again, in token of your declared "Faith in the Burial and Refur"rection of Jefus Chrift, and of your duty and determination, as "his profeffed Disciple, to die unto fin, and to walk in newness of "life." 9. Hynm before the Adminiftration of Baptifm. § 10. The Prayer before Baptifm.-[In length, ten pages.] § 11. The Aminiftration. Minifter. N. B. The Minifter, together with the Perfon to be baptized, being about to go down into the Water, the fil lowing recollection may be fitly used. Do you perfift in your good and pious refolution of being buried in Water, in token of your firm belief in the Burial ⚫ and Refurrection of Jefus Chrift; and of your duty and full purpofe of heart, as his Difciple, to die unto fin, and to walk in newness • of life? N. N. Yes. Minifier. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 'the Holy Ghost, I baptize thee.' § 12. The Thanksgiving Hymn after Baptifm. 13. The Prayer after Bapt fm.-[In length, eleven pages.] The following paragraphs, extracted from the conclufion of this laft prayer, may ferve as a fpecimen of Mr. Harrison's abilities as a devotional writer. 'O God, the author of Grace and Glory, and the giver of Life and Happiness to thy Creatures, from whofe original Influence proceedeth every good and perfect Gift; favourably regard our ⚫ humble and fervent Interceffions in behalf of thy Servant, who, has this day voluntarily taken upon himself the holy profeffion of the Christian Religion. Never may thy Servant repent of this ⚫ folemn Vow, by which he has now bound himfelf to deny ungod-" liness, and all thofe worldly lufts that would debafe and ruin his precious Soul; nor let him account any of thy Commandments' grievous, which are conducive to his highest improvement and happinefs, and in keeping of which he will find conftant peace and fatisfaction, with an exceeding great and eternal reward. As a dear and dutiful Son of God, may he imitate more and more the ⚫ moral perfections and example of his heavenly Father, keeping in habitual remembrance the most beneficent and amiable pattern cf the Author and Finisher of his Faith, to direct his fteps in every ftation, and to every inftance of his Chriftian Duty.' The Co⚫ venant of the Lord his God, into which thy Servant has this day voluntary entered, may he henceforth ftedfaftly and religiously perform, looking with affurance for thy favour and acceptance, through Jefus Christ our Lord, and reaping all thofe improvements and benefits which are fo gracioufly annexed in the promises of the Gofpel, to the due obfervance of the divine ordinances.' Without giving our own fentiments upon the fubject of this Essay, (which would fwell the article too much) we are obliged, as public Reviewers, to remark, that the file of it, in general, is not the most pleafing many paffages are fliff:-and the whole appears to be greatly laboured Faults of this fort are the more apparent, and more liable to cenfure, as the fubject is of the devotional kind, in which the language ought to be peculiarly cafy and flowing. 5 INDEX IN D E X. N. B. To find any particular Book, or PAMPHLET, fee BEEF-Tea, or infufion of beef, BEN Johnfon his character, 28. BILLS of Mortality, their firft BOATS, flat-bottomed, curious BRASS fufceptible of magnetifm, CHILLINGWORTH, his character, 32. an, 520. dy a prophetefs, 557. His racter, 29. DIGRESSIONS, their uses, 563. DRY Gripes, method of curing, 377 DUMPLINS, the advantages of with the Duke of York, E His remonftrance to Charles 17. D. IET, vegetable, Dr. Che- 409. DAVIS, Sir John, fome particu- E. ARTHQUAKES, extraordina EATER, a monftrous one, 39 232. ELIZABETH, Queen, objections 499. 290. EXISTENCE, in the abstract, not H H. WILL, Aaron, his character, LANDEN, Mr. John, his Letter to the Reviewers, 164. one, 302. LEAVES of Plants, their import- ance to them, 141. LIFE, algebraical calculation of those who do not feel it, 8. MARY Queen of Scots, her DE to a taper, 295. OFFICERS, American, pa- thetic addrefs to them, 62. P. ARISH Officers, hint of ad- MEASLES, inoculation of them vice to them, 512. - defcribed, 73. Reflections on MORAL approbation and difap- 14. MORALS, two questions to be P PASSIONS, origin of, 90. 49. 53. PIKE-men, a re-establishment of PLANTS, their vascular parts, Poor Laws built upon false prin- ciples, 574. PRO- |