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remarkably placable , and to have been more annoyed by the " tedious disputes about points of doctrine" among his own party , than by the outrages he had received from others . " They attach , " he observes , " an undue importance to names , and reason themselves rather out of charity than into truth . ** Burnet
has given a like unfavourable picture of these men : he says , ** they were so strict , even to jealousy , in the smallest points in which they put orthodoxy , that one who could not go into all their notions , but was resolved not to quarrel with them , could not converse much with them with any freedom . "
If the concluding expressions respecting the King are the simple effusions of an honest heart , they must , indeed , be admitted to breathe the very spirit of Christianity . " He is an object of compassion , not of resentment ; and we cannot be sufficiently thankful that the sun has never gone down upon our anger ; that we are daily enabled to pray that godly repentance may arrest him in his wicked course , and that he may yet reign in peace and prosperity . "
After an unsuccessful attempt at escape from the neighbourhood of La Rochelle , of which an interesting account is given , Migault and his family finally escaped to Holland in May , 1688 . We are not told who the benevolent superintendent was , whether Catholic or Protestant , through whose means this was accomplished .
Among the party who effected their deliverance with Migault , he names Madame Babault ; a mistake , it appears , for the name of the grandmother of the late excellent Rochemont Barbauld ; she reached Holland about that time , her husband having previously escaped out of the country , concealed in a cask .
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Art . V . —Poetical Illustrations of Passages of Scripture . B y Emily Taylor . 12 mo . pp . 86 . Wellington , Salop , printed by and for F . Houlston and Son : and sold at their Warehouse , 65 , Paternoster Row , London . 1826 . This is a very pleasing little volume .
The ** Illustrations" are in the spirit of true religion ; rational , charitable and devotional . In some " Introductory Lines , " the poetess addresses her book in a strain which may be taken as a specimen of the work ;
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" Yet go—for , humble as thou art , by me Thou art belov * d , as bringing back r the dream Of hours as sweet as I can hope to see ; While the pure waters of that heavenly stream Of ever-flowing beauty were before me , And that , undying lamp shed brightness o ' eT me . "
Some of the * ' Illustrations" are a paraphrase of historic passages , with an exposition of their moral : others are amplifications of some of the most beautiful sentiments of Holy Writ . The metres are various . A vein of true poetry runs through the work . And , on the whole , we cordially recommend it , especially to the young .
The publishers are entitled to our thanks for putting such a moderate price upon it , as makes it accessible to every class of purchasers of books .
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Art . VI . — Sabbath Recreations : or Select Poetry , of a religious hind , chiefly taken from the JVorksofthe Modern Poets : with a few Original Pieces never before published . 12 mo . pp . 292 . Wellington , Salop , printed for F . Houlston and Son ; sold at 65 , Paternoster Row , London . 1826 .
No description of books is more useful than these compilations ; and we know of no collection more deserving of popularity than this before us . The extracts are made with judgment and taste , and the " Original Pieces" do not seem out of place beside some of our classical
religious poems . In one respect , this volume has rare merit—it is very cheap ; a circumstance which we think entitled to notice , at a period when the London publishers have well-nigh ruined their trade in the attempt to ascertain to what degree the reading public will bear taxation .
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Art . VII . —An ewtensive Inquiry into the important Questions , Jrnat is to preach Christ ? and , What is the best Mode of preaching Him ? By Richard Lloyd , M . A ., Rector of St . Dunstan ' a in the West , London . Pp . 372 . Mr . Lloyd is of the highest Church Evangelical school , and brings with him the most unbounded deference and submission to all the powers that be . To
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120 Critical Notices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1827, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1793/page/40/
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