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Excerpt from The Endowments and Establishment of the Church of England Author's Preface. - First Part shews that Tithes and Endowments held by the Church were not derived from the nation but individuals. - Second Part shews that Establishment brought no accession of wealth or honour to the Church, but was the control of the Church for the benefit of the nation. - Study of history confirms these statements. - Threefold negative proof. - Questions involved indispensable to national well-being. - Individual right to property, central and social influence of the Church, relation of both to the Crown. - English Constitution formed out of these three principles; Dissent free and unendowed. - The Church under control with endowments. - Claim of Dissent that the Church should be free and despoiled. - Church endowments derived from individual benefactors. - Establishment intended to benefit the State; Tithes. - Jewish Tithes. - Tithes in the Primitive Church. - St. Augustine on Tithes. - Christianity centred in cities. - Persecution and War scattered Christians and spread Christianity; Introduction of Christianity into Britain. - St. Augustine's Mission. - Remains of Roman Art in Kent. - Relics of Christianity. - The Monks Laymen. - Numerous Converts. - Gregory's directions for the disposal of Church offerings. 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.