General Editor

THE REV. FREDERIC RELTON,

Vicar of St. Andrew's, Stoke Newington.

It is intended, under the general title of the English Theological Library, to issue, either complete editions or selected portions of, the writings of the principal English Theologians of the Seven teenth and Eighteenth Centuries, with Introductions and Notes, so as to be of real service to students, and especially to those preparing for University or Ordination Examinations.

The publishers feel that there is a great gap in editions of this kind, both with reference to single important works, and to a general systematic presentation of the course of English religious history and life. They propose to classify the volumes under the headings of Dogmatic, Historical, Homiletical, and Exegetical, and to make each section as complete as possible.

The volumes will vary in the number of pages and price, but will otherwise be uniform in size, i.e. Demy 8vo, and in type.

The co-operation of the best scholarship of the day is being sought and willingly rendered. An idea of the scheme will be best gained by a perusal of a list of some of the works proposed.

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The following Works are in preparation :WILLIAM LAW's Serious Call. Edited by the Rev. J. H. OVERTON, D.D., Canon of Lincoln, and Rector of Gumley. 8s.6d.net. [Ready. BISHOP WILSON'S Maxims of Piety and Christianity. Edited by the Rev. FREDERIC RELTON, A.K.C., Vicar of St. Andrew's, Stoke Newington. 5s. 6d. net. [Ready. HOOKER'S Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V. Edited by the Rev. RONALD BAYNE, M.A., Vicar of Holy Trinity, Blackheath, and late Heron Exhibitioner of University College, Oxford.

[Shortly.

BUTLER'S Analogy and Sermons. 2 vols. Edited by the Rev. J. H. BERNARD, D.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.

Vol. I. Sermons, etc.

Vol. II. The Analogy.

[Ready.

[Ready.

JEWEL'S Apology. Edited by the Rev. G. A. SCHNEIDER, M.A.,
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

LAUD'S Controversy with Fisher. Edited by the Rev. C. H.
SIMPKINSON, M.A., Rector of Stoke-upon-Trent, Author of the
Life and Times of Archbishop Laud.
[In the Press.

WHICHCOTE'S Aphorisms. Edited by the Rev. H. E. RYLE, D.D.,
President of Queen's College, Cambridge, Hulsean Professor of
Divinity, Hon. Chaplain to the Queen.

Other Works will be announced later.

The LORD BISHOP OF LONDON has kindly contributed a
GENERAL INTRODUCTION to the Series.

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A Continuous History, based upon a careful Study of Original Authorities, and of the best Ancient and Modern Writers.

In Seven Volumes, uniform binding, Crown 8vo.

EACH VOL. WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY AND WILL HAVE ITS OWN INDEX.

VOL. I. THE ENGLISH CHURCH FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST (597-1066). By the Rev. WILLIAM HUNT, M.A.

75. 6d.

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II. THE ENGLISH CHURCH FROM THE NORMAN CON-
QUEST TO THE CLOSE OF THE THIRTEENTH
CENTURY. By the DEAN OF WINCHESTER. [Shortly.

III. THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE FOURTEENTH AND
FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. By the Rev. CANON CAPES,
late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. 75. 6il. [Ready.
IV. THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE SIXTEENTH CEN-
TURY FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII. TO
THE DEATH OF MARY. By JAMES GAIRDNER, Esq.,
LL.D.

V. THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE REIGNS OF ELIZA-
BETH AND JAMES I. By the Rev. W. H. FRERE.

VI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH FROM THE ACCESSION OF
CHARLES I. TO THE DEATH OF ANNE. By the Rev.
W. H. HUTTON, B.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.
VII. THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY. By the Rev. CANON OVERTON, D.D.

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The English Theological Library

General Editor

Frederic Relton, A.K.C.

Vicar of St. Andrew's, Stoke Newington

With General Introduction by

The Lord Bishop of London

&

OF

BISHOP BUTLER

A NEW Edition wiTH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY

J. H. BERNARD, D.D.

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE AND ARCHBISHOP KING'S LECTURER
IN DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN

VOL. I.

London

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NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1900

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