which he fo nobly and voluntarily undertook, as the Scourge of Heretics! That the charge againft Fox, of blafphemously afferting his own DIVINITY is true, may be fully proved by a reference to his declarations: "the term Chrift belongs to every member of the body, as well as to Chrift the head." I.Pennington. "God's Chrift is not diftinct from his Saints." Fox's Great Mystery, P. 207.* Fox afferted his " Equality with God," as proved on oath, at Leicester Affizes, 1652. His "being Chrift"-" Judge of the world. Saul's Errand, F. "The Son of God." Letter to O. Cromwell, "The prophet whom God raised up inftead of Mofes, i. e. Chrift." Was come to the fate of Adam before the fall." Journal, P. 17, & feq. "A voice anfwering his prayers, I have glorified thee, and will glorify thee again. His own relation of the trial, P. 21. His difciples also propagate this blafphemy, as Nayler, Eccles, Coles, Whitehead, Audland, Blakeling, Parnvel, Dewsbury, &c. See alfo Leflie, Vol. ii. P. 24. "As Chrift is, fo are wE, and that which is perfect, as he is perfect, in equality with the fame."—" He that hath the fame fpirit, is EQUAL with God." Will J. B. dare to deny the blafphemies? At P. 38, he labours much to exculpate Fox from blafphemy, but all his attempts only tend to fhew that JOHN STUBBS, and BENJ. FARLY, wrote the book, which Fox paffed off as his own! At P. 42, he objects to a letter copied from Leflie, by the authors of the Encyclopædia, who affert its veracity, from the signature of witneffes. This goes to prove Fox's blafphemy. Do our readers now doubt it? Yet J. B. wishes to explain away the words, "My kingdom is not of this world," by a parenthesis in which he afferts it," to mean the kingdom I am of." Curious evafion! he gravely fays, "we may let (thefe charges of blafphemy) pass without remark." But why? because, "They are NO MORE than any REDEEMED mind MAY fay." The pitiful evafions, about the originality of this bugbear letter from Leflie, are too contemptible to be noticed as Fox did write a letter of "fome kind.""IF he did write," as Leflie fays, "the fenfe" affixed, not neceffary, &c. Alas, Fox wrote too much for any of his friends to exculpate. At PP. 46, 47, J. B. pleads hard for Fox's ignorance and ftupidity, in order to exculpate his divine teacher! He quotes from his great mystery, a paffage which contains the words "CHRIST the Bishop. How came the Quaker to be

*See Notcutt's Review of Barclay's pretended apology, P. 112, + See our Review,' R. 258.

Cockfon's Quakerifm Diffected, Pr. 1, 2, 3,

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fo epifcopal? We have now arrived at the teftimony of a fel-
low fanatic WESLEY. At P. 50, he is accused of depreciating
Barclay, for "interpreting and modifying the opinions of his
fect, as an advocate for a bad caufe." We shall fay and
prove more than this. J. B. praifes Barclay and his work,
as being ably performed by his better acquaintance with
language in general, with OTHER languages than his vernacular
one, and with the manners of men of other countries, he had
not contracted the peculiarities of a more confined education :
and he explained, &c. with beauty, unobscured by vulgarifms,
incorrectness, and terms of partial acceptation." We thus find
that carnal knowledge is only wrong, when employed against
the Quakers. THEY may use it for themselves. But could
it poffibly be, that vulgarifms, incorrectness, and obfcurity
could flow from the Quaker's fpirit? An artful note is added,
with a view to reconcile the glaring and abfurd contradiction!
but this note refutes itself. There is another note in P. 57,
meant to prove fome of WESLEY'S felf-contradictions. J. B.
adding, "it is candid, in a religious fociety, thus openly to Avow
ITS ERRORS: and does credit to the Methodist conference of
1770." Wesley's multifarious changes, and proteus divinity,
are well known. Excellent teacher !
"When the blind,

LEAD the blind, shall not BOTH fall into the ditch ?" Here we
conclude our account of Mr. B's Refutation, or rather EVASION
OF FACTS, of which we may affure our readers we have not
exhibited either partial or unfair fpecimens.-Nayler's Life,
and the Summary, ftill remain to be noticed.

