CIHM Microfiche Series (l\/lonographs) iCMH Collection de microfiches (monographies) Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques rf^-tQQA I ^i(>!ic ri)n>iii;;i I! ■!l v\r II V Tit! i; K \'" i» !; Ii !: \ I \i ( . \ r 7-: C O T J ]_3 E ]D x i'K't'. K ) Cfiil 1" X O INT . I'. \. WW I'l l'.l.l-lli;ii |;\ ' 'i- .v ' ' ' , I.I iN I H ,\ i.\i;r .\ I. \ \Si .\ 1 1 'i;i i\T( ' l:IMi l> VI nil-. \[,\ KiiUSHK >IK.\M !-(;k»|.>. |..j\.„,«v, ,,m THE \i ( V, J APOSTOLIC ORIGIN OK tup: CHURCH OF ENdLAND; Her Apostolic Constitution and Doctrine, BY THE REVD DR. BEAUMONT, Rector of Trinitii Church, MitchcU. SECOI^ID EIDIXIOlSr. Price, lO Cents. PUBLISHED BY E. A. TAYLOR & CO., LONDON, ONT. HART >^ RAWLINSON, TORONTO. PRINTED AT TllK ADVKKTI.SER STEAM PRESSES, LOXDO.N", OXT. 1875. ■^ * * (II hn as (1 in tor toi PRF:FA(^E to TlfK SI^X'ONI) KDITION. The very favorable reception of tlie first edition of the "Apostolic Origin of the Ohuicli of Kiioland " has inchiced the autljor to enlarge this Second issue, so as to present a lirief hut connected historv <»f our Church, from Apostolic times to the times in vvhiclj wa live. It will now })e found to })e a useful little manual for Confirmation-candidates, for junior students, and for Church -people in general. Mitchell, Ontario, | Nov., 1875. j TABLK OK COXTKNTS. Phkijmin.\i{v .... First Convkvanck of tmk (Jospkl to Britain Antkh'itv of tuk British ( 'unu-ii - Arrival of the Moxk AuorsTixK Intermediate History .... Rise of the Papal Power The Changes lv the Roman Church The Reformation The Church of England Extreme Ritualism The Union of Christendom Destiny of the Church and Conclus A 10 11 IS 21 '27 in relation to Dissent 8f) - - - - 49 - ol sioN . .54 APO stitii eccl( the .^ are < Tl wliic Ly ] Rom Cliri can ! of tl falsii no a: estal L THE APOSTOLIC OiaOTN RITA IN - 7 10 - 11 - IS - 21 - 27 - 3'^ Dissent 89 - 49 - ol - 54 OF THE CIIUKCII OF ENGLAND ; uv.u APOSTOTJC CONSTITUTION AND DOCTRINE. Tlio early annals of tho Cluncli of Kiiirland con- stitute one of the most deeply into-esting sections of ecclesiastical liistoiy. Little, however, is known on tlu» suhject hy ordinary readers The following' pages are designed to supply the lack. There are two common and widely spread errors which it is necessary to correct. It is KUp])()sed, and by many believed, (I) That the Chnrch of P'ngland originated at the Reformation ; and (2) That the Iloman Catholic Cluirch Avas tlie first to convey the Christian faith to the British Islan of this Jittlo treat J. That tl ^' t'N-idonce, tlio foil i;^^-' to cstahJish <>l",iiVlIli>i, J^eacoii Rom :.n,^:T:^^''^'Ji'J^n.la., "^^^I'ln- t'.ict,< •S, -SYj? '^if' htfndmh of '■s and a,M,,issi ,,i ,;.^.J^^y«;^w 1,,,,;,,, t;,o ti,-st - I lifit this (Jhurcl >o C'ounti'v of the Church of Rr^^::;^;;;;;;^^^ th e »• ihat it never novation,'- f*a[)acy until after t] came fully „nder 'th^ control of rii.'fe"' -'■.■.■et,i;,:'^ sS;'rii!«?«)- -'' ti,at *loniinati fo) 'e '^'^ l>i.shop >n of the P, •till I>r()tested .,„, 'i>o, on the ground tJ,at \ '.,;^?^i^!'*^^^^^^™ation,th once and for ever assei'ted ] agani.'t tlie c was a t^' Church of Kn' authority i„ 6,;,^' «i;o .si.„,„ ...::';!;;, 'fi, -';;;:;;_ at this j;,,,^ e:;' Cl.m'ch of the „ati„„, J,^ '^' '«" ^I |>os,ti,„. as the •catholic "a,„l Apostolic "* ""-' '''lurch ■OIKS, but will v,,|ica;;";'j7* r^r" ■"^"^ -<-•"■ Wm. out a,Kl ,M,,vecl l.y eviiC; to I " ',? ■'''■^' '""^ i:"Kla,„l, the TuUl^or C ' "f,.'.;K.;'*' ""^ ^'^'-eh of J;^|;,oet of .,,„,„,, ,„^^;-^^^^^^^ to -y;;ir;h:'V;,;7.'T;:;^;:;r.'"; /'■';• ''.;^ —y *■ a- tliui, auai'lied to ft '^l^'^^vin^j; facts.- <'r<>i-e t;.e iir.st he control of >(>), and tliat f a;?ainft tJi at h no e was a '^ <>f Kno'Iand '^"pc'ndenco; ^nddeclai-ed ty in faitli, «'»'eat crisis ^'<'ii as the co to show that St. Pauli^„^^"ZrZ'^jr he was.accustomed to l..,i.,H„. , , ,.7 i • ■ ^"'^ i-a'vly iimitf,! hi ntolf f '"•'* J''"''"eys and BosiL t e n L tf f "^ I'ayt.cular p.-ovi.,,.,.. extren^e ,^rK f«l|r:h;;;.''^'''1 J""''"!'>-« '" «'« white clitls of Alb on 1 • T' f "' "''P'""" ''> *■''" indued to^crll!!:;'?,;,^^^^^ TShaHtT testimony, that ho 'w" t,, c/e.-X^''^, tt t^ '"*=""" there to restrain his i..<.lon„-taI. ^ i it a d\ , "j. P' from VIS tintr Rri"fn,'.. if. li- ; rni ""i'V Jiinder Iiim of tlie ChrisH«n rh 1 ^ the earliest historical records tHe;.:r^rw:^^s,':ii,r;;;i^^;,tl:^^^^^^^ ti.e'san.e eit;.ttr;Li'::in::::;'t'r:;''''""''f '" 'lunng the reign of the inhuman En^el;^- S'''""' 9 hh IS )man fioldiei-s oiu Christian I the precious J Uospel may shown, too, ■ince, was in 'S a })risoner J- Tliere is, ancient evi- fhe first to itons. The -t-28), refers >y which he called. But Linicys, and 1" province, •neys to tlie >site to tlie have been hat at this 'HI Europe hy ancient then, was linder liim lly accom- ca] recoi'ds tateil that - between II the last lunent in uty rdoni, 3ro. Tertullian, in the second century, and but a short time after the death of St. Jolui, rehites tlie won(hu-ful s])read of the Christian faitli in Britain, and says tliat it liad extended in liis time far beyond the point readied l»y the Roman arms.' Tlie historian Eusebius, who was also Bishop of Ca^sarea, and lived in the latter part of the third cen- tury and the early i)art of the fourth, mentions England among* the countries visited and evangelized by the A])ostles. He says that these holy men " passed over the ocean to those islands called the British Islands." Origen, in the third century, and Chrysostom in the fouith, also mention Britain as converted to Christ, and as orthodox in the faith. Other writers specifically mention St. Paul by name as the great apostle to the Britons. Theodoret, Bishop of Cypius, in the fifth century, bears testimony to this effect in the following words: " The tent-maker (St. Paul) brought the law of the Gospel to all men, and persuaded not only the Romans and the subjects of Rome, but the Scythians, Bactrians, Cimbrians, the Germans and the Brifons — in a word, every nation and every race of men — to adopt the laws of the Crucified One." Venantius, . Bishop of Poitiers (in France), in the fifth century, tells ns of St. Paul, that " he crossed the ocean and landed and })reaclied in the country Avhich the Briton inhabits." All these writers are men of reliability, and men whose works have ever beeh received as authentic and trustworthy. From these data we at least infer that Christianity was preaclied and established among the Britons even in the apostolic age. It a})pears, too, by the testimony of the foregoing and other writers, that the British Christiana, from the earliest times, wei'e ' 10 -the ,loatl,-tl„,,e,s „r ,l,.e '^ f'"-''^':'' ""•''« eo„turi,..s ^ 'W'.re, was afterwa.