her among the Romans; as alfo on the Cap worn by the Freed-men of ancient Rome.

THIS is a very learned and ingenious enquiry, worthy of the elegant pen of the Abbé Venuti, its Author. As the fabjects of it, however, may be thought rather curious than important, by the generality of our Readers, we beg leave to refer the Antiquarian to the treatise itself.

Memoire fur l'Ufage Economique du Digefteur de Papin, &c. A Clermont-Ferrand. Or,

An Essay on the Economical Ufe of Papin's Digeftor. THIS is an account of an attempt to improve on this well

known.machine; and, by making it cheap and commodious, to apply it to culinary ufes. Mr. de Ballinvilliers, Intendant of Auvergne, hath occafioned many experiments of its utility to be made, in reducing the bones of animals into soup; which being rendered portable by evaporation, he thinks may be of public benefit to mankind, if diftributed, in times of fcarcity, among the poor.

Eclairciffement fur les Moeurs, par l'Auteur des Mours. 12mo. Amfterdam, 1762. Or,

An Illustration of the Work intitled Manners. By the Author.

R. Touffaint, the' celebrated Author of Les Mours, apo

logizes, in the prefent performance, for fome exceptionable paffages in that work; declaring, in the moft pofitive terms, that whatever conftruction may have been put on fome unguard' ed expreffions in his book, he looks upon the imputation of Deifm as the groffeft calumny; and that he then was, and now is, perfectly orthodox in his fentiments of Chriftianity. The publication of this apology, will probably be deemed much too late, to prevent the ill effects of the premature and inconfiderate fallies of his youthful genius. He endeavours to justify himself, however, in this delay; and, if his plea be not very folid, it is, at leaft, fpecious.

MONTHLY

MONTHLY CATALOGU E,

For MARC H, 1763.

RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL.

Art. 1. The Works of the Reverend Thomas Jones, M. A. late Chaplain of St. Saviour, Southwark. To which is prefixed, a fhort Account of his Life, in a recommendatory Preface. By the Rev. William Romaine, M. A. Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the Weft. 8vo. 4s. fewed. Dilly.

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Republication of Mr. Jones's fingle Sermons. first published in

by the Editor. Some of the leading points. fays he, are thefethe univerfal corruption of mankind by the Fall, their guilt, mifery, and helpleffnefs; the gracious method contrived by the Eternal Three of bringing many fons unto glory by Jefus Christ;-the office of the Holy Spirit in the covenant of grace," &c. &c.

The character of Mr. Jones and his writings being fufficiently known, especially among the Hutchinfonians, Methodists, and other enthufiaftic fectaries, it were needlefs to enlarge on them here. Mr. Romaine, however, for the edification of the Brethren and Sifters about Moorfields and Tottenham-Court, has copiously dwelt on the pious excellencies, and rare gifts of his departed friend: for they were congenial touls, and a long and intimate acquaintance had fubfifted between them. As to what related to God's dealings with Mr. Jones's foul,-our Editor had given an account in his Funeral Sermon; and as to other particulars of his life, it is of no confequence, fays he, to lay them before the public: and truly we are quite of Mr. Romaine's opinion. Neverthe lefs, we must acknowlege, that, according to the belt accounts we have heard concerning the late Chaplain of St Saviour's, he was one of the least exceptionable, the leaft fanatical, of all our modern Pretenders to apostleship. He was probably fincere in his way. Tho' deluded himElf, he was, perhaps, not confcious of the delufion; and might have no intention to miflead others. His piety we fuppofe unquenionable; and from Mr. Romaine's account we learn, that Mr Jones died in perfect peace of mind, and in a manner becoming the Chriflian character. In a word, Charity bids us hope, that all our Mob-leaders are not Impoftors; tho' there is great reafon to conclude, that few of them are diftinguished by that fimplicity of manners, and integrity of mind,

which characterifed the Author of thefe Difcourfes.