(To be concluded in our next.)

ART. IX. Memoirs of Modern Philofophers. 3 Vols. 8vo.
Il. Is. about 1000 Pages. Robinfons. London. 1800.

WE will

E will endeavour to offer to our readers fomething like an outline of the ftory of this excellent work; in doing which we shall occafionally make such extracts as will afford them an opportunity of forming their own judgment, on what we efteem the first novel of the day. Bridgetina Botherim, daughter of the late Rector of

is the heroine of the tale. She is defcribed as one of those young ladies, who, difregarding all the old-fashioned female excellencies by which the women of this country have been fo eminently diftinguished, has devoted herself to the study and practice of Godwinian and Wolftonecraftian philofophy.

In

In the midst of a party, collected at the house of Mrs. Botherim, rushes Mr. Glib, the philofophizing bookfeller of the village, who

fkipping at once up to Bridgetina, Good news!' cried he, citizen Mifs. Glorious news! We fhall have rare talking now! There is Mr. Myope, and the Goddefs of Reafon, and Mr. Vallaton, all come down upon the top of the heavy coach. There they are at my house taking a fnack, all as hungry as fo many cormorants. I was in fuch a hurry to tell you, that I left the shop to take care of itfelf, and off I ran. Juft as I was at the door, up comes a wench for the patent flyptic for Mr. Plane, the carpenter, who, fhe faid, had met with a doleful accident—but would not go back. Bid him exert his energies, my dear, faid I: that's it! energies do all! And off I came, as you fee, without gartering my ftockings. But never mind, come along. The Goddess of Reafon longs to give you the fraternal embrace; faith, and a comely wench the is, that's certain. But let us be off, I have not a moment to spare, and I can't go without you.'

"Mr. Myope! and the Goddess of Reason! and Mr. Vallaton! and all!" exclaimed Bridgetina, you make me too happy! Lead me to the enlightened groupe,' continued fhe, rifing from her chair, or rather getting off it, (for as fhe was rather taller fitting than ftanding, fhe could not well be faid to rife when she affumed the latter pofture) Lead me to the enlightened groupe; I would not lofe a moment of their converse for the world; the injury would be incalculable.'

"Mrs. Botherim, observing her daughter's motion, laid down the tea-pot to expoftulate.

You would not go now, fure, my dear?' cried fhe; · you cannot poffibly think of leaving this here company, who are all of our own inwiting: and who, though they may not be quite fo learned in that there philofophy, seeing that it is but a new fort of a thing, as a body may fay; yet you know, my dear, it would be one of the most rudeft things in the world to run away from them.' "To this expoftulation, which was made in a low voice, Bridgetina replied aloud

And do you think I am now at liberty to remain here? I wonder, mamma, how you can fpeak fo ridiculously? Have I not told you again and again, that I am under the neceffity of preferring the motive that is most preferable? The company, if they are not very ignorant indeed, muft know that my going inftantly to Mr. Glib's is a link in the glorious chain of caufation, generated in eternity, and which binds me now to act exactly as I do. So faying, she put her arm in Mr. Glib's, and hurried off as faft as the shortness of her legs would permit."

At Mr. Glib's fhe finds Mr. Myope, and Mr. Vallaton, two steady promoters of the new system of things; the former accompanied

accompanied by the ftrumpet who officiated at Paris as the Goddess of Reason; the latter, whom we presume is intended for the hero of the ftory, appears to be attracted into the country by his paffion for the perfon, or property, or both, of Julia Delmond, the daughter of an officer in the neighbourhood, whofe affections he has gained by first perverting her understanding. As this young lady makes a melancholy and prominent figure in the work, we give the following extract, as characteristic of her, as well as off Vallaton, During a converfation between Glib and the latter,

"Julia herself, the charming Julia, appeared. Never did she look more lovely. The fmall ftraw hat which was carelessly tied under her chin with a bow of pink ribbons, had been so far driven back by the wind, as to difplay the auburn ringlets that in profufion played upon her lovely cheeks; thofe cheeks, where the animated bloom of nature fet all poetical comparifon at defiance. Mr. Vallaton was the last perfon to whom the addreffed herself; but the blush that overfpread her countenance, plainly denoted that he was not the moft indifferent to her heart, Mr. Vallaton likewise reddened; but who, fo little fkilled in phyfiognomy as not to have perceived, in the different fhades of the colour that overfpread each countenance, the difference of the fenfation by which it was produced? Whilft the pleasure of beholding the object of an innocent affection heightened the glow in the cheek of modefty, and fweetly fparkled in the eye; the paffions that flushed the countenance of the deep defigner, were evidently of far groffer birth.

