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remarks, which ought to be carefully. 
studied by those who with a zeal, not 
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Art. XXII. 4 Vindication of Scriptural Unitarianism, and some other Primitive 
Doctrines: in Reply ta Vindex’s Examination of an Appeal to the Society of Friends. 
By Verax. $vo. pp. 124. 
THIS work does not strictly corre- 
spond with the title. It ought to be 
considered as a defence of the author’s 
former tract, in which he endeavoured 
to prove that the founders of the sect 
of friends, and the early defenders of 
its doctrine and practice, were Unitari- 
ans. We have here, therefore, not a 
regular vindication of scriptural unita- 
rianism, which we were prepared to 
expect, but a revisal of the passages 
which had been selected from Penn, 
Ant. XXIII. The Divine Logos; or Fehovah Elohim the only proper Object of Christian 
Worship. By Joun Bentvey. 
A POMPOUS little book, from which 
the reader will derive the clearest con- 
viction that Mr. Bentley is at least a 
smatterer in Hebrew. He may also, 
perchance, be amused with the changes 
which are here rung upon the affected 
titles of Elohim, Dabar Elohim, and 
Ruach Elohim; and he will doubtless 
be astonished at the penetration of an 
author who confidently assures us, that 
“the intelligent Hebrews always con- 
sidered the term Elohim as implying 
Jehovah, the Dabar, his only son, and 
the Ruach, his Holy Spirit.” And 
that the priest pronouncing his blessing 
upon the people, in which the term Je- 
hovah occurs thrice, at the same time 
Art. XXIV. 4 Short and Practical Account of the Principal Doctrines of Christianity, 
for the Use of Young Persons. To which are added suitable Prayers., By W.J, Rees. 
: a 
12mo. pp. 43. 
THIS little tract was drawn up by 
the author, to assist his parishioners in 
their preparation for the rite of confir- 
SERMONS AND PRACTICAL THEOLOGY. 
‘Ant. XXV. Sermons by Witisam Lawrence Brown; D. De Principal of Ma. 
rischal College and University, Aberdeen, Sc. 8v0. pp: 491. 7 ‘a 
THE author of these sermoris has 
been Jong known, and highly’ and de- 
servedly esteemed. Ali that the public 
has yet received from him, has been re- 
ceived with pleasure, and excited a fa- 
vourable expectation of all that was to 
mations and it may be useful to others, — 
Barclay, Fox, Penington, &c. for the — 
purpose of shewing their opinions con- — 
cerning the person of Christ, and the — 
authority, of the scriptures. In many 
of these there*is great obscurity, and — 
we confess ourselves unequal fully to’ 
decide between Verax and his opponent. — 
We are therefore disposed to say with — 
our elder brother, the rustic critic Pa- 
lemon, 
Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites; 
Et vitula tu dignus et hic. 
Small 8vo. pp. 164. 
“ disposing his fingers into a certain 
form, acknowledged the Holy Trinity.” — 
When Mr. Bentley ventures upon such — 
flights as these, his fears are very natural — 
that in the hands of * the gentlemen 
reviewers, hé shall resemble the par- 
tridge when he experiences the fraternal — 
embraces of the hawk; that one will — 
seize upon a leg, another upon a wing, 
and not a feather escape them.” From — 
us, ‘however, this, mystic bird has no. 
thing to fear. “We shall not ‘interrupt _ 
his playful’ ‘mazy flight, ‘as we have no 
relish for the picking of bones, from 
which so little is t6 be gotten, and that 
little so hard of digestion. Hi 
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come. The highest expectation will 
here be gratified. Treatmg upon. the 
most. useful subjects, eminently distin 
guished by soundness of argument, elo- 
quence of style, and an intimate know- 
ledge of the human. heart, these dise 
