhnrob, to trhioh, wo maj attaoh oiinwltoi; % etnutoh .wQAllti to be ofur gudo diuring our Hfe^timo ; a chiuroh, wbioh ii to mould and form «a^ e<»ni! na» ohoroh, but one that has exifl;ti^for oenturies ? ^ '.^voh is the Ghnroh of EngUmd 1 It dates back its birth to the Vert earKeit tiqies. Some writers tell us that St. Paul himself Ti4tod England, and planted the ohnroh there, when he had Tinted Spsin. Bnaeb, Theodoret. Bom. xv, 24, 28. It is dear thit the ohriatian bhnroli was established in Enj^land long before St, Angos- tine imriTed there in A.D 597, as we read of English and Welsh Buhdps before then ; and there it has existed*, ever since. tJssher,. Athan, Apol. 11 p. 109. iFor many Tears the English Obnrch was under the dominion of the Bidiop of Borne. Fint one error, and. then another, were^roed uponf her) until the truth of God almost Tanished: During this dark and uniliappy period, many sighed for a purra* light. Many of her memb^ longed to see her free herself m>m the jshadcles that bound Iter. At length, about three hundred years ago, a few of her bWn; ohUdren iwo'^i raised up by God to protest against the errors whieh ' they, s^w around them, and to restore his tenth. Then it was that the English ohuroh was reformed. The serrioes whjioh had been in Latin, were now *Qsed m English. The Bible, . Whldi had btig been almost a sealed book, waBtranidated'by Englisli dnirphmen and irt9 read freelT in all iDur phurphes. And\ the false dooi^nes and practices which had gradually crept in, werb at onoe giTonup. . '■■\ ^ I ^ . ^ ' This was what is esUed thk BSFoaiiiTiON. Do not forlmomelit ■unpotethattheohurohof England then had her b^inning. Sho' dt»BOtth«ti sprii^ up for tdb^ first tinie,a«lf die had nprer existed MfiiM. She w«i notyirtf formed at that ttme. . She wis' duly at- i«ilpnr«iidpiuriiM and supfrsti- ttewi ii^Popbry. This rolbrmatiou ^ss indeod « gWious wokb. H aift|EAwra; irrong wat mixed with it, to mim belongs Ae sbtmof bat ftrlltdii|.Wiv^right we may indeed thaok 6od.' «>< i (m? -^ '^ . ^ ' ^'t^widkf toa:%fll b^ in miiid, then, thiiafter^ f«i^^ Htilj^ eBii|th 6(mtintied tolw the SAHi ohureh'as'she Was Mbra iftl'iMily paritod ftom error ia dootnne ftadiireed ftbm tlio d^aioioa ofBome.' /■'•vV-. -"^ ■ ■■: ---'■'-' ' "' .V ■-'■-:■: r^^m--^: ' ' 'Mi- • '■11 ■ .u \- '■ » J U I • - .w: .1' tV't'' 1 1? 1r •^r r^i :;% ;^^^ ; IT) to tht Catholic Faith. ... * ' ; o-. : X • ; AMiut UMMHetf Romao articloa the Bnglun ohwron PHortjiTf, o^^ipM tW are groaiMlod apoa no wawantf of Soriploro, bpi i^h ifpdgoMit lotM word of God. . . ,* •,_♦ ^ ^va ^ We aek Boman Catholica In all lincerHyjjrheM waeUielrreHjIon ^leej of Pope Plue IV) before the year 1664 ? We can %o el*t« «9(^^P^><>1^ . ^Kuieddei at Rome in direct oppoeition to the teaohinj^ of a RoAan Gatholio Bishop, who iays, VThe (Roman) Chnreh dot9 iMdieid€ th« eontrotertyeonoerniiiibe conception of the btetaed VJrj|Hij b60« she eeet nothing abiolutei)«^Iear and certain ooncetrang it T'— Milner e.eiia of con., p. U9, ed. 1842. . , . m\^ « Wbero lithe pratended intiqnity, iofiUlibihty Attd nntty <^f the Roman church? Itiaamyth! / ' ^ Just tfien, m a oarefal gardoner, ^ho dieoovew that hii tree is o^DJ^ered and deoaying, lops off every unsound part and pre«0rves the net J 80 ^id bur Beformen. They did not