wark of the Chriftian Faith and Church, the Rev. Charles Leslie, who, being afked for a catalogue of his works, declared, after giving a lift of near one hundred different tracts, he could not vouch for its being complete, having written fo much in his time that he could not well recollect what he had written. But there is one tract in particular which ought not to have been paffed over in filence, and that is a Letter to the Church of England, pointing out fome popular errors of bad confequence, BY AN OLD FRIEND AND SERVANT OF THE CHURCH; published in 1798. The author wished to be concealed, but it could not be; and when he complained that he was discovered, he was told by a friend, there was but one way for him to disguise himself, which he would not submit to, and that was to write nonfenfe, for then nobody would take it to be his. It is executed with great vigour of mind, and fhews that though the "outward man decayed, the inward was renewed day by day." The popular errors of dangerous confequence, alluded to in this his farewell letter, refpe&t-ift. GOVERNMENT; in fetting up the power of the people as fupreme, when as the fcripture and the church exprefsly teach, there is no power but of God-2dly. The REVOLUTION; perverfely employing, what was intended to preferve the conftitution, as an engine for deftroying it-3dly. SCHISM; making too light of the offence and danger of it, confidering fchifm as no fin, and being out of the ark no lefs safe than being in it.-4thly. REVELATION; fubftituting the light of nature for it, as fome do; though in the things of God we must be all taught of God, as man was at first; or retaining both, as others do, fuppofing them to be confiftent, which they are not; " ploughing with an ox and an afs together" was forbidden by the law, and is contrary to the gofpel: " be ye not unequally yoked."-5thly. SPIRIT; taking away from us all the inward and vital part of religion, and leaving us nothing but the hufks, as too many do, who profess them felves to be wife, and to fee farther than others; denying to vifible figns, invifible fpiritual graces; though man being compofed of foul and body, all true religion has a part for both.-6thly. OLD TES TAMENT; teaching it not to have the promife of life; whereas the old is not contrary to the new; for from the beginning of the world life was revealed to man through Jefus Chrift, the promised feed, the fame yesterday, to-day, and for ever; and our father Abraham lived as a stranger upon earth, looking for a better ftate, and a better life. th. IDOLATRY; the abuse of heathen learning, when to that wisdom of words, which the Greeks and Romans were ever feeking after, and for which we apply to them, we take along with it, their pride, their licentioufnels of fentiment, their error of principle, and fometimes even the vileft of their idolatry. -8thly. HUMAN AUTHORITY. Under this head, he laments, that while the age abounds with affected declamations against human authority, there never was a time when men fo meanly fubmitted their underStandings to be led away by one another. It is an honour to fubmit our faculties to God who gave them; but it is bafe and fervile to fubmit to the ufurpations of man in things pertaining to God. And - he he asks, whether the doctrines of Mr. Locke, whom the world is gone after, will prepare any young man for preaching the gospel of Jefus Chrift, when he was the oracle of thofe who began and conducted the American rebellion, which led to the French revolution, which will lead (if God permit) to the overthrow of religion and government in this kingdom, perhaps in the whole Chrif tian world; the prime favourite and grand inftrument with that mischievous infidel VOLTAIRE; who knew what he was about when he came forward to destroy Christianity, as he had threatened, with Mr. LOCKE in his hand. This letter was admirably well reviewed, Mr. Editor, in the Anti-Jacobin Reviews for October and November in 1798; and it is a pleasing circumstance to think there is a periodical publication, the Editors of which are difpofed to confider it as the text-book of their principles, and contract the folemn engagement, on all occafions to act up to the principles, this faithful old friend and fervant of the church has promulged, and fupport them to the utmost of their power. As propofals are circulating for publishing, by fubfcription, a uniform edition of all Mr. Jones's