ledge of all Things that are or may be, than which nothing can be more monftrously and ridiculously arrogant; or elfe, unless he be fure that the Being of what he denies, doth imply a Contradiction; for which there is not the leaft Colour in this Cafe. The true Notion of God confifting in this, That he is a Being of all poffible Perfection. That I may borrow my Lord Bishop of Chester's Words, in his Discourse of Natural Religion, Page 94.

Now if he be not sure there is no Deity, he cannot be without fome Sufpicion and Fear that there may be one.

Secondly, If there should be a Deity, fo Holy, and fuft, and Powerful, as is fuppofed, what Vengeance and Indignation may fuch vile Mifcreants and Rebels expect, who have made it their Business to banish Him out of the World, who is the great Creator and Governor of it; to nndermine his Being, and eradicate all Notions of Him out of their own and other Mens Minds to provoke his Creatures and Vaffals to a Con tempt of him, a fighting of his Fear and WorShip, as being fuch imaginary Chimera's, as are fit only to keep Fools in Awe. Certainly all this is the higheft Provocation that any Man can be guilty of, fo fhall it be punish'd with the foreft Vengeance.

Now a lender Sufpicion of the Existence of a Being, the Denial whereof is of fo fad Confequence, muft needs difturb the A

theift's

theift's Thoughts, and fill him with Fears, and qualify and allay all his Pleasures and Enjoyments, and render him miferable even in this Life.

But on the other fide, he that believes and owns a God, if there should be none, is in no Danger of any bad Confequent. For all the Inconvenience of this Belief will be, that he may be hereby occafioned to tye himself up to fome. needlefs Restraints during this hort Time of his Life, wherein notwithstanding there is, as to the prefent, much Peace, Quiet, and Safety: And, as to the future, his Error fhall die with him, there being none to call him to an Account for his Miftake. Thus far the Bifhop.

To which I fhall add, that he not only fuffers no Damage, but reaps a confiderable Benefit from this Miftake; for during this Life he enjoys a pleasant Dream or Fancy of a future bleffed Estate, with the Thoughts and Expectation whereof, he folaces himself, and agreeably entertains his Time; and is in no Danger of being ever awakened out of it, and convin ced of his Error and Folly, Death making a full End of him.

FINI S

INNYS, at the Prince's-Arms in St. Paul's
Church-yard.

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HE Pofthumous Works of Dr. Robert Hooke ; in which, I. The prefent Deficiency of Natural Philofophy is difcourfed of, with the Methods of rendring it more certain and beneficial. II. Of the Nature, Motion, and Effects of Light, particularly that of the Sun and Comets. III. An Hypothetical Explication of Memory; how the Organ is made ufe of by the Mind in its Operation, may be mechanically understood. IV. An Hypothefis and Explication of the Cause of Gravity, or Gravation, Magnetifm,

c. V. Difcourfes of Earthquakes, their Caufes and Effects, and Hiftories of feveral: To which are annex'd, Physical Explications of feveral of the Fables in Ovid's Metamorphofes, very different from other Mythologick Interpreters. VI. Lectures for improving Navigation and Aftronomy, with the Defcriptions of feveral new and ufeful Inftruments and Contrivances; the whole full of curious Difquifitions and Experiments, illuftrated with Sculptures. To thefe Difcourfes is prefix'd the Author's Life. By Richard Waller, R. S. Secr. Folio.

Pindari Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Ifthmia, una cum Latina omnium Verfione carmine Lyrico per Nicolaum Sudorium. Oxon. Folio.

Euripidis Tragœdiæ omnes, cum fragmentis veterum, Scholiis Græcis, ex Editione & cum acceffionibus Jof. Barnefiii. Gr. Lat. Cantab. Folio.

Horti Medici Amftelodamenfis Rariorum tam Orientalis, quam Occidentalis India, aliarumque Peregrinarum Plantarum Defcriptio & Icones ad vivum æri incifæ, Authore Jo. Commelino. 2 Vol. Folio.

Philofophical Tranfactions, giving an Account of the Prefent Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious, in many confiderable Parts of the World, continu'd to this prefent Year 1712. By Dr. Hans Sloane, Secretary to the Royal Society. Quarto.

