According to the flesh, this woman Ruth, If the foregoing lines are curious for their uncommon ftupidity, the following couplet is ftill more extraordinary: fpeaking of the indignities offered to our Saviour, after the Jews had laid hands on him, he fays, Thus was this Death, this Sin, this Satan-killer,, Amongst finful wretches toft from post to pillar. In fhort, Mr. Hervey feems to be fuch another genius as the noted Erskine, Author of Gofpel-Sonnets, who mentions the fpoufe of Chrift in thefe delicate terms, Before his throne fhe fpreads her filthy fore, And lays her broken bones down at his door. Thefe miftaken people, who, with all their nonfenfe, may be truly pious in their intention, do more mifchief than they are aware of. Their filly compofitions fall into the hands of unthinking young readers, who haftily form their judgment of facred things, from the mif-use that is made of them; and foon learning to be witty on the blunders of those who set up for their inftructors, they at the fame time neglect to diftinguish between the truth, and fuch ridiculous mif-reprefentations of it. Parents ought therefore to be more on their guard against fuch books than they generally are, it being a matter of great confequence to their offspring; what ideas are first stamped upon their ductile minds: for it either is with them, as the Poet remarks, - Children like tender oziers take the bow, And as they first are fashion'd always grow: Or they take a quite contrary turn, from a difcovery of their having been mif-directed; and in that cafe the confequence is generally fatal. Art. 36. Apocalyptical Hiftory; or, a fair State and chronological Connection of the feveral Events referred to in the book of Revelations; with a view to evince, that, according to St. John, the grand event of our times is nothing less than the further downfall of Popery, in the reduction of the apoftolic house of Auftria, to a total incapacity of oppofing the fubfequent fuccessful irruption of the Turks, and their affociates, into the feveral kingdoms and flates profeffing obedience to the decrees and ordinances of the fee of Rome. "Part I. By Theodore Delafaye, A. M. Rector of St. Mildred's, &c. Canterbury. 8vo. 1 s. Ballard. We have endeavoured to penetrate into this learned gentleman's meaning; but, as yet, without fuccefs. Poffibly (this being only the firft, or introductory part) he may reveal himfelf more clearly to us in the fequel. Art. 37. Art. 37. Dr. Free's Remarks upon Mr. Jones's Letter, and the affidavits relative to the compofing, then publishing from the pulpit, and afterwards printing that fcandalous forgery, the pretended Letter from the Manfions above. 8vo. Is. Sandby. In our laft we mentioned Mr. Jones's Letter to Dr. Free; to which article we refer for a more compleat idea of this controverfy, than can be gathered from the little we have to fay on the present occafion.In thefe Remarks, Dr. Free first lays before his Readers the famous Letter upon which the whole is founded. Secondly, he examines Mr. Jones's account of the means by which he got poffeffion of the miraculous letter, in order to prove, that it is not capable of being applied to the ufes which he pretends; and therefore that Mr. Jones's real defign must be of another fort, and fuitable to the letter, which was to delude the people. Thirdly, he offers fome remarks upon the credit of the affidavits, and their deficiency in difcovering the late Mr. Hayward to have been the author or contriver of the letter. Fourthly, he endeavours to invalidate Mr. Jones's heavy complaints. about the charge of forgery and impofture; and concludes with Mr. Stinfra's reflections on the temper and effects of enthusiasm, vid. p. 6-7. On the whole, however, the good Doctor seems rather too much heated by this debate, and to push the matter too far against Mr. Jones; who, in our opinion, is more chargeable with folly, than with any thing worthy the harfher terms here ufed by his zealous antagonist. See Review, vol. VIII. p. 485. SINGLE SERMONS fince our Lift in the Review for January last. EFORE the Houfe of Lords, Jan. 30, 1759; by Philip Lord "B Bihop of Bristol, food. Whitton. 