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Rh churches, Eastern and Western, Popish and Protestant; and yet unhappily is practised by none, but the Church in whose holy communion I have the happiness to die. May God of his great mercy daily increase the members thereof: and if any would inquire into its primitive institution, I refer them to our Common Prayer Book."

Sydall, another of the sufferers, made an exactly similar declaration with Deacon. It was rumoured that the speeches were written by Mr. Creake, a clergyman of that section of the Nonjurors. The Book of Common Prayer, to which they referred, was compiled by Deacon, the father of one of the sufferers. It is a singular volume, with a somewhat remarkable title. After the separation of Deacon and Campbell from the regular body, this Book