THE CHURCHMAN'S TEXT BOOK.

THE

CHURCHMAN'S TEXT BOOK

AND

Daily Remembrancer of Doctrine and Buty

CONSISTING OF

MEDITATIONS TAKEN FROM THE

WRITINGS OF STANDARD DIVINES FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

Compiled with the Assistance and under the Sanction of Eminent Divines and Dignitaries of the Church.

"Blessed be God that hath set up so many clear lamps in His Church. Now none but the wilfully blind can plead darkness. And blessed be the memory of those His faithful servants that have left their blood, their spirits, their lives, in their precious papers; and have willingly wasted themselves into those during monuments, to give light unto others."

BISHOP HALL'S Occasional Meditations.

TO THE REVERED MEMORY

OF THE

FATHERS OF THE HOLY CHRISTIAN FAITH

AND

TO THE BISHOPS AND CLERGY

OF THAT PART OF IT CALLED THE

UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND,"

This Volume is respectfully Bedicated.