easier to begin with what is concrete and before our eyes, and to justify its existence and explain its character, than to work up to this from hints which, for their right understanding, require the commentary of the Church's practice. The Revised Version has generally been used in scriptural quotations, both on account of its greater accuracy and vividness, and because the very unfamiliarity of its phrases often serves to arrest attention. In spite of occasional obscurity of style, the author has not hesitated to quote freely from both Hooker and Jeremy Taylor, because he is persuaded that there is much in the treatises of these representative Anglican divines which it is exceedingly desirable at the present day to spread among our people. |