by in silence. I am sensible of the great deficiencies of these selections, but the fact is, the mine is scarcely rich enough to encourage working it entirely out, for the sake of a mineral found occasionally in the ore. Such passages as are here produced are only incidentally supplied. Andrews has furnished but two or three, Philips the same; Greenham and Smith not half a dozen each; while others who have printed few sermons, but whose mode of treating them is personal and local, as Lever, Stockwood, Drant, &c. are often quoted.

I have to thank you for access to the Lambeth Library, whence a large portion of the present volume is derived, but this would be a very inadequate acknowledgement for kindness which dates long before that fine collection had the benefit of your keeping. Your society then led me to form opinions essential I believe to a candid review of the Reformation, although subsequent years, during which I had not that privilege, may have so modified them as to prevent me from assuming that they have at present more than a general resemblance to your own. Still it gives me pleasure to say where I first was led to converse, however distantly, with ancient piety and wisdom, to watch the designs of Providence unfolded in church history, to venerate men who sustained the light of faith and holiness in dark ages without mimicking the peculiarities of their times, and to revere the virtues and honesty of our Reformers, nor yet allow them an infallibility they denied the Pope.

I am, my dear sir,

Yours, very faithfully,

J. O. W. HAWEIS.

NORWOOD.

III. These of

a mixed character. IV. Evil of regarding them as
models. v. Objections to this admission considered.
VI. The Contemporary Pulpit, vII. less influen-
tial in England than elsewhere. VIII. Principle
of the selections from sermons in this volume. IX.
The depression of the clergy a frequent topic. x.
Pulpit excellencies, and defects of the sixteenth cen-
tury. XI. Causes contributing to them. XII. Fa-
vourable specimens of sermons, from the commence-
ment to the close of the century. Fisher on God's
forbearance towards sinners. XIII. Notice of Colet
and his sermon on Reformation. The clergy must
seek their power in their holiness. Henry's remark
on his preaching. XIV. Longland on searching the
Scriptures. xv. Notice of Latimer.
XVI. Jewel's

preaching. The Dying Father from the notes of Gar-
brand. XVII. Deringe: Christ the Sanctifier.
XVIII. Sandys, a connecting link between the re-
formers and the reign of James. XIX. Hooker; cha-
racter of his preaching. Man's sedulity the means
of his stability. xx. Andrews survived until the
reign of Charles I. His sermon on Lot's wife.

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CHAPTER II.-PAUL'S CROSS

II.

1. Site of Paul's Cross; its inconveniences.

Interesting scenes occurring there. Tonstal's anec-

dote of Julius II. Barnes challenges Gardiner.

III. The collision of Hooper and Boner.
IV. Rid-

ley and Lady Jane Grey. v. Bourne's escape from

the mob. Watson's sermon. VI. Jewel's retort

upon it.
VII. Modes adopted for annoying the

preacher. VIII. Curiosities exhibited; the Agnus

Dei. IX. Ridiculous spectacles; the pig, the biga-

mist. x. Boldness of the preachers. Gardiner's

sermon on Reformation. XI. Difficulty of procuring

able preachers as the Reformation advanced. XII.

Bad management the cause of this. XIII. Conclu-

sion.

CHAPTER III.-EDUCATION AND PREFERMENTS OF

THE PAROCHIAL CLERGY

1. Abuses of church patronage.

II. General wish

to alienate endowments. III. These continued for

some time adequate to the wants of the Church. IV.

Yet the station and scholarship of the inferior

clergy sunk, and the universities declined.
v. An-

ecdote of Bentham. VI. The Marian persecution,

the exiles. VII. Their return and disappointments.

VIII. Simony, and contempt of clergy. Apology

for the bishops.

CHAPTER IV.-SOCIAL POSITION OF THE PARO-

CHIAL CLERGY

1. Advantages and disadvantages of a married

clergy. 11. Secularizing character of the Reforma-
tion. 111. Unhappy marriages of clergy. IV. Their
worthless families, v. and consequent loss of in-
fluence. VI. Improvement of the clergy towards
the end of Elizabeth's reign, vII. but not to that
extent which would make them models.

