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Excerpt from Comparative Views of the Controversy Between the Calvinists and the Arminians, Vol. 1 of 2 On an appearance of such a work as the present, it seems a tribute of respect due to the publick, to state the motive of the Author. Accordingly, he avows it to be the sustaining of what he conceives to be correct views, in the controversy which is the subject of the volumes. His station in the Episcopal church, and the agency to which circumstances have called him in the conducting of its concerns, may be supposed to have added to other sources of obligation, in classing the comprehended questions among the prominent subjects of his attention. For his wish to give the weight of the reasons of his Opinions - whatever that may be - to the doctrines which he considers as equally those of the scriptures, and of the church of which he is a mi nister, is What will not be considered by any reasonable person as needing an apology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.