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thee : remember what I have first sought, and what hath 

 been principal in my intentions. I have loved thy assem 

 blies: I have mourned for the division of the church: I 

 have delighted in the brightness of thy sanctuary. This 

 vine which thy right hand hath planted in this nation, I 

 have ever prayed unto thee that it might stretch her 

 branches to the seas and to the floods.&quot; 



His publications are two : the one entitled, &quot; An Adver 

 tisement, touching the Controversies of the Church of 

 England ;&quot; the other &quot; Certain Considerations touching 

 the better Pacification and Edification of the Church of 

 England.&quot; These tracts abound with thought; and, ac 

 cording to his usual mode, consist of an extensive survey 

 of the whole of our religious establishment, and the most 

 minute observations of all its parts, even to the surplice of 

 the minister, that simple pastoral garment, which, with 

 the crook to guide, and to draw back the erring flock, 

 beautiful emblems of the good shepherd, are still retained 

 by the established church. 



His tract upon church controversies (a) contains an out- Church 

 line of all religious disputes, and abounds with observations 

 well worthy the consideration of ecclesiastical controver 

 sialists; who will, perchance, submit to be admonished 

 by Bacon that, as Christians, they should contend, not as 

 the briar with the thistle, which is most unprofitable, but 

 as the vine with the olive, which bears best fruit. 



The considerations touching the pacification of the church Edification 

 are dedicated to the King ; and, after apologizing for his 

 interposition as a layman with ecclesiastical matters, (Z&amp;gt;) 

 and describing the nature of the various reformers, and 

 the objections to the reform of the church, he examines 

 with great accuracy the government of bishops, the 



(a) See this tract analyzed, vol. vii. p. xx. in preface, and see the tract in 

 text, vol. vii. p. 28. 

 (t) Vol. v. p. 61. 



Controver 

 sies. 



