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OP THE ,\ •;;; / Pmvince of ^ E B EC, ' AT THE : U PRIM A R Y VISITATION Y * ' ' ' ' V HOLDEN IN THE CITY OF QPEBEC, Ja-: 1 ■ '•■ IN THE MOMTH Or AvGUST t%t^. ■. ■ .. ":-"" » . • ■ ■ . . . • ' '> ' ■ "1 ' " .'■■■' f The Right Reverend CHARLES, ■ ■ . ^ ■ " ■■■■■..,- ■ , . ■■■ * S IS HOP »/ NOVA S COT J A, - . ----'■'!: ■ ■ ."' ■ ■* "1.1 1 ,. ... ^ . HALIF4JCI * ■ • \, ■ • Trintcd hj ANTHONY HEN^IY ; Printer to the King* Moft Excellent Majefly. ^ ■■/ 1 t •5 i^i -)'-=> t: Mr R»VER«ND ButTMMM, rr^ HE r.l«lo»/wck. Aro»,k .h. r»a pr»,M.«. of 0,4. A I b«r to y/.. male.. " my indifpcfibl. d.qr to p«a«e your w.lf.r*/d *. fuccf. of Vour nuaiftry. by «cnr ».4od .„ „, p,/, »a your «ry rf.aio«... bd-vi.". during -T Uu^rn C«.d.. .dd. .oti,. fonn^ obUgado.. «d do.» -- ■.o^ou. mc .0 h.fi»« i»coa.p.yUg ,«h 0,. ddl« Y.^ .i- Prcftdthac 4. following CW »•'«'«'« P""""^' ,,U1hou.dfe««ln»y<''»-«^"*^^°"''' aifcha,sl«gth..rduou.dutl«ofy,.r funaion— ^duou. « .U . .V„e. »d in .1. pl«c.. but p«uli„ly «ia peHift th* fakatloii Of thofe whom He hath com- '". mkted to out care t '■"'■'..' ■ May thefe lefleftion. dwell upon Your mind., and ftimul.tc Ydur exertions in th? caufe of God. of his truth, and of hi. # ^ple. —That He may crown Ydor labours with fuccef., indte You inftruments of advancing hi. kingdom here, and par- tacn of hii glory hereafter, ii the daily, indent Prayer of * » ■ ■■ ^ Your affeOionatc Brother, \ trd humble fervant. CHARLIES. NOVA-SCOTIA. HALIFAX^ December 30, ijSg. t Itcv^cl. I. 16. * ncert ig u nee— nsf. nd e ■ ^ ft t Tk :e in vain !« Ida the feves lighM in liii and merita. c hath com* d ftitnulatc and of hla # ith fuccefa, > And par. of riA. f. :v»-t " :" :V ii) » «() TriE . 3ISH0P OF NOVA^ SCOTI.Vs CHARGE TO Tllli CLERGY OF THfe PKOVINCE OP oyEBBC. MY REVEREND BRETHREN, TH E information which You were fo good 2^8 to tranfmit to me concerning I "he ftatc of religibn in this province, in anfwer to he Queftion^ I h[id fent to You on that; fubjed, ncreafed the anj^iety ^which I felt before, to vifit his part of my cnarge as foon as pofHble ..I now ncerely praifc the Almighty for his mercy in bring- ig us togtether, after travelling fo great a dift-> nce^much greater than is ufual on fuch occafi- nsf On Your farther information, advice nd exertions I much rely for afHftance in the dif- : .charge I t The diftance from Halifax to Quebec ia reckoned ««# cm/ami miles Some of the Clergy came jiljout /i«r buudrtt ilea tg Ubie Viiitation at Quebec. . ■ Q r.t \/^ V (^ / f I ■(•! ■■^. -:i- h.- .i •« he i from to it-, HE! «« boi fin/* Hcnc ,'.:',,' ■;■■:■■■■;■■■:■■■■•■ :'V { 6): J'^' ■■.:■■•;.. \:,:\ charge of my duty • and I pray God that he would voucKfafc a blcffing to our joint endcavonrs for|*« wor promoting the kingdom of our divine maftcr. The printed Charge to the Clergy of another province, * which I have already put into Your hands, contains the fentiments that I wi(h to in- culcate concerning the end and ohje-ft of the paft oral office, as well as the duties and conduft o the Clergy. I refer to it here, as it will fuperfedi theneceiiity ofeahrging, at prefent, on feveralihimi points that are there handled •, and 1 requeft that! to be You would confid^r thitCba^^s as direftcd to you J ed tt equally with thofe to w^om it was firft deUver-l Lord cd.— I (half therefore proceed to fomc other matters J ua t( . , . , . - I circu TiTERE are two, charafleriftics which cmmcntl diftinguifh the Gofpel of Jefus Ghrift. — -One is, that holinefs of life to which his followers are called i the other is, thatjnutual love or bencvol cnce which his difciples fliould cherifh toward ^ach othijr. Jesus thrift, the eternal Son of God, aflumed ^ur nature, and offered himfelf a facrifice upon thft Crofs, for this exprefs purpofe ^" that he •V might redeem us from, all iniquity, and purify '^ to himfelf a peculiar people, zealous of good -,'■ .■ V V;.> ■ ■ ■■.•;« works." of re «« a « cr • Cbar^i to the Ckrgy pf the Dipcefe of Nova-Scotit, '^ijSsJ r A Lori his J « A " 1< .« a *« t t 4 H ••works." t .He is therefore a Saviour, bcCauf« . •• he faves his people from their fins"*-.not only from the guilt of fin, and the condemnation due to it-, but from its dominion and power. Hence his gracious invitation to - all who !a-^ u bour and are heavy lackrTwjth the >. fin, *« to come to him -, and he will g,vc them rW. J H^nce his injundion of felf denial, an^ following him in all holinefs and renunciation of fin, m order to be his difciples. On this principle we arc affur- ed that without holinefs, no man (hall fee the Lord. 4.— That in Chrift Jcfus, nothing can avail us to falvation-neither circumcifioh, nor uncir- circumcifed-no form of godhnefs, no profeflSon of religion, or zealous attachment 19 a party> but «« a new creature-a new man, which after God i» « created in rightcoufncfs and true holiiicfs."ll As to mutual love, or benevolence, our bleflcd Lord in his laft affeaionate difcourfe, decUred to his Apoftles, and to all his followers in them « A new cpmandmcnt I give unto You, that ye « love one another, as I have loved you, thatyc « alfolovc^ne another. By this (hall all men knoi/f that ye arc my difciples, if ye have love onc^to another.! '■: ' ;' .- ■ ■ "■ ■ ' f Tiw» k. H? • Mttth. I. 214 Mttth. XI. 18; 4 l?eb. XII. H' , \^„r H Qil. V. f Ephef. IV. 24- S J«**' ^^' S4r 35- «c :,*»^T i. . The founders of different fe(5ls in religion j^i philofo|ihy, appointed certain marks/igns or badge by which, their difciples were feverally diftingyifh ed. Thefe were of lictle confequence, .arKl often kindled animofity. Kut the badge of Chriftiaris the mark Which was to diitinguifti them from -all others, was benevolence alnd mutual love. Of this love to mankind, our Saviour's whole. life was a bright example ; and as he loved themjlfo were they to Ipvc one. another. \y.. ^Th>se .are Womirient features in the Chriftian chVra<*fen* F^olineis: of life, and benevolence of In n iti atth( Itwa I en:; rupti ftate. it (2 hum; Yet tion mor< ceSj'tdifijft title i^nd ch'ara^ler, without thefe, are uttjfyilj vain and \grqtihdreis. '; ' J^ ^ , .Ty^s is evidently thje cafe of every one who liope s fof TalVaticif th rough the Spa ^ feod. 1 ^!^9yf9^V^^^'^^P,^^^^ ?ny irnanlcah claim an exemption from the acquifitidriini/cOnftant pradtice 6f holmefsaiicl -charity. ^: As they are pe- cijharly cliaraaeriftia real ChrifeikhVto ^are ^^^yl0^^^^^^t ncciajlary tp fit us for heaLvcri. " And tftmht true of all wh6 fiaih'c the n^ttii Cf^Chrift— even of Laymen, vrha^ever their rank 6r*^ 66hdifion onifemay be^ furcr/ it' muft bie equally true of the Clergy^of ttHofet^^hafetvcut theiltM-^of thofe ,: ■-... .. ■ ,•■■'■ : '"■' i* "/','. who ,.v^^ t sW- ■:-'-i^:" ^■" religion 9fi gns or badge Y diftingqifh.| ce, arKl oitei fChriftiaris em from "all ove. Of this pie. life was a lemjifo were ... H.. . : . the Chriftian nevblencc of i31 Wjho afplre d 3,tt preteii- It there, are cry one who M tJbd! 1 laa can claim 'ani'cbnftant tliey are !pe- ifliari'; fo are leavcn. And it oFChrift— 6r^'66iidifion rally true of ItM-^ofthofe ' ' '\ . who ho arc to be examples to the flock of Chrift» and uidesto others in all holinefs, mceknefs, love and odly converftition. In reading the hiftory of the Chriftlan Churchy n its early ftages, we are ftruck with aftonilhment ^t the rapid and esctenfive progrefs of the Gofpcl* It was oppofed by idolatry, then univer fall y preva- lent i by deep rootfcd prejudices, and by the cor- ruptions of human nature in their moft aggravated ftate. The hand of Civil powibr was raited againft it i and every engine of wit,yenius, learning and^ human authority was employed to overthrow it. Yet notwithftanding, it rof^fuperior to all oppof^ tion i and the triumphs of/the Crofs were difFuf(j more widely than thofe of the Roman Eagle. D6tJBtLis5 this was the Lord's doing i hish^nd was ftretched out in conferring miraculous po^^ to fupport his infant Church againft the cbmbl efforts of darknefs and of this earth. But beftdcs thofe powers. Providence did then, aS ufual,^atry Oh its defigns by the ufe of means and feCondarf criufes adapted to the purpofe; and there Was no (econdary caufe or means that contributed more to the fuccef«of the Gofpel, than the holy and ex- emplary lives of its Minifters— — of its BilhopS, Priells and Deacons* « i^ " ^ The Chriftian Clergy then literally follow^ the example of Jcfus Chrift, and the precepts deliver- '.w. ■:■■.. .■ B ■ ^^ ^: cd w^. — 3r ■ ■:^- ■■■ -^^ 1l ■ 'r:-;:\',; -:.:': ■(•loy-.' ■■.■■ ctf fey liim and his inipif ed Ap6(llcs,com:irning their condud. They denied themselves, they too^f. up .the Crofs daily, they devoted thcmfdves to the fervice and will of God. They were living exam- ples, to Believers, in word, in convcrfation, in cha- rity, in faith, in purity. This caught the eye of every beholder- this carried conviftion to every bofom i and a religion which exhibited fuch amia- ble cffeas in the liVes of its Minifters, was irrefift- able in its pi;Ogr«^' .■ A- .-.■ ■■.■■■■■/.■■ ■' ■ This circumftance, Co conducive to the fuccefs of Chriftianity at its firft dawn, is no lefs neceffary now for propagating the Gofpel^ for maintaining its credit, and fupporting its influence. Perhaps! might fay, it is more neceflary ; for the extraordi- nary interpofitions of heaven* being withdrawn, when Chriftianity is received and eftablifhed •, fo much thc^nore attention to the ordinary means for Propagation of the Gofpel, is required. But be this a*s it will 5 it is unqueftionably^rue, that the fame diligence and exertion., — the fame deadnefs to the world and its feducing blandiftiments — -the fame bright example of holinefs and expanded be- nevolence in the Clergy, are inculcated by the Gof- "pclntfw, as well as formerly, and are equally ne- ce0ary to its fiicceft. Ip this feolds good of the Clergy every where, as Jt certj^inly docs, You may cafily conceive of )lifhed •, fo f means for i. But be te, that the e deadnefs ents— -the panded be- )y the Gof- equaliy ne- ery where, :onccive of faow who much momeAt a due atteij/ioti to thefc mat- ters is in this country, where^hc Prpte^i^nt Clergy are fo few in numbers and where fo mucjx the more mult confcqucntly depend 6n their perfoqal quah- ties, condua: and exertions. Thus fituatcd, any neglc.^, any miftcp. or difqualification m them - would:.bc peculiarly fatal. \ Be aflurcd that nothing now faid. or that I (hall fity hereafter, isfpoken to reproaclrany ijvdi^^iduaU but by wav of admonition, and \vhich I apply to myf^lf; as' well as to You. W^re there pccaficm for it, (though probably there is none/l roi^ht ufe the concluding words of St. J^rom'^ fester to Nepotian on tWs fobjeft _" O ur Intention^ >yas not c« to reproach the guilty, but by admomtipn to •« prevent guUt.-^l have not injured any one j « no individual is mentiohedin what I have whttci^r. «• ^mydifcourfe has been againft what is amifs in " general- if any one therefore is offended, he «« thereby confefleth that he isfaulty-f" —The circumftances of our Churcft on this con- ^ tinent in general, and particularly in this country, have hitherto fabjefted the Clergy to many diffi. culties anddifcouragements, Blcffed;b« God, fame .B2: f^ t Ncc iavcai fumu» in cos qui peccant, fed ne pcccent mo- nuimu5. . . ;.. Nullum l«fi. nullius nomen mea fcnptura dcfig- natum eft. -----. Geneialis de vinis difputatio ; jui mih. irafci voluerit, ipfc dc fc quod tali, fit conlucbitur. Hi. ROM. AD Nepotian. i»j^M«» ,. ■ v:\ . :■ :..;^' . r. ■^;' ■■■■■■:: -■■^^■■';.- ', • J- . of thele are, in n great degree, now removed •, and we ihould with patience wait for God's good time to remove others.