robbing the church," that maketh rich;" which. blessing is to be obtained, not by transgressing, but by keeping his laws. To the suggestion, that tithes are not payable under the Gospel, the answer in few words, is, that Abraham, the father of the faithful, to whom the Gospel was preached, paid tithes to Melchisedeck, after whose order Christ is a priest for ever; and if Abraham paid tithes, to whom the Gospel was preached, tithes are payable under the Gospel; not to mention the argument from the Apostle-" EVEN SO hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the Gospel, should live of the Gospel," as they which wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar"-by receiving tithes. And as to the notion, that some better mode for maintenance of the Clergy might be adopted than that which God himself had appointed, the natural reply is, that all attempts to improve on divine institutions are presumptuous, and " the foolishness of God is wiser than men." Should the bait be immediate advantage held out to the Clergy of some to be derived to them from a commutation of tithes, aware that it was only a bait, his observation would be Timeo Danaos-et dona ferentes. But let us not despond; "we will pray yet against their wickedness;" and blessed be God for his great goodness, we have a gracious Sovereign, mindful of the oath he has taken to maintain the church-lands, and the rights belonging to it; who is, what his title imports, Defender of the Faith, and the nursing Father of the Church.-Long may he live! May the King live for ever! In 1793, he published, in four numbers, The grand Analogy, or the Testimony of Nature and Heathen Antiquity to the Truth of a Trinity in Unity, and inscribed them to Bishop Horsley, as no less profoundly skilled in every branch of Human Learning, than well affected to every doctrine of the Christian Faith. To this was added, a Letter to the Editor of the British Critic for October 1793, expostulating with him after a friendly manner, for having, in his Review of the Trinitarian Analogy, so slightly noticed and thrown aside as a trifle, an argument so plainly founded on Divine Revelation, and supported by evidence old and new from every quarter, expressing a wish, likewise, that the Reviewer had shewn his readers, in as few words as possible, what the argument was, what the. design of it, and to what sort of persons more particularly addressed, as an argumentum ad homines, and concluding with a little seasonable advice for his future government. Unimportant as the subject might appear in the eye of the British Critic, it is, as this Author truly observes, the most fruitful in the whole compass of Literature, and deserves the consideration of every scholar; but it should be examined, as he has done, with reverence and caution. It opens a new and striking alliance between the theology of Scripture, the constitution of Nature, and the mythological mysteries of Heathenism, as every one must surely be convinced, who pays the least attention to what is here offered to his notice. It connects and reconciles all learning and religion, and renders the study of antient authors more profitable and entertaining to those who delight in reading them. And suc cessful as Mr. Maurice has been in his Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities, in bringing the Pagan triads of Deity to bear witness to the truth of Revelation (as counterfeits afford proof to realities) and to defend and illustrate the Mosaic and Christian systems of Theology against against the attacks made on them, through the imagined antiquity of India and its sciences (for which he merits the highest commendation) he might have derived some useful information from a perusal of the Trinitarian Analogy, as, unhappily, he is not always so correct as could be wished. For, after allowing that the Brahmins in their religious rites practise the Sabian superstition, the worship of Fire, he says, "still the acknowledged object of their worship is the GREAT FATHER OF ALL, adored with an endless variety of rites in every age and région of the world,” as if there was no difference between Jehovah and Baal; and the GREAT FATHER OF ALL could be the acknowledged object of their worship, who worship Fire, the creature instead of the Creator. And in speaking of the Cherubim, he observes, on the authority of Calmet and Prideaux, that those which were immediately over the ark were naked figures in a human form; when, on the authority of Scripture, and as described in the vision of Ezekiel, mentioned too by himself, we are assured of the contrary; that instead of naked figures in a human form, they had four faces, the face of a man and the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle. These Ezekiel knew to be the Cherubim; they are the Cherubim of glory, spoken of by St. Paul, as overshadowing the Mercy Seat,-and as Moses was admonished of God, when about to make the tabernacle, to see that he made all things according to the pattern shewed to him in the Mount; is it not inadvertent to say, that "this mode, however, of representing the Cherubim in sculpture was not adhered to in those which were immediately over the ark?" And possibly he might have been led to see, see, more clearly than he appears to do, in the Brahmian System of Theology, and that of the Grecian Philosophers, the physical Deity of the Poet All are but parts of one stupendous whole, On the death of Bishop Horne, in 1792, this his afflicted Chaplain, out of dutiful and affectionate regard to the memory of the venerable prelate, his dear friend and patron, undertook the task, (I may add the painful task,) of recording his Life; for the worthy Biographer must have felt what another friend would have done, had it fallen to his lot; who having been amused with the Life of Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, written by his intimate friend and companion Walter Pope, used to say to him, " When you are a Bishop, I shall like to be your Walter Pope, in every particular except one, that of living to write your life. Past scenes the fancy wanders o'er, And sighs to think they are no more. It was published in 1795, and the second edition in 1799, with a new preface, containing a concise but clear exposition of the leading opinions entertained by Mr. Hutchinson on certain interesting points in theology and philosophy. Some how or other, it has been the fashion with some people to speak slightingly of the work; but for what reason, who can guess? It was industriously reported indeed, that the Bishop had long renounced Hutchinsonianism; and, perhaps, the retailers of the report are induced to depreciate the performance, being displeased to see it proved in the Life, that his sentiments on this important subject were were unchanged-" thus saying, thou reproachest us.' Though why there should be any wish to take away the good Bishop from the Hutchinsonians, one cannot tell, unless allowing him to be one-a character no less wise and great, than good and piousshould seem to imply, as it really does, that the thing if "every where spoken against" (as christianity itself was at first) is spoken against falsely. However, as concerning the life; if through evil report lies the road, it lies through good report also; for a gentleman, writing to a friend on reading it, says, "It is exe"cuted with more skill, more talent, more address, " and more feeling than can be described; and if there "was only one Horne, it may really be said, there 66 was only one Jones fit to paint his picture.” And in a Letter from a worthy Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, is the following passage, "I have perused "the Life again and again with increasing pleasure.. "Acknowledgments are likewise due, not only from "me, but from the whole society with which I am "connected, to the worthy Biographer, for the very "favourable terms in which he has mentioned the principles and situation of the Scotch Episcopal "Church. It may be hoped, that the description he "has given of both will have the designed effect, in "making us better known, and more respected, "among those who were either ignorant of us, or 66 prejudiced against us. I am much delighted with Mr. Jones's account of the good Bishop's Hutchin"sonianism, which is just what I expected, not a precarious hypothesis, founded on doubtful etymologics, but a clear and well grounded belief of the "grand scheme of redemption, as exhibited in that "marvellous system of creation, wherein the works "of |