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doctrine before us, where it is regarded as a substitute for human learning. It is imagined by some, that inspiration even now in some cases supplies the place of literary attainments: an opinion, which supersedes the necessity of a legal and regular priesthood, and renders useless that study and application, which the apostle St. Paul requires in the ministerial character. On the other hand, it is the influence of the Holy Spirit which in our profession gives learning all its value. Faint indeed must be our prospect of success in winning souls to Christ, if prayer be neglected, and our dependance on God for spiritual aid be forgotten. But if, instead of trusting to our unassisted talents, we look up to Him for a blessing to our labours, great indeed will be the advantages of mental culture, to whatever department of theology our exertions are directed. Our reasonings will be well conducted, our inferences appropriate and conclusive, our addresses to the heart will be powerful and awakening, because they will be seasonably and judiciously introduced, and the style and language of our discourses will be distinguished on the one hand for plainness and perspicuity, and on the other will be free from vulgar and improper expressions, which, together with confused views of sacred truth, arise from the want of education. The scriptural doctrine of Divine Grace then, I conceive, neither sanctions the visionary and chimerical notions of sensible impulses, and sudden and irresistible conversions, nor encourages indolence by the promise of extraordinary powers; but it gently and silently leads us on through the progressive stages of the Christian life, it kindles within us a spirit of diligence and watchfulness in our several stations, and its influence over us is known not by any casual gleams of ecstasy, but by the solid and substantial fruits of holiness." P. 15.

ART. XI. A Sermon, preached at the Parish Church of St. Mary, Eastbourne, on Sunday, the 15th of September, 1816. By the Rev. Peter Fraser, A. M. Fellone of Christ's College Cambridge, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in support of the Subscription Schools of that Parish, on the Madras System. 8vo. 27 pp. Rivingtons. 1816.

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As far as it goes, this is an ingenious and an useful Sermon. The argument, or rather the example derived from the education of Moses is both newly and happily urged to enforce the necessity of diffusing the blessings of instruction among the poor. We wish, however, that the claims of the Church of England

"See his two excellent Epistles to Timothy,"

had

had been brought more forward in Mr. Fraser's discourse. In no Sermon upon this subject should they ever be either omitted, or passed hastily by. We subjoin some very sensible remarks upon the question, which want this addition only to render them effectual.

"And let it not be supposed that the more affluent have no interest in these considerations: they must have children to leave behind them, of the same age with those who now solicit your bounty; and as you would bequeath to your offspring clear titles and unencumbered property, in preference to contested claims and burthened estates, it is of equal importance to the comfort and even stability of their future condition, whether you leave them in the midst of a generation fierce and untractable through vice and ignorance; or surrounded by a docile, industrious, virtuous society of fellow-creatures, and fellow Christians. It is not here meant, that of all those, to whom religious and useful instruction may have been imparted in their youth, none will hereafter fall away; but when such is unhappily the case, how is the offender to be advised-how is he to be reclaimed, if his mind has no early principles to which, it can recur-if he is unacquainted with the maxims of morality, and the doctrines of religion? To what are those who would counsel him from the error of his ways, to appeal for his conviction and reproof? They may tell him of the danger of his course, and the impending vengeance of the laws; and the delinquent, even while he seems to listen, is but meditating arts of delusion and stratagems of escape. It is only the doctrine of Christianity; it is only the belief of an omnipresent and all-seeing God, and of an atoning Redeemer, that leaves vice without refuge except in amendment, wickedness without hope but in repentance. And as this doctrine is not to be snatched intuitively, it must be taught with diligence and instilled with perseverance, at a time when the mind is most open to receive impressions; that is in youth: so that inseparably adhering in after-life, when the reason is expanded; and combining as it then will, the warmth of sentiment, with the clearness of conviction, it may obtain an acknowledged if not an undisturbed dominion over those who profess it. However they may unfortunately wander in other regions over-run with vice and pregnant with danger, they will still look to religion as the home and rest of their souls. The remonstrances of their friends or pastors, the sugges tions of their own consciences, and above all the calamities they must meet with in the world, will oblige them to turn their eyes and thoughts to the lessons of their early years: Whom then,' saith the prophet Isaiah, shall he teach knowledge, and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept; presept upon precept, and line upon line: this is the rest, wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing.' Other hope and comfort they can have none, save in religion." P. 27. Y y

VOL. VI. DECEMBER, 1816.

MONTHLY

MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

DIVINITY.