— One circumftance ihould not be paflTsd over, as it efpecially relates to Ycu, and is ^erjr pleaHng — Perhaps there is/no part of the King's dominions abroad, where religion meets with more encouragement from the example of the fu- preme Magiftrate— ,His Majefty's Rcprefcntative, A fubjeft of warm gratitude to the Almighty ow Mo prefents itfelf, in the recovery of our snpft gracious and beloved Sovereign from the dan- gerousiil^efs with which he was lately afflidled. God lias been nicixifally pleafcd to reft ore him to the ar-^ dettt prayers oNijs people— a blefling for which they cannot be fufficieMy^ thankful ^ and a fenfe of which, I truft, you wUTnot fail to imprefs upon your rcfpective flocks.* Sincerely thankfull for this ahd^ther inftances of divine goodnefs, and relying onius^ promife, who hath declared that he will be prefen^ith his faith&l ' * The joyful tidings of the King's recovery reached Halifax a few days btfore.I embarJced to vifu the Ifland of :>t. John, and Quebec. I carried the firll account of it to both of thofe pUces ; at each of which, as well as at Halifax, I preached on -the occafion. His Majcfty's American Subjeas expreffcd a proper fenfe of thisfig- nal mercy , and fliewed every mark of unfeigned joy. A day of Pui/tc TbanifivtHg was appointed in each of the three ProvinceSf *pd in tlic Ifland of«t. John. ; ■ ._, ^^it-r '■■■ ''''^mmmm ,.) " ',■ ■' /•■ faithful Mlniftcrf, to affift and fupport th=m in their p.ous labours, even unto the end of the world * let us proceed with vigour in the difcharge of our refpeetivc duties •, forming fuch arrangements, and purfuing that line of conciuft, which will be moft ef- fcilual to promote the Redeemer's Kmgdom, and cftabliih the power of his relgion in our own hearts, and in the hearts of our Brethren. There is certainly no office, iti its nature, of more dignity -, in its defign,of greater ufe j in the due Txecution, of more public benefit j or m th There is none, on the other hand, that will meet with ftronger oppofition from the corruptions of human nature, and from our fpintual advcrfary. Nor is there any that requires greasier or more ttn- remitting exertions-, none that calls for more prudence, temper and fortitude ; accompanied with a glowing 2cal for the everlafting happinefs of otlfet^ i and an examplary life, to encourage and guide them in the path of Salvation. I'nESi are matters which fhould be very fen- oufly c^fidered by all who undertake that^oJBicc. They Ihoukfiroily refolvc. by the Grace of God to aft fuitably tothofe circuroftanccs i and to tu - ^^- till t See Dr. Brat'i Bi6Jiiiiie$ PMrtikislu. ?. ?• s ■ ^ r .{■■"■: X All the fojemn engagements they are under to God and his Church. Neccdity is laid upon them; yea^ wo be unto them, if they pt^each not thc{ Gofpel, and live up to its fpirit and^reccpti. * When You were admitted into the office ©f Pricft in the Church of England, You were fo- lemnly reminded that You were to be ««* Mcf- fengcrs. Watchmen and Stewards of the Lord ; to teach and to premonifh, to feed and provide for, the Lord's family ; to feek for Chrift's Sheep that are difperfed abroad, and for his children who are in the midft of this naughty world, that they may be favcd through Chrift for ever." Tou were admonifhedr— " to confider with Yourfelves the end of Your miniftry towards the children of God, towards the Spoufe and Body of Chrift; and to fee that You never ccafe Your la- bour. Your care ai^d diligence, until you have done ^U that lieth in You, according to Your boun4cn duty, to bri;ig aU fuch ^ are, qr ftiall be, committed to Yoi»r charge, to a due faith and knowledge of God ; to a riperiefs and perfedion in Chrift i fa that no place be left among You, either for error in religion, or vicioufnefs in life." ** And forafmuch as] Your Office is both of (b great excellency, and of fo great difficulty. You were farther rem4nded,~with wiiat great care andftudy You ought to apply Jf5 ) Ltght (hew Yoarfclvc. thankful to the Lord who placed Yo* in that dignity ■. « alfo to beware, that neither Yoa Yourfelves offend, nor be the occafion Ithat others offend." "But as the will and ability for this, is given of God alone_You were exhorted to pray con- tinually to God the Father, by the mediation of our llyViour Jefu. Chrift for the heavenly afliftance of the Holy Ghoft •, that b/ B.'>''»8 ^f 'j ftlve. whLuy to this office, and fett.ng afide all Worldly ct re—and by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures. Ye might waic riper and ftronger in your Miniftry •, and lo endeavour, by Gods grace, t(, fanftify the lives of You and Yours, and_ to f.(hio^ them after the rule and doanne of Chrift, that Ye might be wholfome and godjy ex- amples and patterns for t\>e people to follow + 1 have made thefe extrafts from the Ordination Office, as they fliew what care the Church of Eng- land has taken that the paftoral charge be duly executed; what the nature of thit charge is, ac- cording to her principles ; and as they may fenre to renrindbofh You and myfelf of what ftould be the "conftant and principal objed of our attention. A Clergyman (hould ever keep in viewjdie end that is aimed at by his o%e-_which ts^he fal- ' vation M4a V f Sa ihl Fcrm anil Mmiut '/ crJiring fritfl. of his (16) . Vation of his flock. Of this end he fhould never lofc fight — it fhould be prcfcnt with him contihually. and he fhould regulate his words and adions,' every part of his condud, fo as to be fub'- fcrvicnt to it. To this, he fhould devote his time und labours; to this, he (hould facriflce his eafe» his paffions, his prejudiees— — nay, even ^is tem- poral intereft, fhould they come in competition. The great ambition of.a Clergyman fhould be, that his people be 'well informed of their duty • that their lives be conformed to the precepts of the Gofpel \ and that its mild, pure and loving fpirit may be daily exemplified in their convcrfation. To accomplifh this, he fhould fhew them by his ex- -ample, ais well as inftrudion, how they are to prac* tife their duty : In him, as*ina mirror, they fhould fee how they are to live-, — whilfl his dodVrines in- form their minds, his life fhould point out the path they are to tread. And as the ambition of a Clergyman fhould be to fee to his flock thus diftinguifhed.by their Chrif* tlan knowledge and practice •, fo fhould he deem it hisgreatefl misfortune and punifhment that they continue barren /inder his Minli^ry^.and flrangers to the Chriftian life^ md temper, /jgi^inft this, 'his fervent petitions* fhhuld lie daily offered tb the throne of Grace-— ^againft this, fhould his labours ti^ exertions be tfiredled. He fhould be an earn- cflk intcrcffTor with God in behalf of his j;kopl^ • .thsit A^ would be pleafed to take from them all ■■■■■' ■ -^-......:,...../,.,....-.--: ■•■•■•\. hardnefs ^I^STflf 'W-WT-y[-r .#" )e an earn- ^P^' h,rdnefs of heart .nd contempt of h» «»">; and like the dteffer of the vineyard tn the Gofpel, he fhould pray that the barren Fig-tree my be fp.r. %^Zt he Ly renew hi. anxious endeavour, to make it fruitful.f For as the p.ous and pnmitiv*, Bilhop Wilfon obferves— " He who bewa.U not .. the fins of his people i and does not. by h.. " own tears, make, as it were, fome »>nend« for « their impenitency, is not worthy to be their m. '**tercc(ror with God.* — ^ ^„ _:^. To the want of prudence and temper, arc owing many of the evils of human life. In no ftation are thofe qualities more ncceflary than in that of a Clergyman. Whatever allowances may be made to otliers for the want of them, none will be midc to him. A contrary difpofition will have the molt malignant effca on all his miniftrations, and defeat every purpofe of his office. Like holinefs of life, and purity of manners, no talents or acquirement* can ctampenfate for them. You cannot therefore be too careful in preferving an even, Chriftian ' temper •, uniformly purfuing , without paffion or violence, the end of your calling •, and facrificing refentment and every prejudice $o that important •«,■■■ - ■ objed. Whilst there is fin, corruption and bigotry iit the world -whilft there are men of unreafonablc . c tempers t Luke XIII. 8. o. • Bi ). ZIO. Rail, at Bath, 1781. • Bilhop Wil.80N*fl mri^. Vol. |. ■I.'-. ^^ t :W »' t ■£■.;-■- ,r»'^ -^— "s^s^n ? '"^p"' •^^W ( I« J tempers in it, to whom the yoke of the Gofpel isl A painful burden I You may be aiTured of nieetingl oppofition and provocation. This was the cafe ofl pur bleflfed Saviour of his Apoftles — of ail holy' men from thetr time to the prefcnt hour. You{ muft not therefore expeft to be exempted from thefe trials. They are part of that Crofs which You are to take up daily j and Your bufincfs is, not to be overcome of evil } but to^apPcrcome evil with good.* ,. (r 7 Tmcsb reflexions will naturally point out the C6fidu6l and exertions that are required in You; and alfo the temper and fpirit with which You fhould perfc%i Your minifterial duties. 1 ihalj briefly touch upon the latter. I. A» Clergymen of the ChurclWf England, You fhoul4 ftriem would U % violation '^^^^^If^!^^^^^', ^^ ^eftf"'^*^® to order, and pp^liP^us ^religion. a. Application to ftudy, particularly to Thco- logy, is neceflkry to fupport Your own reputation ; and to qualify You for the performance of Your 4uty with advantage to others. St. Paul exhorts Timothy- .« to give atten- "tion Rom^ Xllf SI. ) . .fe' *»» . ^ « tjon ■ J . tion to ttJiki toTxhorftion. » «'!"}•— i to m^uX tbe/c .hiaga, «»d g»v« h.mfclf. L wholyto then., that hi. profiting mi^Kt appea. I. to all "+ 1' ro™ hence we may learn the fenle o» • 'this great Apoftle on the fubjeft, and how necef. Mirv he judged an application to ftudy wa« m the Kiftian Cle°rgy. Academical knowledge, acquired P;re early pa'rt of fife. lay. the foundation »^^ eminence in the. Clerical profeflion. »« *« P^^ fon who reft, contented with that fowndation---.- 'who doe. not by ftudy and application. rwM /-^J: Se fuperftruaure upon it. will find ^^^^^ perience how infufficient it is to '"^r Nn ,f ^J^' the paftoral office, with l*""" " ' ''/'"Sarch S' Jt to others, and edifieation to the Cljurc^i ot IX is evidently proper that /«»«><"jf^J^ J,f acquainted with the grounds and reafon. of the Pro, . ^-TThfci Lr; ku Dioccfe to amgcnt reading and ftudy hortmg the Clergy otm^ .^ ^,„ hat. ifc. thcfe expreflions—- .^" ^^/iaic, lazy parochial pneft ii .« ever is very Contemptible ; b«t an^°^'^' ;n«cufeable. What! u of all mortals the «^f ^^ 'f fo' e^^^^^^^^ ^»^« ^•^^*- u fomuchbufmefs »n M^"^^ Jfr.N.t.0... Vo'- M- o. — f59(- n *i\K'. m '':-^v.:;:v-A;'"-<-^-;-- ^'\r ■ti. ■ .■ . i to ) . ■■■■■-" ' " ' ^' tcftant RcHgion'; niot indeed that -You may be con- tentious, or give tauile(« oifence by unneccflarily in- 1 troducingvdifputes, which feldom do any good, 4nd jnay be produaive of bad efFc6bs : But that You may be able to give an anfwer to every, man that aflteth You a Jfcafon for the hope that i^ in Youvwithi meeknefs -aft^ fear.* Our language abounds with excellent treatifes on the fubjeit -, and I would juft| <>bferve farther, vthlt nek to the Holy Scriptures, there are" perhaps no books better calculated to con- 1 firm a proteftant of the Church of England in his principles, than the writings of the primitive Fa- thers of the fiiftftfur Centuries ; which You would! do Well to tonfult, fofar as Your fituation and circumftances will admit. "Whether infidelity has made any advances in thefe parts, I know not. Confideriiig how flat- tering it id to the pride, and how indulgent to the corruptions, of human nature, there is reafon to ' apprehend «i ■ ,v ■ • ' , •^ I. Peter III. 15.- —" Indeed this is not a feafon forin- " temal controverfies, while Mofcs, and Jesus Christ, and If even the pi r$t cause, are affailcd with a boldnefs which will *« ^ftonilh the nineteenth century, (hould it prove more virtuous «• an4 learned than the eighteenth'* See Ju inquiry into the ftcondary ,caujes ivhich Mr. Cihlons has ajfrgned for the raptd\ gromjtbof Chripamty. By Sir David DAtRYMrLE, p. 191. Edit. Edinburgh, 1786. 410.-^ — a work which abounds m good Icaminl; applied with judgment and temper; and from which the m^LorunoUYit Decline and Fall of tht Roman Empire may derive many ifefal hints to improve a future edition of his Hiftory, -^ -. ^ .onrthend it will meet with a kind reception (ram rvmlperfons in many pLvces. T'>%g"'"";:, "! reafons of Revealed Religion are therefore a fubjea tTwhich the Clergy (hould every -^ere d'reS the r ftudies. And thi« is the more necefl&ry. as the S::;es of mfidelity, a., by a Fj^--^; affiduous in making P'^f^iV'^^.