Chapter I: WISH it to be distinctly understood that I judge no man, however his

views of this subject may differ from my own. Every man must act according to the guidance of his own conscience, after having seriously and diligently used all the means within his reach, by reading and prayer, to obtain information and direction. It is not to those who conscientiously dissent from our communion that I address my reasons; but to those of my own Church. And if any of these should be confirmed in their attachment to her by reading my short statement of the grounds on which my own conduct is built, I shall have attained the only end I have had in view, and rejoice in my success.