"Our deprivation,"-- such was the reasoning of Ken,--"is, in the sight of God, a nullity.

We are, and shall be, till we die or resign, the true Bishops of our sees.

Those who assume our titles and functions will incur the guilt of schism.

But with us, if we act as becomes us, the schism will die; and in the next generation the unity of the Church will be restored.

On the other hand, if we consecrate Bishops to succeed us, the breach may last through ages, and we shall be justly held accountable, not indeed for its origin, but for its continuance." These considerations ought, on Sancroft's own principles, to have had decisive weight with him; but his angry passions prevailed.