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MI GEO. GIBBON,

Et.39.

THE

Arminian Magazine,

For the YEAR 1790.

CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF

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Printed for the AUTHOR: and fold at the New-Chapel, City-Road,
Moorfields, and at the Rev. Mr. WESLEY's Preaching-Houses in
Town and Country.

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To the READER.

AVING just received the following Letter from

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a Friend, I think it proper to communicate it to the public.

"Confidering the Nature of a Magazine, and the variety of persons through whom This in particular circulates; considering how various they are in their capacity, in their judgment, in their taste, and in their degrees of spiritual light and understanding: a little reflection may convince us, that in the very nature of things, it is impossible to please all! Nay, one might venture to lay, to please half, or even one third of our Readers. Perhaps among five thousand fubfcribers,

not even five would be found to agree in their judgment and taste with respect to all the articles of this, or any other Magazine.

" I believe we might apply in this instance, as well as in many others, the fable of Jupiter and the Countryman, who petitioned him concerning the weather: When our Subscribers shall all agree, what kind of Magazine they would have, you may promise, "They shall have it." Some, doubtless, would delight in

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what is as dull as Sternhold and Hopkins: others in what is as fublime as Milton or Young. Yea, however you could combine the utile and the dulce together, yet you could not please all.

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"Some years fince it was objected to the Magazines, "that they confifted of too few Articles," being usually about twelve. Objections of an opposite nature, have been made of late years; namely, that each consists of too many; perhaps three or four and twenty. In order to avoid both extremes, may not a medium be observed; and each Magazine generally confift of about fixteen or eighteen Articles? You will excuse, I doubt not, what I have written, as you see my intention."Nor

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I perfectly agree with this advice, and purpose it shall be taken for the time to come.

Taunton, Aug. 12, 1789.

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