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unchangeable love of God, though not quite fo comfortable as the bad f. und before. Bleffed Saviour, how powerful thy Tupport, let it be mine in that hour w'in nature rails!

Friday, Feb. 2. Dear creature! this was a day of fuffering indeed Sympathy woung out the torrows of my foul. In trong convulfions aiment the whole of the afternoon.. In the evening he was confiderably revived; and tolerably compoted. She expreffed he faith in Chrift as an atoning facrifice for fin, with thuch pleasure, and declared that the invariable love of God was a folid fuppor. to her ioul, and converfing with peculiar fortitude of her diff lution as an event at hand. She mentioned 2 Tim. i. 12. as a pallage highly defcriptive of her experience," I know whom I have believ ed, &c." and from thefe words defired her funeral difcourfe might be delivered.

Saturday, Feb. 3. Early in the morning, meditating upon the love of a crucified Saviour, her effections warmed with believing views of the im portant fubje&t, and fhe exclaimed in air of triumph,

"O for this love, let rocks and hills
"Their lafting filence break,

And all harmonious humah tongues;
"The Saviour's praises speak!”

She added, with uncommon animation, "God so loved-fo loved the world," dwelling, as in an extacy, upon the term, f: charmed with the delightful truth, the cued cut, "O Infinite Mercy!" This morning the was apparently much revived, and in the afternoon was better than could have been expected. In the evening, being at a friend's houfe, I was fent for home, and plainly faw my flattering hopes were all blasted, and my anxious fears upon the point of being realized. Perceiving her lips to move, I put my head down and heard her repeat," Precious Jefus-Precious Jelus!" Upon my speaking to her, the faid, with great compofure, "I am now in the valley. I want you to ftay with me till I go. I am not many hours from heaven. I feel a great alteration in my breath:" this was about feven; from that time till near eleven, I repeated and enlarged upon fuch portions of holy writ and facred petry as appeared fuitable to her case, leaving confiderable intervals left her mind should be fatigued, and to give her opportunity for reflection and prayer. Though unable to reply from weakness, and almost choaked with phlegm, yet she gave evident manifeftations of the high regard in which the held thofe truths, and the delightful Jupport the derived from them. Defirous of an explicit proof of the fate of her mind while the firong hand of death preffed hard upon her; my dear, faid I, if Chrift is truly precious to you now, give us fome token of it, hold up your hand. Three times the lifted up her hand, gently preffing her bofom-fhe looked upon me-her eyes fparkled-it was a look, of which words convey a very inadequate ide. Soon after, enquiring with anxiety, whether the yet knew me, the attempted,-but, ah! the powers of Ipeech were no more-the head performed their office-fhe nodded and Imiled mott fweetly. It was about eleven. She wished to be turned i the nurfe, whom the much refpected, moved ner; a grateful look upon this kind friend, was the laft notice he took. Her eyes began to fwim in death, ours were drowned in tears-Nature failed, and her precious foul, difembodied, winged its way to him, whom though unfeen, he loved, and in whofe prefence, the now exults with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

The Rev. J. Child of Sittingbourne preached an affectionate Funeral Difcourte from the words fhe had chofen. A Hymn, which the herfeif had compofed for the occafion, was fung with much feeling.

MRS.

MRS. WHITE.

[Extracted from a letter from Dr. Duncan.]

Mrs. Elizabeth White, the late wife of Mr. Edward White jun. of Winbourn Minfter, Dorfet, was favoured with a religious education, and her character was exemplarily moral. About two years before her death the was feized with a decline, and languished from that time. Mr Romaine's letters were put into her hands, and bleft of God to the bringing her to the true knowledge of herself and him; and for the last four months of her life, the work was carried on with great rapidity.

