IN DEFENCE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

AS A NATIONAL AND A SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION,

DELIVERED

AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH, BLACKBURN,

DURING LENT, MDCCCXXXIII,

AND

BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

IN JANUARY, MDCCCXXXIV.

BY

R SAMUEL JAMES ALLEN, M. A.

PERPETUAL CURATE OF SALESBURY, NEAR BLACKBURN, AND CHAPLAIN TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD DE TABLEY.

STOR LIBRARY

NEW-YORK

LONDON:

C. J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
STEVENSON, CAMBRIDGE; AND D. A. TALBOYS, Ooxford.

MDCCCXXXIV.

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CLARKE, PRINTER, CHURCH-STREET, PRESTON.