CLAIMS AND DUTIES; OR, An Essay ON "THE NECESSITY OF A CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT IN A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ALL RANKS AND DENOMINATIONS, AND THE MEANS OF EXCITING AND MAINTAINING AMONG ITS MEMBERS A SPIRIT OF DEVOTION, TOGETHER WITH ZEAL FOR THE HONOUR, STABILITY, AND INFLUENCE OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH;" To which "The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge & Church Union in the Diocese of St. David's" adjudged a Premium of £50 in Dec. 1820. BY THE REV. SAMUEL CHARLES WILKS, A. M. AUTHOR OF 66 CHRISTIAN ESSAYS," 99 66 CHRISTIAN MISSIONS," THE ST. DAVID'S PRIZE ESSAY FOR 1811 ON THE CLERICAL CHARACTER, DEDICATED (BY PERMISSION) To the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO PLACE AND ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER ROW.] TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, &c. &c. &c. THE FOLLOWING ESSAY ON THE NECESSITY OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE MEANS OF PROMOTING A SPIRIT OF DEVOTION AND ATTACHMENT TO THE CHURCH AMONG ITS MEMBERS, IS, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |