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fort of life depends. But though nothing could exceed his mildness in familiar conversation, which made friends of all who ever knew him, he was firm as a rock on every point of duty, and no fear of slander or injury, nor even of exile or bondage, could induce him to refrain from expressing his convictions, or retract one word which he had deliberately spoken to the world. In these respects, he was tried, and not found wanting; and the cause of civil and religious freedom numbers him among those noble spirits, who, in every age, have put forth their gigantic strength to break the arm of the oppressor and to set the prisoner free. His death, October 28, 1704, was a worthy close to such a life, it was like the translation of one who had walked with God; he saw that his path was sloping gently downward to the tomb, but his heart did not faint nor his step falter; he kept calmly and steadily onward till he laid himself down to die; and then, with a gentle and willing farewell, he left the world and gave his spirit up to God. We would say, 'May our end be like his; may we be saved from that excitement of disease, which is so often mistaken for the inspiration of Heaven; may there be strength and clearness in our souls in the closing hour; may our hopes of eternity be bright and fervent, and our faith be mightier than the grave!'

ART. X. A Catechism of Natural Theology. By I. NICHOLS, D. D., Pastor of the First Church in Portland. Second Edition, with Additions and Improvements. Boston. William Hyde. 1831. 12mo. pp. 215.

THIS work was much wanted, especially for the higher classes in our Sunday schools, to which Paley's admirable treatise on the same subject is, on many accounts, not fitted. The general style of the latter, it is true, is incomparable, and many of the author's illustrations are among the most striking and beautiful that can be adduced; and of these Dr. Nichols has availed himself freely, and, for the most part, without altering the expression. But Paley committed a serious error in the very outset, considering his work as one to be

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put into the hands of the young, by plunging into some of the most abstruse and difficult metaphysical questions in the atheistical controversy; questions for which his readers are not prepared, and questions too, it must be confessed, which he has not treated with much ability, nor even with his accustomed clearness, nor with fairness. Paley, also, as is well known, was not an adept in the natural sciences; in consequence of which, several defects, and a few serious blunders occur in his work, which are but imperfectly corrected and supplied by Paxton's Illustrations,' and the excellent notes in the last Boston edition. Dr. Nichols has had this edition before him, and other recent and valuable treatises on the same and kindred subjects, and particularly Dr. Bell's two admirable numbers, in "The Library of Useful Knowledge,' on Animal Mechanics. With these materials, he has given us a compilation, which, for the learning it displays, and the devotional spirit breathing through its pages, as well as for its literary execution and general appearance, merits a much higher distinction than is commonly awarded to works of this class.

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The present edition is a great improvement on the first as regards the mechanical execution. The text has also been enlarged about one seventh part; most of the additions consisting of further and important illustrations, under the different heads, borrowed from comparative anatomy. Many passages, given in the first edition as formal quotations, in consequence of which the work had too much of a patchwork look, are now moulded into the compiler's own style and manner, and condensed. The work, however, still retains, very injudiciously, as it seems to us, the form of a dialogue. This has none of the few advantages belonging to the catechetical mode, properly so called, and at the same time is not made to contribute in any way, so far as we can discern, to the ease and spirit of the discussion.

INDEX.

A.

Anastasius, Pope, condemns Origen
and Rufinus, for heresy, 59.
Angels, notions of Origen concern-
ing, 43.

Athenagoras on the supremacy of the
Father, 29.

Arians and Athanasians, both claim-
ed Origen, 56.

Atoning Sacrifice, the, a display of
love, not of wrath, 312.
Augustine, once a Manichæan, 60,

note.

B.

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Baillie, Joanna, notice of her book
on the Nature and Dignity of
Jesus Christ, 141. extracts from
the same, 143, 144 - remarks on
her statement respecting the So-
cinian or Humanitarian form of be-
lief, 143.

Beecher, Dr., his notions of law and

government controverted by Dr.
Worcester, 313, 314.

Bigelow, Andrew, his Travels in
Malta and Sicily, noticed, 259-
263.

Brazil, Walsh's Notices of, reviewed,
with copious extracts, 150-168.
British West India Colonies, slavery
in, 109 et seq.

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Family worship, importance of, 211.
Fathers, use of the study of the, 55.
Follen, Charles, his Inaugural Dis-

course, reviewed, 373-380.
Forms, religious, importance of, 196.
Fox, W. J., his Sermons on the Mis-

sion, Character and Doctrine of
Christ, noticed, and extracts given,
168-178.

