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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.