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IX. The Works of James Arminius, D.D. formerly Professor of Divinity in the university of Leyden, translated from the Latin: to which are added, Brandt's Life of the Author, with considerable augmentations; numerous extracts from his private letters; a copious and authentic account of the Synod of Dort, and its proceedings; and several interesting notices of the progress of his theological opinions in Great Britain and on the Continent. By James Nichols, author of "Calvinism and Arminianism compared in their principles and tendency." •••••

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X. The Life of Erasmus; with Historical Remarks on the State of Literature between the Tenth and Sixteenth Centuries, by Charles Butler of Lincoln's Inn. .... 344 XI. An Essay on the Absolving Power of the Church; with especial reference to the offices of the Church of England, for the ordaining of Priests and the Visitation of the Sick. By the Rev. T. H. Lowe, A.M. .... 362 XII. An Appeal to the Society of Friends on behalf of Missions, by a Member of the Society.

Letters on Missions, addressed to the Protestant Ministers of the British Churches. By Melvill Horne, formerly Chaplain of Sierra Leone, West Africa. 367 XIII. A Comment upon the Collects appointed to be used in the church of England, before the Epistle and Gospel on Sundays and Holidays throughout the year. By the Rev. John James, M.A.

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XIV. The two Main Questions in controversy between the Churches of England and Rome, stated and discussed with reference to Dr. Doyle's assertion of the Practicability of a re-union; and in reply to the most important parts of Dr. Milner's " End of Religious Controversy," and J. K. L.'s Seventh Letter on the State of Ireland. By James Edward Jackson, M.A. .... 377 XV. A short History of the Church of Christ, from the close of the Sacred Narrative to our own times. Designed for the use of Schools, or of those persons to whom the size of the Church History of the late Mr. Milner (should that valuable work ever be completed) would be an objection. By the Rev. John Fry, B.A. XVI. Botano-Theology, an arranged Compendium, chiefly from Smith, Keith, and Thompson. XVII. A Hebrew Lexicon to the Books of the Old Testament: including the geographical Names and Chaldaic Words in Daniel, Ezra, &c. By D. Wilhelm Gesenius, Doctor and Professor of Theology at the Uni

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versity of Halle. Translated from the German, by Christopher Leo: XVIII. The state of the Protestant Religion in Germany; in a series of Discourses preached before the University of Cambridge. By the Rev. Hugh James Rose, M.A. 423 XIX. Occasional Sermons, by the Rev. R. Morehead, A.M., of Baliol College, and junior Minister of St. Paul's Chapel, York Place, Edinburgh, and domestic Chaplain to their Royal Highnesses the late Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg. XX. Sermons on Points of Doctrine and Rules of Duty. By the Rev. R. Parkinson, M.A. . XXI. Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions. By the Rev. John Edmund Denham, A.M. XXII. Sermons on various Subjects, by the Rev. John Hewlett, B.D. F.A.S.

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XXIII. The Social Conduct of a Christian considered, in Seven
Sermons, addressed to an Individual.
XXIV. Two Discourses upon the Sacrament of the Lord's Sup-
per, preached in the Parish Church of St. Luke,
Chelsea. By the Rev. H. Blunt, A.M.

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NOTICES.

A short Letter addressed to the House of Lords on the reported intention of Parliament to make a provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland.

A Letter to Charles Butler, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn: containing brief observations upon his question, "What has England gained by the Reformation?" By a true Catholic.

Observations on the Bill now in progress through Parliament, in sup

port of the Spiritual authority of the Church of Rome. By a
Senior Member of the University of Oxford.

A Letter to Lord Calthorpe containing some observations on what has
occurred relative to the Roman Catholic Bill: with an Ap-
pendix by a Layman.

Taxatio Papalis; being an account of the Tax-books of the United
Church and Court of Modern Rome; or of the Taxa cancel-
lariæ Apostolicæ et Taxæ sacræ penitentiariæ Apostolicæ.
By Emancipatus.

An Authentic Review of the Principles, Measures and Designs of the
Catholic Association; recommended to the serious attention
of the Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland, the British
Government, and Members of the Imperial Parliament. By
Amicus Hibernicus.

The Bible prohibited: a Dialogue between a Roman Catholic Priest
and a Roman Catholic Layman.

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Proofs that the Holy Communion in both kinds was administered to

the Laity within the Parish of Norham and Diocese of Dur-
ham, before the Reformation. A Letter to the Honourable
and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham. By James
Raine, Rector of Meldon.

