TO
THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD,
William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury,
AND PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND,
UNDER WHOSE WISE AND GOOD GOVERNMENT,
THROUGH THE GOOD PROVIDENCE OF GOD,
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
HAS BEEN SUSTAINED AMIDST DIFFICULTIES
UNEXAMPLED IN HER HISTORY IN RECENT TIMES,
THIS VOLUME
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY
HIS GRACE’S MOST OBEDIENT
HUMBLE SERVANT
THE AUTHOR.