haviour, for our avowed averfion to infincerity and hypocrify, and will infallibly join us in the glorious enterprize proposed; in efpoufing the cause of truth and liberty. NewEngland is the habitation of the faints, the never-failing friends of our Sion, the ftrength of our falvation; and our northern allies, upon the first notice, will readily and gladly do as they have done before; will gladly march fouthward to affift us, and partake of the benefits of a bleffed reforma

tion.

'We have the honour to be admitted into the company of men of high distinction in church and state; and, without vanity I may venture to fay, that we have art, and skill, and learning enough, to make proper advantages. of it. The vifible decay of religion, and the diffolute manners of the age, are fubjects, which frequently make a part of the converfation of ferious and thinking men. How easy is it in this cafe, to exprefs a pious concern for the crying fins of the nation; for the degenerate, the profligate, the ungodly behaviour of the people, and humbly to hint that certain defects in the conftitution feem to be the great cause of it? How natural is it, with all becoming fubmiffion, and respectful defference, to ask whether there might not be fome defects in the reformation, in the liturgy of the established church; in her discipline, &c? And which is more material, whether there is not a pious defign on foot, carried on by the moderate and worthy members of the church, to address their governors, and beg, that fome measures might be taken to ftop the progress of popery, to ftrengthen the proteftant interest, and reform fome things in the liturgy, and the conftitution, which may give countenance to the errors and fuperftition of the great enemies of our Sion?

• Delenda eft Oxonia; we can never hope to thrive or do well, as long as that feminary of pedantry, prieftcraft, and bigotry fubfifts. Several fedate and ferious, thoughtful and Studious, humble and conformable men, in another part of the learned world, we are informed, will meet us half way, and embrace us with open arms.

May God difpofe our hearts to confider, and confidering to understand, and understanding to follow after the things, which make for peace and piety. By virtue of magazines monthly reviews-differtations upon the expediency and neceffity of a review-abridgments of the free and candid difquifitions, adapted to the capacities of the people-forms of prayer fitted for the use of chriftians of any denomination queries and catechisms for the use of the multitude-clubs and focieties of

coblers,

cobblers, coachmen, and carmen-of taylors and tinkers-of young foldiers and failors of link-boys and libertines; of deifts and debauchees of needy Scotfmen,-fcavengers and roguifh folicitors; of free-thinkers, free-talkers, and free-livers; of infidels, inholders, independents, pickpockets, papifts, and a FREE AND CANDID MODERATOR-calculated for an ingenuous enquiry into truth; for difcuffing the feveral particulars fuggefted in the Difquifitions; for examining the doctrines of the trinity, the facraments, and other great points in religion; by virtue of thefe auxiliary forces, we fhall be able to propagate pure religion, and make truth known among all forts and conditions of people. We fhall be able to difperfe the difquifitions throughout the nation, and put our exceptions to the Liturgy, &c, into the hands of great numbers, who are not in a capacity to obviate or examine them; in a word, we fhall be able to let the public know, that what is writ against us is not worth their reading, and that our opponents are confeffedly unable to remark properly upon perfor mances, which are the refult of long and diligent enquiry.'

Having given our readers a fmall fpecimen of our author's abilities as an orator, we fhall beg leave to present them next with a few inftances of his genteel manner of writing, and fome of thofe elegant and polite phrafes made ufe of by this worthy prefbyter of the church of England. He begs leave to acquaint the public, (p. 223) that he is commif fioned by feveral Clergymen, and other worthy members of the eftablifhed church, to let the difquifitors know that upon fuppofition they are diffenters, their proposals are an infolent and infidious attack upon the conftitution, evidently calcu lated to disturb the peace of the established church, and abfolutely irreconcileable with that gratitude, which they owe to the indulgence of their governors.

That (provided they are only nominal members of our church, who have crept into it, by the infamous arts of infincerity and prevarication; who have fubfcribed to her li turgy, doctrine, and government, without fincerely affenting, or confenting to them) their prevarication precludes them from any claim to the public attention; it being extremely unreasonable, that millions of fincere and confcientious chriftians fhould be made uneafy, fhould have their public devotions altered and defaced, to gratify a few con ceited men, who have neither pretenfions to principle, conScience, honour or common honesty.'

Again; when he confiders the charges brought against him by the difquifitors in the fecond part of their Appeal, we

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find the following paffage. • The friends of the author on the other hand flatter him, that he has done fomething tolerably well; that, as far as he has gone, he has given a clear and full answer to the objections made to our liturgy, and fhewn them to be idle, trifling, and groundless; that he has proved the difquifitors to be guilty of the very imputations, which they would fix upon the author of the remarks; to be guilty of mean, low, paultry fcurrility; of Shameful prevarication, of bafe infinuations, of notorious falfhoods, and other little artifices, frequently found in the treatifes of the most vain, conceited, impious, fneering infidels.

That which will deferve the reader's particular notice, fays he, p. 269, the Difquifitors infift upon it, that the Difquifitions, and their Appeals &c. are all the words of truth and foberness. Teneatis amici? What, in the name of goodness! are the words of truth and soberness? Are fhameful prevarication-baje infinuations-mean, low, canting fcurrility-notorious falfhoods-fceptical ribaldry-paultry quibble-vain, arrogant affertions confident appeals to common fenfe and reafon-rude infults upon the establishment—impudent menaces-are thefe the words of truth and fobernefs?'