Art. 2. Evangelical Principles and Practice: Being Fourteen Sermons, preached in the Parish-church of St. Mary Magdalene in Oxford, on the following Subjects: the State of Innocence-the Corruption of Nature- the Deceitfulness and Corruption of the Heart-the Spirituality of the Law-the Penalty of Difobedience -Redemption by Jefus Chrift-Salvation by Grace-the Nature of true Holiness-the Fruits of the Spirit-the Neceffity of perRav. Mar. 1763.

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fonal Holiness-the Means of Holiness-the Bleffedness of Righ teoufnefs. By the Rev. Thomas Haweis, of St. Mary Magdalen-Hall, Oxford; and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Peterborow. 8vo. 5s. Keith, &c.

Thefe Difcourfes are fent into the world, we are told in the preface, to obviate the manifold mifconceptions and mifreprefentations which the Author of them has lain under. He profeffes himself to be confcientiously attached to the Articles and Homilies of the Church of England, which he calls her only authentic Standard of Doctrine; and as by the royal Declaration prefixed to the Articles he is forbidden, fo he prefumes not, [good man!] to take them in any fenfe but that which a literal and grammatical conftruction of them imports; and knows no authority by which any Minifter of the Church of England can indulge himself in a greater latitude of interpretation.-Subfcriptions, he thinks, bring the foul under the deepest obligations to fincerity before the great Searcher of thofe, upon hearts, who requireth truth in the inward parts, and he looks who in any degree allow themfelves to trifle or prevaricate with them, to be men devoid of confcience towards God, and of honefty towards man. -That the Reader may have fome general notion beforehand of what he is to expect from thefe Difcourfes, the Author, in his preface, gives the following abftract of them.

"The Divinity of the Son and Spirit, fays he, co-eternal and coequal with the Father, not the idol-monster of inferior divinity, is here maintained, in full oppofition to the Arian and Semi-Arian: whose blafphemy, though more fpecious, is not less real than the more avowed and open blafphemy of the Socinian.

"The Maintainers of the doctrine of the rectitude of human nature, and the freedom of man's choice to good as to evil, will find thefe proud imaginations attacked, he hopes laid low to the ground, even in the duft, by the faward of the Spirit, which is the word of God. The strong evidences of a fallen and corrupted nature, with its dire effects, are produced and confirmed; and the inability of man in his fallen ftate to any thing but evil, clearly, he trufts, made manifest,

"The extent, parity, and fpirituality of God's law are laid open, that the confcience may difcover and feel its tranfgreffions against it. The eternal obligation of this law is fhewn; its awful fanctions declared; the impoffibility of obeying it as a covenant of life evinced; and confequently the conviction of our ftate, as a state of helpless guilt, evidenced.

"The one great glorious and all-fufficient oblation of the Son of God for the fins of the world, as a true and real facrifice, atonement and propitiation, is pleaded for; its neceffity and influence proved; and the various bleflings for finners thereby fet forth.

"Faith, as the only means of justification and acceptance with God, is urged, from confiderations demonftrating the impoffibility of righteoufeefs before God any other way. And as works of any fort are not admitted as the condition of our pardon and acceptance with God, the pofition that we are juftified by Faith only, is maintained and vindicated. "The works of piety and virtue which become men profeffing godliness, are at large opened, and the meceflity of them enforced, from the only

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true principle of Faith which worketh by Love. The Antinomian blafphemy is rebuked and cenfured.

"Finally, the means of Grace are ftrongly urged, and the diligent ufe of them fhewn to be the only method of obtaining advancement in the divine life.

"The bleffedness of the religion of Jefus concludes the whole, as the natural refult of the principles and practices above recommended." This abftract, which the Author himself has given of his Difcourfes, faves us the disagreeable task of characterising them.

Art. 3. A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Glocefter. Occafioned by his Tract* on the Office and Operation of the Holy Spirit. By John Wesley, M. A. late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. 12mo. Is. Flexney.

