Author: J. C. Wynter

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781331294597

Excerpt from The Duty of Members of the Church of England, in Time of Controversy: A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Reigate, at the Visitation of the Venerable Samuel Wilberforce, Archdeacon of Surrey the Request of the Clergy Sad prediction indeed of a sadder necessity! Offences must needs be, because in the outward and visible Church some must needs be evil; for until the awful and unknown hour of our Lord's last advent shall arrive - the more awful because unknown - the tares will grow intermingled with the wheat, and some of every kind be gathered into His earthly kingdom. Not that the prediction created the necessity, nor that the necessity was absolute and causal of the offence: if the necessity had not been eventual and conditional; if it had been the result of an unalterable decree; if it had arisen from fate fixed and unavoidable, then, in that case, a woe so mournful had not fallen upon the offender from the sacred lips of Mercy: for punishment would be out of place where the fault is involuntary. 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.