The Word of God weighed against the Commandments of Men, in
Six Controversial Letters; between the Rev. C. Otway, A.B.
Curate of Lucan. And the Rev. M. M., formerly a Protestant
Student of Trinity College, but now a Roman Catholic
Priest

Catholic Emancipation, calmly considered.
Sixteen Sermons on Practical and Doctrinal Subjects. By the Rev.
B. T. H. Cole, A.M.

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Some Considerations on the Style of the Holy Scriptures. A Treatise by the pious and learned the Honourable Robert Boyle, rendered into modern language. By the Rev. P. Panter, A.M. 474 A Brief Treatise of Bona Notabilia; together with an account of the Archiepiscopal Courts of Probate, within the Province of York; and of the other Courts of Probate in the countics of York and Nottingham: and an Alphabetical List of such Parishes and Chapelries, within the said Counties, as are not under the ordinary jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, in matters of Probate and Administration. By George Lawton, Notary Public

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Biblical Memoranda (No. IV.)

Proceedings in Parliament

History of the Diocese of Canterbury.

State of the Dioceses in England and Wales.

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List of Foreign Theological Publications

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QUARTERLY

THEOLOGICAL REVIEW.

MARCH, 1826.

Essays upon some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, and Late Fellow of Oriel College. Pp. 285. 7s. London. Murray,

1825.

THERE is in this volume so much that is both pleasing and instructive; so much that without, perhaps, being really new, acquires from the manner in which it is stated both the charm and interest of novelty, that we shall do great injustice to the author and to our readers, if we spend any part of the small space which unhappily is all that we can allow to it, in prelimi nary remarks of our own. We shall therefore state the subjects of Dr. Whately's Essays, and make such extracts as may shew the style of the writer and the nature of his work. We cannot, however, pass by a sentiment expressed in the Preface, which we could wish to see carefully and diligently inculcated; for though the erroneous opinion which occasioned the remark has, in some degree, passed away with that "cold fit" in which, it has been said, the Church of England lay during part of the last century, when natural religion was frequently spoken of as the groundwork of that which is revealed; yet it has been succeeded among many persons by an undue respect paid to human reason-undue, because placing it in a seat of judgment where it has no right to sit, and expecting it to pronounce authoritatively upon subjects which do not properly come under its cognizance.

"The study of natural religion," says Dr. W., "ought properly to follow, or at least to accompany, not to precede that of revelation. Our own speculations ought to be controlled and regulated by a divine

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revelation, when it is once ascertained that a revelation exists: they should not be left to range unlimited and unassisted, on a subject on which God has himself decided that man is not competent of himself to judge rightly. . . . It is sometimes complained, that the mind is unduly biassed in its judgments by continual reference to the authority of the Scriptures; and the complaint is just, if the Scriptures are not the word of God: if they are, there is an opposite and corresponding danger to be guarded against; that of suffering the mind to be unduly biassed in the study and interpretation of the revealed will of God, by the deductions of unaided reason." Preface, P. xi.

It is highly necessary that reason should know its proper place. It is important likewise that the proper object and business of a Divine Revelation should be ascertained. Then the former will make the right use of the truths disclosed under the latter; and will bring all its natural powers, all the strength it has gained by reflection, and all the knowledge which it has acquired either from Scripture or from observation, to carry forward the work of God. Then, neither will the strength of man be overrated; nor will the divine communication be depreciated, as has sometimes happened, from an expectation of discovering in it that which does not fall within its province.

The subjects of Dr. Whately's Essays are these, "I. On a Future State. II. On the Declaration of God in his Son. III. On Love towards Christ as a Motive to Obedience. IV. On the Practical Character of Revelation. V. On the Example of Children, as proposed to Christians."

The first two of these subjects are well deserving of attention. Though we cannot exactly agree with our author in his view of the degree of knowledge respecting a future state enjoyed by the Church of Israel (a subject necessarily connected with his main inquiry;) and though we wish he had explained his notions of the belief entertained in the patriarchal age upon which we fear we should differ still more widelyyet we gladly recommend the perusal of it to our readers. We pass by this, however, and the second subject likewise, as containing what is obvious to those whose attention is turned to sacred subjects; in order to dwell upon those parts of the volume which we have found more attractive, and which may therefore be more interesting to others.

The object of the third Essay is to shew that the Gospel makes a continual appeal to the affections; and, by exhibiting the Messiah as God with us, awakens more effectually those feelings of pious and affectionate attachment, which it would be less easy to entertain towards God, considered as the invisible

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