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The 19th chapter, " Of the Divine Justice in respect of Rewards and Punishments," is thus commenced. "We tread now on difficult and dangerous ground, and I entreat the reader to be wary and circumspect. Yet let him not desist from proceeding: to return is more difficult than to advance. Caution is wise, but timidity is equally dangerous with rashness. The hand of a skilful operator must be bold and steady, as well as cautious," &c. &c. Then our skilful metaphysician having laid the foundation, that there can be no such thing as revenge in the Divine government, concludes forthwith that there can be no such thing as punishment strictly eternal. This appears to be the sum of his disquisitions-the Divine Being, to be benevolent, must remove all sin and suffering at some period or other. This is his philosophy. That awful mysteries involve his proceedings, or rather that we cannot comprehend the first and moving principles of the Divine mind, and cannot attain to them, this is our belief. We are ignorant of his ways, for " his footsteps are in the great waters." The sea leaves no track of the vessel. His providence guides all things to their end, but He is equally invisible, though we see where his hand hath been. Now the scheme of Redemption itself has its mysteries; the kingdom of grace is a kingdom of mystery, and it is not for us to say, only thus and thus can the Almighty work, only thus and thus can he dispense the blessings of his providence or of his grace. Of all knowledge, the knowledge of our own ignorance of the hidden counsels of God is most important. the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor ?"*

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With the author, we regret (as in his Fourth Appendix) that covetousness is so much the characteristic of our age, and are amongst those who fear for the country, that Providence will not spare our great national delinquencies. But here, as elsewhere, our author appears to assume a tone too dogmatical. He has very aptly, in this part of his work, referred to Hume's England, anno 1641, where that writer describes the commencement of the Irish Rebellion, and the character of Roger More, the agitator of that day.

In his chapters on the Holy Trinity, entitled, "Continuation of the Mysteries," (p. 475) the author affirms, that " an eternal unchangeable self-existence belongs to the Father-an eternal dependent co-existence to the Son." He also speaks of the "distinction of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit, from that of the Son and that of the Father." Not so "the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one." The distinction of persons is not a distinction of godhead. As in Bishop Downame's "Treatise concerning Antichrist," "True

⚫ Romans xi. 33, 34.

indeed it is, that Christ is Filius à Patre, sed Deus à se, quatenus est Deus: Son of and from his Father, but God of and from himself, namely, as he is God. And if he were not of and from himself, he were not God. And although in the concrete we say, and must say, with the Council of Nice, that Christ is God of God, that is, Christ who is God, is from the Father who is God (the word God being taken OOTATIKÕÇ, personally,) because the person of the Son, who is Deus genitus, God begotten, is from the person of the Father, Deus gignens, God-begetting; yet it is not likewise true in the abstract. For howsoever the godhead is communicated from the Father to the Son by eternal generation, and from the Father and the Son to the Holy Ghost by eternal procession, yet the deity of the Son, and so of the Holy Ghost, being the self-same infinite, eternal, and indivisible essence of the Father, is from, and of, and by, and for itself. And who knoweth not that such is the simplicity of the Divine nature, as that God is the godhead, and the godhead is God, and consequently that Christ, as he is God, is the godhead, which is of and from itself. And therefore to conclude, Christ is God of God, in respect of his person, and he is also God of himself in respect of his essence, which is of itself.

LITERARY REPORT.

A Brief Apology for the Romish
Priests in Ireland, or their Conduct
not inconsistent with their Religion;
being an Exposure of an apparent
Denial of certain Statements respect-
ing the Rev. James Hughes, P.P.
Newport Pratt, at a late Meeting in
the Town of Guildford. Respectfully
dedicated to the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Exeter. By the Rev.
JAMES R. PAGE, A.M. of Queen's
College, Cambridge, Minister of Car-
lisle Chapel, Lambeth; Editor of
"Bishop Burnett's Exposition of the
Thirty-nine Articles" Author of
"Ireland, its Evils traced to their
Source;
"Letters to a Romish
Priest," &c. &c. London: Seeleys.
Guildford: Russells. Dublin: Curry.
Pp. iv. 16.

THE Moloch of Popery will not be
appeased with a less costly sacrifice

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than that of the Protestant Church. This may be said to be the basis of Mr. Page's most eloquent letter, in which he has not only vindicated his character from the foul aspersions of a jesuitical libeller, but done good service to the church by his admirable exposure of the infamous conduct of the Papists. Mr. Page has long been known as one of a host of DAVIDS, who slaughter the Philistine Goliahs (? go liars!) of Rome as often as they dare enter the lists; and happy are we to find that his pebble and his sling, under Providence, continue as powerful for good as ever.

