BY THE REV. JOHN AYRE, A. M.

OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
CURATE OF EDMONTON, AND DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL Of rqden.

PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE :
AND SOLD BY L. B. SEELEY AND SONS,
FLEET STREET, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXIII.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF RODEN, K. P.

WHOSE INDEFATIGABLE EFFORTS

TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF VITAL GODLINESS

ARE GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZED BY

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,

THIS VOLUME

IS, WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.