but Marcellus, apprehenfive of the dangers of the fea, and the forms that might be expected, oppofes her with with fuperior force of reafoning, mingled with the warmest expreffions of love, tenderness, respect, and conftancy; and, in the end, fhe is forced to yield to his arguments and perfuafions. The converfation is managed with delicacy, and delivered in a ftyle not unfuitable to the rank of either Julia, or her royal admirer.

Art. 61. An Appeal to the Public, on the Conduct of Mrs. Gooch, the Wife of William Gooch, Efq. Written by Herself. 4to. 2s. 6d. Kearsley. 1788.

Mrs. G. feems to have related her unhappy ftory, and to have acknowledged her indifcretions, with entire honefty; though fhe ftrongly avers, that she has been grofly traduced and mifreprefented. It is, indeed, a piteous tale; and we cannot help thinking, that the poor young lady's cafe entitles her to much commiferation. The gay and inconfiderate, of her own fex, fhould regard it as a beacon fet up to warn them of the dangers to which they are perpetually expofed, by their levity and diffipation. The unfortunate writer dates from the Fleet Prifon, Jan. 1, 1788.

HORTICULTURE.

Art. 62. The Gardener's Daily Affiftant, in the modern Practice of English Gardening, for every Month in the Year. On an entire new Plan. By John Abercrombie. 12mo. 3s. fewed. Stalker. 1787.

In the prefent concife practical work, the different operations of gardening are methodically arranged under their respective departments, for each month, fomewhat fimilar to the author's former work, —The Gardener's Calendar; originally published under the name of Mawe.

THEOLOG Y.

Art. 63. Two Sermons, preached in his Majefty's Chapel at Whitehall. By T. Hayter, A. M. one of his Majefty's Preachers at Whitehall, and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. 8vo. 1s. Cadell. 1788.

In the first of these two difcourfes, the preacher's aim is against enthusiasm; in the fecond, fcepticifm is his object. From Mark xvi. 16, he undertakes to prove, that we may believe, and be baptized, and yet not be faved, in the fenfe generally affixed to this word, which he confiders as fynonimous with called, elected, chofen; terms which are proved by Dr. John Taylor (in his Key to the Apoftolic Writings prefixed to his Paraphrafe on the Epiftle to the Romans, quoted by Mr. H.) to fignify no more than being admitted to the enjoyment of Chriftian privileges.

In the fecond difcourfe, Mr. H. in endeavouring to give a folution of that knotty question, Why does God permit evil? has the following paffage:- The Deity has introduced his creatures to an exiftence, chequered with a mixture of good and evil; diverfified with alternate viciffitudes of labour and repofe; and resembling a journey through a mountainous, but rich country; where, amidst abrupt precipices, and various uncouth obftacles, fertile vales are ever and anon

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defcried, whofe beauty fooths the fancy, and whose products recruit the ftrength of the weary traveller.'

We do not look for the greatest profundity of argument, or weight of demonstration, in Royal Chapels; and, therefore, if the fceptic fhould fneer, as very likely he may, at the foregoing allufion, his fneer will be ill placed: but we did not expect to meet with fuch a phrafe as ever and anon' in a court fermon. And we the rather wonder at this inftance of inelegance, as we meet with no fimilar efcapes in thefe difcourfes.

Art. 64. Sermons on various Subjects. By James Ogilvie, D. D. Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Forbes, Curate of Egham, late Rector of Weftover Parish in Virginia. 8vo. 6s. Boards. Mur

ray.

CONTENTS. I. The faith of the first and latter ages. Heb. xi. 13. Thefe all died, &c.-II. Purity of Heart. Matth. v. 8. Blessed, &c. -III. Contrition. 2 Cor. vii 10. For godly forrow, &c.-IV. Devoting the Heart to God. Prov. xxiii. 26. My Jon, give me, &c. -V. Good Friday. Mic. vi. 6. Wherewith fhall I come, &c.—VI. Afcenfion. Acts i. 9. And when he had spoken, &c.-VII. Prayer. Ifa. xxxviii. 5, 6. Í have heard thy prayer, &c.-VIII. Happiness of a well-fpent life. Pfalm xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, &c. -IX. Religion constitutes Happiness. 2 Cor. iv. 17.-X. Guardian Angels. Dan. xii. 1. Dan. xii. 1. At that time fhall Michael, &c.-XI. Confolations in Affliction. 1 Pet. iv. 12. Beloved, think it not strange, &c.

A principal occafion and recommendation of this volume is, that the Author was a beneficed clergyman in Virginia, which country he thought it neceffary to quit during the late troubles. Among other inftances of regard, the parishioners of Egham fuggefted the prefent as one means for his farther affiftance: the difcourfes are accordingly introduced by a very handfome fubfcription-lift. They are ferious and fenfible fermens. If they are not to be ranked with thofe in the higher claffes, and if now and then objections might be raised, they are fill of the practical and useful kind, and merit attention not merely on account of the Author's difficult circumstances, but also from their own nature and tendency.

