...very unanswerable arguments. He quotes from the preface of the American Book, which expressly declares that " this Church is far from intending to depart...worship, or further than local circumstances require." Then he shows that " mere omission is not equivalent to condemnation or prohibition," and that " positive...

...not get some light from English law ? I remember that in the preface to the Prayer-book it is said, that " this Church is far from intending to depart...from the Church of England in any essential point of worship ; " if we could learn something from the law of the Church in England, might it not aid us...

...a Paper holding the lowest position of authority, — a Preface to an Ecclesiastical Document, — that "this Church is far from intending to depart...from the Church of England, in any essential point of Discipline!" The burden laid upon these words is greater than they can bear. What, then, does the passage...

...comparison of this with the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. In which it will also appear, ngels ; thou crownedst him with glory and honour,...thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection farther than local circumstances require. And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion,...

...Diocesan Convention, it accedes to the explicit declaration of that Church, " that it has not intended to depart from the Church of England in any essential...worship, or further than local circumstances require." So the avowal and admission of each such church, and of each member of the same, is clearly, that the...

...implication in the English, exists in the American. It stands recorded in the preface of the American book, that "This church is far from intending to depart...or further than local circumstances require." The truth of these words is easily seen by a comparison of the books of the two churches. And a comparison...

...general convention was held here. That convention expressly declared that, in whatever it did, it was " far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine." ISTow, that convention was an exceedingly small body ; for the Church in America almost died during...

...ought the judgment to be allowed in our own Church ? in the Preface to the Prayer Book we declare, that " This Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of Eng1 Of course on the right principle of Bishop Hopkins, though erroneously applied, of English applicable...

...the Articles and arranged the Prayer Book; and that the founders of our Church in this country were ' far from intending to depart from the Church of England...essential point of doctrine, discipline or worship.' " Now Dr. Canfield is equally unfortunate as to both the points which he here raises, irrelevant as...

..." placed beyond a doubt by the declaration in the Preface to the PrayerBook, that we do not intend to depart 'from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine.' " I regard the whole matter, and the means of forgiveness of sins, as highly essential points of Doctrine...