Mr. Wefley has anfwered the Bishop's book with all that art, address, and fpecious appearance of primitive integrity, decency, and dove-like innocence, which must be naturally expected by fuch as are acquainted with the character of a man who is fo much matter of his own, as well as of other men's, paffions. His tract is, indeed, a notable one; he ftands his ground manfully, repels the learned Bishop's attacks with fuch

we had almoft faid-Jefuitical evafions, and fhelters himself fo fnugly under the authority of the Scriptures, and of the Church of England, (which he well knows how to twift and turn to his purpose) that we doubt not this performance will fully answer the great end of preventing his dignified Antagonist from enticing the fheep out of his fold.

*See Review for November and December loft.

Art. 4. An Effay on the Revelation of the Apostle John. In which a new Explication is given of fome Paffages in that Book, and applied to the Circumftances of the prefent Times. By Lauchlan Taylor, A. M. Minifter of Larbert. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Millar.

This learned Gentleman has, after infinite labour and study, difcovered, that the book of Revelations afcribed to St. John," contains in it all the grand revolutions of the Christian church, from the Apoftle's time to the prefent, and from this time to the end of the world;" alfo, among other new and amazing explications, that many things predicted in the faid book, have been fulfilled in the perfon, and by the great acti❤ ons, of the King of prefent Pruffia: to whom the Author has dedicated this most important Effay; and whom he ftyles," a great Deliverer of God's church, refembling Moses, as a Laregiver, a Philofopher, a Prince, and a General.". -You smile, Reader; but perufe our Author's book throughout, and you will find in it fuch things as eye hath not feen, nor ear heard, nor have entered the heart of any man, except the heart of Mr. Lauchlan Taylor, Minifter of Larbert, or of that other wonderful Decypherer, who discovered the Cherokee Indians in the prophecies of Ezekiel*; with a few other Gentlemen of uncommon pe

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netration, whofe names and performances we do not at prefent particu larly recollect.

POLITICAL.

Art. 5. A Confultation on the Subject of a Standing Army, held at the King's Arms Tavern, on the 28th of February, 1763. 4to. 1s. 6d. Kearfly.

This is a fevere and well-written fatire on the majority of the Cocoatree Politicians, who are here fuppofed to be debating on the expediency of a fanding army; that is.. not on its expediency as a national concern, but as the concern of their own body; the queftion before them, as laid down by their Chairman, being, not the political one, "Whether à landing army be a right or a wrong meature; but whether they shall approve or condemn that measure "

On this fubject the feveral members are fuppofed to speak in their turns; the tergiverfation and inconfiftency of the Tories being expofed in their refpective fpeeches, with much truth, and a good deal of farcaftic humour.

Art. 6. A fecond Dialogue between Prejudice and Reafon, on the prefent State of public Affairs. By the Author of the firft.

4to. Is.

Coote.

Reafon defends the peace against Prejudice, from a view of the preliminaries only. A third Dialogue may be expected; Meflrs. Reafon and Prejudice having agreed to meet again, in order to canvass the definitive treaty, as foon as it fhall be made public: when, we doubt not, the former will obtain another victory over his antagonist, as cafily as in the first and fecond difpute-Poor Prejudice hath, indeed, very lit tle to fay for himself. He is fet up, like an unfortunate dunghill cock, on a Shrove Tuesday, only to be pelted, and cruelly knocked on the head.

Art. 7. Eleutheria: One of a Series of Letters to a Nobleman, on the most important and interefting Subjects, &c. 4to. 15.

Nicoll.

"Writings, calculated to promote the interefts of Liberty, can never be unfeatonable in a free country," fays the Author in his preface -and we readily fubfcribe to the truth of his obfervation: but when ne

laments to fee a particul r occafion for the friends of Liberty to exert themselves," we muft withhold our acquiefcence, till the occafion he has in view is more particularly afcertained, than it seems to be in the present Letter, which, as the title informs us, is only the firft of a series intended for publication.

The Writer expatiates freely and warmly in defence of civil and reli gious Freedom; but whether his zeal hath really taken the alarm from any particular cccafion, as he has expreffed it; or whether his apprehenfions flow from a notion which hath pretty generally obtained, that the Tories and High-church Men have gained the afcendant at Court-is not very clear to us. With regard to religious Liberty, indeed, he seems

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