^tt^felclty Tnd cU\m to a fuperioritv of erudition, lagacity ana Sliding i themfeives. and in the champ.^.^ of their caufe. I AM noftranger to thl^rite«?*rf the fide of • f/iL in the laft and prelent Century ; and I " f Ilidlv dec la" I fee not the fmalleft ground muft candidly declare, l ^ '7 ?'\Ve r-^tlmp^ to Sle the principles of alert in ^^^ ^''"''"P" ' .v,^^ feldomgive us any £ dfe tha'" tie r Z'crS fpecula^ons. which S-nant to the common fenfe^and exper..^c of ZkLl —To fpeak in the fofteft terms..th.s SS: an affeaatl of finguUrity. which is by no n.eans a proof of fuperior talents. improvements weie ( 22) who have obtruded their fpeculatibns on the world in behalf of infidelity.f ■ •» A Genius very different from, and fuperior to, theirs — .a genius, whofe rays were much brighter and (Ironger, illuminated the Bacons and Boyles, the Lockes and Newtons, to whom fcience is really indebted for its improvements. Thefe, and others like them, are the men who rightly applied the ex- cellent talents that were beftowed upon them— — thefe, and fuch as they, are the men who enlarged the fphere of human knowledge, and cultivated the human underftanding ; and thefe were fincere and devout Believers. So that if Chriilianity fiood in need of fuch an argument, (though it certainly does not) it has unqueflionably the Superiority of human talents on its tide.* That f f Bkvcker, in his Critical Hifiory of Poiio/opAy, has given a pretty accurate account of thofc perfons who, fmce the revival of letters, were mftinguifhed by their genius, and contributed to the improvement of faience. The account is brought down nearly to the middle of the prefent Century; and I do not recoiled tha? he mention^ any one Infidel that was eminent for his talents, and made any ufeful.difc6veries, or added to the ilock of human know- ledge in any article of importance. Vide B a u c k . Hijf. Critic. Tbilof. Vol. IV. V, Lipfiae, 1733. 17744. 410. To this pur- pofe alifQ, the /f/^0r/a univer/alis Atheifmi et Atheorum of Reim, man, the Ti/e/es Theologica de Atheifmo et ^Huf>erJiitione of&vO' p£VS« LEiAND*5 VieiM of Dtifical Writters, and others on the fubje£l> m^y be confvilted ; and the refult will be found the €uas. . > ■■■■''';" ■■>•"■■■ '■\ '■■... ;,"■■ _•■■; • See thllpolnt very ably ftated by thelearaed Dr. Jortin in a C/^^rj^f he deliverdd, as Archdeacon of London, May ^, 1765, andprinted in the feventJ^ voluroe of his fermons. " To the Gofpel, tt f^^ ff- ■*'« -5 ff^^ ~ the world perior to, L brighter i Boyles, B is really tid others sd the ex- them— I enlarged :ultivated re lincere lity ftood certainly riority of That has given a [le revival of ibuted to the ivn nearly to scolleft that talents, and uman know- ^ift. Critic, To this pur- um of Reim^ me o/*BuD- d others on be found the . JORTlNlO ay ^, 1765, > the Gofpel, That You (hould have a competent knowledge of this fubiedt, is evident, not indeed to be con- tentioU9 it «( (( (( (C fays ie, and to thofe W mls- ^Te en ttions have not onl/ been deteaed , but mueh l.ght ha. been thrown on various paffages of EcclefiaMcalH.ftory, and odter rrefts clnefted with Revelation , whieh will ferve to confe™ he LtonalChriftian in his faith. This h« been done bjr Dn; cL"„;MiohisX«.^-(.; by Mr. D»v„ .nh.s £««.,.«,« andX/vi by S.a Dav.d D^tRVMrLE in hts ^W-J-T b1opW.tsL inhis'^^.fc^y/.'- CMJlianityi and by Mr. Icrlo heXVthand XVIth Chapters ofMr. G,«.». H.ft^J. sCIral udici™ ftriaures on that Hillory are alio contained m beveraljuaii^iju .,, ckri/liant a/" the firft Three Cen- ,urie„ reJtea,ng,becn. G»*^ _^_^^^^._^^ doeshonourtothe reiitrc:^:«f-c„j„ve^^^ faaorily proved f /""'"'f'"' '^"'t- aid has refuted every fomelearnamen J»<> "'""^'j ,^ ^d EdU of his Letun, 8vZ objeftion to Its authenticity. S« ri-e Jdt ^ ^ ^j^^ jj,^ .785 Other., whofewritrngsi ha cn^^^^^^^ ^ ceived no ^mfwcr/ l»c was onaniwerablc. ■ ■/ »' . ■■j^'l*^ ■-: ''t| grccaBly to the preceding reflexions ; after prc- mifing this one obfervation— that the beft defence of Ghriftianity, and the'n)qft,triumphant refutation of its adverfaries, or of \^any that may oppofe Yo!^ is, Your own uriblemifhed condudl. If, whilftzealoufly engaged in promoting the falv^tion of Your Brethren, the native purity and bencvo- lertccof Chrift'f religion be exhibited in Your lives and convermtion J the mouth of eainfayers will be ftopt God himfelf will be on Tour fide i and if he be for You, it is of little confequence who is a- gainft You. ^. Preaching is a 4ut:y fo neceflary and bcncr ficial, fo univcrfally expeded fropi Clergymen, and may be' made (b conducive to the purpofes of edi- fication and godlinefs •, that a Clergyman cannot be too afliduous in qualifying himfelf for this part of iiis fun6tioD. WgitsT employed in that office, he {hould con- ildcr himfelf as the Ambaflador of Jefus Chrift, to publifh his will to mankind, to inftrud them in their duty, and perfuade them to the pradtice of it. Hi& mat-ter and manner HiOuld be fuitable to the dignity of that ch«ra6^er. His fubjeft (hould be interefting and weighty \ his language perfpicuous, plain, and intelligible •, his manner ferious and ani- mated ; and his pronunciation diftindtj^clear and proper. Any glaring defed in thefe.muft hiavc an unhappy effed9>nd defeat the end SThis Preach- 4ng. ,« ^ ^£VE- N mmm Revelation %plie?fo rich a variety of intcreft. ing fuMcas, that a man can fcarcely be at a lofs .ii> ihuan^. . The chief difH:ult/ is, m feU^VnS thofe t^at are beft adapted to the clrcuinftances of the place and audience, and in this, a Oergym^ti muftexcrcire his judgment, accordmg t9 the oD. fervations he ha« made. There i? a fafhion in Preaching, as in other thinps. which varies at different times. In th^^ beginning of the laR ccntury,our Sermons were ftlle^ with quotations from Greek and Latin au^W^ ^ and divifions v;ere multiplied without end^m method was changed, and another intro^ed more conforn.ahle to nature, and the beft ntod^l^ of anti; quity : But many at'preCcnt feem inclined tc? vcrgf towards the oppoii^e extreme, by (ubftltuting^i^ the place of-an inftruaive difcour,fc, a dry e iay^ confifting wholly of general obreryations, wlucJi perhaps point at no duty, and in v^hich few find ;hcmi*elves interefted. Such eflays are apt to^ ^ire the hxiarers ; or if they ^re well delivered, and the language is good, they may amufe : But they are by no means calculated to edify a Chriftian audi- ence. Thi right method (eems to lie between i>th ex* tremes i and among>rEngli{h Sermons, we feaye , many excellent models for imitation. Quot^tiQn^ and divifions may be introduced, though with caution. A few quotations, judicioufly cjiofen^antl applied, may fometimes throw light on a fubjea:, D2 »n^ ^' and confirm a point which the Preacher wiihes to explain or inforce •, but all appearance of oftenta- tion fhould be avoided. Divifions are not always ncceflary ; yet fome fuhjeAs cannot he handled with pcrfpicuity and advantage, without them •, but if they are too much multiplied, they will we^lccn the force of a difcourfe, and perplex the Jieafcrs. ^■--'""""" Sermons written in the carlief'period of life, are generally florid, an4 imagination predominates, rather than judgment. If a Clergyman, when ad- vanced in years, would tranfcribe fome of his early compofitions y retrenching what is fuperfluous, al- tering the arrangement and texture where nccef- fary, and throwing in what his maturer judgment, hfs enlarged ideas, and exadcr knowledge of 'I human nature, can now fupply, he would probabl^ find benefit from it. The fallics of youth would be corrected *, and enough of its fire retained, to enliven and warm what might otherwife partake of the coldnefs of age. I have known this method praftifed with equal advantage to the Preacher, and tp his congregation* In general, thofe Sermons may be deemed the beft, which fpeak carneftly and aflFe^ionately to the heart, a!s well as to the underftanding- — which bring home religion, the truths of the Gofpel, to the confcience. — and which, through the undEr"' ftanding andjudgment, feize the heart, and turn it, with it5 aflfedUons, on the fide of duty and religion, riMnm ■ \ ■ ' •■■■ ( *9 ) ■ ■: ■',",• Tnr movements of the human heart are compU- A fho forines of action various, and often catcd •, the av have been °J"'^'^ \ j by ourfelves •. and have been much oftenerdeceivca oy I am perfuaded that m.ny more will finally per.m Ihro'gh felf.deception. than through any other caufe be fides. -'' , -J* «*:/^♦^ u/flQ kindled, when Elifiia Hazakl's ■"''•8"''*°"''*'';'te would commit, told him ot the ^'f^^\^ ^^1,;, he (hould do " Is thy fervant a dog, fay ti~, ma' « Li" Yet Hazael. afterwards commuted tho.e very cruelties. St. Feter warmly declared he wouM Sr die, than deny his mafter •. yet he aaually did deny him. The Pharifee who went up to the aia aeny mm. ^ he was not as temple to pray, thanked UoQ mai ,.„•,,.„.. other men were, extortioners, unjuft, »d^">'";" ^ or even as the hun.ble Publican, who flood afar off . , and through a fenfe of his --""h.nefs. d«^^ not . lift fo much as his eyes to heaven ; but tao« J« breaft. and begged of God to be merc.ful o h.m a fin -.er : Yet the Publican went away juft.fied rather than the Pharifee. Thefe are fP^---°J J^' f^f-deception to which poor mortals :-« ^a.^ f^b- iefl The laft inftance mdeed is fallen trom a pat^rbm it is a parable that is t,b frequent V fealizedl-it contains a piaure drawn from hfe., and drawn by a divine, unenmg hand, To develops thofe ferret movements of the heart, thofe latenVfprlngs of aaion— to ««malk the^de. ■,v h f 4/ (30) JufiQiis whicih blind fomany to their cvcrladfng in- tercfts .to cxpofc the fallflcies and fubtcrfuges to I which mcnrhave rccQ^rfo, in order to palliate their guilt, foothc a troubled confcij^nce, and fupport ithcir fpiritL whilft treading the path of ruin, and under the difplcafure of an offended God : To do this, is the bufincfs of a Preacher. And happy arc the people whoarc blelTed with a faithful mon- 1 irerinthife matters and happier ftill, if tiiey Men to, and improve by, his admonitions^ There is one dangerous miftake to which evefl the friemis of Chriftianty arc fubjcdb. They con- sider thcjlGofpel as a mere fyftem of dodrines or opinions j and conceive that an aflcnt to th^m, to- gether with the obfervation of fome external ordi- nanccsJconftitutethe Chriftian character the Gof- pcl, they think, requires no more. This error, iiowevcr contrary to the explicit declarations of icriptute, is probably more prpvale,nt than we arc apt to fuppofe— i^it regulates tjie cpq^u^of ijianyj l^vho, in words, condemn it. Je$us Christ cj^me to favc tliofe thatl were loft— i- to remove the maladies of our difofdered nature, by applying a remedy to thofe mdladics. He came to heal the broken hearted ; to preach de- liverance to the captives, and recovering off fight to the blind ; a;id to fet at liberty them tjiat arc bruifed.f Agreeibly to this dei1gn,hli' religion ii fx. r,--^- :.:/::.:•■: ..,:.::; H '■•■/■ ^hich evefl rhcy con- 3(5lrincs or th^m, to- inal orcii- -^theGof- his error, rations of an we are lof ijiany, that! were difordered zn^adies. preach de- g df fight n tiiat arc religion is ( 3« ) • ' , 'f,ftemi--not merely of fpecuUtive opmiortsor tlS^but of holy praa-.e an^^^^^^^^^^ trainx^yp. and prepareus, ^^ hea^^ 1 i^ ?nftiti]^n of a Chriftian a difciplmc ot luimiJu f Snciation of fin, and irnitation of the moral JcrfelibTisof God., all which was exemp .fied m ?l fl of JefusChrift. whom we -Jf}- ff^^^J' ZmxJ man out of the ruin, of ^^^^^ ^^f ^ J^^! ;! ^h. divine image in his h-t, ^^^^^^^^^ limffr the pure manfions o glory. ^^ ^l^ true ill' a phyfml. as in a mral^ fenfe, that withoiit true ip a. i^'^jj *"-•", '.