The morning after the had been confined to her bed three weeks, the faid to me, "Now you fee me in the laft ftage of my pilgrimage." I faid, "Have you any objection to its being fo?"" No, no, bieffed be my dear Lord Jesus, he keeps my foul stayed on himself. Could I but tell you how he has opened his precious love to my foul this morning, it would delight you. I affure you I am perfectly refigned to this bed. I look with joy to the folemn moment when I fhail leave this for a better world;

"There shall I bathe my weary foul

In feas of heavenly reit,

"And not a wave of trouble roll

"Acrofs my peaceful breast.”

And, at another time she said, "Let us go to our best friend, he has always fomething new, fuitable and precious." She then paufed, and faid,

I know not that I want any thing; bleffed for ever be his name, I have all and abound: therefore we must go this time with praite and thankfgiving. My dear Lord has enabled me to believe on him, that I fall want no good thing on this fide the grave, nor on the other."

The week before she died, Gud permitted her to be severely exercised by Satan. I asked her how matters ftood between her and her great master? the answered, “I have deceived you, and myself-I have made you and others believe that I was a icgenerated fou. But alas, alas! I now fee I am a hypocrite, I am deceived I am miferable. I am a deceiver, wretch that I am! God is purfuing me with his awful judgments."

I faid, "This is good news; I am glad to hear this." She lifted her head from the pillow with an unufual degree of quickness, and with a piercing look, faid, "What can you mean you cannot be in earnest."—"I really am; this is all right. I told you fome time ago, that I fhould not wonder if Satan fhould be permite to dispute every grain of faith you had, and to buffet you feverely." She faid, "If it was Satan's work, I hould not mind either him or it. But it is God in justice that is undeceiving and pursuing me with his vengeance for my prefumptions and now your conversation will diftract me, O that you had not come !"

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I attempted to speak, but the interrupted me, I will hear no one, I will find out matters for myfelf. I have been fearching after my fins thefe three days and nights, and will fearch until I find them!" Where have you been looking for them ??-« In my heart; O what a heart I have!" « If you wish to find them (faid I) you must look for them where God has laid them." "Where is that?" On Chrift, (lía. liii. 6.) who bare our fins in his own body on the cross, and fo fatisfed and atoned for thei that they can never more be found :" so says God himfelt, (Jer. 1. 20.) She paufed a while and fait," but if it is fo, how came I to be fo deceived, and think that God had fortaken me?" It was an enemy that gid this." She faid, "But is there any nftance of such a cafe ?”—“ Yes, we read of the whole church being in this cafe, Ifa. xlix. 14.

So was

good

good Afaph, who thought God's mercy was clean gone for evermore, And Jefus Chrift himself as a man, in the height of his fufferings, faid, "My God, my God, why haft thou forsaken me?" So Jefus felt and faid, as our head, as our high prieft, in our nature, that he might be every way tempted, and touched with our infirmities, fo as to fee. what every mem ber bears that he might know how to pity us, and deliver us when we are tempted."

"She lay a confiderable time filent, then faid, "Well, well, I did not think of all this. O, my bleffed dear Lord, I fee how it is-It is all well yet: for ever glory to the name of my bleffed Jefus ! I fee thou hast not forgotten thy poor creature. I find thou haft not permitted any thing to

befall me but what is common to man!"

The next time I faw her, after prayer the held up both her hands and faid, "O moft glorious Lord God of grace, mercy, and love, I thank thee that thou hast heard prayer for me, and hatt fulfilled all thy great defigns, in thy poor unworthy creature. And now, O Lord, I humbly befeech thee, for thy great name's fake, prepare me for thyfelf. I have now done with all temporal things. From this time henceforth I look on myself as dead to the world, and all its concerns, All that ever was mine, farewell! Farewell, beft of hnsbands-affectionate parents-dear child dear relations, kind friends and neighbours! Farewell, houfe of God, and means of grace, public and private-farewell!" Here fhe faultered, and feemed quite overcome. Wishing to be still a while, as her strength was nearly exhaufted, the faid, fhe was indeed weaker than could be conceived, and was literally ftarving, for the could not fwallow; but added, “My dear Lord nourishes my foul with divine love."

When I visited her again, fhe faid, "O what a glorious night my Lord has favoured me with! They would have me to have watchers; but that would deprive me of much precious enjoyment with Jefus. Believe me, it is worth an age of affliction to be favoured with fuch an entertainment as I had last night!"

On the Lord's day, Feb. 4th, after prayer, the in a moft folemn manner, dedicated her felf to God-her foul, body, mind, will, thoughts, defires, &c. together with her dear husband, praying that they might meet in glory. She begged me to give her love to all friends who enquired for her, and thank them all for their great love and kindness to her fince the has been among them.

The last time I faw her was on Wednesday evening Feb. 7th. She intantly began with the love and mercy of Jefus. I faid, have you forgotten the dedication yet?" No, nor fhall I through eternity. And fince that, Jefus has dedicated himself to me again," and I can truft him." She was in much pains and exceedingly weak, but the earneftly begged the Lord to keep her from difhonouring him by murmuring, through pain.

She faid, "If it were lawful for me or you to pray that this might be my laft. That Jefus would take my spirit to himself before morning-but he will do all his pleasure, and he cannot but do what is perfectly right." She would not permit any body to fit up with her, but at one the awoke her husband, though not feemingly worse than ufual. He foun found her alter, and he called up the nurfe and fervants; perceiving her going, he faid, "My dear you are going to your heavenly father." She bowed her head, as a reply, for the could neither speak nor open her eyes-and intantly died in his arms at two o'clock. Thus he had her defire answered, that night the Lord took her spirit to himfelf.-Aged thirty four.

Her remains were buried in the new Chapel burying ground, the Lord's day following, and attended by a multitude never before known in this place. The funeral sermon was delivered from Joh. xix. 25, 26. 27.

A Niece which the had educated.

REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

A Guide to the Church, in feveral difcourfes. By the Rev. C. Daubeny, L. L. B. 8-v0. 488 pages. 7s. Boards. Cadell and Davies.

WHEN

we reviewed Mr. Wilberforce's "Practical View," (Mag. for January laft) though we found it had met with attacks, we little expected it to be affaulted from this quarter. Mr. W. has fhewn himself fuch a zealous friend to the establishments of his country that we conceive he merited rather encomiun than reproof.

Mr. Daubeny however thinks differently, for though he is willing to commend lome parts, (and who could forbear?) yet he confiders many of his principles as dangerous to the church, and even to the fouls of men.

This Guide confifts of thirteen difcourfes, including two poftfcripts. The firth is introductory—the second states the Author's notion of the Church, which he defines. after Mr. Lefley, to be "A Society under governors appointed by Christ, with power to admit into and exclude out of the fociety, and govern the affairs of the body;" and the aggregate of fuch churches, he confiders as the true Catholic Church of Chrift.-But to prevent this defcription being applied to any fectarian focieties, the Rev. Author infifts that none are, or can be Church governors, appointed by Christ, but fuch as have been epifcopally ordained by Bishops defcended in a regular fucceffion from the Apoftles.

In the 34 chapter on Schifm, he ftrongly argues, that if every congregation be a church, there can be no fchifm. A fchifm, however, is a divifion; and in every divifion without fufficient caufe, the dividers deferve to be branded as fchifmatics. This in his 4th, 5th, and 6th discourses, on reafons for feparation, Mr. D. confiders as the cafe of all diffenters from the Church of England. The 7th treats on liberty of confcience, the 8th on Toleration, the 9th on Private Judgment, and the 10th on the advantages of Communion with the Church. These are, according to him, immense; for he lays, (p. 176.) " From the general tenor of fcripture it is to be concluded, that none but those who are members of the church can be partakers of the Spirit by which it is accompanied. Without, therefore, prefuming to determine upon the condition of those who are out of the Church, we are, at least, juftified in faying, that their hope of falvation must be built upon fome general idea of the Divine mercy; to which the member of the church has a covenanted claim." That is, without prefuming to fend all diffenters abfolutely to hell, it is very certain their falvation must he precarious, and can reft only on the unconvenanted grace of God. At moft he infinuates they are "baftards and not fons," having no covenanted claim to the inheritance of their heavenly Father. It is not on the behalf of diffenters, however, that we are concerned, for Mr. D. will find few of them fuch children as to be terrified with such a bug-bear; but we are concerned for the poor fouls in his communion, who are thus nurfed up in the fatal error of trutting their falvation to outward forms and ceremonies. After fome general reflections on the 11th difcourfe, Mr. D. clofes with an addrefs to Mr. Wilberforce, and another to the Clergy. On the whole this writer has laid himself exceedingly open to animadverfion; but we are glad he has met with fo gentle and merciful a critic as the author of the fucceeding tract: for how must he have smarted beneath the lash of a Toplady, or a Robinson?

VOL. VI.

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An Apology for Brotherly Love and for the Doctrines of the Church of England, in a series of letters to the Rev. C. Daubeny, with a vindication of fuch parts of Mr. Wilberforce's Practical View, as have been objected to by Mr. D. alfo fome remarks on Mr. D's conduct in bringing a false quotation, &c; to which is annexed a Sermon by Bishop Babington. By Sir Richard Hill, Bart. M. P. 8vo. 280 pages. 5s. Cadell and Davies, Matthews and Hazard.

THE worthy Baronet, author of this volume, has chofen the epiftolary form in order to indulge himself in a defultory manner of writing which Could not fo well be tolerated in a fet treatife.

Letter 1. Treats on the original Conftitution of Church Government, and remarks the great probability that Bishops and Prefbyters, or Elders were originally the fame order in the church; for which he produces fome ftrong quotations from the fcripture, the fathers, and the writers of the eftablishment, and agrees with the ingenious Mr. Gibourne, that no form of Church government is firicly of divine appointment.

As to the divine right of Epifcopacy, as connected with the prefent fub. ject, there are two falts which it is furprising Mr. Daubeny fhould have overlooked, 1. That the Church of England is under the charge of schifm herfelf, and juftly, if Mr. D's principles be admitted. 2.That even her Epifcopal defcent is very doubtful, and abfolutely denied by fome of the very authorities quoted by Mr. D. viz. Mr. Law and Mr. Leflie, both non-juring clergymen.

Still farther, Mr. D. denies the validity of any facrament not adminif tered through epifcopal ordination; and yet one eminent metropolitan, (Abp. Secker) and at least three heads of the church, (James I. William III. and George I.) were never epifcopally baptized; and therefore, in Mr. D's fenfe, not validly baptized at all. What fhall we fay then to the divine right of Bishops appointed by unbaptized princes, and ordained by prelates under fentence of excommunication on account of fchifm?-Surely if all our hopes of falvation muft reft on fuch precarious circumftances, it were better, at once to go back to Rome or wherever his Holiness may be gone to, for, alas! he is not Rome, and it may now be difficult to find his infallibility!

To Mr. D's definition of a church (fatal indeed to his own hypothefis) Sir Richard oppofes the definition of the Church itself, (Article 19.) of the homilies, the reformers, and lord Bacon, all which include in the Church univerfal the whole of "God's faithful and elect people," whether epifcopally baptized or not.

Letter II. is on the doctrines of the Church of England, particularly Juftification by faith, which our Apologitt very convincingly demonstrates to be the doftrine of the Church of England and of the Reformation; and yindicates the affertion of Mr. Wilberforce on this head.

Letter III. treats of Predeftination and Election, which he ably fupports from the fcriptures and the firft authorities in the church; and then, in oppofite columns, very forcibly contrafts the doctrine of the Church and of her Guide, the former maintaining that "the godly confideration of predeftination, &c. is full of sweet, pleasant, and unfpeakable comfort to godly perfons," the latter that it tends to weaken the obligation to repentance, and newness of life, fupports the finner with a falfe hope, or lulls him into a fatal fecurity; which proves deftructive of one great end of Chrift's death-namely, the reformation of the finner," which, in short, lead to a "heathenish" and unholy life.

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