...multitude of sins ! — " And therefore of the sundry alterations proposed unto us we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly...consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain." The Thirty-nine Articles are explained as a confusion of loose terminology — which, indeed, an examination...

...variance with the preface to the Book of Common Prayer, which rejects all such alterations as strike " at some established doctrine or laudable practice...or indeed of the whole Catholic Church of Christ." It is, however, abundantly clear that most of their lordships prefer the ancient rule. The report on...