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fiderablr lefs ungrateful than either of the former fpecies ; 

 its fmell is weaker, and its bitternefs is mixed with a kind 

 of aromatic flavour. This appears to be the moft eligible 

 of the three, as a ftomachic and corroborant ; in which 

 intention a conferve of the tops has been greatly recom- 

 mended. 



Wormwood, Mountain, artemijla glacialts of Linnxus, is 

 fine-leaved, and covered with a glofTy filk-like down. The 

 mountain wormwood of Valais, or abfmth'ium feriphium mon- 

 tanum candidum C. B. is covei-ed with a cotton-like down, 

 and the leaves are curled about the edges. Haller informs 

 us, that the firft of thefe plants is frequent in ftony grounds 

 on the Alps ; and the fecond by the fides of fandy roads in 

 the territory of Valais, in Switzerland ; that the former is 

 bitterifti and aromatic, of great eftimation among the m- 

 habitants of the Alps, and the common remedy againft the 

 intermittent fevers which often rage there, and for exciting 

 the menftrual difcharges, checked by the cold ; and that 

 the latter has an acrid aromatic fmell and tafte, without bit- 

 ternefs, and promifes, from its fenfible qualities, to be a 

 plant of great virtues. They have not yet been introduced 

 into praftice in this country. Lewis. See Artemisia. 



WoRMWOOD-Trf?, in Gardening. See Abtemisia. 



WoRMWOOD-/7j(, in Natural Hijlory, a very fmall black 

 fly, found on the llalks of the common wormwood in June 

 and July. 



WoRMwooD-fr»»f, Vinum Abfmthites. S^e Vindm, and 

 Absinthites. 



WOROFIDOW, in Geography, a town of Poland, in 

 the palatinate of Braclaw ; 26 miles N.E. of Braclaw. 



WORONETZ, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Orlof, fituated upon a river of the fame name, near the 

 fpot where it falls into the Don, and thus poflefling an eafy 

 intercourfe with the Black fea. It is quahfied for becoming 

 a great capital, being placed fo as , to enjoy the advantages 

 of both warm and cold climates, and holding an intercourfe 

 with all parts of the empire. The ftreets are wide, but not 

 paved. Tallow is a great article of trade here, and alfo 

 iron. Here is alfo the moft confiderable cloth manufaftory 

 in Ruffia, firft eftabhfhed by Peter the Great : the gypfy 

 tribe is very prevalent here. 



WORPE, a river of Germany, which runs into the 

 Wumme, 7 miles N.E. of Bremen. 



WORRAL, in Zoology, an animal of the lizard kind, 

 of about four feet long, and eight inches broad, with a 

 forked tongue, which it puts out like a ferpent, but without 

 teeth. 



It is a harmlefs animal, and feeds only on large flies, and 

 the fmaller fpecies of hzards. It is found in Egypt only 

 during the hotteft months, and principally frequents the 

 grottos and caverns in the mountains on the weft of the 

 Nile, where it fleeps during the winter feafon. 



It is faid to be greatly affefted by mufic ; but experiment 

 (hews this to be an erroneous opinion. Pococke's Egypt, 

 ■vol. i. p. 208. 



WORSBOROUGH, in Geography, a village of Eng- 

 la!id, in the county of York, with a medicinal fpring ; 3 

 miles S. of Barnefley. 



WORSE, a river of England, which runs into the 

 Severn, near Bridgenorth. 



WORSHIP of God, Cultus Dei, amounts to the fame 

 with what we otherwife call religion. 



This worlhip confifts in paying a due refpeft, veneration, 

 and homage to the Deity, under a certain expeftation of re- 

 ward. And this internal refpe£l, &c. is to be fhewn and 



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teftified by external afts ; as prayers, facrifices, thankf- 

 givings, &c. 



The Ouietifts, and fome other myftic divines, fet afide 

 not only all ufe of external worfhip, but even the confider- 

 ation of rewards and puniihments. Yet, even the heathens 

 had a not'on, that God did not require us to ferve him for 

 nought : " Dii quamobrem colendi fint," fays Cicero, 

 " non intelligo, nuUo nee accepto ab iUis nee fperato 

 bono." 



The fchool divines divide worfhip into divers kinds, "viz. 

 latria, that rendered to God ; and idolatria, that rendered 

 to idols, or images. To which the Romanifts add, dulia, 

 that rendered to iaints ; and hyperdulia, that to the Virgin. 



Some theological writers have obfcrved, that the Greek 

 word ■aftTxvitiu), to •worjijip, is not descriptive only of the 

 honour which is appropriated to God, but is indifferently 

 ufed to fignify the honour and refpeft which are paid to 

 fuperiors of all kinds, in heaven or on earth. Accord- 

 ingly, they have diftinguilhed between ciml and religious 

 worfhip. 



The general principles upon which the worfhip of God is 

 confidered as an exercife or aft of rehgion, to which its 

 meaning is commonly appropriated, have been already ftated 

 under the articles Prayer and Sunday ; and it has been 

 illuftrated in three different views of it, as private, domeftic, 

 and public. To this article we have referred the more par- 

 ticular confideration of public worfhip, as a duty of indif- 

 penfable obligation, and of indifputable importance and 

 utihty. If the worfhip of God, fays archdeacon Paley, 

 be a duty of religion, public worfhip is a neceffary infti- 

 tution ; becaufe without it, the greater part of mankind 

 would exercife no religious worfhip at all. Befides, affem. 

 blies appointed for this purpofe afford regularly recurring 

 opportunities for moral and religious inftruftion to thofe 

 who would otherwife receive no fuch inftruftion. If we 

 advert to faft, it will be found that the general diffufion 

 of reUgious knowledge among all orders of Chriftians, in all 

 Protcftant, and in moft Chriftian countries, compared with 

 the intelleftual condition of barbarous nations, can be 

 afcribed to no other caufe than tlie regular eftablifhment of 

 affemblies for divine worfhip ; in which portions of Scrip, 

 ture are recited and explained, or the principles of Chriftian 

 erudition are fo conitantly taught in fermons, incorporated 

 with liturgies, or expreffed in extempore prayer, as to im- 

 print, by the very repetition, fome knowledge and memory of 

 thefe fubjedls upon the moft unqualified and carelefs hearer. 

 If this pradice were not obferved even by thofe members of 

 the community who do not fo much need the ailiftance that is 

 indifpenfable with regard to others, and fanftioned by their 

 prefence and example, we may eafily forefee how foon reli- 

 gious affembhes would fink into contempt and difufe. This 

 argument meets the only ferious apology that can be made 

 for abfence from public worfhip. But even this is a very 

 infufficient apology in another point of view, becaufe public 

 worfhip is a duty, independently of the effeft of example, 

 of univerfal obligation. Man is a focial being ; and as 

 fuch enjoys many blefGngs which demand public acknowledg- 

 ment, and is chargeable with many errors and tranfgreffions 

 which he ought pubhcly to unite with others in confefling, and 

 is expofed to many evils which he fhould deprecate in com- 

 mon with others who are in the fame fallible or mutable ftate 

 with himfelf. 



" Surely, fome will fay," as Paley ftates another objeftion 

 againft public worfhip, " I may be excufed from going to 

 church fo long as I pray at home, and have no reafon to 

 doubt but that my prayers are as acceptable and c£Scacious 



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