Our Author highly cenfures the government of Portugal, for re mitting the trial of the Jefuits to Rome, and for not executing them directly without any application to the Pope. But while he inveighs against this order, he teems, in fome degree, to have adopted their principles: For he gives it as his opinion, that it would not be much amifs to put all the Jefuits to death; as we endeavour to root out a whole neft of mice, though but one has eat the cheefe.' Such advice, perhaps, may not appear fhocking in Portugal, where they know no bounds to revenge, but among us, who entertain higher fentiments of jullice and moderation, it feems horrid and diabolical.

Art. 19. General Reflections, occafioned by the Letter addreffed to Two Great Men, and the Remarks on that Letter. 8vo. 6 d. Dilly.

It is amazing how Projectors multiply! No fooner has one man formed a visionary plan, than fifty are ready to deftroy it, and to build their own on the fame chimerical bottom. This Gentleman totally difapproves of the two performances which make the fubject of his reflections, but more especially the latter. He gives it as his opinion, that the poffeffion of Cape Breton is of more importance than Canada; and is extremely fevere on the Author of the Remarks, whom he accufes of exaggerating the advantages of Guadaloupe, and of wanting delicacy in point of regard to his country. Upon the whole, this writer appears to mean well, and here and there ex preffes himself with fpirit and propriety; but his reafoning is by no means deep or conclufive. R-d

Art. 20. A Dialogue between Two Great Ladies. 8vo. 6d. Cooper,

The Emprefs of Ruffia, and the Emprefs Queen are here introduced talking over their schemes for carrying on the war. They do not greatly accord in their fentiments, and whenever they differ, the -language is not very ceremonious on either fide: fo that the reader is led to expect the Royal Ladies to pull caps before they part. Nothing of this fort, however, happens; for they part, as good Sisters ought to do, in perfect amity, and with the warmest refolutions to continue the war with the utmoft vigour.-Towards the close of this curious conference, the main defign of the Author appears, viz. To fhew, that it is not for the advantage of England to have a little territory in Germany-which only ferve to involve us in other people's quarrels, miftaking them for our own; and to prevent our making a glorious peace, and fecuring our rights in America.-As this is a point which has been often canvaffed by much abler pens than our Author's, we think it not worth controverting, at this time.

RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL.

Art. 21. Elifba's Pottage at Gilgal, fpoiled by Symbolical Cookery at Oxford. Being a few Remarks (by a Reviewer*) on a Sermon preached before the Warden and College of All-Souls in

This Parenthefis does not relate to the Authors of the Monthly Review,

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the Univerfity of Oxford, on Friday the Second of November, 1759. Being the Anniverjary of the Founder's Commemoration. Printed for the Sons of the Prophets. 8vo. 6d. Stevens.

We have here fome humorous and pertinent remarks on the Ser-mon preached before the Warden and College of All-fou's, &c. (See our Review of January laft) The Author does not approve of huffling and cutting, as he calls it, with hiftorical facts in Scripture, and endeavours to turn into ridicule the tymbolical explanation which the Author of the Sermon gives of the portage pot ;-many readers will, probably think, that fuch an explanation deferved a more ferious rebuke.

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Art. 22. A Differtation upon that Species of Writing called Humour, when applied to Sacred Subjects. Occafioned by the Publation of a Sermon preached at All-Souls College in Oxford, on the ferend Day of November laft. 8vo. 6d. Rivington. This fort Differtation is written in a very fenfible and judicious The Author obferves, that there are certain fubjects which have a natural claim to a ferious confideration; that the good of paklad, the honour of true religion, and the glory of God, fhould influence every thought and expreflion of the Chriftian Writer, when he engages in fubjects connected with his profeffion; that the word of God has an undoubted right of being handled upon all occafions with decency and ferioufnefs; that though the facred oracles will ftand the telt of any kind of examination, and however tortured by the feverity, or levity of their enemies, will like filver tried in the fre, come forth pure and unfullied; yet will a ludicrous method of treating them prejudice, weak minds, who are more taken with appearance than reality, and are apt to think every thing ridiculous in felf, which happens to be laughed at: and that this is frequently the cafe even in common life, where good fenfe is laughed out of countenance, by the licentioufnefs of wit and fcurrility. Thefe obfervations, he applies to the Sermon which he animadverts upon, and what he advances certainly deferves ferious confideration.

