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their wives and children; and bravely oppos- 
ing the attempts of the hostile invader to 
subjugate and enslave theth: till, at length, 
foiled in his enterprize,-after immolating 
thousands of unhappy victims upon the altar 
of a dishonourable ambition, he was re-+ 
duced to the necessity of withdrawing the 
reliques of his army which were saved from 
the ravages of the climate, and the fury of 
the injured inhabitants ?" 
The remainder of this very animated 
discourse is devoted to a just estimate of 
the nature of our danger, and the de- 
gree of confidence which we are entitled 
to entertain, and the moral and religious 
reflections with which it becorhes us to 
occupy our minds. The wisdom of a 
liberal policy, on the part of govern- 
ment, for conciliating and uniting all 
classes of the nation, is pertinently re- 
commended and enforced. 
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Art. LI. Courage, Patriotirm, and Resignation, the Duties of the present Times. The 
Substance of a Sernion preached at Churchgate Chapel, Stockport, Oct. 19, 1803. By ~ 
W. Evans.. 8vo. pp. 23. 
THIS is a discourse marked by the 
same patriotic sentiments and princi- 
ples, which we have already noticed in 
so many similar publications. | From 
Art. LIL. Reformation of Life, Trust in God, and vigorous Exertions recommended. A 
Sermon preached in the Chapel of Berwick, O@. 19, 1803. 
by Proclamation for a Public Fas’. By Samury Burien, M.A. 8yo. pp. 22. : 
MR. BUTLER is advantageously 
known to the public, as having distin- 
guished himself at Cambridge by his 
acquisitions in classical literature; and 
in his present situation he has, we be- 
lieve, rescued a considerable and once 
flourishing seminary of education, from 
a state of great decline to fresh activity 
and usefulness. The present discourse 
bears many marks of a cultivated and 
liberal mind. The text is from Deu- 
teronomy xx. 1. The plan of the ser- 
mon is delineated in the title-page. 
Mr. Butler mentions with just abhor- 
rence and indignation, the infernal de- 
Arr. LIII. An Antidote to the Alarms of Invasion: a Discourse delivered at the ; 
Meeting House in the Old Jewry, on Wednesday, Oci. 19, 1803, being the Day appointed 
By Asrauam Ress, D.D. F. R.S. Editor 
or a General Fast. 
Cyclopedia. 8v0. pp. 23. 
« ACCUSTOMED to reason more 
than to declaim,’? Dr. Rees takes oc- 
casion, from Nehemiah iv. 14. to state 
some obvious arguments, that seem to 
justify the application of the words of 
the text to our own case. To shew that 
Britons ought not to be afraid of their 
énemses, but ‘to fight with confidence, 
THEOLOGY AND ECCLESIASTICAL, AFFAIRS. 
Be 
We have sometimes thought that theré 
exists a considerable similarity betweert 
the characters of Hannibal and the 
French consul. We do not however 
accept the omeh of the comparison, that, 
like another Hannibal, he shall bring © 
destruction to the entrance of our 
capital: we believe, that to, cross the. 
channel, commanded, as itis, by British — 
fleets, isan enterprize more dif{cult than — 
to surmount the Alps: but should our — 
adversary break through this barrier — 
also, we trust that he will still find, on 
British ground, some British Scipio, who 
shall terminate his career of triumph, 
and place a final obstacle before his way 
to that universal empire at which he 
seems to aim. 
" 
ii Sam. x. 12, the preacher exhorts us to — 
defend our country with courage, to — 
prize its worth, and to resign ourselves — 
to the will of God. 
Being the Day appointed — 
cree of the convention to allow no quar- 
ter to the English and Hanoverians, ~ 
and animadverts with becoming spirit — 
on the very unjustifiable intimations 
which have appeared in some of our own ~ 
journals, for the adoption of a similar 
conduct against the force which may ~ 
invade our country. Mr. Butler, in ~ 
censuring the French rulers, ought in 
cundour and justice to have mentioned, © 
that the soldiers refused to obey the © 
orders of their government: nor was — 
the decreé, we believe, ever in a single — 
instance executed. Beds 
of the New — 
he exhorts us to consider: 1. The nature — 
of the contest in which we are engaged. — 
2.."Fhe character and views of the enemy — 
with whom we have to contend. 3, ‘The 
important and invaluable objects which 
depend upon the present contest. 4. The 
advantages which are likely to result 
from the prosperous issue of it. .5. The 
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