Our author feems to out-do himself when speaking of the apologift for the difquifitions, whom he feldom mentions without beftowing on him one or other of the following genteel appellations; infolent fchifmatic, Sceptical trifler, paultry fneerer, impertinent caviller, &c. and in one place, he calls him a pert, impudent prevaricating feeptical knave.

By the above specimens our readers will clearly perceive what character this performance deserves; and will, no doubt, be apt to think, that had the author intended the greatest service to the caufe of the difquifitions, he could not, perhaps, have taken a more effectual method than he has done to promote it. We fhall only add, that instead of doing any service to his caufe, he will, we apprehend, be thought, by the candid, moderate, and judicious part of our clergy, to have done it no small difhonour, by employing fuch weapons in its defence; weapons, which, we heartily with, may be always left in fuch hands.

It may not be improper to acquaint our readers, that our author, in return for the honour done him (for fuch he tells us he really esteems it) by the account we gave of the first part of his remarks in our review for March 1750, has made mention of us in fuch honourable and respectful terms as thofe of illiterate rudeness, invective, cavil and impertinence,

&c.

&c. has rankd us amongst the friends of the Difquifitors, and under that character beftowed upon us a due share of thofe flowers of fpeech, of which he has fo rich a variety; and not only fo, but (fuch is the gratitude of our worthy Prefbyter) has inferted in his performance a long letter from a friend, who has treated us with a very uncommon degree of respect, and fhewn talents for elegant and polite writing equal, if not fuperior, to thofe of our author himself.

ART. VII. A Treatise on Virtue and Happiness. By Thomas Nettleton, M. D. and F. R. S. 8vo. 4s. Payne.

HE favourable reception, which this book has met with from the public, renders it unneceffary for us to fay any thing of its character; or give our readers a view of what it contains: nor fhould we indeed have taken any notice of it, but that this edition is much improved, and feveral confiderable additions and alterations made. All we shall say concerning it is, that, whoever has a tafte for moral fubjects, (the most important of any) and would fee the method of obtaining a folid and durable happiness, pointed out in an eafy, agreeable, and perfpicuous manner, will find his account in a careful perusal of it.

ART. VIII. Some Conjectures relative to a very ancient Piece of Money, lately found at Eltham in Kent, &c. By Charles Clarke, late of Baliol-College, Oxford. 4to. 25. Rivington.

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HE ancient piece of money, which is the fubject of our author's conjectures, was found, he tells us about a year ago in a Stratum of white fand, by a labourer as he was digging up fome new ground at Eltham; and is not the leaft blurred or exeded, but in the highest prefervation, having the adorandi rubigo (as he calls it) and the semblance and peculiar air of much antiquity. The intrinfic value of this piece, which is of bafe metal and weighs fifteen grains and a half, we are told is one penny, three farthings, and three fourths. It has no head nor legenda; the reverse is divided into quarters, with a star in one quarter, and a crefcent in the other. As thefe devices are always found in the ancient feals of Richard I.

our author thinks it highly probable, that this piece of money is a coin of that king.

He has added fome remarks on a differtation (lately publifhed) on Oriuna the fuppofed wife of Caraufius, and on the Roman coins there mentioned; the reafons affigned for making these remarks, we fhall give our readers in his own words, which may ferve as a fpecimen of his ftile and manner of writing. I fhould not have thus publickly made these remarks,' fays he, but am concerned that fuch a trifling differtation, whofe author had acquired some credit with the learned Re Nummariâ, fhould appear in the French academy, and be the reproach of a nation that did poffefs the most valuable collection of Greek and Ro man coins in the universe. The flight credit the differtator affords Monf. Boze, keeper of the French king's medals, a man of extenfive learning, though not fuperior to his free communication of it, I am afraid will draw fome fevere remarks from another quarter, which by this trifling attempt of our British author, we have little hope he can retort: however, I wish fome moreable pen would undertake to vindicate our eftablished English right of having given to the learned as many excellent treatifes de re Nummariâ as any nation under the fun."'

ART. IX. Candid Remarks upon the Rev. Mr. Taylor's Difcourfe entitled, The Scripture Doctrine of Atonement examined. In a Letter to Mr. Taylor. By George Hampton, M. A. 8vo. Pr. Is. 6d. Ofwald.

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HE author of the piece now under our confideration, which is written with remarkable candour and defty, appears to be a true and confiftent friend to freedom of enquiry; treats Mr. Taylor with decency and good-manners; and delivers his fentiments upon the point in debate with great moderation. If those who engage in controverfies of any kind would write in the fame cool difpaffionate manner our author does; we fhould then fee differences in opinion occafion no breach of friendship, nor any violation of the rules of good-breeding; and might flatter ourselves with the hopes of feeing truth ftruck out between the contending parties, and their difputes terminated to mutual fatisfaction.

Mr. Hampton's principal view in this letter is to fhew, See Review for June 1751. P. 75. ART. XXIII.

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