(Masters.) They have especial reference to the doctrines connected with our Lord's Incarnation, and are designed to connect dogmatic truth with our natural feelings and moral instincts. Their tone is earnest, and they contain eloquent passages.
Sermons on the Gorham Judgment, and its bearings on the position of our Church, by Mr. Bennett and Mr. Dodsworth, show that earnestness and acute sense of danger which might be looked for from such preachers, and give a note of faithful warning. But we cannot enter upon so large a subject in this place.
The reprint of the 'Opinion of the Judges on the Jurisdiction of the Convocation in matter of Heresy,' given in the year 1711, extracted from Mr. Whiston's 'Account of the Convocation's Proceedings' in his case, (J. H. Parker,) is a valuable document in reference to the present position of Church and State.
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Upon the title, The Nonentity of Romish Saints and the Inanity of Romish Ordinances,' prefixed to two sermons by Dr. Hook, we will make no needless comments: the author evidently chose it in a hurry, and has since written to explain the terms of it, as not meaning, in his use of them, that which ordinary persons would suppose them to mean. The substance of the sermons is, like the substance of all Dr. Hook's practical compositions, sound and edifying: and we only regret that it is mixed up so largely with statements, which no well read theologian can consider fair, respecting Roman theology. That the Romanist claims salvation upon his own merits is not true formally, i. e. as formal books of theology represent him; for they consider merit the effect of grace, and prior to grace deny all power of doing good works. If it is true in a rough and popular sense, as distinguished from the theological, the distinction ought to have been clearly stated. We cannot for our part consider the great difference between the Church of Rome and ourselves to lie in our respective estimation of good works. If people agree in the main principle that good works are necessary for salvation, and that the more of them we do the better, they may indulge their intellects in endless distinctions and refinements, and persuade themselves that they are as far as the poles asunder; but the truth is, they think very much alike on the subject. Excellent persons, indeed, there are in abundance, who suppose that the difference between divine truth and satanic falsehood in religion lies in the question, whether you think faith made perfect by love, or faith followed by love, justifies. Faith and love being both necessary to the individual who is justified, if you think that faith justifies prior to love, but on the understanding that love follows, you are a child of God: if you think that faith and love justify together, you are a child of the devil. It is true, divines may naturally give importance to a theoretical distinction, if they make it symbolic of a practical one, the valuing or not valuing good works. But Dr. Hook's distinction not being one of practice, falls back upon the subtleties of the theory alone; and his orthodoxy throws a want of purpose and substance upon his arguing.
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'Purity of Life: a Sermon preached in the Parish Church to the Boys of Uppingham Grammar School, on the Feast of S. Bartholomew, 1849, by
'the Rev. E. Monro, M.A.' (J. H. Parker,) invests a subject of such perilous delicacy, that it is formally held it can only be treated properly by being wholly avoided, with the true dignity and awefulness belonging to so deep a point of morals and religion, and a seriousness which at once calms and sets at rest the most sensitive apprehensions.
'The Words from the Cross: a series of Lent Sermons,' by W. H. Anderdon, M.A. Vicar of S. Margaret's, Leicester, (Pickering,) are well adapted to bring the truths of the Incarnation and Atonement home to the minds of a congregation.
We have to notice a Sermon on the Distinctive Excellences of the Common Prayer, by G. S. Drew, M.A. (Darling;) on the Duties and Encouragements of the Christian Ministry, by Dr. Marsh, (Hatchard;) an Ordination Sermon, by the Rev. William Tait, Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Wakefield; a Thanksgiving Sermon, by the Rev. J. W. Buckley, M.A.; a Sermon on the Death of the Queen Dowager, by Mr. Anderson; on Family Worship, by J. D. Jefferson, M.A.; on the Epiphany, by William Procter, M.A.; on Household Piety, or the Lycaonian Christians, by C. J. Black, B.A.
Anthologia Polyglotta [by Dr. Wellesley], 429
-444. Dr. Wellesley's interest in his task,
429. Estimate of classical translation, 430,
431. Its cultivation at Oxford, 432-434.
Is it worth reviving? 435, 436. Specimens,
436-444.
Arthur, King [a Poem, by Sir E. B. Lytton],
69-109. An epic poem claims our sym-
pathy, 69. Especially one from this writer,
70. The writer's estimate of his task, 71,
72. His choice of a hero, 73, 74. Scenery of
the poem, 75. Analysis of, and extracts
from the poem-the poem criticised, 76-109.
Astronomy [Outlines of, by Sir William Her-
schel, &c.], 128-163. Rank of Astronomy,
128. Inferiority of the Ancients, 129. Popu-
lar Astronomy, 130, 131. Value of the
present work, 132. The idea of a planet,
Various aspects of the planets, 134,
Astronomical instruments, 136-139.
Shape of the earth, 139. Trade winds, 140.
Maps, ib. Precession of the equinoxes, 142,
144. Planetary perturbation, 145. The Sun,
147. The Moon, 148. The rings of Saturn,149.
Comets, 150, 153. Multitude of the Stars,
154. The Galaxy, 155. Systems of Stars,
156-158. Nebulæ, 159. The Magellanic
Clouds, 160. Value of Astronomy, 161–163.
