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1Cor. 4.1. Bishop Burnet mentions the wise counsel given to him at an earlyperiod of his Ministry—to combine with the Ecclesiastical study of the primitive church, a view of the solemn sense of Ministerial obligation, almost universally entertained at that time; conceiving, ‘that the argument in favour of the Church, however clearly made out, would never have its full effect upon the world, till we could show a primitive spirit in our administration, as well as a primitive pattern for our constitution.’ ‘This advice* (adds the Bishop) ‘made even then a deep impression on me; and I thank God the sense of it has never left me in the whole course of my studies.’