promoting harmony in that particular lodge, of which the Author was a member.

Art. 36. The Politician, a Poem. Addreffed to Mr. James Scott, Fellow of Trinity-College, Cambridge, by the Author of Juvenal's Satires imitated and adapted to the Times. 4to. Is. 6d. Ridley.

Mr. Scott having, in his Perils of Poetry, affronted the author of this poem, (whofe name, if we rightly remember, is Green) he is here chastised, in his turn; and in numbers not much fuperior to his own.

POLITICAL.

Art. 37. The Hiftory of the late Minority. Exhibiting the Canduct, Principles, and Views of that Party, during the Years 1762, 1763, 1764, and 1765. London: printed in the Year 1765; and re-printed, with fome Additions, in the Year 1766. Svo. 4s. few'd. Almon.

An inflammatory piece of party-work; which hath engroffed a much greater fhare of the public attention than it seems to have merited. Art. 38. Correct Copies of the Two Protefts against the Bill to repeal the American Stamp-all, of laft Seffion. With Lifts of the Speakers and Voters. 8vo. IS. A Paris, &c. (i. e.) London, &c. Almon,

We have no particular reafon to question the authenticity of this publication, and we deem it unneceffary to fay more concerning it. Art. 39. The celebrated Speech of a celebrated Commoner. 8vo. 6d. Auften.

Mr. Pitt's fpeech in favour of the repeal of the American flamp-a&. This celebrated piece of oratory has appeared in various forms from the prefs; particularly in a two-fhilling pamphlet entitled Political Debates: privately fold, but not advertifed.

Art. 40. An Apology for the Ministerial Life and Actions of a celebrated Favourite. 8vo. JS. 6d. Pridden.

An ironical attack on the Earl of B-; written with fome degree of

humour.

Art. 41. A Word to the refpectable Pro's and Con's*, Ins and Outs, the Politicians and weekly Venders of Politics in Great Britain. 8vo. 6d. Fletcher.

The Author blames the people for taking too much liberty with government, and cenfures our minifters for deferving the accufations which he, at the same time, deems it wrong to bring against them. We cannot perceive much utility in this performance.

• Pro's and Con's, fo printed in the title-page.

Art. 42. Free and candid Remarks on a late celebrated Oration; with fome few occafional Thoughts on the late Commotions in Ame rica. 8vo. IS. Law.

Cenfures Mr. Pitt's fpeech against the American ftamp-act, as a piece of fophiftry and fuftian, foreign to the main points to which the argu ment ought to have been confined, and, in short, an affront to the un

derstandings

derstandings of the gentlemen in whofe prefence it was delivered. Perhaps the Remarker may be right in fome of his criticisms; but as he is rather a warm advocate for the ftamp-act, he is, poffibly, fomewhat the lefs candid in his animadverfions on the celebrated orator.

LA W.

Art. 43. British Liberties; or, the Free-born Subject's Inheritance; containing the Laws that form the Bafis of thofe Liberties, with Obfervations thereon. Also an introductory Effay on political Liberty, and a comprehenfive View of the Conflitution of Great Britain. 8vo. 6s. Dilly.

A publication of this kind in a free ftate, is never unfeasonable; and this compilement has the merit of being more full and methodical than any thing of the kind now extant. Every ftatute, and indeed every mode of legal proceeding, whereby the liberty of the fubject is either directly or remotely affected, is here fet forth and illuftrated by judicious comments. We must not omit to observe, that the introduction contains fome excellent reflections, collected from the best writers, on political liberty in general, and on the nature of the British conftitution in particular. The fubjects of this treatise are tco various and diffufive to admit of abridgement; and indeed the attempt would be unnecessary; for as every man is interested in the contents of this collection, no one who can read, fhould be without it.

Art. 44. An Appeal to Magna Charta, and the Common Law of England, on the Subject of Inheritance to the Lands of Inteftates by Defcent; and alfo relative to a genuine Cafe annexed. By a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. 4to. 35. Brotherton.

