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AIONTGONIBI"

rhibited in a Narra
—By a Laycuea. New

:o speak more correctly, the CO
a professional gentleman in this
,ced to give publicity to
the itnpor-
nra unicated in the pamphlet as
r-
efficacy of

,a saving

The narrative is ea-
time, because it affords
A.rived in

f the Gospel

iti on and peace to

..urn a sitnPle reliance on the
ron3ises
taught to the heart of a Christian
by the in.
in the bumble and obedient use
cnirit,
It is easy to deprecate all

he Holy t.-;

every spiritual exercise to a
-nit we think no unprejudiced
'es recorded in these pages
those -

:d means of grace.

tutwarcl. Wally
t can read the

sustaining truths
spoken against

h confirme

.alt in the narrative is composed of
to the
mg the last painful illness of a strong-
ffentleman, by his the affect-

so uniuB

orthodox,t and as designating that apostolic Chu: to which
in the Apostles' Creed we profess our devotion ; but when,
apps_
, in the further development of tl
low the necessity rently innocent innovation took its system
we
'l7lll:svecriest-tt.ea-rtes
thus emphatically bestowed on ittlsie rise, we
England thedtitlestages of the cointepla,instp.iritualize
a highly-cultivated, d
on many important occasions used in the peculiar ban given
anifest most rernar
can pass " the
to it by the Church of Rome—when auricular tenseconfession was
lasi change of heart, before
.anY:::ss'i; 'ef joy and
not the mind talked of as n a more rigid observance f f .
than bad been usual in the Church of England reached()
the shadow of deatl4,::, 'lllB,P,e
envy
when the priest's back to
o asts
andp prayingr
in cwis'i)t/hewoalfils`P
up as catholic—
i.e such aut serious Self-
' prayer," was recommended and practised
h •as• led to se I the people, contrary to everyform
ages without et ~
hentic experience as that
common
of even hn- burning tapers at noonday as catholic—when
intentionon the communion-table of an
English parish-church
nted ordi- waspronounced to be Catholic—when
oe say that we have any
glect or careless use of the duly-appointed
"helps having
we heard of a bishop interfering
these valuable i
a sort of cross sewed pii
thet rbeatictikk e a clergyman for
e church—far from ipublication,ofi his surplice, by
cly kept in view by the author of this ways.;ht conforming to Catholic exam i
p e—w Ten we heard of
dby him n English clergyman actual'
njoye his hand to administer the s proceeding with a crucifix in
sacrament to a d •
evidently prised and frequeotly e . .
give
~., of this, we will more Cain •
olico—when the Churchof •
i Eno dying parishioner
„land was described
subject of it. As one Pr°"" - to be in a state that ret •
establishment to make 111-et
" means of recovery and
ing extract : a that est:lee/01Y her a pure branch of the. Catholicre-
• -tance, and • Church"— .1 •
1 w len, in short, we saw both eerem
,•e is yet one more circums
able in the toregirtig
trines wiich hive hitherto distinguished the Romannnies.a.nd doc-
al with prayer, which is ohs.erving of some psalm;
I Protestant from the
andence, and appears to be kir': r
N allude to the heartfelt
Really Church, all deliberately patronised and systema-
resiatbcharacterised as Catholic—how could co
'e, before we conclude. brother experienced, on
convictioni that the word Catholic
wasmbmyot? • sense
lad comfort, which our deaari
oable Scriptural prrers
school used in meaning to which the Church of El:
is new
' ----, the use of thell as the deep sorrow and cat-
i
never can subnsta•ritiel Who could doubt that the ter gland
as
v"
oce°°n 'viten he
wrtp and plied was used n. tin
o honour and reverence of th •Cm so
aP.
1 the last •
for the sad neg ec
England ; but, on the contrary, in elimination e hurch of
their use . ,
prey treated them.
rity, andi of her autho-
,e
had
.kno ~...,, beautifa, . n countenance of the old pupal . anathema that
our
was no better than an
11! 401 c a" " seance c";,7 Would to Reformation anti-Catholic—that is,
glie tein God I have felt an anti-apostolical and anti-Christian
whole o!term,
? It is, there-
fore. not the use but the abuse of this
ago, as I trust,
might have been, coupled with so
many more than suspicions circumstances,
ankful, and bap
1”; form, without my that excites our
them as a mei
at
abetter reproof distrust.. For our own parts we cannot ''
betterof express our
opinion on this point than in the words
,ern•'—° i s .ietices of many
to the con, t,
Church, for their Sacker :
Scriptural •
UND "Churches that d• . •
iffa widely in several notions
og members of our 00; ' FORII OF SO customs nlay, notwithstanding, each of them be and
1 compiled fortruly
ontempt of this IsrVALTI A
areful_ y
Catholic
ofthe
churches. But the Church of Rome,
Tim. i. 13); which was s° r, the better to ena-is one
ith the Spirit and faith mostl corrupted parts of the Catholic church, which
both in
sial use, by our pious reforine,
te,love, bath presumed to call itself the whole Catholic
in, like the Aposple, to ‘,-,' pray• 15.); arid to offer andcho Catholic
' LAI'. xiv. diseased
lihmebuniiversal church; which it no more' •
the understanding also (1 ~_ a Is and who perhaps the larger for bein? d. than
one
gracious God, Ilait°a;d ia. &tab; (Jahn
is the whole tmugh
' in spirit of prayer and praise, as
us,
they
take _ body of a man ; and by attempting '" "eased'
to exclude
ae worshipped God the direct way to exclude themselves,
;11 'spiritual sacrifier
Jesus Chriat. (1 Pet. ii. 5.)
impute their uncharitable way of thinking unless
cceptable to Him by Jes-- to enter into a length-
sjiwe hope 1..!e will, to excusable ignorance
.and acting,
hither the time, nor the Place, The Holy Scrip- Church of E • ngland pretends not ' and mis • The
take.
cussion about forms of prayer. di •
stinctly sane-
h (see whole. Catholic church, but • indeed absurdly to be
is undoubtedly
nth of the Old and New Testament,
' f - üblic wors ill ' cellentmember a sound and ex-
:ern, by Divine authority.
_I„
°OP and we have seen, to' call ourselves of it. So that we have much better ground
_iszmirb Catholic than they, were
vi. 22-26, and Matt. vi. 9
the form, set forth in ruck names worth
• case of our dear brother,
"vvowned by ,the Spirit of- d
not iiatti about—WHICH
and harden '
WHICH 'I'HICY ARE N
them by giving them only one would
)wri incomparable Liturgy; 21 as
ryeettm/, as a ' rod and a
both claim
unjustly, and turn into an argument-rn untie which they
:e and supplication,' and ead at,
the' walked through
__
Seeke', Fourteenth
Lecture on the Cat ~ ' against
s.
if,' to ' comfort' and sustain first, as ie..: , Ail true
f (p,„ )(Nor. 44 - col vi.,
• p. 139. etarsni, f Vorks,
e valley and shadow of death. regard to
ledge' in
God, to Another practice, of
aurehmen, also. most gratefully aelcn 0,","
bidet/led, under presenting the the mode of
;hat Liturgy, that we are mainly •ta the Other sacramental elements), which had 'wart
its pure Scriptural services, (in connexion wi I .
• in our fallen '
t.e.into desuetude,
,has been recently revived, in strictery
of tube church,) for the preservation, .L. compliance with the Rubrics—we mean the performance of
- - sound Apostolical doctrines of the ri.
k dark- the rite of baptism in the course of the ordinary serv• and
~ the ' days of gloominess and thic
.t.e before the whole ice,
eh so unhappily covered our land, throughout ii. , 0 this . congregation. Great stress
has beets laid
n point by those who practise it, for the reasonsalleged
' of the last century." in the Rubric .1. 1. '
"The people
il se t :
ope are to be admonished, that is most
con-
venient that baptism should not be administered but
Sundays and otherholy days, when the most numbeurpo of
people come together; as for. that the congregation there
present may testify
the receiving of them that be n
baptized into tliiiumher of Christ's church ; as alsoewly
be-
cause in the baptists infantsbia every man present may be
put in remembrance ofof
his
baptism."own profession made to God in
boo is
sportion of the Rubric has existed
ever since the first
o of
King Edward ; but, until the la • st revision in 1662,
it was preceded by these words:—
" It appeareth by ancient writers, that the sacrament of
baptism in the old time was not commonly ministered but
two times in theyear—at Easter and Whitsuntide—at whichat
times it was
openly, ministered in the presence of all
congregation;
although
it cannot, for many considerations, be well fuse
restored
good to follow the sante as near as
Wherefore the people are to be ad 1 .
as aoove].