works, it is to be hoped, out of refpect to his memory, and for the credit of the Church of England, it will be numerous; and it is likewise to be hoped, care will be taken by the Editors, whoever they are, to " gather up the fragments, that nothing be loft;" for if twelve volumes fhould not be sufficient to comprize the whole, even let there be as many more as will. What was faid by the Pope to Dr. Stapleton, on reading four books of Hooker's Ecclefiaftical Polity, may be applied to Mr. Jones by the reader of his works, "There is no learning that this man hath not fearched into; nothing too hard for his understanding. This man indeed deferves the name of an author; his books will get reverence by age; for there are in them fuch feeds of eternity, they shall last till the laft fire fhall confume all learning." On a furvey of what this excellent man has done, we fee how clofely through life he has kept within the circle of his duty one or other of the three great fubjects, with which a Chriftian Minifter is concerned; the word of God, the church of God, and the Chriftian life having uniformly been the employment of his thoughts. And, as among David's mighty men who fought his battles, there were different degrees of merit, fome attaining to higher honours than others; fo is it among the mighty men, who fight the battles of the Son of David; and while others attain their refpective honours, this champion of the church militant must be allowed to have attained to the honour of the first, and "fit chief among the captains." Of the finished character of this humble difciple of the bleffed Jefus, a more juft idea cannot be left on the mind of the reader, than is conveyed in a letter of his to a friend: herein is fhewn how faithfully he copied after his heavenly mafter, the Divine Exem plar-Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. My dear Friend, I hold a pen (and hardly) to thank you for your late kind visit `on the the true Chriflian principle, expecting no return. I recollect only one circumftance to make me unealy. When I fhewed you, in the fecond leffon for laft Thursday evening, what I took for an ominous paffage, 2. Tim. iv. 6. "the time of my departure is at hand;" you afked me if I applied the fubfequent verfes alfo: (his friend meaning for his comfort, that he fhould.) "I have fought a good fight, &c.-henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteoufnefs." I answered, without thought, yes: and have fuffered for it ever fince; for no mind can be more averfe than my own, to the very appearance of affuming any thing, when I am rather renouncing every thing. All I dare fay, or would permit any other to fay for me, is only to repeat those words, which our Saviour ufed towards the woman, with the box of ointment he hath done what he could; and as fhe made an offering at the head of Chrift, I would offer all I have at his feet. How much have I to fay, and how little can be faid! I must have another night's fleep, before I can write another letter. July 30th. 1799. God bless you. W. JONES. multos et felices-many and happy, fays the world. -few and evil, fays the Patriarch. If, Mr. Editor, nothing has come to your hand in all this time, more to the purpofe, than the few circumftances, I have been able to collect, refpecting the life and studies of this most able and strenuous defender of the Church of England and her doctrines, and you think the giving them a place in your valuable Review, befides, in fome fort, fulfilling your promife to the public, will be a gratification to any of your readers, the having communicated them will be a fatisfaction to Your obliged, &c. LIST of Mr. JONES's WORKS already published; viz. The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity.A Letter to the Common People, in Anfwer to popular Objections against the Trinity A Prefervative against the Publications of modern Socinians.-A Letter to a Gentleman at Oxford against Errors in Doctrine.The Grand Analogy; or, the Teftimony of Nature and Heathen Antiquity to the Truth of a Trinity in Unity.-A full Antwer to Bishop CLAYTON'S Eljay on Spirit.-A Detection of the Principles and Spirit of a Book entitled, The Confeffional-On the Mofaic Distinction of Animals into clean and unclean.-The Sacrifice of Ifaac reconciled with the Divine Laws; and the Meaning is fhewn, fo far as it is opened in the Scripture.