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The fubjects are, the Example of Abraham's Faith, the Eloquence of Chrift, the Parable of the Sower, the good Samaritan, the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Ten Virgins, the Theory of Man, Hope in Chrift, the Joys of Heaven, the Repentance of a Sinner matter of Joy to the Angels, the Duty of loving our Enemies, the Argument from Miracles, the Converfion and Ministry of St. Paul.

These topics are treated in a pious, rational, and familiar

manner.

Four Differtations, on the Nature and Circumftances of the Life to come, were published by this learned writer in 1768. A Sermon preached before the Hon. House of Commons, on Wednefday, February 10, 1779: being the Day appointed for a Ge-neral Faft. By George Stinton, D. D. 4to. is. Payne and Son. From these words of St. Peter, Fear God, honour the king," the author deduces, and illuftrates the following rational principles:

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The inhabitants of the earth are the creatures of God, who fuperintends their conduct, and wills their happiness: all the relations, whether immediate or remote, which are neceffary to their prefervtion, or conducive to their welfare, are, in effect, of his appointment; and the duties refulting from them, are enforced by his fanctions. Sovereigns then have a divine right to obedience; and fubjects have the fame right to protection. The remedies which are to be applied in this world, when thefe rights are deliberately vio lated on either fide, must be left to the laws of every community, or to the urgent neceffity of the cafe, but are not the proper fubject of any religious precept. It fhould only be obferved, that no fuch evils could exift, nor any fuch remedies be wanted, if the fear of God were adopted as the ruling principle of action; for then the performance of every duty, both focial and perfonal would be effectually fecured."

At the conclufion he very properly obferves, in reference to the general faft, that invectives on our enemies, or panegyrics on ourselves, were not its proper employment; that we appeared in the more immediate prefence of Almighty God to compofe our angry paffions, not to influence them; to moderate our felf, partiality, not to dwell on our zeal or imaginary virtues.

CONTROVERSIAL.

The Infpiration of the Holy Scriptures afferted and explained: in Three Differtations. By John Kiddel. Su. 25. Dilly.

In this tract the author endeavours to give a plain and rational answer to the following enquiries: 1. What fcriptures are divinely inspired? 2. In what fenfe the holy fcriptures are fot And 3. What proof we have of their infpiration?

In anfwer to the first question, he produces feveral arguments, drawn from references in the Gofpels to the books of the Old Teftament, from quotations made by Chrift and his apoftles, from their reception of the Greek verfions and from a Tim,

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ii. 15, to prove the divine origin and authority of the Old and New Teftament.

In his reply to the fecond question, he confiders the hiftorical, the moral or devotional, and the prophetic parts of fcripture, Teparately and diftinctly; and endeavours to fhew, that the Holy Spirit afforded all the affiftance, which was neceffary to make each of them infallible; and that the affiftance was more or lefs, as the fubject required; but that he left the authors to express themselves in their own words and language.

In answer to the third queftion, the author infifts on the types, figures, prophecies, &c. which abound in the Old Teftament; the teftimony of Chrift and his apoftles; the miraculous powers, with which moft of the facred writers were endowed, &c.

This is a rational differtation, and affords as much fatisfaction, as can be expected from general observations on this complicated and extenfive fubject.

A Letter to the Rev. Mr. M. Browne, Author of Sunday Thoughts, &c. upon the Downfall of Antichrift. By the rev. A. Maddock, of Creaton, Northamptonshire. 8vo. Is. Matthews.

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This writer contends, in oppofition to the fentiments of bishop Newton, that the feven epiftles to the feven churches are prophetical; that the Ephefian ftate of the church reprefents the apoftolic age; the Smyrnean ftate, the time between that period and the reign of Conftantine; the Pergamean ftate, the interval between Conftantine and the year 606, When the emperor Phocas, or Phocion, fet up the pope above all other bifhops, and Mahomet broached his errors in the East, &c.'

According to this writer's computation, the western antichrift, the pope, and the eaftern antichrift, the Turk, will both be caft down, in the year 1866.

A new Defence of the Holy Roman Church, against Heretics and Schifmatics. 8vo. 1 s. Fielding and Walker.

