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PANOPLIST,
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VOLUME THE THIRD.
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I N D M X.
SSSAYS.INTELLIGENCE.OCCURRSNCESMc.
Pagi
Abolition of the British Slave
Tnde .274
Acaiktnj of Art! and Scirnce*,
Connecticut . . 383
Account of the JDeath of Lady
HiiDtington ■ 54
Account of the Origin and Prog'- rcsHof Uie Missionto the Cher- okee Indians, in a Seriei nf Lettcn to Re». Dr. Morse 39, 84, 322, 416, 4,75, 567 Account of the Mcetinr of the General Awociation of Muia- cbuictt* Proper . .88
Account of an Act of Parliament for the Abolition of the Slave Trade , .277
Account of Rer. Dr Gillies . 292 of the Pioui Segm
Woman . . 318
of John Norton, the In- dian TranaUtor . 333 of the British Settle- ment in New South Walea . 365
of Middlebury College,
Vermont . 476
of the Roman Catholic
Syriaoi in India . 523 of Latin Roman Catho-
ib.
Anecdote of Sir S. Steele of Mons. Fosciie of the divinity of
cjirigt :
Annual Report of ttie Hauipshirt Misiionary Society - . n^a
Answer to a question concerning General Association 203
Answer to Interesting Qiieric* 163
Appeodii^ni Dr. C. Mallier's Eleciion Sermon of May 39, irOO . .532
Atonement, the Doctrine of 114, 155 496
Backbiting . .123
Baptist Missioniries, Progreas of 431 Baptist Missionary Society, Ex- tracts from their periodical Ac- counts . . . ae:, 333
Baxter's Catalogue of seasonable
good Works . .330
Belden, Rev. J. Instalktion of 193
's Lines
n Calvii
lie*
523
1 Religious Society in Hew York . 430
aftbe"BUck Hole" at CalcutU - . 426
Accoontkbility of Men for their
Faith - .440
Addreu of the Conncil of Cen-
lora of the State of Vermont 365 Addrvsa to the Churches and
Congregations of Vermont 380 AddRM to Content . 288
to Sleepers in the Houte of God . 317
AfHcai, Religious Intel, from 27S African Institution . ■ 375
Alarm, Tbe 336
Anecdote of the late King of
Prussia 38
Anecdote of Thomu Doolittle 3t4 of Rev. Mr. Jay . ib. of a Sailor . 2fi5
of Justice Hale 269
ofBoerhave 370
ofM. W— 407
Vol.IU^Indcx. "ii
Iweil, Mrs. Cbarscter of 4!
Biography 1, 49, 97, 145, 193, 3 289, 337, 385, 433, 481 5
Biographical Sketch of Richard Devens, Esq. . 2
Bishop of London's Donation . 3.
Blackburn's, Rev. Mr. Letters to Dr. Morie 39, 84, 322, 416, 475,5
"Black Hole" at Calcutta, Ac- countof .4
Boeriiave, Anecdote of . .3
Bradley, Mr. Epitaph on bia Three Daughters . 1
Brief Review of the Principal Controversies amongst Pro- testants, vith Remarks on the Progress of Religion . . li
Brief account of the British and Foreign Bible Society . 2
Britain, Great Relig. InUl. 91, 139, 5 Lit.andPhilo.lnteL 3:
Brilisti and Foreign Bible Socie- ty - - - 139, 232. 3
British SctUcment io New South Wales, - .31
British 61ave Trade, Abolition of 21
Brown, Rev. J. Extract* respect- ing . . . S-
Buchanin'a, Rev. D. Tour into llie interior of Imlia to inquire into til* state of tbe Syt^an
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Calvin's Letter lo S.>cinUii . 7S
S»clch of Uic Life and Clinr3rtcrr.f 337,385,433
Cslviii, Lines on, byBeza . 438
Cm-cv's, Dr. Letters to Dr.
Stniightim . -86
Carey,Dr.extractof»Ultcrfrom 431
Cape Town, Lit, Intellipence . 477
Catalogue of seasonable gooA
■ Works . . .320
CithoUe Mission in China . 381
Character of Mrs. E. Devens . 141
Mrs. A.Tuckerman 143
Hev. Moses f arsooi 289
Dn. Jolin Larkin . 429
Rev. Alex. M'Lcui 4^0
Rev. Gideon Hawtey 431
Hev. Dr. Wwi.Linn 431
Mrs. Mary BldBcll 479
Clieroktc Indians, Origin and
Progress of the Mission to ^9, 84
322, 416, 475, S67
Cliina, rclig. intelligence 222
Christian Ztal . . 8, 59
Christian, on tlie name of 461, 503
Christians persecuted at Fekin
in India . . 431
Chrisliani found In Mulabar, re- marks respecting 88 CbuTcli gnvemment, questions relative to, proposed anil an- swered - - - 498 Clark, Rev. Azariah, ordina-
140
Clergyman in India, letter from 136 letters from to his Son 112, 160, 199, 349, 301, 348 Coffin, Rev. C. extract of a letter
from . , , . 135 Coleman, Henr^', ordiJiation of 43 Commentary on the Bible 384
Congregational Missionary Soci- ety, report of . 514 Connecticut Academy of Arts
and Scitnres _ . .383
Connecticut Religious Tract So- ciety ... 187 Connecticut General Association 321 Conquest of Canaan vindicated 543 Cuns(datory letter on the death
of a child ... 14
Content, Address to . 3SS
Controversies amongst Protest- ants, with remaib on the pro- gresi of religion, a brief re-
.._rof Conrenion of MUs L.
Cook, Rev. William, sketcB of 101 Coranus, at the Great OruiH
river, mission to . . 279 Corhei, Rev. Mr. " Notes for him- self," EitracU from . 406 Cnvev, anecdote of . 266 CriUcism 213
Dark dav at Huntington, Fenn- tylvaiiia, Nov. 13th, 1807 424
Death of the celebrated Mallet 47 of a youth 43
Denmark, liicraryiiilellieence 191,285
Devens, Richard, Eiq. biograph- ical sketch of 239
D life re nee between speculative and practical religion 361
between mere morality and saving grace 331
Divine goodness, on the evi- dence of - . 19S
Doctrine of the atonemeat 114, 155 of Justification . 489
Doolittle, Rev. Thomas, anec- doteof . , 214
Duelling, Indian 406
Dwight, President, extract of a letter from . , 419
Eastlndies, literary intel. 191,284 religious intel. . 431 Ecclesiastical antiquities inlndia 518 Eclectic Review . . 190
Editors, to the . 39, 64
Editors' note to Venema 3S3
ofthePanoplist,tothe 323 Education of pious youth for Ibe
gospel ministry 311
England, literary and philosc^h-
ical intelligence 92
English magazines and review* 41 English and Welch , gj
Epistle to the Hebrews, a letter
on the auttior of - . 349
Epitaph for an infant - 15
on William Jordan - 143
on three daughters ofMr.
Bradley 144
Errata . 144, 336, 433, 480, 536
Evidence of divine goodness - 196
Exportation of book* prohibited
by the Chinese 4ZS
Extractofaletterfrom Dr. Dod- dridge to Mr. Pearsall 121 of a letter from the Rer.
C. Coffin 135
from Cowper*s poem oa
truUi 144
ft«n the report of the Di- rectors of the London MtnionaiT Socie^ 37T, 3S0
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Eitnct from the Periodical Ac- |
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Mmsj. |
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counu of the Biptiit |
chuietti Proper, * |
I of the |
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MiMionuT Society 381, |
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DieetinE of |
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oTkletterfrom Rev. Wm. |
Do-^que^lUn. |
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(hm Dr. Cotton Mather'i |
General Astociaiioo |
n Cuni)ectU |
Aom the ode eompoted by A. M. Collugna . 238
fram the ode compoiedby M.J.Mager ib.
from the hvmn compniKd brM. S.'Witterahcim 329
of 1 tetter fkim New Lon- don .. 91
of I tetter from Rev. Mr. Inkson . . .222
of^i letter rroni R«v. Mr. Brawn, to the Briliih and FoRign Bible So- ciety 333
of a letter from C»pt. Stmehouse 334
Iroin aeteral letters, from the Catholic Miuiona- riei in China 3S1
of a paper lately publish- ed u London on the sub- ject of the " Gcneril union of ConFrentloRal miniitera and churchei throughout £[)?1andand Walea 304
Faitbofthe New England church- es ... . 12, S4 faithful and unfaithful minister 363 Fitbers, the ... i6T Female Charitable Society, Wiutertown, N. Y, rote of 28.1 letlerfrom 418 Female Penitentiary 91 Tract Society 189 F«eei|7l rcligiou* intelligence 211, 274 330, 381, 421 literary and phil. inlcl. 435 literary inteilieence 477 and British BiMe Soci- ety 139. 332, 333 Forgery detected 37 Foicroft, Ber, Sarauel, chanu.
lerof - . . J73
Fn^ents . 38,76,406
Fruicc, lit. and phil. inlel. 93
literary intel. 333, 33S, 383 Frederic 3d. opinions on field sports 77 French and Spanish 92
n Masaachus
arks
Genera] Assembly of the Presby- terian Church in the U. Stalei, intelligence respecting . 3 General Convention of Vermont 3 Dictionary oftlie English
lanj^Tiage , 3
letter to Uie Baptist Mis- sionary Society . ? obsen-ations on the Ro- man C'jllinlic religion
Grand HindooreligiouRceremony 421
Greece, literary intelligence .' 191
Greek and Latin 92
Griesbach's Greek TeatwgieiK 42^
Hale, Lord Chief Justice, anec- dote of . . 268 rules prescribed for him
self a office
iri
Ctlalians iii. 19 & 30^ thoughts oi Cnw, on killing of GudcKr and Rok Tree, the
119
Hampshire Missionary Society, annual report of :i^4
ctiromunication from 418 Hancock i''ema]e Tract Society 189 Hawley, Rev. Gideon, charac-
terof .431
Health of the New ZesUndera 76 Hermit's meditation . 172
Herscliel, Dr. cxhorution to his . brethren, ttie Jews . 223
Heywood, Rev. Oliver, sketch of 193 Holbnd, religious intelligence 190 Hnlj Land pUUged . 234
Hungary, literary intelligence 190 Huntingdon, (Penn.) literary and
philosophical intelligence - 424 Huntington, Lady, the death of 54 Hutchinson. Miss E. memoirs of 145 Hynui upon 1 Corinthians i. 26 536
Importance of a theological insti- tution 305 Important letter from Germany 3S ktlcrs Ooni India 86 India, religious intelligence 136, 517 Indian Duelling . 496
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Pagr Indict East, literary Intel. 191, 284 Infant, uiepiut^ for 15
Inquiry u to the meaning of
MmL xxi. 22 . . 62
IiululUtiooofRei'. Jcir. Belden. l'J3
of Rev. Mr. Petlenpl 238
Intelligent literary 40, 190, 333, 283.
382, 476. 526
literal; and ptiitosphical 92,
334, 432
pelipoui 35, 84, 13*, 187,
330, 274, 322, 380,47^,416; 514
from the Genrril Aasem-
blyofthe PiTihytErian
cburchintfaeU. States 220
Interesting queries 162
Pan
Italy, literary intetligenc
234
Jenisalem, plan of the city of . 371
Jew, orijrin of the name 2i
Jevi, eihorUtinnto 23J
Justification, doctrine of , 499
thoughts on 57
Keble's letter to Dr. Keer Keer'a letterto the governor and
council Rt Madras King of Pnifsia, anecdote of
518
Letters from Dr. Carey 88
from a Clergyman to his
Son 113, 160, 199, 249,
301, 348
Lift Boat . 335
Line* in Mentor)- of John Tliom-
toii,Es.i. . . .77
nritteiiinaTbunderStorm 143 on Jphn Calvin . 43S
Linn, Rev. Dr. Chara- Ur of .431 Lilt of New Publications, 41, 94) 140, 236, 285, 33.^, 427. 478, 534, 572 London Missionaiy Society 91
Extracts from the Report of the Directors of 277, 330 Love's CeniKcale to the Presby- tery of Union . .86 Lying, is it in any case juttiRable > 494
Macwhorter, Rev. Dr. Sketch nf 481 MsHzines mid Reviews, English 41 Mallei, Death of .47
MiB-iachusetts Relig. Intel. 3S3, 418 Masiiachii setts Society for pro- muling Christian JCnovriedge 90 Massacliusetu General Asiocia-
ntlie
. 443
L. Miss, Cenvertion of . .463
Lancaster's New Method of In- structing the Children of tlic Poor . .425
Lapsley end Anderson*! Report
to tlie Pretbjtery of Union - 86 Larfcln, On. John, Character of 429 Lathrop, Rev. Dr. J. character of 37i Latin Rnnisn Catholics in India,
Account of . .533
Letter on the Drath nf a Child - 14
to Dr. WBterho«ise . . 37
from Calvin to Socinu* . 75
respecting the Meeting of
the Lon. MiM. Society 1,14 fi^m ■ Clergyman in India 136 from Rev. Mr. Jackson . 322 fromflrespociablclavman 263 fWim Rev. Charles Cnflin 135 on the AiKhnrof llic Kpis-
tle 10 the H.-I.re«s - 349 from Dr. Watts to Midim Sewnll, on the Death of her Children - . 403
from the Fprnale Charita- ble Society, Whiten- town, N.Y.'tothe Hamp- shire Missionary Sue i<rly 418 Letters from an aged Minister to a voung Student in Ui- vini^ . IS, 69, 200
Massachusetts Proper, the Gen- eral Association of ■ . hw M:isiil1un't Sermon on Ministeri- al Zeal, Extract tVom . 404 Mattliew xsiii. 35. Thoughts on 23 xxi. 22. Inquiry as to the meaning of .62 Meditation of a Hemiit . 172 Memoir of John 1~hornton, Esq. I of Kev. C. F. Schwartz, late Missionary in India . 241 Memoirs of Rev. Oakcs Sliaw . 45 of Miss Klizabetb . Hutchinson . . 145 ofMiss Sudanna Wilkina 5ii M'Lcan, Rev. Alexander, Cliar-
artrrof . ,430
Middlebury College, Vermont,
Account of . . 476
Misceilany . ^65
MiaCL-llanies - .173
Misrcllaneous . .39
Mission to the Cherokee Indians 39 84, 332, 416,475,567 Mission to the Corainias, at the
Great Orange River . . 279
MisaionHry S>iciety, Hampshire 418 Amiiial Report nf . 324 Missionary Society, London 91
Lclter respecting tlie Meet- ing of . 134 Enracls from the Report of the nireclors of . 277, 330 Misiioitai}' Society, N.Hunpsliire 38
L.COLM^IC
N D E X.
Mnore'* Poenis, Stricture* on 'JS Monlity ind uring Grace, con-
truted . .321
MraninK Fraj'cr for ft Family 36
Niiii>c(]ui9. Itelig. Intel. . 330 Nime Christian, on the . 461, JU3 M.£iiglu>d Churches, Faith of 12. 64 Survey of 16, 103, 251, 352, 395, 54r N. Hunpihire Miiiionuy Society 38 New ZealuKltni, Health of . rS NortuD John, the Indian Tnuiila-
tor. Account of . . 32.1
Norvay, Lit. Intell. . . 191
LH. and FhU. Intell. . 425
Prince Eagene'* Pr»yee . 75
Principal Controveraiei amongst Protestant!, with Remarks on the Frogreas of Religion, a brief View of . 16*
Prize Queationi answered . 190
Proclamation of the Ea«t India
Compiiir . 533
Progress of the Baptist Mission-
anes .421
Proms* of Siu . . V)5
Puritui . ■ . . 173
Otntuary 43,96,141,339,439,535, Otncrrations on the Origin of
Religious Errors Opinions of Frederic 11. on Field
Sports Onjinatlon of Rev. Mr. Colemnn Rev, Mr. Clark Rer. Mr. Emerson Rev. Mr. Parsons Rev. Mr. Foucl Rev. Mr. Williams Rev. J. Huntington Origin of tbe Name Jew Origin and Progress of the Mia- sioa to the Cherotee Indians i in a series of Letleri from the Ret. Gideon BI«cl;burnto Rev. Dr.Mone 39,34, 322,416,475, Otsheite, Relig. Inlell. Outlines of a 1 beological Insll-
Osen, Dr. Sketch of
Qiiery .118
Qiicstions relative to Church Gnrrniment proposed and an- swered .498 ,573 QUBStions in Religious Contro- versy to be considered by Chnstians . .309 Qiiestions concerning Geoeral AssociatioQ .118 Answer to 303
lectioi
298
49
Parisian Sanhedrim, Transac- tion* of . . 324 PsrIouT Preaching . 553 Parsons, Rev. Levi, Ordination of 238 Rev. Moses, Character of 289 Pearcc, Rev. Samuel, Lines by 558 Pvarsall, Extract of a Letter to,
from D>-. Doildridgc . 131
Pekin, Relig. Inli^ll. . 421
Penitentiary Female . 91
Pettcncil, Rev. A. installation of 238 Philanlliropic Establisliilieiits at
Norway .425
Pious Toiitli Tortile Cns|>el Min- istry, On the Eduration of .211 PioiisNegro Woman, Account of 313 Piut Vll. present pope, note of 570 plan for the Formalimi of a Re-
Portugal, Lit. Intell.
Rejection and future return of
tlie JewB,thoiigbUon 391
Religion, vue 38
Religious errorc, obscrratjons on the origin of . , 72
Tract Society, Connecticut 187 plan for the the formation of 188
controversy, the two qu«s-
Society in New York, ac- count of 420 foreign intelligence . 431 and literary mielligence 517 Remarks on Mr. Wilberiurce . 63 on the General Associa- tion in Massachusetts 448
Report of the Congregational
Missionary Society . . 514
concemingthestateof the
ancient Clii'islians inCo-
cliin and Travancore . 518
Return to the ancient regime in
Pari* . . 283
Review of tlie Eclectic Review 78, 123
Revival of religion in Middlebo-
rougli, and other towns 36
in New Haven 419
Roman Catholic Syrians in India,
It of
533
Roic Tree and the Gardener . 558 Rules prescribed by I,. C. Justice Hale, for himself at his en- trwice into office . . ]
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Page KoMio, Kterwy (trtelligence 191
Ulerarv uid philosopliickl intelligence 93
SifilMth Horn, MHUitt on 193
Sacred criticiim . . 359
SBTing gnce Mid tnaralit; con- trasted .331 Saiiriti's wrmon 92 Schwarti, Rev, C.F. lale mis-
aioairy in Indik, memoir of S41 Scotland, religioui intellJsence 22J Scott's cofomeDttiy on the Bi-
Seaaonable good fforia, cats
logue of .
Serious thaugfata Addressed t<
the aged
15l
Sermon on ministerial zeal, tract from «*»
Sewall, Madam, letter to, From Dr.Watti, on the death of her children .... 403
Shaw, Rev. Oake*, memoirs of 45
Sia, the gnulual and itiaiduout progress
Sinners complaint, and warning
3fi8
Sketch ofRev. Or. Macwhorter 431 of Rev. Oliver HejTrood 193 of Rev. Dr. Owen 49
ofRev.SatnuelWilUrrl . 97" of Rev. William Cook . 101 of Rev. Aleiander M'Lean 430 of tbelifeandEharacterof
John Calviu 337, 385, 433 of the life 4nd character of Rev, pr. Samuel
Wcs
Sketches on the time* 303
Sleepers in the Honse of God,
address to .317
Society for promoting Chriatian
knowledge ... TO Spain, literary intelligence 191
Speculative and fn-acticil retig-
inn Gontratted 361
Sute of religiout civilization in
Russia - - - 569
Stereotvpe priming 92
Strictures on Mo«re'* Focms 29
Striking admonition . 370
Surrejof New England cMirclica 16, 103, 3SI, 352. 396, S47 S» it lerl and, literary intelligence 191 Syrian Roman Catlioli
account of
522
T^rtaiy, literary inlcHi^nce . 284 ' religious intelligence 333 discovery of a city . 573
Parr Teflis, in Geoi^a, (Aril} col- lege at - - - 571 Thankggiving on the abolition of
the British tlavetrade 375
TheologicalinBtitution, outlines of 345 Tbeolngicallibraryin Boston . 423 in Phillips' acad- emy Andnver 4S3 Things necessary to be continual- ly bad in reiDembrance . 171 Thomson's translation of tlte
sacred acripturci 434
Thornton, John, Esq, memoir of I lines in meroory of 77 Thoughts on the imponance of
a theological institution 306
on the rejection aiid fu- ture return oftbe Jews 391 on 1 Corinthians zv. 19 359 on Galatians iii. 19 & 30 119 on Matthew xxiii. 35 . 23' Time, a messenger cluu;ged with
solemn intelligence . 39ft
Times, sketches on the . 303
True Patriot, the 571
True religion . 28
Tuckertnan, Mra. A. character of 143 Turkey, literary intelligence . 235
United States, literary intelli- gence 40,383,47$ lit. and phil. Intel. S35, 422 reli^oui Intel. 330, 333, 360,416,475,514,533,5^
Utici, religious intelligence 4U, 419
Variation of tlte compass 435
of tliemagnelicneedic 335 Vermont, general convention of 380 Violet, the . . 4^
Vole of the female charitable so- ciety, Whitcstown, N, Y. 283
W ,Mr. anecdoteof 407
V^arU, Dr. on sacred criticism 35d Wiitcrhmise, Dr. letter to - 37 Watts, Dr. letter to madam Sew- all, on the death of her chil- dren ... 403 Webster's general dictionai? of
the Engilisb language - 383 West, Rtv. Dr. Samuel, sketch
of the life and character of 537 IVc^t, Rev. Samuel, D. D. of
Bnslon, character of ■ 574 Wilberforce, Mr. remarks on 63 Wilkins, Susanna, memoiti of 535 Willard, Rev. Samuel, sketch of W
INDEX TO THE REVIEWS.
AnniTerMrv comi tbe fint uuidin^of the fatliers, sermoo on, by Dr. Holfnes ■ 1
Appletcn, RcT. Mr. lemMn'at the ordiutioa cf Mr. Brulford • Saw
Bancrefl'i Eas^ on the life of
W»ihi(igtm. - - - 410 Burder'i village wnnon* - 185
Church History, by Mr. Miloer 564 ConipeiMlioai Dictioaary, by N.
