IN D E X TO T H E M T R A C T S F O R T H E T I E S . V D V ’ D . A I OL Y T H E RE C R , U T H O F “ I I S H E CC LE S I S T I C L F I C E ” A O R R A A N A N , W a eve oin ts ofr v lation the l mi ht deai m to he ecei e uni e sall we h t r p e e A g y g r v d v r y, “ — may he om he mus t have mad e universally accessible . Preface to Scri pt ure Revelation i P - l at b a n moa n n a ut my S Cou tr Pastor. g e, y y OX FORD , S PU B LI H E D B Y J. V INCE N T ; J. HATCH ARD A N D SO N PICC DILLY L D , A . ON O N ; A N D G T AN D B LT G FT ST E E T D U B LI . RAN O ON , RA ON R , N 1 2 84 . P E A E R F C . Tu e celebrity which has been achieved by the theologians, who constitute what has now receive d the appellation of the Tracta n S D ffi ria chool of ivinity, forms of itself a su cient apology for the publication of an I ndex to th e ir now voluminous writings . i At the same t me, the compiler of the presen t work would at fl on once candidly acknowledge , that the vast in uence conferred in so many of these di vines, by their station and position one of a U i our n tional nivers ties, and , as it appears , retained by them a a e to gre t ext nt , i n the face of recent censures, has been with U himsel f a main inducement to prosecute his task . nder the e e i r first consid ration , fid l ty in the analysis, and a steady rega d se rviceabl e uess e l i to its as a work of r ference, wou d be the ma n i h im s qualifications requ red from , to render the I ndex u eful and a e cceptable to all , of whatever theological vi w , who have been in or who may be led to take an interest in the writings question . a t h e e im In the l tter, compiler conceiv s that he is rendering an s a t en portant a sist nce to persons of serious minds , to whom the d e nc c y of the Tra tarian divinity, its probable results , and further e S dev lopment , have become matters of anxious inquiry . uch a a e public tion cannot , of course , from its very nature , ext nd to any the account of circumstances under which opinions , that had for some time (as it appea rs) been silently working their way in U O 1 833 e the niversity of xford , first, in the year , rec ived from M r o in a e . the hands of the l t R se , of Cambridge , combination , Mes N F e K e c e an th er with srs . ewman , roud , ebl , Per val , and g art a i p y not named , a system tic provis on for their extension B among the younger clergy of the U nited Church . ut the public iv P RE F A C E . e . e e a e [ risk E ccl esiastica l stat ment of Mr P rc v l , publish d in the J ourna l in th e ea a ea and e a th e e rly part of l st y r, r l ting to soci ty, e e renders this less a matter of r gr t . e a e e ITl’ S/l E ccl esiastical Journal M arc/i To th se st t m nts, ( , ’ Ne w a e a e e e th e 1 841 ) an d to Mr . m n s pr f c s pr fix d to first and e t h e a th e w e e third volum of Tr cts, compiler ould r f r, as very a as th e ea e and a easily obt ined , and furnishing cl r st most mple th e c a e e e an d th e ee account of cir umst nc s which sugg st d , f lings ee which advanced th e form ation of the p arty . The proc dings O 1 83 6 th e a e th e D e in xford in , in c s of ivinity Prof ssorship , may also be re ferred to as indicating th e influ ence which th ey e at a e an d a had obtain d this e rly p riod , as ccounting for the a a e a U h earin m nifest dil torin ss of th t niversity, in not g its u ea a e a e ar testimony, ntil five y rs ft r, to the d ng rous ch acter a th e e of syst m . B ut W a a ? e the questions , h t is Tract rianism In what do s it consist ? What are its limits ? Its l eading features ? Is it pro ressive a ? e e e e g or st tionary Is it d v loping its lf furth r, or fixed a e e ne w ? e e are e w and immov bl , anci nt or Th s qu stions to hich ac a e can a e b e a e e satisf tory nsw rs r r ly obt in d , although th y con stitut e a n indispensabl e prelimin ary to any serviceable discussion th e e and e th e on m rits d merits of syst em . Ifit be a e e e t sk d , wheth r the obj ct hinted a might not be ac m e f e e co plish d su fici ntly w ll , by judiciously sel ect ed e xtracts l e ea a nd xhibiting in cl r un equivocal propositions the opin ions of th e e a ; ma h e e e a s ver l writers it y r pli d , th t the voluminous cha racter e e e of th se productions, xt nding over a p e riod of eight ea ; e a e e a y rs mbr cing, mor over, som sh d es of di ffe r ence b e twee n t he i as w e as contr butors , ll m ark ed distin c tions bet ween th e ea l ier and l t r r a e productions of th e sa me write rs ; forbid the Censure ofthe ac s b t e H T y h eb oma a B oa d ofthe U ni e si ofO x ord 1 8 r t d d l r v r ty f , 4 1 . P R E F A C E . ho pe of satisfvi ng the purpose of e ither read er or compiler by the this method . I ndependently of many unsuccessful attempts e d bot h which hav been alrea y made, on the part of friends and s opponent , to exhibit what they believe to be the true character of these writings ; and the consideration that such a method is, all a s after , liable to much buse ; and is, consequently, mistru ted al l case i i a e in s, as g v ng room for the exertion of parti l fe ling, d e r o m s an private int pretation the c piler feels him elf precluded , by what may be regarded as protests by anticipation , entered e a . by two emin nt Tract rians, from resorting to mere extracts ” N w A M r. I t would , observes e man , in his pologetic Advertise meat a to the third volume of the Tr cts , be unbecoming to go a a e a into det il in this pl ce , were not a prejudic entertained ag i nst these Tracts by man y who know them only by a few detached s e e e ent nces, compl te inde d in themsel ves , and on the whole n o not unfairly selected , but which , so detached . will not be d erstood in their true sense and bearings by readers unacquainted “ a with the langu ge of our old divinity . M r W a F e M y . B a e e O ore recentl , rd , llow of lliol coll g , xford , in 90 a his pamphlet ou Tract , has employed a similar protest gainst l an i be a p , which, however, with something of nconsistency , ex ” u e . A ll tensively s s in the way of defen ce through the Tract , N “l F ew M o W ds o . s M r. re or . ( ob erves ard , ( , p con sid erable knowled ge is implied in t he reader of the previous e Tracts, and of the oth r publications of their authors ; the conse e u uite au re qu nco is, that a large number of pe rsons take it p q p a red oncl usions p they find the c stated in a naked way, while e e c n th y have thems lves no a quai tance with the premises, nor yet (what is sometimes of much more importance) with the prac ti cal line of thought and feeling connected in the minds of ” many with these doctrines .