4to. 2. Before the Commons, Jan. 30, 1759; by John Rofs, D. D. Preacher to the Rolls. 4to. 6d. Bathurst. 3. On the Death of the Princess of Orange. At All-faints, Hertford. By the Rev. Mr. Truffler, 8vo. 1 s. Dodsley. 4. Before the Governors of the London Hofpital, &c. At St. Laurence's, near Guildhall, March 16, 1758. By Thomas Lord Bishop of Norwich. 4to. 6d. H. Woodfall. 5. The Righteous faved with Difficulty. Jan. 21, 1759, at Horfelydown, Southwark, on the death of Mr. Robert Muggeridge. By Samuel Fry. 8vo. 6 d. E. Gardner. 6. The Simplicity and Popularity of the divine Revelations, and their fuitableness to the circumftances of mankind. At the opening the Synod of Lothian and Tweedale, at Edinburgh, Nov. 8, 1758. By Robert Dick, M. A. 8vo. 6d. Wilfon and Durham. 7. Chrift. 7. Chrift the only Foundation-At the New Chapel, Margaretftreet, near Oxford-market, Jan. 7, 1759; on the death of the Rev. Mr. James Hervey. By William Cudworth. 8vo. 4d. Keith. 8. The Knowledge of Salvation precious in the Hour of Death. Jan. 4, 1759; on the death of the Rev. Mr. James Hervey, Rector of Welton-Favel in Northamptonshire. By William Romaine, M. A. Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the Welt, London. 8vo. 6d. Worral. 9. The Neceffity of actual Holiness-A Word in Seafon. At St. Dunftan's in the Weft, Jan. 7, 1759. By Thomas Forfter, Re&or of Halefworth in Suffolk. 8vo. 6d. Bathurst. 10. Encouragement for Sinners; or Righteousness attainable without, Works. At Chrift Church, Spittle-fields, Jan. 21, 1759. By the Rev. Mr. Elliot, Chaplain of St. George's Hofpital, Hyde-park-corner, and late of Bennet College, Cambridge. 8vo. 6d. Dilly. 11. The Imputation of Chrift's active Obedience to his People, and the Merit of it demonftrated-Before the Society who fupport the Wednefday-Evening-Lecture in Great Eaft-Cheap, Dec. 27, 1758. By John Brine. Svo. 6d. Ward. 12. The Knowledge of future Glory, the Support of the Saints in prefent Troubles.-Occafioned by the death of the Rev. Mr. Clendon Daukes, at Hemel Hempstead, Dec. 7, 1758. By John Brine. 8vo. 6d. Ward. On the late GENERAL FAST, Feb. 16, 1759. 1. Before the Houfe of Lords, by Robert Lord Bishop of St. A faph. 4to. 6d. Bathurtt. 2. Before the Commons. By John Green, D. D. Dean of Lincoln. 4to. 6d. Dod. 3. National Humiliation and Repentance, the only true Ground of Truft in Times of public Danger; or the Vanity of all human Dependencies. At St. Laurence Jewry. By John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Woodstreet, and Lecturer of St. Mary-le-bow. 8vo. 6d. Rivington. 4. At Chrift Church, Surry. By John Smith, Lecturer. 8vo. 6d. Hitch. 5. An earnest Exhortation to persevere in Prayer and Thanksgiving on the Nation's Account. By Richard Winter. 8vo. 6d. Buckland, &c. 6. Zerah's Defeat; or the Lord is with us-At Aysgarth. York, printed by Stabler. 8vo. 6d. Cooper. 7. French Faith, and Auftrian Gratitude. Preached at Graffham in Suffex. By Charles Rofe, L. L. D. 4to. 6d, Robinson. Propofals Propofals for printing by Subfcription the Works of Plato; tranflated into English from the Greek Original, by the Author of this Synopfis: together with Notes explanatory and critical; as alfo a new Argument, perfixed to each Dialogue, giving a Summary Account of the Subject and of the Defign of it, the Method and Order of its Parts, and the Genius and Character of its Compofition, agreeable to the Diftinctions laid down in this Synopfis or general View of them all; which is intended as an Introduction to the Works of Plato. 