Webiter, Eiq. • 78, 133
Comention teniMiii, by Dr. Seed 174 Cfdopodia, New, American edi.
tioDbf Dr.Recs.Tol. I. p«rt 1.139, 178, 370 p»rtll. 272,507 Cuthing, lennon it the fuMral
of, by Rev. Seth Pmysori - 563
Eclectic ReTtew, reriew oftlie 78,
MMwhorter, Dr. temum at the funeral or, by Mr. Griffin - 41
Milner'a hiitoiy of the church of Cbriiit • - - Ji
|>ariiwn Sanhedrim, truiiBcliMM of the - . . gjf
Payvon's temwn at the fimeral of Mr. John Gushing, jim. ■ 50}
Phitoiophical and practical ^am- mar of the English Un^a^, by N. Webster, E»q. . 215
Reed'i, Dr. ConTenlion aernion 174
Reea' New Cycltqjcrdia, vol. 1,
P»HI- - 129, 178, 27»
P»"II- - - 272, SOT
Review oftheEdecticreview 78,123
Sermon, Appleton'i - SS9
Burder's • 155
Griffin's • . 40*
Hifnes', Rev. L. icrman on uni- venal lalvatjon - 317
Holmes, Dr. annirenair aennon, ii commemoration of the firat laodB^ of the fathers - 1S3
Kcith-h Rev. Dr. sermon - 5G1
LHtoret on Jewish antiquitie*, I? Dr. Taiwan 511
17* 414
Tappan's, Dr. semotu on impof^ tant subjcolB - , 3^
lecturei on Jevtih ao-
- 511
tiquitiea 's Compendial
I Diction*
7^ 133
Fhilosopliical and Prac- tical Grammar of the En^ah laiig;uage
31S
INDEX TO THE SIGNATURES Uied fty tbc vriter* in the third volume of the PanofilUt.
493 Blackbnm, Gideon 40, 86, 323, 4I8k
A^a . Aodrrsoo, Isaac
Aiflin, Samuel
iri C.
Calvin, Jolin
CandJdu*
Carter
CD.
Christian
199
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Chriitian of the ucient school 1S9 |
Nunciiu |
- '551 |
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Chratianui - 443 |
N. Y. |
- 209 |
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C«IBi>, C. - • - 136 |
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Cowper - - - 172 |
ObserTBtor |
306 |
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OmicfMi |
498 |
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Cj[Hi>i> • ■ 463,507 |
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P.ge, WmUm |
533 |
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D. C.L. L . , - 324 |
pAhur.t |
- 26 |
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Pumenu |
336 |
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Emon ■ 69, 119, 460 |
pMtor - 23,11^259, 359,402,553 |
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Enutiu - • - - 54? |
PhUo P«stor |
14,69 |
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Eni*ift - - - 536 |
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Euiebiu 114, 132, 300, S51, 303, 349 |
Req>Mident |
- " 204 |
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ETUti - - - 189 |
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Shepird, Satnnel |
517 |
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6uua . - .318 |
Smith, Daniel |
417 |
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S.T. H. |
368 |
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H. - - - 15S, 396 |
Stom, Selh |
477. |
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If lie, Enoch - ■ 90 |
Sttoog, Caleb |
327 |
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M.j. - • . 324,40a Hofem . - - 536 |
SymnKdw, Caroline |
288 |
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Hyde, AWwi - - 517 |
T. . . . |
263 |
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Timothy |
162 |
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Inquirer - - - - 118 I.V. - - . 401 |
Titui |
164,503 |
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Tallar, Martin |
381 |
Valentin Louii
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KeUe, G. G. |
518 |
Walker, William |
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Keer, ». H. |
526 |
WatU, Isaac Webater, Noah |
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Laprfey, JoA.B. |
86 |
Weit. Stephen |
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Lefghton |
25,59,63 |
W.J. . |
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Love. Samuel |
86 |
W. k M. |
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H. |
' 381,282 |
X. |
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Meig^ Return J. |
■ - 417 |
X.Y. |
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Merrill. T. A. |
3BI |
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Mog«.Mri.tI. |
3« |
2. - - |
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No. 25.] JUNE, 1807. [No. 1. Vol. III.
MEMOIR OF JOHK TBOXHTOK) U4.
Lite ofCkphftiii, Sun;. fFrom ifr. Scel^t Sirmon, oceatiaud fy hit Dtath.)
MR. Thornton was distin- and turn to God, and "to <Io
(fished by his ^eat liberality j works meet for repentance.**
disposed of very large sums in For this purpose also, he was
nrimis charitable desig^is, with the patron of all pious, czempb-
an unremitting constancy, dur- ry, and laborious ministers of the
ing a long courte of years ; and gospel •, ireqaently educating
his charities were so much young men, whom fac found to
hrger, than is common with be reli^ously disposed ; and pur-
wcahby persons of good reputa- chasing many livings, not so
tion for beneficence, that he was much with a view of benefiting
rather regarded as a prodigy> the individuals to whom he gave
which might excite astonish- them, as for the sake of planting
mcnl, than as an example, that useful ministers of the gospel in
other men of equal affluence those parts where he supposed
were in duty bound to imitate, the people to be perishing for
Yet, hia character hath not been lack of knowledge,
in this respect over-stated, and He also dispersed a very great
few were acquainted with the number of Bibles, in different
fall extent of his charities. languages, in distant countries^
In respect to this leading cir- perhaps even in all the four
cumstancC) we must advert to qtiarters of the globe i and with
levetal particulars. them vast quantities of such
In dispensing his bounty) it is books as he thought most suited
well known that he always aim- to alarm the conscience, to affect
cd to promote the kpowledge the heart with a sense of the im-
and practice of the religion of portance of eternal thingS) and
the Bible amongst mankind ; to lead men to repentance, fiuth
and to bring the careless, the ig- in Christ, and holiness of life ;
norant, the proboe, and the thus labouring to render thosC)
profligate, to attend to the con- whom he never saw, wise unto
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bers will forever blcsa God for thcK his pioua and charitable endeavours.
But thAA^h his Ifceralitr had this for its grand object, yet it was by no means conducted on an exclusive principle. He aim- ed to adorn und recomnictidi as veil as to Bpread) the religion which he prot'essed, and to shew its gemiine tendency in his o^vn conduct towards all men. In subserviency to this design, and from the most enlarged and ex- panded philanthropy, he adopted, supported, and patronized every undertaking, which was suited to supply Kie wants, to relieve the distresses, or to increase the comforts of any of the human species, in whatever climate, or of whatever description, provid- ed they properly fell within his sphere of action. Perhaps it wonld even be difiicnit to men- ^n one public or private chari- ty of evident utility, to which he was not, at one time or other, in some measure a benefactor. So (hat he plainly observed the com- mand, " to do good to all men, especially to them that are of the hoinehold of faith."
And here it should especially be noted, that his beneficence was not always withheld, even on account of the extreme wick- edness of those that were to re- crive the advantage of it; but that he was guided, in this re- spect, by the prospect of doing them good, either in respect of their temporal or eternal welfare.
ll is in the next place worthy of observation, thnt this fHend of mankind, in the exercise of kis beneficence, not only con- triWiled his money, (which is often done to very little purpose) but he devoted his time aoA
thoughts very much to the same object ; doing good was the great business of his life, and may V»rc properly be sdli to have been his occupation, than evenhis mercantile engagements, which were uniformly considered a» subservient to that nobler design.
To form and execute plans of usefulness ; to superintend, ar- range, and improve upon those plans; to^ lay aside such as did not answer, and to substitnte others ; to form acquainlancci ' and collect intelligence for this purpose i to select proper agents^ and to carry on correspondcnccT hi order to ascertain that his bounties were well applied : these, and similar concerns, were the hourly occupations of his life, end the ends of living, which he proposed to himself; nerdid he think thst any part of hift time was spent either happily, or innocently, if it were not some way instrumental, directly or indirectly, lo the furtherance of useful designs. It is there- fore evident, tliat if he be sup- posed to have been in any mea- sure true to these princijdes, thtf sum total of the good which he did to mankind, by persevering in such habits for many years, must exceed all ordinary com- putation, and can only be ascer- tained at the great day of ac- count and retribtition.
As a proof bow much bis busi- ness was rendered sBbserrient to bis beneficence, it may be re- marked, that he not only made the gaina of his commerce in a great degree a fund for the sup* port of his Charity, but his com- merce itself was oftentimes an in- trddtKtion tothekDowledgeofthe -wants, calamities, and deplorable condAion of manldod' ia dtitBDi
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regions or the earth; and a me- dium throagh which to cominit- Btcate lo rtieir necessities, and to circulate amongst them the woi-d mi God, and other means of in- straction, for the benefit of their immoi^al stwls-
Such numerous and enpensive plans of usefulness did not em- barrass bis affairs, interfere with the real interests of bis family, or oUige hiTB to alter his very hos- pitable, though simple manner of Kfe. A proper and prudent ccoDomy ^nished him vith eufficient funds for his profiiae houftty. He had no relish for extravagance and lu.-tur^, and an unnecessary magnificence and pomp ; though he was courte- ous to all men, and not forgetful to enlertaiti atningers. He was not cramped in fojiowtng the jlktatcs of his large and gene- rous heart by a slavish subjec- tion to the humours, opinions, pnd fiiahions, by which public good suffers so much, and pri- vate happiness gains so little.
Far from being impoverished by his extraordinary liberality, lut estate was considerably in- ocased with the fairest charac- ter for integrity ; his children are amply provided for, and re- 6eetwith greater satisfaction on the sums that their honoured fn- Iber expended in doing good, than cvpn oji those, by which hp left it in their power lo emulate his example,
A second peculiarity of his duracter was, his exact attention to retigious duties. Men of light and inconsiderate minds are apt to conceive, that such ttrictness has little or no con- nexion with the exercise of be!' neficence ; not knowing that the Jore of God» which induces lo,
and is advanced by these dutie«, when they arc practised without formality or hypocris;-, always promotes, in a proportionable de- gree, the love of our neighbour also. The person of whom we speak spent much of his time, especially during the latter part of his life, in retirement and re- ligious exercises : the Lord's day was appropriated to these uses, and entirely rescued from the avocationi of ceremonious visits, and even of common ho^ pitality. He found much pleas- ure in public worship, and in family religion : and it is not therefore wohder&il, that having once conimcted itiose halnts, which seem stiff and singular at the first, he should afterwards adhere to them, when he found that they tended to improve bis heart, to establish his faith, to promote the enjoyment of life, and to comfort him in his de- clining years, and in the pros- pect of bis approaching dissolu- tion. Nor could it be expected, that hp, who employed himself so much jn distributing Bibles, and in propagating Christianity in distant nations, should neglect the religious instruction of his own household ; or that he - should endure thai those habits of Irreligion, which are so gene- rally disregarded in servants, should be' contracted and contin- ued in his own view, and within the sphere of his own imn^ediate influence.
He was also exact and punc- tual in the private eicercisca of the ploset : He daily read the Sacred Scriptures with great rev- erence and attention ; and he ad- hered to the rules which he had formed for himself, from a de- liberate coasideratioQ of their
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tmpMiance ; but] at the ume compariBg them ■with the stnit timc^ he avoided obserntbn, or rule of the divine law, and not the aSectatian of austerity. His with the crooked prindples and Dieala were earlf) regular and practices of the world : For he temperate ; and his life retired, considered himself, and all the when compared with that of race of men, as being naturally Tnost men, in the same ajtuation in a state of apostasy from God, in society. He was entirety a and exceedingly prone to evil ; atrangerto the ordinary pleaS' and he was very earnest in urcs and amusemenU of the spreading this opinion, as a fun- world, nor was be accustomed damcntal doctrine of the Scrip- to consult his own ease or indul- tures.
gence in any particular ; ypt bis This sentiment) as &r as it cheerfulness was noticed by all was applied to himself, will be who conversed with him, and he admitted to have been a source habitually appeared well satisfied of humility ; when applied to and happy. His fear of aliena- othcta, it is sometimes thought ting his time from more impor- to be of a contrary nature ; for a tBDt use^ rendered him on some conviction oi the general deprav- occasions, apparently too averse ity of the human race is fre- to go into almost any company, quently imagined to spring ei> But where the motive was so iher from spiritual pride, or from good, and the use made of time a harsh and severe disposition, thus redeemed, was so worthy Now, at the sentiments enter- of imitation, surely this may be tained by our late honoured mentioned to bis commendation, friend, concerning the Eallen rather than as a failing, especial- atate of the worid around him, ]y as it increased only with his undoubtedly made a material advancing years, and evidenced part of his character, I shall en- a mind more and more occupied ter more fully into this circum- with the thoughts of that blessed stance; and the candid reader world, into which he expected will ihen judge, how far this bis so soon to be removed. persuasion was consistent with
His unalfected and deep bu- the general benevolence of his miUty may be considered as character, which, to some per- another distinguishing feature sons, may appear ambiguous or of his character. His liberality, unintelligible, his UBcful industry, and his pie- The main ground, on which ly, though he was aeslous and this and the rest of his religious abundant in them all, appeared opininns were founded, was the not to bimsdf in any degree plain declarations of the Bible [ meritorious : Nay, he was coD- and to that book, which he atud- vinced, that in every reapect he ied day by day, endeavouring to fell short of his bound en duty, imbibe every instruction which it and was entirely dependent on contains] I must refer the reader the mercy of God in Christ Je- for a fuller explanation of the sus lor the pardon of his sins, subject. Our late friend, I say, and for Rnal acceptance and feli- implicitly believed the doctrines city, tn truth, be estimated his of it ; and conscious of his own ,Qfr^ character and conduct by demerit, all his hopes of salva-
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^oa vera iavred from it. He who nttthut fament Oor psrceive
expected eternal life, m the gift that state of coodemDation, «n-;
of God through lewaa Christ, der which (according to the
accoi^ng to the rcTelation of Word of God) every one around
mercTt Mid the precious prom- them lies ; unUas he be renew*
iaea caatwned in the Scriptures ; ed in the spirit of his mind, and
and he found that these were believe in Christ Jasus, lead a so-
matters in which human reason ber, righteous, and godly life I
or ntbority could give him no or, at least, be striving to enter
aaaaraoce or tatis&iction. If, in at the strait gate of repent-
dien, on the one hand, he bcliev- ancct and conversion to Cod and
ed the promisea of the Bible, holiness. It is observable, that
and derived all bis consolation the Scripture seems lo know bat
fnm them, bow could be disbc- of two descriptions of mcn>
Keve the tbrcateningB of God namely, those who serve God,
contained in the same bo<^ and and those who serve him not :
the repeated declarations of th« he who is not the servant ct
inspired writera, concerning the Cod, but serves some other ma^
degencncy of men, Uie wicked- ter, or aims at some other end;
Dess of the world, and the com- lies under the condemnation of
parative ■mall mimber of thoae the Bible, though he be free
that are in the my of salvation i from disreputable vices ; and
Indeed, that kind of charity whether the multitude around
which we often hear pleaded for, ua are in good earnest serving
can only be expected, on any God, or whether they are pursu-
grounda of reason, from infidds ing their own selfish ends, let
uid sceptics, who, conustent any man of common observatioa
with their principlei, may deny determine.
that there is an hell, or that the It must therefore appear to
way is bnnd and thronged which every candid inquirer, that when
leads to it. But in proportion as religious persons entertain vshat
these sentiments prevail, the are called uncharitable opinions
•mews will be cut, of every ef- of their neighbours, they are ill
fort to bring sinnera into the truth compelled to it by the
oirrow way of repentance* bith united evidence of bets and
and holiness, in which the word Scripture ; and not inclined to it
of God requires them to walk, by a mere conceit of their own
If any, tberefbrc, who would be superiority, or any severity of
thought to believe the Bible, disposition.
com^dimest their worldly nei^- These sentiments may be of-
bours with unscriptural hopes, ten observed, as in the presetft
er teach them to malce light of instance, to reside in the sam«
their danger, it must be owing, breast, with the most mehing
{though they may not suspectit) compassion, the moat expand^
to no small degree of scepticism benevolence, and the most une-
miziag with their views of quivocal tokens of deep humilj*
Quistianity ; and it is difficult ty. It is not then an incoorist*
to conceive bow they can derive cncy to think mankind very coi^
«iiy actual hope from the gnapel, rupt and wicked, snd yet to
who discard all Krious fear, and abound in compassion and cbari-
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tf ttmui*^kem. Tb» evident- Bible, do thus, in their jodg- ly accords to the judgment and meot, coodemn the worldarouad conduct of God bimseli^ as it is them ; and they can iheFcfore erery where represented in bear with many true Cbristiuw, Scripture : " He commended on account of their philanthtv kis love to us, in that, when we py, having never approached were sinnen, ungodir and ene- near enough to understand this mies, Christ died for us." The unpopular subject. It is proper blessed Saviour was hated for that such persons should be ud-, testifying uf the worid, that the deceived, and should know, that works thereof were evil ; yet he thef who believe the word of *> went about doing good," and at God) however kiiKi and obligins les^h laid ^own his life as the to them, entertain the most se- pro|utiation for our sins. St. rious ^prehensions coBCertuBg J^D, the beloved disciple, who the state of their souls, and arc was eminent for the greatness of &r more alarmed for them, than ^ charity, says, " W* know they are for themselves. There that we are of God, and that the are also others that have some whole world livtb in widted* sense of religion, and secretly Bess i" and St. Paul, with a assent to thi^ oITensive doctrine t mixture of sound judgment and but jdinLng much with tb« genuine charity, says to the world, they d«era it conrentent PtailippiaoB, "■ There are many, to disguise their sentiments, of whom I have told you often. Nay, they frequently behave ia and now tell you even weeping, a manner so inconsistent with ^ (bat they are the oncmies of the serious conviction of this kindi ffoss of Ckmc, whose end is de- that they are never suspected of struction, whose Cod n their it ; they conform to the worldi bsllyt and wboK glory ia in their and seem to be a constituent shame, wfaomind earthly things." partofiti and who could imag> These are a few passages out of ine that they join with the Scrips vast numbers that might be pro- ture in the condemnation of it ? ituccd : and, it may be added, These ate indeed the more pop. tb^ the world (signifying the ular characters ; yet if their sen- generality of mankind) is scarce timenta were fiilly known, per- cvcr mentioned in Scripture, haps they would meet with less without something being added, favour, than they, who profess which implies a condemnation them without disguise, and Sep* of it. araie from the pleasures and . ]t is obvious that these senti- vaiuttes of the worid, and from a mcnts must be unbsbiooable needless intercourse with it upon wd ui^pular, and must ex- that account. The latter arc; ceedingly deduct from the char- certainly the more honest meii, »cter of every religious man in and would probaWy, if the witole the opinion of the worid, how truth were known, be deeme4 much soever lie lays himself the more honourable characien, out in doing good to the bodies the jieople oF the world them- and souls of joeo. selves being judges.
Some persona indeed are not It is not, however, here meaM
awarc) thuit tbey who belicre tbi: to be insinuated] that pious per>
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sons never form too harsh ft jndg- Our attention should next be ment concerning their neigh- directed to the composed mui- bouTs. A certain precipitancy ner in which this honoured and of temper, and a vehement in useful aemnt of God looked for> some points of doctrine, or a ward to the approach of death, contracted acquaintance with Though he was in general some sect or parif, often betray healthy, and of a good constitu- them into mistakes of this kind, tion, yet lor a long time before Yet whilst we censure a seeming he died, he was sensible that h« want of charity in others, we grew old, and often spake of hi> should be careful not to iall into nearness to the eternal world real uncbaritableness ourselves ; with a serenity that shewed such and not to condemn any rclig- reflections to be femiliar, and ious persons, merely for abiding even satisfactory •to him: fUld by the standard of the Bible ; when indeed it became evident lest we should thereby be guilty that tlie solemn season was Br> of condemning the Bible itself, rived, there was no occasioo to while we are fondly valuing our- conceal his real situation front •elves oa our superior Christian him. Ue considered his sick- charity, nesa as a summons from his But the person of whom we gracious Lord, and calmly pre- speak, though attached to the pared to comply with it : bein^ church of England, both in re- surrounded by his children, and qtect of its genuine doctrine, recommending them and theirs worship and discipline, was to the blessing of that God and equally a cordial friend to pious Saviour whom he had trusted* persons amongst the dissenters : and with whom he had walked ; but,imdoubtedly his most intimiie recommending to them his ser> connexions lay amcuigst d»auot T>^9 and salration, and thea them who accorded in doctriA calxj^^retigning. hit spirit into , with his own church ; for this de- bis ^raSkma hands ; he put nu' scriptioa of them appeared to ny in remembrance of dying Ja- him more occupied in, and more cob, blessing his twelve sons, and cameat for, the salvation of the thenyieldingup theghost;— sad souls of men. His rule of judg- ^e impression made upon the nent, therefore, ought not to be minds of th<»e, who beheld th« considered as merely having re- tender, instructive, Bo{emn, and ■pect to paity i nor was it deter- animating scene, will probably niaed by a minute regard to his not soon be effaced. " Mark thQ own sentiments in the more dis- perfect man, and heboid the puiable points ; but it was form- upright ; fi>r the end of. tbit cd OB the great outlines of doc- man is peace-" trine and pmctice, which are evi- dently containedin the Scriptures.
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OH cnmsTtAH ZEAL. explained «waj, despised md f^ .- -jj- » .f, r - 1 trampled on, os it iabrmitltt- I J ^ -V. -' tudcB, And if we have the true In a former nnmber we ^re spirit of pnmitiTc Christiasityt t brief display of the nature and and pious zealg we */iall do it. properties of zeal, considered in B«t this surely isnot all. The a perwna] sense. We will now Interests of firaciical holiness and consider it as a daty we owe to virtue demand oor faithful and the cause of God, and the best ardent exertions. Nor shall we, interests of our fellow creatures, if we are consistent Christians, Here, likewise, it has a very ex- think it enough to be zealous for tensive and important sphere. apeculative truth, withont a cor- ft will opnvte in br/Hending responding zeal in iavour of the trvth and ofifioaing error. We power of godliness, and against at-e exhorted bf an spostle to every form of licentiousness and •' contend earnestly for the faith rice. The aerioua and benevo- once delivered to the saints." lent child of God feels, tenderly And although^ in an age of af- feels, for the honoar of his hea- fected and extravagant liberality, vcnlf Father, and for the im- like the present, this is but an mortal souls of men. When unwelcome and thankless office, thet-efere he looks around him> yet no real friend to God, and and sees iniquity prevailing, vice the souls of men, wril reluct triumphing, and multitudes trav- from it on that account. In- dttng the downward road in deed, what is that- tUervMiy, ao peace, he is pained and grieved, celebrated and ao fashiotuble, Thus we are taid that in a day of but one of the numberiess forms great degeneracy among God's bi which the divine truth is op- ancient people, the pious few, pOBod, and the best interests of who kept their garments unde- tmmortal men sported with i filed, were found tigMag and try- To represent every kind of re- mff/oraHrAeodoMiiwriMM which ligion, as equally aafo ; and all prevailed in that guilty land. thoGe,8sinthesure road to heaven, And they were mercifiilly dis- vho are only feiihful to the tlnguished and apared in a day of bplnions, which they embrace ; general dewlation and destruc- this, with many, is the essence tion. If we have anything of naA perfection of liberality. But the spirit of these holy and bap- more properly, it is the easettce py men, we shUI nwum over the and perfection of abturdity, and ains of the time. And animued of crueltg. And we are <alled with acal for God and hia causey upon, each in our respective we abaLl atrenuously exert our- apherea, by every motive of selves to counteract and arrest Christian benevolence and com- that awful torrent of iniquity passioii, as well as of piety, to which threatens to deluge our make a bold and vigoroua stand cpuntry-~to deluge it not only for the truth of God, opposed* with Crimea and confiuion, but
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Irith the wrath of HckTcn. We ■ban oppose to prevailing and Eufaionablc vice our prayers, our wimings, our admonitiana, our cntrealies, Euid the still more persuasive infiuence of our ex- mmple— on example which wtU at oDce frown vice out of counte- tiaficC) and powerfully allure to virtue.
