IN DEFENCE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

AS A NATIONAL AND A SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION,

DELIVERED

AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH, BLACKBURN,

DURING LENT, MDCCCXXXIII,

AND

BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

IN JANUARY, MDCCCXXXIV.

BY

SAMUEL JAMES ALLEN, M. A.

PERPETUAL CURATE OF SALESBURY, NEAR BLACKBURN, AND CHAPLAIN TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD DE TABLEY.

LONDON:

C. J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
STEVENSON, CAMBRIDGE; AND D. A. TALBOYS, OXFord.

MDCCCXXXIV.

CLARKE, PRINTER, CHURCH-STREET, PRESTON.

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THE MOST REVEREND

WILLIAM,

LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY,

PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND,

AND METROPOLITAN,

IN HUMBLE TESTIMONY OF RESPECT

FOR THE FIRMNESS, MODERATION, AND EMINENT ABILITY,

WITH WHICH, IN TIMES OF REPROACH AND DANGER,

HE HAS MAINTAINED

THE DIGNITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

AS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION,

WHILE HIS VIRTUES ILLUSTRATE ITS EXCELLENCE

AS A SPIRITUAL SOCIETY,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

BY

HIS GRACE'S MOST SINCERE

AND DEVOTED SERVANT,

SAMUEL JAMES ALLEN.