-,! na, cl n h'""","' '" "'■"■'- Ai vans. ""^^^ m iiis liouor, 8t. AN™jj.rrv OK THE BUrnsH CH,:„,.„ «un.ehr;'?,t^ w''.x';':;;t™? V- «'---^'> N.>n,erou.s eour.eil.s ,rf e n,t",l ^'f ''■'''''-■ -evidence, «'.".• or five eenturi' to " ""''•' ^'"'■'■"-^ "'« "■'■^t tnne and othei' luafcte •«?,,<. •""'' q"<-'st'"n.s „f ,|„c- tl.e Church. A t e^Xmbn''"K'',*'^ well-l,ei„g ^f ters were pre.sout from aU mr ' ^n,"'-'' '""' P™'^"'v- tlie („^ho,« met ^, "^"^ ' l^y *« of C,,,, ten,),,,!. All no omeial superior y^ve^ tl 7' '',V^"'»<^ '"^'' l>ishops attended n« .. ** "'''''■ 1 le British I^"t,s , !,i«hops were Pre e, t LI h'""'"' '" •'•'"■ «"-' «e.-ved ou the page of IdX,; P '"■', ''''•"•"' «'■« I"-«- «eale were held°eve„ in Sdami f'u. "" " '^"<''"^>- occa.s,o„., a British hisl",p 'S f""' ''"'' "" ''"^^ ^ "IS It appears that in the ft, ,f ' "',•'"•"•■'"''. Preside. Chnrel, ranke.I as an onZthhi t"'^' "'« ^-'iti^h thnstendom ; and iu ,"a j^r^ ,f ? v.^"' "'""'<''»=« "<" testnnony of Jerome "t,, sn *''' ^'^ '"^^'^ «'« i-iioaox. The Churches of Gaitl 11 ■ ^'>r thoir firm '<<'CUti()ii.s which thi-ooeoiiturics m— tlio Britisli \" '^Oo, Alhan, ^<^'' tJio sake of !"*"in, in Hoit- i« hoiior, St. JRCH. ^f the British '^'I<' evi(ieTice ^ "Catliolic" ^i"g the tirsfc tions of tloc- welJ-})eirifr of and pres()v- 'Gndom. AH f>^' Rome had The Britisli _tJie Bi-itish 7, at that of in -^'^O, the nes are j)i-e- n a smaller "fl on such ■se, j)reside. the British iliiirches of have the y (uh), to les of Gaul and Britain," says he, "with those of Asia and tlio East, adore one (Jlirist, and observe one rule of i'aitli." On tlie witlidrawal of the Roniau ami}' from Britain, in the early part of the fifth centuiy (from about 410 to 4:^.");, the country was subjected to fire and sword })y the Picts and Scots, and subseipiently by the Saxons. The latter introduced their paL;an wor- ship, and greatly augmented the laV'ors of the native bishoj)s and clergy in efforts for tlieir Christianization. The Saxon invaders steadily ])Usiied their successes, and possessed themselves of nearly the whole country. The Bi'itons were eventually driven westward, anlit(!red by the Saxons, which tliat historian re-" «''-uM'^n,.i,i .' e - '^5;;; ';',"'• vty, not,-;,.,! On ei,,,„iri„;,. a» t„ VL", «, v '' ""'" "^ '^''»•'-••-■ aiKl that tlieir c,,„,,In~,f ''''"'• "'' A"«l''-Saxo,,s-- I', ''<^y were l,„t jiri "Z" w-.'" ""■'"■^'' ^«"S.'I») 1"« li«art ,m their cn" v. t ' n ,!!"'""' ''"% J.c^set J«""u., t„ so.Kl .„i.s«i„,aH .' f '.. ? ""^" '^'■''''"1' "* I'-Joet a,„, ,,„t .e : ;t'' rth "' *" ^■^'■''y ""'his •>%, the m„„k Aui,n,.sti, S ^(vit, * , ■"'-■",">'abl<. .year <='"' '"'Ie.1 with tt stiu"i'!'''-'-'''^«''« '""-t "ot 1.0 j'ame name, a,Kl ku,^tsalJ"T"' '''''' "f the atte,- was ma.le Bish,., of H: • o'""''"''' <"'"■ «',■ l'""Jre,l year,s |,re - 'Z'^ "r '/,"; '." 3!'«. Preei.sely two ""t at ti,..sfc i„t„„i„,, to be ,* "'r"SA"-"^ti„o was <}"««t. It was well kn wn th^ t! "'^''•''-■'^'^-tieal eon- flesolated hy ifc, „„„^„ •" i'"'* ""' ouiitiy I,a,l t,oeii for many previous ytars won 1 ?'"''*'' ^imreh '«'t little part, co.npan'l w f f T- '" '^^^^' taken d"»e. in the a/fairi of the In f 'ni' ^^'^ ''""■"■■■•ly — auJiLiti:^ t^ ai: oSL;tr^«^,l.,t 13 'lents often lead torestiriir occur- 'i''in iiii.ssiori to ■^'-^tli eeiiturv, i'>l»ofR(.iii,",,!ji ' t'ity, noticed «'il(.' a.s slaves. ^ ftoii), he was iiylo-Saxoiis — ^f»s. "Ano-li •" ' •^<'l''iy he set 'I'istian faith, len Bishop of U'l'ose. After > carry out]) is fnorabJe year forty fellovvr. must not he "lari of tlie tine, for tlie precisely two HJs sent out i'-;ustine was fastieal con- y Jiad been '_ie Christian i«h Church 'lavo taken d formerly ^, and was ;ate. It is ■en by the Christian Itenevohince, intended to strenii^then tlie hands of the native cler«:y, but at the same time, if necessary, to supersede them in all matters ecclesiastical. The active existence anrominent point of dispute. The British Church had, for long ages, been accustomed to keep Easter at the same tnne as it was ol)S('rve(l by the (.'hurches of the East. At Rome, however, a different time for i\s cele- bration had long prevailed. Augustine resolved at the outset to scjure complete uniformity, not only in 14 ""^ni/;.,sUti„„o/- ,,,i l'/'^'' '",^ views. At ' : were ...oatiy ,,«;.,,, '^j.:r';;^' "'« i^n'tM, l,i.,, J."o.st,„„, f„, ..jt ;/"',"' J-l'i^ter M-as still a vew,l t'>"-V .say.s Bo,le, " tJ a 'Vast "''' ';'"''''^"^''' ''" tWe •V7'; .a...l that win. tt K , 'r'>'^''^' '*'■«" "' "'o "ffast.no- k.pt l,i.s Kas 0. tl ^n ''''"^' '''"'''•'' ""^ ti,„« ^r^''-« «till tastin.n an, ',.1,1 *' fQ"^^" an,l Inn- tulU,^"!: '^'ns iiei'u roi;.,-,^.,! t *''''<•'" "'"'g Palm ,S„n,lav " Ti «"-^ an-i t;;:''f ;;r:r'!rr ,'ear u,,„„ the .nZ eh i,v lis o™ "'"i'*^^"^" '"'""gl t^ tills, tlie Br tsh (.ncUio..*- ' •*•• ^" conse<|uenco of Ji"l>eIoss. Tiie BritT ,' "';"■■«'■■■ Negotiati.,„ was t'li^ Church of Ro„„ at 1 1 ^ • ■; ■•«'"«ml)ere,l that from what .she is i„ o^-'o,' ^r'':'.;"^ f "^^'^^ -J. a. occucdy to appear '0 Roman mis- ;^ '"■•^'><>]» of tho ^oimin .Kin])iro ;'^'«- At this "■'tish hishops "'^'It' on theni '^ ^" ;^'vo 11)) ,l">^tlcs, nn.lto ',y'fi authority, y iH'fiJst'd to' fit they won 1,1 ^s th(;ir Arch- il was oi'hiUif it'tlier of thS iioro decisive itill a Vexed Jf'^l iri those '^ice in one J^''I the time J^'i" folio W(!rs '«J'\y." Tiie -<'I'I-HntisJi "1' Kojnan 'as JieJd at l>rourrIit to ^iiit proved "quence of t^solved to latioii was fended its '^n to the •t'l-ed that (liferent to ap])ear 15 the same. Transu]>stantiation, tlu^ celil.acv of the cler<en«lence, that of the hitter was supremacy. That the estahlishuK'nt of the Jioman Church in Knoland was an innovation is admitted even hy ]u>r own authorities. The "vener- able " liede, already cpioted, a preshyter of that Church, and the most illustrious historian of the eiglith century exijressly admits tlie fact. He tells us in Ids Ecclesi- astical History, that "Laurentius, who succeeded Augu.stme, not only took care of the new (the Roman) Church formed aiiKmost the Enolisli, Imt endeavored also to exercise his pastoral solicitude over the andnit inhabitants of Britain;" and, likt; his predecessor, would iain have accpiired the supremacy over the ancient Church itself, its bishops and its presbyters. Ihe mission of Au.irustine was, indeed, promotive of the spiritual good of the people who were appointed to l)e the loundation-stock of the English nation. Yet the Roman missionaries were all but defeated in their enterprise, for so great were the disasters that over- took them in their scheme, that at one time they ha.l only one canonically ordained bishop. The Saxon settlers were, indeed, converted to the Cliristian faith, but not exclusively by Augustine and his followers. The British clergy, too, were stirred up to increasecl ettort on behalf of the pagan invaders of their land, w 10 ^>Ut tlu' HUCOOSS of flin vi-,..