Author: Joseph Holmes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-10

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780332622477

Excerpt from The Duty of a Christian State to Support a National Church Establishment At a period when so many able and elaborate publications, in various forms, have appeared, in defence both of Ecclesiastical Establishments generally, and of the Church of England in particular, the Author would not have presumed to offer the following Sermons to the notice of the public, if he had merely consulted his own judgment, and followed his own inclinations. His object would have been sufficiently answered, in calling the attention, and directing the inquiries, of his own Congregation to the question. He would have been satisfied with the hope, that, for the purpose which he had in view, they had not been unprofitable. In deference, however, to the judgment and feelings of the Congregation, and in compliance with their very general wishes, he now commits them to the public ordeal; not supposing, that he has been able to adduce any new arguments, or to throw any new light on the subject; but simply hoping, that they may not be entirely useless beyond the walls of the Church within which they were delivered. Composed, and hastily revised, amidst many interruptions necessarily connected with a laborious office, they crave an indulgent consideration. An Appendix has been added in the hope of elucidating some points touched upon in the Sermons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.