A

VINDICATION

OF

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

LONDON:

GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

A

VINDICATION

OF

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

FROM

CHARGES

BROUGHT AGAINST HER IN

THE CHRISTIAN'S PENNY MAGAZINE.

BY THE

REV. G. B. SANDFORD, M.A.

OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, oxford,

CURATE OF CHURCH MINSHULL, CHESHIRE.

THE PROFITS, IF ANY, ARE DEDICATED TOWARDS ERECTING A NEW
SCHOOL-ROOM IN THE PARISH OF CHURCH MINSHULL.

LONDON:

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE;

& J. H. PARKER, OXFORD.

TO THE

REVEREND JEREMIAH SMITH, D.D.

VICAR OF GREAT WILBRAHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE,

LATE HIGH MASTER OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, MANCHESTER,

TO WHOM

THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN LONG BOUND

BY GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM,

AND NOW

BY A CLOSER AND MORE ENDEARING TIE,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES

ARE

HUMBLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.