Excerpt from The Independent Whig: Or a Defence of Primitive Christianity, and of Our Ecclesiastical Establishment, Against the Exorbitant Claims and Encroachments of Fanatical and Disaffected Clergymen Ou, Geudgmen, who are the Re prefentatives of the Clergy of E ng land, are proper Patrons of awork, which treats of Religion and the Clergy. It 13 written to promote liberty, virtue and Piety the Interefis of Wh1ch, I hope, you Will always efpoufe, and efieem as your own; and Will confequently approve my Defign, and give me your Thanks, Whatever may have been the Succefi of my Endeavours. 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.