Excerpt from The Liturgy of the Church of England Defended: Part I. A Short and Easy Method of Arguing With Dissenters; Part II. A Consideration of Dr. Paley's Remarks Respecting Forms of Prayer, With a View to Their Correction To some indeed it may appear strange to talk of enthusiasm in that which is of such vast importance to mankind. An argu ment in its favour has indeed been urged on the ground, that on any other subject it is seldom more than pitied, never des pised or blamed and why then, it is asked, is it not admissible in religion? It is indeed allowable to a certain degree, and within the bounds of reason; but when, like the Jumpers of Wales, or the J erkers and Barkers of America, the pure spiritu ality and heartfelt righteousness of the Gospel degenerate into the unreasonable service of over-exerted and exhausted nature when, instead of the affections and duty of the mind, bodily exercise is introduced when, for the beauty of holiness, a mis taken zeal and fantastic gestures are substituted; it is then 116 longer deserving of the, name of religion, and is only to be regarded by Christians with sorrow and commiseration for the display thus made of the infirmities to which human nature is subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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