Art. 65. Simple Truth: or, A Plea for Infants. 8vo. 9d. Buckland. 1787.

These sheets,' fays an advertisement prefixed, lay claim neither to the patronage of a party, nor to the applaufe of the learned: they only afk the perufal of the candid, without regard to the Author.' Whoever this Author is, he does not appear deftitute of knowledge, fuited to his fubject. He propofes in a plain way, and with fomewhat of novelty in the manner, arguments in fupport of infant baptifm; and they are fuch as, we apprehend, may very well fatisfy the Chriftian enquirer in regard to the practice. He alfo anfwers objections again ft it. In fome instances he drolls, - perhaps a little too much :- It is asked,' fays he, "Is there any command in the New Testament to baptize infants? I answer, No: nor is there any command to baptize an old woman. Yet if the command to baptize all include one, it may as well include the other. Yet, farther, I anfwer, neither was there occafion for fuch a command. It

is quite fufficient that the words of the inftitution were, to baptize all, without fpecifying the age.'

This writer, no doubt, is himself well fatisfied in the points which he endeavours to defend :- I now affert,' fays he, that in a place where the gofpel is profeffed, childhood is the only proper time to be baptized in: for in vain do any pretend to initiate a perfon into the vifible church, who, by thirty years attendance on public worship, has been thirty years a public profeffor.' This confidence feems to be the effect of conviction, for in the general, we think, he appears a modeft and candid difputant.

Some pertinent obfervations are added concerning the Sabbath, at the end of this pamphlet.

Art. 66. The Liberty of the Human Will; or Salvation attainable by all within the Sound of the Gospel. By the Author of Simple Truth, or, A Plea for Infants.' 8vo. IS. Buckland. 1787. This Author's design is to prove, from Scripture, that the doctrines of perfonal and unconditional predeftination and reprobation are nonentities. He labours to unravel the knots on which they are hung, and to give a more juft and rational explication of feveral paffages of Scripture which have been thought to fupport them. This fubject is clofely allied to that of the Divine prefcience, concerning which this writer adds fome thoughts in the Appendix. He fpeaks with that modesty and reverence which every man ought to maintain on fuch a topic. While,' fays he, I may believe it poffible for God to have known the thoughts, words, and actions, of every man, before one man was created,-poffible, I fay, (for who can by fearching find out God?) yet, without limiting any of the divine attributes, I may believe the infinitely wife Jehovah did not exercife fuch a forefight, as fuch an exertion appears inconfiftent with infinite wisdom, because contrary to order; as laying a reftraint on infinite goodness and mercy, which are free and unconfined, and contradicting all the rules of moral government.' We have only further to add, that this anonymous Author dedicates his pamphlet to the next or future generation, as, he obferves, in less than thirty years (when it is fuppofed that generation takes place of the prefent), the writer will have been long enough dead to be wholly forgotten.

Art. 67. Three Short Difcourfes, on, The Duty of Parents, The Holy Scriptures, and, The Sabbath. 12mo. 6 d. Johnson.

1787.

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An eafy price, we are told, is fixed on this fmall performance, in the hope that fome approving perfons may difperfe it among those who need inftruction. So fays the Author, or rather Editor, for we are farther told, that the main fubftance of the first discourse, and fome of the best thoughts in the second, are taken from two modern authors, whose names it does not seem necessary to mention.' We obferve Nelson's Practice of Devotion fometimes referred to. The difcourfes are short, sensible, and well calculated for the benefit of those who may peruse them.

To fuch, the price is 5s. per dozen.

Art.

Art. 68. Great Doctors differ, in a Scuffle between modern Plato and Socinus; or, The Fathers double tongued, who, though long dead, they yet fpeak. In two Parts. Containing, firft, Reflections on Dr. Horfley's Charge, in May 1783: the fecond, on Mr. White's Sermons at Bampton's Lecture. By a Gentleman. 4to. 4s. Worccfter printed, and fold by Wilkie in London.

This fingular writer, who enlifts himself in the field of theological controversy, under the standard of Ben Mordecai (to whom he gives the appellation of an infallible auxiliary to divine truth), declaims, in a wordy manner peculiar to himself, through 135 quarto pages, against creeds and hierarchies, against Trinitarians and Socinians, against Dr. Horsley, Mr. White, and Dr. Priestley. The fum and fubftance of this, perhaps, well-meant, but certainly ill-written, philippic, may be comprised in a few words-and we will borrow them from the work itfelf:

When will the glorious period arrive, that an ufelefs, cumbrous, and luxurious priesthood, the haughty and affuming hierarchy, fhall "be taken away, to confume and deftroy it unto the end?" O Athanafian blafphemy! evermore hold thy moithering * and distracting tongue! O heterodox confufion! never again unvail thy guilty and hardened face!'