An excellent irony, intended to expofe the pretended miracles, the indulgences, and the perfecuting principles of the church of Rome.

Poftfcript to Dr. Price's Sermon on the Faft-Day; containing Re marks on a Paffage in the Bishop of London's Sermon preached at the Chapel Royal on Afh-Wednesday last.

The bishop of London, in his fermon, preached at the Chapel Royal on Ath-Wednefday, having occafion to mention those who affume vifionary and impracticable principles, as the only true foundations of a free government, fubjoins the following

note :

"As far as, in any inftance, the operation of any caufe comes in to restrain the power of felf-government, fo far flavery is introduced.” Dr. Price, Obfervations on Civil Liberty. Sect. I. "The reprefentation must be complete. No state, a part of which only is re prefented in the legislature that governs it, is felf-governed." Ad. ditional Obfervations, Sect. I. From which it follows, that a vast majority of the people of England, all that have no vote for reprefentatives in parliament, are flaves."

In this Poftfcript Dr. Price explains and defends his notions of civil government.

In order to judge properly of thefe paffages, and the inference which the bishop draws from them, I muft defire it may be confidered that I have repeatedly said, that by the ftate I mean " the body of independent agents in the ftate ;" and that, confequently, the two propofitions which the bishop muft maintain in oppofition to those which he has condemned, are

First, That the body of independent agents in a state may be free in those inftances in which they want the power of felf-govern ment. And

Secondly, That they may poffefs the power of felf-government, and yet a vast majority of them have no vote or fhare, either by themselves or their reprefentatives, in government.

• Our situation in this country is indeed calamitous, if, as the bishop intimates, we are under a neceffity of either admitting these propofitions, or granting that we are flaves.-The following obfervations, however, on which I have laid much stress, should not be forgotten.

In the first place, liberty and flavery may exist more or less in different ftates; and, in one and the fame ftate, they may be mixed and blended in various ways and degrees. What I have afferted is, that as far as a state wants a complete representation, fo far it is not felf-governed; and that as far as it is not felf-governed, fo far it is enflaved. If it is partially reprefented, it is partially enslaved. If it is not at all reprefented, it is entirely endlaved.

• Secondly, I have carefully diftinguished between the cafual enjoyment of freedom, and a conftitution of government Securing freedom. A ftate may enjoy freedom under a defpot, if he is wife and virtuous; but fuch freedom depending on the will of one man, which in the end must prove the mifery of all men, and not being derived from a free conftitution, the state would, in reality, be enflaved. So, in Britain, we might enjoy freedom in confequence of the lenity or connivance of our governors; but if it depended chiefly on their goodnefs, or if a vast majority of the people had no fhare in legiflation, we should, undoubtedly, whatever happiness we might enjoy in other respects, be fo far enflaved. Second Tract, page 3d.

Thirdly, I have afferted, that even a partial representation in the legiflature of a country is in the highest degree favourable to public liberty, and one of the greatelt bleffings, PROVIDED it is freely chofen, fubject to no corrupt influence, frequently changed, and vefted with fuch powers as the conftitution gives to our Houfe of Commons. Second Tract, pages 35 and 39.

The author endeavours to maintain his ground by feveral other confiderations. But we must refer those readers to the Poftfcript, who with to gain an adequate notion of his defence; and fhall only take the liberty to interpofe the following queries: Is not his lordship's inference fairly deducible from Dr. Price's own words? Is not a complete reprefentation, upon the doctor's principles, abfolutely impoffible? Are not the commons of England the reprefentatives of the whole body of the people, as well as of the electors; or, are they not truflees for the liberty of every in-, dividual? And therefore, in this cafe, is it not a mere difpute about: words to talk of a partial reprefentation, and a parcial flavery ♪..

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Cafe and Memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of bis Acquaintance with the late Mifs Martha Reay. 8vo. 13. Kearfly.