— . ^ holinifs no man (hall fee the Lord. I . . , n 1 1 ,„ \,U - tUat habits ofholu nef., formed in th» ftatc of ^'}'''^; ^^^^u of:^ tar t^e parttcipatipn of the happmcfs o Kcav^.^^^^^^^ oil. AU animated beings '■-;?P-'"p^: ^ f S ,he>«rcife. and pure joys »f h"";" ' " '»', ^^ ^.^f.. Ther. ,.kc of them, nor could they "»'"?>; = '°f J '^aifpofition of an i, nocongruity «' «'«f' >'"«"" ?.,^Sc^fholln«f., or " the im^re. wicked. fpirit..»dtheio«nitefoa.ccot no \ i. ~^l t;[ (32 ) In thit light was Chriftanity .viewed by the Apodlcs, and primitive Bclievertv «"^ Chri(lanity| had then its proper effed on the condu(i>, the dif- position and hearts of its profcHbrs. Unfeigned love to God, obedience to his will, adelrght in his fcrvice, and renunciation of whatever would dif. pleafe him benevolence to their fellow-creatures, and doing to all men, as they would that others ihould do to them inward peace, purity, joy and confolation— »-were the fair fruits that fpruncj from thence, and which adorned the ^members of the ridng Church. " ■ I I ii [ i H | i i H I t II I ' II ■ •' joys that arc ki his prcfoncc, and llic pleasures which arc •* at his right hand for evermore.** ^ This principle evinces how vain r.\[cform i&f godlineft is, with- out its/cwfr— — hypocrily may drop its mafk— jigairy its partial attachments -^neither can airail to iUlVittion. This principle Tub. verts the Antinomian Sy Hem ——the doftrinea of Supererogation and Indulgences ; and it alfo fliews how ill-judged and nccUlelis thedifputcs areabout Abfolute Decrees— —whether we are judi. fied by Faith or Works, and other points that ffrc warmly con- tefted.— — A conformity to the moral perfcdlidns of the Deity, in rightcoufncfs andfrue holinefs, through the difciplinc of the Gof. pel, and fanaification of the Holy GholV, is that only which can prvpave us for heaven, and make us capable of its enjoyments. Thus are we inftrufted, and to this wcare called, by the voice of Revelation ; and hence we nyy perceive, that the . all wife, b=ni- £ceat Creator has infeparably ;conneOcd our duty and happinefs together, and the breach of th^t duty with our mifcry. Among many writers who treW of thisfubjcft, fee particularly \ C w DWG R T H *s Difcouifsmi I John II . 3 . 4. which is printed with his UielUaual Sj/em — f-thc Ajthor of the fThaU Duty af Mam iu his trcatifc on the Caufeiofthe Decay ofChrijlian Piety ^Fow- 11R*8 Deftgn ofChriJUanity-^^co'Tr'i Chri/fianLi/e^-^RY- M E R *5 General Repre/tHtMiom of Revealad Religie m " and the Jp. pMndix to KingQXi the Origin of Evil, tranflatediuitb motes, hy Law. res which arc The contrariety which our fallen nature feels to this hoiy difcipline of t .' ' 'I ( 14) 4^ WsT I forbear to enlarge farthe^n this head ; and (hall proceed to obrerve.^.^.that tne reflediong now offered, will fhewwiih what temper of mind a Clergyman ihould fet aboufe the other duties of his fundion-.^-*with what patient and attentive di- ligence he ihould Catechife and inilru<5fc Youth; thereby laying the foundation of Chriftian know- ledge and pra^ice. For to exped either Chrif- tian knowledge or pradtice, when proper inftru^ion has been negledled, would be the fame as to expeA we fl i ould reap whe re we hav e not fown, ; ;■■., -.;. . V These reflexions will evince, with what fcrU'. pulous regularity a Clergyman fliould adminifter the holy Sacraments *, which are falutary means of building up Chriflians in holinefs, and forwarding their progrefs in the divine life : Setting forth, in iincerity of heart, in the fear of God, and with anxious defire to promote the falvation of his people, their indifpenfable obligation to partake of thofe Sacraments ^their guilt in negledling them, or in abuflng theni, after being admitted td the participation of them/ Finally. * Thefe refleftioiis will clearly manifefl: how unwearied a Clergyman fliould be in Viflting his flock, both in the time of their health and flck- nefs; in watching for their good ; to comfort the defponding, toftrengthen the weak, to adpionifli and reclaim the vicious, and to confirm the waver- $Pg% or fuch as are in the right way : Exhibiting a- ■ ' ■"•"' "■, " ■ ' "i- an s. *■ " -r* ■ ■ ■ i..^ ■ '€■ ■■ ,|^: -■•, ., ., -'■'M.- '■ ♦ ■ .' .ir ■" . 1 ■" " ■' 1* ■ -J^s^^. -. * « •1 en example of patichce, meeknefs and love, which they may follow ; (hewing how they ought to live in mutual good will : Jealous over them, like St, Paul, with a godly jealoufly -, .that he may prefent them to God, holy* and unblameahle and unre- proveable in his fight : And animated by this moft plcafing refledlion- — that fo far as his exertions contribute to promote true religion and holinefs, or todifcourage and fupprefs irreligion or vice ^. they proportionably enlarge the kingdom of Chrift, and they diminifti and extinguiih the kingdom and reign of darknefs. Such is the nature of a Clergyman*s duty, and fuch the temper, zeal and fpirit with which he fhould fet about the difcharge of it. Attd now, if any be read to aAc — -Who is fufficicnt for thefe things ?- — I anfwer-— that the great Apoftlc, St; Pajil, reflefting on the weight and difficulties of the minifterial pfficc, and awful confequences of a fai- l^ure in it— -the trials arid oppofition it was furc to meet— —the labours both of mind and body fc- quired for its fuccefs, and the ungrateful return that would be often made for thofe labours— r-re- flefting on thefe, I fay, as well as on the feeble powers of man, who was to execute this office : He afked this very queftion.f No man was better acquainted with the weight and difficulties of that E 2 office J «► 1 1 Corinth, XL a. ColoC I. az. t > i Corinth. II. i6- ':■ ^.^- office i or with the helps on which we are to rely. He candidly acknowledges that we are «o/ fuf- ficient of ourfelves to bear and execute fo great a charge; we have this treafure in earthen veflcls, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us ; and therefore* our fuffidency is of God, who only can make us able and fuccefsful minifters of the NewTeflament -* and crown our la- bours with the defired effeft, in acconiipHftiing the lalvatioii of our brethren. ~ ■ ' ' '* ■'■■■■■.;■ Perhaps no man was ever endued with greater] talents for the minifterial fundlion, than St. Paul— <« that trumpet of the GofpeU that inftruaor of the | « Gentiles, that .golden vcflel (hining through all ** the world'*- as St; Jerom calls him.f If he thus jthought— -if he trufted in divine aid only for fuccefdi furely it becomes us, who are fo much inferior, thus to think and truft aJfb, Let us the^ after the example of this holy Apoftle, look up to God for affiftance •, humbly relying on his aid; and earneftly imploring iuc- cour, as well as fuccefs in our endeavours. St. Paul's reliance on God, did not diminifh his exer. .'■^■■-'-' :\ ■■'^■:..- •-■ -^'^'ilt,'- ■ '. tionsii > II Corinth. III. 5, 6— IV. 7. ' ' f. Evangelic^ tuba, doftor gentium,, vas aureum in t6to orbc Tcfplendens. HiERON. aif^ers. Pelag. Lib. 3. Opp.,Tom.II. P.205.Edit. Franc, ct Lips. 1684. perTRiBBECHOv. ¥^^f; ( J7 ) tionsVonthecontrary.it ftimulatedhis zealot prevented him from fainting •. and he Ub.aredthe Lore abundantly.- It^va, ""'V '" *'^ ^^^ ^."f '" Squence of his faithful exertions that he co«ld rv ionany expea a blcffing : In the fame way, and rhf.milarexertions,we are alfo to look for faceef* andableffing. ' -- . ' My Reverend Brethren.' r„TV to another part of my clwrge will caU me i ,. • Ifewdavs The /m^ of my return here •"""^ n Him nwhofe hands are the^iffues of frlXr Should it be his good pleafure to l.te and death. :. ^^ ^„^ ^^,1,, t„ fpareme, ^ '^*" XrV when the fervice of my f^1S:rfSt:?^ Church, and th.. JS:u!f:Sre ofmy Brethren .pay require .t.:: ^""Sm Stf aSl* SilSStf - thofe who ov<;r them w.th a ^^^^ to„„r common rl"1reSr"Yo„rfelves. andtothem; I^oJiSbeabl. to give that accbuntwuhjoy. and not with grie^ f ,' I . ^ ^rc*. Paul— arefcnt occalioa-— the great diftances that moft of i'ou have come 4t fo fhort a notice, andat fuch hazard and expence, preclude every idea of the kind ; and afford the moft flattering hope that Your pJbus example, y and zealous exertions in. ture, will ftim'ulate Your refpedive flocks to the radice of their Chriflian duty. Ferventlv pray the Almighty to dired Your xoi>du6fci and pfofper Your labours; to fupport You Wider every trial, apd give efficacy, andfuC- ccfs tV Your adminiftratipns. And "may,. Your people, Venfible of the wonderful love and con- defccnfioii pf the eternal Son of God in the dif. » penfation >.■ (39 ) •cnfation of the Gofpcl, chcarfully fubmit to the terms of acceptance which arc propof^d to them by You, His ambaffadorsi thereby alleviating -Your difficiillies, and fecuring, in, this the accepted time and day of falvation, their own everlaftiiig hap* pinefs. K" / N I S t- m - - * ?n, ■x i> V . APPENDS '\. :Jt '1 ^fl^-'-t."'*' r {40) ' M APPENDIX. ; .'I / W 9 No. I. ^0 tie Right Reverend CfARLESf Bi/hop of Nava- Scotia. WE, the Reftor, Church- Wardens, and Vcf- try of the,Pariih of Charlotte in the l{lar»d of St, John, beg leave to congratulate you on your fafe and much wjfhed for arrival in tliis Ifland. We (houldfeelthemofthcartfipltfatisfaaion had we it in our power to prefent you >vith fuch a ftate of the Church in this part of your Diocefc as would Cerr^fpond with your wifhesi or afford it$ Mem- bers^uch gVatification as nought but a recovery ftota its prefent languiihing condition can eifeft.' >-■':■*.■■■'.■■■'* '"" . " ."■■'.■ Under eircumftance^ generally incident to every infant colpny, we moft flncerely lament, that fuch an attention could not be had to the due and regu- lar^exprcife of religious duties among us, as might appear to your latisfidion i partly arifing from the ..,■/■■-;.■;■" - ■■ ■ '...; • •..^' , ■ want want of a convenient andfuitable p1^pe for the wor* . Aipof Almighty God. «>;. It would be as painful ac it is unneceflary, to ' particuiarixc the e/Fcas^ which muft naturally enfuc therefrom* We cannot, however, refrain from acknowledging with the moft genuine pleafure the dawn of hope, which now breaks through the gloom under which we have fo long laboured, when we refleA on the fpecial inftance of our moH graciout Sovereign's paternal attention to the welfare of this . country^ in the appointment of a person to the BI- fiiopric of this part of hb dominions, whofc charac- ter for Piety, Learnings Loyalty, Ability, iami in- timate knowledge ^f thefc Colojiie* is fo fully eftabliihfeL- t^^^^^^^ V To you therefore,' Right Reverend Sir,, we ite encouraged to lookup with a pleafing confidence for your powerful and pious iifterference in behalf of ourfelves and the ptter members oi the Church Within this government; and we are ^xtreiiie* ly happy in this opportunity to .affur« you, tlijM: we wlllf with the utmoO: xheerfulriefs and gratit> tudev receive every (much needed) .%tiQ:ruQa.otx with which we may be favoured by you for;^ro- modng the welfare arid good ot4^t of tjie Ch"Mtchi and for ;advaflcifjg (as far as in pfif li«s) th^'SCaufe &f tmt ileliglon and Virtue* Wi mofl: finccrely wiih, that this DivSilc Bh&i^ may crowja all your endeavours with fttccefs ; aiiidl^ » * ■l. ■ ^'^y ■■,■„,■■ ^'^ (40 ' •■ :■•■■; that you mty long continue in the happy exercife of your Epifcopal FunAlon. We are, with perfeft refpea:. Right Reverend Sir, your dutiful Son, and your moft obedient and Cwthful humble fcrvants, Theophilus Dejbrif$y^ Henry H\ Ferry ^ 1 L Walter John Patter/on^ ' ^ James Patterfon. James Rohertfon, Samuel Bagnall, Alexander McMillan. ReAor. J Church- 1 Wardens. 