THE

EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH.

Founded in truth; by blood of martyrdom
Cemented; by the hands of wisdom reared.

WORDSWORTH.

BY

EDWARD CHURTON, M. A.
RECTOR OF CRAYKE, DURHAM.

WITH A PREFACE

BY THE

RT. REV. L. SILLIMAN IVES, D. D.
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of North Carolina.

FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.

NEW-YORK:

D. APPLETON AND CO., 200 BROADWAY.

1842.

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by

D. APPLETON AND CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

UNIVERSITY PRESS-JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER.

12-5-31LUB

gift
Tappan Pacal, Ass,

11-19-1931

ΤΟ

THE REV. HENRY HANDLEY NORRIS, M. A.

PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S AND LLANDAFF, AND
RECTOR OF SOUTH HACKNEY,

THE FRIEND WHO ENCOURAGED HIS FIRST STUDIES

IN THE PURSUIT OF DIVINE TRUTH;

THE AUTHOR

GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBES THIS VOLUME,

WITH THE EARNEST PRAYER THAT IT BE FOUND MARKED

BY A CHRISTIAN SINCERITY NOT UNWORTHY

OF HIS OWN.