£j:ira6tsfrom the PeriJoUo aj a Man of Letters, [Nov. f, 
1 knowj since the importunity of errof' 
huth hiouiiht forth so many obliquities, 
and occasioned so much scandal to reli¬ 
gion the vvoild tliorowt. 
And because many liave touch’d her- 
npon (as yon see in their writings,) and 
many more poliinicks and dUpuits are 
printed than profitable, every party stri¬ 
ving their own advancement; this 1 have 
Saul, this I must say, that whoso departs 
from those fundamentals profest, and 
dyed upon by the saints and martyrs 
since the reformation and departure from 
popery, need to have his opinion written 
in Stars: Jor if (in angel bring anolfier 
gospel, he or if mop not be I'eceivcd, that 
shall contradict n hat ice have received ul- 
reudy from the Lord Jesus. It is a conti¬ 
nuing word. Oh that it might abide in us, 
and with us! 
d’herefore stand in awe of God, and 
fear him always; hold to the word as to 
life, question not truths; look to your 
company; value the meanest ordinance; 
you will need all. Be very low and hum¬ 
ble before the Lord, and grou- in gruee^ 
Q Pet. 3, 18. (my dear child.) 
24. And liecause the first child that 
appears in view of this Jesahel, the mo¬ 
ther of mischief (Error) so caHed by 
John, Rev. fl. 20. is about the Sabbath ; 
cither wholly slighting it, or count it 
Jewish; or our day not the right day, not 
the sevc-ntb, yea that every day is a sab¬ 
bath, vMth the like; I mean besides all 
such as proplianely look upon it as a days 
of sport, pleasure, and vanity; I think it 
is my duty to charge you, (as ever you 
mean or hope to enjoy that everlasting 
rest hereafter) that you would value 
tiie sabbath. Read Dod and others 
about it. 
I do not remember that I have ever 
met w ith a true godly gracious soul, that 
liveri abt)ve or beyond this. 
Do you keep on, and gather home all 
affections to wait upon the work, and let 
the day be dear to you. The God (^'aah- 
bath be yours, (dear child.) 
25. 'I'lie premises considered, I should 
a little open what I mean hy free grace, 
to which I send you so often for succour 
in cases; and truly it hath been much 
spoken of, and as inucli abused, as if men 
from thence might take leave for any 
evil; and on (he other hand also, filth 
cast upon men tliat have labourM to hold 
it forth; for which Dr. Crisp suffered 
also, and some of that mind, who meant 
faithfully to the church of Christ, and 
have written much for the abasement of 
the creature, and lifting up grace. 
[ To be ccncludcd in 6ur xext.J 
E.vtracts from the Portfolio of a jMlui of Letters, 
TITLES or BOOKS. 
N the National Library ?it Paris is a 
?.JS. (N. 2403) labelled “A D:c- 
iionary of the Old and Neu: Testament.'' 
de ilochetort examined it, and found 
in it nothing, or almost nothing, con¬ 
cerning either nt the scriptures. 
ENGLISH Dt'-MiKIOKS IN FKANCE. 
Invasions of French territory tiave 
been usually deemed tlie pure results of 
ambition in our kings. Amelvard, in his 
IMS. Chronicle, says, (hat it was the 
market which the English found for their 
Tvoollen manulacturcs, and the facility 
of further conveying tliem into Spain, 
•^:c. bv (bis cinmnel, induced (he Eugli^h 
to rrv “ de ioules muriiere-i et par menees 
accretes, et par la force uirciric, de.s re- 
courier la domina!ion." Yet our foreign 
trade is said to commence with Eliza¬ 
beth’s reign. 
TALBOT. 
Vfe all know the character of this 
warrior in Shakespeare, and our nati- 
onr.l chronicles. Amelvard pretends, 
that when wounded, he begged q ar- 
3 
ter, and offered large sums for his ran¬ 
som, but could net obtain it, from the 
hatred against him tlnough ciuehies 
v\hich he had committed. "liiis last 
pretext seems to have been the political 
ruse employed by tlie French to sti¬ 
mulate resistance to this illustrious ge¬ 
neral. 
CANABUTZA, 
A Cretan, who livtd in the 14th cent, 
in a manubCnpt dissertation, affirms, 
that Cleopatra understood the transmu¬ 
tation of inelals, and the philosopher’* 
stone 1 
DEMANDS AND DESIRES OF LORD FAIR^ 
FAX AND GENERAL COUNCELLoFOFFI¬ 
CERS, TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE 
LOUD-MAIOR, AND COURT OP ALUEP.- 
MEN, &C. 
Un Friday, December 7lh, 1048, Col. 
Dean entered the citv vMth a party of 
horse and foot, and seized on the treasu¬ 
ries in Goldsmith’s Hall, and Weaver’* 
Flail, for the payment of the soldiery du¬ 
ring their residence hereabouts: another 
patty also marched to the sessions house 