6 To which the Bifliop was pleafcd to return the fol- lowing Anfwer : GENTLEMEN, / IRETURN you my hearty thanks for the kind Addrefs and Congratulations with which you have been pleafed to honour me. There is no wifli nearer my heart than to fee pure religion and virtue flourifti in every part of my extcnfive charge : I cannot therefore but lament, with you, the caufes, whatever they were, that inay have interpofed to check their growth in this Ifland. The want of a decent Church for the ce- lebration of Public Worftiip, muft certainly have -^—. — - — — — ■ ^ becK ( 43 ) been attended with many H^V '*^'**f .S «movaa of this inconvenience by ereftine a fuiwbift , 'Sftov the fcrviie of Almighty GoJ; ia a mea- Ai (ure which I beg leave very eawieftly to reco^- % mend to you, fince you have intimated a wifh, that 1 w6uld offer my advice on the fubjeft. IM accomplifcing this purpofe, union and exer- tion will be neceffary ; nor have I » /oubt but thefc, if joined with perfeverance, will fuoceed. Be not difcouraged by a few unpromifing circumftances, or feeming difficulties, at firft fettmg out. Confider ; yourfelves as engaged in redreffing a grievance that is hichly difgraceful and injurious to religion v as executing a defigrf that will promote the honour of God, and be fubfervi.ent to the temporal and. eterr nal happinefs of yourfelves and brethren. Amma- ted with a becoming zeal for thefe important ob, iefis/ and thereby ftimulated to aft with vigour, you may look for a blefftng on. your pious endea- . vonrs i new and unexpefted refources will gra- dually open ; obftruftions and difficulties, that once appeared unfurmountable, wUl in time be re- moved v- all virtuous and worthy men wdl wift you profperity, and many will probably affiftyousand I fpcakthisfrommyown knowledge in ftmiUar cafes. Gme other ftep t beg leave «lfo to recortiraend, which is, that you would prefent a refpe^l Ad- drefs to his Excellency the Lieut. Governbiv ff »y- . ing forfuchaffiftanceas he may be able t^ giiW^ut ' of the public funds of the government./ H«» »ix- \ * F 2 / cellency'* "■ « f-T ■ ■ ■ ^r ■ ' • ■- "■■ ' ^ ■ ;•'■ .. ' ■ * . ' • „ V ■ . . '-•' ^ •--;;'■--- — - ---■—-: - ^r~f-~ : . .' '■ ' '. ■■•,■«, „ ^-i" " ■■ ' ■ '. ; .. , ■■ . - .^■■"M?! ■■■;.■ •- -■8 - ■ . ■ • ■ . .... ■ ;. - ■ .■ . # ''.'.'■,' '■'," . ■ •■ ^: M .t wHency-s well known difpofitlon to forward e*«r» flefign that a ms at the coort /.f -.. J- 7, ^ power, both in thUrefpea.3ty "L- ?. ou„ t«a„c.„g .«eaf«efo truly laud^Welldneccf: gracious proteftion a«^^. r f ""°*' ^* the Redeemer flour"fl, TthiTlT/^ ?^'*°"* "^ «iW fpirit of hi, Gofpd. wftl he '' /"'' r*'^ *'". Pe«ce, brotherly love and rZi- c "' ^'"'" "^ *Sd w£f fel' P"^"' *"'' *»"■» the ""- ^^^H^t^'' Four affeaionate Bro- "tH-. CHARLES NOVA-SCOTIA c^^^A^*;^^;^ ^.\ '^\ No. II. ^-5i^(» . -tTKfc- '.-ri* ,; ^ ' V ■ "■? { 45 ) ,- No. II. . ' • ' ' * . * To the Right Reverend Father in GoJ, HARLES, Bi/»e/)»/ NoVA-SCcyxiA fc?£..CsV. (^t. ' >HE Reftor, Churchwardens, %(ind Proteftant Inhabitants of the city of Montreal, bee kave to congratulate you on your fafe arrival in fanada. whete^thcir wiftes invited you. and where /our prefence fills every heart well affefled to the phurch and State, -with joy and comfort. Sensible, Right Reverend Sir, of the vaft b'e- lefits that muft accrue to this Country by the en- ^ouragement of true Religion, Piety, Virtue, and IZa^ I T^v r*"" *P'"'"' Care and Pa! onf of th'f H->'''^7' "'"^ J"""- "PPointment one of thofe diftmgu.ihed bleflings, which Divine %•:;SL7lt?bttt^^l;i"^^•- cad of theFlock, « Paftor anS G^vlrKS' ent for his merit and abilities, ■ """""« *««*in«': The fmiling profpeft before us, gives Jisth*?^ jyfulhopeof feeing the Proteftanf CKuJch £ t^tHat^he>edsof.a^^.|-^g-^ ■ . . ■•■■.; ■ ^ .; ■ ► : vatod ^ rifr" \ (46) vated and chcrifhcd by your propitious hands, wni| diHcminate and produce the faired fruits. "We beg leave, Right Reverend Sir, to aflvirc you of our earned deHre to concur with zeal an(i| alacrity, infupport of our Holy Faith, well con* vinced that her principles tend to the Glory ofj God, and to the Welfare and Happinefs of Man- >kind, ■ ' ■ ■ ■ ' ' ' We have the honor to be, with mod profoutidl rcfpc^. Right Reverend Sir, Your mod obedient and humble fervantsj 'I Montreal^ June 17, 1789. David Cbd. Delifle, Rcc James Hallowell^ ") i- Church Wardois. Mam Scott ^ James Noel^ Sir John Jobnfon^ Bart* Jofepb FrobifheTy Edw, Wm, Grayy James MGilly Dumas St, Martin^ James Finlay^ Jon, A, Gray^ Tbos. ForJ)tbf J.fFalker, Jobn Gray^^ _ 1 Sr I Jlexr, Henry f ' J, G* Beek^ y (faacff^. Clarke^ Edw. Soutboufe^ Tbo, Bujby^— -%r Conrad Marfteller^ Tbos. Radbenhurfi^ * James Hughes^ R. Cruickjhank^ John Dev.ereuXy ■J ■ . ■ ' 1 Wm^ Jones^ \ ■ Tbos. MMurray^ Hem) 4. 3BJ, ■ f ■ 1 \ ■JSS 'A i (47 ) Henry Leodel^ Jofipb Howard^ J, M. Mayer, . » ?r' ' ' The bis Itlt P'a ANSfVER. GEMTLEMEMg ' . ■"♦ ■ •- » ■ '^ '. ■ ■ ' ' ■ ■ ■ . , , . i . ' . . . ■ \ "■ ' ■ ■ ' ■ PERMIT me to return my fincerc thanks for yc^very kind congratulations ; and to af- furc yoS^at I h^vc the livelieft fenfe of this, arid of the other marks of polite attention with which the Re Aor, Church- wardens, and Protc(Jant Inhabitants of the City of Montreal, have been pleafiid to honour me. . I: Ailxiovs aal trttly am that His Majefty*s bene- ficent views may be anfwered in appointing a Pro- tertant Bilhop for His American Dominions, it gives me unfpcafeable pleafure to find that you en- teilf^fticbjuft fcntimentsof the advantages which a&i^iie to Society by encouraging trpe Religion ,€nd Learning -, and to be aflured of your " ear- "neft defire to concur, with zeal and alacrity, ** in fuppprt of our Holy Faith, from a convidion ** of its tendency to promote thb glory of pod, ** and the happjnefs of rdankihd.'* ' These fentimcnts, and this difpofition, do you the higheft honour. They manifeft a laudable con- ^^rn for the welfare of pofterity, the intereft and reputation of your country, the credit of our moft Holy Rehgion, and the: honour of Him who ijB the great author of our exiftcnce, and of all our mer- cies. You may believe me whenl aflure you, that no endeavQUi^on my part (hall be wanting to -' ■■'■'^''''■\ ■::■':■ ''-^ .-/..-. .' promote ■*■ - (■ ' . . *. • » ■ promote obje^fts fo. impofitiit ; gn3 tft^t I fl»all reckon it atnong the happieft circumftanceB of my lifci if my endeavour, in conjutiAioti with yours, (hould be crowned with AicGefiu Attention to Religion |tnd Literature will eve*"^' mark the cond^ 9f a, w^ people. Religion i$ ^ the 1 am with (entimenta of fincereefteem. Gentlemen, Your affeaionate and humble fcrvant, CHARLES NOVA SCOTIA. Montnaly July 8, iT^g. ♦ INJUNCTIONS GIVEN to the Clergy of the Province of (^ebec, at the Primary Viiitation holdca sn the City of Quebec, / By the Right Reverend Charles, by Divine Permiffion, Biihop of Nova-Scotia. I. That the Clergy be cxemplai^y in their lives i aad that by a diligent difchargfe of thp G a dtttii» mh.- ■ \ . \ ■ {i» *v ':' ". » -_._!_; 1._^:l:;; -rf- dutics^ of their funaion/ they endeavour to pro., «otfe the ipirituja welfare o^thpi^rcfpe^^ flotksJ ^ 2* ThAT in the feveY^I miniftratlons of their ofHoe, thfey dp punAaally obf^rve the fttibrics eonJ taincd in ihe Book of Common Prayer, and thcl Canons or Efcclefiaftical ConAitptions publiflied by By authority: in tliS ycacoae thpafaiid fix huttdred] " auid^three^ !.■ ■.« .^x-- .i -■■( ■•' ""'■■-. I '■ ■ ■ ':> -f^: V-'' ■■ ■.■■-.::.* ";.:•' ' . .■■ -■■:■;■ ■ -r ■- '■".■ . . S» TwAT the Clergy in Cities do wear thelrj proper^habits on all public o'ccafipps, and as pfter i>cfides as may be convenient ; andit is recommend- ed that^tl^- as well as the Clergy in the country, do always wear fhort Caffocs, when they do hot «ppcar in^their habits. ;' '4- That every Incumbent, or ofRcjatiq^g Clergyman, do read Divine Service twice every Lord's Day, and preach one Sermon at leaft ; and it is recommended that in Cities and populous diA triifts, two Sermons be preached each Lord's Day, namely, one 'ia the forenoon, and another in the afternoon J and alfo that Piyine Service be read in thofe places on WedhefdaySi Fridays, and Holy- flays. .,■;.:>•.■■:■ 5. That Childrenie Cldptiz^d, ab thtHutnlcb dire A, on Sundays in Churcjb; or in the place where pcopkalfeM^leYbrpublie worftiip ; incfthat Baptifm be not *adinihiftr6d in private hbufes, .except in cafe of ncceflity, when a Child is fick, j^d to6 wcajc' to be c^ried abroad. „ 6 That p.-;. ^^. That as a Pra^ice has prevailed in thiievrcft- ern pair ts of this ppovlrice, whef^c ng CJergymeA wei-e fettled, tor Laymen to adminlfter BaptKm «b Chtldren ; and Clcrgyttien to whoj» tJiofe Chil- dttttr (<> Baptized, were afterwards prefcntcd fot Baptifm^ have been at a lofsr how to' proceed r It will be advrfeable, in all fuch cafes, for .the Clergy to a(k the queftions which arQ fk down in the form pfefcribfed for the ittiniftration of Private Baptifm, concfcr«ing the Perfortt by whdrti, the Matter atfd 'form of ff^brds^ .with 'which, th<^- Child was Bap, tized : And if th.ofe -who bting the Child do maHc ^c}x uncertain Anfwers tothofcqueftiohs, that it ihall appear things were not done according t^ ^"® drder in thqabove particulars % then let the Cle^^- ^ man Baptize the Child. in ithe, form appointed fot: . Public BUptiim; fi#ving only, that in diippihg 1^^ Child in the Font, or pouring water upofi it, he (hall ufc this conditional Form of , Words-— /j^/iwiiv art not already Baptized^ N.I Baptize theeiJn the mm oftbeFathef-iandtfthiSoni and of the HolyGb^y^ ■ ■^ -,■•■■- . ■<■ ■ . ■ - , ^^H''- -^ 7. That the Clei^W very dtngeht and caii.\ ful in Catechifmg Chil(itcn, and others' who (halj offerthemfelves for the purpofe, every Lord'f Payi during the Summer Seafon. • ^ ^ «, That the Holy CoinmiMiibn be regularly idminiftred at the three ftated F?afts, Ghriftmas, Eafter„ andWhitlunday, in every Parilh, and as <)ften befides as may be convenient 5 and it will be advifeable to adminifter the Communion onthie fiifft "\ r ■> *•■ ■ a »* ♦ •«.» \; 1' ■■-^•'^V''"' "■■;■-•■;•.■ ]'::■:.(: 54- )\:--:-^^^^ ^- firft Sunday in every month, in the Cities of Qpc- bee a^d Montreal. ^^ ^' \ : ■''■'■.. X, 9"; That no Fees be afked or demanded for / tdminiftrmg cither of the Sacraments pf Baptifro, or the Lord's Supper, or for Vifiting the Sick. lo. That as the money given at the Offertory %^ould always be applied to charitable ufes, par* ticularly to .the relief of poor Communicantsi 5 and itmay befatlsfadory tothe Parifliioners to know how that money is difpofed of : It is recommend- ed to each-Minifter to keep an account of the fum$ collecaed at the Communion from time to time, and of the perfons among whom it is diftributed 1 and to exhibit the fame annually at Eafter to the Church Watrdens andVeftry. , , II. That as it is cuftomaty^ to pay Fees for the Solemnizing Matrimony, for Burying^he Dead, and Regiftring Bjytifms ; and as it mayT^revent inGonyeniences to have the Fees for thofe Services afcertaincd; The Clergy may demand TenShillings, yequal to two Spanifti milled Dollars, and no more, tor each marriage i the fum of Seven ihillings and lixpence, equal tooneSpanifh Dollar and a half, and no more, for each Funeral, when the Burial fcrvice IS read ; and one Shilling, or one fifth of a JJoJIar, and no more, for regiftririg each Child that is baptized : And it will be advifeablc for each Clergyman to have the above Table of Fees I ^opted by the Churcb Wardens and Veftry pf his 12. That 12. That hi cafe an Afliftant performs any of the above Services, and a fum exceeding theftatcd Fee be given fA the fame, the overplus belongs, - of right, to the Afliftant. ., ■. ■■■■ " ' ■ ' ' '- ' ' \ ' ■ 13. That two Churchwardens, one by the Minifter, and another by the Congregation, alfo two-Side8;men, or a Seleft VeftryV be chofen atj- Eafter every year in each Parifli ; and it will be advifeable for tjie Minifter, Churchwardens, and Sides-men or Veftry to fettle the Fees for a Clerk and Sexton; for a Pall, for digging* Graves, and for the attendance of a Clerk at_ Funerals, wit^ other like matters. > . . 14. That the Clergy be extremely cautious in cmploymg Strartgersr^o* appear in theXharac-; ter of Clcrgymer<> todo any duty for them, before they, have feen the Letters of Orders of fuch Sti'an^ gers ; and ar^alfo well fatisfeed about the ■regularit/' of their lives, a^d good moral Condu^. .