STRICTURES

ON SOME PARTS

OF THE OXFORD TRACT SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS

DEVELOPED IN THE 80TH AND 83RD TRACTS.

A CHARGE,

DELIVERED TO THE

CLERGY OF THE ARCHDEACONRY OF ELY,

AT A

VISITATION,

HELD IN THE

PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL'S, CAMBRIDGE,

On Thursday, May the 21st, 1840.

WITH A COPIOUS

A P P E N D I X,

CONTAINING, AMONGST OTHER MATTER, AN ABRIDGMENT OF

MEDE'S A POSTAS Y OF THE LATTER TIMES.

BY

THE REV. J. H. BROWNE, M.A.

ARCHDEACON OF ELY, RECTOR OF COTGRAVE, AND FORMERLY FELLOW OF

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

Published at the request of the Clergy.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.
Disputes are certainly necessary where fundamental truths are attacked ard to be defended, or

when very dangerous errors are broached - Maxims of Piety. Bp. Wilson's Works. Vol. 1,
p. 330.

LONDON:

J. HATCHARD & SON, PICCADILLY.
DEARDEN, STAVELEY, AND OLIVER, NOTTINGHAM;
DEIGHTONS, CAMBRIDGE.

1840.

TO THE

CLERGY OF THE ARCHDEACONRY OF ELY,

THE FOLLOWING

CH A R G E,

PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST,

IS

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

THEIR FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

Cotgrave, Sept. 1st, 1840.