_I maintain communion with the Church of England_, _because I have
discovered no sufficient reason for a separation from her_.
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.