-., ■ ■ * * 4 Don e at Quebec this 8th, ■ day of Auguft, in the Year of our Lord one thoufandfeven hundred and eighty nine, and in the Second Year of our* Con^ fccration. IP 4-- ,V Addrefi \* V j,i. -^t- ( 56 J V' '1 ■ Addrefs of^the Clergy of ^ebec to the r^Right Reverend Charles,' Bijhop ^ Nova-Scotia^ &^c. \.: Right Reverend Sir, / ' J ^ ^ E Scene 18 now clofirtg ii^Oii tlV l»h!cih j^ at once will deprive Us of ybUf feflfeftfdnAte Ctrc, and fpiritual Aflirtantc ; Nor citt we with- dttt deep Regret loofe upon the Scafon, Which, tho' the Termination of ydur Lab«>urs, glvith a P(>rtti|M||^r. Spirit^ which infpires unl- iW^fal BenevaSSPJ- and Zeal for your God— Churches already begin to rife-- Marking and Science, promife their Dawn upon this frozen CIime._Wehope ftiH to fhare in -the DircAions which can procure thfife pviWie Benefits ; and fo far promife Ourfelves Subcefs in the Miniftry, as we follow our intended Pattern for Imitation— But what Reward (hail we give for what has been done for us ? We commit you to the Approba- "' " ' •' — — — — — — - «tion _. -? "ijr .. ,. • ■:■■.■•■ ., (-s/ ) , ' V - ' ! ■'.'■■■ .."■". ^ ■, ' ' •' -^i^' tion of your Confcieiicc •, and j^ln in Recommendltr tion of your Welfare to that Gcd whofc zealous . Servant you are j wiftiingyou a happy Return to ., I thofc who arc liow ftretching out their Arms to re* ccivc you.- . -,.■ ■■. } : '■■ .-.., ■'' -■' ' We are. Right Rbvd. Sir, ^ - With' the greateft Rcfpcft a^nd Eftecm,' I 7 Your moft dutiful Sons and Seryants; r < David Francis*JDf MiHjmollin^ • : FbiUp Toofiy^ .' \ . Dd, Cbd. DeliJIe, . v .. JobnDoty^ ', . , i Jno^ SiuaKf^ ^ < ' ' ' James Tunflalt^ ^ :" ^ John Langhorrtj ,. ' ,. ■; ■■■■■•.■■*■ ■■ ':■ ■' ■. -.; •■■■-■ •^.-, '.■■■:.■. Ti^ tt;i&/Vi& Address, tU Bijhop was ^kafedto retuim the fQlloiving Anfwer. My Rtvi^END Brethren, - I - THIS afFc(^ionate'^Addreft* at out partang ; claims my warmcft thanks—*^ pleafed to- acceptof them— they flow froia a heart deeply interefted in your welfare, reputation and hap- pinefs. My thanks ve alfb due for your kipd at? H . tention. ,'^.. ^^ ■ * f_ ■'»:",■ , " ■ MB ■■*'■ ■S«) . ;■ ■,.•.. *■■,: ■ • ' ■ -• ■■ ■ - ' tention, for your advice and ailiftance at this Vinta< 'tion, ■■; '.■ . "■''[■'■' '' '■■ ■^''* , ' ' The approbatioh which you arc pleafedto Be- ftow on my endeavours ir> behalf of Keligion and Literature, is very flattering ; and Ithanlc God for any degree otSSuccefs that thofe well-mear^^ endeavours may have met with. We are all em* barked in'the caufe of God and His Truth — .« confcioufnefs of this fliould animate our exertions,] and fupport us under every obftrudion and trial. The Divine Mafter we ferve, has fetthe example of meeknefs, purity and love which we fliould fol- Jow V and whilA ^e ftcdfaftly copy that pattern, in thedifcharge of our fevcral duties, we may fafelyl I truft the iflue to Him, and reft aflured of His favour and protedtiotv * ^ 1 ferverjtTy pray the Almighty to dired your conduft, andtoprofpcr your labours: May He difpofc the hearts of your refpeaive flocks to pro- fit by thofe labours, and earneftly to. concur with you in what involves their own deareft interefts j thereby alleviating the diflicuhies of your ftation, ftrengthening your hands, and brightening your! profpedts ; fo that you may be mutual bleflfmgs, and a crown of rejoicing to each other, on that awful day, when the prefent fcene, with all its de- luiive objeAs, fliall wholly vanifli, and the fate of mankind, according to their conduft here, will be determinedfbr ever. I CHARLES NOVA SCOTIA. .,-•■ " •- ." N o. Ill *^ I^^W" ♦ -* ^ tS9 ) f No, in. ■w- SEVER AL of the younger Clergy, having, tt different times, expreffed a dcfire to have a lid of fuch Books as would be proper for a Clergy- man's Library ; I have fet down the following Catalogue, .an4 hope it may be of fervicc. The . Books are ranged under different heads •, and thbfe thrown together which treat of the fame fubjeft, or whofe fubjedts have a relation: to each other. Pcr*^ baps it is needlefs to obferve that I could have eafi- , ly enlarged the number of Books under each head i thofe only are feledted which appear to be moft ufcful, and are cafily procured ; and I confine m)r-|, iblftoAich^s treat of Theology, w that haveailt immediate connection with it. # :-^' ^r-:'r^^^' It maynotfuit a Clergyman to purchafe the whole at one time 5 but this is by no means necef* fary By purchafing k few every year, as his cir- cumftances will admit, his time may be well cm- ployed in Reading— his Book« will gradually ac- cumulate ; and in the courfe of fomc lITears, he will have a refp^^*^^® Theological Library. He mayi at his own difcretion, add more on this, or other fubjeAsy as his inclination and judgment Ihall direft. '•.^. I Bifliop Walton's Biblia Sacra Polyglotta^ 6 Vol. Fol. with Caftell's Lexicon Heptaglottorty 2 Vol. Fol. Thi* perhapi is the moft valMblcWork that ever came from Ha the W- m ^i>M-: ) ;#. , the Prefi fince Printing wu inyented. The price U from 's to the N(w Tejid^: mentf 4tO. tranflatcd from the German by a learned and worthy dignitary of our Church noVv living. .^^ There arc many other critical trcatifes on theBiblr# or parts of it; which may be tKcafionally confulted with advantage ; but as they are not eafUy procured, I Oiall juft'rcfer'tofomcof them— fttch arc Pfeifferi D*bia Vtxotat 4to Deylingii Objirv. Sacrdf and MijctK 4 Vol. 4to.-r— Wolfii CurrtPhiloUet Critica, 5 Vol. 4to.-« Raphelii /^w/. ]Pi/7tf/a^. 2 Vol. 8Vo;-----'EHlf»i Fortutta Sacra, 8vo. Klfncri O^f^. Saertr, a Vol, 8vo Sir Norton Knatchbuir* Annotations, %yo, in Harmer's, 04/«T*tf/io»/, a Vol/ 8vo. &c. &c. Bifllop Cofm, M. Da Pin, Richardfon, Nye and Je- remiah Jones, have written, prbfeffcdly on the Canon •/ Bcriptt/re « " o we or two of thefe— -perhaps Cofin and )ones.--ihould be careitilly read. The fame imporUilC . fubjeA is alfo ably handled by Ufher in hit M^riit liv Dogmatita De Scripturis ft SaeriiVtrnattUhi and by Hody De BtbKorufn Texliius OriginaiibuSt Lib. HI. Leigh's Critica Sacrd^ He^t^ew, Greek and £ngJifh| Parkhurft's i^if/fw, Gre^ ani^fU/h^^,^ . Crudcn'^ % j f v- ■"m ■.. * ■Jv Crudep*8 Concordance ^ 4t6. -—a book w&ich is occeecUng^ lyufcjlul. fiuxtorf, Calaffio and J. Taylor fiave wri ten Ci^ncorJances/or the Hebrew Bible, Troniinius for the . Septttqgint Verfinn:, and Schmi4 for the Greek Teftament ; . all very ufeful alfofor fuchas woiiUd examine the Bible critically in the Original. ^t5pdwyn*s Moy>j and Ai^on^ on the Rites of the ancient Hebrews^ 4to. 'Ltwis*H Hebrew JntiquitieSy 4 Vol. 8vo.- — This is ai good compilation from feveral who have written on the ' firbjeA i Tuch as Maimonides> Cunaeus* Bertram, SigonHis, Reland, &c. Lowman's Rational on the Hebretv Worjhipy 8vo. Relandi Palceftinallluftrata^ 2 Vol. 4to.r — In Englilh , , we hive WelWs Hi^aricai Geography of tbe Old and Nfw feftatfientt 4 Vol 8vo^^— I fliall only «dd under this > ■ head — , ■■ ■ . ■• ^"^'*""'-'-. ■ . -. Calmct's DiSlionaryoftbeBibky 3 Vol. Fol. „ ' ■ ■■■■ ■' ■ -^ ■■' II. -/ ■■■■■-■^ : Cave's Hifioria Literaria^ 2 Vol. Fol. This work.or— Vii ?in*s New Hiftory of Eccieftajiical IVriters^ ^^ 4 Vol. Fol. Will give an account of the Writers of the ' ; Chriftian Church in every age, and of their ^orks. I fliall fct down a few of the moft ancient Fathers, and - V fuch as claim particular attention, leaving each perfon to,^ have rccourfe toothers, as his judgment may lead, or his circumftances admit, v V tiotclerii Patres^JpoJioUciy Gr. Lat. 2 Yol Fol. '% JuftiM Martyris Opera^ Gr. Lat. Fol per - Morel I um. With Juftin Martyr are ufually Printed— p— ! Theophili Antloch, ad Autolycbum^ Gr. Lat. \ LibrillL * • Athenagorae Apohgiayfive Legatioi Gr. Lat. > ^nthn'i Oratio contra,Gracos. Gr,Lzt, I lismiiscFbihfopborum IrriftOf Gr. Lat. J -^f.".' " ... ■. Irenaei .. -jX-: Irenasi Oj Tcrtullia Priori Cypriani Origenes Ladfcantii Mitiucii Salviani *''S7.wr*si >>?/r ro ^j'.'/yaMw, Epi- phanius, andPhilaftriusi have given an account of an- cient Herefies. But many of the moft valuablctreatifcf; on this fabjeft, have perilhed. It is a certain |ad that moft of the Herefies which infefted the ancient Church, were derived from the Schools of the Philofophcrs. '. Hence the admonition of Tertullian to thofe "who "introduced a 'Stoical, Platonic or Sophiftical Chriftian- " ity." (DePra/cript. dp. y) To mention . one in - ftiiivce few broachers of Herefy were more celcbra- • ted, or propagated more extravagant notions, than r/i/^ff- • titt0, who was a native of Egypt, where the Oriental pSofophy, and that of Plato flouriflied from that fouice in part, and pardy from Pytliagoras, and cvett Hefiod, we are affured that Valentinus derived: hi « " errors. (See Tertul. De Prd?/cri/>. Cap. 30, Irenaeui 4 ad^er, B^res. Lib. II. Cap. 19, ^d EpiphaH, Hares, u. Cap. 2 } fee alip.^ Hooper De VaUntm, ' ^.rr^o»>i»«r^, and Molhcim De turbata pertecen, P/a/fl».£«/f/«.; Whoever would wifh to fee, m our lanRuilte.an account of the wild, fentailic notions pt Valendnus. mavconfult Lord Chancellar Ring's Q-iz/co/ Valenunus, may confult Bijhry of tht Creed, p. 94. wo- Edit. •1738. > Metlto, ■l ^ijimniw ii n.i i in > MnA i i» i *» 'i '- ' ■ I - «$ .r ^ t / . ' • * 1 Melito Biffiop of Sardis, Apollinariui of Hierapotis, tnd Dionyiius Biflic^ of Corinth, among others ot the ifame period, wrote concerning Herefies. They lived *w^AjX. . in the fecond Century^ aiid were men of'^^jninence for > fanAi^ and erud^^ Jerbiij, wrhqVas a competent Judge; and had iSa^^theip works, tells us-—" th^t * '^ "--theft m their volurtiinoue writings^ pointed out the ^^^ * -^:. . «« phij0(i,pher« from whom the ftveral authors of Hereby ^ i* drew the poifon of their errors. " ( H ieron Epi^. 84, . Opp, Tom II. p. 2ig.) This is a wfeflil hintto guide uf to ■^ .X<<^^the bitter fountain of ancient Herefy. Jriuswzitht rountrymanofVaren^inus, though famewhat younger; .he probably received his education in the fame Schools yith Valentinus, and drank of the fame fountains • It may not be improper to obferve, that the Afoftolic 'atbers hare been tranflated into Englifti by Archbifliop ^ake, 8vo ; the apologies oi \\^K\n Martyr, Tertullian, *nd Minucius Felix, and the Cemmonitory of Vincentiui ^ Xirinenfis, a Vol. 8vo. bjr Mr. Reeves ; Juftin's Dialo- gue txiith 7ryfho, 2 V61. 8vo. by Mr. Brown ; the ^fotogyoi Atbemgoras, andhis traft on the rcfurreftion, by Mr. Humphreyit ; and all Cyprian's Wdfks by Dr. Mar- fljall. Some other writings of the primitive Fathers have alfo been tranflated into our language> ' * ■ III. ■ ■ ", w i* ■. ■ ■ Jofcphi 0/^r/*, Gr. Lat. Fol. per Hiidfon. He ha. —■ been tranflated into Englifli by Le Eftrange, and Whifton. . w. p(hct^9jnnalT of the World, Fol. Latin or Englifti. Shuckford's Conne^on of Sacred and Profane Hif. fory.sYolUyo. ^ ® Yrideaux's Connemon, 2 fxA. Fol. or 4 Vol. .?vo. Eufebii, Socratis, Sozomciji, Thcodoreti, ^vagrii, ^^.mEc4efi<0. Gr. Lat. 3 Vol. Fol. per Reading. 4^ Fahricii Lux Saktaris EvangeUi mi Orbi exorlem, > . Moflicim Wo/h«im, De Jftekus Cbriftlan.^ . anU ConfiantinX Echard's Ecckftafl, Hijiory^ i Vol. «fvo. W Jqrtin's Remarks on Ecclefiaftkal Hiftory^ ^Vo\. 8vo;.., Mofheims Ecdefiaft. Hiftoryi i Vol. 4to. ttanJlateS ly Maclane. Thofe who would examine ^ Hiftory of the Church mor^ miilutelf,ihbuld confulf the writers in the ;' the y!/;»9«/j of Baronius^ CafaubonV f**r«/^- 'k^ BiiKop T|jjlor'3 Li/> Live^^ibe Jpoftles^FoU V •. Cave's i/z;uiceru» in his 7hefaurus Ecclefifflituit t Vol. Fol. which laft deferres a place in t fclergyman> Library. The beft Edition is that in 17*8. ,V'':-.;^:';:--/ ;^■;:;v.^■■■ ■■■■■■■■./ Bade Hiftorta-Ecclefiali. Fol. by Whel«■ Serrmbtiil CoHcc- I liiv%i»)|vf f<#)Wj»g,^iz. tl^ofe by ^ittjf'U^ I bW jcr. wrth Ips Lady I4by«rf#i' J^iBfturt^ are toj^pf cached, and the Perfons by whom * ^ L^burcr i^i&'feh, ipucK may bey^xpefted from thi« ' £il|]tii|ion. Intnat eminent f *^ ^ raifed, encouiage^ and pulhed forward, by ex- •** ample, by commeniicion >i^i by authdrity"— ^ j&iany able champions will befoand (q aj&rt and '-■ ■ ' -:\ .■.,,.. --•:.-... '. '.-.