Fuller, Thomas, his Holy and Pro-
fane States, in vol. I. of the Libra-
ry of Old English Prose Writers,
NO. III.
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reviewed, 15-extracts from, 20,
21.
Future state, Origen's views of the,
49 et seq.

G.

Gaussen, M., account of discussions
between the Pastors of Geneva
and, 225 et seq.

Geneva, account of recent events in,
225, 240.

German literature, philosophy, and
theology, remarks on, 373 et seq.
Godwin, William, his Thoughts on
Man, noticed, and extracts given,
263-270.

Griffin, Rev. Edmund D., his Re-
mains, noticed, 270–274.

H.

Harvard University, Divinity School
in, the proper place of education
for the Gospel ministry, 91 et seq.
Holy Spirit, opinions of Origen con-
cerning the, 39.

I.

Irenæus, on the inferiority of the
Son, 29, 30.

J.

Justinian, the Emperor, causes Ori-
gen to be anathematized, 59.
Justin Martyr, on the distinction be-
tween the Father and the Son, 27.

K.

Kant and Coleridge compared, 375.
King, Lord, his Life of Locke, re-
viewed, 380.

L.

Library of the Old English Prose

Writers, vol. I., reviewed, 1, 22.
Liturgy of King's Chapel in Boston,
third edition, 195.

Locke, John, his character and writ-
ings, 380 - an example of the true
Christian character, 381-value of
his Christian profession, 390-
his connexions of friendship, 392
his exile. 393- his residence with
Lord Ashley, 395- his Essay on
the Understanding, 396— his Let-
ters on Toleration, 397 - his Rea-
sonableness of Christianity, 400.

Logos, doctrine of the Fathers con-
cerning the, 25 et seq.
Lord's Supper, observance of, 201 et
seq.

M.

Mackintosh, Sir James, his History
of England, review of, 337-347.
McVickar, Rev. John, his Memoir of
the Rev. Mr. Griffin, 270.
Malta and Sicily, Bigelow's Travels
in, noticed, 259, 263.
Marriage contract, anecdote showing
the simplicity of the, in this coun-
try, 81.

Mather, Cotton, his conduct in re-
gard to the Salem Witchcraft, 245
et seq.
extracts from his private
journal, 246 et seq.
Martineau, Harriet, notice of her
Essential Faith of the Universal
Church, with extracts, 147 et seq.-
her belief in the Humanitarian doc-
trine, 148- her Traditions of
Palestine or Times of the Saviour,
noticed, with an extract, 292
Methodius, bishop of Tyre, first cen-
sures the doctrines of Origen, 56.
Ministry, Education for the, Prof.
Palfrey's Address on, 84-99.

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R.

Roman Catholics, Miss Martineau's
Essential Faith, &c., an Essay
addressed to them, 147.
Rufinus, a translator of Origen, 59.

S.

Salem Witchcraft, Upham's Lectures
on, reviewed, 240-259.
Self-Education, thoughts on, 295-
direct instruction unavailing with-
out it, 297-all that is original in
human knowledge must be refer-
red to it, 300- practical improve-
ment of the subject, 303-applica-
tion to our national literature, 304
et seq.

Sewall, Judge, his repentance for the
part taken by him in the Salem
Witchcraft delusion 254.

Skeptical tendencies, Unitarianism
vindicated against the charge of,
178-195-
-not to be found in Uni-
tarianism itself, 183-nor in what
it omits or rejects, 185- nor in
the manner in which it is arrived
at, or defended and maintained,
189 et seq.

Slavery in the British West India
Colonies, article on, 109-138-in
Brazil, 154.

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Social Life, essay on, 70-83-its
tranquillity here, 71- its equality,
72 property, 74 - fashion, 78.
Society for the promotion of Theo-
logical Education, 84 et seq.
Stability in the Christian faith, 275
- consistent with doubts and anx-
ieties, 278-its principle is not
bondage but freedom, 280-a de-
cision of many speculative ques-
tions not important to it, 281 -
some great and sustaining truths
essential to it, 284 as the being,
perfection, and providence of God,
and the fact of a revelation, 285 et
seq. devotedness of the heart
to received truths requisite to sta-
bility, 289.

Stephen, James, his work on the
Slavery of the British West India
Colonies, notice of, with copious
extracts, 109-138.
Sun, moon, and stars, placed among
the rational natures by Origen, 42.

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