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      written in England , rather than m America . There is one gentleman well , known to our readers , who is peculiarly fitted to be the biographer of his friend Dr .

      Priestley , and whose masterly and discriminating pen may yet , we flatter ourselves , be employed on this interesting subject . With the exception of the Doctor ' s own narrative , there is nothing in the

      present work , that is likely to be reprinted . Vol 11 . Consists of A Review of Dr . Priestley ' s Theological works , ' ' styled " Appendix , No , 6 , " and of " Four Posthumous Discourses . " The Review , which is of considerable length , is fairly drawn up , and if it displays no depth of

      erudition or strength of argument , abundantly evinces the writer ' s diligence , and his acquaintance with the theological pursuits which he traces . The occasion and design of Dr . Priestley ' s numerous publications on religion are perspicuously started * To such as do not possess his multifarious . works ,

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      the Review will present -an interesting and instructive view-of his labours . The Discourses , compared with

      those published by the author when living , will appear , we apprehend , to have been written in the decline of Jife . They are good , but most of Dr . Priestley ' s former discourses are better .

      At the end of the volume is given a complete catalogue of Dr . 'Priestley ' s works , which form of themselves no inconsiderable library , and which contain instruction on almost every subject

      that it behoves man to study as a rational and moral being . It is an honour to our country to haye giv £ ri birth to such a writer , ——• his treatment by his countrymen ,

      will be matter of wonder to pos * terity . But h # has his reward , -the-growing ' veneration of the Christian world r and he will be

      fully rewarded in that day when bigotry and persecution shall be driven into darkness , loaded with shame ' and contempt .

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      Abraham Booth was a . pillar of the orthodox church . The strictness of his opinions , more than his talents , which though respectable ^ were by no means great , caused him to be looked up to with respect . He approach * ^ d in sentiment and character » ear to the Puritans , and would aot have disgraced the age of jhis favourite Owen . These Posthumous Essays , however acceptable ta * he &u-

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      ttwr fs friends , the rigid Calvinists , will not add to his reputation . They are sufficiently tinctured with party phraseology ; but , tak - ing off this imposing covering ^ are superficial and nu'agre . They

      contain little of argument , and the tinsel epithets which bedeck the style , are scarcely suitable to the author ' s well known gravity . One of the Essays treats of the ' . doctrine of a sinner * * re conciliatkm to God ,-r-- «! y ^ <^ toctwn ©

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      Art . II . Posthumous Essays , by Mr , Abraham Booth . To which is amiexed his Confession of Fuith r delivered at the Or dotation , ift Goodman ' s Fields , Feb . 16 1769 . 12 mo * pp- lOS , Button , London . 2 £ 08 .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/43/