THE

OR, A

DEFENCE

OF
Primitive Christianity,

And of Our
Ecclesiastical Establishment,

AGAINST
The Exorbitant CLAIMs and

ENCROACHMENTS of Fanatical
and Disaffected CLERGYMEN.

The SEVENTH EDITION.
With ADDITIONS and AMENDMENTS.

V O

L.

II.

L O N D ON:
Printed for J. Peels, and Sold by J. OSBORN
at the Golden Ball in Pater-roster Row.

M.DCC.XLIII.

The Ignorance of the High-Church

· Vulgar, and its Causes.

XMEX HAVE always thought the best

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