root up the vhole.trea but tiiey puiged it and oltensed it ; and it hw jprowa iM^d fi*^^ ^ and borne fhut ever Bince. '''■' ■■''"M:\'''--'i. \\ May I not say then, " I love my cfauroh the more jieibause she is oidi her hbaiy head is fc crown df glory." Tho wise man has^ told me; « Thim own friend and ikft father* •friend fonak^i^t^" and I have no 'reason to forsake her. Prov. xxvii, 10. - * ^ « Tljus saith the Lord, by the Prophet Jeremiah btani^ y# in tne «M^« and fee, and atk lOft ths old ^AtHS, vAere it th«$ood iroy, andwdk therein^ (fnd ye fMl find rat for y^ lV;^alii, I \Jm my Chuwh/bwiiw the hw pravjNW^^^ ■ tiioh Prayers m w» need ««• Piibllb Wbwhl|i. v^.; \j' Oiir«ecviee book famishes us with plain prayem, rtwh ai; all ean Ittdentand, and aU oan jV «*»^ too, ^t all our wants are met in these prwrers.' Our Qnsen m VMm, tienei, ttOr mlert, the poor wid6w,.the fittfeolHiaresr, all the ndt luid •affenng, a^ even' 4ke abeent and the traveller iie not Ibigetten.— i then there is a woxd of interaession for the^teifefptsd mA tried, ft» tluid^wVsre praqpering, and those who anin 1^ We MtoKW- t "tm \ 1 r * ^'it.* '^•I'J '« IVft ' ** » t *. (M It ^y^f^^V^Z's^l^^ «iftortlMll<»L^ fvrmiitPnyw mt PmIm fbr Publfo Wonhip u» «iMM Qhien, s^ii V. In the^wpel hy St. Lake we find that our Lord Umtelf gave hii duetplet'^1bri& of prajer, whioh he ezpreiBly eomnanded Sam it ue. Liikezi. 1/4. Bi Matthew has noordod the fket, that both ew Lord and lit apoetltfl joined in a preeomitooed form of praiae. Matt, xztL 30. ' ^ . Agpb, in the €ki^l hj St. Matthew, we are tftpteasly teld that oil BaTienr auide nae of a fom of prayer in GetbaeMaiie. Hati snrit 44. And in the writings ot the same Eyangelist we read, thai it waa when the Lord Jesns was engaged in a form of prayeir, that he breith- ed away his life on the ernes for onr redemption I Psalm zziL 1. llatt. xrril 46. TteBD.-^Forms of prmr and praise are anthorised by the teaeh-^ ing of the Apoetles, and by the praotiee of ^ prfaniti?e ehueh. St Pavl prays that his oonyerts at Rome m^ht "with one' mud a^ one month glorify Qpd." Rom- xv. 6. He thanlcB G^ in the same Bnistle that they liaTe obeje^ Dmm the heart that *
. 'If the Apostles apd early ehrisUans^werp obe^Keiil t» their Lord». cMRMnandj find who shall presume tosay they feiW^} they jo|no| ill iihe LittTs Prayer bj his own dUieeliona. Lul» a^ «' ^'* ■ T . .1 V • 1 :f: "1 ft 'P 1.^i-£^»^iJJs^^irtS-'«5~"»js'^«'! -sf-i' i^Jx* «ii Y„)^ie.i5Vi ^^t^\ L t>^^^ A2^i» J •*', ,.>*\ • y K:^V Mft'- '("Iw^'iT •.'■•'*»^o'>h«atch»ated«U things, and islthy '^•225,!'**^ ■?* "^ '^«« o'eated" I Key. 17. 8,11? ' iJSStv^r*^^''^'^*.*? *»»« wrvioe of the Sngliah ebnrah, on tlie SZXf^*il\**^u\^P*'^*^^"^^****'*™«'«^'«».'^^^ well to «! Sr2me^tS"VTwr"*l^ Bible, it giveen. a repetition of iVntlSlr «J1^ and that If we object to a recitel of the ai^e wordi GoT^Thr *r^ V^"" example aetua by the moat Holy Son ^f iZ^ii^'^'n^'^' j^'l'^'^^ ^y *^ *^"^ of (^r Lord Jew ^!5 * y* «ff ^ it has been beauti^ ftiBy said of my toother land,-«with all thy iLnlts I love tliee stiU? W*-^ tat i j||i valiia «n mf^ Churoh, becauaa aha^nabi • fliil "'"■■■^■';::-'::-riv ■.•■'; itandaiial^ '.-'■,.■■..; ::>v, ^^^'m^ .«MW^ aw iSkdown in IS ?* ' /"Vi- ■i? *^ 4 '>.;*^ i -V 'Vi. •■ ^^. ^_.s.i^^^U^^^&Mi. iaK(aii!W5W>«ow»i.u,««„, . ■ -■••iNRarii. V.X«*,ifc .