Retrofped of German Literature... Divinity... Furi{prudence. BYE. 
pp. 140; 8vo. A very ufeful commen- 
tary. 
Difputatio de Spiritu Sando primis Chyif- 
tianis per impofitionem manuum tradito. 
 AuGtoritate Academia Fredericiane Halen- 
Ais Scripfit. Jou. AUG.NOESSELT. Three 
Sheets, 4to. The author being one of the 
moft venerable veterans among the Ger- 
man theologues, his uabiaffed and philo- 
fophical enquiry into this fubjeét deferves 
particular attention. 
’ Vindicie  Prophetarum Ebraicarum et 
Jelu Chriftt, contra Thomam Paine, ejufque 
Libell: de vera et fittitia Religione Germa- 
nicum interpretem, auctoré FR.W.HAGEN, 
4798. pp. 70; 8vo. Tuomas PaINnEg 
ftill pays fome regard to the prophets as 
poets, notwithftanding his frivolous and 
iplenetic attacks on their divine miffion ; 
however, his German tranflator does not 
think it worth his while to ftudy their 
language, and declares their poetry to be 
highly offenfive to good tafte, calling 
them unpolithed barbarians. The author 
of the prefent excellent pamphlet refutes 
thefe foul calumnies, as offsprings of the 
rmoft unpardonable jgnorance, and fup- 
ports his vindication by a well-executed 
and e¢legant tranflation of Plalm 8. 19, 
and 22; to which he fubjoins very perti- 
nent obfervations. The fecond part of this 
pamphlet contains a vigorous and con- 
vincing defence of Chrift’s character 
againitehe fcurrilous infinuations of Mr. 
P. and his tranflator, which is written in 
a manly ftyle, and places thofe malicious 
attacks jn their proper light. 
Vou dem woblthetigen Einflnfs des 
Chrifientbums, &c.&&c.vonG.G. HERMES. 
pp. 42; 8vo. Of the falutary Infiuence 
of the Chriftian Religion on the Morality 
of its Profeffors, efpecially of thofe of the 
three firft Centuries. The learned author 
has executed this fubjeét in a manner, for 
which he deferves the thanks of all well- 
withers to the progrefs of human happinefs. 
Varice Leétiones ad Textum A€torum 
Apof. Epiftolarum Catholicarum et Pault, 
6 codd. Grecis Mfc. Bibliotheca Vaticans, 
Barberinae, Auguftinianorum Eremitarum 
Roma, Borgiane Velitris, Neapolitane 
Regie, Laurentiniane, §. Marci Veneto-- 
rum, Vindobonenfis Cefaree et Havrienfis 
Regia, colleie et edit, ab ANDREA 
Brrceu,- Theol. D. &e. 1798. pp. 2543 
8vo. A work of great erudition, which 
contains a great variety of new and valu. 
able information. 
Gefchickte der Romifch Catholifchen Kirche, 
&c. &c. von PETER WOLFE; 5 Toeile, 
1798. Hiftory of the Roman-Catholic 
Church. Mr. WoLr maiatains, in this 
ber of errors of the 
. 
important work, the character ef an able 
and impartial hiftorian, which he has fo 
defervedly acquired by his well-executed 
Hiftory of the Order of the Fefuits, a trant- 
lation of which, we learn, has repeated= 
ly, but unfuccefsfully, been offered to, fe- 
veral of the molt eminent bookfellers in 
London. 
Freymnethige Unterfuchung ueber Fefumy, 
den Sohn Gottes, von GLYEN. 1798. 
pp. 184; 8vo. A free Enquiry concerning 
Jefus, the Som of God. If an intimate 
acquaintance with the facred writings of 
the Old and New Teftament, and with alf 
means of expounding them; if impartia- 
lity of inveftigation, which flides over no 
difficult paflage, feeks not to prejudice the 
reader for. a favourite interpretation, nor 
prefumes to explode eftablifhed opinions. 
by bold conjeétures; if a philofophicad 
aud lucid order, if, finally, fearlefs. can- 
dour in ftating the refults of impartial exa- 
mination correétly—if all thefe qualities 
be fufficient to recommend a literary work, 
the prefent enquiry deferves, undoubted- 
ly, an eminent place among thofe that 
treat on the doétrines of the Bible. The 
refults of the author’s learned inveftiga- 
tions give an entirely new form to the efta- 
blifhed ecclefiaftical doctrine concerning 
the Son of God, and afford an additional 
proof of the weaknefs of our dogmatical 
theories, which by the greater number of 
our divines are deemed incontrovertible. 
Communionbuch fuer denkende Corifien yon 
KaRL VEILLODTERI, 1799. pp. 2143 
8vo. Communion-book for refcéting 
Chriftians. We do not recollect to have 
een a communion-book which preduces fe 
much intereft for the celebration of the 
Lord’s Supper, and excites fo many pure 
moral featiments in the heart of a reflecting 
hriftian as the prefent. It recommends 
itfelf particularly by a moft interefting 
fiatement of the beneficial tendency of the 
Chriftian religion, by a rot charming 
picture of the moral dignity of its benevo- 
Jent founder, and a lucid, though noble 
and diguified, language. We do not doubr 
but this excellent book of devotion will 
be deemed a moft welcome acquifition by 
ll polifaed and rational friends of reli- 
gion. 
JURISPRUDENCE, 
Grundfetze des Deutfchen peintichen 
Rechts, von C. A. GRUENDLER, &c. &c. 
1799. pp. 2423; 8vo. Fundamental Prin- 
ciples of the German criminal Laws. A 
well-executed compendium,. which, how- 
ever, is diftinguulhed by an immenfe num- 
refs. 
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