Art. 69. Difcourfes on Various Subjects, including feveral on particular Occafions. By Jofeph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S. 8vo. 6s. Boards. Johnfon. 1787.

Most of the fermons in this volume have been published feparately, and have paffed under our notice. Those which are new, are upon fubjects of general utility, and may be read with pleasure and profit even by thofe who do not follow the Author in his peculiar tenets. The fubjects are, On the Danger of bad Habits: The Duty of not being afhamed of the Gospel: Glorying in the Cross of Chrift: Taking the Cross, and following Chrift: The Evidence of Christianity from the Perfecution of Chriftians.

Art. 70. A brief Account, Hiftorical and Critical, of the Septuagint Verfion of the Old Teftament. To which is added, a Differtation on the comparative Excellency of the Hebrew and Samaritan Pentateuch. By Dr. Henry Owen, F. R. S. Rector of St. Olave, Hart-street, &c. 8vo. 28. Nichols. 1787.

The learned Author of this piece has bestowed very laudable pains upon his fubject, and brought into a fmall compafs many just remarks, and much ufeful information; which will not fail to be highly acceptable to those who are engaged in the study of the Scrip

tures.

Art. 71. Sermons. By David Lamont, D. D. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Vol. II. 8vo. 5 s. Boards. Elliot. 1787.

The first volume of thefe fermons was noticed in our Review, vol. Ixiii. p. 476. The difcourfes in the prefent volume are, like thofe

*This word is not to be found in Grofe's Provincial Gloffary; but we believe it means puzzling, perplexing, &c.. It is used in Shropshire, and parts adjacent.

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of the former, important, useful and feasonable. The writer's ftyle is, we think, much improved; and his arguments are forcible.

The fubjects of the fermons are-Chrift the only Foundation of his Church. On Zeal.-Remorfe.-Baptifm.-The Lord's Supper. -Prayer.-Purity.-The Crofs of Chrift.-Jacob and Efau.-Lot's Wife. The unspeakable Gift.-Religious Deception.-The Sin unto Death.Faith.-Obedience. -Hope. - Joy.-Death. Judgment.- Hell.-Heaven.

In the fermon on religious deception, the author exposes, in general, the delufions of fanaticifm, but more especially the errors of ⚫ the blazing Methodist and the whimsical Quaker;' and he concludes thus:

Build not, ye ́profeffed followers of Christ, your religion on a wavering and fluctuating bafis; but build it on the folid and immoveable foundation in our text: "Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doth righteoufnefs is righteous, even as God is righteous."

Truft not to the falfe light of an inflamed imagination, nor liften to the foft addreffes of delufive paffion; but in the uprightnefs of your intentions, feek the approbation of your conícience; and in the rectitude of your conduct, ftudy to deferve the approbation of the world. Flatter not yourselves that you are religious, while you are deftitute of righteoufnefs; or that you are the friends of God while you are the foes of integrity: but be taught to believe, that heaven and hell may as foon be united, as that a righteous God can ever take pleasure in an unrighteous man. Afpire, therefore, after the poffeffion of that righteoufnefs which God eternally loves in himself, and which he will eternally love in you. Afpire after the poffeffion of that moft amiable of beauties, which, by its exquifite attractions, captivates the heart of the most amiable of Beings; and cease not to copy its fair perfections, till your lives are beautified with the luftre of righteoufnefs, and your hearts become temples. for the righteous Lord. Then may we look forward, with pleafing expectation, to that happy hour when the varnish of vice will give place to the luftre of virtue-the darkness of death to the brightness of life-the difhonours of corruption to the triumphs of purity-and the dulness of the grave to the blifs of immortality. Amen.'

Art. 72. A Defence of the Clergy of the Church of England; in a Letter to the Rev. Will. Jeffe, occafioned by his Parochialia. 8vo. 2s. Rivingtons, &c.

A juft and proper defence of thofe of the clergy of the Church of England, who are commonly ftyled rational preachers, in contradiftinction to fuch as are attached to the methodistic ftrain. Their accufer is Mr. Jeffe; whofe parochialia was fomewhat reprehended in the 76th volume of our Review, p. 426. Due notice is also taken, en paffant, of Mr. Knox.

Art. 73. Eighteen Practical Sermons, upon interefting Subjects. By the Rev. William Jabet, B. A. late Lecturer of St. Bartholomew's Chapel, in Birmingham. 8vo. 5 s. Boards. Baldwin. 1787. In the advertisement prefixed to this volume, we are told that the fermons were never intended for the public eye; and that they are

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