:

THE

CHRISTIAN INSTITUTES;

OR, THE

SINCERE WORD OF GOD.

BEING A

PLAIN AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT

OF THE WHOLE

FAITH AND DUTY

OF A

CHRISTIAN.

COLLECTED OUT OF THE WRITINGS OF

The Old and New Testament,

DIGESTED UNDER PROPER HEADS,

AND

DELIVERED IN THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE.

'BY THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD,
FRANCIS, LATE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.
Gastrell

THE FOURTEENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;

By Law and Gilbert, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell.

I TAKE this opportunity of expressing the grateful sense I have of the honour that was done me, when I was first appointed your preacher, and of the many proofs you have since given me of a sincere friendship and regard.

is

THE present I here make you, not probably such as you might expect, after so many years preaching among you; but your favourable acceptance of my endeavours to serve you in that way, being, as I presume, chiefly

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