-!- • . ti- i.ui,.iHtiK«i,ie I, " .;, •' u,: in-s'i':'","-''"">' "."""-- *- '•"""■ t" tlicir ai,l' Tl„. ,.Vi- , "."^■■'""""■"■N »l,„ K...nnu a>„l irt\.v, ,:?'''''''''' '■""'''■^ "f J'Htisl,, .• truly "cmUirr ^u^mZmIT) ?'""''' •""" jmvc fiux^sot wit ;;pi ,;■;''' "'^,"''' ^^"*'<-^' ^''^^"v^ cvti,,,iie.syst..;'Xi.':,;;'::;>;:;-|;f'^^^ in odHK..s, net only tl,i-ou-l,o„i V \ " '''^''''n.lod "nt tl,o Iial,ital,l«4oH,l "' ^"=''""'' ''"' ""-""Jih- but of apostolic oHghl! ''■''' ""' "^ ^*"'"««, The records of Ecclcsiiyfiooi w a . . e re„n,stantial ■ninutentr^t,';^ ?';;?; ^Jj,^ -"' iiiierences ■ ^^^uui oi uie loJiowinir 1.-1 lK.rT!i'rth*t tlstokT""' ^J'"'-^'' "' J^-gl-'J took deep root in rt .17' ''■"" ■*^' g™''"-lly tliomnghly orthodox in the ChriUia, fi,;* •"■' . '™" hy Jerome and Ohrysostom i tirT ., '' "' '" "'^^"'^ 'l""dre,l year. hefoi^A ga n^a nd '' Is'Tn"'^' '"'^ sumaries were born ; fellow-nus- conjtulion' with 'hrt ''"•''' ^'^ '"''' "^ "Catholic" . tions and lot'tliellonian ive i-('.soiin(l(.,] but throuirJi- )al)le evidence >i of Him tan, ■ testify with tJie followino* o in England iti gradually I acquired a ^t slie was , as is stated x-ntury, two fellow-inis- "Catholic" led hishap.s 't and 8elf- 17 l/ovenml, and enjoyed a raFd< cf/uol to tliat of tlie then more famous l.ranclies of tlie general (liureli. *{. That at tlie period in (|ue.stion there was no I ope as such— n(. one ]»artie!ilar l.isliop c!ainnn«'- uni- versal doniinatioti hut that the various l.ishops in ( hiistendoni administered, without interference the affan-s of their lespective provinces. This fact has been explicitly asserted hy the most learned men among the "Old C^atholics" of the i)resent day. 4. That in course of time, and after proloie-ed resistance, the innovations introduced into Engian' ^- l"'^' '«■*« "» any Bulls, unle.^ they ha l r' P'^l''i, :■,;;,, ?l'|ir"val ; an,l also reserved 1^, I i ',;"? i"'^'^'''"'" *--s.,«,,,.,,orappoint,r;t if itf "''^ "^^'' °* ^pace permits nie to .nont ' f" '''"^'"'' ««». V*Int ..vents of each eenhrvinH "" ^ "'"' <"• *^" lonty of the P. ope was ncidi-nts uhich I •'^"^""■•linati' t.. that <.f Cliurdi licrsclf. In the toll 19 tli« C i<> wn, nn.l „f the Kri-lisI, eil at CIhivikI aitich ••'^''"^':r''.^'V'^"''''''yil. calN.luC on, II *'ar JSalisliurv \vl s. called thL'" Consfif^fions of f'r '*''■«'. 'n ll(;|.,.si.\t ouii- r::,!:ir"::.,'''i':'>----i--i/.™„;;i tl •<• l'<>wei<,f tiled ';2vn,iiH.|»j„,siti,,Mt.)thei»ret< lowevci- til «>i'tli.- Pope. Jn 117(;, i nqK'ale(,j,e ul.tainV.,! ' U several reimjs, hoI(l nsi(jns <;seeiinetiiieiit.s\veru aseeiKhincy for le U'Ki a tut" t7 '"""^^•i"" "'- -'-Its, „a„„.|v, i,. K-lly n,an puWi .v', j,/^ .:'"',' "^^ L-n; n. This By this law, all . Xi ts >^ p^^"^"^' ''-^ J'remanlver StaroftheRefoi About the year Itm t] IMMof )n"_Jo}m WycIiiFe. "H noble Reformer issued his 20 V ^vore as guilty „f l.n.no !:,i^trtho"fi • "' "^^^''^y he .spare,! „„t. I,, ens ,,m.n^ ? ^""''' ''"'■ ""^^e -lonnneiatioiis ho ,lrew n^„ 1 •"■ u- *,'"'''*'• '^'"l ""'er l""!'-, wJ,„, i„ 1377 ml e ),;??" '''«''"K«^ "f the tlie invoeati.m of sah tt ' I'll'-'^'aey of the Pope ;"a.le an estahli.she,! -e very ■sentiment which e" S?ina "i in Th 'p T^ '" •■'^''■«i»'« 'he,! in the year T-isT i 7, • "'•' R'^t'i'mation. He "f enlighteni;:^:V,hn*H;,s tlT''^ ^Tx.">^ """«« ?"rtere,l .varty'i.Iou, f," fo tn H,'""'f " ^'•''S"«- ^'ho •iig century. -^Huss was Im-n w?'"'' '" *'"= '"""w: <'f tlie Council o • Vn", ""^ ""^ «''''<« V ortler Jerome of pj^g ' ^CTriinr"";'"!, '", '*'*■ ^"^ after. . At the^expimhm of a [ '''■■^' ' "'""" ^ y^ar rnelanclioly ,!ate he Kefonnat , ' '"""'7 *''■"■" thi» *-. "^e ...eat «avinfatSro^lrBil4^^^^^^^^^^^^ con-uptions of n^^s he openly acheJor pricst- of the chr^y iVH, and these 'se and other anger of the 'i-Jed. Tliere- demnation of 7 of the Pope, ages, the eviJs ■iJHf of Tran- cuntury, and 1 Cliureh in I'ent position who suhse- berworth, in le Word of -atin version und English His preach- ' and more Were very ill religious ation. He tJie means lague, who the follow: ' hy oi-der 1^14, and )ut a year from" this the mean- 21 .stdl earlier preached in Kngland. ^^yciittt lu','" '^'""e '^"r two whol,. ■-— epistles thence, but nowhere 23 moulum even the wniml „fPet,>r ' " "' w„" ™,g,';i tC f:;rt:.iri'„f ?""^ "* ?"• '"■ '"■-•y •>'^^-« l-ve e,.„„fto t iu r 7 itv to vSTt P'V''' ''," ""'y then liave heen arresVe,! Tl. • ,• f f "'' "'"^ '"■''>' .sh,nv that Pe er a, ,!■ P»,] f «■" ''f''"''''' «"''™ce to most certain evideneetlfrk/"' '"*"■*>•':'■"". ''"t ieo«,<;/ ''^"^'•nce that /efe,- never toM Bishop of like Jhe' drem*ro?Tr'"'^'''l' "^ "'" ^"P^'' *" P«te>- - .nfoun,le,rr^i , kr'thTfi'.:f''~ '^z ^f^ '"'* African C urche 'we,^ t" 'r'"'"-™"' ^r*'" ""'l met on w h '•"'""' l"'''-''""''' "'""ence, or his con Bi,shop3 of Alexth-t Infa^rtS/":; Lt It was at last openly assume,! bv John Bis , on, ^ Unstautnu,,, e, and it is a notable fact tt't ^f^:^, ot Ivome oi (Ijat time— the end of tin. ^ivjK 7 i ' strongly .rotesUa against t!:l:l^;;^^:^^ 1^! I If 24 of An ti- Christ ' TJ p- i touted agai„«t the t le was'(' ,"^ Kome who thus pro- ""l"-' ■• , " Vo„ know," Vy he "7l, f*."^ Constanti- I'>':*cc.s.so,..s have rcf.se a!f , ' *""• *'"" ''"■">' P".e distCtte nine rf " P™'4: ^"l^- ^ -""'Wmova of til,. «„„*!