«t.,*«5^*V: :vl«kw- ^ '%: 'Vii^i. .<"*" V V. V/i' ' / V ^^<^l '^» (t^t***. •" •rtio1«9, and fn luM* prayer Jboolc, Mok cl«u; aiid bonttd fteteMeata of God's truth, that the doet indeed^ eenre as a noble hnlwark sgainsi Bomiab oorrapcions and other errors. .' Vo ohuroh on earth can be kept entiiflT flirii sap to all erroneous and strange doctrine whi<£ may be knooking ai her door for adminrion,, " thus &r, iMid no ikrther ahah thou go. Pare not to introduce your corruptions within these saored walls." Hence it is, that among her deivy there have been, and erer will be found, many bold and suqcessfurohampaons of divine truth. And the strongest and. ablest writet^agwinst false doctrines, which Sniop* hss produced, are for the most part Bnglish ehurdunen. Tes, a noble army of witneB8c| indeed, who, being faithfU unto death, iHll wear in a better world their '^oroirn of life." Bey. ii; 10. ! - ^ .; Vll*r<^ain, tho English Churoh providei ft>r her mtniben bi every ttege and eondition of life. ' In our infancy she brings us to Christ and puts ns undor.hin sheltering care. Mark x. 13, 16. This she does in the sscrament of baptism. John iii. 6. Matt, zxriil 19. NoTi.--^We know that the <«little ones" of Israel eatetetf into eoftnant With the Lord their God. - iDeot. izia. 10, 12. It wair iii ias^ alio that . God's own people were admitted into his ohorch. (Geo. zviL 10, U.) * In the Gospel b^ St. John 6,) the Greek word <*Tis" translated *% man" in onr Bnghsh blMe, liffaiSfs '^anyone," whether a. man, woman, ^«tohiId. Car farioar himself haioottfirned this truth by applfbl'tho word ••man" to an infant. (^ohnstL 9LX; We should reittiiaber thia when resding John Iii. 5. < We know that nations iure eompoeed of men, women and ebil.^--a- t'>T 'iff- fey . ' M \^4 T *■' ■•-■■■■: : r toitt* jTbeo lift b denrtadftbm ^fwJ^' ?*'• ""^ '"'" into «>ei«JS! to ttSft^^toS^iS.?^^ "**. ""^^ •esiiiftiwBiii*. ™^'^^™"'^ 8.»tk«»»»!, ♦J -^'' /J t\fiil}\ i^^^g^« ( ♦ .ft y r ** OlittM tht Item uent of k«wiiiy •V. 'fit A ^ V r^i V t *1 A. I ^!^' ^ I. *' ^'^-. ," 4^ '-* 'l 'I 1»i > ^ -/ ' 's'^^^J^ ■^* ' " ' T^'^SH MlM N v-'tiM H « " ?"^^B t « ' •K'.j^ ^^^ IP u . ' * ^ J.i*A '5. tjjtsi^^l W« an (ndeed thanldyi! to 1>q ftUe to ■■> thai Mfty M tha Bdrt •nitteiit Siinto i^ldflk B«rom iM pMdtMed, iMtf bi«« aiUMl UM^ bate or Cl«fgj oTUm Sogluii Ohnnlu .. . .< \ AI^ I know iliAt Uion art lome anOqg il^ li^ ift i l#ate ^ kid a ae^al to the body of whiok they are pvofiMNd membiibk Bo it. «hr«r IriD bo M oroij ohriitian aooiotj. Tbero «raa one tnitor. Jiidaa, ainOngat eleten faithfnl ApqaUea., Bat then an in our oom- mnikton mon niOlj detotod and oonaiatent ponona than in any othen ThoiPO ia acnnething in our leUgion which promoteagoilube piety^--- iomethin| which keepa va hunble, and makea na uon nady to adon^— ^ the doctrine of ^ onr Sanonr by oof Uvea than by onr worda. then an, 1 belien, viany true aerfanla of Ood in other chriatiaB bodice. B«t it haa been tnily obeerrfd, that when a jpenon leateo onr chonh^ he imnkediately bcOoUMO aclr-eatiaftod and higb minded; >A*-inOn oanfnl abont^ deotrihc thiii abont praetioei— ^nokre nady to tllk abont the Qoti^ than to live byGo^mla. We And an^ MtaotUi d|dpQ«ed to iqpeak nncharitebly Of othCrt,~aiid mon anJuon* to ffixi men over to their own party, than to win them to Jeana dniat. : Bat yon^christian ehonhmen, *• he yo djpcrt af tho wordj and twl lieannooly." Jame8i.22. \ lX.