A few Copies of the following Publications remain-
ing on hand, may be had of the Booksellers whose
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Orders by Letter will be carefully attended to.

1. Nine Discourses on Prayer, in boards, 5s.

11. The Happiness and Misery of a Future State, 6d.

III. Three Sermons-to the Old, Middle-aged, and

Young, 1s.

IV. The Christian's Life and Hope:-a Funeral Ser-

mon for MRS. MARY DUNKIN; to which are

annexed, some Extracts from her Diary, and

an Account of her remarkably happy Death, 2s.

V. Lord Nelson's Funeral Improved, 1s.

VI. The great Importance of Peace and Prosperity to

Christian Societies:-a Sermon at the setting

apart of the Rev. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of

Greenwich; with an Appendix, containing some

Observations on the Spirit and Conduct of those

who divide, and disturb the peace of the

Churches, 1s. 6d.

IN ANSWER TO A BOOK ENTITLED

Just Prejudices against the. Calvinists :

WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY THE REVEREND AND LEARNED

"The Reformation is an event to which the attention of Protestants cannot be too frequently
called. It was like the descent of the ark upon Mount Ararat, the moment of deliverance to
the family of God. It was the period at which the proper standard of Religion was once more
adjusted; and, therefore, to which all subsequent periods in the history of the Church may
be referred, and by which our progress or decay may in some measure be estimated."

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed at the Manufactory for the Employment of the Deaf and Dumb,
Fort Place, Bermondsey. J. POWELL, Superintendant.

AND SOLD BY HATCHARD, PICCADILLY; SEELEY, FLEET STREET; WILLIAMS,
STATIONERS' COURT; ARCH, CORNHILL; COnder, st. paul'S CHURCH-
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TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

MEN of a cynical cast of mind may exclaim now, as some did of old, "The former days were better than these;" but every Briton who has duly appreciated the character of Christianity, and the inestimable benefits which it confers, must esteem it a felicity to live in the present eventful period: for it is indeed a period of unusual liberality, benevolence, and zeal. What age, what country beside our own, has ever witnessed such large and such respectable bodies of professing Christians, of various denominations, voluntarily laying aside their narrow prejudices and party zeal, and cordially uniting in endeavours to ameliorate the miseries of suffering humanity, and to the utmost of their ability promote the substantial and permanent interests of their fellow-men?

Among the numerous and the newest objects of Christian beneficence, which in our days have excited the most lively interest, and laid hold on the very hearts of the Bri

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tish Public, and which have been pursued with an honourable solicitude and no small portion of success, are these two:-the freedom and civilization of the long-oppressed and much-injured children of Africa; and the mental improvement and religious instruction of the unfortunate deaf and dumb. It is nothing but common justice in all who are intimately conversant with the affairs of these two important Institutions to confess, that to the friendly protection-the constant liberality-and the steady, active, and persevering co-operation of your Royal Highness, they are deeply indebted for the great and growing prosperity to' which they have so rapidly attained.

Having had the honour and felicity of frequently meeting your Royal Highness in these walks of humanity and mercy, I have not only had a favourable opportunity of forming a correct and gratifying opinion both of your high character and benevolent disposition; but that opinion has gradually ripened into the most unfeigned respect and esteem, of which I am happy to give your Royal Highness the most unequivocal assurance, through the medium of this Dedication.

The moment it was suggested to me by a friend, that I ought to procure a dignified patron for CLAUDE'S DEFENCE OF THE REFOR