THE

PILLARS

OF

PRIESTCRAFT

AND

ORTHODOXY

SHAKE N.

As for the rending of the church, we have many rea-
Jons to think it is not that which ye labour to pre-
vent, fo much as the rending of your pontifical
fleeves: That fchifm would be the foreft fchifm to

MILTON.

you.

Neither can religion receive any wound by disgrace
thrown upon the prelates, fince religion and they
furely were never in fuch amity. They rather are
the men who have wounded religion, and their
Stripes must heal her.
IDEM.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

Printed for Mr. CADELL in the Strand;
Mr. KEARSLEY in Ludgate-freet; Mr. PAYNE
and Mr. JOHNSON in Pater-nofter-Row; and
Mr. YOUNG under the Royal Exchange.

MDCCLXVIII.

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THE

CONTENTS.

I.

A Letter to Dr. Snape, by Bishop Fleet-

wood.

II.

A fecond Letter, by the fame.

III.

A Letter to a Friend in Lancashire, relating
to fome Points of Religion, by Dr. Hoadly,
late Bishop of Winchester.

IV.

A true Churchman's Reasons for repealing the
*Corporation and Teft Acts. By Dr. Hoadly,
Bishop of Salisbury, late of Winchester.

V.

A Letter to the Earl of Nottingham. By

Dr. Sykes.

VI.

Animadverfions on Bishop Sherlock's Remarks
on the Tythe-Bill. By Mr. Arnall.

A 2

VII.

VII.

Mr. Bourn's Letter to Dr. Chandler concerning future Punishment.

VIII.

The merciful Judgments of High-church triumphant on offending Clergymen and others in the reign of Charles I.

IX.

A Discourse on Government and Religion, calculated for the Meridian of the 30th of January. The Author unknown.

A

LETTER

TO THE

Reverend Dr. SNAPE;

Wherein the

AUTHORITY

OF THE

Christian Priesthood

IS MAINTAIN'D;

The UNINTERRUPTED SUCCESSION of BISHOPS from the Apoftles Days is lineally deduced; and the Cavils of HERETICS and FANATICs are anfwer'd.

By a CURATE of WILTS.
From the THIRD EDITION.

First Printed in the Year 1718.