Many of the particulars in these Memoirs are faid to have been communicated by Mr. Hackman, while he was in confinement. The author tells us, that this unfortunate man was not twenty years of age, when he firft became acquainted with Mifs Reay; that they had many private interviews; and had actually agreed to marry, on his return from Ireland, whither he was then going with the 68th regiment; that he quitted the army by her advice; but foon afterwards, finding himself excluded from her company, he gave way to an unbounded grief; that however he did not form any defign of putting a period to his life, till he faw her in company with another gentleman at the theatre; and that he had not the leaft intention to kill her, till he came up to her in the Piazza, and was overcome by a momentary phrenzy.” Improbe amor, quid non' mortali a pectora çogis !

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This is a crude and inaccurate compofition; but we presume the principal facts are authentic.

Treatife on the Culture of the Tobacco Plant; with the Manner in which it is usually cured. To which are prefixed twa Plates of the Plant and its Flowers. 8vo. 25. 6d. Johnson.

Among the many ill confequences of the prefent unhappy con teft with America, the fupply of tobacco is rendered very precarious and as that plant is become, by cuftom, one of the neceffaries of life, every attempt to fupply the market with greater certainty, and at a moderate rate, is laudable, and worthy attention. The author of this tract, has given a concise account of the difcovery and ufes of tobacco, with a description of the plant, the method of cultivating, and the manner of curing it; which will enable thofe, who may attempt rearing it, to try the experiment, and afcertain the poffibility of producing a fufficient quantity for our own confumption.-As this is the feafon for fowing, the pamphlet could not have appeared more opportunely.

A hint the author has dropped at the clofe of the first chapter, merits the attention of the public: we shall lay it before our readers:

• Tobacco has been found by the Americans to anfwer the purpofe of tanning leather, as well, if not better than bark; and, was not the latter fo plentiful in their country, would be generally used by them instead of it. I have been witness to many experiments wherein it has proved successful, especially on the thinner forts of hides, and can fafely pronounce it to be, in countries where bark is fcarce, a valuable fubftitute for that article.'

The Exhibition, or a Second Anticipation. Being Remarks on the principal Works to be exhibited next Month at the Royal Academy. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Richardfon and Urquhart.

The author of this pamphlet appears to be a perfon of taste in the fine arts; and though his opinion may not implicitly govern

that

that of others, we hope it will at least induce those who shall differ from him to give fuch reafons for their diffent, as may fhow themselves to be influenced by rational confiderations, not by prejudice.

The Governess. From the French of Monfieur Le Fevre. Translated by E. P. Small 8vo. 15. DodЛley.

The original of this Effay is printed in L'Esprit de l'Encyclopedie, and intitled La Governante. The defign of it is to point out a mild, lenient, and eafy mode of difcipline, calcu lated to form the minds of children in their earliest infancy, to conduct them in the paths of honour and virtue, to make them agreeable in company and converfation, and useful members of fociety.

The method propofed, is to obviate all bad propenfities; or to restrain every emotion of perverfenefs, pride, ill-humour, impatience, and difobedience, upon their very firft appearance; and, on the other hand, to cherish and encourage every contrary principle, by a mild, inflexible authority.

Thefe inftructions are applicable to both fexes, and to children of all ranks.

We would recommend this tract to every parent, who has fenfe, patience, and fortitude, to follow the directions, which the author prescribes.,

Leons for Children of Three Years old. Part II.

Johnson.

6d. ferved.

Leffons for Children from Three to Four Years old.

6d. Sewed.

Johnson.

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These are very proper books for little children. chat, of which they confift, is adapted to their capacities: the fentences are short; and the type large and clear.

Two little volumes by the fame author were published the laft

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Extract of a Letter from the Author of Lectures on the Church Catechifm, relative to the Acts of Pilate, mentioned in our laft Number, to which we must refer the reader, and leave him to judge for himself.

• I never had the leaft idea of doing credit to those accounts, which Dr. Lardner and others treat as Spurious. I meant only to affert my opinion, with regard to the authenticity of the teftimony of Tertullian and Justin Martyr; which Dr. Lardner himself, among many others, thinks very respectable. In this matter I rather blame myfelf for a negligent expreffion, than you for a bafly cenfure: for, I own, Ithink the note, which gave occafion to your remark, though, if you obferve, it refers only to the teftimony of thofe to writers, is powever very loosely expressed.”

See Crit. Rev. vol. xlvi. p. 160.

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