This branch of ploui zeal has likewise those properties that diatingoish it from those things which are either directly oppoS' cd to it, or falsely assume its ap- pearance.
It is founded oti knowledge. This characCcriBtic alone can render our zeal truly acceptable to God, or benc&cial to mankind. K blind, igDorant, misguide^ ' fervour is a most pernicious thing. It frequently assumes all the fierceness of bigotry, and all the wildness and extravagance of fanaticism. It was this rash and blind zeal which infiucQced the Jews in their rejection of Christianity, and which stirred them up to such a pitch of ha- tred and persecution against its first preachers. / bear ihem re- tord, says Paul, cAat they have a zealfor God, but not according to htovledge. The apostle was himself an instance Qf the same . frenxy, before his conversion. He was very ztalaut, fiertecuting tie church. He verily thought with himtelf that he ought to do many thing* contrary to the name tf Jetiia of J^azareth. Such an opinioD palliated, indeed, but it was hx from justifying his con- duct : nor did he himself enter- Uio a thought of this kind. So we read of some who would tlunk they viere doing God (rr- viee, while in reality fighting ^aii^t Cod) %ai perpetratbg VoL III. No. 1. B
the grossest acts of cruelty to man. This bigoted zeal has ia fact shed torrents of Christian blood, and inspired the fanatics of the church of Rome with the preposterous idea of " illumina- ting Che minds of men with the light of firea and faggots."— It is of the highest importance then that our minds be well in- formed in the great articles of truth and duty, and in the mer- its or demerits of particular ob> jects and characters, before we permit them to be transported with fervow. Nor should out zeal in any case be suffered to tmnscendour knowledge. Doubt- less some honest and good men have been faulty here. Under the in&uence of a misguided zeal, they have condemned and traduced characters, which, had their eyes been open, they would have loved and honoured. It is a melancholy fact, that the best things become, in their ^usei the worst and most pernicious. If light witliout heat is useless^ it is no less true, that heat with- out light is worse than useless. It is hurtful and destructive.
Farther] the zeal of which we speak, ia prompted by a spirit of to-Dc. This is what principally- . distinguishes it from the false fire of the hypocrite. The real Christian, in all his fervour against error and wickedness. Is infiuenced, so far as he acts in character, by love to God and his cause, by love to mankind sod their best interests, by love to the persons, the souls of hia ene- mies, and the enemies of re- ligion. This will infuse an air of tenderness into all bis re- proofs of vice and licentiousness. This will mitigle Mntiments of ccimposNOp ibr the kouli oi mcii>
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iritb the strongest disapprobntton he fcch for iheir sini. / behfld the trani^yeaiOT*, ssys David, and tffl» grieved.— Bivert of vialer run down my rye*, beeaute men ketft not lAy Ian. Here was the holy, affectionate zeai of a child of God, It ditl not vent itself in the language of -unhallowed re- proach, of tond and angry ex- clamation. It retired, and wept in silence. How amiable tlie example ! Let us see to it, that our zeal be of this excellent kind ; a zeal that can fiiiy as well as diiaftfirobnif the wfckedj that can grieve as weli as refirovf. Lei us beware of otlempting to press human passion into the service of God and religion. Let Mf feel the justice of that remark, that " he who hates another for not being a Christian, is himself not a Christian."' Let us trem- ble at the thought of brandishing the vengeance of the Almighty, of callitg rfbtun _yFrf from ftraven upon the enemies of Christ, or our own. Such a zeat, surely, never came from above. It is earthly ; it is sensual ; it is diaboiical.
Again, our zeal for God and religion should be attempered with tnimiHty. To stand up on the aide of Jehovah and his truth, before an ungodly world ; to ap- pear in behalf of Christ and his religion, in the presence of ene- mies and blasphemers, is surety 'to be engaged in a noble cause. It is to act a sublime part. For ■this very reason, the deepest 'humility becomes us. The best 'of Christians are bnt too un- * Worthy such an honour. And the best of Christians most sen- sibly feel this tinworthinese.
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When they consider how much themselves have done to bring reproach on the sacred name of Jesus, and to open the mouths of blasphemers, they sometimes feel as though their unhattoiaed lift* should be forever sealed from uttering reproofs (o others. Or if an overbearing sen^e of duty constrain them to this painful ofRce, they feel as if every reproof they dispensed to others, fell with tenfold weight upon themselves. And this i& the very spirit in which all re- proof from one sinner to another should be administered. It is firofter it should be so. Wc are never so well prepared to act such a part, as when we are presi with the deepest sense of our un worthiness. And reproof, in such a case, comes with new force and solemnity, and with a br greater probability of a happy effete.
Again, our zeal should be chastened \}y ftrndetice. There is a certain decorum to be ob- served in selecting the place, the circumstances and the occa- sion, foi' the exhibition of such a spirit, and for the performance of the duties connected with it. A discreet regard to this object is of high importance. Its neg- lect is attended with multiplied evils and infelicities, Tf an hon- est and zealous Christian grossly step out of his proper »^Arr? ,- if he flagrantly misjudge in regard to the •rason of his exertions; or if they be, in their marmer, uncouU), unkind, or extremely vehement, they will too proba- bly, however well intended, de- feat their own object. It is a gospel injunction, that ail things be done decently and in order. Doubtless, it is dtrou|;h the neg-
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lect of this TuAt, that rcligioa has not unfrequently been dis- honoured by its friends ; while iu fees have found occasion lor ttiumph, and for hardening them selves in sin.
Still further, our zeal should he firofioriioned lo the importance rf iu particular object. Jt was the fiiuh of the Pharisees of old, and a striking evidence of iheir iDsincerity, that they were ex- tremely scrupulous respecting many ohservances of small mo- menti and omtted Hto»e vieightUr tKHeri of the lav. Judgment, mercy and/aiiA. Nor is it uncont,. man for hypocrites to be super- sbliouily tenacious of things com - paratively unimportant, while the great essentials of religion arc neglected. All truth, in- deed) should he sacred with us. So should all duty. 3ut all tnitbi and duties are not of equal importance. Some are plain. Others arc more difficult to be discovered. Some Up at tlie very foundation of religion. Others are not fundamental. In regard to somei all good men are agreed. Respecting others, the beat of men have thought aod practised varisusly. Now it argues a strange narrowness of mind, or perverscness of heaft, or both, lo be equally te- nacious awl engaged upon all these points ; to be as ready to exclude another from our chari- ty, to pronounce him a heretic, ■Dd no Christian, for a sm'all er- ror in judgment, or practice, as for the greatest. And certainly those Christians, if there be any toch, wbo hope well of the openly profligate, if, is their opinion, they are but orthodox, viiile they can have no good •pinion of the most excmpUry,
who dUfbr from tiiem ia some small points of opinion, act a strangely inconsistent part. Something must be wrong, ei- t^er in the head or heart. That may be safely pronounced the true zeal, which is sacrtdly and inilexibly tenacious in all great points of &uth and practice, and generously candid ii^ all those of ' inconsiderable momenL
]p fine, our zeal against sin should manifest itself in such ways only, as are vmrranlable and lavtfid. For a »nglc of- fence ia this point i for a rash and angiy expression to a pro- voking people at the waters of Meribab, Sloses, that eminent servant of God, was denied the honour and happiness, which his heart so ardently wished, of conducting the Israelites into the land of promise. Nor are any of us out of danger, while conversant with erroneous or wiclied men, of being transport- ed by that wrath qf man, which xoorkelh ngt the righieoutneu qf God. It is unhappily the case that zeal, being a strong emo- tion of tlie mind, and, like other strong emotions, apt to magnify its object, naturally unfits us for judging accurately what meth- ods of its expression are right) and what are wrong- Men are too prone to suppose, that if their general intentions be good* they cannot mistake in the exe- cution of them. Many have been so far carried away by a torrent of zeal, as quite to forget or neglect the maxim, that we mutt not do evil tfiai good may eome. Yet this maxim lies at the very foundation of all mo- rality, and of all practical relig- ion. How absurd, not to say, iti)pioua» to CBtcrtaia the idea of
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glorifying God, by violating his England for theological and bib- kws ! How absurd, to think of Heal knowledge, for Christian benefiting our fellow'men, fay piety and morality, for wisdom, tramplinj; on the sacred princi- displayed in their religious, civil pies of love and humanity \ and literary institutions, stands What a monstrous, unchristiBn, deserredly high in the estiiiia> aruichrittian ztz\ is that which tion of the wise and good. Great has tormented and destroyed weight ought, therefore, to be men's bodies to save their souls ! attached to their testimony in And if the character at a man is the cause of evangelical truth, his best earthly posses&ion, those As early as ) 648, a synod was surely are in no small mistake, holden, consisting of elders and who, under the pretext of relig* messengers* fromall thechurcb* ion, mangle and destroy the rep- es in New England, lothcirre* Utation of their fellowK: Features, suit they say ; " This synod by uncharitable censures and having perused and considered* bitter revilings. 7%» warfare mth much gladness of heart and and ibeee vrea/iort are not tfiirii' thankfulness to God, the confes* val, but carnal. How surpris- slon of faith lately pitbliahed by ing, how lamentable, that any the reverend assembly of diviney should be Ugoti in the cause of in England, do judge it to b« fieace and love ! that malice and holy, orthodox and judiciou* tlander should tje employed in in all matters of faith, 'and do professed support of the behevor Uierefore freely and fully con- fciK religion iff Jena. sent thereunto for the sub« Z. stance." Accordingly they re. ■ ^- published it as " their confession of bith, and as containing ttiA or TtE TAiTH or THE Kzw doctrine constantly taught mkI ZRGLAND cuoKCHCS. professed in the Kew England Ab. 1. churches" at that time. Thi successive numbers of n is worthy of remark, that Pastor, in his « Survey of the this confession, compiled by the New England churches," par- yener^le and learned assembly, ticularly those on confessions of who composed the larger and faith, have imparted much shorter catechisms, and contain* pleasure and instruction to my ing the same doctrines, was ap> own mind, and to the minds of proved and subscribed by every many other readers of the Pan- member of this synod. In doin^ opUst. Wishing to contribute this they declared, that they in- ajl in my power toward accom- tended to express their belief plisbing an important object of and profession of " the same this work, viz. a reform of the doctrines, which had been gene, churches of New England, I raHjr received in all the reform- shall, for this purpose, present cd churches in Europe." •ome historical facts, which This same confession wa* shew what was their bith in adopted by the General Assem^ their early, and as I appre-
. hcnd, their purest state. The . gij^,^ ,„, ministers j tnn««-
character of the fittfaers of New gvt, by dele|;ates.
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bijr of the Prcst^tenan chnrch cognized as the essentia] tod dit*
in Scotland, the preceding year, tinguishing docrinei of Chri»-
About this time, the Savoy tianit]r,mthcarticteaofthechurch
confeasion of ^th, enibracing of£ngland,and inthc confesaiont
Che same doctrines, waa adopted of the great body of the Preaby-
by a aynod of the Congregation- terian churchei in Holland, Scot-
«1 churches, held at the Savoy in land and America. Theae doc*
London. The same doctrines tnnes were embraced and main*
were aancttoned aftenrard, in tained, as the truths of Scripture^
1690, by a general meeling of by the Reformen, and by the
the Presbyterian and Congrega- Christian church, where it has
tionaj churches in England. existed in its purity and simpli-
In 1680, the New England City, from the days of the apos- ehurches, by their elders and ties. In evidence of the tnitlt delegates, assembled in synod, of this assertion, I adduce die reoewedlheiraEsenttotheWe^t' following result of the laborious minster confession of faith. In inquiries of arery learned divine consequence, the General Court of our own country.* orderedittoheprintedCtousethcir " The doctrines contained in own words) " for the benefit of the Assembly's shorter cate- the churches in the present and chism and the Westminster con. after times." This public and fession of faith, particularly the solemn act of the churches, at- doctrine of the divinity and satis- •embled in synod, hat not been faction of Jesus Christ, original annulled by any subsequent act ; sin, the necessity of special nor haa this confession been su- g;race in regeneration, justificai^ perseded by the public adoption tion by faith, Ice. have been uni> of any aubatitute. It must of versally received, taught and es- ceurae now be considered, and, tabliihedin all ag&sof theChris* taluDg into new the whole bodf tian church. After all the search ef Christians in the common* Ihavebeenablcto make intoantl- wealth, belonging totheCongre- quity,! can find no single instance gational churches, I believe it of any public confession of fiuth, may coiTectly be considered, as drawn upby any councillor gen- thc adopted public confession of erally received by any Christian the fiutb of the Congregational country in the world, wherein churches in Maasachusetts. aBy of these doctrines have been . In 1708, all the churches in plainly and expressly denied. Connecticut, assembled by their For though there have been ministers and delegates at Say- some men scattered op and brook, unanimously approved down in the world, -and some- •nd adopted the Savoy con- times convened in assemblies, iiession of faith. Their proceed- who have not believed these doc> ings received the sanction of the trines, and have sometimes en- legislature. And the churches deavoured ctroertly to disgnist in this state have continued them and let them drop, and stead&st in this iaith to the pres- thus by degrees to root theaa CM time. out of the Christian church, yet
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they haw never dared openly, and in & formal manner to deny them by any public act, because they knew that these doctrines had been so unirersally received in the Christian church, that all antiquity would condemn them, tbd th(it such all open denial would bring an them the resent- ment of the CbrisUan world."*
I am very sensible that truth is not always with the multU tude ; but admitting the correct- neis of what has now been stat- ed, it seems ^solutcly incredible that these doctrines should in all ages have been received so gen- erally, as the truths of Cod, and by the most learned, pious, and exemplary Christians, unless they had been plainly revealed in bis «ord. If Christianity has prov- ed a blessing to the world, friend- ly to the freedom and happiness of man, to civil government, and Hund science ; if it has prevent- ed the spread of vice and immo- rality, convinced and humbled the guilty, and shed light and joy into the hearts of true penitents ; if it has soothed the sonuivs of life, yielded consolation to Cliris- tiaa mourners, and joy unspeak- able to the dying; it has been that sort of Christianity, which is characterized and identified by these di&tinguisbing doctrlDct.— This fut^ prompted the fathers of New England to leave their native land, to brave the dangers of the ocean, to plant themselves in a wilderness itmidst savage men, and to found and cherish those institutions, which have rendered their memory pre- cious, and excited the veneration
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and gratitude of their posterity. This was the faith of the army of holy martyrs, which enabled them to triumph on the rack, and to exult amiiisi the Same» kindled to devour them. The truth and excellence of these doctrines have been tested by their genuine fruits on the hearts and lives of those who have cordially embraced them, and lived under their influence. Let them not, then, be hastily re- jected. For, " thus saith the Liord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the oldfiathr, where is the good way, and wall; therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
PhILO PAtTOB. fnU toalitiii*d.)
GONMlLaTDRT LBTTER OM TBB DEATH or A CHILD.
June \r, I80r. Afy dear Friendt,
" Is it well with the child ?* liifinitely better, 1 trust, than to Be here- O let us be forever thankful for that bloud, and for that spirit, 'which can at once cleanse and sanctify both our own souls and the soul!; of our rn&nt children ; and for tJiat gracious declaration of the Sa- viour, " of such is the kingdom of heaven 1" Thanks be to God for his unspeakable glit, and for the health, vigour, perfection, glory, and immortality beyonrj the grave. But, While my soul thus rejoices wiih yours in God our Saviour, strange ificonsisten- cy, my wesfcer part dissolves in ieara of sympathy with my afi flirted friends. Sensibly do I feel your disappointment, yout
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pungent sorrow. But with Hintt who was made perfect through suffering, you will each say, "the cup, which my Father hath giTcn mc, shall I not drink it ?" Every thing to reconcile our hearts to the dispensations of Uearen, to assuage our grief, to comfort our souls, to animate oar hopes and brighten our pros- pects, is contained in that tender, that endeared word, Father. Let your minds dwell upon the thought, and may the God of all coDiolatioD fill each of your beans with comfort and joy un- speakable through Christ Jesus ! And may the same divine Jesus, who himself once wept, while on earth, forgive the weakness of oxir tears, and in his oivn good time restore us to the enjoyment of our tender offspring, which he has thus early, and so kindly received to his arms I
OKICIXAL LBTTCSS FROM AH AOXB MIHISTER TO A VOtlHG STUSENT IN CIVINITI.
No. 8. My dear Sir,
Hate a care to make mean- ing sermons, such as um at the great end of preaching : To UTc ■ soul from death, and bide
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a multitude of shis; To comfort the best people in the worid, and help them on their way to glory.
When we apply ourselves in earnest, and with all suitable af- fection, to convince and con- vert, to edify and pomfort our friends, our brethren in immor- tal boocls ; the arrangements will be the more natural. The style, though simplified by feeling, will be the more pure and the more impressive. Your whole msn* ner will be the better : plain in* deed, and faithful, hut inoffen- sive, dignified, humble, loving, like the manner of good people speaking from their dying beds.
We would not adopt a smooth* cold manner, which brings no- thing home to the conscience ; which leaves the careless sinner and the hypocrite to sleep on without disturbance. Nor may we be content with being solemn, with telling what is wrohg, in- veighing against sin, and holding up terror.
Our great business is to testify the gospel of the grace of God." To make this intelligible, we must faithfully shew men their sin end guilt, and how they are undone by it, and lie at mercy in more respects than one. But the truth, in tAu case, must be spoken in love, and the vilest sin- ner tenderly invited and encour- aged to return. The- grace of Heaven must be held up without ceasing, to the most untoward ; and preached with a grace ; with all our hearts ; with a good will like that which the Saviour him- self breathed to his crucifiers,t and which the primitive hcraldft
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of bis gnce ^xhibited-t Com- with a jutt reveretktial ateem;
fexat^ these, ve remark with to feel his authority and the grot
trembling, tbat to preach the gos- importance of his messages :
pel in its own gracious spirit, is a and a proper tenderness wittud
very particular atiainment, which to those we address, will proba-
many a popular and man^ a sol- bly command a better style and
emn preacher never reached. manner than any of our own
Christianity too must be speculations could pradoce, or
preached as a reality. She must any rhetorician point out to us. be delineated and portrayed in I write with freedom ; but
tier own lovely form. To do not without a thousand mis-
this justly, and enter well into givingt. I know that a great
the spirit of it, is much more po«t has said, " Let those
than to show what sin is, and ics- teach others, who thetnselve*
tify against it ; much more than excel." But in iact I should
to say what is no; religion. In- have less to say on this subjectr
deed the most cFTectual way of did I not discover, on a review of
detecting what is not, is clearly my own doings, a great deficien'
to show what is. Here then is a cy in this instance. Indeed what-
great object always to be kept in ever p;irt of ministerial work I
view. And turn to, so many failures meet
Here let me add another hint, me, tbat nothing hut the force of
Let our discourses, as much as truth, and a strong desire that
possible, be the product, not of others may do better, could have
mere study, but of practical med- induced me to make observations
iution. " Study," says Dr. Man- and hiy down rules, with so littlo
ton, " is like a winter sun, that reserve.
shines, but warms not." Medi- Accept my love. May the
sation is a teriout acting of the grace of our divine Master b«
toul upon a subject, in the view ever with you. I am, Ice. of its serious nature, as it re- (Tobeo-
spects ourselves and others. Composing in this way is profit- able to our own hearts. And
such discourses are much more BuavsY of hew enoland likely to interest and profit olh- chusches. crs. In the last volume of the Paa- In fine, let us pray and endear- opiiat, we carefully noticed sev- our in all our sermonizing to lose eral existing eriis, and suggest' every little concern, in the mag- ed some things, which are deem- nitude of our subject ; and go ed necessary to the prosperity of forth to divine things, and to the oui^ churches. It is the design Bouls of men, unfettered by any of this and several succeeding ambition of making a figure and numbers to unfold briefly, though gaining applause, or any fear of with some degree of minuteness, coming short of it. Our husi- the pecutisr dangers, to which ness is to approve ourselves to the followers of Christ are ex- God, to honour our Redeemer, posed, with respect to lAe CkrU- and call upon high and low to do tian fiith, ChrUtian txfierimeey the same. To keep him in view, and Ckritlum finetiee.
