PART II.

OUR PRIESTS, THEIR PECULIAR WORK, AND THE

CHURCH'S METHOD OF RECRUITING FOR THE

PRIESTHOOD.

CHAPTER V.

The Offering of the Holy Sacrifice the Particular Work of a

Priest; Proofs afforded by Holy Writ, and by Examples

of Christ and His Apostles ...

CHAPTER VI.

Our Lord's Continual Offering in Heaven an Example for His

Deputies on Earth; this Practice confirmed by Circum-

stantial Evidence ...

CHAPTER VII.

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The Principle that prevailed under the Hebrew Dispensation,

according to the Divine Injunction, with regard to the

Supply of Sacred Ministers, to be respected and followed

by Christian Families

CHAPTER VIII.

The Principle of the Universal Priesthood of the Laity as

shewn in Holy Writ; its Application at Different Stages

in the Church's History considered

CHAPTER IX.

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The Method of recruiting the Priesthood under the Mosaic

Dispensation further considered; Greater Zeal and

Liberality to be shewn in the Present Dispensation by

the Heads of Christian Households, in providing for the

Spiritual Needs of their People

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THE TITHES AND ENDOWMENTS OF PRIESTS, AND THE

SANCTUARIES AT WHICH THEY SERVE.

CHAPTER X.

A New Scheme of Ecclesiastical Endowment proposed and

considered, especially in the Face of Predicted Disasters

to the Church

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CHAPTER XI.

An Inquiry into the Question of Tithes and Offerings; also

Prophecies of Coming Calamities affecting the Church,

examined

CHAPTER XII.

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SECTION 1.—An Inquiry into the Relative Degree of Sacred-

ness possessed by Sacred Edifices in General ...

SECTION 2.—The Character of our Future Fanes considered;

the Possibility of providing easily and economically

Sacred Shrines whereat to worship; together with

certain other Speculations and Conjectures

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PART IV.

THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUBJECT.

CHAPTER XIII.

Why the Church should be primarily and chiefly Solicitous

of obtaining Men, and not Money, for the Work of the

Ministry; a Consideration of the Difficulty at Present

experienced in supplying the Home and Foreign Mis-

sions with a Capable Ministry, and an Application of the

Remedy

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CHAPTER XIV.

The Sacred Obligation as well as Privilege of paying Tithes
of all God's Gifts; the Aid that may be rendered by a
Government and Households professing to be Christian;
the Especial Blessing that has been pronounced upon
the Performance of our Obligation as to the Payment of
Tithes ...

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PART I.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION:

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