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PREFACE.

THIS Volume contains the second course of lectures produced under the auspices of the Church Historical Society; their general purport is indicated by the common title prefixed to them. They were delivered at S. Peter's Eaton Square, at Shoreditch Parish Church, at S. Pancras, and elsewhere, and are now published with the addition of notes, references, and an index. It will be observed that the same ground is covered, to some small extent, in more than one of the lectures; and this indeed was inseparable from the method of treatment. they appear as delivered, with a few verbal alterations only, as it is believed

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that a certain amount of freedom and variety of treatment will only serve to place in a clearer light the real strength of our position.

The lectures can be obtained separately, as Numbers IX to XIII of the Church Historical Society's Tracts.

W. E. C..