In the treatise before us, there is fo much natural good fenfe and legal knowledge, intermixed with fo much affected levity and claffical pedantry, that we may fay of it, nil fuit unquam tam difpar fibi. With refpect to the propofition which the Writer undertakes to defend in be half of younger children, against the unnatural, and, we will venture to fay, illegal right of primogeniture, in cafes of inteftacy, we have more than once expreffed our fentiments on the fubject. This Gothic privilege, which was introduced for the fake of maintaining feudal dependence, and which, by the abolition of those flavish tenures, ought to have fallen with them, has been unaccountably preferved, though it feems impoffible for any reasonable and liberal man, except an elder brother, to entertain a ferious partiality in favour of it. Some indeed have urged the neceffity of the law of primogeniture, in order to the maintenance of great families for the fupport of the crown; but fince this notion was first adopted, the crown has obtained fo many unforefeen and extraordinary aids, that it does not now ftand in need of fuch a fupport. Befides, that conftitution must be faulty indeed, which derives its fupport from the violation of the duties of natural affection and common juftice. Though this Appeal, as we have premifed, is liable to many material exceptions, yet we recommend it to the perufal of those who think the fubject worthy their confideration. They will find many very cogent arguments well expreffed, though their tone is in fome de• gree weakened, by a great deal of defultory and foreign matter, which does more credit to the Writer's industry, than to his judgment. Art. 45.

Art. 45. Rules and Orders of the Court of Exchequer, relative to the Equity-court, the Office of Pleas, and the Revenue. 8vo. 2s. .. Sandby.

As this publication is merely of practical ufe, it is fufficient to apprize our Readers, that fuch a collection is to be obtained by applying ac cording to the directions of the title.

Art. 46. Addenda to Burn's Ecclefiaftical Law: With proper Tables and Indexes to the fame. 8vo. Is. Millar.

Among the additions contained in these sheets, the most obfervable is the form of confecrating churches and church-yards, which alfo may be applied, mutatis mutandis, to the confecration of chapels and chapelyards. The feveral tables likewife appear to be accurately digefted, and are indeed the mok valuable part of the Addenda. As to the plan and execution of the work at large, we refer the Reader to our former ac

counts

* See Review, Vol. XXIX. p. 161 and 261.

RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL..

Art. 47. Sermons on Practical Subjects. By Robert Walker, one of the Minifters of the High-Church of Edinburgh. 8vo. 5s. Kincaid, Edinburgh.

Thefe difcourfes were preached by a very eminent northern divine; whofe style and turn of fentiment are fuch as evidently fhew him to be a man of taffe and genius.

Art. 48. A fhart Effay on Man's original State, and Fall in the first Adam; and of his Recovery by Jefus Chrift, the fecond Adam. With fome Obfervations on the Gospel-call: as alfo fome Reflections on the Chriflian Life. 8vo. Is. Keith.

The Author of this effay tells us, that confcience and reafon are no guides in matters of religion FOOR MAN!

Art. 49. A Lapfe of Human Souls in a State of Pre-existence, the only original Sin, and the Ground-work of the Gospel Difpenfa tion. By Capel Berrow, A. M. Rector of Roffington, Nottinghamshire. Svo. 3s. Dodfley.

That we come into the world objects of the divine wrath on account of a guilt not contracted by ourselves, but tranfmitted to us from Adam's trefpafs in Paradife, and that nothing less than the blood of Jefus was fufficient to atone for that derived offence, is an hypothefis, Mr. Berrow fays, which has not the leaft foundation in reafon or revelation, and has contributed greatly to the daily increase of infidelity. The redemption fcheme, he tells us, is not grounded on a derived guilt from Adam, but on a lapfe of human fouls in a ftate of pre-existence. As he appears to have a fincere regard for the honour of Chriftianity, he is certainly entitled to a fair hearing and the fubject is undoubtedly of importance.. Art. 50. A Charge to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of St. Albans, in the Year 1765. To which are annexed Inftructions for Miniflers, Churchwardens, and others, in forming true and complete Terriers of Glebe Lands and other Poffeffions belonging to Churches; first published in 1761, under the Direction of Bishop Sherlock. By

James Ibbetson, D. D, Archdeacon of St. Albans. 4to. is. 6d. White.

The principal articles of this charge relate to the manner of foliciting and obtaining preferments; in the latter cafe the Archdeacon enlarges confiderably on the subject of fimoniacal contracts, and, with refpect to the purchase of advowfons in particular, perhaps too feverely.In the former he very properly recommends it to his clergy to maintain the dignity of their office and character, which indeed, many, to gratify and coincide with the inclinations of the lay patrons, unhappily neglect. The annexed inftructions are useful; but they are generally known." Art. 51. Difcourfes on feveral Subjects. By William Cooper, A. M. Rector of Kirby-Wifke, in Yorkshire, and late Fellow of Trinity-College, Cambridge. 8vo. 5s. Becket and Co. Thefe difcourfes, which are ten in number, are chiefly on practical fubjects, plain, ufeful, earneft, and fenfible. The Author is by no means a masterly Writer; but we readily believe that he is a good and useful clergyman.

