Excerpt from The Religious Necessity of the Reforming Asserted, and the Extent to Which It Was Carried in the Church of England Vindicated: In Eight Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year MDCCCXXVIII, at the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, M. A. Canon of Salisbury In choosing, however, a controversial topic of strong present interest in prefer ence to others of intrinsic and lasting im portance, of which he is sensible that many still remain unexplored as well as consist ent with the design of the Founder, the Author has been animated by no gratuitous love of polemical discussions, by no uncha ritable spirit, or uncandid prejudice against adversaries of any description. He trusts that the manner in which he has expressed himself on every occasion will sufficiently guard him against such an imputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.