The

Thefaurus Linguæ Sanctæ, five Concordantiale Lexicon Hebræo-Latino-Biblicum: in quo, Lexica omnia Hebraica huc ufque Edita, methodice, fuc-. cincte & quafi Synoptices, exhibentur ; una cum Concordantiis Hebraicis; in quibus, univerfæ, & fingulæ voces Hebræo-Biblicæ, (cum locis fuis, quibus, in Textu, occurrunt) interpretatæ funt, & expofitæ ; atque etiam, Grammaticæ, fub fuis propriis Radicibus quibuflibet refolute; ad faciliorem, magifque commodum ftudioforum, & Hebræo-Philologicorum, ufum & progreffum, in Lingua fancta Hebraica difcenda, vel docenda. Per Gul. Robertfon. Quarto.

Optice: five de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus, & Coloribus Lucis libri tres. Authore Ifaaco Newton, Equite Aurato. Latine reddidit Sam. Clarke, D. D. accedunt Tractatus duo ejufdem Authoris de fpeciebus & magnitudine Figurarum Curvilinearum, Latine fcripti. Quarto.

Anthropologia Nova; or, A New Syftem of Anatomy, defcribing the Animal OEconomy, and a fhort Rationale of many Diftempers incident to Humane Bodies; in which are inferted divers Anatomical Dif coveries, and Medicinal Obfervations, with the Hiftory of the Parts, illuftrated with above 80 Figures drawn after the Life; and to every Chapter a Syllabus of the Parts, defcrib'd for the Inftruction of young Anatomists. By James Drake, M. D. in 2 Vol.

Octavo.

The History of Cold Bathing, both ancient and modern, in two Parts. The first by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Knt. The fecond treating of the genuine Ufe of Hot and Cold Baths; together with the wonderful Effects of the Bath-Water drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomachs, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver, and Spleen, &c. By Edw. Baynard, M. D. Octavo.

Practical Obfervations upon the Miracles of our Blessed Saviour; together with fome extraordinary Paffages of his Life. In 2 Vol. By Fr. Bragg, B. D.

Octavo.

Practical

Practical Difcourfes upon the Parables of our Bleffed Saviour, with Prayers annex'd to each Difcourfe. In 2 Vol. By the fame Author. Octavo.

Twenty four Sermons preach'd on feveral Occafions. In 2 Vol. By Richard Lucas, D. D. Octavo.

An Enquiry after Happiness. In Three Parts. 1. Of the Poffibility of obtaining Happiness. 2. Of the true Notion of Humane Life. 3. Of religious Perfection. In 2 Vol. By the fame Author. Octavo.

Ray's Three Phyfico-Theological Difcourfes concerning, 1. The primitive Chaos and Creation of the World. 2. The general Deluge, its Caufes and Effects. 3. The Diffolution of the World, and general Conflagration, &c. With Cuts. The Third Edi, tion, very much enlarg'd. 1714. Octavo. .

An Effay concerning the Knowledge and Cure of moft Diseases afflicting Humane Bodies. To which is annex'd, A fhort Account of Salivation, and the Use of Mercury. By P. Paxton, M. D. Octavo.

Boyer's French and English Dictionary. Octavo.

An Account of feveral late Voyages and Difcoveries to the South Sea, &c. By Sir John Narbrough, and others. With Cuts. 8vo.

A Voyage to the South Sea, and round the World, in the Ships Duke and Duchess of Bristol, perform'd in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, containing a Journal of all memorable Tranfactions during the faid Voyage; the Winds, Currents, and Variation of the Compafs; the taking of the Towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and feveral Prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco Ship. A Defcription of the American Coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the South, to California in the North,(from the Coafting-Pilot,a Spanish Manufcript.) An Hiftorical Account of a thofe Countries, from the best Authors. With a new Map and Defcription of the mighty River of the Amazons. Wherein an Account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of Living, and taming fome wild Beafts during the four Years and four Months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes. Illuftrated with Cuts and Maps. By Capt. Edward Cooke. Octavo.