"The fraternal embrace (that laudable inftitution, and most excellent contrivance for banishing all reserve betwixt the fexes) being over, Mr. Vallaton began to complain, in exaggerated terms, of the length of time she had kept him in fufpenfe about her coming.

I could not get away fooner, indeed,' cried Julia, eager to justify herself from the charge of unkindness, 'You know,' continued fhe, the general bad ftate of my father's health; but he has been indif pofed even more than usual for this last fortnight: and when he is ill, nothing appears to foothe his pain fo much as my reading to him and knowing the pleasure it affords him, I cannot poffibly be fo un. dutiful as to deprive him of it.'

"Duty!" repeated Mr. Vallaton, How can a mind so enlight ened as Julia's talk of duty, that bugbear of the ignorant? I would almost as foon hear you talk of gratitude,'

'Indeed,' anfwered Julia, I cannot help thinking that there is fome regard due to duty, You know how kind my father has ever been to me. My mother, too; whofe very foul feems wrapt up in me, who knows no pleasure but in promoting mine. Is it poffible that I do not owe them fome duty? Gratitude you have convinced me is out of the question; but indeed I cannot help thinking that there is in this cafe fomething due to duty.'

"And is this," retorted Mr. Vallaton, in a chiding tone, is

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this all the progrefs you have made in the new philofophy?* Do you not know, that duty is an expreffion merely implying the mode in which any being may be beft employed for the general good? And how, I pray you, does your humouring thefe old people conduce to that great purpofe? Ah, Julia! there are other methods in which you might employ your time far more beneficially.”

By fuch a wretch was the wretched, unfufpecting, Julia betrayed to ruin, mifery, and death; but we will not anticipate. His hiftory, to this time of his appearance, is given with great ability, and proves him in a higher degree worthy the appellation of an adept in modern philofophy.

Vallaton having informed Julia that he was found, by the lady who had educated him, in a white bafket, lined with quilted pink fatin," and thac "on his infant robes" were embroidered the letters A. V. fhe conceives the romantic idea of introducing him to General Villers and his lady, as their long loft fon. To accomplish this, the propofes to her father that the fhould call upon the General, and fecretly determines within herself to take Vallaton with her. This scheme, to the great difcomfiture of Julia, ends as might be expected, in the detection of Vallaton by one of the party at the General's, who declares him to have exhibited formerly in the character of a hair-dreffer. This unfortunate difcovery occafions them immediately to quit the house; and, in driving her home, the philofopher's mind being too deeply engaged to attend to his horfe, he overturns the chair, by which accident both are fo bruifed as to be under the neceffity of being carried to a farmhouse. Here we must leave them, to introduce to our readers fome other characters of a different complexion, and these are Dr. Orwell, the rector of, and his daughters, and Mr. Sydney the diffenting minifter, refiding in the fame place, and his fon Dr. Henry Sydney, a young phyfician. Thefe excellent people ftrictly performing the duties of religion and morality are admirably contrafted, with the unprincipled disci

"The frequent plagiarifins of our author have been particularly objected to by fome of my learned friends; who informed me, that by perufing the works of Mr. Godwin, and fome of his difciples, I should be enabled to detect the ftolen paffages, which it would be but honeft to restore to the right owner. Alas! they knew not what a heavy tafk they imposed on me. If I have failed in its execution, I humbly hope Mr. Godwin and his friends will accept of this apology; and while they recognife, in the fpeeches of Mr. Vallaton, the expreffions they have themfelves made ufe of, that they will have the goodness to forgive me, for not having always correctly pointed out the page from whence they have been taken.-EDITOR,"

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