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Retrofpe of Spanifh LiteratureDivinity, Ethics, Fc. 607 
and who exercife themfelves in the facred 
Affections and devout Prayers before and 
after the Communion and Public Service, 
by D. Juan Gabriel de Contreras, Priett, 
oe Oe : 
*¢ Amenidades Filofoficas, un tomo, en 
$?,*’"—-Philofophical Amufements, 1 vol. 
@o. The principal part of this work is 
extracted from the Count of Oxenttiern : 
it is a compendium, cgntaining obferva- 
tions on the habits and paffions, and com- 
prifes the wide field of moral philofophy. 
It includes Chriftian precepts and exam- 
ples adapted to all ages : ‘at the conclufion 
of each chapter a recapitulation is giyen 
of its contents in fuch way as to forma 
collection of ufeful proverbs. — 
“Retiro Efpiritual para los Sacerdotes; 
5, el Sacerdote preparado para el juicio de 
Dios en diez dias de Exercicios Efpiri- 
tuales, por el R. PR. Fr. MiGuEx De Sane 
TANDER.’—-Clofet Affifiant for Prietts ; 
or, the Prieft prepared for the Divine 
Judgment, in Spiritual Exercifés for ten 
Days, by the Rey. Father Miguel de San- 
tander. This is‘ from the pen of the 
Keeper of the Province of Caftille, ‘a 
Member of the Inquifition, and Synodal 
Examinant to the Archbifhoprick of To- 
jedo. The work is particularly intended 
for thofé who are actively engaged in’ the 
facred functions, that they may be ena- 
bled to difpenfe the divine myfteries fo as 
to anfwer the purpofes of their facred du- 
ties, Nase eta Wvgivnl 
_ “ Diétionario Hiftorico, Cronologico, y 
Geografico-Univerfal, de la Santa Biblia.” 
-—Univerfal, Hiftorical, Chronological, and 
Geographical, Diétionary of the Holy 
Bible.—In this work many difficult words 
and phrafes of facred writ are explained, 
and various moral refleftions are given ; 
extracted from the’ Fathers, and from 
commentators of the higheft authority. 
It alfo comprifes accurate information on 
the lives and principal actions of the pa- 
triarchs of the Old Teftament; of the 
judges, kings, and leaders, of the people 
of God ; of the prophets, apoftles, and 
evangelifts, and of their writings ; of the 
difciples of Jefus Chrift, and firft mem- 
bers of the church; of the women cele- 
brated for their piety in facred writ; of the 
kingdoms, provinces,cities, mountains, val- 
hies,rivers, wells, animals, plants, precious 
ftones, &c. noticed in the Vulgate of 
Pius the Fifth. This work is uteful to 
thofe who are entrufted with the facred 
volume of truth in the vernacular tongue; 
and it will not be of lefs advantage to 
others, who, not having this, confidence 
repofed in them, are defirous ,to become 
acquainted with the precepts and pro- 
phecies, &c. of the Bible. 
<< Contemplacion de la Vida de nueftro 
Senor Jefu Chrifto, defde fu Concepcion. 
hafta la Yenida del Efpiritu Santo; dif” 
puefta por S. BUENAVENTURA, para en- 
fenar a las almas devotasel Modo de Con- 
templar.”’—Study of the Life of our Lord 
Jefus Chrift, from the Conception to the 
Afcenfion ; prepared by S. Buenaventura, 
to affift devout Minds in the Duty of |ho- 
ly Contemplatior.—Thefe facred ftudies, 
however neglected in the world, are rightly’ 
confidered by the learned Dottor, as not 
only beneficial, but neceflary, and calcu- 
lated to bring imperfeé man to the mot 
exalted ftate to which he is capable of be- 
ing advanced in this world. Gradually 
to unfold the important truths, for the 
early part of the week, he recommends 
the confideration of the joy excited in 
heaven by the advent, and the circum- 
ftances of the hiftory of the Virgin, prior, 
and immediately {ubfequent, to the in- 
carnation; he then conduéts the thoughts 
of his readers to the events of Chrift’s 
life, until the time of his public miniftry. 
The middle of the week he devotes to 
the tranfactions from his appearance in 
the fynagogue to his paffion, including 
the death of John the Baptift, the tranf{- 
figuration, the refurrection of Lazarus, 
the triumphal entry into Jerufalem, and 
the pe fupper. For the conclufion of the 
week, he affligns the Paflion, as recorded 
in the Evangelifts; the folitude of the 
Holy Mother, and the canticles of the 
patriarchs in AsuGos. 
«¢ Sermones Panegericos y Morales del 
R. P. Fr. SEBASTIAN SANCHEZ Sogri- 
NO, del Orden de Terceros de S. Francifco, 
Leétor Jubilado, Calificador del Santo - 
Oficio, en el Convento de -S. Antonio 
Abad de Granada, tomo '5°.”’——-Panegy- 
rical and Moral Sermons of the Rev. Fa- 
ther Sebaftian Sanchez Sobrino, of the 
Order of St. Francis, Superannuated or 
Privileged Le&turer, Heretical Examiner 
of the Inquifition, and in the Convent of 
‘St. Antonio, Abbot of Granada. ~ 
‘© El Efpiritu Confolador; 6, Reflexiones 
fobre algunas palabras del Efpiritu Santo, 
muy propias para confolar las Almas afli- 
gidas.’’~~The Confolation of the Spirit ; 
or, Reflections on fome precious Wordy 
of the Holy Spirit ; adapted to give com- ~ ~. 
fort to the Afflisted. © The defign of the’ 
pious author of this piece is, to induce 
meh under the tribulations to which life 
is fubjeét, to look up to God as the only 
fource of confolation; and, to affift his 
readers in this endeavour, he has extraéted 
various 
