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mory of the Rev. George Whitefield, A. M.-By the way, others ftile him, A. B.-This paffage in the eighth chapter of Kaiah, Behold, I, and the children whom the Lord hath given me, are for figns and for wonders in Ifrael; from the Lord of Hofts, who dwelleth in Mount Zion, is the text which Mr. Venn has chofen on this occafion. The words (no matter for the propriety of the application) naturally introduce fome obfervations very favourable to the caufe of Methodifm. The author first endeavours to point out the fingularity which makes the children of Chrift figns and wonders in the world, and afterwards lays before his congregation a view of fome of the most remarkable particulars which diftinguifhed the late Mr. Whitefield, among the figas and wonders which God hath raised up. 40. Grace and Truth, or a Summary of Gaffel Doctrine, confidered in a Funeral Difcourse preached on the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, A. B. By R. Elliot, A. B. 6d. Dilly. Mr. Elliot's text is, The right eius perifbeth, and no man layeth it to heart, &c. Isaiah, lvii. 1, 2. The first part of his difcourse is a fort of comment on the words of the prophet; the fecond is a fhort account of the doctrines taught and maintained by Mr. Whitefield; and the laft is an addrefs to his audience.

The great doctrines which this writer fays Mr. Whitefield taught and infifted on, were, 1. Original fin. 2. The new birth, 3. Juftification by faith in Chrift. 4. The final perfeverance of the faints. 5. Eternal unconditional election.

It were to be wished, for the honour of reason and revelation, that fome of thefe doctrines might henceforth fleep in peace with their late defender.

41. A Minifter dead; yet Speaking. Being the Subftance of iro Difcourfes preached November 11. 1770. Occafioned by the Death of the Rev. Geo, Whitefield, A. M. By the Rev. Mr. D. Edwards. 8vo. 6d. Dilly.

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Mr. Edwards explains and illuftrates these words of St. Paul, Heb. xi. 4. By it he being dead, yet speaketh; fhewing what we are to learn from the examples of Abel, and Mr. Whitefield. Near the conclufion of his difcourfe, he obferves, that when faithful labourers are called home, it is a fign that there is form coming; that judgments are drawing nigh the land." Thus, continues he, when Elisha was dead, the first news wè hear, that the Moabites invaded the land of Ifrael. Methufe lah died a year before the deluge came; Auftin died but a little while before the facking of Hyppo; Pareus a little be fore Hiddleburge was deftroyed; Mr. Luther died but a little time before the dreadful wars broke out in Germany; Mr. Whitefield was a fecond Luther, but he is called home.'-We are therefore to conclude, that fome extraordinary calamity is hanging over our heads; but what it is, Mother Edwards has not informed us.

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The Authentic Memoirs of the Countefs de Barré, the French King's. Miftrefs; carefully collated from a Manuscript in the Poffeffion of the Duchefs of Villeroy. By Sir Francis N

35. Rolon. We do not hesitate a moment to pronounce this Work, to be a fhameless, indecent, and ftupid falfification. With equal confidence we declare, that no fuch perfon as Sir Francis N is the tranflator; and that no fuch original manufcript is to be found in the poffeffion of Madame de Villeroy, or any other French lady of dif Linction.

Inftead of giving any circumftantial account or analyfis of inflammatory novels, which (like this) we may fufpect to be the work of MONSIEUR DE - we fhall immediately on the appearance of them, publifh a friendly warning to the pa rents of the young of both fexes, that they may exert their vigilance to keep them from the tight of all thofe, for whofe purity of manners they are in the least concerned. This profligate foreigner is an avocat of the French parliament; and has quitted a kingdom to which he dares not return. We, at firft, imputed his ftay here, to fuch feelings as determine many more of his countrymen to prefer a gibbet to a wheel; but, as we are not fure that this hero makes any nocturnal excurfions towards Hounflow, or Finchley, or plies in rainy evenings at the doors of the Theatres, perhaps he may be in no danger of corporal punifliment. More mifchievous, however, than the character defcribed by a celebrated imitator of Juvenal, he is not only willing to go to hell himself, but to tempt as many of his readers as he can to follow him; fo that his fuccefs in mixing up love-potions for the young and unguarded, is what enfures his refidence to England. We may add to this, that he feems determined at all events to fhew his gratitude to the nation which protects him, by debauching the minds of as many as he can feduce to read his novels. Of his want of common decency, he has afforded very recent proofs. He undertook the defence of adultery in the caufe of his R. H. the D. of C. and in his Preface to a novel, published a few months ago, has impudently declared, that the favourable reception which he meets from his fair readers, is in proportion to the degree of immorality difplayed in his writings. In short, this advocate for vice it not unconfcious that the fale of his books in great mealure depends on his daring to write as no one ever dared, with impunity, to write before.

