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Prospects of Peace for the Church in the Prayer Book and Its Rules: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Maidstone at the Ordinary
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Excerpt from Prospects of Peace for the Church in the Prayer Book and Its Rules: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Maidstone at the Ordinary Visitation in April, 1875But, on the other hand, it was clear that there were limits to this freedom of individual minds, this comprehensiveness of the Church's system, lines of truth and order fixed, beyond which liberty becomes license, with all the attendant evils of division, mutual suspicion, heart-burnings, and alarm. And with these mischiefs would come the danger of provoking legislation in a hostile spirit, narrowing, too probably, the liberty which the faithful and soberminded of the Church's sons, clergy and laity, had highly prized, and would never desire to abuse. Amidst these perils, it seemed to be more than ever necessary to have re course, in the spirit of dutiful loyalty, to the Church's rule, laid down ln the Preface to the Book of Com mon Prayer, that, forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in the use and practice of the same, to appease all such di versity (if any arise) and for the resolution of all doubts, concerning the manner how to understand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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