Art. 52. Sermons on the most useful and important Subjects, adapted to the Family and Clafet. By the Rev. Samuel Davies, A. M. late President of the College at Princeton in New-Jersey. To which are prefixed, a Sermon on the Death of Mr. Davies, by Samuel Finley, D. D. and another Difcourfe on the fame Occafion, together with an elegiac Poem to the Memory of Mr. Davies, By Thomas Gibbons, D. D. 8vo. 3 Vols. 15s. Printed for the Benefit of the Author's Widow, and fold by Buckland, &c.

Dr. Gibbons, in his preface to thefe fermons, gives the following account and character of them :- A very confiderable number of Mr. Davies's fermons has been tranfmitted to me, and thence I have felected what were fufficient to compofe the enfuing volumes. As they were Mr. Davies's ufual popular discourses, it may naturally be fuppofed that they required patient and accurate revifal in order to their publication; and that the editor, if he would difcharge his duty as he ought, molt find himself under the neceffity of making fome occafional alterations and amendments as to the language, and especially of adjufting the pointing. Thefe liberties I have taken, and have endeavoured to execute my truft in the fame manner which I have reafon to think Mr. Davies, had he been alive, would have approved and commended; and in which I fhould wish my own fermons, fhou'd I leave any behind me worthy of the public view, might be corrected and fent into the world.

The fermons I have chofen for publication ftrictly anfwer the advertifement in the proposals for printing them; namely, fermons on the mat ufeful and important fubjects, adapted to the family and clofet. The reader will meet with no difcourfes in thefe volumes but what are calculated for general ufe, or fuch as relate to the common conditions, duties, and inrefts of mankind in one form or another; and in how many of them has both the faint and the finner a portion of meat provided for him? may it prove a portion in due feafon! and may both the one and the other rife from the facred feaft divinely ftrengthened and blessed!

• I most

• I moft fincerely wish that young minifters would peruse these volumes with the deepest attention and ferioufnefs, and endeavour, in conjunction with earnest prayer for divine illumination and affiftance, to form their discourses according to the model of our author; in which, if I mistake not, a critical fcrutiny into the facred texts which he chooses for his fubjects, a natural deduction and clear reprefentation of their genuine meaning, an elaborate and fatisfactory proof of the various heads of doctrine, a fteady profecution of his point, together with an eafy and plain, but yet ftrong and pertinent enlargement, and a free, animated, and powerful application and improvement, wonderfully adapted to awaken the confciences, and ftrike the hearts of both faints and finners, mingle the various excellencies of learning, judgment, eloquence, piety, and feraphic zeal, in one uncommon glory; not unlike the beams of the fun collected by a burning-glafs, that at once fhine with a most dazzling brightnefs, and fet fire, wherever the blaze is directed, to objects fufceptive of their celeftial influence, and a transformation into their own nature.'

Such is the character, which Dr. Gibbons gives of the fermons now before us; a character, which fome readers, we apprehend, will think fhews rather the warmnefs of the Editor's imagination and friendship, than the strength of his judgment. We mean not to infinuate, however, that the fermons are void of merit; on the contrary, we would obferve, that the Author appears to have been animated with a warm and generous concern for the best interests of his fellow-creatures; to have poffeffed a vigorous and lively imagination; and that there are many paffages in his difcourfes which fhew great fenfibility of heart, and true genius.- -The subjects of them are, chiefly, the divine authority and fufficiency of the Chriftian religion,-the nature of falvation through Jefus Chrift, the connection between prefent holiness and future felicity, -the divine mercy to mourning penitents,-the danger of lukewarmness in religion, the general refurrection,-ingratitude to God an heinous but general iniquity,-the neceffity and excellence of family-religion,

&c. &c.

the Sinai Covenant.

Art. 53. Theological Differtations; containing, 1. The Nature of 2. The Character and Privileges of the Apoftolic Churches, with an Examination of Dr. Taylor's Key to the Epiftles. 3. The Nature of Saving Faith. 4. The Law of Nature fufficiently promulgated to the Heathens. 5. An Attempt to promote the frequent difpenfing the Lord's Supper. By John Erikine, M. A. one of the Minifters of Edinburgh. 12mo. 3s. Dilly.

The three first of these differtations were never before printed; the two laft were published several years ago.- -A diftinct account of what is contained in them would tend little to the inftruction or entertainment of our Readers; we fhall content ourselves, therefore, with inferting a few paffages from the third differtation, as a fpecimen of the whole.

We must believe, that the Meffiah is the Son of God in the fulleft and most emphatical fenfe of the word. Jefus is termed, John iii. 16. God's only begotten Son, i. e. the Son of God in a fenfe incommunicable to any creature, and which has not, nay cannot, have any thing parallel

to