Ford 19.51 12890 ADVERTISEMENT... M OST of the following Pieces relate to Sub jects that have been controverted in the Course of our Magazine, but could not be conveniently inserted, for the Reasons mention'd in Yol. x. p. 250. We thought it therefore our Duty to'make a Publication in this manner, which we hope our Correspondents will accept as an Instance of our Gratitude and Willingness to oblige them. We' ought indeed to ask their Pardon for fo longa Delay, it being not less than two Years fince we gave them Expectations of seeing their Letters appear. But after several Sheets were printed off, 1ome Differtations which we mention'd in Vol. X. p. 297. were unluckily mislaid. However, Thould this Undertaking meet with a kind Reception, we intend a fecond in a convenient Time, and if the Authors of those Dissertations will favour us with new Gopies, we, fhall not fail to infert them... .. Besides those formerly mention'd, we have, towards the next Number, been favour'd with feveral Manuscripts too prolix for the Magazine, viz. Elays on Biograp-On Etrecation- A Comparison between Buchanan and Johnson, 6c. Eco CONTENTS Letter to a Friend on Reason and Revelation, by Page 1 Tbose wbo wilfully disobey God, and continue in such Disobedience, will suffer eternally. God requires a perfezi Abji inence, except in lawful Ma- trimony. -Mr Whitefield's Design good. ibid. -Mr Wesley's Method of praying and preaching comi- Upon the Dočtrine of the Methodists, by P. T. ibid: - Endeavour to asperse the Clergy. Ibe Doctrine of three Persons in the Unity of the God- ---Men treated in Scripture like free Agents, ..- Mr Whitefield's Boastings. ..-Uncharitable in bis Cenfures. -- His Negleat of Rule and Order. ---What it is to be in a State of Salvatios. ibid. A Letter from Fido concerning Mr Whitefield's Cha- by be is obnoxious to the Clergy. God's Prescience concerning buman Actions vindicated, bg Objections to Mr Thompson's Arguments, by M. N. 13 35, 37 Of Bugenhagius's Succession to Luther, and Dipping of sential to Baptism, by Thomas Crosby. Upon the Death of Chris, by Antifofter. Upon Prescience, by e Curate of Salop. --Sentiments of Mr Bayle, on Predestination. Observations on R. Y's Account of peopling the Earth. --Asa and Offarsiphus differens Persors. -Sefac and Sefoftris, the fame. ---Number of the Philistines Army. 29, 34 --Senacherib's Army, bow destroy'd. R. Y's Answer to Philo Hiftoricus, concerning tbe Num- ber of Inbabitants on the Earth at the Time of the Upon the Right of the Magistrate to inflia Capital Punish ments, by C. C. A Serious Address to the Clergy and Laity of the Church Rusticus's Letter against Tytbes. J. O's Answer to the Consistent Disenter's Observations on bis Reasons why tbe Disenters should not push for a Re- Truth asserted; or, a Demonstration that the Relations in Captain Gulliver's Voyages are no Fictions, by J. Wago staffe. I be Second Edition. --Compliments sent to the Author. ...The Dedication to Lord Dermat Macahoony of Ire- -- The Objections to Mr Gulliver's Veracity, started by a ...Dr Wagstaffe's Answers to ibese Obječtions. 50 A Letter concerning the new Preachers, or Methodists in ---Their Enibufiaftick Behaviour al their Meetings. 59 bera bers and bow greatly abeir near Pallages or Sbockstarg - A Table for finding the Number of Comets in tbc Solaris System according to several Suppositions., ---How to diftinguisha wbiche Comets are dark Bodies, ban ving only reflected Light, and which are fiery Bodiesy Reflections on Suicide, from tbe French of M. de. Voll 75 ibid. --Suicide forbid by the Pagan Religion. Volcaire's French Ode on the Queen of Hungary. Seo the Answer, Gentleman's Magazine Vol. XII. Page 73 |