Why you should go to Church: a few
Words to the poorer Members of my
Flock on the Excuses they make for
not going to Church, and the Reasons

A Treatise concerning Antichrist, by George Downame, D.D., and lately Reader of the Divinity Lecture in Paules. London, 1603. p. 56.

why they should go to Church. Third Edit. London: Rivingtons. Pp. 22. As the proper observance of the Sabbath distinguishes, to a great extent, those who love God from those who love him not, every work calculated to impress this truth on the minds of the community is of great value; and we are free to confess that a more sound, argumentative, and unanswerable address has seldom fallen under our notice. Commonplace excuses are met by scriptural commands, and the Word of God appealed to, when the doubting, hesitating, and half-believer would fritter away his "means of grace and hope of glory" by wilful disobedience. The tract cannot be too highly appreciated, nor too extensively circulated.

The Poor Man's Advocate; or, a Few Words for and to the Poor. In Three Letters, with an Addenda. By HuBERT SMITH, B.A. Chaplain to the New Forest Union Workhouse, Hants. London: Tyler. Pp. 28. WE some time since noticed a production of this friend of the poor, which we believe is included in the pamphlet before us. Repugnant to our feelings as Christians and men as the new poor law has ever been, we confess we do not see any reason to alter our sentiments after the perusal of Mr. Smith's three letters. His suggestions are Utopian, his theories in many points impracticable, and the manner in which they are propounded not the most clear.

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object proposed is a truly christian one, and shall always have our humble and zealous support.

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A History of British Birds. WILLIAMYARRELL, F. L.S., V.P.Z.S. Illustrated by a Woodcut of each Species, and numerous Vignettes. Part XI. completing the First Vol. London: Van Voorst. Pp. 48. WE Congratulate Mr. Yarrell and his spirited publisher on the successful completion of the first volume of British Birds; a work which, whether we consider the beauty of the illustrations, the elegance of the vignettes, or the accuracy of the history, cannot fail to become a standard book both in the library and drawing-room.

A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, and Manual of Comparative Anatomy. By THOMAS RYMER JONES, F.Z.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. Illustrated by numerous Engravings in Wood. London: Van Voorst. Pp. 48.

THIS work increases in interest each

succeeding number, and promises to become one of the most popular books on the highly important subject on which it treats. The illustrations are at once elegant and faithful.

Ryall's Portraits of Eminent Conserva-
tives and Statesmen. Part XII.
London: Dawe and Gowar. Fol.
Pp. 20.

THE twelfth number of this most splendid and important work has just been put into our hands; and is, if possible, superior to its predecessors. It will be the glory of our age in the eyes of all future historians, that the great and good of the land have found in its magnificent pages an appropriate shrine on which their names and effigies have been immortalized. We trust that the work may continue its triumphant career of success till every Conservative statesman in the realm has been engraved; and have no doubt that all who value high patriotism, political virtue, and moral dignity,

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will deprive theinselves of many luxuries rather than lack the possession of such a glorious monument of worth and art.

Sir Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet of
Gems; with Biographical and De-
scriptive Memorials. By P. G. PAT-
MORE. London: Dawe and Gowar.
Folio. Pp. 30.

THE fine arts are deeply indebted to
the publishers of this brilliant monu-
ment to the memory of Lawrence.
Indeed all who wish to inspect a first-
rate collection of paintings, engravings,
and highly illustrated works, cannot
do better than visit THE CONSERVATIVE
AND ECCLESIASTICAL GALLERY, No. 8,
Regent Street: from which we are
happy to announce a new work, of the
deepest interest and importance to the
religious world, is about to emanate,
entitled, "Portraits and Memoirs of
Eminent Living Divines."

The Village Pastor's Surgical and Medical Guide; in Letters from an old Physician to a young Clergyman, his Son, on his entering upon the Duties of a Parish Priest. By FENWICK SKRIMSHIRE, M.D. Physician to the Peterborough Public Dispensary and Infirmary; Edin. Nat. Hist. Soc. olim Præses; Edin. Reg. Med. Societ. Soc. Extraord. London: Churchill; Hatchard. Pp. xii. 426. We do not profess to merit by our practical knowledge or experience the honorary degree of M.D.; but we have frequently derived great benefit from the little knowledge we have of the healing art in cases of unexpected danger and difficulty. It was, therefore, with feelings of no inconsiderable satisfaction, that we saw the above volume announced; and, after a careful perusal, we strongly recommend it to the Clergy. The learned Doctor is strongly attached to the Established Church, and in his preface expresses his feelings with so much force and propriety, that we are tempted to select one short but vigorous passage, as a fair specimen of our worthy friend's (if he will permit us so to call him) powerful talents as a writer;

Of all classes of society in all christian countries, the ministers of religion hold pre-eminently the most important place. The possession and proper exercise of political power, it must be allowed, has a vast influence over the temporal happiness of nations, but the efficiency of the ministry of the gospel affects both our moral condition here, and our destiny hereafter. A national establishment affords the surest means of extending such a ministry over the whole population of a country, and this surely is one powerful argument in favour of its propriety. Every man of reflection, who can look back, as I can, upon the transactions of half a century, must rejoice at the vast improvements in the whole clerical community. The number of our resident village pastors has, within the last fifty years, been nearly doubled; their education is of a higher order, and the zeal of a great proportion of them is more pure and more ardent; and the time is fast approaching, I trust, when every village in England will be blessed, and the eternal interests of its inhabitants watched over, by such a resident Clergyman of the Established Church."-Pp. vi, vii.

