The first edition was published in 1675. Thomas Tomkins, Fellow of All Souls' College, was the author; but the two editions are anonymous. As to the Service Book, see the curious work of George Lightbodie: "Against the Apple of the Left Eye of Antichrist; or The Masse-Booke of Lurking Darknesse (_The Liturgy_), making Way for the Apple of the Right Eye of Antichrist, the Compleate Masse-Booke of Palpable Darknesse. London. 1638. 8vo." Baylie's _Parallel_ (before referred to) was a popular work; it was first printed London, 1641, in 4to.; and reprinted 1641, 1642, 1646, 1661. As to "High Church" and "Low Church," see an article in the _Edinburgh Review_ for last October, on "Church Parties," and the following works: "The True Character of a Churchman, showing the False Pretences to that Name. By Dr. West." (No date. 1702?) Answered by Sacheverell in "The Character of a Low Churchman. 4to. 1702." "Low Churchmen vindicated from the Charge of being no Churchmen. London. 1706. 8vo. By John Handcock, D.D., Rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury." "Inquiry into the Duty of a Low Churchman. London. 1711. 8vo." (By James Peirce, a Nonconformist divine, largely quoted in _The Scourge_: where he is spoken of as "A gentleman of figure, of the most apostolical moderation, of the most Christian temper, and is esteemed as the Evangelical Doctor of the Presbyterians in this kingdom," &c.--P. 342.) He also wrote: "The Loyalty, Integrity, and Ingenuity of High Churchmen and Dissenters, and their respective Writers, Compared. London. 1719. 8vo." See also the following periodical, which Lowndes thus describes: "_The Independent Whig._ From Jan. 20, 1719-20, to Jan. 4, 1721. 53 Numbers. London. Written by Gordon and Trenchard in order to oppose the High Church Party; 1732-5, 12mo., 2 vols.; 1753, 12mo., 4 vols." Will some correspondent kindly furnish me with the date, author's name, &c., of the pamphlet entitled _Merciful Judgments of High Church Triumphant on Offending Clergymen and others in the Reign of Charles I._?[2] I omitted Wordsworth's lines in my first note: "_High_ and _Low_, Watchwords of party, on all tongues are rife; As if a Church, though sprung from heaven, must owe To opposites and fierce extremes her life;-- Not to the golden mean and quiet flow Of truths, that soften hatred, temper strife." Wordsworth, and most Anglican writers down to Dr. Hook, are ever extolling the Golden Mean and the moderation of the Church of England. A fine old writer of the same Church (Dr. Joseph Beaumont) seems to think that this love of the Mean can be carried too far: