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his brethren of thename of the God of 
their fathers, to conduét them out of 
Egypt, and to re-eftablith the facred rites 
ot the God of Abraham in the defart of 
the Red Sea, or in Mount Horeb: verfe 
zy2—18, &c. Mofes confidering the de-’ 
fe€tion of the Ifraelites from thei antient 
habits and religion, queries, «¢ When I 
ccme unto them, and fhall fay to them, 
Th: Ged of your fathers hath fent me 
unto you; and they fhall fay unto me, 
What is hisname? What fhall I fay 
unto them??? The anfwer is, “Iam who 
Tam” (Ehjeh afher Ehjeh): Thus fhalt 
thou fay to the children of Ifrael, EXJEu 
-hath fent me unto you.” This title is 
feppofed to denote fupremacy, independ- 
ence,. 2nd felf-exiftence: but does not ap- 
-ar to have been applied as q < title of 
“coor te the God of the Ifraelites, be- 
Sore tab time.) on rempvev all doubt, 
» ‘elerence 1s made in the next 
Werle" (V5, 76.)-to the ufual, or pro- 
pss Haine, by which he had been defig- 
FORMER: Al 

AVIEW OF THE 
Asstracr of the Puriic ENcome 
A View of the former and prefent State 
[Od 
nated for many ages, as the foregoin; 
quotations prove. “‘ And God faid more- 
over unto Mofes, Thus fhalt thou fay 
unto the children of Ifrael, JeHovaH, 
the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, 
and the God of Jacob, hath fent me unto 
you: this is my zame for ever, and this 
my mcoorial unto all generations.” 
_ The laf pailage compared with v. 3. 
chap. vi. feems to make the auther of 
Exodus inconfiftent with himfelf. On this 
point, however, it is not neccflary to in- 
fift: but I hall think myfelf obliged te 
S. E. or any other of your correfpon- 
dents, for a. folution of the difficulty 
originally propofed, on fair grounds and 
documents, or by a firié& mode of rea- 
foning: as alfo for authorities refpeéting 
the origin of the terms Id, Tou, Iaé, 
or IEHEUA; viz. whether they were firk 
applied toa divinitv of Chaldea, Syria, | 
er Egypt; or brought, in the progrefs 
of civilization, from Eaft to Welt, from 
the diftant fhores of India. M.R. 

ESE 
X AND PRESENT STATE OF THE NA- 
~ TIONAL FINANCES. mi Bae 

and EXPENDITURE iv the Year 1697, being the 
laft Year of a War with France. 



INCOME, 
TAEMATIING AReetnaticees po ca £807,204 
Nett produce of the Cuftoms & : ss eens 694,892 
Excite = - r = - = ¥,049,979 
Pott-Office - ~ - - 123,773 
Land-t$xes - ~ - - < $99,324 
Capitation or Poll+Tax Co 212,126 
Promifcuous Taxes = = - - 132,574 
Sundry other Receipts - = = - = = 215,596 
Loans; being the exceis of the fums borrowed beyond thofe repaid 4,078,196 
Total £3,264, 162 
EXPENDITURE. 
Navy, 40,000 Seamen  - - = - - - - - £2,821,931 
Army, 87,440 Land Forces - - - - ~ a 2,646,083 
Ordnance for Sea and Land Service - - 5 - = 520,568 
Civil Litt - - ~ - - = ~ = - 7455502 
Mifcellaneous Services » - - < - = - = 1,238,679 
Remaining at Michaelmas, 1697 = - = - 291,40% 
Total £3,264,164 
According to the appreciation of money 
the Monthly Magazine, the amount of the fupplies at the 
have been equal to £10,165,825 at prefent. 
in the table given in the laft Number of 
above period appears to 

With refpect to the following account of the prefent ftate of the revenue and ex- 
penditure, it may 
Exchequer at.the beginning, 
be proper to obferve, that there was no money remaining in the 
nor at the end of the year, except the 44 per cent. duty 
de-ived from Barbadoes and the Leeward Iflands, ufually applied to the payment of. 
governow’s falaries, and of annuities charged thereon. ea 
zs 4 
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