OR HOMILIES, APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES IN THE TIME OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, OF FAMOUS MEMORY. WITH ORIGINAL NOTES. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. As the Hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my Soul after thee, O God. PSALM XLif. ver. 1. Manchester : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. GLEAVE; and Houlston & Son, Wellington. THE excellency of this work appears not so conspicuous for the ornaments of its diction, as for the purity and importance of its doctrines, which were sealed with the blood of the martyrs of the 16th century; and, together with the Liturgy and Articles of our justly admired Church, form a bulwark against the united efforts of papists and dis senters. However unimportant my testimony may be, I rejoice in having an opportunity of recommending these Homilies to my younger Brethren in the Ministry, and to my fellow Chris |