Infiuence of Methodifm on the Church of England. [Aug. 1, 



cr obfer'vii!^, in which as is, I believe, ne- 

 ver admitied. But I do not perceive the 

 mighfy mctamoiphofis which it muft ne- 

 crliiiiiy produce in tbat verfe, vv re it 

 evtn introduced. " When I coniider (or 

 look, up at) the heavens, the work of thy 

 hands," or, " which are the work, of thy 

 ha -.do," or, " as being tht woik of thy 

 hands," fesm to me fo nearly fynonimous, 

 that I can fee no danger lo be appiehend- 

 e i, as lefulting from the promifcuous u(e 

 of ihefe difFeier.t icrrns jf expielFiin. 



The truth is, and N. N. coe- not ftem 

 fully aware of it, that as, thjugh gene- 

 lally ranked aaxrig pai tides, vvas origi- 

 nally a pronoun, of limilar import- to //, 

 tha\ Of nj.hich ; and ihe propriety of ils 

 o.-i,.ina', diftin^Kve appellation is particu 

 larly obv'.o.isin fome l^ntences, in which it 

 is ufed as a nomina.ive or an acculative. — 

 E^. As a nominative : " The contents are 

 as follow j" i. e. aie (thole) which fol- 

 low ; not very different from the expref- 

 fion wilhnut as, " the contents follow." 

 As an accnfat.ve : " The lame a£tion as 

 (cr ivhuh, bwih bein?; of en omitted by 

 eliipfu) he coi.fidered bad, «3S highly ex- 

 tolled." In ihe fime manrer, wiien I 

 fay, " I confi'.'er him as a g od man," if 

 the ellipfis is fully fiipplied, the words 

 w. II run th'us: " Ic-nfuSerhim ('o be) 

 ni:hal a go d ninn is," or rather, " I 

 C' iiiidei him (io be thai) ivhich I cunfider 

 a goud man to be ;" an c^-prcfTiop. no. cf- 

 fcnsir.lly I'itfcreut from " I confider hi.Ti 

 to be a go ^d man." f.o that, upon the 

 v/i',ole. the abitncecr yiefcnce of this little 

 inonofy'lible has nectlTiiily little, it any, 

 ii'.fluence upon the eftabliflinirnt of (he 

 figiirstii-e meaning of the ver: confido-. 

 Ill the fame way it is that wc. find ejleem, 

 accouni, reckon, 5:c. in daily ufe, with or 

 wiihout as, their refpeft .ve intrir.fic figni- 

 fications t.nlsrgo'ng ihci'-by Utile crno' 

 alteration. B'.it, beir.g afiaid that ycu 

 and your readers reiil corfider the fubjcdl 

 trite, or, i7J having been ne.irly exhaufted, 

 I fliail add nst a word more, thin that I 

 aiii, will) great confi.ierition, Sir, 



Yout'b, &.C. J. G. • 



Crtuch-Eiid, July ^, 1805, 



P. 5., In ir.y iaft, joii made me fay, contro- 

 •vcrt.ble expioTioris. I cirtai::ly meant, and 

 believe did write, c^nvcitlhlc cxprctTions. 



To tie EJi'.sr of the Monthly Magazine. 



SI K, 



WONG 'he f|!ccii'atiohs of cur pe- 

 jV ri-jiijc i ciiiics I have i.bferved one 

 Til lintained w-.th ccniidtrable coi.fi'.lencc, 

 ;ti..tivc .0 t.ic :u}>;),.'fcu da.-ger cl the En- 



glifli Ecclefiaftical Ellablifhment from tha 

 rapid advance of Methodi'm. This is a 

 point ol fufficie If inteicft and curiofity to 

 ile'erve the di^culTion even of thofe who 

 are inJ'ffcrent a>. to the religioui fvftems 

 wh.ch migiit be finally triurnphant m the 

 cntcltj and I (hal requcft the indu], 

 genci- of one or two cf ycur p^iges for the 

 pjrpn'e. 



Tnat the Church of Eigland might re- 

 main the fame with ref,'e6t to her hier- 

 archy: her lituri'y, and her emoluments 

 (in which her eiTVnce prcperly confiih), 

 were the doffrinal principles ot the Me- 

 thodilts to become un-vcrfjlly prevalent, 

 no argument, I conceive, is neceflaiy to 

 prove, Tlieir doilrines, indeed; are al- 

 Itged to be flnftly ihofe of her Articles ; 

 a:;d however Ca viniftical thefe may be, 

 the) feem to have no repugrance to ally 

 themicives w.ih cltiical dignities and 

 go- d hvini:;s. The d.inger, then, iF any, 

 will not arife from Meth iilillical ch-.rch- 

 mii, but from Mcthodilts turned Dif- 

 fer.ters; thu is, from thofe who, more zea- 

 lous for dc6lrincs than for riles and ordi- 

 nances, when unprovided with fpiritual 

 food to their rafte in thtir pirilh churches, 

 will leek it in meetmgs and convenicles. 

 And it cannot be doubted, tliat it the 

 Church itfelf negleils to fupply her mein- 

 bers with that kind of iniiruftiun which 

 expcriente demonfti^tt-s to be the molt ac- 

 cept.ible !o the majority, (he will find her- 

 felf (leierted bv numbers, notwitlift.i.iding 

 the attrailioi.s of outlaid fpImHour jind 

 public authority. But, not to mentioa 

 that her minilfers have the lemidy m their 

 own hsniis, whenever they chufe to preach 

 conformably to tneir fubfc ibid Articles 

 ot F.iith, Ihould even the vvorit nappen, 

 and the majority of ferious believers in 

 the kingdjm become i'ei>ar.uiiTS I do not 

 ' fee th-it the eccleiialiical tft.ibhfhment 

 wou'd be more endangeied than many 

 other elbiblifliments, which arc fnppoitcd 

 rather as Iburces of tmoiument to a iew, 

 than as ufetnl or neceffiry to the commu- 

 nity. All the great fauuiies in the na- 

 tion, w'l ' (as the Bifhop of LaiidafT will 

 obferveb) are reverlionary-propiieiois of 

 the chur>.!i-rever.ues, woii'd con .nue to 

 fupport a fylleiii by which i'o many 

 younger f ns and dependen;s are amply 

 provided for. Ail the petty gentry would 

 wi(h for the continuance of a lucrative 

 proleflion, to which iliey can devote part 

 ot ihei fiir.ilies at a nxdcrate roft. Ail 

 thvle who, from political fyltern, are 

 friends (o 'hat pomp which impofes on the 

 vulgar a.id awes them ir.to liibmiiri n, 

 would deprecate ;!)c deftiUvtitn of a fplcr.- 



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