-An Enquiry into the Circumftances and Moral Intention of the Temptation of Jefus Chrift A Survey of Life and Death; with fome Obfervations on the Intermediate State --Confiderations on the Life, Death, and Burial of the Patriarchs.-On the Metaphorical Application of Sleep, as an Image of Death in the Scriptures.-An Eflay on Confirmation.-Lectures on the figurative Language of the Scriptures; with a Supplemental Lecture on the Use and Intention of fome remarkable Pallages of the Scriptures, not commonly under food Sermons in two Volumes, 8vo. befides feveral fingle Sermons, preached on various Occafions.-The Book of Nature, or the Senfe of Things: in two Parts. Letters from a Tutor to his Pupils.-The Churchman's Catechifm.-The Con ftitution of the Church of Chrift demonftrated. An Efay on the first Principles of Natural Philofophy.-Phyfiological Difquifitions, or Difcourfes on the Natural Philofophy of the Elements -Six Letters on Electricity-A Treatife on the Art of Mufic, with Plates of Examples. A Morning and Evening Service.-Ten Church Pieces Pieces for the Organ, with four Anthems in Score, for the Ufe of the Church of Nayland, in Suffolk.-Observations in a Journey to Paris, by way of Flanders, in the Year 1776-Reflections on the Growth of Heathenifm among Modern Chrif tians. Confiderations on the Religious Worship of the Heathens, as bearing unanfwerable Testimony to the Principles of Chriftianity.-A Letter to the Church of England, by an old Friend and Servant of the Church. A Letter to three converted Jews, lately baptized and confirmed in the Church of England.-Memoirs of the Life, Studies, and Writings of the Right Rev. Geo. Horne, D. D. late Lord Bishop of Norwich -A New Preface to the fecond Edition of the Life of Bishop Horne. A Letter to the Honourable L. K. on the Ufe of the Hebrew Language. Letter from Thomas Bull to his Coufin John.-Short whole Length of Dr. Prieftley-Collection of fmaller Pieces; among which are the Learning of the Beasts, and Two Letters to a Predeftinarian, printed only in the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine for January and February, 1800. &c. &c. &c. *** A new and uniform Edition of Mr. Jones's Theological, Philofophical, and Mifcellaneous Works, in 12 Volumes, 8vo. will be published, by Subfcription, as foon as a fufficient Number of Subfcribers is obtained to defray the Expence of Printing. SIR S POETRY. TO THE EDITOR. have announced to the public your intention of embalm Aing the memory of the late reverend and excellent Mr. Jones, by furnishing some memoirs of his literary life, I send you two papers, connected with the history of that great and good man. The Latin Epistle (No. I.) is interesting, pathetic, and elegant in the extreme. It is in the best manner of Pliny. The Monkish verses (No. II) were addressed to a friend, in a moment of temporary despondency, at the prevalence of evil working, and at the extremity of public danger, which was well known to exist in the portentous summer of 1792. (No. I.) Gulielmus Jones amicissimo suo charissimæ sororis obitum lugenti. Gemitibus tuis respondent suspiria mea. Luctuosi quod scripseris ab alio prius acceperam, maximo quidem cum dolore. O si quidquam solatii ex verbis meis accederet! Amici enim loquela mærentis animi medicina. Si per ægritudinem liceat, fac tecum recogites, quæ sæpius cogitavisti. Abiit, non periit: mortalis desideratur, immortalis reperietur; ex infirmâ validam, fragili æternam, caducâ beatam habebis. Quotidianis laboribus, ut anteà, te exerceas: mens variis negotiis occupata non vacat dolori. Tempus novas cogitationes afferet; at super omnia Fides, et nobiscum DEUS. Interiit, quæ habuit te fratrem observantissimum, diligentissimum, piissimum: at restant plurimi, quibus te salvo est opus. Vivas, valeas, et perdures; non oblitus amicorum, qui nec obliviscendus. No, II. (No. II.) Written at a Seat, under some sequestered Oaks, in a natural Wi.derness, near Gestingthorpe. A MONASTIC ODE. The same in English, by the Author. Hail, Solitude! how sweet thy shade, Far from the world, no more I see While nations rage, my ravish'd sight «. The praise of their IMMORTAL King. Who walk'd with God in shades like this. Gestingthorpe, Sept. 26, 1792. WILLIAM JONES. The foregoing verses having been sent to a friend, then at Brighthelmstone, the following reply to them, in the same Latin and English measure, was received by the return of the Post. Heu quam debiles querelas! Otiumque |