Excerpt from The Bishop of Oxford's Charge to the Clergy of His Diocese, at His Primary Visitation in July, 1716Scriptures 1 One thing, which, in my Opinion, '_ought to be' molt frequently riseqnimended, and moli: earhei'tly preis'd on Mens coniciences, is the daily Exercife of Religious Duties in private Families: which, Ihould it once generally obtain, as without: all d1f '1 pute it ought every where to do, Would (non of it' Ielf, and without aby' other ailil'cance, except the Divine' bleiling, at a op to that Deluge of Pro Irre 1gion, which hath broken 1n upon would think there c0uld be no need' of Arguments to p'eriuade thofe who every day Iin. Ag'a'inl't God daily to conieis and ask Pardon for their Sins; or thole, who always Iuil't by his Fa votir, to return their Tribute 'oi Praife and Thankf giving or thoie, whlofe future Hopes, both 1n this liie and the next, entirely depend upon his Bounty, ' to iinplore his' Eicin'g Wand Prbizeetion 1 Would not be thought either to blame, or to cafi any Inf p1c1on oi Blame upon any of my Brethren oi the Clergy, who be b'liga'tio'n both as t1i'tians and farther' requit d' p'reiix d before our excel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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