• ' P"|i«- Co,«tantin.,,,le, ahout AD 330 /"''"•',•" '''■"'" R™™ to t'; the eventnal snj.ren acy of I hfR 7 '"*"*i l'<'*«-'''<"lly f other hi.s|,o,„. „^^ £,'^ * « Bishop of Ron.e oy^. di«t,„g„ishe,l /.en^onase left n iT ,"; '''""«»■ "'« >'"«t c..m.stai,ce apparently^of ,, , li 'l' ' ' '"'''"•'^'' ^ cir- t"<>ogreatlyai,ledhiminat nin » ™l'"i-tanee at the ;vh,ch ™l>.se,i„ently exerte d Ch" '" ^Y l'™-«'"i"ence the history of the cCreh1,*";'*':^;'>' "'«"«"««"" t le fourth century, mUntL A ""'/"-' I'egixning of «''c'at (313 to 337) a exei/n ^^" "*^ "-'""•"tantine «,e was begun by Ar s who , ,"F> •'"""'"^'•''^y arose. t Lord Jesus Gluist wks a n r' ^ '"'"""'^'''i "'at the «'n. This .sfcartli„Jh;.^sy was"T"-"-''%""'l "'"''" to I'y the General CoSnen^rf wf' '^^'''J^ely co„deu,ne.l y-Y.SSo. Atha„a.siusaln '::-,'" ?%»ia, in the an; .'.a. who took an active ,2.? f''*'"''''''' "^ ^lex- "^^^'^^■^ 'i^re referred to, " "^ m ^ who thus pro- ■alled the Great, ^ of Constaiiti- the Council (,f ^x'um(>,)ic' (uni- ^ that all my tion so full of scientious man 'ntually super- ' Pope." ft-oiu Kome to ited j)oweifully > of Koine over* »anp^c, the most apital. A cir- 'i-tance at the pye-eminenee y influeuce on i heginning of •nstantine'the ^sy arose. It 'ted that the "d liable to ^ condemned y^nia, in the 2h of Alex- g about this t, and con- 1*6 in 3;U.* •itantine If., 25 called a eou;,ef.'t(i,:C,fr;;,S';it:''''!?hfr"^"'-'' nrespnf \ ,*n Qi^ m, . ' ^"'^^ -British bishops were SiC a preo c o:ra','%''''',,^''^'''T '*" «"- at last l.^«a,no " y iver /^l^j'i:: " ?"P"''"'^^^ ''■"' i.a.-d-ha„a.u;/d.,^^^ :" o ;^',::;rr • '^ any part of fbo Fn .^'"^T^f "i^.V «i" had iorth the P„^„, ««/>re™.";t:f ,t Iv e "r,'- J^'^^^- Aii important event of ^m^. ? <^«tablished. jence, is to'he noted in clT''r''''''-rv'^ '',''''«''' »<=«"'■- *";«. If from the yea OOC we d« T\ ^^'' '™'«''«- eal years during which he Pafn"!'"' ^-«" P''»l'>'eti- t'nue dominantrace,,rdinn; to til ■'^'"^"' *«« '» con- <;f the Holy Scriptures the reel •'''"'"'' I'^'iicti.ms »owu to the year ISfiU ■Sf./^f'^""'"^ W""!'! bring us that there if a d.'erepatt /f'* '"^ •""•"« "' '■"""' a>.c.e„t and modern time ff l/"'"' ^^^''^ between power from its full est-,1, «l,' ""'' ^''*' date the temporal -gl.th century ulCt^^T tl''T''^'' '" "- aga,„st the Exarch of RavenuaVn --??'' ™^"''«J l«'.sse.ss,on.,ftheE.xarchateT.eIf /•''' ^^ "htained <.'?me a temporal soverei™ T 5 ■""' '" ""'« ^ay be- «'D four years le very year ^e temporal confessedly iig demands he temporal 'iom, in the pe revolted ^e obtained iis way be- ^, with the ' Pope be- ards. The )e's sover- tt) of Rav- 27 TJie events f ls7( ; ' T"'? *^^^ ^^'^^^'^ ^''•<>"-'"- the year 0()(> was pr .Mbl'v 7]" ^' 'IT' '''^^^'^'^'^''•' '^^^^ Pope s Hovereio. 1^' ' ;' -^^ ::^ ,^-^'''^' heginrnng of the power was aOZl^e; a d^n nat!"^''''' ^S^""^' ^'^^ an great as when he 8<.me^^^^^^^^^^ l''^'^'^l>^ possessions. In these n v? f f ^^'l^re.! territorial •sweeping chan es it is W ^^"/ l^^^^'^volutions and the Jesuits laW h«r f "^ '^''' '' ^'"''' ^"^^^er did event. If the ,,«■?: "^^" "'^^ ^^ ^'^"^^ '-^^-"t this abolition of the em^" '] r'""'- 'T''f''^' '^'' >'-^^^ "ot take place unt 1 ^ r ; ''^-"^"^^^ "^ *'^^^ Poj.e may ^^00 yea/slatbglr t t S^ f f'^ ^^4^^^'^^^^ or 774 fK,. fi, o *^'^'" tne eigjith century — 7:>7 7-,-j as the .startiusf.point in „.,. ■ ''•"'',;l'i''^s >s to taken tlie Papal nowJZtuV''"fi *'"' «o»ti,.„a„ee of self-evident eirtaTnt'v n,M ""'' "'""'" "'^-''-''^^ a 'l"»l>t. Wo wiir now T- r"" "".'■""'" '■'"■ further which have tak " , ce ''\''>'''"^'^'<- the cluuyes THK OHAXUES IN THE ROMAN CHURfH. '•«"»'' previonsly been a sin , ,'•''""'' *'"<^'' ''ad always a«ers ^ ^< '-"o" ...f the lit:". tr:u:: ;:'d"^t*'o^t ''■■'^^ sunphcity, and laid it onen toltill f ^ \'''' ""S'"^^ the ,««,/, ^„, howlver CI "£'£'!■' ''^"""'''- -^'^ ' ^"^ i-^vcixuuiii was startled " Catholic " or |i tlie (^Imrcli iiied influeiico st innovations su[)or.stitiou8 hich was not 1 a^^es of t]io «1 of (iod but )in. Sugges- 1 when first 'ceived with es." in this ^ in oixj age mother, and een adopted y R])eeify, as iation. By 'lete change ►er into the i« unknown ■«, tJie great earlier cen- 1 until the ^h centur}'-, igustine to arch much ad always nnemomte of Christ, ^^upersti- Gregoj'y's s oi'iginal ange. In bs startled 20 that, on hciix' eon^PPr-.f i n i '^ , ^^'' ^"^' "P"»i<'n oneJ really ^5aw^.^''v^'^' ''"'' Z^";^ ^'"'^ ^^^^•" ^' <'lH-ist th; u Estill r-'^r"'^''^'^'^^^^^^^^ '"^'"^ '^^''-' "f in.r Vn V '' '''^' f '^^'J^^''! at a doctrine so revolt- ;ng and herce were the controversies tint S»t'"'s '•.-the po,u,t-r,;c wy'" '"""" '^■- """'-^ Iransuhstantiation reduces tlio T,.wl'c c • . tree," aud .uade „n C^^^y^l fl ", "' '':" >' "» "'« I- ('luirch „f Rome l,c tlw f ^"-' '"''" '"i^'-the t'O'KU'u l.y apostles a„ a, '*'..*';', ^'^ ''"''l I"'"'--" ■/.'."■•e .leeply tl,a„ eve. t, mt^ ' T,? '"""i l''.""«"l tliese wore s : " I i,i„f„J i;i.„ • ' ," "' *'"-' *-<""ncil i, "«ere,i to Go.l a t H^o e. I?! ' " " "'*' ""'^■^ '" for the livi.,g a,„l t It. e» n .■'"."'•'""^'''''y »«''«« Hta.,tially the i;J,"v an I f T *'T >'' '''^''"y -i"'! «"i'- an,l theFathe,?a,,,?"V''^" /""''«■ """'ly "Catholic- Church f he mtt ewf ""''""^" '" "'^ years of her existence ' ^ "'' '""" Imnared whic.?Lt:i;J:!S^^^^^^^^ -^'l t^e errors •"«.t will se.-ve to .h^w t^^.f ^n'S^' "^"^0- eiToivs liave been severallv «of f .u i ^^^ Pnncipal -ttleJ aoct.-ines ofU.e olfu.^' ^^'^n^.. -«'-ty/as Supremacy of the Po e ^•^• Worship of Images and Rdics .' ." ." H^^ll ^/ s^'T ilk ion was mak- nio wlien tlio ^ho Continent e faith — the cil of Tn-nt. "old paths" ttor j)hin(re(i eed of p„py e Council in the mass is ory saciificc - iijost holy Hyand sub- th the soul I that thoro tnce of the nee of the ^'fjrsiou the 'Catholic'' 3arnal arid lie J{o7nan es, utterly ^v-n in the 3 hundred the errors ■1 arrange- priucipal bority, as A.I). • ... 0'0(> 31 (Vlihaey (the cler^ry M>uhhu to marry) ufn ^even Nicnunents (instead of two; fir.st V.n./nuV- but finally settled in. . . , ' '1 Iransul.stantiation ,J*' Auricular Confession. . l,'! Withholdincr the Cup fron/the laity.'.*.*." '. T^ 1.547 l.")03 1.503 I +• iri'-i-7 '";.^ ,''"""^^"iato uonception lu-f Infalhhdity of the Poj)e ^^'^^ These are onlv a. fnvJ l^f \u' ''' '"".■' ^^"^^ opinions, wdiich were at fir f ,.„i i- 'i i jecture.,, have in rulir'n 1^,'; ':'?'. l"^ "-■•« '='>'> ^"^f; that theological of which our venerable Church of En ,1.. ri'esli and vigorous representatii il 82 /<•/"■'«■,,,/ that l,a» ,.,ttelvh,,i'l'''''''"'^''''" '""'•''< Jl',« evil. atto,„la„t on 1, 'V ."""""