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1 conceive nothing more dan- erroneous men owe much of
gerous to the churches with re- their success, is the mUafifiUca-
spect to the Christian faith, than tion of terifiturc. Sensible of
the mitrcfireacnlatiant of ila ene- the high autlioritjr, which the
me». Evangelical truth, in its scripture has obtained over the
own divine form and dress, has minds of people in general, they
so much to recommend it to the think it not consistent with pru- hearts of believers, and to the dence, and perhaps it is not reason and conscience of all men, quite consistent with their con- that it cannot, without difliculty, victionsj avowedly to reject it. be rejected. In itself it has a They therefore resort to it, not perfect agreement with the in- with that sacred reverence and tellectual laculties of the human implicit submission, which are mind. Whereas error, in its due to the word ot God, but with own nature, is totally repug- a determination to derive from nant to reason, to conscience, it what arguments they can in and to every upright principle, support of their favourite tenets. " Wicked men and deceivers," It is astonishing to observe what sware of this, and despairing of cunning and what boldness they success from direct opposition use in detaching passages of to the truth M «urA, have re- scripture from their obvious con- course to the art of misrepre- nexion, or in concealing their sentation. By their dexterity trucsensebyaplausiblecriticiamt in this illusive art, they materi* or an artful gloBS, or in forcing ■lly alter the form of truth, them, in some other way, to Tbey disfigure its lovely fea- favour sentiments, which are con- turca, array it in a foreign dress, trary to the spirit of revelation, and surround it with false appen- There are many modes of false dagcB. By concealment, by ad- reasoning employed by the ad- dition, and by distortion, they versariesof truth, of which it is make the truth appear quite important for Christians to be- tmalher thing. Shaped and ware. But I shall chiefly insist dressed by them, it ceases to ex- upon the two which have been hibit its own engaging form, mentioned ; tnitrefiresmlaiion qf and appears a frightful monster, the truth, and a wrimg a/i/ilication It must be added, that in all their oftcriflture. misrepresentations, they apply, On no points do the enemies with great address, to the cor- of evangelical religion carry nipt passions of human nature, their eflbrts to a higher pitchy While they endeavour to prevent than on those which immediaie- the alarm of conscience, by pro- ]y relate to God. 7^ tcrifiture fcssing to be the vlvocates of doctrine of the lenity is at the truth; theyobtainsuccessiutheir foundation of revealed religion, niischieVDus design, by giving and is peculiarly and insepara- truth an air,which is likely to of- bly connected with the economy fend the pride of reason and the of redemption. The cordial depravityoftheheartjatthe sam* and pious reception of this doc- time decking error in such a trine, which is so incomprehen- manner, as to flatter and please, sible and mysterious, requires Another method, to which that the pride of erring reasoa Vol. III. No. 1. C
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be Butidued, and that faith rest in an appropriate! theoIogicaX
implicitly on tlie testimony of sense. And why is not the use
God. Oft this account men, of technical terms bb aIIo\TaUe
who are govenicil by a proud and important in theology, as in
conceit of their own undursland- any other science I In the arts'
ing, or hy the priniziplea of coi^ and sciences, instead of making
nipt philosophy, bestir them- new wordsto express every idea,
selves to overwhelm it with in* words are fretjuentty taken from
famy or contempt. It is my de- common language, and used in
»gn in this number to give a tcimtific ob technical man-
a specimen of their misreprestn- ner. And it is understoodi
tation^ of ttie doctrinei and thtir that ithenever sugh words are
misapplication of aeripture ill op- employed with reference to the
posing it. arts aad sciences, they con-
The capital ^nisrepresentation vey a meaning different from
of the doctrine of the Trinity, whaC they previously bore Ob
which I shall Dolicej is, that it common use. Now because in
imfitiet polyikciam, or axierta the common language three persons-
txitience of three Cods, and that signilies three men, it cannot be
it coiitaini a pal'iabit contradic- inferred) that three ficrtone, whea
tioTt or abmrdily, by atserttng applied to the divine nature,
that Ihrsc three ai'e one. signifies three Gods. Whatever
The charge of polytheism is the term, ftertont may signifyy wholly grouncllL'SB, because cor- when applied to men, in its- rect Triniuirians do not eflirm, theological sense it must always- either directly or indirectly, that be understood to denote a kind of there are ihrce Cods. Their be- plurality, which is perfectly con- lief is, that ill the mode of the sistent with the proper unity oC divine exislenrc there is a foun- Qod. The Fa.tbeh, the Wokd* dation for a pen<oiial distinction ; and the Splhit are three ; not or in otlier words, that the Su- three Gobs, but as Trinitarians preme Bcingexists-in three per- are accustomed to spealc, three sons, the VATBER, the sdh, and fienont, the word being used to the HOLY GHOST- The nature signify the indescribable and ia- of this personal distinction the^ comprehensible distinction be- pretend not Co describe. The twecathe Fatheri Son, and S[Hr- idea, that it resembles tlie din- it in the snity of the Godhead, tinction among human persona, Accoadingly Trinitarians adopt is by no means admitted.. As the plainest and most forcible the distinction i& peculiar to the canstruction of all those scrip- exiBtence of Jehoi'ah, and is tures, whick assert tfae oneness Jiounded in his infinite perfection, or unity of the Supreme Being;. jt is deemed absurd to borrow " The Lord our God is one any similitudes from, othee be- Lord," means as much upon the ings in order to explain it. To Trinitarian, as upon the Anti- designate the distinction brie&y trinitarian scheme, and conveniently, the termi/ifr- When, therefore, the oppo- Aons, is adopted. The term, sets of the scripture doctrine of however, is not used according the Trinity bring against it the t» its common nccestation, but charge of /w^fAeitm, and saj^
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3h«t k makes three Go<ls, let ChriMi&Bs mtrk well the charge, and remcniber that it is a ma. representation highly injurious to the Trinitarian scheme. For neither do the adtocatei of the doctrine believe, nor doea the doctrine itself indicate, that there are, in faeaveti or ia earth, siore Gods .than one.
Tim oUier partAf the nisrep- Tescntatton is, that the doctrine of the Trinity contains a palpable cotitradiction or absurdity, by a&- oening that three are one. U is conceded, that any doctrine, which CODtaina a real contradio- tion, is contrary to the dictates or Stmtd reason, and ought to be cxpkided. A propositioo, trhich iovc^es an absurdity, cannot fKwsibiy be true. If the doc- tTTDv of the Trinity implied, that icborah is three in the same respect in which he is ane ; in other words, if the doctrine im- jriied, that (Arrr fiertan* are one fUrmm, or three Deiiiet one Deity, itirould hr a plain contradiction, and latiBt be instantly rejected- But the doctrine involves no con- tndiction, because il does not assert th«t God is three and one in the suae sense. IVinity is Sicribcd to God as to personali> tytand unity as to divine essence. Now nire^ there is no coidradic- tioD in saying, that a Being, who is ikree 'm one respect, is one in snotber. But wc pretend itu to (^ any adequate description of the difference between divine porsona&ty and divine essence. We acknowledge our incapacity to onderaund, or by any terms wbaterer to express, the precise tnan&er, ia which the Trinity ctiisiRs in peKect divine unity. Our &itb rests on the authority of God, wbo cannot lie. He knows
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his own perfections, fc has dei[5:n- ed in mtrry lo give us neetled instruction. In his Word we find that distinct personal agency and all divine perfections are ascribed to the FiTiiFB, and to the Son, and to the Holt Spirit, and thus we are tan^lit, that the one living and trtie God is, in a mys- terious manner, i-rijiiie, or exists in a Triniiy. Like :>ll other truths respecting (iod, it is in- compreheasiblc, and like mafiy others it is wholly inexplicable ; but who con say, ihat it involves an absurdity i
Beware ilieR, Christian church- es, of all atteropts lo ex[>ose, de- preciate, or obliterate irom your creefl, this sacred tenet of Chris- tianity. It is the basis of icvcal- ed religion. Your depundcncet your afTections, and your ivor- £hip must be indissolubly con- jiected with your sentiments on Ihis fundamental point. When they, wbo arrogate to themselves the name of Umiariane, use their genius and science to undermine this truth, he as&ui'ed tlicir science is "falsely so called," and their genius is kindled by ati unhallowed fire. Your nttentiwe minds will easily observe, liow earnestly they wish to diminish your reverence for the holy Scriptures, and how decidedly they prefer an appeal to the oracles of human reason, before an appeal to tlie oracles of God> The argument which they most violently urge against the Trini- ty, appears, on careful inquiry, to be a manifest misrepresentation. Yet to this misrepresentation is to be chiefly ascribed the in- fluence which they hare gained in the world. Take heed, then, lest any man deceive you. Be alarmed at the presumption of
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those who pncdcally affinn, that that work* waa an attutaed char-
the human understanding is acter. This, they believe, ^rees
more competent to detennine with the Chrietian scriptures, -
«D the mysteries of the divine which explicitly teach, that he
nature, than the infinite wisdom who was rich become poor ; that
of God. Consider how danger- he who waft in the form of God,
OUB to the souls of men is the and thought it not robbery to be
prevalence of those principles, equal with God, made himself of
which cover unyielding pride of no reputation, and was found in
heart and consequent alienaiion fashion as a man ; that he who
from genuine scriptural divinity, was Lord of all, became a ser-
and which evidently lead on to rant; in short, that the eternal
avowed apostasy from all reUgion. Son of God, for the purpose of
It is with grief I make the redemption, united human na-
additional observation) that So< ture to his divitie nature, and so,
cinians have been much aided in an incomprehensible manner,
and supported in their practice of became God and man in one per-
misrepresentation, by the false son. Thus he was qualified to
theories which some professed sustain every office which must
Trinitarians have adopted, and belong to a Redeemer. In hia
by the various hypotheses which assumed character he becanae an
have been devised, and the vain atoning priest, a prophet, a ser>
attempts, which have for many rant, a mediator. In all the offi-
ages been made, to explain the ces which he executes in the
mode of the divine existence. work of rcderhption, he is subor-
fiut this species of misrepre- dinate to the Father, and in bis
sencation is not the only instru- human nature entirely dcpeod-
ment) which Unitaiians employ cnt. Hence the propriety of
against the doctrini; of the those scriptures, which reprcaent
Trinity. We cannot, without him as sent by the Father^ aa
solemn reprehension, notice their praying to him and aasiated by
manner of explaining and apply- him, as performing the actioBS
iDg holy writ. One grand mis- of a man, obeying, suffering, &c.
application with which we chai^ And considering that his work
them is, t/mi they coiled together on earth required him to appear
tho»e*cripluTe;v>hUh»tieaki(fan and act wholly in hia oMumtd
i^eriority of the Son to the Fath- character, it is easily accounted
«r, and urge them at direct argu- for, that his humanity and bis
vunit agai/iil Triiiiiariant. This, oEBcial inferiority are ao often
we contend, is neither just nor presented to view. Butalthou^
pertinent, unless Trinitarians the New Testament so frequent*
hold, that the character of a di- ly exhibits Christ in his official
vine person is the only character and subordinate character, it docs
which Christ sustains. But this not conceal his high original, but
is not their creed. They ap- declares, in the plainest and most
prebend that the Son of God, in emphatical Unguage, bis eternal
his original divine character, was power and Godhead. Now if
not qualified for the work of a tbe scriptures never spoke of
Redeemer, and therefore that the Christ, except in hia human or
character which was suited to official character, or if it were
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iroposuble for a person truly di- tiis numhood, ss it is to argue
viae to assume and sustain a from passages sisening his
charKter of inCcrior dignity ; or, manhood, against the doctrine of
to use difTerent words, if it were Lis Deity. Both these methods
absolutely necessaryt that the of reasoning are antiscriptui'al,
character of Christ the Saviour and totally iocooclusive.
should consist either of mere Keeping these observations in
Deiiy or of mere humanity ; tbeo mind, let us attend to a few of lh«
it would be sound reasoning to particular passages which Socin-
urge those scriptures, which ians ui^ against the Trinity.
■peak of Christ's inferiority to In Deut. xviii, Ifi. is the
the Father, as arguments against following prediction of Christ,
bis equality, and those which " 1 wiU raise ttiem up a prophet
Speak of his humanity, as argu- from among their brethren like
menls against his divinity. But unto thee, and will put my worda
theiactis,ChristsustainBcharBC' inhismouth; and he shaJl speak
tcrs and offices exceedingly va- unto them all that I oommand
lious, ABd so a foundation is laid him." " Here," Bays a learned
ibr the variety of manner, in Unitarian, " is nothing like a sec-
which the scriptures speak of ond person in the Trinity, a per-
him with re&rence to thooe offi- son equal to the Fatheri but a
cei. At one time be is repre- mere prophet, delivering in the
senied as the creator and up- name of God whate\'er be is
holderofall things in heaven and ordered so to do."
jcarth ; at another time, as a Reply. If Trinitarians denied,
leeble infant. At one lime he is that Christ sustains any character
-described as the supreme king; but thst of a divine person, this
at another, as the servant of reasoning would be valid. But
wviQs. At one time he is rep- as they do not, where is its force }
Tesented, as immortal, having life *' Much in ihe same manner
in himself i at another time, he might those, who never saw Da-
£XpircB on the cross, and is laid vid till he was ascending Mount
JD a sepulchre. Such various Olivet, weeping, with his head
sod widely distant characteristics uncovered, and barefoot, say, here
beloog to the same person ; — a " not/Ung like the king of Itratk
^rsoD, however, executing dif- Jesus siiyg to his disciples, Lo, T
fercBt offices, and uniting differ- avi among you a* one that terveth.
ent natures. These things are With equal propriety might it be
Uugbt in the word of God. It argued from these words, that
is Ukc part of fsitb to receive be cmild be in no respect supe>
tbem. And then is no mwe rior to his disciples, b«^cause herm
ftopriety in arguing ^rom the >« nothing like tufieriority ! The
flCoal infcrioiity of the Son words of Cod by Moses wiU
■gainst his equslity, than there equally prove that Christ is not a
would be in arguing from original priest or a king, as that be is not
equality against his inferiority, a divine person, because ho is
It would appear ss correct not here mentioned under any of
nasoniogi to ai^e from those these characters."
Pssasges which assert, that Christ The firolihel* firedict, and ike
U God, i^ataat the doctrine of evange&tlt narrate Ur i^utth'9
Survey ofl^ev England C/iurchcs. ty«iw.
In these scriptures he speaks of himself as the Son of nuLn. But his being the Son of mtui -was the consequence of his humilia- tion. He look ufion hiin the fonn of a Bcrrant, and in hii whole mediatorial wortc on earth, he was a aervanti and acted at a ser- vant. With reference to his di< ▼ine nature, he make* very dif- ferent declaratione.
Churches of Christ, these re- marks arc made to fertifv you against the seduclive inSuence of those, who deny the sacred Trin- ity Let me state it as a maxim to be constantly kept in reroem- brance, that vie are not tc deter- vdnt ihe character of OiriBtJtvm a few detaehed fiatHigett but front the tenor of »cri/iiurr, or Jramt « eanneciei tjiete <f alt ihote jl«*> *agc3 vihich rtlau to Mtr. Uoi- tarjans have written is their books, uid will repeat to jon with an air of infallible wisdom, that Christ cannot be God, be. cause he is called the Son of man ; because he said, I can do nothing of myself ; because he was sent by the Father, acknowl- edged that Ins Father was great- er tban he, &c. Vou will not £iil to consider it an (essential gospel truth, that Christ, in the work of redemption, is si^rdi- natc to the 1-ather; tliat, in the of&cijl character wliich he sqs- tains, as High Priest, Mediator, fcc. he 13 liepeadent an the Fa- ther, prays lo him, serves Mm, suffers, and dies. But let it nev- er be ungratefully forgotten, that all this is the effect of his voluO- tary humiliation. Had he not cunttated in love to sinners, to be nude in the likeness of men, la assume the form of a servant, to become poor, to be « deapiaed, avileriBg, dying
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aufferiimt and death. T%fe^ h is said, art characters, nof qf God, hit <f a van.
Reply. SufTerings and death undoubtedly belong M Christ, as man. It was in his human na- ture only, that he was capable of them. But we cannot thence in- fer that he is not God, unless it «ppetr that sufferings and death were the sublimeat truts in his character. According to the rea- soning now under consideration, we might infer from those scrip- tures which declare Christ to bt the Creator of th* woi^ld, that he la nothing but Creator.
Many itri/tlurei reftretetit Chritl a* firaying la the Father, which U inconuntent vdih hi* be- ing God,
Reply. Thia objection proves nothing against the Trinity, if it be possible, that a divine person ■bould voluntarily assume hu- man nature, and in that nature be the subject of tliose graces and perform those iluties which belong to man. Is Christ's /iray- ing a certain proof that he is not 0od i Why is Bot his being the object if firayer to his disciples ■B equal proof that he is not man f _
John V. SO. lean of my own *ftf rfa nothing. Mark xiii. 33. Of that day and that hour knoweth no mian, ni, not the angeU mfdeh are in heaven, nor the Son, hut the Fa- ther. John vi. 57. M the Fa- ther hath tent me, and I live 6y Hie Father ; to he that eatelh me, even he thall live by me. Here Chiist disclaims underived pow- er, omniacience, and self-exist- ence.
Reply. All this is (rue of Christ, in that nature which he assumed, and that character wbicb be auaUuoed aa Mediator.
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unui ; hid he not consented to •U this in order to redeem trana- greasora, he never would have i{>peared in any lower charac- ter, thui that which is ascribed to him by John ; In the begin- mng mu the It'ord, and the Word «a« with God, and the WoBI> was God ; and by Pairl ; ■M. tUngt taere made ^ Aim and ftr Mm. Frais the low abaaenient, «> which the Son of God merci* fiilly condescended, will y«u take occasion to deny the exalted dig;- ■ity and the uncreated glory, which belongs to his original charscter, and which are not al- tered, though in a measure con- cealed, by the hnmble fonn of a servant. We allow that he was a nan, a servant, a sufiercr. But we allow it to the eternal praise of his lore and condescension, not to the rejection of bis God- bead. Let sot the evidence of Christ's human nature and his •basement turn to hia reproach ; bat always lead you to contetn*' plate, wi^ holy admiration, hia eternal Majesty, and the infinite descent of that Majesty in com- pasaion to ainners. The tow- fiacH of his human character sett off the glory of his divini- ty ; while the infinite height of hb ^viBe character sets off the (lory of his humility. Such, hrethren, are the dicUtes of rea- son sanctified by the gospel. Bat what shall we aay of that reason, which dedticeS from the ctwdcscensiaii and voluntary atMsement of tbe nserciful Sa- viour, an argmnent against that ditine excellence and sublimity •f character, without which his EondescensioQ would have no merit t Such reason, however admired by man, is foolishness with God. Uow celebrated so-
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ever the literary fiuoe of some* who deny the sacred Trinity ; be not captivated by the fame of their learning. That very Htf rary grtatntu, which tempts you to implicit confidence in their opinions, carries them fur^ thest from the simplicity of the gospel, and vcndera even a jusV respect for- their talents danger- ous. Beloved brethren, think often of that day, when the hon- •ur^le distinctions of genius and erudition will be no limger recognised ; when the last great assembly will eee, that they, who reject the Son, reject the Fsthei! also ; when that presumption of pride, which disbelieves what is myslcriouB, and revolts from what is humiliating, will be cov- ered with in&my ; and when un* bding crowns of glory will adorn all those, who, distrusting their own understand in g, are taught by grace to confide in the wis- dom and obey the commands of
tbe IXCOHFKBBIMSIBI.S GoS.
Pastoju
TUOUOirrS OMMA3T. XXtll. 35.
That u/ion you may come aU tki righteout blood ihed ufion tit earth, from ihe blood ofrighteout Adel, unto Ihe bhod of Zacfiariatf •ofi of Barachiat, ithom ye fltv> Setveen Ihe temple and the altar.
Twa passage presents two dif- ficulties ; the firstof which is to aacenaia the person here men- tioned under tlie lume of Za- ehoriat.
Of the various opinions, which expositors convey oD this sub- ject, the following seems most probable ; viz. that the person here mentioned is that Zacha- liaS] Them the Jews slew by com-
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24 Thoughts on Matt, xxiii, 35. [^^une,
nand of King Joash, in the court embrace the gospel. T^at same
of the Lord's house, 3 Chron. natton, which had fallen, when
xztv. 31. It is true, iBdeed, that the apostle irrote, shall rise by
his father is cdlednot BsrsrAi'af, &ith, after the lapse of many
bat Jehoida. It is true, likewise, hundred years. So the Jewish
that many of the Jews had two church is described, in prophecy,
names : perhaps these two be- as the same body, or assembly,
longed to him. This, Chrysos- to which, in the CbrisTiao- ag;e,
torn attserta, as we are informed Gentiles shall be added,
by Doddridge. Possibly too This manner of speakingrond
there is an error- in copying, of viewing the subject, generally
Jerome, sailh the last menlionerf prcvaife in regard to civil cor-
■Qthor, found it diiferent in the poralions. A contract made by
giufiel of the N'azarrnea. a corporate body mU9t be fuliill-
Anotherdifficulty ifi this. How ed, though all the persons en-
conld one generation be answer- tcring into- that contract have
able for the sins bf their prede- deceased. A nation, perhaps,
Cessors ^ How could it comport will put up with one injury from
•ith divine justice, to require of another nation ; hut if that inju-
flic Jews, of Christ's time, all ry have been preceded by a series
the blood, which had been shed of injuries for- sixty years, the
by others ? case will be different; neither
-God often treats a nation, as if will it be inquired how fiir ihose
that nation were a sintjle person, concerned in the recent injury,
S'hough the individuals, who were concerned in those, whiclt-
joined in the death of Zacharias, preceded.
fere all dead at the- time of But the main question is, how Christ, the nation, as a poIkicBl it can be jntt, that th>e indind- body, existed. To constitute na- uals, now composing a nation, tional identity, identity of per- should suffer forthe sins of their sons is not required. We often predecessors ! how the right- speak of ourselves in a national eous blood of Abet and Zacharias capacity, and say, that in our in- could }u»tiii be required at the iancy, w« vcte feeble; but «w hands of those, who did not exist have now becooac stroogi and in tilt several ages after this btsod a century from this time, our was shed, strength will be greatly increase It is replied, that the genera- ed ; though not one peraon now tion of the Jews, on whom such on the stage existed, when the ^ direful ruin descended, suffered country was settled, and not one, no more than their personal ini- perhaps, of its present inhabi- quities deserved. It would have tnnts will exist a century hence, been just in God to have pun-
This mode of speaking is ished them with these Judg-
common in scripture ; it runs menls, had their predecessors
through the eleventh chapter of been guiltless. Still it may be
the epistle to the Romans, true, that had their predecessors
There the nation is mentioned been guiltless, the judgments
as the same poltticaV body, when mentioned would not in fact
it rejected the gospel, as in those have fallen on these individuals,
subsequent ages, when it shouM The Jewish nation were, fo^
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maxj Hgcst treanrimg vfi to Soppose m nun extremdf
themaelvet wrath agahut the daif proSigate lives in a Tirtuoiu n«-
t^^BTHth. At len^, the storm, tion ; SDother penoQ of similar
vbicb had been collecting and chsncter lives in a nation, tb«
thickcmng,formanp«ges,bursti individuals of which reaembit
but not, let it be noticed, on the bimsclf. The first nation, we
heads of the innocent. If less will auppose, feels no natioaal
righteous blood had been sbedin judgments ; of course, the sin>
the nation, dntruclioD would ei< ner, who dwells in it, has no part
tber have been delayed, or else, in any general calamity. Tfa«
have been acqompanied with less other sinner pan4dce8 in the wars,
severity ; still the ruin was, by earthquakes, or pestilence, with
no means, disproportionBte to which an offended God scourge*
tbe guilt of that generation, oa the people with whom be is
which it fell. Justice requires united. While this latter ua*
that DO creature be punished ner feels no calamities, whitA ha
more than he deserves ; but it might not justly feel, were he in-
does not require, that all be pun- sulated, is he treated unjustly,
ished to the extent of their de- because another sinner, of th«
serts. U has been taken lor asms uoral character, lives at
granted, that the generation, Ilia ease ? Divine justice will pre-
which experienced the effecU of vent, every one from suffering
divine wrath, ^recably tp our more than his sins deserve : but
Lord's dedaraiioD, had deserved whether each individual shall suf-
the judgments, which they felt, fer as much as he deserves, may
Surely then they did not cease depend on hts Qonne^tions, or
to deserve them, because theu* a thousand circumstances forngn
predecessors had been treated to bis moral character,
with a deg;ree of lenity, which I.aiOBX0X. thry did not deserve.