-*-Anoth^r v«ry ttrcijM r«aspii why I would oling to my Chweb 4; it beoauM I bve Unity, iind I know that my Saviour ': ■>;• * ■^<-:;,/■•lov•dalld•pray•d^b^lt -■ , Ho# Hte ^l^i&At ihmla noilnity&PiaeralorlloncDdb^ Oqebody of ohristiknl hold In^iiit B^pUqn-Huwth^ iiQectk One body topidi that the Sacramento an atall bjndii^i annthrr iokol thiBOV, On^ hqdy ^1 th«i|iaalvea BpiaeopaH ano^ nneot tl^ titlt wU^iadaiii: Oi^e body, odl iMnehea PprMftamto; another tna, atedOttr oiiHi tl&^na Wipmi, '"Xm''^m^ wtt'mmim miMik$ or^Bm^eyiMiiaafca; another at g^>< ^b ^i jto ip. Obe ttodv ' im1nto#nitoJ(hi^ (^ bodrirtj^^ : '.%5 ' .;' i-l!'. -■ &;■■■■'»■ .'3 T . •').•. - v« •cf^^'^- ^1 \. v.... ?*i 'j- . /. . V % ■.-•''•: • • ''»-^i|tf ■ - ■ •»* ' ■■,-•. -^ : ■ ■:•. ^^'^';. ^ ' • ■, ■'#•, ^^^X- . \ .■'■..■•.. ■"■'•.' v' . Bnt in Ui« SagUili dmidi tlieri it'i lerfptturt! bond b hn Iftiingir, ifetdf and •rtial«i, wMoli biild «11 Iwr nMinbtn t^gMlMVi tad a lafli , jr»ll|7iag*point, wroojid which we may all gather. * ■ . Om great alo of the preaent day ia want of aoit7,-T-di?iaion among ehriatiana. When we look at our-pariahea, and aee men diTidod on that one noint on which they ought to agree ; when we aee them on' the Lord a day (instead of getting t(»ether in the aame honae of prayer, and approaehins their heaTonly Father with one heart and C «(M Toioe,) divided off bto parties^ and looking coldly on^one another ; thia ia not^thia cannot be right. It ia a hiuderanoe to religion. . li ia a atttmbling-block to car weakir brethren. And what ia wcmie, it ^ k an offance to God. What doea his own word any on thia' flobjeet ? In St Pivl*f> epiatle to the Bomana (zti, 17, 18,) we read the following worda : • <* Now I heueeh yon, hnthrm, mark them which eavte (UvmoMi aiUl tfeneei conirarjf to the doctrine ye have learned. a$td avoid them,-^ For they that are inch eerve net our Lord Jeeue Ohriit, and bjf good worde and fair npeeehee deceive the hearteofthe timfle." In St. l^aal'a . 2a whisli V ■hnul)cli«ve ounie throw their word, th^t tbit At^ mat VftONV ; .M.t]|Qf9| Father, lirt in wa and I in thee, thav tbit a^ WAT sn on JPRUB, -thai ihe«crld may beUere that thojL 'm,** <*« tjk-i - V. V n . ». •tt' -»-*: •j-msmm^^ W,-': 4"^^ 'r/^v;;.y..;5')?;-i-i|*> *♦■ }■ \ . 1 do not Mj tW ef«ry one who difMents from U\e Sngliah oharah BiiiBt needs be guUty of the grave offence of achiflm. '^ine, I know, hnte been driven to it by the OjKuroh's n<^Iect in past years. Sonie haye been bronght up as Nonoonformists from their ehildhood. And others, through ignorance of the church's claims and the ohnrch's teaqhing, have been led to join what they realW imagined to b« a purer communion. .