•- '" "'o cro l<""WM a,„l fi,,t f„, Zt,^'\y^r'^'- '"'ve Loon ''"«-"« a ,lojf,„a of even t ic 1 r'""^'^f""'' »<»• <"'! it year 121,1 W'lm ea n t , l . T * '"'™'' ""*" tlio .0 moral ovils vvl,ieh t e em,;l,""-' ^''-f^^^lonu/ an, i men knew the oue.tL^s , f*''''' ^''^^"'"<' "*>..l,Ier; i;>-'ests ,„ the cunles,si,, J.I tl t J'•^'l'''.''''' '"^■'"••''"■ t n>tie.s, tl,ese are onestio <. , . • .^'■",t««tant eonnin- -^^"■rM to ask, a'n I w feh arl , ''' "'""^'^''^ ^ fens- Honutn CnthoUc ThlZau.tf^ l';-f«erihe,I in I'Wm. an.) other anthoriH fi!' f,"'' ^ "'^' "-■'"•'!■'' "/ Uiurcli. Many of them ».! of '" ^""'""' <-'atliolic ™ere repetition of tiZ ' nl T"'' 'ir*"'-'^ ""'t the even a Parisian V^^C / JZll'"^''"" *''« eheek of as "i the West days of hpf„' o- T^ "'"ke her blush ^ W.at a cont,^s t c "aek '"•"' ""'''I«"'"'"<1 ? confessional of the Olmreh of Ro^'™''-'' "^ *« P»"uted ward devotion, religions f'!,;;,n"',f f^'''™' to the-ont- tive ceremonial of her duuV, ' f ■' ""'«'« and attrac- Connnunion we beholdd:":'"':-' ^" «'« ^'^^n "le only exception to the world's ' I't'latcd only •"10. Noiiio (If Lt aeheIor " driven to • 1 of eternal man; nor ^ «o caJIous 'M not put »t coniniu- nfessor is «ci-ibed in '■ Catholic ' that the cheek of ^er blush od : polluted tJieout- 1 attrac- Ronian ! xvni'hVr • • ... i^i J, S3 .mive.jsal law-.. ,.1 „,.it „,„! ,,v-il f„,it on ti.e smne with tha.lT^ .iJ /^'''/'V'^'""■ ''''•''■^' '"'tyev.Tthrol. Nvitli tl ankhilneHM to G<,d that it is our mivil.Kr,. to S;.l;" """ """■"•■'' "'• *"•"« ■'■)""i "" Si ■ TIIK KHFOIIMATION. ,.,..../"'*'.''"'!'■""■ l"'l'«y-'f Rome to rcpreso.it this th. rosl that "v?tl,yr'!;ri, ■ ;'irti:'va"ti»f'V'' many- Wlule p,„us occlesiastics, .s,,cl, as WycliHl H?s, ami others, unspannfrly exposed the '/octriLuvi-ov^nf Home, K,„ss a„,l Princes valia-.tly resisted the e , S't'thtefv r" '''''^';' 'T^'-- T'- -Ir wlo ummpeachalile. TJie open sale of indul^renee'* for every tiagrant sin. with the authority of he R n^ one of the first thin^^s which amiw-.,! f i • r \-' . Luther. aioused the indignation of ^^^^ But the chief power in l.rinirinL' about tho R.f,.. Z^rl T ''V''^''''' ''^ Scripture knowle(r.e wJnch the art of printing, discovered in tlie preceding^entm^^^ 34. so amazingly aide,!. It was the Word of Oo,l i,, its .!iv,nc stmngth, tl.at irreparably sI,attor,.,l th,l Pa, a 7r 5 "^i'T; "'"' n ™'' "^^ ™'="""l''""- Tl,o partisans I ,. H i tl,o worM over may c n.tinue to „uR.v C) I s"'* Holy Recor,!.,, as every ar.nnal rej.ort of tl>e Bil 1 ient'^'"., •^^" r^'^ir'- '" the tiling wl.eremito it is sent , shall endure for ever ;" It i.s the chief .d,>rv .,f the veneraUe Church of England that the Wo d , ;?Jo IN her fomKlat.on-stone, her Imsen.ent, her top-stone her whole .structure ! Her very Liturgy is a con, 1^: audio iT *"'f ■ '" 'r'- ""'y Sen-pture-pa s^lt apphed to worship an,I prayer ; and never has Christen- lom produced such a book of devotion. The most learned divmes amongst the dissenters, such as Tr Doassag-es IS Christen- The most ich as J)r. e and oth- ttion. The ;nn hy the 'as })assino- i light the enemy had th enabled then, -with ,^Gncies He jnomy wa.s iken deep Dt, indeed, il)as trees, the Refor- the reio'n the aboli- in 1534. Then certain Articles of Religion were adopted, with little manuals of instruction, ir):U)-87. In the year loSo an English translation of the entn-e Bible was published by Coverdale, from the Latin and German. It was dedicated to Heny VIII., who ordered a copy to be provi.led for every parish church in the king!); the second l.ook of Edward VL Mas publicly set oi-th as the authorized Book of Common PjLer This book, revised an.l amended from time to time'is the same as is now used Avherever worship is conn'sreio-ij. 3le army Bishop of e fire at tke, said ' Ridley, '' such a st, shall ! throne le Papal as now lie year [icly set ?. This , is the cted in out the to Sau Francisco, and from Canada to New Zealan()S, and was known iis "The Bishops' Bible." Thd .more perfect translation of the Holy Scriptures was, however, made in the following reign — in that of James I. — and was issued in IGll. This is the translation which has become identified with the English tongue, and is at present used wherever the English language is sjoken. It was the light of truth which dispelled the Pa])al darkness of medijvval times, the life-giving power of "The Word" that made the dry bones of the C^huich to live, and that carried to success the gieat work of the Keformation of the sixteenth century. Truly we may exclaim with the Psalmist, " The entrance of Thy Word giveth light." The Reformation was simply a ])rocess of cleansing and renewal. The old Church in England v/as ever the same ; the same after the event as before ; her conti- nuity was unbroken, her identity was unimpaired. Like the k^per cleansed of his disease, like Peter rein- stated among his apostolic brethren after his defection, like Lazarus raised from the dead, so the Church of P]ngland was cleansed, reinstated and restored to new life at the Reformation. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; th»'V shall run and not l>e weary, and they shall walk and not faint." — Lsa. xl. 3L Wc trust that the propositions witli Vvliicli we set out have been established l)y the evidence adduced. Let us repeat them in the form of a summary. 38 \ '^^^^'^ existed in England a regularly organized Church, with its canoni.cally ordained Bishoi)s and 1 resoyters, several hundreds of years before the hist lionian missionaries visited the country. 2. That this (Jhurch was altogether independent of the Church of R(jine, and stoutly resisted Romish encroachment and Romish innovations. 3. That it never came properly under the control of the Papacy until after the con(iuest in lOGC, and even then only imperfectly, for it continued at intervals t() protest vigorously against the domination of the Pope. i 4. That at the Reformation the Church of Eng- land once and for ever asserted her own independenc* , t v'cpt away all Romish errors and abuses, and declared the Wovd of God to be her oidy authority in faith, mor«ls and worship. At that great event she regained her ancient rights and privileges, and simply returned to iu'.i pii/neval position as a true and distinct branch of the " CJatholic and Apostolic Church." The veneration we express im- her in our Creed should be the more hearty when we remember that of all the ancient Churches that took their rise in the Apostolic age, she is the only surviving one that still maintains, in all its pristine purity, " the foith once delivered to the saints." Long may she be spared to be a centre of light and beneficence to a fallen and benighted weld ! Having briefly considered the Church of England in her antagonistic relation to the Church of Rome, we will next notice her relation to our brethren of tin /dis- senting denominations; and while we congratulate 3J) •ganized »ps and /he first pendent Koniiah control 30, and jtervals of the )f Eng- ndence, ieclared 1 faith, ^gained rued to inch of r Creed that of in the at still h once ired to m and ngland uie, we h.C: (lis.