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      Art. Iii.—A Concise View Of The Successi...

      latter praise we must except his devouS wish , concerning those who " dwell on heavenly joys in the glossed libertinism of earthly phraseology , " *< may God of Ms mercy speedily take such injudicious teachers umto himself ! " And we think it would be better , though we generally approve of the spirit of the brief comments which he has interspersed , were he to coulfine himself more strictly to a mere analysis of the author ' s opinions .

      Some hints were thrown out in the notice of this work , in its original state , which might have been profitably attended to by the author . They referred , however , to but slight drawbacks on the general utility of the book itself , which we recommend as a very convenient manual of Ecclesiastical literature .

      864 Critical Notices.—Miscellaneous.

      864 Critical Notices . —Miscellaneous .

      Art. Iv.— The History Of The Church From...

      Art . IV . — The History of the Church from the Creation of the World to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century ; in Question and Answer . By the late A . S . Paterson , of Aberdeen . 2 Vols . 8 vo .

      1830 . Thus publication has greatly disappointed us . The very idea of a history in question and answer ought , indeed , to have made our expectations sufficiently moderate ; but the author , who was a probationer for the ministry in the Church of Scotland , has been highly lauded for his talents and attainments the work ,

      although posthumous , had been completely prepared hy bis own hand for the press , and he is said to have written the whole of it three times over ; and there is a strong array of recommendations , before publication , by Aberdeen ministers ,, to whom the MS . was submitted

      and of praises , after publication , by different periodicals . And yet it is little else than a toilsome compound of secondhand twaddle , prejudice , amd misrepresentation . Interpretations , always very CCalvinistic , and often very childish , are interpolated amongst the Scripture nar - ratives . We are told tliat 4 < the Son of

      ( God , attended by two angels in human form , passed by the tent of Abraham ;" and wan y other facts of the same species . The laws and ritual of Moses are preserved iu a spiritualizing record . And ( throughout the mat volume , which professes to be Bible History ; , there is a

      junuing commentary identified with the Hext . The second volume Is avowedly an abridgment of IVlosIheim , with some supplementary matter for which we know nut who is responsible ; the poor yenvth who is dead we hope mo further than as to has partiality and credulity ; his Edi-

      Art. Iv.— The History Of The Church From...

      tor , the Rev . James Brewster , minister of Craig / ' ought to have known better . For instance ; Unitarians , " at this day , '" are << s said to exercise tlheir religion publicly In England , not in consequence of as legal toleration , but through the indulgent connivance of the civil magistrate " ( Vol . II . p . 499 . ) As to their morals they are said ie to declare aEl those to be true and worthy Christians whose words and external actions are conformable to

      the precepts of the divine law . " ( Vol . II . p . 402 . ) And all the r < esnlt of their efforts during the last century is given in the following curious summary . We had thought there had beeu other consequences which might have been heard of even at Aberdeen . iS What was the consequence of seveiral attempts which were made iu this century , by a number of English writers , to invalidate and undermine the doctrine

      of the Trinity ?" " They were the cause of inducing Lady Moyer , who was eminently distinguished by her orthodoxy and opulence , to leave , by her testament , a rich legacy as a foundation for a lecture , in which eight sermons are preached annually by a learned ! divine , who is nominated to that office by the trustees /'

      Surely this is enough to make the most bigoted allow that we have done some good in the world . They ought not wholly to exterminate us ; at least not until the race of orthodox and opulent ladies has become extinct .

      General Literature. Art.V.—Antholog' Ie ...

      GENERAL LITERATURE . Art . V . —Antholog ' ie ~ Frnn $ u \ se . With Notes and Illustrations . By ( J . Thurgar . Treuttel . It is ttie fashion of the present day to learni languages for the sake of learning , or of having learnt them , and for no < other eartlily good or consideration ! To

      saynothing of Latin and Greek , whicfli , as all it he world knows , are not meant to be used , and which it has become a matter of expedience , and a point of honoin to acquire in the most operose and difficult inaoner ; to say nothing of the learned languages , French is learned , Italian is learned , German and Spanish are learned , and when masters and dictionaries arc ;

      dismissed , and the pupil is pronoun ceil to ha duly accomplished , he makes as nnuch use of his boasted acquirements as the Moors do of the keys of Gntuadii Frenich , for instance * is indispensable , and French must be spoken . An excellent judge in the last generation remarked , that to speak a foreign language well , was in all com mum circumstances utiat

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 854, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/54/