The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature Volume 48 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1779 Excerpt: ...of universal benefit, we wish that Mr. Birch had delivered some explicit general rules for the administration'of it. DIVINITY. Compassion to Men's Souls the greats/ Charity; and the Necessity of a Subscription for the Support and Relies of Missionaries. A Sermon, preached and published for the Benefit of the incorporated So' eitty for the Propagation of the Gospel tn foreign Parts; in consequence of the Lord Bijbtp of Worcester'/ circular Letter to the Clergy of his Diocese. By the Rev. Francis RufFord, B. A. e, to. 6d. Fielding and Walker. A plain, practical discourse, in which the author shews, that compassion to the fouls of men is the greatest charity; and that a subscription for the support and relief of missionaries, though at all times an instance of the noblest beneficence, and an evangelical spirit, is more particularly seasonable and expedient, when many of those useful pastors are in a state of persecution and distress. The Necessity os a National Reformation. A Sermon occasioned by the present critical State of the Nation, preached at the Parijh'Church of Leeds, July nth, 1779. By Miles Atkinson, A. B. Svo. 6d. Wallis. The design of this discourse is to (hew, ' that public enemies and calamities are the scourges of God, which he makes use of to chastise nations for their fins; and that the only way to escape, when dangers threaten, or to have calamities removed, when they are brought upon a land, is for the people to humble themselves before God, and implore his mercy and deliverance.' This author has taken care not to elevate his style, or his sentiments, above the capacity of his hearers. she Duty and CbaraQer of a National Soldier, represented in a Sermon preached, Jan. 2, 1779. At the High Church in Hull, before the Nottinghamshire Militia, c...