CHAPTER V.-THE ITINERANT PREACHERS

1. The preaching friars. II. Evils of their sys-

tem III. imitated in that which succeeded it.

IV.

Regulations of itinerancy. v. Royal chaplains
itinerate. VI. Circuits of Aylmer and Hooper. VII.
Of Gilpin, VIII. Bradford and Knox. IX. Reign
of Mary. x. Resumption of itinerancy; story of
Kechyn. XI. Complaints concerning itinerants.
XII. Their insolence. XIII. Their short-lived po-
pularity. XIV. Beneficed clergy reluctant to itine-
rate, and are aided in this work by the laity.
Itinerants dwell constantly on the value of preaching.
xvi. Portraiture of Edmund Bunney.

XV.

CHAPTER VI.-THE CHURCH AND THE CONGRE-
GATION

1. Spoliation of Churches. II. Destruction of

Church windows, III. and altars, IV. parts of a

system v. which it was resolved to sweep away.

VI. A communion in Edward's day, vII. an un-

friendly account of one, vIII. same practices long

continued. Ix. The rood loft, x. reluctantly removed,

with its accessories. XI. Separation of rich and

poor; gestures of devotion. XII. Prayers before and

after sermon.

XIII. General neglect of the Church

service and sacrament.

CHAPTER VII.-STATE OF PUBLIC MORALS UNDER

EDWARD.

1. General aspect of society. II. Dislike to

ecclesiastical costume. III. Doctrine of the Re-

formers sometimes so stated as to tend towards anti-

nomianism. IV. Confession abandoned. v. Gene-

ral demoralization. vi. Gambling. VII. Prostitution.

VIII. Divorce. IX. Profanity. x. Dishonesty. XI.

Falsehood and insubordination. XII. Sense of ho-

nour lost. XIII. Impunity of murder, and corruption

of juries. XIV. Maladministration of justice. xv. No

improvement as Edward advanced towards man-

hood. xvi. Probably none in the reign of Mary.

CHAPTER VIII.-STATE OF MORALS UNDER ELI-

1. Fears of the Papists. 11. Hopes of the Reform-

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ers. III. Character of Elizabeth. IV. Immoral
books. v. The theatre. VI. Multitude of players.
VII. Estimate of real improvements. VIII. Preva-
lence of covetousness. IX. Inadequate amendment
or even decline. x. The latter asserted by a
preacher. xI. Breach of the Lord's day in town and
country. XII. General complaints. XIII. Mode-
rate views of the habits of the age. XIV. Encourag-

ing estimates.

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1. Persecution of the Papists. 11. Apology for
penal laws.
III. Enquiry as to their justice. IV.
Preachers remonstrate against the forbearance of
Edward's government. v. Christian charity. VI.
State view of the Papists, vII. contrasted with the
preacher's view. VIII. Admissions of the piety of
Papists. IX. Indiscriminate violence of the pulpit.
x. Sermon to the Jesuits in the Tower. XI. Various
extracts of a vindictive character.

CHAPTER X.-THE ENGLISH SCHISMS

1. First steps towards schism. 11. Church prin-
ciples early compromised. The Protestant congre-
gations under Mary. 1. Moderation of Elizabeth.
IV. Early Puritans. v. Their error. VI. Decline
of Popery, vII. its revival with the advance of Puri-
tanism. VIII. Coalition of Romanists and Dis-
senters. x. The Anabaptists, &c. XI. Tenets of
the Family of Love. XII. The Holy Discipline.
Attempts at comprehension. XIII. Brownism XIV.
not much abused in the pulpit. xv. Feeble views of
episcopacy. Signs of their improvement. XVI.
Beauty of Christian love. XVII. Conclusion.

CHAPTER XI.-SUPERSTITIONS OF THE REFORMA-

1. Superstition not peculiar to the Reformers or
their age.
II. Henry VIII. believed in the miracu-
lous blood of Hales. 111. Some modern teaching almost

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