THE

CHURCHMAN'S REASONS

FOR

HIS FAITH AND PRACTICE.

"Be roady always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason & the
hope that is in you."-I. PETER, iii., 15.

BY REV. N. S. RICHARDSON, D. D.,

AUTHOR OF "REASONS WHY I AM A CHURCHMAN;" "THE SPONSOR'S GIFT;"
"THE PASTOR'S APPEAL;" "EVIDENCES OF NATURAL AND I:EVEALED
RELIGION, ETC. AND EDITOR OF THE "AMERICAN QUARTERLY

་་

CHURCH REVIEW."

FOURTH EDITION.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY POTT & AMERY,

5 & 13 COOPER UNION.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

N. S. RICHARDSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

JOHN W. AMERMAN, PRINTER,

No. 47 Cedar St., N. Y.

I. Its visibility implied in the very idea of a Church.-II.

Affirmed in Scripture.-III. Proved by the prerogatives, or-

dinances, and duties conceded to it.-IV. Proved by the

general consent of Christians.-V. Its visibility enforced,...

CHAPTER III.

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UNITY OF THE CHURCH, AND THE SIN AND THE EVILS OF

SCHISM.

Importance of the subject.-I. Direct affirmation of Scripture.-
II. Schism directly forbidden.-III. Unity object of our Sav-
iour's Prayer.-IV. Primitive Church on Unity.-V. Schism

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