4to. Is. Nourse, &c. THE HE ingenious author of this effay on the works of Plato, has taken a method to recommend his proposals, at once judicious, engaging and honeft. If writers, who undertake arduous tafks, efpecially fuch as are to be carried on by fubfcription, would first exhibit fpecimens of their talents for the bufinefs propofed, it would be a great faving to the public, both in point of time and expence, and would prevent many a fpotlefs fheet from paffing through the prefs to waste paper. To transfer the fpirit of the divine Plato into English, is an attempt, which, to execute properly, requires a more than ordinary fhare of abilities. The tranflator, to understand the true meaning of that excellent academician, must be thoroughly verfed in the Greek language; to comprehend the full force of his arguments, he must be mafter of great metaphyfical knowJedge; and to convey them to the English reader with ftrength and perfpicuity, he muft command a power of expreffion not inferior to his great original; upon whofe lips, when he was a child and asleep in his cradle, a fwarm of bees is faid to have hung, in omen of his future eloquence. Extenfive as thefe requifite qualifications may appear, the author of the effay before us, need not defpair of fuccefs in his undertaking. He feems to be thoroughly converfant with Plato; and has, with great judgment and analytical skill, exhibited a fynopfis or general view of his works. The most general divifion of the works of Plato, he fays, is into thofe of the SCEPTICAL kind, and those of the DOGMATICAL. In the former fort, nothing is exprefsly either proved or afferted: fome philofophical queftion only is confidered and examined; and the reader is left to himself, to draw fuch conclufions, and difcover fuch truths, as the philofopher means to infinuate. This is done, either in the way of INQUIRY, or in the way of CONTROVERSY and DISPUTE. In the way of controversy are carried on all fuch dialogues, as tend to eradicate falje opinions; and that, either indirectly, by involving them in difficulties, and EMBARRASSING the maintainers of them; or directly, by CONFUTING them. In the way of in The Dedication, to Ld. Granville, is figned FLOYER SYDENHAM. quiry quiry proceed thofe, whofe tendency is to raife in the mind right opinions; and that, either by EXCITING to the purfuit of fome part of wisdom, and fhewing in what manner to inveftigate it; or by leading the way, and HELPING the mind forward in the fearch. The dialogues of the other kind, the dogmatical or didactic, teach explicitly fome point of doctrine: and this they do, either by laying it down in the AUTHORITATIVE way, or by proving it in the way of reafon and ARGUMENT. In the authori tative way the doctrine is delivered, fometimes by the speaker himself MAGISTERIALLY, and at other times as derived to him by TRADITION from wife men. The argumentative or demonftrative method of teaching, ufed by Plato, proceeds either through ANALYTICAL reafoning, refolving things into their principles, and from known or allowed truths tracing out the unknown; or through INDUCTION, from a multitude of particulars, inferring fome general thing, in which they all agree. 'According to this divifion is framed the following scheme, or table: which having been already explained, our readers, fays the Author, it is hoped, will pardon any new term there made ufe of, or any new meaning given to words already authorised.' DISPUTATIVE-CONFUTING SEMBARRASSING DIALOGUES. SCEPTICAL DOGMATICAL SANALYTICAL DEMONSTRATIVE {INDUCTION AL AUTHORITA Here the nice reader may observe a flight inaccuracy in the order of the firft fubdivifion of the dogmatical dialogues. Authoritative, he will perceive, is placed after demonftrative; but, as demonftration is higher than authority, the latter ought certainly to have clofed the enumeration. Indeed the writer himfelf feems to be fenfible of the propriety of this arrangement; for in the explanatory introduction to this analytical table, he has obferved the order we recommend. The author having thus divided the works of Plato, with respect to that inward form or compofition, which creates their genius; he proceeds to diftinguish the external form or character which marks them, and which he divides into the dramatic, narrative, or mixed kinds. In the next place, he confiders their defign or end; which, he obferves, is the perfection and the happiness of man: the end of all true philofophy or wifdom. The philofopher, fays he, |