%dgctiong.
vnatM or tbk sakk jbw. tcr the defection of the ten tribeti accordin{{ to the LXX. IhXh*^
All the posterity of Jacob Jtw, ^gnify aubjecti ^ tht
were anciently called I*raei, or Idngdam of Juthh, (as t Kings
CAt/iJrefl o/' i*rae^ from the Bur- xiv. 6. xxv. 35. Jer. xxxii. 13.
name of that patriarch, till the xzxiv. 9. xxxviii. 19. zl. II.)'
time of king Rehoboam, when But after the Babylonish captiv
ten tribes revolted from this ity, the name, < Iit3iww, or Jevtf
prince, snd, adhering to Jerobo- was extended to all the descend-
am, were thencelbrtfa denomi* ants of Jtraci, who retsitied the
nated the Hou»e of Itraei, while Jem»h reUgion^ whether they be*
tbe two tribes of Judak snd Ben- longed to tbe (wo, or te the 'en
jamin, who remained faithful to tribes, whether they returned to
the Enmily of David, were styled Juden, (as no doubt soxae of the
the Hoiue ^Juduh t Hence, sf> t«D u mil w gf tbi tw« trikM
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ig(])cFr'iK>t. - Forks rite ^eartied kavak. In like fnaaiwr. Ohrnt bishop Newton has well observ- hitnsetf Bpcaks of the ftp»state etit it appears frunt tlMs.buok of unbohevii^ Jews uf •^^icjUincr ; EstkCTi that tbere. were grtiM friir/j tay <Aey are Jeasi IkXuw, numbers of Jews, <JiJU««) in all \. t, tke truer eoiifcusort or wor- th* hundred twenty and sev- shippers tjf Godf but are not, en provinces of the kingdom of Rct- ii. 9, iii> 9. Aud Si. Luke -Ahasuerus, or Artaxcrxcs.LoD^ m^ikes a. similar Btlusioo' to the fcimuDtii, king of Persin, uul import of. ttie trailor'a name* they conlit not all be of the twd L>uke xxii. 47. He that va« caU' tribes of Judah and BertjanuH. td Juda», \i^»t,ft ewfeaBor of Je- who hod reftised to return .te hvi-a/i ,- but ivas iui from dowrv- Jernsalem with tkeir brethratv; hlglhat gioiiouq appdlartion. tbry mutt many of thevi fiaxe bte* ...> .■■ . ■ .farJcAunl. HtcdeKcndmtt of tilt Im triU*, .-.: ., ! ■■'' . . . .- whitm tile kings of. Assyria ksil .-; ^ — -ir- «arFied SMay ciiottve { but yet ::
they aw all spoken ol« one and >">»««« i-baver fok afam-
the same psople, and all .without - "'"'
distinction arc denoiniDKLedye'B'j. Almightt and ever liriiiit
(Ih3<mi>) iii^ Esther iii. 6. xiii.4> Cod 1 we ackoowledge oarsdvct
iii. e. V. 9l xi. 17. ix. S, and faU beiind, by innumerable obljga'
loving TcnwB. " v lioasi to praise and adore, to love
■ -In this extensive sense the and serve thee. Froin thee we
Vord'is applied in tiie New Tisr bare received our being. Thoti
tnnient. S«« Aets ii. i, 6— 11. art aur constaiYt preserver and
Comp. Acts xxTi. T. James i. K bouniilul benefactor ( the source
Furilicr, the.nami: oftbe-pai- Afuvery present enjoyment, and
triarch Jti^eA, from which the the springofDtl'ourfuturt: hopes.
Jewi were called, IitJiH*>i means 'i^hott iiast also, in thine infioite
a tonfttsor i)f Jrhuvah : Hence condescension, been pleased to the apostle <liltti));liithe«^ Sddt.' iBOkdown with ptty on our ial-
ii. 39, 3U, between him who is len race, and freely to offer sal-
H Jew tmiieurdly, and tiiui who Kitiop to us througrh Jesua
is a Jew inwardly. By the for- Christ. We adoic thee for the
jner,-H migditf,'« person d«f knowledge nf tfay willi tor the
aeeoded. (ron ^iraikam, Aosc, promises of thy mercy and grace,
•nd Jbco£,.accor(linK.to the ilesh, ttid'for the joyful prospect of
^d observing thtt outward ordi- eternal life iw clearly revealed in
jiqnco of tht Mosaic luw, .but tliy holy word.. Possess our
destitute of the faith of jlbruhain, ininda« U Lord, with such a deep
and itoE believing in Ids s««(l sense and firm persuauon-of the
.Chrisii by-Jiim. wlio ia a Jtw impoitant truths which are there
trmardfy Jac intends one, wh*^ wade known to usi aa shall pow-
.whctlief Jtw or .Gentile by n»tu- erfully influence and regulate all
4al descent, ia a child of .4bra- our thoughts, words, and uctian^
■ham be A Hvclf feitJi in Ciirist, - But while we celebrate thf
the promised beed, (see Kom. goodness towardo ust we have
ivi i&. Csi. iii. 7, 29) and conae- cause to be ashamed of our own
^fUiB^yn tt.KOi^svfe*!*'' sif i(fi- conduct. We have great renson.
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' O Lord) to be huisbled Irafar* teriouB and dtligfcnt,4ii our pKp* thee OB Recount of the ooldoew vmuaa ior d«atli Bad judgmenu and inseoaibility of our faearti'; We desire this niorAini; t* tbe disorder and irregularity of offer thee t)ie sacrifiee of th»nk» our lives ; and the jirevalcnce of giving for the .vratcliful care flf irorldljr and carnal affections thy Providence exercised ove» within us. Too often have wc us (luring the past night. W« indulged the pafisions sod appe* laid us down to ^ap, andi bless> tites which we ought to have u|>r ed be thy name, we have ariBeo poned and subdued, snd have in safely. May the tivea which J eft our duty uuperformed : and thou bast mercifully proIeng;ed we find a daily occasiaD to lah be devoted entirely to thy ser- raent our proneness to corrupt vice. Gracioualy continue thf iodinations and sinful lustS) and protection and favour to us this our reluctance to the practice of xiay. SeveusfromsiniwebcBeech what is agreeable to thy will, thee, end from all other' evil^ O Lord, be merciful to us tnlse- if it be thy blessed wilt. Enable i^e sinners, end fbi^ve us for ttsfaithfullytoperformereryret thy Son Jesus Christ's vakd- otive duty under an abiditig setn* Produce in us deep and unfeign- of thy presence, andef our.ao ed repentance for our manifold countableneas to thee. May we* -transgressionB ; and a lively faith as a family, dHwU together in in that Saviour, who hath died peace and unity. May we for our sins, and risen again for put away from u» every angry our justification. And may thy and discordant passion ; and lov- pardoning mercy be accompa- ing thee with a- supreme affec- sied with the sanctifying inflt>- tion, may we love -each other cncB of thy Holy Spirit, that we with pure hearts fervently. Pr*- may no more sin against thee.; serve us, O Lordj from the 1%- hit ouLy live tnm henceforth a^ fluence of those temptations to becouica the redeemed of the which we are daily exposed. Lordand the candidates fora hap- Make us duly sensible of our py immoTtality. Put thy fear own weakness, that our hearts into our hearts tligt we may dov may be raised to thee in humble ei more departfron) thee. May and fervent supplications for the ihy blessed will set bounds to needful supplies of grace and . our desires, and regulate all our strength. When we are in com- passicuis. May our affectiona be ,pany, mey it be our care to ck> fixed, not on present objects, but and to receive as much good as on those which are unseen and possible. When we are alonei eternal. Convince us more, cf- may we remember that our beav- fectually of tlie vunity of this enly Father is with us ; and world and its utlei' insufhciency may this ttiought excite in us an to make us happy ; of the vile- . earnest desire to act as in thy nesE of sin and its tendency to sight.
make us fcrever miserable ; of Blesi, we pray thee, the Presi- the value of our souls, and the dent of these United States, and awfuloeu oftlmt everlasting state all other oflicerB of the Federal on the borders of which we Government, and all rulers and »re atanding : Htd may. we be magistraleH in the several States
fngmmt. .... Ahetdaif, C^um.
in the TJ^ioii. 8h« ns from the mch derotHm fives ; it U bd h»f
evil d«i^B of all our eoeniiest bitual scntinent, which diffuses
fcrgiTC oUr national Bin«,and pre- itself through the whole life, pu-
Kire to UB the blessings of peace, rifying, exalttngiand tranqnilrz*
May all ntanlLind be visited with ing every part of it ; snaoothio^
the light of the gospel ; and may the niost rugged paths, making
its influence be more widely dif- the yoke of duty easy, and the
iiised inthisland. In tender mer- burden of care light. It ia aa a
ey regard all who are in affliction perennial spring in the very cen-
of whatever kind. Grant unto our tre of the heart, to which the
dear friends and relations every wearied spirit betakes itself for
blessing which thou knowest to refreshment and repose,
be needfiil for them. May they • Mre. H. More.
and we expcnence thy fiivour in —
this li&,and in the world to come, ANECDOTE. life e^brlasting.
We offer up these our imper- Who that reads the fbllswing: ' fcct pnyers, in the name of our mecdote of the late celebrated ftnly Mediator and Advocate Je- king of Prssaia, can envy his ■us Christ— Our Father, fcc. greatness f Nay, who does not abhor the hardness and batharity '^ of his heart? Who does not see the malignant moral effects, TRAGMENT. which result from infidel philos- ophy ? *muE BBLioioy. « Intending to nuke, in the Whik the mind is not only night, an important movement in eonscientiously but s0iH:tionately his camp, which was in sightof the CeligiouB ; when it not only fears enemy, he gave orders, that by God ai the Almighty Sovereign, eight o'clock all the lights in the but loves and confides in him aa camp should be put out, on pain the all gracious Father ; not on> of death. The moment that the ly inferred to be auch from the time was past, he walked out beauty and benignity apparent in himself to see whether all- were ttie worics of nature, but ration- dark- He ^nd a light in the ' ally understood to be Buch, from tent of Capt. Zietem, which he the discoveries of divine grace in entered just as the officer was the word of God ; and let us add, folding up a letter. Zietem so less rationally felt to be such, knew him, and inatantly fell on from the transforming influenoe his knees to entreat his mercy, of that word on the heart ; then The king asked, to whom he had acts of devotion are no longer a been writing. He said it was a penance, but a reaource and re- letter to his wife, which he had freshment, insomuch that the vo- retained the candle these few luptuary would as soon relin- minutes beyond the time in order quish those gratificBtiena for to finiih. The king coolly oi^ which he lives, as the devout dereiHiim to rise, and write one Christian would give up his daily tine more, which he should die- intercourse with his Maker. But tate. This line 'was to infiarm U is not in itsted acts merely that hia wife> witboat any ezplana-
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tion, tfaatbr such an hour the this cool bartarity to the iCFectioB
next dajr, he should be a dead both of the officer and bis wife,
man. The letter vai then seal- was enough to brand his charac^
edi and dispatched as it had been ter indelibly. It proved how lit*
intended ; and the next daf , the tie the philoMpher and the her» '
Captain was executed. was suBceptiblc of such an affec-
" Nothing is said as to the jus- tion, or capaUe of sympathizii^
ticeofthepunishment itself. But wilH its ptuns." ^Fotter't Mttay*.
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GiUTLBNKx, M>7 18, ISOr.
Yoe vill probably tT*^^^ '^ number of *wr readers, by pucUsbintf the ibUovii^ strietUTM «d Hoore'i Poems from the "Eclectic Re- view.** The nuuier, in which they an written, will secuie the atten- tion of eicry nitn, possessed of leamii^ or morsla. 1 wish, how-
.. partieulsily to recoininenc them to the attention, and to the Consciences also, of those American E^toTB of Newspapers, who have emplored their pens, so freely, in cWBmtudjng the effbsioas of this man. Sbould they mAj unlearn that ailly admintion of foreigner*, which prompts them to earess snd flitter, indiscTimifistely, men who hsfe scsicely any other clum to dieir respect : the benefit will not be small. I hope, however, that this win not be the only advanta^ ) and that ther will also acquire a full ewiviction of the extreme improprie- tjr of tending their* own reputation to pire credit, and currency, to ef- forts, calcalsted for no other end, but to debauch the morals of maft- kind. He, who contributes his en- deavours tn spread poison thimi^ a commtmitiTi is snaccesiaryto all Ae guilt of his principal, and chargieable, in a secondary degree, inth all the deplorable consequen- ces, of which his principal is the cause. I am yours, kc. 3C.
S/iinlM, Odtt, and other Poem*, by Thomas Moore* Esq. 4to. pp. 541. Carpenter. I80«. Thomas Moohk, ti-depant
THOMAS LiTTLBt and im^iant
AvACBSOMt holds that strange' opinion, that Revjewera are " accountable beings," tliough be wtitcs aa if Ae were ac- countable neither to God nor man. Our readers know what a tremendous risk one of the most formidable of our brethren has incurred, by presunmig to rcpK^tc the publication ti these poemsr— less, indeed, as a personal crime, than as a public nuisance. Unawed, however^ by so awful a warning, and neith- er daring, nor deprecating, Mr. Idoore's displeasure, we shall speak as freely of this gay voir ume, as if the author were neith* er a man of honour nor a gentle- man, but as sincere a CAward as the wnter of this article has the courage to avow him- self.
When Mr. Moore tells us that he has been « tempted by the lib- eral offers of bis bookseller," without which "■ teaioitaUe in- ducement these poems very possibly would never have been Bubmitted to the world," we re gret, not only the poet's neces- sity, but the bookseller's liberal- ity. Surely Mr. M. does not thus brand the character of bis bookseller, as an apology for himselfl If he degiradea himself to be a literary pimp* it it aay
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cxcQsetoMy that -be was AiWtf ^ We sincerely wish tbU the speculation of the one maj' be as Hnprofitabte, u the work of the ODher is immoral. Avarice is vo giTcn to over-reaching, that, per- bap&forthe veryloveof t!ie tiling, it sometimes over-reaches itself ; like the miser, who waa so fond ofeatingaf other fiir^ifile'* exflente, that he used to crib the cheese out of his owH moese-traps. The price of this book, which truly is its best recommendation) because it will tempt no body to buy it, is fixed so high, in the hope of extravagant proBt, as to jrtace it iKjond the reach of al- most all, but those persons of »ank and fortune, with whom the mthor would persuade us that he is in hiibits of friendship and fh- miliaritr. Indeed, on seeing the noble names which are bo osten- tatiously blasoncd throughout these un billowed pages, one might imagine that Mr. M. being , himself unable to blush, had re- •olTcd to blush 6tf flraxt/ ; for iK has left his patrons no -alter- mtive, but (o disown kira or to blushyor bim. Among these it is shocking to observe the names of ladies, so indicated by letters Ic dashes, that they may be conve- niently filled up by the ingenuity of slander, and attached to per- sons, by whom the libertine and his song ought to be held in equal scorn snd detestation. If Mr. M., as we are assured, be indeed an acceptable companion among the great and illuMnous, the moral character of our high- est circles mast be placed on a tar lower rank, than is consistent ■with our aristocratic prepossds- uons.
Among the pa^s of literature, there are onljr two short and ea-
sy ones !lo. popularity— personal satire sod - liceotiouxqess. In the first, th«re have beeti roanji successful adventurers among recent authors. In the last, Mr. Moore out-strips all livalsr amj leaves even bis friend Lord Sirungibrd at a hopeless dittanca behind him. The poems of the ttue Thomas Little (the first pub- lication of the {ireieiU Thoiqas Moore) itre now in the eighth edi- tion : the same talents more honourably employed, would -probably not have produced ont eighth of the reward, in fame to thepoci, or money to the book- seller; which' they Ivave gained in about five years, by such shame* leas prostitution. To the. suc- cess of thai meretriciiQus volume, may be attributed the iqercenary muniftcence which rescued the present froni oblivion. The ea- gerness witb which Thoioas Lit- tle's ' Juvenile IndiscrctioDB,* 'were purchased at aroen MUingt, naturally enough induced the publisher to imagine, that Thom- as Moore's manly irregularities would fetch a Guinea and a Ualft for the former were only the aban- doned abortions of folly ^ihaut thought in a boy, while the latter are the avowed offspring of fbUi/ tnatwed byre/lection in a man. But in this golden expectation, the adventurer will probably be disappointed. This volume ia too unwieldy to be a pocket com- panion, or a bosom friend ; it cannot conveniently be secreted in the drawer of a toilette, or read bystealth behind a fire-screen t and were a second edition to re- .dace it from the dignity of.a roy- al qti^sLo tA foolscap octavo, (the ranH of its predecessor) still the '(juatttity of matter muat either barsbit4o,twBin,oraw4U ittowch
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Ml uBbchionnble fanlk, jn meuld txclude it from all politer cirdts; for so refined is the sense of pro- ^etr amctig the ^eou naadrn that evcD prufli^aef is Dol .ad- iluCt«] into g;ood cofopKhy, ex- cc{K it be (Ircased a-iaim-dei Besides, the very ligbt sf m micrA -sf once of what lie loves best, vroukl sicken crcn to loath* ng the young and impatient Toluptmry } so that perhaps ndii one sensoalist will be foundi who with appetite unntcd and insaliable, can riot thrafi§|h all the cour&es of this corporation- feast of indelicacies, unless it be some hoary debauchecr— the lukewarm ashes of a man, from which, though the fire of na- ture be extinct in them, the smoke of impurity still riaea as cliey cool for the grave.
Yet let not virtue exult, nor Thomas Moore despair. He has shot his arrows at youth and innocence ; and the young and the innocent will yet be his vic- tims. Poison so exquisitely ma- li^aot. and prepared with such incomparable skill, can hardly fail of being as widely pernicious, U bis fond imaginution ever ireatned in his rnoHt sanguine moments of anticipation. Though the lorraidable slzeof thisvolume will equally deter the gay and the indolent fiom toiling tho' iti lubyrinths of seduction, though it cannot^ be named in any decent family, though none but ttie TDost undaunted can ap- ply for it, and though no book- seller will produce it, who has the fear of the Society for the suppression of vice t>efore his eyes, yet its most inflaming con- tents will be reprinted in news- papers, magBzinea, end tnis- ceUaaies, recited and sung in
convivia] companies, and circu^ lated in munu script umung friends ; iniiidiously assuiiiug the purity uf the feir sex, and completing tlie covmption of )Fouih, w-hich is so auspiciously begun at our public seminaries. — Thus will the plague of this leprosy spread from individual In individual, from family to fam- ily, from circle to circle, till it mingles and assimilates with thai general mass of corruption which contaminates society at large, and which eventually may be aggravated, in no small de- gree, by this acquisition of new snares tor 'Virtue and new stim- ulants to sensuality. This Is no fanciful speculation. The ' mystei-y uf iniquity,' here pub- lished to the worid, will operate beyond the search of human rea-* son i the wisdom of Cod alone can comprehend the infinite is- sues of evil ; the power of God alone can reslrict them.
It is unusual for us either to praise or condemn a publicatioa of magnitude, without endear- ouring to establish the reasons we assign by quotations from the work itself ; for every author is best judged out of his owa mouth. Our deviation in the present instance will be readily excused ; tbe very passage of aa impure thought through tbe mind leaves pollution behind it, and a momentary indulgence of it, brings guilt, condemnatioOf and remorse. While, therefore, we are warning our friends against straying into this forest of wild beasts, it would be mad- ness in us to turn a few of the lions loose among them, on the open plain, to prove the ferocity of the species. But if there lie one among uur readers who will
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not take our word fiw it, tint tfan In ev«rr ptge the poet is • is a book of iU fame, which so Hbertine j in ev«7 song hi* iDodut waman vould read, and mistreis is a proBtitute ; and vliicht therefore, no modeat man what the poet and hi» mistretaet ought to read, let him judg;c for are, he aeenu determined that himiclf at his peril ;— let him his reader* shall be ; and verilr remember that indelicacjr cannot we wish that none but attch ma.j be admitted into the heart with be hia readers, impunity, for it cannot- be im- Let not our cautiona be mi*- agined with indifference ; it construed, b;^ our readers, in- is aiwaif either the parent or to an unworthy suapicitui of child of unholy feeling. If the atabilitf of their Tirtuc, or then, in the perusal of these vo- too high a compliment to the luptuous poems, he finds himself talents of this syren sedncer. fiiscinatcd with their beauty, let When we stand in the confidence him tremble, let bim fly ; it is of our own strength, the weak- the bcauiy, it is the fascination of est temptation will overcome us; the serpent, of the Old Serpent, when we fly, the strongest can- whichought to inspire terror and not orertake ui. The danger repugnance, while it is temptiug, lies in dallying with un, and with attTdCling, delighting him into sensual sin above all other : it destruction. works, it winds, it wins its way We sliall briefly characterize with imperceptible, with irresist- the contents of this volume.-— ible insinuation, through all the It contains irregular odes, epis- passes of the mtnd, into the in- tles, and amatory verses. The nermost recesses of the heart; author has had the rare felicity while it is softening the bosom, to make the former nearly unin- it is hardening the conscience ; telligible of themselves, and UL- while, by its exhilaration, it terly so, with the help of notes, seems to be spiritualizing the The epistles are his least ofi'cii- body, it is brutalizing the souli sive writings iu this collection, and, by mingling with its eter- though most of them ai-e mil- nal essence, it is giving immor- dewed with UDcIcanness. But taliiy to impotent unappeasabls it is in his amatory verses, that desires ; it is engendering " the Mr. Moore unblushingly dis- worm that dicth not," it is kin- pluys the cloven foot of the li- dlingthe "fire tliatisnotquench- bidinous satyr; in these he ed."
chants his loves to a thousand Wantonly to assail, or baseif
nymplis, every one of whom to profit by the weakness and
either has had, or is welcome to degeneracy of his fellow crea-
have, a thousand gallants be- tureH, Mr. Moore has lavished
sides ; for as there is no roman- all the wiles gf his wit, all the
tic constancy of passion in him- enchantmenta of his genius ;
self^ he is nut so unreasonable hut both his wit and his genius
as to prohibit a plurality of at- have been vitiated by the harlot'
tachments in them. His " dear ry of his muse ; and his pages
ones" are all glitter almost as much with false
••Bright utlioim, and common ai taste as false fire, With Darwin-
iht iir." ian smoothness of numbers, sna
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pictorial expression, he unites the tinsel of lulian conceit, Uid the Icsd of Delia Cms- can bombast ; mingling with all B pruriency of thought, and a aodctty of imfiudcnce, pecuUui'lf his own.
If a bean rotten in sensuality, could yet feel alive to the re- monstrances which indi gnat ion and pity would urH us to utter, ire should warn Mr. M. how dreadful to himself, how hateful in the sight of heaven and earth, are talents thus sold to infamy ; —talents that might have been employed in furnishing the sweetest aids to virtue, the no- blest ornaments to literature. He kn<i%Dt non that his gaudy pictures of the pleasures of sin arc as &lse, and he mUl knovi
nan that they are as dangenus, as the delusions of a calenture } ^in which the patient, sailing un- der the vertical sun, sick of ibe sea, and a hundred leagues from shore, dreams that he is sur- rounded by green fields and woods that invite him lo delicious enjoyments, and in the rapture of delirium steps from the deck — into the gulph !— Into a more perilous gulf will he bll, who, bewildered by the visions of thia volume, steps into the paradise of fools, which it opens around him ; for through ihat paradise lies the *' broad road that leadeth^ to destruction :" and if any traveller wants an infallible guide on his journey thither, let hina take /lit ovtn heart,' corrupted by licentious poetry.
Betitetii of jQebi jpuliUcatlaiuf.
72( Mourning Jfutiimd, a Dtt' tourte at the Jimeral <tf Mr*. TJtan^til Church, late Contort ^ the Rev. John H. Churchy Paitor nf the Church in Pel- ham,JV. H..4fiTii\5, 1806. By Lbokabd WoodBi -^. ilf. Fat- tar of a Church in ^Vemburi/. E. \V. Allen. Newburyport. pp. 16. 0VO.
