attachment to Christianity and to its interests, in the humiliating position of an adherent to a party so apparently blind to their duty to the Protestant nation, of which the folly of the people has made them the rulers. The Bishop of Exeter made no charges which he did not abundantly prove. He dragged forth the criminals before the noble assembly he addressed, and clothed them with somewhat of that infamy with which future generations will reward them tenfold. He exposed both them and their partisans,-the men who have lived with the great and noble, and who have studied law and equity, in order to charge those who differ from them behind their backs, and to threaten them with prosecution for asserting what they know to be true, and to hold them up to public scorn where they are aware they cannot even have the opportunity of defending themselves. It is necessary, however, for the popular to be unprincipled, and for a government to be without sense of honour, when the people are without principle, and the object is not to live well, but to live-not to serve God, but ourselves-not to save our country, but to keep a place. Fables from Ancients and Moderns, versified. By the Rev JAMES GORLE, M.A. of Birmingham. Birmingham: Langbridge. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Pp. viii. 115. A little book, of little pretensions, but great merit, calculated to make us think and do rightly. The Institutions of the Church of England of Divine Authority. By the Rev. J. BAYLEE, A.B. Dublin: Curry & Co. London: Holdsworth. Pp. 187. WE like to see third editions of good books, and congratulate Mr. Baylee on this mark of public approbation. His advocacy of the claims of the Church of England to scriptural authority is sound and argumentative; and although occasionally he traverses a little out of the beaten track, we have satisfaction in recording our deliberate opinion, that, in an age of wavering and doubt, the volume is a powerful warning against dissent and schism. Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime, chiefly from the Text of Weiske. With English Notes, &c. &c. By D. B. HICKIE, LL.D., Head Master of Archbishop Sandy's Grammar School, Hawkshaw. For the Use of Schools and Colleges. London: Longman & Co. Pp. xiv. 129. WE cannot compliment Dr. Hickie on his edition of Longinus; and although professedly intended for the use of colleges, we have considerable doubts whether it will be found in much repute at Oxford or Cambridge. The Life, &c. is meager, and the style not extra-classical; the Notes are common-place; and, in fact, the only available part is the Index. 1. Examination Questions on Butler's Analogy. By G. W. CRAUFURD, M. A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Second Edition. London: J. W. Parker. Cambridge: Deightons. Pp. viii. 141. 2. Examination Questions and Answers from Burnet on XXXIX. Articles. London: J. W. Parker. Pp. iv. 124. 3. Examination Questions and Answers from Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History. London: Parker. Pp. iv. 288. THERE is, perhaps, no better method of imparting and impressing information, than the simple one of question and answer. The grand object is, to take care that the questions are so clearly derivative, that the answers may be easily found in the text. In the above three works, this has been most happily accomplished; and more valuable manuals we could not possibly recommend to the theological student. A Companion to the First Lessons. By J. D. COLERIDGE, LL.D. London: Rivingtons. Pp. viii. 192. CALCULATED to prove highly advantageous to the biblical student, and to make the reader truly wise. Sermons on the Seven Penitential Psalms; preached during Lent, 1838. By the Rev. CHARLES OXENDEN, Curate of Bishopsbourne, Kent. Dedicated, by permission, to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Canterbury: Ward. London : Hatchard, Rivingtons, Whitaker. Pp. vii. 189. Two good motives have induced the author to add another to the multitude of volumes of sermons with which the press has lately teemed; and we sincerely hope he may attain both his objects. First, that the perusal of the really good plain discourses "may lead some to sorrow after a godly sort;" and next, that the profits arising from the publication, (which the list of subscribers warrants us in believing,) may be amply sufficient effectually to repair the church of Bishopsbourne, the resting place of the "judicious and admirable Hooker," where he laboured during the last years of his ministry. The Book of Ratramn, the Priest and Monk of Corbey, commonly called Bertram, on the Body and Blood of the Lord. To which is added an Appendix, containing the Saxon Homily of Alfric. Oxford J. H. Parker. London: Rivingtons. Pp. xii. 52. WHATEVER may have been the real name of the author of the volume before us, it was undoubtedly written in the ninth century, and was intended to refute the heretical notions of Paschasius on the subject of Transubstantiation, which at that period were first propounded. The estimation in which it was formerly held, may be conceived from the circumstance that its circulation was prohibited by the Council of Trent; and even previously, according to Baluzius and F. Mabillon, the passages which opposed the doctrine of the "real presence were erased. In the preliminary discourse to a translation of Jewel's Apology, pp. 37-39, which we published in 1825, the work of Bertram is particularly referred to; and we are glad to see it in a new dress at this period, when popish falsehood and presumption are resorting to their old iniquitous habits, and endeavouring to gloss the more abominable practices of Romanism, and conceal her worst features, in order to deceive the weak advocates of expediency, and silently but surely