Had these his Lordship’s sentiments as “deliberately expressed” as any other part of his charge been more generally made known, I must think that the conscientious men who signed the Petition, could have expected nothing so little as his Lordship’s powerful aid in support of its prayer. To these sentiments his Lordship appended a note supporting his own views by the authority of Archbishop Secker and of Dr. Balguy. From that note you have quoted the well deserved terms of praise in which his Lordship speaks of, “the candid and christian spirit which breathes throughout your preface,” to your reprint of Dean Prideaux, in which praise all who have read the work will readily join. But as it illustrates his Lordship’s views, we may as well give the remainder of the note. The quotation from Archbishop Secker is as follows:— “Et hæc eadem velim sibi in memoriam revocent, qui Liturgiam item recenseri reformarique flagitant. Ornatior quidem, accuratior, plenior, brevior, et POTEST EA FIERI ET DEBET; sed modesta tractatione, sed tranquillis hominum animis; non temerariis, qualia vidimus et videmus, ausis, non inter media dissidia mutuasque suspiciones.” “Some of the faults imputed to our public service are,” as Dr. Balguy says, “of such a nature as to admit of no alteration. In these instances we must renounce our faith before we can consent to reform our worship; to reform it, I mean, in the only way which can stop the complaints of its adversaries.”—Discourses, vol. 1, p. 103. {36c} Not having arrived at your conclusion—“That the Bishop of London, who came forward as the principal opponent of the Petition, is an unfit guide for public opinion on such a subject.” {36d} I have thought it but just that the public should know what his Lordship’s sentiments on the subject of a Revision of the LITURGY really are. {35a} Bp. of Norwich’s Pamp. p. 45. {35b} Rev. John Newton, Apologia, p. 9. {35c} Bishop of London’s Charge, 1834. {36a} Hor. Epist. II. i. 45. {36b} Bishop of Norwich’s Pamph. p. 5. {36c} Bishop of London’s Charge, Appendix N. {36d} p. 3. {37} Nares Bamp. Lect. p. 466, note 3. {38} Articles, &c. in the Primary Visitation of Edward, Bishop of Norwich, 1838. {39a} p. 18. {39b} p. 92. {39c} Hull, 15. {40} p. 14. {42} Visitation Charge, 1771. {43a} Hull, p. 19. {43b} Bishop of London’s Charge, 1834, p. 40. {43c} South’s Serm. vol. ii. Epist. Ded. to Univ. of Oxford. {44a} Eccl. Pol. b. V. s. 42. {44b} Bishop of Norwich’s Pamph. p. 28. {44c} Mark xvi. 14. {44d} John iii. 15. {44e} John ix. 26. {44f} 2 Thess. xi. 12. {45} Vogan’s Bampton Lect. p. 375. {46a} Bishop of Norwich’s Pamph. p. 28. {46b} Just Vind. of the Church of England, Disc. iii. {47a} Schism Guarded, iv. Sect. x. {47b} See Pearson on the Creed, Art. 8, note. {48a} Paraphrase on Com. Prayer, Append. Numb. 3, p. 292, second edition. {48b} p. 54. {49a} Pet. with Expl. 27.