Undes great afRictions. to feel and conduct, as ve ought, is more difKcuU, than the inexperi- enced are apt to imagine. To preserve a dignified medium be- tween stoical insensibility and repining melancholy ; to feel the rod and not faint under it, retiuires the highest exercise of the Christian graces, for this VoMII.No. ]. E
no cautions, no directions, na exhortations are alone, sufficient. Still they may be useful; and the discourse under consideration may be read with advantage by all, who mourn the loss of pious frienda, especially the bereaved husband.
For his theme the author has chosen Gen. xxiii. S. "And Sarah died in Rirjath-Arba— and Abraham came to mourn fer Sarah and to weep for her."
In an appropriate introduction he observes ;
"The fecUnn of friendship are Dot weakened, hut exBltedtnd sanctl- li*d by rcLgion. There tn none who value a friend M highly, m the Mints. There are none who know so well the
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advanttgea.arM eigftUHtcly«nto;the delights of recipmcal Kffectinn. Accordingly the people of God are tlie tincerest moornera — Jcbus, veep'mfr at the|p-»eof Lii»ru>, Ku>ctlaned>& the tears, by whicli hia peopre, on ■imiUr octssions, express the tender- ness and aorro» of tlicir hearts."
At first view this example may not seem to the point. It was not on a funeral occasion, that Jem wept. It cannot be sup- posed, that he Telt any grief on account of the death of one, who Was immediately to be raised to life. His were tears of sympathy, and teach us to weep vnth them that •meefl. Still they may be considered as " sanctioning" the tears of those, who mourned tbe dcutli of a brother.
" The father of the f.jthfiil h«d liv- ed happily with Sarah, his wife, fbr many years. When site died, how amiable did patriarejial tenderneio ap- pear in the melting tendemesa of erief."
The " design" of t^c discourse " IE tojuttify the Hart qfMroAait at the gra-ve of Sarah, or to »hov)i vntA vhat aiuguhr firofirie:y a hji*itmd mouTHi the 4eath fjfa dit- treet and fiioui wife,"
This he shows generally in ftw words.
" All that can be said on the excel- lence uid happincM of friendship in Eiieral, may, witJi eminent propriety, applied to the friendthip, which eiist) in the matrimonial state. It is there that friendihip is found in its highest purity aiul fitrce ,- there it !■
Croductire «f its best joys. How igUlydoes the pen of inspiration booour marria^ by representing it, M fMcmbling the sacred and lioly union between Christ and his church. The marriedstatels designed by God as the consummation of numsn love. Kind heaven has wonderfully com- bined the intereits and feeling!!, the joya and sonnwi of the husband and the wire, so that tliey are one. If tlierefofe bereavement in any otlier ■ relation ought to be deeply fell i more ■o in this. If ■ man is juatified, dr
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of a discreet and pious wife is coni-
ifiendabU and dignified."
Ht then proceeds to take a more particular survey of her *' Amiable eharaeter and utrfvl-
In lively, but not gaudy colour* be paints her loveliness.
" What encomium is too hieb for tbe character of a wife, iinifonnly good !— Her modeit, gentle, and
eaceabte temper has a never fading auty, a charm inlinitely superior to that uf a fair countenance and splen. did apparel. Above ait, how oroa- mental is the spirit uf piety, which raises her eyes and her heail to God ; which consecrates to him all her af- fections and all her actions '; which prompts her diligently to perfurm every domestic duty, ai unto God, and to seek purity of heart, as well aa blameleaa deportment. Religion im. parts uniformity to her Conduct, and tbe hiebesl excellence to her ebarac. ter. Every pmon acquainted witb her, is constrained to acknowledn her worth. But no per«on so cleany discerns her amiable temper, or so highly esteems her character, as her partner. He has the nearest survey of those virtuous qualities, which adoni her mind. In her life the gracea of Christianity flourish before his eyes. He priies her above rubies. How grievous, then, his bereavement, when she deparu. How affecting (he mo- tnenl, when *o mudi lovelmeas ex.
Eres. When her heart, so full of nd affection, ceases to beat, and her eyea, which bespoke the scntibilitiea ofherbearl.are closed in death; bow gi*at must be bit sorrow. With what propriety does he weepdt the grave of so much excellence."
The author of Ihts excellent discourse is equally happy in describing her usefulness in " domestic concerns," in educa- ting children ; in preserving her husband "from the snares of the world j" in his « perplexing cares ;" in " prosperity [" and in " affliction," " But," continues our atitbor,
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" Her influence rite* itill higlier: If he is impenitent, her pious conduct awakens Ins conicience, tml impres- sive I v- reed mm ends relig'iun. If he il happily united with her in the love of OoA, ihc p^Klv promole* his moril »nd re1i);iouf improvement. How of- ten doei her pictv «nd enfrage<ines» rouje fum fmm spiritual ^oth, and render him fervent in family ' ' '
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from dot)-, his heart is mtdled bv the promptitude and tendcmiss o^ lier conressi<>n,...Her undisscmbled hu- nililv often make* him uhamcd of bis pride, »nd her meekness and con- tentment, of his passionate, »nd re- pining spirit.... Here let mc say, that few women have opportunity to be more extenaivciy useful, .tlian the
pious partner of a rospel minister
Other women in tlie married state, ohserriiijr her diligence, her ernnn' mr, and her charily, are inclined (<». excel m the same virtues. By. her esample they arc excited to Inve their huslunila, ID discharge, ivith unre- miniiig' care, every conjugal duty, and alKivc all oth(:T accomplishments, to seek the precious oraamtat tf a meet aid quiet ifiril. By her cxam- pli; they are reminded of ihcir obliga- tion) to their children, and impreiised »'nh the importance of bringing ihem up IK tht nartntt and admoniiion ^iht LorJ. By her essmple they are (ed Id shun aTl slander and evil ipeakin'^.,... She endeavours to bnnisli from fricnd- lysociety every light and unprofitable topic, and to introduce »nd stippiirC conversation, n hich is not only enter- taining, butierinua and edifying. She laments the lei»t appearance of loose- ness and impiety in the rising age, especially amongyoiingwomenj doei sll in her power to render them rood- cat in dress and behaviour, and to al- lure them to the practice of Chris- tian piaty....Relljfion, in which tliey are inclined to tliink tliere is some- thing gloomy and forbidding, becomes attractive, when seen in her example. In short, her life conspires «ith the BUtoral Unurs and prayers of her husband, to promote among the peo- ple ■ solemn attention to the Sabbath, ■nd all the means of grace, and the )OTe of real gaodneis in its vat^oua
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manner not likely to disappoint the reader. He observes " that these obserrations are in a good Tneasure applicable to this sol- emn occasion." To justify the remark a note is subjoined) con- taining a valuable sketch ,of the life of Mrs. Cbtirch.
In the cotirse of his solemn and intuiting address to tlicj mourning husband, he observes,
"In order that your grief be not irreRular, or hurtiub you mnst b« careful to mingle with, it those joys, vliieli religion furnishes, and which are inseparable from Christian mourn- ing....God.. .is infinitely better, than the most amiable- wife and most af. &et>(Hiatc mother.. ..She tarried lon^ enou^ to receive and communicate much Bnod....Th<mBh'her body is en. closed in the gloomy coflin....tAe ttill
limt, livei in i/ie moti exalttd teiue
Kor is she wboUf lost to you. Tha remcmbraDce of her virtues Ou{[ht to Incite your gratitude and your imita.^ tion. The remembrance of her death wiU cnnatantly eiercisr your siibmis- sion to the Bill of God, And hencrf'irth the thottght of her will be associated with eternity, and iu tend to raise yow spirit and produce a heavenly frame... Let not your grief, however sincere and tend'er.be attended witha single tnutmuring thought:.... God is tuve/* '
He concludes with appropriate' addresses to " her' aged parents ;" (o " those, who moui-n the loss' of B sister ;" to " brethren and friends of that society ;" and to " hearers... assembled on the oo- Ciision."
Such ape the outlines of this discuurse. We may sumetimes find fi few good sentences in a very irregular and shallow per' formance. Extracts in general present a picture much brighter than life. Not so with those taken from this discourse- Who» ever would duly estimate its. worth rouflt view and review the whole.
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The oaly feult worthy of no- tice is, not want of methodt which is unexceptionable, but want of numerical (ii&tinctioa of heads. It is not contended that ■11 aermoas should be thus dis< ttnguiahed. Some subjects seem hardly to admit of it. But tbis is not one of them. Though Dumerical distii)ctioi;B do not constitute method, yet they may greatly assist the hearer and reader in apprehending and re- taining it. When a head is dis- tinctly announced, the hearer or reader can scarcely avoid paying peculiar attention to learn what it is. This tends to fin it in his mind. If a leading head is re- tained, it is generally easy to re- call the observations made to prove, illustrate and enforce it. If therefore the heads of a well composed discourse are remem- bcred, the substance of the whole is remembered or may be easily recalled. Besides, if the heads are numerically distinguished, the hearer may easily know ■whether he retains Uicm oil ; and thus have opportunity to ex- crt all his power of recollection to regain any pan that he may have lost. Arc not people, who are accustomed to hear dis-
Religious InteUigmce.
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courses thus distinguished, gene- rally the most attentive, and the best instructed ?
Though such distinctions are not so useful from the press, as from the pulpit, yet it is desira- ble to retain them here aliOt partly for reasons above men- tioned, but more especially to discourage the pernicious prac tice of laying them aside in the pulpit.
This discourse is earnestly recommended to the attentive perusal of all, who are bound to perform, and of ail, who arc con- cerned to know the duliea of a
wife of all who have lost, of all
who possess, and of all who de- sire pious and amiable compan- ions.
rcKreb exceedingly, that he ii not able to inform the public where thi« discoune may be purchu- ed. Without thia appendage, re- view! of the best worlis appeu- defec< tive, and often leave paiiitVil Imprcs- siona on the reader's mind. Ttie uritera of reviewn and the Editors i>r the Fanoplist arc Kqncsted to pay at. tenCion tu theie litdc, but very inter. esting particulars. It Is hoped that the " Meurming Hiiitand" will Boon be for sale in Boston, if it is not at
Eclfgioujef 3fntelfigencc.
LSTTaa VI»M A. COKKESrOHDBNT
TO Oil or THa tEDtTom OF Taa raNortiiT. MaylS.taffT,
Sir,
Ai the Editors of the PanopUit
have taken unwearied paiiks to be-
come acquainted with the state of re. Itgion in our coantry, and a« tlicy have been faithful in communicating such iiilhrraatioD, as they have been able to obtain, to their lelbw Chrl*. tiant i I feel it my duty to tranainit tn
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them ■ sbort account of a rnnat e^ niigioa, whkli 1 have juit received in t, letter from ■ respect:ible clcrgj-- loui In Newport.
"A most remarkable rcfcrmilion prcvtiU in Middlebaraugh, BerUey, AmMiett, Carver, and Fair Haven. In Fiir HaTen, religion has been ^■tly neglccttsl till lately. Most of the people in thii town have been vio- lently opposed to reforTDations. The Lord i* now working in a wonderful manner : the tniaiiicr has become B hopeful convert. One hundred are tilmiUed or propounded for admis- sion into the church. A* the village iiimail, this is an utoniibing number. A lu^ Dumber have been kdnitted into Blr. Andrew*' cburcb in Berkley. Opposition is still great in Fair Ha- *ea ; but Christ «s yet triumphs glo- riausly. Here a number of old, aban- doned sinnen, who had fiir a long Lime neglected public warship, were present at a conference, uid for some time stood together, unmoved and looking on j at length, the minister addressed Ihem with his usual energy ■nthefbllowingwords, ' Your children are now waiting for your property, the woniu for your bodies, and the devil for your souls.' The divine pow- er accompanied this bold address. In « aament their heads fell, the tears gushed from their eyes, and they became anxious to innuire and hear chat, they should do to l>c saved. Wilh what cue can God cause his vord to pierce the sinoer'a soul I The Lutd can make his people willing in Ihi- day of his power. The retbrma- tion ia increasing in all the places be- fjre mentioned. There is a great call for preaching. The field* are «hitc already to baivest."
In a degenerate and licentious age, vhen the enemies of religian arc •training every nerve to bring the pure doctrines of the gospel into contempt, vlien the bulk of nominal Christians by their lives and conversation are de- nying tlic religion they profess ; such biformation must afford the true tbl- lower* of the meek and lowly Jeans peeuliur pleasure. White Zirin iiroa- pers, let bcr sons and her daugliters rcjince. May the children of God, encouraged by the recent triumphs of the cross, be fervent in their prayers that this glorious work may extend, Um none may lay, " The harvest is
We think it important to the intercsl* of ChriBtianitv, to preserve front oblivion the following detection of a base and insidious forgerv. We extract it from tlie Fnllar^iuu >X May 35, 1807.
\Sojm of our readera maji Tememtt/t thai aiout the beginning of the praini year, -mt extracted fraM a Pluladcii phia paper, m curicaa aceoant of cer- tain viritingtjoundiaagloiea/ miiT- He, dag lib at Ale|^, from n/iicA it viat inferred, tiat the Apocalypse or Revelation, viar written fy Ce- KiNTKus, and not ij Saint Jo «•<. Thit atsount mat given in- a Fhili:
t>/ the 20th of October, ISJS. A viriter, under the tignatare of Ce- phas, comtnented an thii narrative in tAr Palladium / and expretted hit Jeart, that thit Itarj «OJ trameribeJ from a French paper fnte lame if ouri iy lome diiciple of Ton Pain; to ditcredii the validitj of tlie Nca Teitanienl. Some gentlemen mho tnev the circanupeclion of editori tf
if ruch a pMieatioa ever appeared in a French tfrwtpaper : Atttong thett nai Or .W.^i e&hocib, viho, be- ing a member of the Marteiilei
andcnclottd the palilicc tubjeetfrom ovr paper ; and an Fri- day he received, via Philadelpbia;
MAKSEILLEI, NABCK 28, 1807.
Immediately on the receipt nf your letterof the 12thof JunuaiT, I wen^ to the printer and editor of the Jfar- leillet Gazette, to inquire agreeably to your wish, respecting the "Extract of a letter f'om a gentleman in Alep- po, to hit jriead ia thit city," said lo be printed in tlie Marieilll* Gazette of October 20, 1906. On examining the number of that date, there waa not to be found a lingte word of the
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■J8 New ffampshire Missionary Society. [ya/w,
■titltrl I wu »ceO!np*ni«d in 1117 ditlributed lilT Biblei, Teatunent*,
K«e*rcbe*by M. AcH&Ri),tlieDirea- and otb«r book^ ind'tncts. torof OUT Public Librtrj', and perptt- " As to the beiii: Pi is arising' from
Dsl Secre'»ry to our Acsdcmy of the missinnnrv semtei peribrmed
Artsknd Sciencei. This is »n old fiirtlieSociely,'"3a)'lbeTrumees,"we
nndeman, endoucd witb much hope they will ippear ti> be of some
fcuning, cspcciBlly in antiquities, and importance in the day when God iball
wboM anil is ictuaily the [irtiitcr Bi ed- muke up his jewels. The juuntals of
itoT of the JlfrvM!//'! CfScirCf . Hem- our MissluiDirica conlun u^counti
nired metbiiihe had;io rectillcciiooof which encouragpe such a hope. TM
anyiucliarticlraa appearedintlic/'Ai- Mi»sionuies have found (ip]K>rtiinitiea
ladrlpiia paper, and in ihe' A'lrei EKg- to appose thai torrent of errors, wbicb
iami Pallaitium, purporting' to be a threatens t(i deluge our infant settle-
tranalation from the Gazette of this moiitn, and there In contend eamest-
dty. WeezatDined-with strict atteii- Ir for the' fiitli once delivered to the
tkm, all the Gaeetiet /roin the In of saints. — They hsie found opportimi-
Avgtui until thit day, uid it ts our ties M Teft'cth the hearts of many of
ojiinion, as well a* the opinion of many God's children, scattered up and down
ether gentlemen, that the piece wluch as aheep in the wildEmess. caused ft much alarrti in the timor- " Umlcrthcir labunrs, some have
(xu conscienc es- of J onr country, is an hopefully become the subjects of di-:
abfolute lie — or has been published vine grace. Many ha^e cpmnluni-
in some other paper i but of whieli, catetl to this Society their grateful
we have no kaowied^ vrbateier. acknowledgments for missionarv ser-
The vessel which carries this, will rices among them. Being unable to
uil off to-morrow, or i would have procure, among themselves, the ad-
•nnesed ■ certificate of Mons. mini strati on ofthe Gospel, they bat*
AcHABD, and of the Magistracy of soUcited (Urttier aid."
this dty, to support what I have said. 1 ___
I hope, however, that the minds of
TOW friends of ihe clergy will be sat. We art; informed that a letter ha«
lafied with what is said above. '"^en received by a gentleman in Bal-
Tonareallibertytouse my Utter t"""™ f""" * respectable eorrea.
H vou tbitik proper. pomlent in Wirteraberg, Gcrnmny.
. I remain, &c. &c. ^'''"8^ "" account of most impor^
' occurrences in the religious world.
Loci* VALanTi}!. " Cardinal Fesch," he says, "Bo-
Df. Watibhodse, Pr^oior, tfe. napartc's uncle, is appointed chief of
[Br. raktitia it a Itarntd awl rtt- *^1« ch"":l> over all the congregation!
frctt^U phjMidan—k<u been in the Of llie Khcmsh confederaUon. and h««
mutd Stale): .*. o member ,/ our Mlu'"y been acknowledged M mirfi by
Jwterican Modem, of .in, and «ll the ProtesUnt princes, alth.njgh ho
Stieiuti, md mti iiuK,« lo tome of i« a Rowai. Catholic. He had scarce-
emr niMt rttpeOable eititeM, n/ib have '? l^ken *"' «■»' "t Augsburg. Ufore
tratttUdin «-o«m.1 "'^n' thiiiK l«g«n <o 'i";'"" , toward^
CathobcisiD, with the poor betrayed
fiock of ProtesUnts. Our Prtitcst-
MBw BAMFSBiBB KlitioSABY SO- ant clergy, (asys the lelter) are to Uy
"i^'^t- Slide the dress they have hithei-ta
Trom the report of tlic New worn, as tlioy commanded neither re.
HBinpshire Miisionary Society, (con- sped nor maile wiyshow in their prct-
•isling of about 100 Members) cnt mode, and are to wear mast,
published Nov. 1806, it appears that weeds; and our prelates actually
the total amount received by their wear them now, and are obliged to
Treasurerfrom contribution! of mem. woar on their breasts the order of
bers and othera, in the years, IH04, Maria in a golden cross. A great
1805 and 1806, was %'H67, 8j. number of Catholic mass-bnokaliava
With this sum thry have employed bi^cn printed in the German language,
various Missionaries in the northern which are divided into honra of
parts of the State of New York and prayer, and which are now actnally
New Hanipiturel?4 weeks, who have read before pceacliin^i M tbealUr i^
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the FiDtesUot i^urcbei on the froo- tier>. Ttie apostasy from religiiio is ttery wlierc Mtributeii to wuit of mpeci far die pope i it must, lay Ibey, be re-cstabluiitd, *nd th« pope be viewed aa the Jintlin^ of the king- dom of Cod. All universal uniuti uf religion, under the direction of the popetloni, WIS every « liere apoltcn of; ind no penon titul, for htx uf Buiw- prte, u yet, qiaxie any opiKJsition. A ne> (ect ba<J kIbu appeared, nignal' \ij.n^ tbemsclve* by a pm-ticular drewi md by » sipl « liich every one wear* ■ m bii hut, wholiavc actukUy UcibEd Bonaparte."
A gcntlcmui deceased in Scutland lately, bkS beijucatheil 12U0I. to be paid lo tlie person who xbuU write and lay bcfiu'e the judgei he lus ap- pointed, K Treatise which shall by ibuin be determined to bave the most merit upmltbc ruUowinc' subjects, as expressed in his will, viz. " Tlie evi- dence that there is a Being, hU pnw- erful, wise >Dd good, by wtioiu every thing-exists, and purticularly to obviate difficulties regii'diiig the wisdom and guodness of the Deity : and tliis in the hm place, froin conJidc rations inde- pendent of nrritten revelation ; and in We second place I'romttie revelation of the Lurd Jesus : and, from the wbole, to point i>ut the inference* most nee- esjaiy fur, and useful lo tnaiikind." The raUuslFrs of ttic estibli^ihed church of Aberdeen, the pjrincipals aad prolesson of King's and Maria- cbai colleges of AberJi:eii, aiiid Ibe tnuteei of the tt '
thneof tttejud^s.
ia Artoant of the origin and progrru r "f ikt Million lo thcChcraeeL«iia„,'/ in a leritt oj Lttltri from iht Sev. Gideon Blackburn, to ii^e Sn. Dr.
LETTER I, MarjnUle, fTem.) 1807.
RlTnEKHSlH,
Ai the promises of God rs- pcctinp the conversion of the hcatliere are cndeiitly on the eve of being ac- complisbcd, and aa the friends of Zi- no are aniioosly watching the sigria ' thetimea, and uniting their prayers round the thrtme of God for the cot ingof tlie.kipgdom of Chiist, and as-
, .. »p;vuiil- uid make ctioii.-e of
pecially for the tpt-ead of the gMpit among the aboriginals of America t it may not be unimportant to give jou a concise account of the rise and pro-
Eess of the mission in which I liav* en engaged for some rears with tha Chcrok^ nation of Indians, border- ing an the State of Tennessee.