- itulate thcnn that the Word of God is the glory of tlieir sys- tem, we deplore the fact that this is perhaps their ahnost only virtue. TJIE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN RELATION TO DLSSENT. It seems almost incredi})le that Protestant Chris- tians, of any name or denomination, taking the Word of (rod as tlieir guide, could be found manifesting the hos- tility cherished by the dissenters against the Church of England. It is the more sur|)rising when we have the testimony of history to show that but for the (.Hiurch of Ennlnnd, at the time of the Reformation, the Bible and religious liberty would have been as com])letely extin- guished in Great Britain as in Italy and Spain. The (Jhurch of Scotland, the fortress of Presbyterianism, could never have become what she is, but for the moral and ])olitical su[)port of England to her worthy reform- ers. But for the srane protective power, the Puritans, Baptists and other sects originating at this great crisis, would have been swept away as chatf before tlie wind. These and a thousand sects besides would have been unknown beyond the days in which they were started. They all owe their very being and existence to the venerable Church of England. The hostility and bitterness which would be other- wise inexplicable are easily understood when we remem- ber that from generation to generation it has been the policy of the Jesuits to pit dissenters against the Church and the Church against dissent, and so, if possible, to bring Protestantism into contempt, or reduce it to a state of weakness incompatible with active aggi'ession. There can be no denial of the fact that many strin- Li LIJU LIIJXU Ui l/IiU t:> r , X\Ci(U"IIia- tion, and for more than a century afterward, that 40 pressed very heavily upon dissenters. Bunyan, in En^rlaud, in tlie seventeentli century, was east into prison, and about the same time cruel force was resorted to in Scotland to compel the people to adopt Protestant E[)iscopacy. While the former was the result of jealous legislation, the latter was owing to Jesuitical intrii-ue, with tlie object of making Protestant Episcopacy hate- ful to the Scotch. In this the Jesuits fully succeeded. At t' • time they were continually plotting to revolu- tionize England, intending either to restore the Papal ])ower 01- destroy the -nation. This has been the policy of the Jesuits in Qvery State in ('hvktendom where the open Word of God has given birth to Protestantism. Laws were necessitated to counteract this mischievous influence and to protect the Protestant faith. Many intelligent dissenters are aware of these circumstances and take them into due consideration. As to those who scoif at the Church of England, and say that be- cause we i)rofess to "believe in the Holy Catholic Church," we are therefore " next to Romanists," and that " there is but a paper wall between the two," I leave them to the s(dace of their own mistaken ideas, and readily admit that there in " a. paper ivaH," imper- vious and impassable, and that it is made of " the leaves of the Bible" There are many pious dissenters who have no hostile feelings toward the Church, but who simply l)refer a kind of worship) altogether ex tempore and without Liturgy. Many of these persons frequently avail themselves of our edifying and devotional service. There are others, however, who make angry objections to our Liturgy, Articles and Creeds, and to our Episco- pacy itself f will endeavor to give a very brief notice to their objections. 41 Linyan, in cast into IS resorted Protestant of jealous [ intrii>ue, nicy hate- succeeded. bo revolu- :ho Papal the policy where the istantisni. schievous h. Many imstances to those ' that be- Catholic ists," and e two," I en ideas, I," imper- the leaves have no o simply pore and 'ecjuently d service. >1 ejections r Episco- 1. THE LITURGV, ARTICLES AND CREEDS. any truly Christian man can scoti' at the ime and 'Scriptural service ever comi>iled, How most suhlime" and Scriptural service ever coinp either in ancient or modem times, is a matter of pititul wonder. Millions of hapjiy worshippers, from a^^e to age, have been lifted up by it into a state of pious ecstasy, and have found that pence which passeth al understandinir. While the mind has been illunnnaUid by divine instruction, the heart has been softened and prepared to receive, in all its fulness, " the truth as it is in Jesus." Are the ramblin*,^ prayers often to be heard in dissentin- chapeh to be compared with the beautiful Liturc^y of the Church of England^ llie whole texture of our Pnblic Service— ^or such the word Liturgi/ means— is made up of the woof and the wett of Scripture truth and Sciipture phraseolo,!s'y. Ihe Book of Psalms, the divinely-inspired Manual of Devo- tion of the Church, Jewish and Christian, for nearly three thousand years, constitutes a considerable part of the Public Prayer of the Church of England. Ihe Holy Scriptin-es are largely i-ead both morning an(l evening, and are, in fact, the very groundwork and substance of all our public worship. Few who love the Bible can fail to love the services of the Church ot England. Like the Word of God itself, our touchinj,' and sublime Liturgy is suited to "all sorts and condi- tions of men," to all circumstances in life, to all stao,es of our earthly being, from the bu(jyant youth to the totttn-ing sire, and to all the varied races of men that people this busy world. The ^r^ick^s.