sin thanklessly to neglect them; just as it would be a mistake to rest the duties of temperance or justice on the mere law of natural religion, when they are mercifully sanctioned in the Gospel by the more winning authority of our Saviour Christ. Experience has shown the inefficacy of the mere injunctions of Church order, however scripturally enforced, in restraining from schism the awakened and anxious sinner; who goes to a dissenting preacher "because (as he expresses it) he gets good from him:" and though he does not stand excused in God's sight for yielding to the temptation, surely the Ministers of the Church are not blameless if, by keeping back the more gracious and consoling truths provided for the little ones of Christ, they indirectly lead him into it. Had he been taught as a child, that the Sacraments, not preaching, are the sources of Divine Grace; that the Apostolical ministry had a virtue in it which went out over the whole Church, when sought by the prayer of faith; that fellowship with it was a gift and privilege, as well as a duty, we could not have had so many wanderers from our fold, nor so many cold hearts within it. This instance may suggest many others of the superior influence of an apostolical over a mere secular method of teaching. The awakened mind knows its wants, but cannot provide for them; and in its hunger will feed upon ashes, if it cannot obtain the pure milk of the word. Methodism and Popery are in different ways the refuge of those whom the Church stints of the gifts of grace; they are the foster-mothers of abandoned children. The neglect of the daily service, the desecration of festivals, the Eucharist scantily administered, insubordination permitted in all ranks of the Church, orders and offices imperfectly developed, the want of Societies for particular religious objects, and the like deficiencies, lead the feverish mind, desirous of a vent to its feelings, and a stricter rule of life, to the smaller religious Communities, to prayer and bible meetings, and ill-advised institutions and societies, on the one hand,― on the other, to the solemn and captivating services by ADVERTISEMENT. which Popery gains its proselytes. Moreover, the multitude of men cannot teach or guide themselves; and an injunction given them to depend on their private judgment, cruel in itself, is doubly hurtful, as throwing them on such teachers as speak daringly and promise largely, and not only aid but supersede individual exertion. These remarks may serve as a clue, for those who care to pursue it, to the views which have led to the publication of the following Tracts. The Church of Christ was intended to cope with human nature in all its forms, and surely the gifts vouchsafed it are adequate for that gracious purpose. There are zealous sons and servants of her English branch, who see with sorrow that she is defrauded of her full usefulness by particular theories and principles of the present age, which interfere with the execution of one portion of her commission; and while they consider that the revival of this portion of truth is especially adapted to break up existing parties in the Church, and to form instead a bond of union among all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, they believe that nothing but these neglected doctrines, faithfully preached, will repress that extension of Popery, for which the ever multiplying divisions of the religious world are too clearly preparing the way. OXFORD, The Feast of All Saints, 1834. 5. A short Address to his Brethren on the Nature and Constitution 27. of the Church of Christ, and of the Branch of it established in 6. The Present Obligation of Primi- 7. The Episcopal Church Apostolical. 8. The Gospel a Law of Liberty. 9. On shortening the Church Service. 10. Heads of a Week-day Lecture, delivered to a Country Congre- 11. The Visible Church. Letters I. 12. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. 28. 29. and Advantage of frequent Com- Bishop Cosin on the Doctrine of The same continued. The Standing Ordinances of Reli- 34. Rites and Customs of the Church. 35. The People's Interest in their Mi- 36. Account of Religious Sects at pre- 17. The Ministerial Commission a Trust from Christ for the Benefit of his 18. Thoughts on the Benefits of the our Church. No. TABLE OF THE TRACTS. VIII. Epistle of Ignatius to the Ro- mans. IX. The Martyrdom of Ignatius at X. Epistle of Ignatius to the Phila- XI. Account of the Martyrdom of XII. The Martyrdom of Polycarp. No. vii XIV. Irenæus on the Rule of Faith. netus. XVI. Address of Clement of Alex- XVII. Tertullian on the Rule of XIII. Justin Martyr, on Primitive XVIII. The same continued. 25. Bishop Beveridge on the great Necessity and Advantage of Pub- 34. Rites and Customs of the Church. ON THE APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION. 1. Thoughts on the Ministerial Com- mission, respectfully addressed ON THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 15. On the Apostolical Succession of 36. Account of Religious Sects at pre- 31. The Reformed Church. ON THE ARGUMENT FOR THE CHURCH. 6. The present Obligation of Primi- | 19. On arguing concerning the Apos- |