obtain a better footing in the country. The cry of Rome of old was, "Delenda est Carthago!" Our cry must be, "Delenda est Romu!!" A Letter to the People of England in behalf of the Deserving Poor. By HERBERT SMITH, B.A. Chaplain to the New Forest Union Workhouse, Hants. London: Rivingtons. Pp. 6. "THE deserving poor," we suspect, will not be very grateful to Mr. Herbert Smith for this "appeal." Our readers, no doubt, from the title of the tract, would fancy the author an excessively amiable philanthropist. We beg them to visit one of the penitentiaries, where poverty is punished more than pilfering, and where no "John Anderson" and his aged loving helpmate are permitted to go down the hill together. The heart that can remain untouched by the disgusting and inhuman atrocities committed under the New Poor Law, must be as hard as the walls of the rural gaols to which the pauper, afflicted by the hand of his God, may be consigned, and separated from all that existence holds dear, however "deserving." Church Union. A Sermon preached in Holy Rhood Church, Southampton, on Friday, the 14th of September, 1838, at the Visitation of the Worshipful the Chancellor of Winchester, of the Clergy of the Deanery of Southampton, and published at their request. By the Rev. JAMES GRAY, M.A. Rector of Dibden, Hants. Southampton: Coupland & Nightingale. Pp. 29. A MOST Solemn, powerful, and orthodox appeal to the Church, to shake off all lukewarmness in the cause of the 'gospel, and, animated by the spirituality of our protestant doctrines and ordinances, boldly to enter the arena with the popish propagandists; and make the Reformed Church of England as familiar to the heathen, from Paraguay to the eastern shores of Hindostan, as their zealous mis 1 written. -- The Exile of St. Helena. A Poem sionaries have made the Romish super-propriate appeal could not have been stition. We believe, however, that Mr. Gray has rather overrated the extent of popish influence in those countries: their success has not, we know, been commensurate with their zeal or their expectations. But their example may assuredly be beneficially followed, and then we may reasonably anticipate that the triumphs already achieved by the apostles of a purer faith, will, under Providence, be increased a thousand-fold.. A Concordance of the Book of Common Prayer with the Holy Bible; showing by Analysis and Scripture Proofs, its perfect Harmony with the Sacred Writings. Parts X. to XVI. By J. A. THORNTHWAITE, Author of the Young Churchman's Advocate, Manual, Index, &c. London: Groombridge. Pp. 72. WE do not know any individual to whose industry and research we are more indebted, than Mr. Thornthwaite. More than once have we felt it a duty, as well as a pleasure, to recommend his little volumes; and happy are we to say that the present one fully sustains the reputation of its predecessors. The Concordance should, and indeed must, be in the hands of every one who would at a glance collect the perfect harmony of our Liturgy and services with the word of God. It leaves us, in fact, in this particular branch of study, nothing to desire. An Appeal of a Minister of Christ in behalf of the Divine Institution of Holy Matrimony: occasioned, partly, by the New Marriage Act; being a Sermon preached in Cheltenham Parish Church, on Sunday Afternoon, November 4, 1838. By the Rev. CHARLES HEBERT, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cheltenham Wight. London: Parker. Pp. iv. 36. THAT the congregation should have requested Mr. Hebert to publish this discourse does not at all surprise us, for a more sound, animated, and ap A LITTLE piece of considerable energy and talent, by a youthful hand which has lately adorned our pages. It combines great judgment in historical se lection, with minute accuracy and sustained animation. The following comparison of Bourrienne with the poet, will show the felicity with which Mr. Earle can preserve the details of a cold historical passage, while launching a bold poetical apostrophe. If I succeed as I expect, I shall find in the town (Acre) the Pacha's treasures, and arms for 300,000 men. I will stir up and arm the people of Syria, who are disgusted at the ferocity of Djezzar, and who, as you know, pray for his destruction at every assault. I shall then march upon Damascus and Aleppo. On advancing into the country, the discontented will flock round our standard, and swell my army. I will announce to the people the abolition of servitude, and of the tyrannical government of the Pachas. I shall arrive at Constantinople with large masses of soldiery. I shall overturn the Turkish empire, and found in the East a new and grand empire, which will fix my name in the records of posterity. Perhaps I shall return to Paris by Adrianople, or by Vienna, after having annihilated the house of Austria.-Bourrienne, Chap. 8. Oh Acre, Acre, had I conquered thee, My soul had found her destined pathway free, My hand had seized the Pacha's golden store, And armed three hundred thousand war- Bid the infuriated Syrian rise, Planted my cannon by Aleppo's walls, With forces swelling with my rising soul, Lit me to Paris by war's lurid glare, Pp.. 4, 5. A SERMON ON THE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST.* 2 COR. v. 20. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. In these words is set forth the commission of those who are appointed ministers of the gospel; expressing first, the character in which they act—“ ambassadors for Christ;"-and then the errand on which they are sent to "pray men" that they would " be reconciled to God." God sent his Son into the world, as the messenger of his covenantthe person by whom he notified his gracious promises, and the conditions of them to mankind. When he ceased to instruct them personally, his words to the apostles were, "As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." Nor did he send the twelve only, but gave to his church other pastors and teachers also, for the "work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ," and promised to be "with them always, even unto the end of the world."