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The Episcopal Manual Clnivcr^Uv DURRETT COLLECTION " : :: : w$^Sii^^; S : : ' : ; - ^ i"! -' ??*&: '3^ :\- *?.'. THE : EPISCOPAL,> MANUAL o A SUMMARY DOCTRINE, DISGI^raE, AND PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. " ft WITH AN APPENDIX. ; BY THE LATE7 REV. WILLIAM H. WILMER, D.D. U " Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest' for your souls." JEREMIAH, vi. 16. NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. REVISED AND ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OP THE CHURCH. WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY R. S. H. GEORGE, SOUTH FIFTH STREET. 1841. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by R. S. H. GEORGE, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. C. Sherman & Co. Printers, 19 St. James Street. O- EDITOR'S PREFACE. THE " EPISCOPAL MANTJAI,," by the late Rev. Dr. Wilmer, has long been highly and justly esteemed by the members of oux Church, as a brief, yet comprehensive and instructive exposition of its Ministry, Doctrines, Discipline, and Worship. We have many able works on the Consti- tution and external order of the Church, and numerous ex- cellent treatises on doctrinal and practical religion ; but a work devoted to the united interests of the Gospel and the Church to the defence of both evangelical truth, and apostolical order;-* as it had long been a desideratum before the appearance of the admirable compendium now pre- sented to the public in a revised, and, it is hoped, improved it will form ; so probably not soon be superseded in ge- neral estimation by any similar publication. While its views of ecclesiastical polity are so sound and scriptural as to satisfy the most decided member of the Church, it at the same time so exhibits the spirituality of all her services, and the deep though sober piety required of her children, that the devout and humble Christian cannot peruse it without blessing God for so rich a heritage, and that it is his privilege to enjoy communion and fellowship with such a holy and divinely constituted society. After having already passed through several editions, another has long been called for; and a at the request of the publisher, the present editor has carefully revised the work, and made such alterations and additions as were necessary to adapt it to the present state of the Church in this country. The * .. iv . V EDITOR'S PREFACE. & prayers suitable to several occasions" contained in former editions, are omitted in this, because, however excellent in themselves, they do not properly fall in with the design of their the work ; and since original publication so many approved forms have appeared, that there is less necessity for increasing the size and cost of the book by retaining them. The insertion in the Appendix of the Constitution and Canons of the Church, including the amendments of the last General Convention in 1838, it is believed will prove acceptable, since to the great body of our laity they are usually not easily accessible. Philadelphia, March 25, 1841. AUTHOR'S PREFACE AND, INTRODUCTION. IF any apology be necessary for this undertaking, it may be found in the fact, that there is no work, on a similar plan, extant. It is not less a matter of obvious truth, than of serious regret, that there exists among the members of the Episcopal Church, a great want of information re- specting their own peculiar principles. The following " work, therefore, which aims to point out her excellencies, to illustrate her evangelical character, and to infuse into the hearts of her children, a portion of that healthful spirit which pervades all her services, it is hoped, will not prove altogether unacceptable or useless. The author is perfectly conscious of his inability to do justice to subjects so various and momentous, and especially, in so short a summary as his limits have prescribed. All that he can hope to accomplish is, that some who have not considered the subject, may be induced to bestow upon it an attention, in some degree proportioned to its importance, and that, in all, a desire of making farther research into those venerable documents from which he has drawn, may be cherished and increased. Wherever he could do so, he has adopted the language of the Church and her approved writers. In so doing, though he has given to his work only the merit of a compilation, and of an attempt to bring into a smaller focus the irradiations of piety and genius with which the subject is enriched, he hopes to gain a more solid advan- tage, in having, thereby, fortified his exposition of doctrine, behind the acknowledged bulwarks of the Church. 1* vi AUTHOR'S PREFACE In the history of the Church, as in that of nations, there are epochas which are esteemed worthy of being cherished with fond remembrance, and to which we refer for the test tried of principles ; times which men's souls, and called forth genius and virtue from their inmost recesses. We look back, with enthusiasm, to the sages and heroes of our Revolution, and consent to try, by their standard, maxims of policy and pretensions of patriotism. And, aided by the same power of association, we contemplate the period of the Reformation, the grand jubilee of emancipation to mankind, with veneration for those, who nobly dared to attack the mighty colossus which had so long bestrid and en- slaved the world. The heroes in this cause were illustrious " men ; they counted not their lives dear unto them," but, like Sampson, upheaved the massy pillars, content to fall, themselves, beneath the ruins, that the world might be free. It moved them not, though the torch, with which they were to illuminate mankind, was to light up their own funeral pile : but having vindicated by their writings, and illus- trated by their lives, the cause of evangelical truth, they joyfully sealed their last testimony for it at the stake. Then it was, that exalted talents and a fervid piety, refined in the crucible, exhibited their greatest strength and their purest lustre. Whether it be our object to estimate the real standard of orthodoxy, as then believed and taught, or to strengthen our own faith, hope, and love, by the contemplation of the holy perseverance and fortitude with which these martyrs and confessors bore testimony to the truth as it is in Jesus, we may find, a deep interest in those genuine records of their doctrines and actions. To the pious and humble in- quirer after truth, this task will furnish its own recompense. "" To the want of a more intimate acquaintance with " the writers in question," says a great tnan^ is very principally to he attributed that diversity of sentiment on AND INTRODUCTION. Vll some most important points of theology, and even alarm- ing departure from sound doctrine, which is too prominent a feature in modern divinity. An attentive peruser of our most eminent divines for the last two centuries, will per- ceive, that each generation seems gradually, and in some instances almost imperceptibly, to have deviated from the principles of their immediate predecessors, till at length, when we compare the now commonly prevailing concep- tions of Christianity with those of older times, we startle at the contrast." The foregoing remark, though subject to many excep- tions, is certainly too generally applicable. The sentiment has at least sufficient force to incline us to hear what those venerable records say for themselves. Exclusively of the intimate connexion which they have with our Episcopal system, and the consequent obligation on us to honour them, it will be found that the more accurately we investi- gate the lives and writings of the reformers, the stronger ground for confidence in their interpretations of Scripture we shall derive, from the discovery of their high attain- ments both in learning and in piety. In this school we may study with safety, and with eminent advantage both to the head and the heart. There are four works of the reformers which most clearly define the sense of the Church in all matters necessary to salvation, viz. the Catechism of King Edward VI. the Declaration ; of Doctrines in Jewell's Apology ; the Catechism commonly called Dr. Nowell's,and the Homilies. The Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Randolph, afterwards Bishop of London, republished the first three pieces, in a collec- tion of tracts for the use of students.- In his preface he speaks of them in the following terms : " The catechism published in the time of King Edward VI. was the last work of the reformers of that reign; whence it be understood to aa far as it may fairly" contain, ' viii AUTHOR'S PREFACE goes, their ultimate decision, and to represent the sense of the Church of England as then established. In this, accord- ing to Archbishop Wake, the complete model of our church catechism was at first laid ; and it was also in some of it been measure a public work ; the examination having committed, as the injunction testifies, to certain Bishops after it and other learned men ; which was published by the king's authority." " Jewell's Apology is an account of the grounds of our separation from the Church of Rome, as maintained after that separation had finally taken place." " Nowell's Catechism is an account of the doctrines of the Church at the same period, when it had been restored and established under Queen Elizabeth. Both of these works also were publicly received and allowed. They have also a claim to the attention of the reader both for clearness of argument, and for eloquence of language." The Book of Homilies which is recommended to be read in churches, and is declared by the XXXV.
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