[1136] This gave occasion to a special pastoral letter of the Bishop of London, Dec. 26, 1718.
[1137] Whiston's Memoirs, at date 1720, 249.
[1138] Thus we find Dr. Parr speaking of 'reviving' its use in his parish. Johnstone's 'Life of Parr'—Q. Rev. 39, 268. Expressions of dislike to parts of it among Churchmen are very numerous throughout the century.
[1139] Barbauld's Works, by Aikin, ii. 151. Bishop Watson's Life, i. 395.
[1140] J. Johnson, Clergyman's Vade Mecum, i. 12, and Heylin (Hist. pl. ii. cap. 4) quoted by him.
[1141] N. Bisse, Beauty of Holiness, 123. C. Crutwell's Life of Bishop Wilson, 265 (in the Isle of Man, First and Second Services are the regular terms used in official ecclesiastical notices). London Parishes, 8.
[1142] Sherlock On Public Worship, 1681, 205, 219.
[1143] Beveridge On Frequent Communion, 155, 173.
[1144] Fleetwood for example, 'Charge to the Ely Clergy,' 1716—Works, 1737, 699.
[1145] Secker's Eight Charges, 63.