— Dissenters often rave against tlie A^vfieloH without ever having studied them by the light of the divine Word, and often without ever having n 42 even read them. Tlie Articles and Creeds contaJ eI t;f ^'^iti^^/^^^^^'^ '^^ ^^^^^^ of tir Churd " r Jin^iaim. Ihoir ilosigu was to set liirtl, i,, donvl,- mrrf '"•■'"\"^''l>-hi"o of theChu,- h a de l' 1 i • t ,e G ^1^";T*"T*,^'",' «'-^t A'-ti«l« «orts thou^t ' ^; the pu,,„,.e on,i,s n,yi;elt!; i„!:ltt" E t^ HovSn i "h"'",-'":'' '•'' *■"'■*'' *'"-' l'«-«"nalityof ; tu -c:^ ami ;i •" T': "'«l'i»«"" of the Holy Scri,,- t .r ;.! '"^"••''I'rti^fney for salvatio,,. They fur- tiii'i assert the ihyitie siulessuess of Christ nn 1 fl ciiril alt:„:!rttr tt ^::t:fyj^%^ |;;.-th hy the Chut'i oXanVa;:dtt]u:t^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'y her has uecessary to salvation. WhV2 our Ik upheld these preci^us^trutlL^^"' ' "" """'^ ''S"'^ t.-utht.Srhtt:d^st^r^,r:-" ree,t.d every Sabhath day. is^tlt cJnt- s^^Tf S years a^^o ^ m.^(t!^hf'^^\\'' '¥ y*'" >^^*' «■• l-^-'O the /Jo,?,;, , Ph ,'-'""'''"' "-'■ee'l was smothered by changed into a for. a;;otl,y\,il^tJ;,tr;;tlral e Ts r p/h f;?"L™-»,P'-™<-al! Whieh of us ,u' 1 •_ /• , r — ^" • -i"^' uissenter JohHIv Ox n.« xreenoni trom Creeds. History, however, lows thfi I (leline iiibody t 'he dissc horn but ipinion, } iiy notic ;),se wer •iituries if irrlvat presses it that it hi liocked i amongst lyterian laud witl mitkorifi the Old Law " m( IChrist's 1 i)f Psalm so minut in course the inspi deny the also. Th and very misinter] shows a The old En0 (lered by 5 ad()})ted ti it was 5 original h of us, I' loudlv lowever. hows that in all ages the Church has found it necessary/ leline the r(;cogni/xd meaning of 8cri])ture, and to iiihody the result in Creeds and Confessions of Faith. he I. uui one — JJivjde and (Jondiiei- " Tho r f^ J^^n^^Iand ha.s not only been ser uslv J.n'! i 1'/' thau ,y the Weslevan M, £, r . ' , •"'' '* '"""^ "'""^ ,•[ "o "luiiitnts. Ho was never tunieil nnf ,.e ti t-^liuich; he „over left the Chinch o .1 " encourage his iblh.wers to leave he' ' /i "' ''" '"'' he expressly warncl then, a^^ain s ' it t„ Tl h'"'' that !/ tt«^/o,.,,„o/; (fe Ch,crclPt,b^ ,',"';' """! forsake fheoii H,. ,...,. .''''^■{-^''iJi'Ct'f^'.'jodivoith " Cin tl, '' . f^^'' "^^'^'u^l^'^l to found a new +er,.ip,i f.. ] , *^uciLLy. ihis organization w«s. venaea tu be only auxilia y to ^' ''' - " ""■ y to the Church of EnLdand xs, who settle orated into tl; The (li.sNcntii itic are (jccji of dissent )i; 10. Nearly a o\vijif' the Jesuit The Chin el JJured in till ^ the furtlicr y none liioie it is Well to John We.-lcy ^d to ]iis last out of the f England, 45 llmt by no means a now sect. The Methodists oufj^ht at lli'ast to reH])ect the Church of Kn«^dand for tlie sake of jhe veiiera}»h; and }.:;odly man wlioin she yave to them. rii(! elforts of the early Methodist (!van;j'('lists were to ' hrinjj; in " the un^^jxiiy and proHi^ate, hut now they seem to he chieHy intent on incieasing their lunnhers hy allurinn' those who are already in connection with (ither Christian denominations. In study ino- tlu; career of the Iveverend Joim Wesh'y,it must he home in mind that, when he commenced his apostolic hihors, relij^ion in England \vas altogether at a low ehh. The ln■'■''"''. V"'"'i ft'iK (reeds nf/^iiiwn., i ^-"'^'fum. i Jio Aitic Ch mo„ ;i;h\ " ,' Hirsr'r^r': *'"'>■ ■'" ^ i with all .li.s.s . 7^ lAKt^""'^f ""'."1. "f "hj'^'etiou liketlie Ji.rnif.tiZ ?''"'"' "''*''•■'''"' and inHuencr, and iu the ..:::>^ t^:!^:^}''^^J^'^^>i'^'^ _ ^^ . '"'^C'"!^ and foUowmg centuries fully settled, i/r/^v--:' g^vci-iiment. With - xx,^ cum lui as the muvereal form of unnrni, „„ ,.„..,> ,,,- the except.,,,, of l,„.,ies of Christian! whofltd t,,';,;;' 47 sedition and took refuj^e in seel (kUmI valleys and monn- tain fastnesses, K[)isc()])ac'y was <,'eneral until the time of the U(;formati(»n. Oin* dissentiti;:: ojtpoiients errone- ously state tli.at we liav(^ no autlioity in the New Testament for the Episcopal order. The Church of Knj^dand maintains hei Scriptural authority for the threefold order of lier ministry. "Bishop," "Preshyter" and "Deacon" are terms with which Chiistian readers are familiar. The word " Pn-shyter" is synonymous with the word "P//e.s7" in the Prayer IJook, and where- over the latter occurs it does not mean a ">!(icrttiri iiff Priest" as in the Pagan system or the modern Church of Rome, but simply a fully and episcoi)ally ordained minister of the C'hurch of Kngland. The word rrlest is a corruption of Presbyter — Prednjtcr, Prester, Priest. We must concede the fact that the terms liishnj) ainl Preshijfer are often nsed interchangeably in the New Testament, and sometimes refer to the same person. All Bishops from Apostolic tinier downward have been taken from the Presbyterhoou. I am aware of the anomaly that there have been lay Bishops, of whom Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, A.D. :i74, and certain Bishops in the modern Church of ll( .me, may be mentioned. A 11 Bishops are Presbyters, but Presbyters (or Priests) are not all Bishops. All Bishops can perform Presbyterly functions, ])ut Presbyters, as such alone, cannot exer- cise Episcopal functions. The Bishops in the primitive ages of the Church, as at present, had certain specific powers pertaining tr> their office which made the dis- tinction between them and the Presbyters or ministers. The geiieral oversight of ecclesiastical affairs, and the act of ordlnat'uni ])ertained to their office. The Apostle Paul, who i)ersonaUy appointed Titus first Bishop of Crete, thus instructs him (Tit. i. 5), "For this cause l(;ft 48 i" every city as I Im,l TnS^t^^ ^' ' Ti^w^*""^ also a,,poi„tod l,y tho' A ,l,st,rt ' t e iffiecM B ii;,^' SSy:;;;-;-S.j;r''cS;lS^^^ ner admits caii.lidatos to tlu P,,' i i ' ^'J'^ "'^"- och, was appointed ioihni ,,-1.^° , ^"■^'f?*'^"<4^'>rAnti- the A,«.,!^.,^ • C: '^-^^ Paul ' f tt Ep^k-'t '"'ti.e'^i'i;!!^'"''. "•-«""«' •■>' St. from Rome y^r andl^/te'^ "'"^!' ^"'^ ^^'^^''"^ ^f6/ ana iy to be sometimes applied to the sf connlusi* (lis])roof facts, w position 1 1. J selves. 9 1 age, and universf 8. J fjovernn 4. ' and A]) addition of Eng]{ By beenur^ lias beei objectio mother (an insi liave bt Roman' commot liave sti On this otier a f I Til. this dcs — tb^^y . COlTUpti ft • order th(! Presbyters) mothy was f'Bisho]) of he Ai)(>stl(' like maii- r the joint ers. Both ^resbyters, hops were >1) of Anti- ear 7(),])y irs befort! 'A by 8t. ), written t in that ■p, Bishoj) ar IGG, at m, and is hartre by lyons, to- sciple of stage of Churcli lias con- i)iscopaI J-eforma- a(], who j<^ction which has ever been urged against the Church of Englaml by disseiiters has been mae sent Jaws for the ..rotecZ. ,Tl/ ^f^^bJished. 