Fifty-seven Sermons on the Gospels or Epistles of all the Sundays in the Year, Christmas Day, the Circumcision, and Good Friday, for the Use of Families and Conutry Congregations, &c. By the Rev. Richard Warner, Curate of St. James's, Bath. 2 vols. 12mo. 16s.

A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Calcutta, at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, at the Primary Visitation. By T. F. Middleton, D.D. F.R.S. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. 4to. 3s.

A Century of Christian Prayers, on Faith, Hope and Charity, conducive to the Duties of Belief and Practice; with a Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer, and ș Morning and Evening Devotion. 8s.

Annotations on the Epistles; being a Continuation of Mr. Elsley's Annotations on the Gospels and Acts, and principally designed for the Use of Candidates for Holy Orders. By the Rev. James Slade, M.A. late Fellow and Tutor of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Chester. 2 vols. 8vo. 16s.

Sermons. By W. N. Darnell, B.D. Prebendary of Durham, and late Fellow of C. C. College, Oxford. 8vo. 9s.

A Sermon on the Impropriety of Conceding the Name of Catholic to the Church of Rome and its Members, as a Title of Distinction. Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, Nov. 5, 1816, by Vaughan Thomas, B.. late Fellow of Corpus Christi College. 3s.

A Sermon, preached at St. Mary's, Reading, May 9th, 1816, at the Archdeacon's Visitation. By the Rev. John Bushnell, M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford, Vicar of Beenham, and Lecturer of Thatcham, Berks. 1s.

Attachment to the Church the Duty of its Members. A Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of St Julian, Shrewsbury, 17th of July, 1816, at the Anniversary Meeting of the Salop District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. By the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, M.A. F.A.S. with Notes and Appendix. 1s. 6d.

Sermons on Important Subjects. By the Rev. Charles Coleman, A.M. M.R.I.A. lately Curate of Grange, in the Parish of Armagh. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Sermons on the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties of Christianity. By the Rev. W. H. Rowlatt, A.M. late of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Curate of Harefield, Middlesex. 2 vols. 8vo. 11.

MEDICAL.

An Experimental Inquiry into the Effects of Tonics and other Medicinal Sub stances on the Cohesion of the Animal Fibre. By the late Adair Crawford, M.D. F.R.S. Edited by Alex. Crawford, M.D. 6s. 6d

Some Practical Observations on Surgery, illustrated by Cases embracing the Subjects of Amputation. Erysipelas, Necrosis, and Internal Abscess. By A. Copland Hutchinson, late principal Surgeon to the Royal Navy Hospital at Deal, dic. 8vo. 65,

HISTORY.

The History of Ceylon, from the earliest Period to the Year 1815, with characteristic Details of the Religion, Laws, and Manners of the People; and a Collection of their Moral Maxims and Ancient Proverbs. By Philalethes, A.M. Oxon. To which is subjoined Robert Knox's Historical Relation of the Island, with an Account of his Captivity during a Period of near Twenty Years. 410. 21. 12s. 6d.

Travels above the Cataracts of Egypt. By Thomas Legh, Esq. M. P. 4to.

11. 1s.

The Elgin Marbles from the Temple of Minerva at Athens, selected from Stuart and Revetts's Antiquities of Athens. To which is prefixed, the interesting Report of the Select Committee to the House of Comunions, &c. Also an His torical Account of the Temple. folio. 51. 5s.

Itinerary of the Morea, being a Description of the Routes of that Peninsulą. By Sir William Gel!, M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Narrative

Narrative of a Residence in Ireland, during the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815. By Anne Plumtre. Illustrated with Engravings. 4to, 21. 10s.

Memorandums of a Residence in France in the Winter of 1815–16; including Remarks on French Manners and Society, with a Description of the Catacombs, and Notices of some other Objects of Curiosity, and Works of Art, nos hitherto described. 8vo. 12s.

BIOGRAPHY.

The British Plutarch; a New Edition, re-arranged with several additional Lives, by the Rev. Francis Wrangham, M.A. F.R.S. of Trinity College, Cam bridge. 6 vols. 8vo. 31. 12s.

Memoirs of the Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. By John Watkins, LL.D. 8vo. 11. 11s. 6d.

Memoirs of the late Rev. Samuel Bradburn, consisting principally of a Narrative of his Early Life, written by himself, &c. By Eliza Weaver Bradburn. 5s. 6d.

Speeches, Memoirs and Portrait of Sheridan. Edited by a Constitutional Friend. 5 vols. 8vo. 31.

The Life of Raffael. By the Author of the Life of Michael Angelo. 8vo, Bs. 6d.