- \ Bnt those who have lightly, and without cause, separated from a church which is both 80un4and Scriptural, evanglioal in truth and apostolical in order, either because it suited their convenience, or be- cause they took offence at something eaid or done by their clergymen, have indeed been guilty of that sin, and have thereby incurred God's displeasure. May it be our endeavor to promote that unity for which our Sft> viour prayed. For surely if the world saw us united, instekd of sep^ •ntec^ praying together and drawing the cord together which bind» tui to otie another, it would believe that God was among uii of a truth, tad the old hcAthen exclamation would be heard once more. " See how these christianR love one another !" To conclude this part of my subject, I am a Churchman':—- I. Because the English Church is the same church in the orders of her ministry, that was instituted by Christ and taught by bis in- qpired Apostles. II; I am a Churchman beoause the doctrines and teaching of my dinrohare^ sound. III. I am a Churchman because my Church of fSi^land U no new Hhurch] but has existed from the days of my Si^our and his Apostles. IV. I am a Churchman because my ehurqh of |EngIand provides me with a Litur^, [that is^ with a Form of Prayer for pablic wor- ship,] exactly suited to my wants. y. I am a Churchman because my ohuroh of England hoiioiin God's &oly Word h^ introducing large portions of it into her mhnam, YI. I atn a Churchman becauso my ohutch of Bugland makea a firm stand against error, aod is a noble bnlwafi; ugainst Bo^uq^i cor- raptionB and other errors. Vll. I am a Churchman because my i^iurdlkof BngUnd provides ^rhet membera in every stage and condition of lifi>,*^frimi the teii- 'der i|^ ql* infk'noy to the time when in ripe'old'llge my body iil ooni- mitted to the dust, msure and certain hepe of the resurrection to /^. h 'V- B ii. ■ tv ^ } . « 1?' ! Wr- tr'i mK 1^ K" ' ' KH F''""- .", -_ «i, i-' » ■{. -s* s^- Pji^-I^l' ■■ *■■ ■ 'W'-' ■■ ■■ ' VIII, I am 9 Oliurohjuan bcoauM nijr ohuroh of EngUud has nurtiurod iio uiany holv mon among hor monibora, iiian^ of wbom havo scaled with thoii hfo-blood thoir iostimony to lAv Faith. IX. I am a Oharohman Ixwauso I lovo unity, and I know that my Baviour lovod and prayed for it ; and should I then leave my Chiuroh of Kngland ? Oh. bid mo leave all else on earth, The near and dear I've known, But not my Ohuroh of Bngland, My Fathers' and my own. And now, good reader, think over whatyou have road. Think of the nine points on which I have dwelt. Thus I hope you will be the better able to give an answer to those who may oudcavour to dfaw you away from your steadfastness. ' Remember that our answer should always be ^ven as St Pe^r says, "with meekness atad fear," with that christian meekness and gentleness whi^Hbe«omes God's people ; and with that fear or rever- enoe which so^portant a subjeot demands. Those among whom we are thrown may differ from us ; they nuty not see things as wo see them ; but never let us be tempted either to feel harshly towards them, op to speak harshly of them. Rather let us speak lovingly, kindly, meekly, reverently. Harsh words wiU only wound, they will not convince. \ ^ • It is a happy thing to be follv persuaded in one's own mind, to have our footing firm ; to feel that wo are right, and that nothing shall move us mm our strong position. It is a happy- thing to be churchmen from choice, — churchmen from con^otion,— cI|Lurohmen who cling to tJieir church because they know its value— who love it as the fHend who helps us on our way, as the kind mother who so care- fully provides for cur spiritual waints. May our ohuroh be more and more dear to us f May we be drawn more and mOre together, as members one gf another. Above all, may we look more and more to Christ as our great and living head I o And may we love as brethren those who belong to HU &muy and house- hold! Now, suppose for a moment that we wished to make a long voyage, and we were to go to one of our sea-ports, in order to secure oar pas- sage f n some trustworthy ship. We might see perhaps in the harboiir thre^ or four all bovnd for the same port. But if one was pointed out to us that had already piade tho voyage, and had conveyed in I: M ;•' A 'i: ^-.