R Art. 23. A fhort Account and Defence of the Athanafian Creed, with Refpect to the Doctrine of the Trinity, in Letters occafionally written to his Friends, by Thomas Troughear, D. D. Rector of North-Wood, Sc. in the Isle of Wight. 8vo. Is. Rivington.

Thefe Letters were published fome years ago in Hooker's Weekly Mifcellany. There are fome new things, added by way of preface, but neither do the letters nor the preface, contain any thing that deferves the attention of an impartial enquirer after truth.-This good Doctor looks upon the Athanafian Creed, as one of the best guards of the Catholic Faith, and tells us that thofe who frike at it, ftrike at the establishment, not so much of the Church of England, as of the

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Church of Chrift, and would have nothing of Christianity at all in the nation, but every one left to do that which is right in his own eyes only.Judge, Reader, of the Doftor's candor from this fpeci

men of it.

R Art. 24. An Idea of Chriftian Communion and Chriftian Difcipline. To which is added, An Appendix Containing Short Obfervations on Mr. Killingworth's Anfwer to a Letter from Philocatholicus, in Defence of the late Rev. Dr. James Fofter's Sermon of Catholic Communion. 8vo. 8 d. Noon,

We have here an amiable view of that behaviour, which Chriftians ought to maintain towards one another. The whole of what the Author advances, indeed, upon the fubject of Chriftian Communion, breathes an excellent fpirit, and will be read with pleasure by every one, who is defirous of cultivating fuch a temper and difpofition of mind, as is agreeable to the defign of the Gofpel.-The observations contained in the Appendix relate to a debate not very interefting to the generality of readers.

R Art. 25. Moral Inftructions from a Father to his Son, or, an eafy Method of forming a Young Man to the Practice of Virtue. Tranflated from the French of Monfieur S. Du Four, by C. Witeman, Gent. N. P. S. 12mo. Is. 6d. Owen.

The duties we owe to God, to our fellow creatures, and ourselves, are here pointed out in a plain, eafy, and familiar manner, without any ftudied ornaments of language, or accuracy of method.

Art. 26. An Efay on the Redemption, fhewing, in a clear and R intelligible Manner, upon the Principles both of Reafon and Revelation, from demonftrable Principles of Government, and plain Texts of Scripture, why the Death of Christ is of fuch worth and efficacy in the Sight of God, as to purchase Redemption for us, and procure the Pardon of our Sins. With a brief but clear Account of the Origin of Evil. To which is added, An Appendix, fetting forth the true End and Defign of the Devil's Temptation of our Saviour. By Thomas Goddard, A. M. 8vo. 6d. Baldwin.

Mr. Goddard promifes a great deal in the title page of this performance, but like many others who promife much, he performs little. It would be taking up our own time, and that of our readers to very little purpose, to give an account of the arguments he urges in fupport of his hypothefis, we fhall therefore content ourfelves with faying, that he has advanced nothing fatisfactory upon the fubjects he treats of.

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Art. 27. A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Ry, Retor of the Antinomian Set, at Coachmaker's-hall, in Noble-Street, wherein the Abfurdity of bis Doctrine is expofed, his Principles detected,

tected, his dangerous Errors clearly demonftrated, his mistaken Explanation of the Scriptures fully proved, and fubmitted to the Confideration of the thinking Part of Mankind 8vo. 4 d.

Pridden.

This Letter is written in a coarfe, inelegant manner, but the writer's intentions appear to be very good. He feems to have a fincere abhorrence of Antinomian principles, and to be defirous, as far as his influence may extend, to prevent thofe principles from spreading, and gaining ground in the world.

R Art. 28. A Differtation on the Gospel-Damoniacks. By Arthur Young, L. L. D. late Prebendary of Canterbury. 8vo. IS. Woodfall.

The Editor of this Differtation acquaints us that it was occafioned by the Bishop of St. David's tract on the fame fubject-The Author writes modeftly and fenfibly, but does not feem to have advanced any thing that can throw new light upon the point he treats of. The Gospel-Dæmoniacks, he thinks, were nothing more than perfons affected with madness, fits, convulfions, the falling-ficknets, or fome fuch distemper.

