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Aspersions contained in his " History of the Protestant 

 Refoi'mation in Britain and Ireland." By Wm. M'Gaviw, 

 Esq. Author of " The Protestant." 



*' Those who wish to see Mr. Cobbett more than matched, 

 should possess themselves of this valuable publication. It 

 is not saying too much of Mr. M' Gavin to assert that he is 

 one of the most enlightened Protestants in Christendom. 

 The whole controversy stands before his mind in the order 

 of perfect arrangement, and Mr. Cobbett appears like a 

 child in the hands of a giant. Posterity will gratefully 

 acknovi ledge its obligations to this incomparable advocate." 

 — Evangelical Magazine. 



XVII. 

 Neat pocket size, Price Is. 6d. in Boards. 



Treatise on Baptism. 



A Practical Treatise on the Spiritual Import of Baptism, 

 and the duties connected with the Observance of the Or- 

 dinance. By the Rev. John Thomson, Minister of Shet- 

 tleston. 



" This is a work which will, and ought, to make its way, 

 where many more ponderous and learned treatises on the 

 subject will be refused admittance. The truths regarding 

 the nature and practical bearing of the ordinance of baptism 

 are correctly and clearly stated ; and the duties binding both 

 upon parents and children, in connexion with the solemn 

 ordinance, are enforced in some instances with a natural 

 eloquence which cannot fail to reach the heart, because every 

 reader will feel that the sentiments come from the heart. It 

 is of importance that Christian parents should be reminded 

 of the duties which it is incumbent on them to discharge 

 towards their baptized children, especially in this age, when 

 too many obviously regard the ordinance by which they are 

 admitted into the visible church in no other light than a 

 customary form with which it is disrespectful not to com- 

 ply ; and it is of importance, also, that such should be pro- 

 vided with a woi'k so moderate in compass as this, to serve 

 both as a manual for direction, and a stimulus to urge them 

 on to duty. The author has not served the cause of Chris- 

 tianity by throwing any new light upon the subject ; but 

 we are mistaken if he has not rendered a very important 

 service to the cause of practical godliness, by bringing v.ith- 



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