>''., u/9 ' ■■:.).■■ ■■y .;.:V' J\p i' ^ -:"'^:'. ■■■, W • ■ ■ ,l.4 i ii ' . -It. ■ ■ ■ .:::yymm H' ■f- 'i^: < •>>' ... '-.W' If '■ :■ ■. f'\ r^ «*• ■ ':K ^^ It.,'?,- ■^''ra t^-^ *».-,.■- = if"'; J r. " •'«. J hi ' ' ten VKl B 1^^ fcas , ire- ' ■ '.-iC ', liN i . %1'" '«",.! -;" kwn ;; J"'/; aay Lnd ^ ' xV l"- ' X: ue- . '* '^ - , ,K 1 fl. »ge, 'V' 1 '■■¥■■' [»»• 1 -9 oiir ^,f ■■> ' ted I in»( 'ir i ( '>!'' V'».%^-v, •iiA)ty Uioualids of poi«ea}i;6rfl,-^n^ ihit had Wtiathered many a Irtomi, and had fthown limit thoroughly msa worthy- Bhould we not si onee say, "thin in the ahfp for me; there may be others of a newer and more attractive anpeaniQoe| but tQ this Yeiael I will inist mjMlf with the fuUefit eonficlcnoe. .# And 00 we may trunt to oar chnrah, — the chttroh of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth. 1 Tim. iii. 15. ' Of oonrae 8he oannnt save UH. Christ alone eaii do that. Buf (die is a vosiwl of nafuly, in which we may embark with porfbot oonfl- donce on the voyage of life. Sho has borne others safely to the ''far off shore" of a better land, and safely too will sho bear us if wo truivt to her guidance, and oontinue fAithAil to her unto death. Rot. ii, 10. But it vrilt be necessary to boor this constantly in mind. The oburoh wo belong to may be pure, and sound, and tmo ; she may be a safe guide to us, and a watohfiil guardian over us ; we may delight in her scriptural services, partake of all her holy ordinances, revere her Ministers, and take a lively interest in all that concerns her- and yet wo mav be found uniaved at last. Wo may bo devoted members of the visiole church on earth, and yot have no part in "the general ossemUy and church of the first-bom which ,are written in heaven." Salvation is in our Lord Jesus Ohritt. We must find our pardon, our aco^tanoe, our peaoo in him. He must be the rock on wiiich we are built. We must be washed in his atoning blood. We must be sanctified by the Holy Spirit We must live upon Christ by faith 6M)nk day to day, and lay hold on him for eternal life. If this little work should fall into the hands of any thoughtful and earnest dissenter, I would say to him, my christian brother, I wish to make you a churchman, not because 1 want to add to ournnmbei^ and swell our ranks, but because it will be better and happier for you in the end. By retoming to the ohuroh of your fathers you will be taking a stq> well pleasing to Qod ; you will be olosini; up one of the rents which haye been made in the christian church ; you will find a safe resting pUoe and hcmie for you^ soul. Jer. yi. 16. And you who are ohurohmen like myself, I vrifdi yon to haye a firmer hold of your church. I wish to see yon hearty in your attach- ment to your own commiinion ; I wish so see you earnestly seeking her wel&re ; I wish you to take a deep inter^t in the work she is doing; and feeling that eyery member of her body is in one sense your brother or sister in Christ. f '\ -v.