Baptismal Regeneration, recent Arguments on
[Dr. Bayford's Speech, &c.], 1-68. Present
state of the Argument, 1. Sense of the Hy-
pothetical Figure, 2. Assertion of Regene-
ration by the Church absolute, 3. Its con-
nexion with Predestination, 4. As held by
S. Augustine, 5. Extracts from S. Augus-
tine, 6-12. S. Anselm, 12-14. Peter Lom-
bard, 14. S. Thomas Aquinas, 15, 16. How
far it is consistent to hold a theory of Rege-
neration and Predestination, 17-20 : as
instanced in S. Augustine, 20-26. The ques-
tion a practical one, 27. Predestination and
Baptism not inconsistent, 28-30. Predes-
tinarian language, how to be estimated, 31.
The XVIIth Article, 32, compared with the
Schoolmen, 34-37. Referred to S. Paul's
own teaching, 38. The Elizabethan Cal-
vinists, 39, 40. Their influence, 41. Brad-
ford, 43, 44. Whitgift, 44, 45. Rogers, 45,
NO. LXVIII.-N.S.
46. Davenant, 47. Prideaux, ib. Whitaker,
Benefield, ib. Inapplicability of Dr.
Bayford's estimate of these writers, 49-52.
Connexion of their views with the doctrine of
the Sacraments, 53, 54. As Seals, 55-60.
Hooker, 61, 62. Estimate of the authority of
these writers after all they are superior to
Mr. Gorham, 63-68.
Cholera in 1849. [Registrar General's Report,
&c.] Extent of the Pestilence, 164-167.
Exemplified in a single parish, 169. Details
of the Pestilence, 170-186.
Church and State [Pamphlets by Messrs.
Keble, Maskell, &c.], 471-516. Reform re-
quired, 473. General difficulties, 477. Dif-
ficulty of defining the nature of the Royal
Supremacy, 478. Its original character that
of general supervision, 480. Limited by
Church law, 481. Proofs from Justinian's
Code, 482. From Charlemagne's laws, 488,
From the Anglo-Saxon laws, 497. Statute of
Præmunire, 502. Supremacy at the Reforma-
tion not exceeding in terms that of Justinian
or Charlemagne, 505. Effect on it of modern
political changes, 508. How to regard the
present crisis, 510-516.
Colonization, the Canterbury Association [Can-
terbury Papers], 445-470. Colonization, the
subject of the day, 445. Overburthened
classes of society, 446. Our existing colo-
nies, 447-450. Canterbury, 451. Its pro-
posed constitution, &c. 452. General aspect
of New Zealand, 454. Plan of the New
Colony, and its advantages, 455-464. Re-
ligious character of the proposed Settlement,
465; and other recommendations, 466-470.
Dante [Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by
J. A. Carlyle], 187-266. Personal and
historical character of the Div. Com. 188.
Parties at Florence, 192. Dante involved in
them, 204. Traces of his exile in his poem,
210. Strangeness, 211, and grandeur of it,
215. Its allegory, 222. Not purely political
or theological, 225. The 'De Monarchia,'
226. Commedia, the embodiment of the
poetry of the Church, 238. First modern
P P
poem, 239. Restored seriousness in litera-
ture, 242. Truth of his images, 249. Fa-
vourite subjects-light, 259. Greatness of
the poem, as a whole, 264-266.
Egypt and Carthage [Heeren's Carthage, &c.;
Sharpe's Egypt), 373-406. Position of
Carthage, 373. Contrasted with Athens,
374. Aristotelian estimate of commerce, 375.
Its connexion with religion, 376. Origin and
influence of Carthage, 377-394. Mr. Sharpe
- his profanity, 395. Character of his work
on Egypt, 395-406.
Eusebius [Ecloga Propheticæ, and Theophania
of], 331-372. Recovery of these two works,
331. Their importance in the question of
the orthodoxy of Eusebius, 332. Was he an
Arian? 333. Origin of Arianism, 334. Its
two phases, 335. General character of Arian-
ism, and its connexion with the life and
writings of Eusebius, 336-370. Estimate of
Dr. Lee's labours, 371, 372.
Funeral Solemnities in the East [Spencer's
Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land, &c.],
407-428. Our neglect of external religion,
407. Especially as applied to death, 408.
Influence of English funeral customs, 409,
410. The Christian estimate of death, 411,
The Eastern funeral, 412. Its impressions
and advantages, 413-428.
Psalms, Maledictions in the [Hengstenberg on
the Psalms], 110-127. Difficulty of the case,
110. Notion of deliverance, 110. Vindictive
punishment, 111. Complacency in viewing
punishment, 112. Solution of the various
difficulties, 113-127.
Southey [Life and Correspondence of], 285-
Estimate of biography, 285. What we
may demand of a biographer, 286. A difficulty
when a son is his father's biographer, 287.
Correspondence between the early lives of
Southey and Scott, 288, 289. Southey's
industry, 290, 291. And his views of duty,
292. His irreverence, 293. His birth and
education, 294-303. His life at West-
minster, 304-306. At Oxford, 307-309.
His Socinian tendencies, 310. His marriage,
311. Pantisocracy, 312. His distresses, 313.
Voyage to Portugal, 314. His subsequent
life and labours, 315-330.
SHORTER NOTICES OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.
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-Archdeacon Harrison's Prophetic Outlines
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