Letters written on Board the Northumberland, and at St. Helena, in which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte and his Suite during the Voyage, &c. are faithfully described and related, by W. Warden, Surgeon on Board the Northumberland 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Lives of Dr. Edward Pocock, the celebrated Orientalist, by Dr. Twells; of Dr. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester, and of Dr. Newton, Bishop of Bristol, by themselves; and of the Rev. Philip Skelton, by Mr. Burdy. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. Some Account of the Lives and Writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio and Guillen de Castro. By Henry Richard, Lord Holland. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s.

POLITICS.

An Essay, shewing the Justice and Expediency of Reducing the Interest of the National Debt. By J. R. M'Culloch, Esq. 8vo.

58.

A Third Letter to General Lord Harris. By Major-General Macauley.

The Statesman's Manual; or the Bible the best Guide to Political Skill and Foresight, addressed to the Higher Classes of Society. By G. T. Coleridge, Esq. 4s.

An Address to the Electors of the United Kingdom in general, and the Borough of Barnstaple in particular; with Hints for Candidates. By J. Ran dall. 1s. 6d.

POETRY.

The Battle of Waterloo. By L. O. Shaw. 3s.

Waterloo. By a Gentleman. 2s. 6d.

Poems, principally founded upon the Poems of Meleager. 8vo. 23.

The Persecutor, a Poem; Ragner Lodbrog, from the Icelandic; Danae, from the Greek; Dirge on the Brave; the Crucifixion; the Lame Man restored; the Second Olympic Ode, from the Greek; Ode from the Hebrew; Tales from the Persian of Sady; Odes from Anacreon; the Eleventh Nemean Ode of Pindar; from the Latin of Flammiaius; the Fourth Olympic, from the Greek; Gray's Latin Odes translated; Imitation of Horace; Ode from Horace; from the Persian of Hafiz; the Garden of Trim, from the Persian; Two Songs of the Negroes in Madagascar; to the Laurel, from Metastasia; Sonnets, from the Italian of Michael Angelo, Rota, Zappi, and Petrarch. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

NOVELS.

Tales of my Landlord, collected and reported by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster and Parish Clerk of Gandercleugh. 4 vols. 12mo. 11. 8s. The Majolo, a Tale. By J. Galt, Esq. 2 vols. 10. 6d. The Prize; or the Lacemakers of Missenden. By Mrs. Caroline Barnard. 4s. Gonzalo de Baldivia ; or a Widow's Vow. By Anne of Swansea. 4 vols. 11. 2s.

DRAMATIC.

Dramas, by Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. 2 vols. 8vo. 1s. 1s.

LITERARY

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

WORKS IN THE PRESS.

A Volume of Sermons, by the late Dr. Vincent, Dean of Westminster, with an Account of his Life, by Archdeacon Nares. A Volume of Discourses, by Dr. Chambers of Glasgow, in which he combats, at some length, the Argument derived from Astronomy, against the Truth of the Christian Revelation; and attempts to elucidate the Harmony that subsists between the Doctrines of Scripture and the Discoveries of Modern Science. Illustrations of the Principles of Harmony, on a new and original Plan, by Mr. Relfe, of Cumberwell.

A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial Interests of Ceylon, by A. Bertoloni, Esq., with a Map of the Island, in one octavo Volume.

The Itinerary of the Morea, by Sir William Gell, in a small octavo Volume.

A Tour through Belgium, Holland, along the Rhine, and through the North of France, in an octavo Volume.

Academic Errors, or Recollections of Youth.

A new Edition of the Greek Septuagint, in one large Volume, octavo ; the Text from the Oxford Edition of Bos, without Contractions, by Mr. A. J. Valpy; also a new Edition of Homer's Iliad, from the Text of Heyne, with English Notes.

A compendious Dictionary of the Veterinary Art, by Mr. White, Author of the System of Farriery.

A Book of Versions, intended as a Guide to French Translations and Construction, by Mr. Cherfillaud.

A Progressive French Grammar for preparatory Schools and Beginners, on a plan entirely new.

Catullus, with English Notes, by T. Forster, Jun. Esq., in duodecimo.

PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

A new Weekly Paper, to be devoted to Literary Purposes, Foreign as well as Domestic, to be entitled the Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, and designed for the higher Classes of Society.

Mr. John Bayley, of the Record Office, Tower, is preparing the History and Antiquities of the Tower of London, with biographical Anecdotes of royal and distinguished Persons; to be comprised in a quarto Volume, and illustrated with numerous Engravings.

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