8tri ^^vero passed by . mr t, ' '* 'J'" ^''-testant reh i loj,ery better than d" the s' ^^'•'''^"'<='-«. who k?,: .' «'e present day, and Pa „ , "<"'*""™tal politician, of bulwark of Em^land's P. 1 ■''gla"■« Proporjv a ■«".'/"".. It was resolved ; " ," f ''"■'"''' chi,u4 Z " -t;es of Oxford and'S , ti^-' ^r''"*" ""-'"^''"v ' tie f„,„,er. These desi. ninf ;,> ""T f'^^rti^ularlv t e Po,, . dispensation t^"t"^:';r'' ^f-''^ obtained and n, h,s way, after gobg ttt,":?'^'-'! I'rotestants « ey obtan,ed ordinatfon in the ? "'«,«tat«l course •They then set busily to wo l f • ^''"'■<^'' "f tin-land --.«.st the .stude^t^o? he%"f '•If'" ^"•'"^' ™- *«'o preparing for h„i„ ' , '"^" Univers ties who f >"";t '■mi>erec:^.til V, tXa ; •'tl' '"""^ S™''"«'ly. bu? the Jesuit crusLle against o," f™' V? *" «a,ry on th>s way a lai-ge body Z^- Z",' ?»™ble Church ^ Z wiat has been styled tl,e "C.ti. "v. p" '!''■'*•"»• partv in - ^—o'": Revival," and made "I'constitut.vl • tonotetJiisj ^, about the h emissaries :Ieavorijjg t,, le Reform^. I vvhen "the led. 8trin- *ut I'eligioii who knew >Jitieiaris of aud seemed ^ thti grand gainst Jier, n ever been ce her by ^'sorted to nryparly a t^ Uiiiver- I'tioularlv (obtained f^testants, d^ course, ^'ngJand. Jog- men ;ies who ^i'y, but 3any on rdi. In mi Were •arty in 'd made 51 occupy, according to their ability, very pronii- -ut places in this Romanizing movement. The Man- fngs, the Newmans, the ])enisnt. onlv desil'MJiU! to W^in ft. ;f rv- /f rt //f„- !■ -J'-i — , I.,, » ^. back our dissenting brethren of orthodox faith to the 52 ^"'>^:'ni of the ('Iiurp], I . absolute], Vafc""C;;'4 "' "'"' "" -•"' "■ ' "-e-- '' ^^' liHlst Amt tilJ wu ai(. 53 Lnitted to ,i.mi " tl.c go»<;ral ass,.,„bly a,.;l ^^'^'^ I first-ljoru wliicl. aie wntten ii, lioavu .. Looking, wever over tl.e past history of tl.c ( In'.st.au ( hurch kin" nto accour,t tl,. fatal .■rro.s wl,u , mvc cm.sea A. apostac-v of th... a,K-i,..,t ( ■Innrk.s, an.l tlMyloetvn.al fg .ieratio-,, characteristic of tl,o sects „.t.. -1''^ '»;;"- Irn ( 'hristenao.n is .livide.l, an.l Niewmg the Ghuuh. o} tuilTad in cor..,.arison uith all, ^ve have ve..s,m t,, f ha k Go,l an.l take courage." We .h; ""*, eonten.l hat she isabsolutelv perfect, !,»t takmg her al .«ethcr, PVc.msi.lcri,ig that it has been her great .n..ss..,n m iheworhl to ivseue the ns have f„u,„Uol,.ration un.ler her 'nrotlctiu-vvings;c.msi.lering,to,,.herbeaut, till Liturgy iLTap "toUc Cree.ls, lu.- Scriptural ArticL-s her ancient ronstaution her s.mn.l .h.ctrine an.l her e.lifying wor- 1 p ^ a ; reason t., r..gar.l her as the highes stan.l- rd oTecclesiastical excellence, an.l th.. n.os t™ ^ Uv,.ith iw 'i^t loctri .'s'^.if th.. Faith with..ut the cumber- imf. aril. nts with which th.. Church of Rome h^s mystified them. SI,.. s..ts forth •• ( 'hrist, an.l hint cruci- S" as the Ipha an.l ..n.ega of her pub ic teaching^ Sle'reco'nizein.. auxiliary-neith,.i. Virgin nor saint -fo she points to Jesus alone as " able to save to tlie uttcrin..st." Sh,. recognizes n., mass, n.-r any ..the, ^a rlfice but that om^ nia.le on ''a^-T;- --l-^ no rcpetiti.,..^" the ortering ;. h.. Ixuly <'' /^^ ,. fu fl „,,,-■ Vor .'// •' mob. X. 1(».) This she urges as th.> tull, perfect ami sutficient sacrifice. ..blati.m ami satislacLiou For theTns of the whole ^vorld.•• As Churchmen, we 54 nvt ana Apostolic iisarres aiK f.nmv tv, i ' . them God-sDeed in fh!;;, loi V\ /^'^"S^ we wis], ivi, aci cjiiei intercessor, and of ihn P/.»w. i ch,of rule.- an.l s„-.allo,l " infallil,le'>;;i,Ie • '"' ''"' (umwnvL- Qi i/"^^''l v'/ ""»^» «iie IS doinrr a <•• ori- n lir r • '"^ "'. '''^ ^^^''^ '»">'^^"t laborin<- in Knoll /l ana sueee. than at any prcviouV',:;-''.," oT / l^i^: iaboHng t,. eo;„7to™;t^tr|o^7ZTr,''«:^i;: straining i)oth at for a tiiii eeed in s her pain through and shin the confl she will vigoroui^ of God, foundati himself Ca ing the of mod< the dio( issenters in also j)riini- igh wo wis], tending tJic 1 see then) ' y^ou, and iH'rdMiioli an Ohui'cli •I's and all d }>ractict'. in orio^in, dmred Jut ines as t(» loxdn-is- P<'1H', lier ii'g wliat nalitrnant ntly \v()i •- and our e ?'.s' and k si 10 is In con- nada and a i;lori- f^^ngJand, Britisl. :' energ^y- r oxist- owovor, octrino, fiercely 00 . . H- ,.<^ f,.inill down her venevaUo fabric, straining every effi.t f' 1'" '"'',;'' "^„^,. y,,, ,,ermitte.l, i,„th at lionie an.l abr.,al. ""-> '"\,' . ' „av suc- tbr a time, to acl,iuve partial ^"^'^^ • „,' " J,h et up..u eee.l in staining Lev ftur name ; 1 e^ ^'^^>; "f^,, >„,, she w stand before the \\oiia noi^ „ I Up Word Undaiion of Apostles and pn>r>lu>ts-J.sus ing the stanzas of one of the most elegant a-d tak..ted of^modern poets-the R^ht Keverend Bishop Coxe. the diocpse of Western New ^ ork i 1 love the Church, the holy Church. The Saviour's ;;,;otless hnde ; And, oh, I love her pahices Through all the land so wide ! The cross-topped spire amid the trees, The holy bell of prayer ; The music of our Mother's voice— Our Mother's home is there. The village tower- -'tis joy to me ; 1 cry, " the Lord is here '." The village hells- they till my soul ; They more than iill mine ear ! (Ver kingdoms to the Saviour won Their triumph peal is hurled ; Their souud is now in all the earth. Their words throughout the world ! 56 TIk'd, with tlie message of our King. The herald stands on high ; How beautiful the feet of them That on the mountain cry ! And then, as when the doors were shut With Jesus left alon.-, The faithful sup with Christ, and He In. breaking bread is known. I love the Church, the holy Church, That o'er my life presides— The birth, the bridal, ai; _>:";!. .„,j,.,.iv circulated and Be"aumont, whose pamimlet cannot uc t.-. e.^' - read." • n; '^"' „'^'^"!*^«7^ «/ ff^e CvoHH, puMished in the for the^A^.^st'clj^lf^ctk^S'^or^^fe the histon^.. „,.,.. „t Stat. Jin its origin. ,;:S;ro';; a'!;r,ttri..V""'*"'* '^"'' '" ^"" ''"'^^^l not Ko^anXc ArtoHJ'^l^^:;^,.::"^ '»"^^ ^ »"tisl. Church i« by Porx. (Iregory^ony n AM If T^' "^"'"^r^"^ Archbi8ho|. oentury, declares Britain to l,,- si h.Vc t , ?L; 1 ""' '" ^he. second n.artyrin30:{. The Misho. s Tf X fj^ ^ ^ A 1 ban wa8 a British "f Aries. A. I). SO^/a, Z i,u n T > '^^^^^ ward the Chureh of l<,.m. '•. ' •^■'- = «"'• ^0<^ y«ars after- forcible tract." ^ '"' ^''^* ""^'^ t'^^ Kefornmtion. It is a /