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    The excellence of Christian Knowledge , consists , according to . Mr . Cox , in its being " remarkably adapted to the condition of a fallen creature —in its having an humiliating effect — in its influence on the heart—in its capability of being communicated to the weakest capacity—in its being supremely

    serviceable in the hour of death , and essentially connectea with our immortal interests—and in its changing the rude aspect of the world , by promoting the interests of civilization , order , learning and freedom . " The means of promoting ; it recommended by the author are " Sabbath schools and

    Missionary Societies /' We wonder at Mr . Cox ' s relating the story of the Hon . Francis Newport on the authority of such a book as ic Ryland of Northampton's Death-bed Terrors of an Infidel / ' and at his repeating the stupid calumny of Voltaire ' s dying , like Francis Spira , distracted with the certain knowledge of his going to Hell ! Really such defences of Christianity are not wanted , * and they are as futile as they are needless .

    < Non tali auxilio , neJc defensoribus ist jy ^ cc Tempus eget . —"

    If Mr . Gox wishes to attain honorable fame and sterling usefulness we would advise him ( and perhaps he will not despise the counsel of old friends ) to consult other authors , and to resort ( and we know he is capable of resorting ) to other and better modes of argumentation . His classical taste qualifies him to succeed such men asMt . Robinson and Mr , Hall , * but if he would gain distinguished eminence let him study after the original and vigorous eloquence of one , and the liberality and Christian simplicity of the other of his predecessors .

    We conclude with a brief extract from the Essay . € t It must be acknowledged on all hands , that Christianity has b ^ en the means of rescuing from oblivion the immortal writings of the antients . Those who professed it were inspired with a peculiar regard for the oriental language of the Bible , which first induced them to preserve every volume , whether of taste , learning or criticism in which it was to be found , and , by a natural association , books of a

    similar kind in other languages . While the works of Greek and Roman literature were , in the middle ages , hurried along , by the impetuous torrent of ignorance and barbarity , towards the gulph of ruin 3 the monastic order rendered an essential service to mankind , by snatching them from the threatened destruction . Amidst the perpetual wars ana licentious havoc of the dark ages , the classics were sheltered in the peaceful and unmolested walls of different monasteries , where they were faithfully deposited till the revival of letters , for , in the worst oftitnes , a happy superstition ( if the term mayb ^ allowed ) secured * We titidarstand that Mr . Cor has been unanimously chasen pastor £ Ac Baptist Congregation , Cambridge ,

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    £ 14 Cox ' s Essayi

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1806, page 214, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1723/page/46/