The Religious Origin and Sanctions of
Human Law: a Sermon, preached
in the Cathedral Church of Carlisle,
on Tuesday, the 26th of February,
1839, before the High Sheriff of the
County of Cumberland, and the
Judges of Assize; and published
by Request. By the Rev. RICHARD
PARKINSON, B.D. Chaplain to the
High Sheriff, and Fellow of Christ's
College in Manchester. London :
Rivingtons. Manchester: Fowler.
Carlisle Thurnham. Pp. 23.
A SOUND, argumentative, and practical
discourse; which fully maintains the
high reputation of Mr. Parkinson,
and makes us very anxious to see his
forthcoming second volume of Hulsean

Lectures.

Recollections of a Country Pastor.

London: Burns. Pp. 181.

A REPRINT of some very interesting papers which have appeared in a contemporary; which we are glad to see collected into a distinct volume, as they were far too valuable for that ephemeral existence to which periodical literature is too often destined.

Tales of the Martyrs; or Sketches from Church History. London : Dean & Munday. Pp. 223.

THIS little book is, we understand, the work of a young lady. It is very beautifully and affectionately dedicated to the memory of a departed father. "The aim of the author," she tells us in a brief preface, "is to draw the attention of young people to a branch of history too generally neglectedthat of the Church: a history calculated amply to repay investigation, and a more accurate acquaintance with which would tend greatly to counteract the various errors prevalent amongst us, and to fix upon a firmer basis the principles and attachment of her members." The object is most laudable; and it has been the providential effect of the malice of dissent to drive churchmen, and even dissenters, into an examination of ecclesiastical antiquity-a branch of learning most essential to the Christian, but hitherto very insufficiently attended to. Our youthful authoress has executed her task admirably, and we earnestly recommend her elegant and faithful narratives to our juvenile readers. With how much judgment as well as ability she has treated her subject, may sufficiently appear from the following extract.

At last, Rosgrove was brought up for examination, and the usual test of the real presence was proposed to him. "It is not for me," said Rosgrove," to pretend clearly to explain this great mystery: Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins. According to his word I receive it."

But such an answer was not deemed sufficient: the question was pressed upon him; and when the brutal Bonner taunted him with being afraid to speak his sentiments, because he knew they "savoured of the faggot," he felt called upon to declare them openly. "If," he

said, "I have sought rather to evade your questioning, than to reply with the precision you require, it is-not because I shrink from avowing the doctrines of my faith, but because I consider this one of those points on which it would be far better for men to obey the commands of Christ, in humble expectation of the sacramental blessings he has promised, than to seek to define with exactness the method by which he has thought fit to convey those blessings. I believe that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper; but I understand it not as a material change in the bread and wine, but in a spiritual sense; as when he says, I am the vine, ye are the branches, I understand it to mean that spiritual communion which exists between Christ and the ministers of his church."

"Thou art a foul heretic," said Bonner, "and hast no part in the church of Christ."

"My lord, I am not a heretic; let the Scripture decide between us, and I defy you to prove that the Church to which I belong, possessing, as it does, a regularly ordained ministry, who preach the gospel and administer the two only sacraments ordained by Christ, is not a portion of his true church. We have not sought to build a new tabernacle, but to cleanse the old from the corruptions which had been suffered to gather within its sacred walls. Need I point out these corruptions? I might refer you to Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer; to Hooper and Rogers; but the Church of which I am a member seeks not security in the ignorance of her laity; and in obedience to the command of that very apostle in whose name you usurp such undue authority, I am ready to give a reason for the hope that is in me."

Cardinal Bellarmine's Notes on the

Church examined and confuted. Parts II. III. Pp. 80. Holdsworth. THESE numbers contain replies to Bellarmine's first nine notes, and are replete with grave and most important matter; the republication is in every respect valuable, and the style in which it is got up cannot fail to recommend it to general approbation.

We would have preferred saying the corporal presence: inasmuch as the real presence is the doctrine of our Church. But perhaps it may only mean the real presence as understood by the Papists. At all events, the orthodoxy of our young authoress is evident from what follows.

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