§ The apostles appointed, in every city,|| others whom they deputed to work the work of the Lord, as they themselves did; and further directed some of these to appoint others also,¶ as "feeders of the flock of God, under Christ, the chief Shepherd;" required them "to exhort and rebuke with all authority;"** and commanded Christians to "submit to them, as watchmen over their souls, who must give account."++ Whatever appears true to any man by his own reason, or to any Christian by the word of God, he is bound to observe, though no one reminded him of it; and whatever any one else proves to him, though absolutely unauthorized, he is bound to admit. But when God himself, knowing man's need, and yet unwillingness to be taught, hath expressly ordained a succession of persons to discharge that high and holy office; if either we neglect to give, or you to receive instruction, it is an aggravated contempt of his authority, and of his mercy; a treading under foot of the Son of God. "We have," indeed, as the Apostle Paul expresses, "this treasure in earthen vessels,"‡‡ and too often we add sins to our infirmities, by which we dishonour Him whom we represent. But still, as in temporal societies, officers, though bad and unfit men, must be duly obeyed, as far as their commission extends, out of respect to the supreme power under which they act; so in the spiritual society of the Church, when you hear the truths of religion from the worst of God's authorized ministers, you are to receive them as the words of God, for such they are, and not the words of men. And a message from HIM deserves at our hands the utmost honour, and reverent acceptation, let the messenger be ever so unworthy. You are to look beyond the messenger to the end of the mission, and from a due veneration of Him who By the late Rev. John Isaacson, M.A., Rector of Lidgate and Little Bradley, and Perpetual Curate of Cowlinge, in the county of Suffolk. Eph. iv. 12. § Matt. xxviii. 20. ++ Heb. xiii. 17. 2 Tim. ii. 2. Tit. i. 5. tt 2 Cor. iv. 7. * Tit. ii. 15. sends us, you are to excite in your minds a due attention to what the text mentions in the second place the errand upon which we are sent. Were this to notify a doctrine ever so mysterious; a command ever so difficult; a threatening ever so severe; you would be bound to receive it, upon the authority of proper credentials, with most submissive reverence. But what, my brethren, is the message that his messengers bring you?"Be ye reconciled to God!" Surely a most gracious, but, at the same time, a most alarming one. For you will say, Are we then enemies to him? The expression, no doubt, implies that we possibly be may, and it is our highest concern to inquire immediately, whether we are or not. 66 By nature we are the children of wrath,"* obnoxious to that death to which our first parents were condemned, involved in the corruption with which they tainted themselves; we experience the consequences of that corruption, we feel that we must die. God must consider our bad inclinations, however we came by them, with dislike, as well as pity; and may justly leave us in this fallen state, unless we make use of the proper means to be relieved from it. What care then have you taken in this respect? You will perhaps answer, "We have been by baptism regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's church, and we have personally ratified since, at our confirmation, the vow then made in our name." You, who have done this, have done well; and these things, as acts of obedience, which is better than all burnt sacrifice, are calculated to insure a blessing from above; may, through grace, enable you to amend your lives according to his holy word; and finally fit you for the communion of just men made perfect, and the glorious inheritance of the saints in light. But all men have broken this condition by actual sin. What have you done then to renew your covenant? Have you lamented your failings, and redoubled your watchfulness, or have you tamely given way to irregular appetites and passions? Have you not, indeed, striven to excuse, to justify, to encourage them? Sometimes, perhaps, you have resisted them; but from what principle? From a principle of conscience towards God and love towards Christ; or of interest; of convenience; of reputation only? If the latter, they are no religious motives. If the former, have you resisted in temptations of all sorts, and upon the whole successfully? For if you must own, as it is to be feared too many of us, my beloved brethren, have reason, that you have commonly been overpowered, and are so still, then in proportion as this is your case, both reason and scripture pronounce it a bad one : for "without holiness," or habitual piety and virtue, "no man shall see the Lord." Are you then trying all methods to increase your strength, or do you give up the contest; sometimes perhaps a little grieved, but oftener secretly rejoicing that you have so specious a pretext as that of your weakness, to follow your own evil ways? But some one may ask, How are we to increase our strength? How, my brethren! why by contemplating seriously and frequently the baseness, the ingratitude, the danger of sinning against God; by avoiding resolutely the things and the persons that incline you to it; by reading the blessed word of God, by listening to his appointed ministers, by worshipping in his temple; and, above all, by earnest application to your heavenly Father Heb. xii. 12. * Eph ii. 3. |