- / ► .'«&». PftifC TeX; 80 ■ifJli . do anytliiDg Ow fan Mire 7O#0barohr d , „ , Ifflipi*? Then do it with all jrour hoort. Never be ashuned 10 aUoM90i fbr vour oharoh wKen spoken against. Speak of her at those why foel heartily thankful,--yt«, you may feel an honest prid* that you "belong to such a fold." John z. 16. The English Church has bo<^n, and is still, a vast blessing to th§ world. She has given us a woU-translated Bible, and a Sariptaral Liturgy. 8ho has boon honoured by a noble army of Martyrs, and Jl glorious company of dovotod servants of Christ. May her bonq^ sii^s be enlarged ; may tliousands have oause to call hor wall* "°-* tation, and her gates, Praiso !*' • '^ Churohmen I look upon your ehuroh as a nursary for heavflf. Be anxious to see many flocking into it ; but still more anxious 1^ thOM who are in it sjhould bo mion aind women whose hearts aragma to Qod, and whoso treasure and home are abovo;--^who love tile ahlp,l as it wore, in which they are nailing, but whose oyoA are flzea on that better land, to which every wave is' bringing them nearer. And, happy thought I Otur|^d and gracious Hhepherd has not only provided a fold or ohuj^^n onrth for his sheep, in which their present wants and their prcsc^jtl safety are provided for, but ha luui provided foa^tbom a fold ttbovo, i* which they will be perfectly 'ufe, and pctfootly happy through all eternity. In that fold 6r oiinroh aljovo there will bo nothing imperfect, nothing wanting. In that fold there will bo no sin, no dtvisionfl. From that fola there bo no departure, no going out any more ; — there, there will be no ', no sorrow, no weeping, no douth. Qod shall wipe away all I from their «yes, and the days of all mourning will be ended* Qod give to you and me a portion/ and a plaod oboroh I May yon be in heart updisoul a Chrit I ■', ,"' ♦,*• 4> ■Mv;%. ■vt*^^ The following lines «re copied fn^ the i^ the kind permission of the Editor :-^ mi LEtVE JT JCHURCH OF ENGLMD. ihmui/' <*' I, leftfe my /Chnroh of England, [i iWhat, aS^y vtper-Hsting her breast, Whereon my strength has groiim ; Oh, bid me lenye all dae oh earth, :a rl- rfx "V ^■>.^ s , . « '1 %Ji.tj(,'*»jii~t^t^Sit.* *. ^jfj. >4,{J^>i.^ *.Jim^t^i If le 3« en P," «t ■ '■-,'• • iDI oh he 6r Id vce no aU ♦,^'- ■ Ml ".-: ^;;.:^^ 'f^-r ii aadifltf I'^kiiMWii Bttt not oil Chttfoh of Kih^)»ii<1, - "} My Fii»«n' tn4*i, • «^V^ ■y ,». ..To ZkMiV^tj ^ir Mid iNrigbi, ^ ' Where ChriBttlM Lord hath i^ne— ; ' ! • Bhe follows in tb^ steps of flim-^ The life, the truth, the way, >• ' The " Morning Star" to light my feet, From darknetpunto day. Then hear, my Ohnreh of fiSngland, '^ ' Thy ohild podaims a vow ; Qod grant His graqe to keep the pledge, Tbit Ood doth witness now, ' i >' ''^^! L^t others leave thy arms of iov«, V To build their pride a throne, My Chureh shallyei be dear to me, «r. My Father's and my own. "Hold fast the form of sound words." 2 Tim. i. 13. "Te should earnestly contend Ah: the faith which was once deliver' ed unto the Saints." EfMs. of St. Jude, 3rd verse. »^' 17. — — — ^ — -- — , — - — • — "If ye know these things, ha]^y are ye if ye do them." 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