In the year 1794, I settled in that part of the state now culled Blount county,at atinie when tlie Cherubecs wei'e engaged in a bloody and de-
tbis circumstance frequently called out tbe youths ofuly clisi'gc in the de- fence of their country, and expoceil them to the vices atiaclied to the mil- itary life, 1 chose at some times to go out with tliemintlieir expeditiuns,.and thereby was led into Hit causes of tho savage and wretchcil state of those Indiuns. From that moment my mind began to be agitatf d with ibe question ; Cari nothing be done with this people to oiellarate their condition ) Is it impossible they should be civilized, and become acquainted with the gos-
£el uf Christ I Some cheering rays nf ope would flash upon my mind when J reflected tlist they were of the sama race with ourselves ( that they were able to lay and execute plans with in- genuity and promptness! hut on view* ing the attempts ah'eady made to christianiie other nations, and tindiuf that they had mostly proved abortive, I was led seriously to review those pUns, that I might, if possible, dis- cover the defect ; and either intro- duce some amendment, or a plan en- tirely new. It was vei'y observable, that instead uf opening the minds of the Indians, and enlarging the num- ber of their confined ideas, they were often dogmatically instructed on tlie most exalted subject that can occupy the mind of the most enlightened man. They were urged to believe, as absolutely necesssrv, things iii which, in their sUte of* intelligence, t'licy could have no apprehension, and K'hich by the manners of the white people with whom lliey were mostly conversant, they were every dayprac- tictJly taug-ht to doubt it, if not entire- lylo liiscrtdit it. Hence itwasevidetit that a plan must be laid with the ex- pectatiiiiis of having to combat wi'h ■e, oiitinfiCji, and strong preju- I knewthiit the operatiom of God en tlie hearts of men were not
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□DRftned to ine*ns. YeleveninTelie- In tbe jeu-1803, 1 came a delegate ten, cause and efTect have been in tne from our Presbytery to the General oilier ofevents without any great de- Assembly of the Pre ibyterian church, viation. 1 conceived it therefore in- hoping I might find some method to dispensable tu prepare the mind by bring this lubject before that body, the mnst simple ideas, and by a pro- For this purpose, 1 had drawn up tbe cesa, which would associate civi^ 21' outlines of a plan for the education of liun with religious instruction, and the Indian children, as the most likely thus grailually prepare the rising mean of accompliahing a revolution rai!e lor the more sublime truths of in the habits of the nation. A peti- religion, as they should be able to tiun was laid before (lie Assembly, re- view them. 1 was ftilly persuaded questing suppliei fiirour frontiers, in the plans ptirsucd in Soiith America, which was noticed the state of the ia ettcctine what was called the civ- Cherokee nation, aiexhihitingafield iiization of that country, would not for missionary service. I'his was re- do with thli strong minded and high ferredto the Committee of Mitsiona, spirited people ; that ioaiied civiliza- in ansner to whose inquiries 1 pre- tiaa was not the result of deimnina- senled the proposed plan, and was re- li'a»,butof mere jrli/ffiW impression ; mie«tcd to undertake its execution ; while these bid fair, if riglillyraanag- die committee agreeing to give 300 ed, eventually to become American dollars for its support, nnd to engage citizens, and a valuable part of the my services as a missionary for two Union. months. As this sum was quite in- This subject impressed my mind luificlcnt, the committee of missions more and mure, and became frequent- gave me a recommendation to the ly the object of request al the throne public to gain pecuniary aid ; and on of grace, until the year 1799. In that ray return to Tennessee, I collected jeiir I introduetd the subject to tlie four hundred and thirty doUara, and Prest)y(ery of Union, uf which I waa some hooka, tobc applied liy the di- a in*mber,'but found so manyembar- rcction of the committee, to the use ruBsing dtfTicultiL'9 thrown in the way, of the institution. Foreseeing that I w as f'>rced to yield any further at- many difficulties might obstruct my tempts at that time. In tbe yearfol- Intercourse with the nation, I waited loHiiig I laid a plan fiir a missionary on the President of tlie United States, society in that country, w ith a special and from the Secretary ofnar received icfercnce to this object ; yet, thourh letters of recommendation to tlie In. many were highly pleased with the dians, and directions to Col, Meigs, design, the scarcity of money andtho the agent fur Indian afiairs, to facili- poTcrty of the people in that newly tatc my design. settled country', were such insur- 1 am. &c. mountahle obstacles that I was again cimpcllcd to give up the attempt.
literary jnttHistntt.
UNITED ST.^TES.
BtssBT, the author of the Life of WAsniNCTo.i publicly disavowed
Burke, in his Life of George llld. a tliose letters, (supposed to have been
work of much merit, has been misled fabricated by a British officer) in a
Into an Important error, concerning public letter to the Secretary of State,
the opinions of Waskikcton at the on hia retiring from the presidency,
crimmencement of the revolution, by nnd that at his request, his letter was
iriving implicit credit to certain let- deposited in the archives of State.
tcrs which Mere published as the pri. It is to be Uuiented thatsuch a learn-
«a(e tetters of Washington, in one ed anil candid author as Bisskt
of.which that great character is made should have founded a train of falsa
to say, that in declaring Indcpen- reasoning on the supposed premature icnee C'mi:KaB had mcTthot tlie tneri, , declaration of independence, on the
K It i* well known in this cauntr}', that authority uf WASUiycTON, with im
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List of Mew PubUcathns.
The writer of thii micle hopei it will, through the meiiiuni of ■ome of Mr. BisssT's fi-iencU, find itn way to U* cabinet, in onler th»l >n error, m paiafiil to ihc disciples of Wassiss. TOR, ma.y be corrected in > aubie- qumt edition of hi* useful vork,
CharltHon Cimritr,
. UIOLIIB KAOKXtltH AVB SB-
The following xccount of the nom- ber of copies uid to he regulariy sold ^ the piincipal l,ondon Mi^zinei knd reviev*, has lioeij appeared in levenl joumal* and aewspapcri.
Capiet. ThcHoatbJy Magaaioe 5000
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Monthly Review 4SM
GeDtlemsn'i Maniine 3500 Eun^ui Mspizine 3500
Lilies' MwuiiM 3000
Meaicftl&Piiysicsl Journal 3350 British Critic SOOO
Univenal Magazine 3000
Joumalof New Voyages and
Travels ISOO
PhilMopliical Manzine 1250 .
Aati-Jacobin Review 13S0
Critical Review 13S0
Mdolfaly Mirror 1000
Nicholson's Journal 1000
How striking is the contrast of tha
tale of similar publicitiana in FrancCf
of the most popular of wliicb, not
more than 500 copies are regularly
circulated. Th« periodical press of
Germany is in a belter condition,
4000 copies being told of tlie ]eox
Literary Gazette, and oeai4y as many
of some other literary and tcientifio
journal*.
Iftft Of Be\n Ipubttcation^r.
Tbk picture of New Toik I or the traveller's guide, through the coiD' menial metropoll* of tfae United Stales. New York. ISOT. J. Riley, and Co.
The Young Christian, an instntc- live narrative, by James Huir, O. D. Alexandria. S. Snowden.
Universal Salvation, a very ancient doctrine j with some account of tike life and . character of its author ; a •cncon delivered at Rutland, west parish, 1S03, by Lemuel Haync*, A. M. Sixth edition. Boston. 1807- D. Cariisle.
A sermon oo the death of Hnn. WiUiam Patterson, Esq. L. L. D. one of the aMociate justices of the su~ preiDe court of the United Slates, by Joseph C1arit> A H. New Bnins. wick. 1806. A. Blaavelt.
A ttmwp, preached in the Inde- pendent, or CwigKntinnsl church, Charlesinn, ScMtb Carolin*, Sept. 14, 1S06, by Isaac Stocton Keith, D. D. Ch*rie*ton. W P. Younn-
A scrauHi, delivered at Lebanun, in the south aocietir, at the dedicuiiun of the new. brick meotliig hou*^ Jail.
Vol. III. No. 1. F
A sermon delivered iu North Tar< mouth (MaineJ at the Inatailation oC the Rev. John Dutton, over the churcb in the second territorial parish in that place, Oct. 1, 1806. By Asa Lyman, A.M. Portland. 1807.
A sermon preached in Uali&x (Vt.) Sept. 17, 1806, at the InstaUa- lion of Rev. Thomas H. Wood, over the Congregational church and »omt. ty in tbst town, by Joseph Lyman, D. D, Northampton. 1807. Wu. Builer,
A Sermon before the Governor, the honourable Coiini:il, and bothbranch- es of the Legislature of the CoiD- monweailh pf MaasacbuHtts, on th« day of Geaersl tWtJon, May 27, 1807. By William Bentley, A.M. Miniater nf the second church at Salem. Boston. Adami b Rhoades.
A discourse delivered at Hopkin, ton, before the HuiHiurable Legisla* Iiir« (if the State uf New Hampshire, at their annual eltctiun, June 4tb, 1807, by Nathan .Brailatreet, A.M.
Amheiat. UBT. i^fik, Cuihli)^
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Bight iTiseounci on BBptiim, viz. John** Bii|>lisut, Christian Bi^itism, Believer's Baptiam, Infant BnptlsiD, fielievin^ pitrents und their children 'in covenant with God, being buried with Qirist in bkptiini, illustrated. To which ii annexed Mrs. Jackson's ««nfe«»iDn. Bojton. D. Carlisle. 1805.
Leltera concerning the conHtlUition •niturder of the Christian ministry, » deduced from Scripture and prim- itive usage I addressed to the mem- bers of the United PrcBbyterian eliurchei in the city of New York, by '.Samuel Miller, D. D. one of the paa. tore of laid churches. Hopkins &
A sermon, preached before the Massachusetts Missiunftry Saciew, at their annual nieetinef in Boston, May 26, IBOr, by Elij^ Parish, A.M. «aBtirr of tlie church in ByeKeld. NewUllTport. E. W. Alien. 1807.
A view of the ecoBomy of the Church of God, as it existed primi- tively, under the Abrahamic djapen- tatioil aixl the Sinai taw; and aa it ii perpetuated under the more luniinoua dispensation uf the gospel ; particu- larly in regard to the covenants. By Samuel Avistin, a. m. minister of the gospetin Worcester, Mass. Worces- ter, Thomas & Sturtevant.
Theficstoti Directory i containing the nameV of tlie inliabitanta, their occupation I, places of business, and 4welllng^houses. With lista of the streets, lanes, and uhiirves ; the towii- oSicers, public offices, and banks ; of the stages, which run from Bos- ton, with the times of their arrival and depMlure i and a general d:- ncription of the town, illustrated by a plan, drawn from actual survey. Boston. Edward Cotton. 1807.
A discourse deliverd be&ice the Ancient and Honourable Artillery company in Boston, June 1, 1807, be- ing the anniversary of their cievtion of officers, by Thomas BaUwin, D. D. pastor of the second Baptist church in Boston. ' Boston. Munroe and Fraqcis. 1807.
A sermon, presched before the Congregatinnal ministers in Boston, May 37, 1807, by John Keed, D. D. pantor of the Urst church and Con- Kregatiunal society in Bridgwater, boeton. Munroe ts. Francis. 1807.
4 anLmA.iH^pfil edition af Csw-
per** poems, in three volumes, being a more complete edition of hi* irorka than has been yet publiahed. Man- ning tt Loring, E. Lincoln, and Jo- seph Gushing.
Elements of Zoology ; or outliies of the natural history of animak. By Bcnjanun Smltli Barton, M. D. Pi«- fessor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany in the Unlversirr of Pennsylvania. ConJiuom, ifc-
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clua, ordu', and ymu* to which each scripts, nsiier puhliahed in America,
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jDtBinatton,
Ob Wetlnesday, the l?th inst. tbe third rfiurch in HinefiMn. — Re*. IJr.
new charch in Hingham was oonsc- Eliot of Boston made the intn>diieto>
crated to the serrice of Almighty ry prayer. Hey, Mr. Pierce of
God.'-R.ev. Mr. Whitney of Hmg- Brookline preached the sennon from
Ibki, Kiade the dedicatory prayer. 1 Tim. iii. I. Kcv, Dr. Bced of
RiT. Dr. Ware preachM a sensoa- Brid^ater maile the ordaining prav.
on the occasion from Exod. ix. 24. er. Re*. Dr. Lathropof Boston gave
He*. Mr. Whitney of Qiiincy mide "— -i— ~- »■"• "- ""-!• -'
the eoncladlng prayer.
In the ■ftemoon, Mr. H e sa v CovUAM w^ ordained pastor of tbe
To the Editor* of the Panoplist. languished In cstTeme distress, for ■
-, .,, . .in .!•../ numher of days, and then expired.
// ™ w// «-r. „ ttr P™^.« (Ae ^^ „.^, ^ p^.^Jn'of a serious mi-S and
&Wjr «»-.( /Me dpah a«i ^^;^^,^ manners, and much esteem-
d«^aAAa,^aj»iak,r>«^dlgral. ^d bv all who knew Wm. In his ill.
,fj a toMtaMnadtr. resshe eihibiled an ewmplo of pa-
TH.ofH.Ln.. ^^„^^ „^ resignation, and, in (he ' view of death, and in the full
. . . cise of reason, he expressed a,
i totenul injury, tuidcr whi[:h be calm hope of a Mewed immorttfi^. -
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On the Lord'* A%j next pre««(linff impi>rt>nt to yvn, ki it ia to me, foe
Ina dsath, 'a nurfibcr^f younrpeople, you ire u mortal m I im, thongti
returning from |)ublic vonlnp, miide perhaps you are not to die quite so
hfm a viiit. He received them with loon m I ^hall. Whenever yon die,
•ttentinn, and addrcned them in the teti wiU need it* comforts, is mncb
fellowing' iDMiner : ■■ I do now. I beg you to srcur*
<■ You see, my friends, the litna^ these comfoite in M«Kin. And tint
tfon which I »m in. A few d«y» apo, it (he KMon.
1 was in health like yon. By ■ sud- " I atn Tdnt and weak. I cannot
den aceidcntlam cnnfinedtomy bed. My much to you. I entreat you inre-
and probnbly (bail soon be laid in mf member the little I can say. - O mf
graTc. None of you know, how Mon fHend« ; I 9e« ynu .now in teari. You.
you may be in a condition Uke nine, think, you will follow my wlvice. I
Tou see in me the neceuity of bein^ hope yon will. But I few, you -wiQ
eariy prepared for death. I adyise soon forget it. You will Dot »lwaft
you to thhik seriously of the uncer- ileel u ^you dn now, while yaa ttt
talnty of life, and to prepare for death looking on my dyings body, ami hcar>
itoiinediately. Delaynot such a work ing my feeble voice. Bnt that yota
my longer; no j not one sin^e hour, may bring my advice tayour mind.gs
Tou may as well attend to it now, as »ometimes to the place, where my
hereafter: There can be no advan- body wiU soon be laid. Perhaps k
tage in delay. If ever you begin re- tight nf the clods which cover it wU
Ugion, yon must bring the matter to remind y«u of my advice, and awaken
• pinnt. Toumuatmakeit a present your resolution to folkiw it. Soon
business. yiiur bodirs may t>e laid by miiw.
"I tiarticulariy adwseyoutorever- May our souls meet'in that world, •nee the Eabbalh and the house of where is no pain nor death." God. There are some T^une people This is the substance of tke fnaafi who are too vain in their tsiic on the man's advice to his fellow youths, aa Sabbath, and too light and inattentive tt was- related, the next morning, by in their appearance in the time of wor- his father to the minister of the p*r» •hip. Avoid these evils. They will Ui,'who visited die family, cause TOU to mourn at the last, when The father is a respeauble mui, your ffesh and your body areconsum- and hat ever appeared a fViend to re* cd, and to say. How have we hated ligion t : bat, - on professed serupl««t instruction, and our hearts despised hiid dptayed to attiind on tlie Lard!* Kpronf Neverusc profane language, supper. The minister thought ha This is a aln, which young people toa might praht by the present occasioFi trften ^actise. I have sometimes in renewing funner advice. Hu there- heard It with grief. Remember that fore apake to him in the fullowinff for every pnifane, yea, fur every Idle manner- word yuu must give an account. " 1 am grieved in I'our aflUctionj Obey and honour your parents, arid and am refreshed i« your consolation, treat all elderly penple witli rf spect i I admiR your son's twinsel 1o ttie atkcounselsmlinBti-uctionfrani tliem, y»ung. The concluding, part of it that you may grow in wisdom, ami in strikes me with peculiar force, lie favour with God and men. Bead.tlw advised them to visit bis grave, that Scripture<,fhat you may learn the wBv Ihey might better renieinbcr and of ssivstionandmay turnyoiirfeetilUa n>are tlceplj' fiel his dying exhorts. that way. Get an acqnaintanct.with lion. This is sn similarto the dying yourtelves, that you may see ynur command uf Chtitt, that I corinot Bred of a Saviour i . and get an. ac< fiirbear to reiqark to y^u t}ie Aimiti- quaintaoce with your Saviour, that tiide. Tlic Saviour, when he was on yoii may trustin him. You must (!'•' ••rth, spent the grestest partof lii« to him, that you may have life, Yi>u mhiism- in giving good instmclinns are dependent on tlie grace of Gfii i toa^m«ny as wouldhearhim. When but you m list seek, if you boiie \iith- tlie time of his dealU drew near, liis tain it. Seek unto God be^iniea, innrnotiims were more frer^nent and Seek him, while hs may be fDuh'd. aiteotionMejandhc cnfsrcedlhemby You think religion is important to me, the solemn and impressive circnm* be«fpae .Ji an Vfoa. ta ^ifi. , It ia m lUnce of liis ajigroac^^^ig dt^tit, He
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wdl knev, Aat good oounsda wen ft M^iectfid and afleotioiute maem*
ea*il]r forgotten. He thrrcfore re- 1)tuic« oF the virtuous dead, Mpeciat
commended the frequent remem- ly thoK, who have filled any publif
bruicc of his death, ma ■ mem to im- itatioa, either in church or slate.
|Hes« his words more deeply and in- In the character of the Iftle Mr.
delibl; on the heart. The place of Shaw, u a roiniBter of Christ, there
his IniriBl could not he visited hy his vere some distinguiabiog escellea-
ditciplu in sU ages and in all pans of cies, which ought to be bad in even*
theworld. And if the place could be laating reirembrance b^ thoie wbo
vtsHed, his body voiild not be there, oome after him. Among these, ro»y
for it was soon to rite. Be therefore be mentioned hia devotednesa to th*
initituled a particular ordinance to be peculiar duties of bis profession ; ha
five representation and memnrial of intimate acquaintance with the hoi/
kis death i and he commanded, that scripture* ; bis affectionate conc«ni
thitabouldbefrequenllyobserredand for the eternal welfare of the peopl*
attended in remembrance of him, to of bis cbarire : his honest »eal in
■hew forth hi* death until hi* second what be called, to use a favourite
comior. The end for which he vp- phrase of his own, "the cause of
pmnted this ordinance was, that we tvangelical truth /" and the peculiar
mlrbt remember the words which he fenour and solemoity of hi* manneiv
fpaxe, the death which he lufiered, l>oth in praying and preacldne:. Tbi#
and the benefit* which it procured. was such a* to be particu^j re-
"Now, Sir, you certainly think, that marked, and will not easily be fiHr>
jwir son rave his wimpaniona good gotten by tboae, who hare heard bim,
»dvicc, wliRi he recommended their "is remarkable readiness to ofEeiate
tisiting- his tomb, that they might rt .
vice the remembrance, and renew the Kc occasions, when a
tpipression id his instructions ; and brethren in the ministn were present,
jotl wiih they would comply with it. was a feature in hia character which
And oiieht not ve, much rather, to ou^t also to be remembered to hi«
Kgardue dyings cottmand of the 5a- honour. Though naturally modest
Hour, who has required you, and me, u>d unassuming, it is believed he was
■odsll, to come to the place, where never known to decUne public duty
be is setforth, as crucified for us, and on such an occasion, niibout the most
there to awaken tfaerecollection of hi^ obvious and sitisfactury reasonsi
initniction*, and our resolution to I" regardto his devotedncks to tb«
obey them! Tteit attention to your duties uf bis profeuion, if was almost
son's counsel la expedient ; rwr obcdi- literally true, that he gave himself
encc to the Saviour'a command is in- vluiliji to theie thingt. He was re-
diiipcnsahic." markable for visiting his peqile both
llie address had a happy cfTcct. i" sickness and in health, and beside*
At the next communion be aas pre- 1>'S public preaching on t)ie Sabbath,
•enl, as an interested spectator; and be not imtretj^iiently preached in pri.
at the next following, he w«s present ^^te bouses in remote-parts of hia
as a devout communicant. parish, on other days. Of sermon*
be had probably written a greater
MBMoiK* or KIT. OAKS SHAW, DumlMr than any other minister noir
_ - , J . . . „ ""'"E '•" New England, if not in tha
'^''"-( it-TSf'tri^ - f **"■>''■ So imimale was Wa acquaint.
W,, «■*» d^ m. a, 1 W. m (Ae ,„„ ^ith the sacred scripturet. that
nrtjw<^h«ap,«>dMtkof k,, it was scarcely possible for auy one
""""*^- to misqm.te a passage, in iis prcsi
tx i* not tat enin; mortals to de- ence, without being immediately cor-^ ■
cideapon the eliaracter and ctcmaf reeled by him. His afli^cuonatis
slate of their departed fellow crea. concern for the eternal welfare of llie
turea. Thii, no doi^bl, is often done people of his change was evidenced
with loo little consideration.. There "y bi* fondness fur seasoning ~hi^' '
are, bowerer, cases, in which a re- common conversation with them, with
(Card to the rood of the living, and to religious anecdotes and refiectiona a*
the hopqur of divine grace, requires *eir as by the remarkable soremnU/
lato uta our endeavours to peip^ttutg uid femur of hia inuui«r,tbothiniu*
M
Memoirs vf Rro. Oaks SHaw.
iJimc,
aeraUonil and didactic
Vie pulpit. Here " lie spake u a
dying man to dying men."
In hi» rcligioug lentiTnenti, he wm •fric(/)F and zralauly enangtUcal .■ but at Uie »»ine lime, rein»r)iably catho- lic tovai'd thoie, who seetned to dif- fer from him. The eranf^lical leiiti- IncntB or which he vas *o fond, and for which he »o honeslly and earntsl- \y conlended, lie believed to exixt at least ai much in the.Acnrr, ■» in the head. He had no contidcnce in tiie
Jfficacy of any relig-ious lentimenU, QWC'er rood and true, separate from k jood life or evangelical holiness. By evangelical sentiments, he meant the plain, simple, unadorned and un- tf spiised docirinrs of revealed truth, •a expressed in the laiiEiiag^ of ihe Holy Ghost. But what- he raeant b)i evangelical sentiments and evangeli- cal [ircacbing may be tlest learned from his own exijressions, in a public charge to one of his younger brethren* in the miniatry, on the day of his or- dination.
*■ IWe charge you," says he,. ..."be vtrf solicilous, and let it derply oc- cupy your mind, that it be in tntlh, the'nerj; got^^ you preach,.... not the novel mvented jdana of uninspired men, not those latitudinirian doc- ' ' " 1, which may well enough com-
^praved. But preach the good old doctrines of the gospel, the precious doctrines uf grace, the doctrines of the reformation i for it is a matter of notariety, that wh.en awakenings, conviction* and concessions prevail, (md a serioua seme of religion takei place, in any remarkable degree, i| is •Iways under the influence of the peculiar doctrines of grace, whicli presuppose men's natural alienation from God, and enmity against him, and, of consequence, that they are to- tally dcprared antecedent toadiiitic power to renev and aanctif)' tlicni ; that they are lost, perishing, an<l utterly mined in thcm^cUcv. We tntat ynu »-iU be cordial fir il.ia, and «-iU not beiiute to hold it forth u itii clearness, and with a zeal becoming the vaet monient nf the subject,
•• We charge and exhort you to be lively, fuU and atr:>ng, in preaching tlie
* 'Spa. JMV. SoltMi of Deimii.
great doctrinea of the croB*.„.\V» wish you to preach the Oeity, th* eternal divinity of Him, in 'whoj» dweUcth ail the fulness of the God- head bodiljv..iiho is the wonder of angels, the admiration of saints, and the astonishntciit of the powers of darkness.... We wish vou to be fiiU and explicit in preaching his great atonemcnl, hii perfect mediatorial righteousness, for the justification be- fore God of all repenting sinners, and the po«er of hia Spirit and grace for
" We charge you to inculcate holi- ness of life, ai coimccted with holiness of heart. We wish j-o>i to ba full and explicit in preaching tlie doctrines of di\ine sovertigiity m the com muni ca. tion of mercy, the absolute iieces»ily iff regeneration, the victorious power of grace inthe new and heavenly bir^h, his distinguishing love in eJvlng viy repwntance unto lite, and faith in Christ, with benevolent affection of heart and life, m nccca&ary to qualify for the pure joys and glory of heaven. Vou are, on a gospel fo'undation, to urge it u|>ou all those, who ha\'c pro- fosscd to liolieve in Gud, to be carefut to maintain good works."
