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Nor must «we forget a volume, eati- 
tled “* Zeal without Innovation; or the 
present State of Religion and Morals con- 
sidered ; with a View to the Dispositions 
and Measures required for its Improve- 
nent ;”’ from which as many usetul re- 
flections may be gained by the separatist 
as by the churchman. ‘The author’s re- 
marks on the Calvmistic doctrines are 
peculiarly important.—Subjoined is “ An 
Address to Young Clergymen, intended to 
guard them agamst some prevalent Er- 
rors.” 
A more important series of sermons has 
pot often appeared, than that by Mr. 
PzyRosE, preached in the year 1808, be- 
fore the University of Oxford, at the 
Bampton Lecture; entitled, “ An At- 
tempt to prove the Truth of Christianity, 
JSrom the Wisdom displayed in its Original 
Lstablishment, and from the History of 
Julse and corrupted Systems of Religion.” 
The well-known Bampton Lectures, of 
1784, contain a view of the contrast be- — 
tween Christianity and Mahometanism. 
Lhese are intended to‘ be supplemental ; 
referring more particularly to the doc- 
trines of the Jesuits. Having treated, in 
the fourth of the nine sermons which 
compose the volume, of the first corrup- 
tioas. of Christianity, and the excesses 
of the Romish idolatry, Mr. Penrose, in 
the fifth, treats of the rise and. progress of 
the regular clerey; proceeding to the 
foundation of the-order of the Jesuits, 
and enlarging more prticularly on their 
profligate casuistry and ambition, as well 
as on the rapid progress of their power. 
dn the sixth and seventh lectures, he 
treats of the conduct of the Jesuit mis- 
sionaries, and of their idolatrous com- 
pliances. Including also a sketch of the 
History of the St. Thomé Christians on 
the coast of Malabar. The eighth lecture 
is more immediately devoted to the Je- 
suits of Paraguay. And the ninth con- 
tains the recapitulation. In this lec- 
tuye, tne decline of the Papal and Je- 
‘Suitical power is compared with the con- 
‘thued security and progress of Christi- 
anity. An appendix, of rather more than 
a hundred and four pages, contains a 
body of illustrations and authorities. 
Nor must we here forget a most valua- 
ble and important tract, whieh has been 
lately published by the Brsnor or Dur- 
HAM, entitled “ The Grounds on which 
the Church of England separated from 
the Church of Rome re-considered, in a 
View of the Romish Doctrine of the Eucha- 
rist ; with an Explanation of the Ante- 
penultimate Answer in the Church Cate 
dietrospect of Lomestie Laterature— Poetry. 
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chism.” It is separated into the follow- 
ing sections:-—1. Reasons against the 
literal sense of the words, This is m. 
Body—This is my Blood.—2. Reasons 
against the miracle implied by the liter 
ral sense. —3, Of the Adoration of the 
Host.—4. Of the Denial of the Cup to 
the Laity.—5. An Explanation of the 
Antepenultimate Answer in the Church 
Catechism, 
In this class also, we shall include Dr., 
Bookrr’s “ Address to the Legislature-of — 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain, 
Sc.” on subjects of importance to the 
Church and State. ‘Vhe leading points 
of whichare, 1. The great want of accom- 
modation-room, for those who attend the 
generality of our parish churches.—2. The 
unaccountable facility with which impros 
per persons are, under the existing laws, 
enabled to become teachers of religion. 
POETRY. 
“ The Mother, a Poem, in five Books,” 
by Mrs. West, lays claim to a large 
portion of the praise which we have to 
bestow on the metrical compositions of 
the last half year. The subjects of the 
different books are, Infancy, Religious 
Instruction, Education, Separation from 
Children, and Maternal Sorrows, Though 
unequal in a few instances, it has parts 
and passages, the unusual merit of which 
will always make it rank among our best 
didactics. 
“ Ly Tang, an Imperial Poem, in Chi- 
nese,” by Kren Lune, with a Translation 
and Notes, by Mr, Stepuen Weston, 
will be found an interesting pamphlet. 
The preface contains a few particulars of 
the literary Emperor’s life, a copy of 
whose Chinese dictionary, it appears, 
was brought to London, a short time 
back, from St. Petersburgh, illustrated, 
not only by perpetual comments in the 
Tartar language, but with a volume of 
Russian notes, —“ T must now (observes 
the translator) say a word of the Poem, 
which I present to the public, and how T 
came by it. I found it on a China cup, 
with the figures which accompany it; 
and feeling a wish to know what it meant, 
principally indeed on account of the 
author’s name, I set about a translation of 
the characters, and concluded with guess- 
ing at the sense they intended to convey; 
and, having’ satisfied myself, leave my 
readers to give, witha better knowledge 
of the genius of the language, an ime 
proved: version.” 
The three first sentences of the “ Re= 
flections of Ly Tanz” will be a sufficient 
specimen of the Puem itself. — 
“ Ly Tane, 
