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Barruel’s calumnies againft the honorable 
zuthor.” That noted calumniator, the 
Abbé Barmiel, is again breken upon the 
wheel : Mr. Clowes, in thefe letters, vin- 
dicates with much energy and manly fenfe, 
the character and theology of Baron Swe- 
denborg againftthe Abbé’s grofs mifrepre- 
fentation. The author moreover expounds, 
in a very clear and fatisfaétory manner, 
the whole Swedenborgian fyftem, to 
which he feems moft fincerely attached. 
«¢ Minutiz; or little Things for the Poor 
of Chrift’s Flock,’’ is an opufculum by 
Dr. Peers; the quaintnefs of the title 
prepares us for peculiarities in the per- 
formance, which is neither remarkable 
for its excellence nor inferiority. 
“ Confiderations on the Book of Genefis, 
im a feries of Letters,’” addreffed to the 
bifhop of Llandaff : unable to conquer the 
chronological difficulties of this beok and to 
reconcile its dates, the author of thefe let- 
ters gives it up as unworthy of belief. As 
there is nothing pert nor indecorous in the 
manner of this writer, the learned prelate 
to whom. his work is addreffed, may, per- 
haps. be difpofed to obviate his difficulties. 
Mr. Parker has publifhed ‘‘ Three 
aifcourfes on the Lord’s Supper, &c.” 
here is no novelty in the arguments here 
adduced; on the contrary Mr. P. feems 
infufficiently acquainted with his fubpeét. 
Among the many fingle Sermons which 
fiave appeared, is to be diftinguifhed for 
its eloquence, Mr. HatL’s on ‘* Modern 
Infidelity.» This gentleman in theearly 
period of the French Revolution was one 
ef thofe who diftinguifhed themfelves as 
championsin the caufe of freedom; decp- 
ly fenfibly of the atrocities’ with which 
‘that event has been accompanied, he now 
fooks upon it with a degree of horror on- 
ly to be paralleled by his former zeal and 
triumph on the occafion. We remem- 
her a publication of Mr. Hall’s on the 
*® Freedom of the Prefs,” which he per- 
haps will not thank us for bringing to his 
recolleétion ; it is a fplendid compofition, 
and raifed high our expeétations of the 
prefent performance, which will not in 
ay degree detraét from the reputation as 
a writer which Mr. Hall very juftly ac- 
quired. There are many parts of this 
fermon to which we cannot in any degree 
affent ; as a compofition however, we are 
charmed with its glowing di€tion, and its 
rich and various imagery. 
- Among the fingle Sermons we feleét as 
worthy of attention, both from ‘its intereft- 
ing fubjeét and able execution. Mr, 
Dav BENY’s on crucity to dumb animals. 
Literature—T heslogy. 
—The objeét of Mr. Hare in his Vifi- 
tation Sermon before the archdeacon of 
Glofter, is to extol the priefthood; net 
merely their fpiritual funétions, but their 
emoluments and dignities. The nature 
of this difcourfe may be colleéted from the 
heads into which it is divided: the 
preacher labors to prove * that an eftab- 
lifhed priefthood is fo agreeable to the 
nature and reafon of man, that there is ne 
inftance of any civilized nation in which 
there has not been fuch an eftablifhment. 
Secondly, that it is exprefsly declared in 
fcripture, there fhall be an eftablifhed and 
permanent priefthood. Thirdly, that in this 
nation the eftablifhment of the priefthood 
is not burdenfome to the community, but 
otherwife ; and laftly, that fach an eftab- 
lifhment has a natural tendency to increafe 
the temporal as well as fpiricual welfare 
of the people.” 
The Clergy in a diftri€t in the diocefe 
of Lincoln, convened for the purpofe of 
confidering the State of Religion in its 
feveral parifhes, have publifhed their 
<¢ Report;”’ in which, after having ftated 
the number of places of worfhip, and the 
variaus denominations of thofe whe attend 
them, they have endeavoured to trace the 
caufes of profanenefs and irreligion, and 
to guard the church and government of 
this kingdom as much as poffible againft 
the effects of them. The reporters feem 
to have been very active and perfevering 
in their fearch, and in the remedies which 
they have propofed have given high offeace 
to {ume mean-minded churchmen by their 
lenity and liberality. 
Mr. Ho itis has publifhed *¢ An Apo- 
logy for the Difbelief of revealed Religion.” 
If any apology be neceffary for a dif- 
belief of revealed religion, as this refpeét- 
able infidel conceives it is, it fhould be 
offered to the throne of Heaven : we ac- 
knowledge the jurifdiGtion of no earthly 
tribunal in matters of religion. Belief is 
an aét not of volition, but neceffity. 
Whether the pud/ication of a man’s rea- 
fons for difbelief requires an apology, is a 
different queftion ; at any rate we fee not 
the ufe of fuch a pamphlet as the prefent, 
which has but little novelty of argument. 
The author of a pamphlet, entitled 
« Apeleutherus ; or an Effort to at- 
tain Intelle€tual Freedom,” has divided 
his work into three parts: in the two 
firft he attacks public worfhip and reli- 
gious inftruétion: In the third part, on 
Chriftianity as a fupernatural commu- 
nication, he endeavours to fhow that, in 
our fituation, it is not the miracles which 
prove 
