F. A. S. AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, RECTOR OF CROSCOMBE, SOMERSET; AND OF GREAT-CHALFIELD, WILTS; AND "OLD CHURCH-OF-ENGLAND PRINCIPLES." "I know him, that he will command his Children and his Household after IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I. LONDON: LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE HENRY LAW, D. D. F. A. S. &c. &c. LORD BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS. MY LORD, I FEEL the less hesitation in presenting the following " Discourses" at the tribunal of a candid Public, from the circumstance of their having already been honoured by the approbation of your Lordship. I had, indeed, (but I trust not in vanity,) ventured to calculate upon this encouraging sanction of my work, from a conviction, of its" saying none other things than those" which the BIBLE teaches; and from an equally firm persuasion, that the doctrines and sentiments which it maintains, are in perfect accordance with the sound, reasonable, and scriptural principles of THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND. That general approbation should be awarded to these volumes, in an age remarkable for differences of opinion on theological subjects, is, perhaps, more than I have a right to expect; but, be this as it may, I never can regret their appearance in print, as it has afforded me so favourable an opportunity of expressing, formally and publicly, that high respect, esteem, and regard, which I entertain, officially and personally, for your Lordship and with which, I beg leave to subscribe myself, MY LORD, Your Lordship's obliged, faithful, and obedient Servant, R. WARNER, |