-■■-■■. .. vmdicatc- » PUhop Lowth. */' «?' Kth : And none are' better )ns required for that import . wie Heads t/Collego in this illuf. ltj||,^o. by the laft %ill 6f the ^e "l^iltoiuced to chufe the Lefturer an* I havfe ifeen the Sermohs which have been {Jreached at is Leaure. from I78P to 1786.^ both inclufive, and jy fcrve to confirm the expeaation's above expreffed. . BandincU, thcfirft Leaurcf, has fubjoined to hit lire ScrmonB*'** A Virtdicaiion of St. Paul from th© !harge of wilhing himfelf accurfed ; Being a,SermbA lUtfrn. IX. 2.' 3, preached before the Univerfityof fcferd.'* Th.e Apoftlc's \^oxh,^^I hafjegnat biavi* md continual Jorr^v 'f my beart. For I (;ould wijh W^myfitfAittre accurfidfram Cbrifl for my Bretbren-r* viMjcording to the tranflation in our Bibles; are ihui trii^flated by this ingenious Criuc^^—^ J bave gnat beavi* iii^. and cotti$»ua/)orroiv in fay heart (fir ^ tn^lf tike^ i^j^oncewasanexcamunicati Sufcafi froti^ Cbrift) .on !e^^nt ofmy Bretbren Helupports thii trinflation bj jaMiWafoningandjuftcriuGiim^^ ' , , C ' The fiBniljritV of fubjca reminds me ef another in* ftance where ftwnd criticifm and reafoii were^j»| i);li^ to clear ^-^»^cult paffage of Sen ^rofthatUniyerrjty.jhelatetii 'ermott pa Judges 50: 3o&ir intitule^ :?ij^i&^»| ^^wfidtri^i He Ihews very Stisfaftorily tHat Jeph»; ^^vow coMfted of two things— onpyiis, that batfQe^er\or'wbaj9e've^ouldcomffirth oj the doors of - '^t^e to meit bim, JbouJd i^jbe Lord*i, i.c; flaotttd be P, "td^ or dedicated to the l^fd ; the othtr wai^ that ou(dpfer him (the Lord) a barnt ftkrW* Jepth»'» lugh^camefirft to meet hiu ftoi^lmMy i ; aiid he did with her according ta his vow----3!yBHfecrificinj^ \ her; but by dedicating her to the le^ic^lB^od Jn i^^ ' *ftate.of perpetial celibacy. See Rsi5pio%h 'r^tfr^/i •■*> »: ,. 1. ■.,»•■■ •, \ !^1 f] ■m'- t|i IvT ■'■■"- ' ■ K^l •;V' m^ h '1 -'■»*-■ ■*»..i ♦.* A' '■S1 ■ ■ ■ ■"» . I. ■ ■v'^ c '"■„> ''%." ( 70 ) VI. Lcflic's Theological fVorh^ 2 Vol. Fol. Lightfo6t*s ^^r^i. 2 Vol. Fol. Bingham's (i^orkSy 2 Vol. Foi.-^In thcfc are contained his ChriiL Antiquities. ' '. Scott% Cbrijlian Life^ S Vol. Svo.^Or among hls^ [Works, i, Vol. Fol. Bull's Engm fTorh, and Life by Nelfon, 4 Vol. •■■■■:8vo., ■. ... V ,.: Nicolls on the Book of Common Prayer^ Fol. A Clergyman fhould have this book, or Comber, or Wheat- ly on the Prayer Book. Sparrow's Rationa/s. 8vo. or ^ f2mo. is alf:> valuiible. On the EcJe/taftica/ l.awoi § the church of M>gland. Burn is the laft writer; 4 Vol. \ 8vo. ]ohn\'ovk'&Cler^man*s FaJi Mtcum, lYoi. \%m.o. Js concifc and well written; i\it fecond volume contains a good abridgement of ancient Canons, and an account of the principal Councils. "ButXw's Analogy ofNatur. and Reveal, Religion to the . C(^npmtion and Courfe ofNature^ 8vo. Barton's Analogy of Divine Wifdom in the Materia}, Senfitive, ^c, Syfiem of Things, iimo, 'Edwiird*s Survey of the ^various Dijpenfations of Re^ ligion,2 Vol. 8vO. Worthington's Epy on Redemption, 8yo. Derham's Phyfico^Theology^ 8vo. 'Ray'slVifdomofGodin the mrks of Creation, 8v6. Kieuwentyt's WigiousPbilofopher, 4to. pr 2 VoL l^ittonoH the kefUrremon, 8vo. - ^ fiifhop { ,^ ( 7* ) • Bi(hop m\(on*Bmrh, i Vol. 4 to. ' This moft ttct\^ lent Prelate, who filled the aec of Sodor and Man//yr Mi yearn ms one of the moft Ihining . exampU* of '. piety', xcal and benevolence that has appeared m theW I..' ' latter age«. , .* ■, ■ *.'"■ . ■ ♦ ■ ' ■■'"■'.,.•■■'' ■:'':<■■:''■ .-■:^ ':.:-^"; ■' - ^'^ ■ ' ^ ' Chillingwbrth's H^rks, FoL— which fhouur^ jJi. were itonly to teachaman how to reafon well ^ StillingfleeVs Rfitional Account of the Grounds of Pro^ Uliant Relighn, Fob ^ ^ ^^^^ T^^novf on the Pope's Supremacy, 4to.^r n. the J!rjl ' ' Volume ofhisWrli. 3 Vol. Fx)l._ . . prerervathe againjl Pi^.^r/, 3 Vol. Fol.^^ _- Ridley's Re;^wvfPm^^ ^^^ Card^nalPole, £s Animadverfiom on Phillips's ip of Card. Pole, 8vo^ * Cave on Church Government. 8vo. ^ /^ ym. Bull's £<»//« ^'orb by Grate, Fol.-moftofthere«« «ana.KaintoEnglilh by Holland. « Vol. 8V0. Edward's Mrefirvative againfi Sociman^^to.^ _ Allix's ><#> 0/^'*' ^»«'»' Jewi^rcb, Svo. Liber 7«/>& jier Rittar#lium. «T,„,„i Vi\mxifX^ra Veritatis per Va^er Waeyen. mend's S^«.*<,/ I.if^ JWi^r^'^'^. 8r ^ ii^catley's Ser^omatthefame, 8vo. , :' Berriman's ^monsattbe f^ei tso. : Yix^^% \ ^^* ( 7« ) M.)!l %" WMmvi* Knight's Sermons at the fame, gvo, Kidlcy'B Sermons at the fami^ 8vo. ' WsLterhnd9 Hndicaiion of Cbti/tf Dhinlty, 8vo. v.* ^^^ Second Vindicatien'^Mchrift*! Divinty^ 8vo. ^ftfrlber yindicc^^^of Cbrijl's Divimty^ ■ ' 8vo. ^^^■' - Importanfc oft^itPo^rine of the Trinity^ iSvo. ^ ' ■ ^ ■■' . C?/^ of Arian Sub/cnpUcHf^ and Sufplement) 8V0. ••■:■•. • .^ ^ . ^— __ Abraham Taylor's frue^npiuf^Bo^rlHe of m . * yw»/(y, 8vo.'.;.^ ;';, ,.v''V.. v*^ ^- ■.^■' I" Ridley's y'i>r^(r Letlers to the Author of the Copfyjion^, Jones's d/-&o//f Do5frineof the ^rhitty^va^: "M — ^ — Anfwer to the EJfay on Spirit^ mb^ ^ " Burgh's Inquiry into,^be Belief o>f the Cbriftiam of the frfi Three Centuries refpming the One^^llbead of,^ tbeFatberr Son and ij^ Ghoft^ Svo,-,, - . J^ K\i6n*9PerpmdlGover»%ntpChriJi's hSurchM^^ : I Hookas Mcctefia/ticalW^lity^ Fol. %: ^ < StUUnglleet'^ Unreafaiikblenefi of Separation^ 4to.' "Pattern Church Covern'ment^^ »va. ^. " ^ Slater^s Original Draught of tpe Tnmitivi Church, ■"' . .■-„. ■ ■ ;':' iiyo. i^ : ■'■■ : %:.-.*" - ■-- ■■>■ . :■ ■;' '. • ^ ■ ';-v, • ,- , ■■" Law's tir^^Letitrs to the Bijhap of Bangor ( Hoadly) :^ WMsHiftory of^Infant 5tf/)///iB, 410, or f VqL ^ — 7— ^^ — Illoyd^s 'ft'., • [tlayd'/lftTfi^. Jccount oftbi ancient thttreh GovertN, ment in Gnat Britain andi Ireland^ 8vo. % king on tbe Jnvmior{i of Men in the lyorjhip #/ God^ lamo* * , . X. , ': * 4 Sbrmons in our language Hl^vc beeit multiplic ft) much, that a lift of them would fill a confidera* jble rolume. 1 (hall only mention a few ; referring Ithofe who dcfirijKarther irif6|mation on this head, i Mr. Cooke's Prehcber*s »/tf»^ jr Vol. 8vor xford, lySj, where ihe/ wPjnd si.larc6 cata- llogue of Engii(h Sermons and |i^^^^^ Isouth's Sermons^ 4 1 Vol. SvoF '/Jp ill6t(bn*s S^rw7/W, J Vol^ FoU W 1 1^* V^. Svo^ "or^^ii Vol. 1 2rao. ' '■ -N- v ^>- . ^ \ ■ Young's Setthons^ % Vol. 8v6. / ^ JAt^erWy^s SenhonSy 4 Vol. 8vo. / IS%rloSc*s "S^m^^f, 5 Vol. 8vo. " iey,erid^c^s*^(fiMfc5«i, 2 Vol. Fol.^^^^^ 10 Vol. ?vo; fehvpe*s 5tfr;»? |Rogers'l 5^r^o«S 4 Vol, 8vo. lAMorfi Serrhonsy 8v6. • \Sttii*fi Sermonsy 4 Vol. 8v6. • pecker's Sermons ^ /^ VoL 8vo. Lawfon's Sertnonsy 8vl. Jv'o. Hurd's SermonSy 4 Vol. Svo.. | Port?cus's 5^»io;rfji 8vo. Home's Sermons^ 2 1^61. 8vo. ^ ^ •.J r '» _^^ — hkir*s Sermonsi 2 Vol. 8vo.--Of wWch r hwc^nlf M the /gr/. - x" ' 1 ..fife ■-#• • (?4) Biihop Wltfon's Sermons,^-^~TyCef tmounting to Wm/jt. »i«/, mike the fecond Volume of hit W$rht 4tO) «n4| they fcem to be ag well calculated at any in Dur Ian* fv*S^ '^°' "*^ audiencci. They are plain, pradical, 4 , animated and fpiritual ; they bring religion home (o thcl _^ heart and confcience, and breathe the fpirit of their ^ excellent author, who was. for many yean, a diligent mud fuccefafttl Preacher. I would recommend thcmai| « ' « model for Clergymen in this country. Whilst drawing up the preceding Catalogue, feveral Boolcs occurred to me under each head, which I did not fet down \ being apprehenfive that if the number was made very large, it might dif- courage, inftead of inciting to Study. In one article, perhaps this apprcnhenfion prevailed too far. The Jews were once the peculiar people of God, to whom the promife of a Mefliah, or univerfal dc- livercrof thc^human race, was made. When the promifed MefTiah canie, they rejeAed him, ani crucified the Lord of Glory. Through unbelief, they have been caft off by the Almighty, their Temple and City were deilroyed, and their whole Polity fubverted and aboliflicd, Yet they are one 4ay to be reftored — they will look to, and believe in. Him whom they pierced •, for this bitndnefs hat only happened in part until the fullnefs of the Gentiles be come in. In the mean time, and dur- ii?g their difperfion over all the earth, they are an trrefrftgable proof to mankitid of the truth of Pro- phecy, and of Divine Revelation. The hi^ry and • fprcinieg therefore of this lingul a r pcpple,^nce th^ ^ deftruflioii '^;- i-\ C:M ■7-"' (wV % dcHruftion of Jerufalem — .their opiniont , doc trinei, learning, ceremonies and date, »rc mattcrt which dcfcrve peculiar attention. Thefc indeed are treated of in part by fome of the authori al- ready mentioned efpecially by Godwyn, Wal- ton, Lightfoot, Lewif, and Kidder. But fome may deHre a more particular account of them ; and all fuch will find ample fatisfaftron from the fol; lowing books.....— „. ', Bafnage's Hiftory of the Jews^ Fol.-^— it is trtnflitcd from the French by Taylor, and contains much ufaful ' information. ToVey's AnglU Juiaica i Or the Hiftory and Anti- quities of the Jews in England^ \IQ, Surenhufii Mifcbna^ five Totius Hebraorum Jurts^ Rituum^ Antiquitatum^ ac Legum Oraliim Syftema^ 6 Vol. fol,— fometimcs bound in 3 Vol. In ihnehbdratf work are printed the Cemmintaria of Maimonides and Bartenora, two eminent Rabbief, on the Oral Law, and al(jyhe hoUs of feveral learned ChrUUans. The Mif- chiifor Oral Law waa reduced to writing in the fecund Century by Rabbi Judah^ firnamed Haccadofli, or H< * TheGemara is a Comment of later Rabbles on Mifchna ; and both make wh. t is called the Talmud.' There arc two Talmuds, the Jerufalem and Babylonifli. The Mifchna is the Text of both ; the Comments of ^ F Rabbiesat Babylon, give name to the latter-— ^^fthofe ■;.': ■" in Judca to the former.,...;' '' --.Ifc'"'. Ravm. Martini P«^/ff Fii«, per Vorin, FoU Gihtinus. De Arcanis CatboL Viritatis^VoV. Wolfii Bibliotbeca Hebraa^ 4 Vol , 4to. Mainionldes More Nwocbim^ 4to. per Baxtprfc Wagenfeili tela Ignea Satana^ a Vol. 4to- K a Seldca f-.vJ 1; 4. Ir ^^t:^^ A 9^ I . ~„* ■v; y*,; ^^f$^V' Sdden De SyneJms Hebraorum^ FQK^i^4t0^ pV •; y^Sciden i)^ Jure Na(urd,et Gent. JHxiaW^ipt.HebK ^^Speiiccr JP^ Legibus ffebrao^t ■'2 V 9!/ Fol, ' ^ Coiri^Spw^ ixbihcns Tbeologia et Philojo^l i ' * Budl#j^^ a/ ii^s Merpremdi hleT "tb^ologotHebrsosf^, ^ottoi^sj^c^ idfcourfes relating to thefraditiiHii 5 liW VblttBSc, >e gives an En#fli taranflatfoii :•':.' of tw •** -i*. • ' r*^». -.-V, ,. / >€ ■■■<. •f*. .^>^ - ■■:••';. :■. . ■■■ ^ - ,. ■ PV- ■■■ ■ '■■ C ::'■■-.. ■■ .. 1 ;-';-;v;"- ■ ■ • ■■ ■ 'tr :'-'.;,■ .. t' ■ tkmt ■ (^ ■■ .■••■■ ■\ . >^;'' ''-'^ ■■■■■- ■■■.>•^^ -" .:;-;:-:t'W ? . '^^ ':-•-.■ ^;: . -..■■-■^ .■■■^■.-.: Stchclin's RAinicttl tiieraiufe : Or the ^raditiom pf the Jews contained in their Talmud and ^tber • Mfit^d lVritiniSi\ Vol. 8vo.^In this work thcEng- " » " ii(h Reader wiU find a famplc of the monftrous fabld ' ; *^ contained. in the Gcrmara, or comment on the Mifchna. -, - ^eptiiUoth, containinc; the Form! of Prayers which are pUbiickly read in Synagogues, and tifei inFa" ^^^ W/«, Hebrew and EngliA Svo^tranjlatedby B. . My&K and^' Alexander, London,. Printed tn' the Tear vf.ths Creation 5530. i. e/ Jrt xH^t2X of Chrift:. 17:^6./' _, r . . Leo Vloi^vi^: I Account of the Cuftoms, Ceremonte\and . Manner ol living amotig the Jews at^this time^ ^' rzmo. by Ockley. Leo was a Rabbi at Venice. .,y ,; Buxt6rf*s Sxanago^a JiMatca, Svo.^^An ab;id|«m ^ - of itis in(er& in tKey^t^ Volume ok«deai«Kdto.te ArchbilhoBS. B... , ? , (hop* and i'KftXf'="^°f *' ^''"'''' "'^ *^ ' '' tarVySCbfiaian Apologia, wi «>"= -f J''™Mf ! , .ive Fathers.- p^ticuWiy Cl=m«3 W >U««^- i Frfebks and theodoret, affert, that the ancient Hea- * ^^Sph.'i?"^''''"' borrowed .Ut^t.ms.«. oreffion o£*Nttntc<«"s, * '^/'■'**» , ^ a. f * . ** :-€v^- ..^ frix^arai* ^♦^ ♦". .. t .i mv; . v ?n^jr.r.ai'»fiKfjCfe^flg5Wjx*'^^^-t gtrj«*j*10^7*?»