In our Saviour's time, the Jews, we are told, were of opinion that feveral difeafes, efpecially, fuch as difturbed the understanding and distorted the body, though not at all unnatural in themselves, were owing to the perfon's being feized by evil fpirits, and poffeffed by a devil; and their common form and manner of fpeech being framed agreeably to fuch a conception, the language of our Saviour and his Apostles, was neceffarily to be formed upon the fame model, that it might be fuited to their apprehenfion. It was their purpofe to manifeft the divinity of their miffion by working miracles, and, amongst others, by curing diftempers; not to undeceive men in a point, which it was a phyfician's bufinefs to examine, and the confequence of which did not at all concern their eternal intereft. They do not, therefore, trouble themfelves with the natural, or metaphyfical caufes of things, but, as if they would fet bounds to our curiofity, turn our thoughts from fuch objects, the knowledge of which is not neceflary to us, the better to engage our attention to fuch fubjects, as more immediately concern our duty and falvation. They do not attempt to undeceive the people in this trivial error, any more than in their opinion of the power of magic and enchantments, but to perfuade them to draw the natural and proper confequences from their difcourfes, and the miracles they wrought. And, the better to attain this end, in all their reafonings and actings, they accommodate themfelves to the vulgar prejudices, and to the opinions commonly received. The fame method, are philofophers and the learned obliged to take, whenever they fpeak to the populace, or write for the ufe of common people; and juft fo does every skilful phyfician, when he vifits an hypocondriacal patient; he does not endeavonr to convince him, that his diflemper is all imagination, but fuits his converfation to the circumftances and difpofition of the pers fon, and prescribes agreeably to the rules of his art. This is what

our bleffed Saviour has done with moft admirable patience, goodness and wifdom. And the fame course must every one take, who is to have any thing to do with our prefent Americans, who have the very fame opinion of difeafes, and Devils, as the Jews antiently had, and who have a Company of Exorcifts, who pretend to cure their patients by frighting away the evil Spirit with their antic tricks and hide. ous gestures.

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Art. 29. A Letter to the Right Reverend Dr. Warburton, Bishop of Gloucefter. 8vo. I S. Shuckburgh,

The points in which this Letter-Writer difagrees with the Bishop of Gloucester, are contained in the Dedications to the laft edition of the fecond volume of the Divine Legation, the one addreffed to Lord Mansfield, the other to the Jews: almost the whole of the former is exceptionable to our Author, as well as the new additional part of the latter.

It is clear enough to my eyes, fays he, that this Dedication (to • Lord Mansfield) carries in it a remote reflection upon the Revolution: that it contains the fubftance of a downright fatire upon the age you live in, Clergy as well as Laity, can hardly, I think, be called in queftion. It cannot avoid being confidered as a reproach to the illuftrious Family now reigning over us, and to every State? man they have employed fince their coming to the throne: and it muft furely be looked upon, as a very indifferent compliment to the noble Lord to whom you are writing, as well as every other • Gentleman, who lent his hand to your elevation. And, upon my word, there seems to be nearly the fame foundation in truth and • reafon for every part of the cenfure.'--Those who have read this Dedication, will eafily fee what ground there is for the charge brought against it.

Our Author has advanced very little in regard to the Dedication to the Jezus, and we must refer such readers as are defirous of knowing what he has faid to the Letter itself, which is written with a good deal of fmartness and fpirit.

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Art. 30. A Defence of Theron and Afpafio, against the Objections contained in a late Treatife, entitled, Letters on Theron and Afpafio. To which is prefixed, a Series of Letters from the late Rev. Mr. James Hervey to the Author. 8vo. 2s. 6d. fewed. Keith.

Here one Mr. Cudworth vindicates what he calls Mr. Hervey's Christianity, against the objections of one Mr. Sandeman, Author of the Letters on Theron, &c. (See Review, Vol. XVII. p. 198.) Thefe doctrinal difputants, like Mr. H. have each their Chrif tianity; and strange work they make with it. It were well enough, however, would but the men be quiet, and keep their conundrums to themfelves. But, perhaps, whatever this may be in a religious fenfe, it is no political evil. Their fquabbles certainly ferve to increase the confumption of paper, and to promote the Printer's Trade, and the Bookfeller's; and (fome may poffibly add) the Reviewer's

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