Theophilus to Gaius

Excerpt from Theophilus to Gaius: An Epistle, Shewing the Inexpediency of Forms; And Reasons for the Use of Free and Unprescribed Prayer, in the Protestant Dissenting Churches I cannot, with this Gentleman, fuppofe an unavoidable inconvenience, that will. Al ways take place where focial prayer is not conduéted by fome public prefcribed form. One reafon I would offer, is, I know it by experience to be otherwife. My own mind, I am well aflured, has been fixed upon the grand objeét of worthip; and the fentiments of reverence, humility, and ado ration, 'proper to acts of communion with God, have been preferved, at the time when the attention hung upon the lips of the fpeaker. Nd I {hould imagine, the thing is not a whit more difficult, than in the ufe of a prefcribed form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.