Such were the ideaa which thit vcnerabh; servant of Christ entertain, ed ol' evangelical sentiments and preaching! and such were the senti- ments, which he himself unlformlT preached, tlirotigUhis long ministerial
This charge, nhieh was dclivere4
with a aoltTiinit^ and canieitncsi, which seemtd to intimate lliat he had a presentiment of his approaching dissiilution, and that it would be tlie lust he ^)K)uld deliver, thnuld it esc;^ the ravages of time, will re- main a pleasing; and respectable specimen uf Chnatian elnqiienre, a* lung as the gospel of Christ shall be lovid and respected in llic world.
Tliusc cvangi-ljcal doctrines, as he called tlicm, were h'n comf'irt and sup|X'rl in his last sickness, in which he e.xhihited an edifying example of Ciicistjan liumility, [iBliciice, and rr. sii^iatlon, lotliosc i^holiadopportuni. ty of seeing and con vcrNing with him t and we doubt not hut tlicsc- doctrinca continued to coinftirt and support him. while paNiiiig through the valley of the shadow uf dcatli, to the heaicniy
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The »-riter of thii ■ccount had Uie misfaction of several pleasing inter- fiuvs with him during hia di:clining ■tatc, both bclbru and at^cr he wai confined la Ilia house.
lamvlirit visit to him »fter he iVM cnnGned (o hii chimh«r, which to me vas one of the must pleasuiil and edifjinp 1 ever ma.ie liim, I thnu^t I lUscutered mure of the amiatile nwekjicss, Uunble dignity and per- fect resi|i;n3tion of the Christian thia I bad cf^r before discovered in )um. It appeared to nre that if aay ttate aa Itiis side heaven can be truly cnvialjlc, it is tliat uf an humble .Christian, geotly taking hii departure mil t^'
irardly decays and (pMus wc^iker and weaker, i« inwardly renewed and [rowi*itm^er and stronger i u whom aa outward pruapeci4 darken, the prospect of a bri|;bter world be- fond the grave grows cieurer. This ^ipcared to be rcioarlcably the caae with this precious man. Thii inter- view, the impression of which, I trust, wiU never be erased from my niml, forcibly brought to my recoUection those lines in Dr. Young.
b priTile^d beyond tiie common
walk Of TirtuouB life, quite on the verga
of beaven," Ice.
When I asked him how be did, he Nplied, with one of the most ezpres- siie sinlles, I ever ubaened on bis cotrntenance, " I am a puur creature sinking under the decays of nature, but I am not withotit comfiirti. 1 have many tbinga to be thankful for yet. I am now depending on that fuundk tion which 1 have always been en- deavouring to catablisli iu inypreach- in(f, lAr mere} cf God in Chrut, aud which I believe to be the only founda- tion, on which any one can aland uitb safety. 1 <Lo not profew to have at- tained to full aasurance, but I have ■uch a hope as raises me above all dis- trcssingfearsofdcatb. I bk babitual- h iMiing for tkt mtr^ U our J-ard ytm C/triil ■flto tleniai iifi. If there u anjr thing more for me to do, 1 am willing to stay and do it in mj poor «dr; but if not, if I know my own wr^ 1 4a cntinly niigoed t« fa."
He discoTcred much, affectionate iroocem respecting the peuple of hit chaige, andthercstlikment ol'apJi- pelmjnistcramong them. He was, howoer, remarkjildj cheerful and pleasant.
Bdbre looming praycn, be deaire4 me to read ttic iitX and tbc 14rth Psalms, a part uf the latter of which, be considcitd a* predicting the fu- ture pcosperiiy of tlie cbiirch, in the conic mplaticHi of which, he observed, had derived great cousalatiua.
among several otlier quealions, whicti 1 proposed, as tliinking it very doubt- ful whether I sJiould ever see bin again in Ibis world, I asked bitn, supposing we Mere to coii6ne otrt preaching principally to one point, what that point should be, He in- mediatcly replied, " to impenitent sinners, we must preach their totaltj lott and ruiuttl coiiditian by tumre, or tkefatl, (I Ibrgct which) and the utrtr i-nipottibilitj if iheir ever icing tavai, except bj the fret grace of God ta Ckriu." Thus did this venerable minister of Christ, who watched for «uuls aa one that muM give account, bear bis dying teilimany to the truth and importance of those doctt^nei* which he bad preached through life. The words of dying men ace (uppos- ed to possess peculiar weight, and to deserve peculiar coniiiiler:ititm. Ma}* these words uf a dying Christian, aid a Christian minititcr, be an regarded* by all »ho shall read them. Sleued art the litadvkoditim the Lord. Feb. 19, IKOr.
The eclebrBled Mallst, author of many celebrated works on the An- tiquities at Northern F.umpe, latc^ died at Geneva, in the 77th year of his age. He was the author of the history of Denmark down to the dose of lh>f 18th century.
An history of Uessa down to tlia 17th century.
An history of the Houae of Brunv wick, from its accession to the throne of England.
An history of Switzerland.
An history of the Uuueatip League.
H's KortJiem Antiquities, which We believe te be the aoXj put otbit
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woriu tanilattd into En^sh, pro- duced a fre»t revoliitign in literary opinioni, about 30 jeix% ago. That warit is now very scarce Ih Engliih, but th« rev^utionaof thcnonhprDin- lae ta giT* narttMra antiquitiu. like
THB TiotBT. Tet there it wai content to blootn,
Hqww in a green and shady bed In modeat tinti irnty'd ;
A modest violet grtvi. And there it spread a iweet periancw
It! stalk wai bent, LLliung its head Within the siletil shade.
Asiftohidefromvie*. Then let me to thev.Ueyp,/
And yet it was a lovely flow'r. This pretty flow'r to «ee ;
Its cohnirs bright and fair ; That I may also learn to gjow
■|t might have ^ntc'd a rosy baw*r. In sweet humility.
Instead of hiding ther«. {Oripaai Foemtfir infitM mia^..
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Tm apprehensions of Pkilologoi are probably removed, and his wishes fhl- tt)cd, by the appearance of his loth Number.
The admission of Candidat, in reply to our remarks on bis strictures upon "Ac Extract frtim Senncbier, relative to Calvin's treatment of Setvetus, would necessarily lead into too wide a field oftUscusaiim, on a subject, neither tirf inleUigible nor usefid to a large portion of our readers. We repeat our fci^h respect for this lenmcd correspondent ; and vc presume he will readily perceive, that a learned, critkal, and laboured examination of a transaction, sot in itself of great importance, and of which different contemporary authors «f respectability have given different views, does not comport with the design «f our work. We had intended ta publish the life of Calvin soon after the conclusion of that of LuUier ; but a wish to obtain some information not in our possession, has hitherto delayed the publication. We shall now wait to receive the sketches of the lives of Calvin and Servetiis, promised by CeinA'' ^■f ,■ when these are in our possession, he shall not have reaion to complain that we are pu^al or unjust to the char^lcr or conduct of either. A proper «pportunit^ will offer, in the life of Calvin, to introduce all that is necessary to exhibit in its true light the transaction in question.
We have recrived Mr. Webster's remarks on the eclectic review of hi* Dictionary; and thou^ they will fill a greater number of our pa^i, than we muld wish ordnwrily to devote to such subjects, we shall readilv comply with his request, when the Number of the review, to which he refers, is re- ••ived.
Ltighttm wSl accept oar thanks for his valuable communications.
W. is infbrmed that we shall specdilyenter on the review of the American edition dp Ree's Cyclopedia. We tliink with him, that the cause oTreligioii *■ well, as of literature requires this at our hands.
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THE PANOPUST;
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THE CHRISTIAN'S ARMORY.
iNo. 26.] JULY, 1807. 1^0. 2. Vol. IIL
SKETCH or DK. OWKV.
Jonit OvKff, V. D. of Queen's hlnii as one infected vith puri* CoUegCt Oxford, wai linealljr de- tantam, and he became lo obnox* scendcd from the prince of ious to the Laudens'ian parljr, Clamor^n, one of the last fara- that h« was forced to leave the ily of the five regal tribes of college. About this time he Wales. HeDTj Owen, father was exercised with man^ per- of the Doctor, was some time plexing thoughts about hia minister at Stadham in Oxford- spiritual stale, which, with his ■hire, and reckoned a strict pun- outward troubles, threw him tn< tan. Johi!) his second son, was to a deep melancholy, that last- born in 1S16. Such was his ed three months, and it was near- proficiency in learning, that he ]y Btc years before he attained was admitted to the university a settled peace, at 13 years of age. He there When the civil war comroenc- pnrsued his studies with such ed, he espoused the Purliament't diligcoce, that for several years cause, nhich his unck, who had he Allowed himself but four supported him at college, so ve- hours sleep in a night. His hemcntly resented, that he at whole aim was, as he afterward once turued him out of his fk- confcued with shame and sor- vour, and settled his estate tipoa row, to rise to eminetice in another person. He then lived church or slate. When Arch- with a gentleman of honour, who, Inshop Laud imposed several though a royalist, used him witb superstilious rites on the uni- great civility ; tiut he going into Tenity, Mr. Owen had received the king's army, Mr. Owen went so much lightithat Wn conscience to London, where he was a per- could not submit to them ; feet stranger. One Lord's daf tad God had now made such hewenttoAldermanbury church, gracious impressions on his to hear Mr: Calamy ; but a heart, as inspired him with warm country minister (of whom he leal for the purity of bis worship could never after hear any thing ind reformation in the church, more ) preached on Matt. viii. 35 Upon this hia friends forsook which discourse was blest ^r the Vol. UI. No. 2. 9
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removal of his doubts, and laid him, " Sir, you are the person I the foundation of that solid peace muat be acquainted with;" and and comfort, which he enjoyed from that time he contracted an through his future life, IKs intimate fnendship with him, health was now restored, and he which continued till death. He vfTOte his liook, called a Display informed Mr. Owen of his in- of Armihianism,which made way tended expedition into Iretand, for his advancement. The com- and insisted on his presiding in mittee for ejecting scandalous tlie college at Dublin. With ministers-presented himi on ac- great reluctance he complied, count of it, with the living of and continued there about a year Fordham in Essex, where h«con- and a half, preaching and oTer- tinued a year and a half, to the seeing the affairs of the college- great satislaction of the parish He then returned to Coggeshall, and country round about. On a but was sooii called to preach at report, that the sequestered in- Whitehall.
cumbent was dead, the patron^ In September, 1650, Crom-
who had no regard for Mr. well required him to go with
Owen, presented the living to him into Scotland. Having
another; on which the people slaidat Edinburgh half a year,
at Coggeshall, about five miles he once more returned to hia
distant, invited him to be their people at Coggeshall, with whom
minister, and the Earl of War- he hoped to spend the remainder
wick, the patron, readily gave of his days>i But he was soon
him the living. Here he preach- called by the House of Commons
ed to a more jndicions and more to the deanry of Christ Church,
numerous congregation (seldom Oxford, which, with the consent
fewer than two thousand] with of his church, he accepted. In
great success. Hitherto he had the following year (when he was
beeu a Presbyterian ; but upon also diplomated D. D.) he was
further inquiry he was convinc- chosen Vice Chancellor of the
cd, that the Congregational plan university, in which office he
was most agreeable to the New continued about five years. This
Testament. Heaccordinglyform- honourable trust he managed
ed a church upon it, which flour- with singular prudence. He
iflhed many years after his death . took care to restrain the vicious*
So great a man could not be to encourage the pious, to prc-
concealed. He was called to fer men of learning and industry,
preach before the Parliament in and under his administration the
1646, and several times after- whole body of the university
ward on special occasions, panic- was reduced to good order, and
ularly the day after the death of furnished a number of excellent
Charles I> His discourse was scbolars, and persons of distin-
on Jcr. XV. 19, 20, and deserves guished piety. He discovered
to be recorded, as a perpetual great moderation toward Pres-
nionument of his integrity, wis- byteriana and Episcopalians ; to
dom, and modesty. Soon after, the former he gave several va-
calling on general Fairfax, he cant livings at his disposal, and
met Cromwell, who, laying his the latter he was ever ready to
baiids en his shoulders) yud to obGgc. He was bospitable in his
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1807-3 Sketch of Dr. Owen. 5\
house ; genertnis in his favours, versity, but he iras stopped hy
and cbarilable to the poor, espe- particular orders from the king,
cially to poor scholars, some of He was afterward invited to be
whom he took into his own fam- professor of divinity in theUnit-
ily, and maintained at his own ed Provinces; but he felt auch a
charge. He still redeemed time love for his native country, that
for his studies, preaching at St. he could not quit it, while there
Mary's and often at Stadham, and was any opportunity of being
other adjacent places, and writ- serviceable in it,
iog some excellent books- In During the Indulgence of
1657 he gave place to Dr. Co- Charles he was assiduous in
nant as Vice Chancellor, and in preaching, and set up a lecture,
1659 he was cast out of his dean- to which many persons of quali-
ry, not long after Richard was W and eminent citizens resorted,
made Protector. The writings, which he cotitin-
After the Doctor had quitted ued to produce, drew upon him . his public station, he retired to the admiration and respect of Stadbam, where he possessed a several persons of honour, par- good estate, and lived privately, tJcularly the Earl of Orrery, till the persecution obliged him the Earl of Anglesea, Lord to remove from place to place, Willoughby, Lord Wharton, and at lenglh he came to Lon.- Lord Berkley, and Sir John Jon, where he preached, as he Trevor. The Duke of York,al- bad opportunity, and continued so, sent for him, and several Triting. His animadversions on times discoursed wilji him con- ft popish book, called Fiat Lux, ccming the Dissenters ; and af- recoramended him to the esteem ter his return to London he was of Chancellor Hyde, who assured sent for by king Charles himself, him that he had di;scrved " the who discoursed with him two best of all English Protestants of hours, assuring him of his favour late years, and that the church and respect, telling him he might was bound to owr) and advance have access to him when he him;" at the same time offer- would. At the same time he as* jng him preferment, if he would sured the Doctor he was for lib- accept it ; but he expressed his erty of conscience, and was sea- surprise, that so learned a man lihle of Uie wrong, done to the embraced the noyel opinion of in- Dissenters; as a testimony of dependency. The Doctoroffered which, he gave him a thousand to prove that it was practised ser- guineas to distribute among eral hundred years pfter Christ, those, who had suffered the against any bishop, his lordship most. The Doctor had friends should please to appoint. But also among the Bishops, partic- Dot withstanding all the good ser- ularly Dr. Wilkins, Bishop of vice the Doctor had done the Chester, and Dr. Barlow, Bishop church of England, he was per- of Lincoln.
■ecuted from place to place. His great worth procured him
When laid aside here, he had the esteem of many strangers,
thoughts of going into New who resorted to him from fbr-
England, where he was invited eign countries ; and many for-
to the government of their uni* tign divines, having read his
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is* Sketch of Dr, Oven. tJ^fy*
Latin works, letmed English Uid cotnelf ; his aspect and de>
for the benefit of the rest. His portment gcnieel ; his mental
correspondence with the learn' abilities incomparable ; his tem-r
ed abroad was great, and sevr per afiable and courteoua ; bis
eral travelled into England, to common discourse moderately
converse with him- His nu> facetious. He was a great mas*
inerous labours brought on him ter of his passions, and possessed
frequent infirmities, by which great serenity of mind, neither
his public services were much elated by honour or estate, nor
interrupted; but he was contin- depressed by difficulties. Of
ually writing, whenever he was great moderation in judgmentt
able to sit up. At length here- and of a charitable spirit, not
tired to Kensington. As he confining Christianity to a party,
was once coming from thf nee to A A^end of peace, and a diligent
London, two informers seized promoter of it amongChristiaQB.
his carnage, but he was dischargT In point of learning he was onft
ed by Sir Edmund Godfrey, a ofthebrightestornamentsofOx*
justice of the peace, who provi- ford- Even Mr. Wood owns
dentially came by at that instant, that " he was well sliilled ivthe
The Doctor afterward removed to tongues, in Rabbinical learning,
a house of hi; own at Ealing, and Jewish rites ; that he had %
where be finished his course, great command of his Englisti
He there employed his thoughts pen, and was one of the &ire8t
on the other world, as one draw- and genteelest writers against
ipg near it, which produced thp church of England." ttii
^is Meditadoni on the glory of Christian temper \a managing
Christ, in which he breathed contro/eray was indeed admira*
out the devotion of a soul con- ble. He was well acquainted
tinually growing in the temper ^'^^ n^*^" *^^ things, and would
pi the heavenly state. shrewdly guesa a man's temper
In a letter, which be dictated and designs on the first acquaintT but two days before his death, ance. His ministerial labours he thus expresses himself to a were incredible. He was an ex- particular friend, "lam going fielleqt preacher, having a gqod to him, whom my soul haa lo^'ed, elocuUon, graceful and affection- or rather, who has loved me ate. On all occasions he could* with an everlasting love, which is without any premeditation, ex- the whole ground of all my con- press himself pertinently on anf tolation. I am leaving the ship subject; yet his sermons wer6 of the church in a storm ; but, well studied, though he general; -while the great Pilot is in it, the ly used no notes in the pulpit, loaaof a poor under rower will be His piety and devotion were cm- inconudera&le. Live, and pray, inent, and his experimental and hope, and wait patiently, knowledge of spiritual things and do pot despond ; the prom- very great ; and in all relations ise stands invincible, that he will he demeaned himself a^ a never leave us, nor forsake us." Christian.
He died on Bartholomew day, Dr. Savage, one of his succea*
)683, aged G7. His stature was sors, observes " that he was one
tall; his visage grave, majestic, of the first of our countryo^Oi
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1807.] SJ^tcA of Dr. Oweit. 53
whm enicvteinfcd jutt and libenl tltbrruioM Aoot unim amons
notions of tbe right ot printe Protutanis. Vindication (^
jodgment and toleratioD ; which Nonconformiata from charge of
be Wfts tumeaC and zealoui schism. Account of the nature
eiHMgbtoniaiDCaminhiswritings, of the Protestant religion,
when the times were the least Ociavo, Two catechisms,
encouraging ; not onty when the Rules forchuTch fellowship. Di.
DiSMDtcra were suffering perse,' striba de justitia dirinc. Mortt*
cution under Charles II. hut in fication of sin in belteven. Dis-
1647, when the Parliament was course of the true nature of
"arriTcd at full power, and he was schism. Review of ditto, with
in nncb repute." a vindication of Cbng^gational
WoKKS. Folio. The saints' churches. Nature and power of
perseverance. Expositions on temptation. Defence of Cotton
the Hebrews, 4 volumes. Com- against Cawdry. Exercitationes
plete collection of bis sermons 4 pro sacins Scripturis. Divin*
and several tracts. Discourses origin and authority of Scripture,
on the work of the Spirit. Primer for children. Animad*
Quarto. A jiBplay of Armin- versions on Fiat Lux. Vind)ca<
ianism. Duty of pastors and tion of ditto. Brief instractioa
people. Salu* Electoram San- in the worship of Cod. Maturt
guis Jesn. Of the death <^ Of indweUing sin. Truth and
Christ. VindicisEvangeticBiOr innocence vindicated in a sur>
the mystery of the gospel. Of vey of a discourse of ecclesiasti*
comauinlon with God, Father, cal polity. Brief vindication of
Son, and Spirit. De naiurje, or- the Trinity. Of- tbe SaWjath,
(u, progressn, and studio vers Ice. Ofevangelicallove, churc^
Tbrologiie. Exposition of the peace and unity. Vindication of
130th Paalra. Doctrine of jus- his book on communion witk
tificatiao by faith through im- God, against Dr. Sherlock's ex*
puted righteousness. Glorious ceptlona. Nature of aposUsy.
nyatery of the person of Christ. Reason of bith in Scripture.
Grace and duty of being spincu- Ways and means of understandr
lllf minded. Inquiry into the ing the mind of God in Scrip*
original, nature, Sec. of evangelir ture. Testimony to the good*
eal churches. True nature of a ness and severity of God in hi;
gospel church, and its govern- dealing with sinliil chnrches
nent- Review of the annota- and nations. Work of the
tiona of Grotius. Discourse on Spirit in prayer. Meditations
lititrgies and their imposition, pa the glory of Christ, fcc. in
Indulgence and toleration con- two parts. Dominion of sin and
ndered. A peace-offering, or {[race. Evidence of the faith of
plea for indulgence. Church God's elect ; and three sermon^
pf Rofne D4 ufe guide. Con- in the morning eit^rciaes.
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54 Account of the Death of Lady Huntmgdm. [Jufy,
«K jtocoOMT- OF TBK DB&TH Bee BifselFa poor worm dnwtng
OF LAST HTiNTiMODOK.* ncBT him- What hope could I
&1, Dr £r.m,, dalcd J.- ■Bcuy of h,. Hood, md toracd
,..,_- . as a pciaoner of iiope to this
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HAViso.fortunatcIy met with anything of mine give a mo- aBhortaccount of theUst daysof meni'i rcEl to a departing sou! f the CoiiuteBs of Huntingdon ; So much sin and self mixing (hough I could not obtuiu her ^ith the best, and always so life, and knowing that you wish- fbon of what we owe ! It is well Cd tomethiog upon the subject, for us that he can pity and pai^ I herewith transmit it for your don: and we have confidence Supplement ; and shall he pleas- that he will do so. I confess, ed to hear you are of the same my dear friend, I have no hope opinion with Bometif your breth- but that which inspired the dyr Pen in Edinburgh, viz. that there ing malefactor at the side of my is no impropriety in publishing Lord ; and I must be saved ia an account ot Lady Hijotingdon'a the samo way, as freely, as fully, death, without the life. I hava or not at aU." ■ubjoiued a letter from hermed- . The friend said, " Madam, I ical friend' If you iipprove of cordially join you, and fall in it, as it bears such a stiong tea- with you. Though our lives limony in t>cr favour, and cor* may be devoted tp. l,be.work of nborates the truth of the pre- Jtsus, and our deaths the conse- ceding narralive, I, hope both Quence of the service, it is not may edify. tf> those sacrifices we could look siome little time before her for comfort in a dying hour." ladyship's last con&oement, one She replied " No, verily." And of the clergymen whom she hon- £nlnrgingon the idea of the mix* oured with her confidence, spendp ture of infirmity and comiptioD ing a day wUh her ss he passed which tarnished