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ar and evi

bout tt

;r excellent Liturgy

bleb is

Archbishop

ie convey',

;et and

pod and

Zion, of to
during

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Nickisson, London

t the most pleasing articles we have read for some
at entitled" Sir Francis Chantrey and Allan Cun-
' Readni:wences by One who has a good
rings before us Chateaubriand and De Genoude.
!y written, and will, not fail to interest as well
Walpole and his Friends," is also well worthy

again), it is thought
conveniently maybe.

monished," &c
This preface to the rite, which is to be found in the Prayer-
Books of Edward VI., Elizabeth, James 1., and Charles 1.,
was omitted at the Restoration—we suppose, as being rather
historical than rubrical; but it is still worth remembering.
Then follows the Rubric now insisted on as to the time of
celebration :
" And then the godfathers and godmothers, and the people
with the children, must be ready at the font, either immedi-
ately after the last lessor at evening prayer, as the priest at
his discretion may appoint."
This is very clear; and yet, like the early ceremony, " it

had grown out qf use;" and some, who are nevertheless very
zealous rubricans in other points, doubt whether, "for many
considerations, it can be restored."

The Bishop of London says nothing exactly as to the time

urgent necessity; and all such- baptisms
registered within the time prescribed by law.
should
duly of
This I request you to take as my authoritative direction."—
Charge, p. 63.