It is to be hoped, that on this occasion both female honour, and parental caution, will catch the alarm. That no novels henceforward will be received into families, till their refpective publishers have declared, under the fanction of an affidavit, that they are not the productions of this abandoned Frenchman. We have allowed literary merit to fome of his pieces; but, henceforward, unless he changes the tenor of his writings, will treat him with no more mercy than the ancient laws of Mantua would have extended to one who vended poifons. While hireling politicians accumulate fuel, to inflame the daring fpirits of one fex; this lefs pardonable hireling holds out a torch, that threatens as extenfive conflagration to all the modeft graces of the other. To FATHERS, MOTHERS, and GUARDIANS, we have now addreffed ourfeives, and hope our admonitions will not be thrown away.

Graculus efuriens, ad cælum jufferis, ibit.
Each fcience well a fafting Monfieur knows;
And bid him go to Hell, to Hell he goes.

Juv. Sat. III.

Dr. Johnson's Imitation.
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of a convent, 483
Anglo-Lufitanic difcourfe com
cerning the complaints of
the British factors refident in
Lisbon; defign of, 398
Animadverfions (Landen's) on
Dr. Stewart's computation of
'the fun's diftance from the
earth,

323
upon elements of
criticism,
467
Another letter to Mr. Almon.in
matter of libel; account of,
with extracts,

82

319

43
(fecond poftcript to) 50
Answer to a letter in the Ga
zetteer, &c. relative to the
new edition of Shakespeare's
King Lear,
-to Junius,
Antiquaries (fociety of) account
of their origin,
3+
Apollonius Rhodius, fome ac-
count of him.
165
Appeal to the good fenfe of the
inabitants of Great-Britain
concerning their religious
rights and privileges; defign
of, and extract from,
Appendix ad Opufcula,
Arabert (funeral of),
Archeologia, or mifcellaneous
tracts relating to antiquity;
contents of, with obfervations,

236

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218

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162

Barber's fermons on regenera-
tion,
Bark, (obfervations on the ufe
of the) in the cure of the fy-
nochus non putris, 201
Barke's duty, circumftances,
and benefits of baptifm; plan
of, and character, 65
Baskerville's edition of Horace,
155

Bayly's (Dr.) practical treatife
on finging, and playing with
juft expreffion and elegance,

402
Beauville, adventures of the
marchionefs de,
315
Bellegrove, or the fatal feduc-
tion; characterised,
322
Bel-Tien, what, 340. How ce-
lebrated,
341
Betfy, or the caprices of fortune,
484
Bishop of Carlifle's fermon, Jan.
163
Blackstone (Fourneaux's letters
to)

30, 1771,

145

Book of nature (the), a poem ;
157

233

Brand's true method of redu-
cing ruptures,
Brewing (treatife on practical,)
244

Brograve (Berney) cafe of, 225
Brooke's (Mrs.) tranflations of
Milot's elements of the hif-
tory of England vol. I. and II.
account of, with extracts and
approbation,
361
Brother (the), a novel; charac-
terifed,
315
Browne's (Sir Wm.) appendix
ad opufcula,.
Brownrigg's (Dr.) confidera-
tians on the means of pre-
venting the communica-

71

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Cadogan's (Dr.) differtation on
the gout, &c. account of 398
Candid enquiry into the confti-
tution of the church of Scot-
land,
54
Capital punishments (thoughts

on),

ed

80,

Captives (the) a novel; cenfur-
483
Cafe of Woodford and Lilburn,
20 Geo. II.

224

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Dialogue (a) between a country
farmer and a juryman, on
the fubject of libels; 23
Diorephes re-admonished, or
fome remarks on the fecond
edition of a letter from the
author of Pietas Oxonienfis to
Dr. Adams; account of, 77
Difcourfe (a) on the true nature
of the chriftian religion; 80
Delce's Aretin, a difcourfe on
painting; account of, and
extracts from,
30
Doffie's effay on fpirituous li-
quors; heads of, 150
Douw (Gerhard) the life of, 357
Duff's critical obfervations on
the writings of the most ce-
lebrated geniufes in poetry;
examen of, with extracts, 22

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(the) queries and refo
lutions concerning the game;
characterifed,"
237
Fatal friendship, a novel; 397
Ferguson's introduction to elec-
tricity; account of, and ex-
tract from,
Fire (the ever lafting) at Apfhe-
ron, in Perfia, Dr. Cook's
account of that phenomenon,

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