*W«?5'"t^~*' w t"- '. \ ■ff^H 4' t7«) ■^y JPt^aeparmt; Jt'vAegeL-^^-** What is Plato, fijs Nu/Mtiiut, '* 'batMsiltfsfpeakmg Grcftk?" Thitth;. Heathen dsrivcd the praftice of offering Sa. crifitrtrs, regarding the iVv^ifif it day, dedicating Tythei, andotlyr fuch obfervanc^es, from the Patriarchs and Infti- tutes of Mofes, tvill fcarcely admit of a dojibt ; and that •much of the H.athcn Mythology may by be referred ' *13 the fame origin— to fadlsin facrcd f|ift>ry» though muc'i disfigured— is very probable; as hath* been flic . n by fevcral writr^rs— i>y iQr;>tiu8, BochifC, %iUingi|ect, and miny others But fbihe -have carjric^ ^his matter top far —as JPickinfan in Df//>hi PhJfttcizafites, FTuct in his Dtmonfirath Enft-igelic^ and fpnie pthera. *:4i xn# •; /■ The. IE are pafTages in feveral Jbooks of the above 'Catalogue, which (houldfecf cad with caution. All men— even the beft and great eft —are liable to error; and the njiftafe^X)f perfonis who are ^eirtinent lF,;. ■■■ i K 75 ) ** matter." The ftrength of his geniiii tnafcjed him to ftrike oAit a new path in the inter pnctftion ofScripture; and in many things, he happily (uc^ ceeded. But Mr. Locke^was not infallible, I fliall only refer to his expofitign of Uorti^ iX-.^j wlierc his faraphrafe^ and the alteration he has Inade iti the pointing -of the T(Bxt, evidently changranct debafe the Apoftle»s liicaning. Like other .orijaiinal writers, Mr. Lo^ke has had his imitators j Jblut few, if »n^, have piached his excellencies. V^' .: The name of Bir John D: MiGhaelis, (ptofeflpr in His Majefty's Univerfity of Gottingen) k truly refpeaable i he isane of the firft literary charaaer^ in Europe, and afirm Believer in Divine %y^a^ tion. In his learned IniroduSlery Le5lurey4o^tl^r N'£W Teftammt^ SeavJ5 n he objeftsto the authen;^ ticijtyof that text, fflphn V. 7 ; and adduc^ thc^ ufual arguments to ftdS^ that it i» an intcrpplau>n j^ without offering, fb »ks I can recoiled, »ny ;tha^ ; ;^ are new. . But to {^nothing of what hasbe^a^t* written by Martiri, MaH, Bengelius, and others ii| ^->1 ahf< thofe arguments -, Mr. Travk has, fin ce; Sir John wrote, ably refuted all the argument^i •• cavils and obj^aions againftjhis text, and fully ; ^cftabliftied its genuinefs, in his letters to Mfr G^^- t)on._Iti8biitjufticcto^d(l,that Sir Jotoi D- f - Michaelis has exculpated himielf ;f>pm wdldciigrt^ ^^^^- ormotive in calling the autjicnticity of this text m .^ ^toeftion. ^ " I hope, (ays he,^f»y reader wiU^toj.,: : ?mt^rpret what I write as a?, denial c^f the-et^rn^ . -.^ 4* Pivinityof Chrift. whicHtMtrutbrM^ 1 1^ m ■ '« ti :A "j,4f:; ,:,%' „-^ «/■/• '*'; '■^t ~»w" »„„A, ^^■^ f!" '•ft ( «o > •« grounded in other paflages, aad infinitely dear •* tdme, I profcfs before God, and upon the word «• 0f an hon-jft man^ that I Hclieve.Chrift to be the ** true and eternal God, »j»(d Jehovajh." In4r§4. JU£t, Icouldeafily adduce more Inftances of this fort from other writers ; but-my purpofe is not to write e Critic upon Autho'rsl-— -I would Only put my younger Brethren on their, guard againfl: miftakes thit may have the fandliion of illuftrious ni^mes indemitteat talents tQ fapiport them. ° \/ Xtlfr :\ 1 cfANNoir clbfc this Catalogue withotrfni^nttonr irtg a few b^^oks, which I would beg leave tp j-e- cominend as highly ufefuL to Jceep up a due fenfe of religfin in a Glergymih'^ own mind. Surelyj whert ^e l|ibour to Improve the hearts of others, we fl>0uld not negle(5t our own ; on the contrary, we i^ould ^arneftly ftrix'e, like St. Paul, And be impref- fed with the fame anjciety which he felt, that •* when *' wc 'have preached to others, W6 ourfelVc* may* «* hbt be caftaways." I ftiall very briefly refer ||r the Books 1 have in view ; a|id the firft i*-i— --* • The bible, the Book 0f Gdd, iii whMli*^ has beeA mercifully pieced to reveal hisr will^ ^ Inform us of our real ftate and conditio ti, and <|f\ the only way td attain leverlaflfeg happine(s. ,, jT^ ^ linderftand thvs facred B0ok thoroughly, /ii6ul4 btJ < Cl^ajgym^s c^ftftant; endeavour^ tp Xj^s .piuif^ - ^ % .■/.".,">'> :,'•' ■''' tciy dear the word to be the ■ ♦,'.■ ' this fort >t to write ' put my miilakei ^:.-^ " •::)"- "■■;■■■■ ^^: . A.--'- til his (ludies (hould be dircfted-|ii this they fliould^ centre. I'he Greek Teftament his hand ; and the more criti^ knowledge of it which he g^ini ^ The great lines of our duty, ais Clergymen, arc contained in St. Paul's EpiftlesI to Timothy and Titus— a confcientious obfer^^ance. of his rules,- will infarc our ov^n falvation, and j}romote that of our Brethren. / : . ' ' mention f /e to |*e- AC fenfe of elyj when; hers, we trary, we >e impref- at •* when IVcf may r refer to ■ ■■ V, •--'.■'.,.. ^,\; '■>■■■ \'-:\ ■ '■.' ''-' '.'■'' •! ■ ■ <\i . ■•• ' whi<^)i«J wiil.^ ^ ie(s. , df ^ rtiould W ?is ^p0ihe. *-'V" v. ( «i ) rik The writings of the Prj^rillitive Fathers will be ufeful m thiswiy. The piety 0f thofe early Chrif- tiaris was Jerven;t v yet rationall ^pd nianly. Jhey confidered the Gofpel as an Inftitution, or Dif- cipline of jjj^mility, holinefs ^nd mortification of fin^ appointed'by God to pre|j}are men for future happiriefs ; they accordingly f^bniitted to its direc- tions implicity, and conformed to its precepts.' ♦* We fpeak not great thing$, but we live them,'* wa« one.«9rf their Avowed maxims. They accounted falvation the mo# important objeft, and they pur- ftfed it w\i^ an aj'datrr proportioned to its import* aace. I}lnx:e their fortitude imdcr fufferings, their contenipr^^en of Death, as well as of every blan^ dirtiment^hat would feduqe them from the path of iiewen, %«id hence that fpirrt of warm devotion which bffeath«s in their writings, conformably to thxjie ieiitinieiits. I {hall fpecify a few in wHicIi thi? will Appear maiiifeft — u .^^ - • Ti*^ ^/'/>^//fjofIgnatiu pafticukrlftJfaet&th^' ^omanri the Efihle of Clemens Bi(hfeJ> of Ronic; ho the Gorimbians \ and the . Chrlilian' ,' u1j)olo^iJls m <.'--'■.- y "'"L " , *' » - ^ ^general \ i 1 1 ' H ■ "<"" -'■' y » .•; .■ ;■■•■;.:•■:" -4;.:# ''"r"T,A; „<>' T ■■: -i- l. '-■ ■):' ^ .- ,.^V •■ ;■■■ ( 8t ) reneral. Cyprian's trades, particularly, De Lapfts^ J>f Oral tone Domk Bleemofynis^ De Epiftles ; whi cerning the" Primitive Cl\l which are volumi DeMorialitate^'DeOpere et ^: '■..•/■ mation.. ■4 ' ! that fmall \y his f 1 ani* («Jii) ):m~'. . matiofi ofStyleJand a warm devo^onal turn. The pious Mr. Hcrhtert's Temple^ or Sacred Poems \ bit " j^peft to the Temple : Or Country Parfon^ bis Cbarae. "jef and Rule of Holy Life^ arc alfo edifying. Bifhop T^ylofc^ Holy Living and Dying is an excellent buoh?,—£in this eminent Prclare, profound learn- iiig, exadkjudgmeht^ a lively imagination, and warm pietyf were happily* united. His Ductor Dubitantium^ or Rule of Confeien^^ h perhaps the beft Syftemof CaWftic Divinity tkat is extant, Afchhiftiop Leighton's writings fpeak the lan- guage of a devout fli^d humble Chriftian. Mr. ^ Scou gal's Life ofOodir^the Soul of Man^ is a jn^orf • excellent little treatife. A vein of animated piety runs through l>r, Hornecfe's writings ^his Crucified Jefus^ his Great Law af Conftderation^ his Happy Afcetick^ ^nd _ Fire of the Altar, This is alfo th^ . cafe of Mr. Nelfon's writings; and particularly o^ hx^tvu^tiCQQnthQFafis and Fejlivalsof the Church ' of England. Mr. Law's Serious Call to m Holy Life^ is a hook of great merit— it has nothing of that Behmcnlfm with which the author was unhappily tmaurcd in the latter part of his life. Whilft men- tioning devotional writings, I cannot omit Mr, Hervey's Meditations among the Tombs^ his iLeflee* ii$n^s on a Flower Garden^ Contemplations on thf Night ' and Starry ff^f^-y^/^f—— in thefe are no traces ,of the Antinomian or other exceptionable principles with which he was latterly charged they arc piout» devout ^d animated. The great Tcrt^llian, t*^;; ' •^■.*.^ ■ .'» .. ^ war«|^; t Si „" \ l.gy, and Mr. Ray on^reation will be very ufcful ; as will alfo the writings pf the Hon. Mr. Robert Boyle, who was a true Chnftian Philofopher. His talents'were great, his refearches into nature indefatigable -, and thefe were accompanied with the deepeft humility, and profoundeft reverence for the Supreme Being. The more of his works are read, the better. I Ihall add but one^ther book-it is Dr. Young's iV/fA/ Thoughts. ^ This work does not feem to have had ,rufficientj3,fl,ce done to it hitherto. Few writers ppflefled more of the vivida vis ingenii, or a moreori- gmal vem or Thinking than the author of the mgbt rc fcarc ^ur ]an| Ire )ike Indeed- us bc|o IhaC run ^hich it |s the a ides a r (uman The! Ion on t bmetjiit wres flu lis ftocl vill trea lifcharg nd his ( nderfla uence, lis own h . ' - . ■ " i- '■■■ rc pail ages Ill that book w hich ' ar« / •"■ .; '■"'■-., „■■■'■ ^ ■'' '^:y:^--^-m^ „„. v.t- *'■. .'■^■•V -'. ■ > •:'■■ :.■ , .■ . .-.■ ■« ' ^ I^^^B •^ A >&"' ~ '^' ' .:. '.'■-' :.- ■■;■•.., »., ' ^ ' ■ • ' .■ * ■V^ scries of ) value of which it ire held. I. Befides Privatay rocbialia ig grcat- i\y reads omitted IVorks of :as, give humble )wledge ft, Mr. 4r. Ray ilfo the vho was ts*were »le i and jmility. Being. I ihall ive had writers oreori- 2 Night : which ' ar« ( ^5 ) c fcarcely furpaflcd in fublimity by any writer In ur language. Some little blemilhes of the Style, re like fpecks in the Sun — our bed writers^alL indeed have fuch. What I chiefly recommend is bc|ok for, is, the ftrong, warm /and manly piety that runs through it, the new and ftriking light in hich it places many Evangelic Truths, as well iS the arguments for the Soul*s Immortality j be- des a multitude of juft and acute obferyations oa uma n life and manners. \ The frequent reading thofe Books, aiid medifa*^ ion on them, will keep up a proper frame c)f mind % bmetjiing of their fpirit will be caught -*-^^(?///i/ f> noresftudia. A Clergyman will hereby increafe lis ftock of ufeful and practical knowledge; he^ vill treafure up fentiments for the more fuccefsful lifcharge of his duty to others. In fine— —by thef* nd his other ftudies he will not only cultivate his ndcrftanding •, but what is of ftill more confe. [uence, he will, with the bleffing of God, improy« lis own heart. . ■ . Np- iVi .Afi ^^iJ if- \i--."i.«. ,-.^ :>--: f »fo;lv; t .,:«' ' .;¥'«■ CADEMY ntar WINDSOR. ^ atcouftt of the Opening, and first VisiTATioii 9/ the Ac A^vMY' in- ibis Province^, wat annexei i9the"QnKKGt delivered to the Clergy of Nova Sc9lra in tySS, The follomhtg brief account of tht iaft Visitation of that Setnmary^ is here addei^ to fill up a page wbidj ^'^^MJ^'^wfi he blank, ON Wcdnefday tite ga^^Pbruary, 1790, wai held the Qiiarterly ViwKtion of the Acade- trty near Windfor. The Sfudeftts of the Latin School, after delivering feveral Pieces, memoriter^ in Latin and Englifli, were examined, as ufual ; •nd notwithftanding the Preddent's late indifpofi tion, Uhfe drffcrent Clafles gave very fat||faftory peoof^of their diligence and progress, as well in Grammar, as in conflrujng, parting and fcanning. .The Students of each Clafs produced a Map adapted to the ClaiTics the.y read.^ — the Maps were drawn by the Students themfclves, and well executed •, and they were examined in feveral parts orClafTical Geography^ The Students in tj^e Engli/h School were next Examined in^R Casing, Writing, Arithmetic, Gep snctry, and fome' Pradical Branches of the Mathe matics i and it is but juftice-to fay, that they ac ^uited themfelves in each, as well as in delivering ^ memoriter mmorUtr 1 Profe, very tended. V Three F one to Mr. to Mr. Bifl School ; ar Englifh Scl Academy!] Page II, P. 16, P. 12, P- 35 Smaller tn t .,!* TATIOH annexei ^ Nova- / oftht f addei^ blank, '90, wai Acade. e Latin moriter^ ufual i difpofi S^fadfcory well in aiming, a Map ips were mmortfir %vthX plwel of lEnglifh Poetry aticf Profc, very muc|ito the fatisfaaiort of all who at* tended,^,- * •' Three Premiums were given at this Viritation— one to Mr. Millidgcof the firft Clafs, M another to Mr. Biflet of the fecond Clafs, in the Latitt/ School ; and one to Maftcr Gray, Scnr. inth« Englifli School The number of Students at th« Academy *s thirty \ of whom ten are Boarders. E R k A T A. ■■ ■ . / ■ ■ '. • ■ Page 11, //«* i,/Jrwho, r«iihow. P. 16, /. 21, tteUto. 1 P. 12, 7. 9. /e/r 17744* '•• «744- P. 35. /. le./oTCid, r»ready. 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