CLAIMS AND DUTIES;

OR,

An Essay

ON

" THE NECESSITY OF A CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT

IN A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY,

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE PEOPLE

OF ALL RANKS AND DENOMINATIONS,

AND)

THE MEANS OF EXCITING AND MAINTAINING

AMONG ITS MEMBERS

A SPIRIT OF DEVOTION,

TOGETHER WITH

ZEAL FOR THE HONOUR, STABILITY, AND INFLUENCE

or THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH;"

To which “ The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge & Church Union in

the Diocese of St. David's" adjudged a Premium of £50 in Dec. 1820.

BY THE

REV. SAMUEL CHARLES WILKS, A. M.

AUTHOR OF “ CHRISTIAN ESSAYS," CHRISTIAN MISSIONS," THE ST. DAVID'S PRIZE

ESSAY FOR 1811 ON THE CLERICAL CHARACTER, dc.

DEDICATED (BY PERMISSION)
To the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD NY SON, PICCADILLY ;
F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO PLACE AD

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER ROW.