1782. Bibliography. 1786 Breck (Robert) Past dispensations of Providence called to mind in a Serm. 12mo. Hartford (Conn.) 1782 Viator a Cocaleo. Tentaminum 1784. scholasticorum synopsis. Venet. 2 vols. 4to. Balfour (James) Of Liberty and 8vo. Edin. Necessity. In Philosophical Dissertations. The author was Vicar of Pilrig. De providentia. Rotheram (John) An Essay on 8vo. Newcastle. Human Liberty. [Priestley (Joseph)] On matter and spirit and philosophical necessity. 2 vols. 8vo. Birm. Ecking (Samuel) Three Essays on Grace, Faith, and Experience. 8vo. This 1st ed. not in Brit. Mus. 2nd ed., Liverp., 1799, pp. xv., 214, 12mo. 3rd ed., Liverp., 1806, 12mo. Frolich (Wolfg.) De Libertate Animæ Humanæ Prælectiones Theologicæ et Philosophica. 1785. Chauncy (Charles, D.D.) Five pp. 178. Anglipoli. The author was Prof. of Theology in the Catho Some Remarks on a pamphlet lic University at Anglipolitana. entitled, "A Third Check to Antino8vo. mianism," etc. -Eckley (Jos.) Divine glory brought to view in the condemnation of the un8vo. Boston (U.S.) godly. 1783. Sartorius (Carl. Jos. Cas. Leon. Aloys) Specimen Historia Opinionum de Sorte Infantium sine Baptismate 8vo. pp. 50. Wirceburgi. mortuorum. Dawson (Benj., LL.D.) The Necessarian, or Questions concerning Liberty and Necessity stated. pp. 103. Svo. Lond. This work is now rare. The author was Rector of Burgh, Suffolk, and died 1814, aged 85. He was also the author of a work entitled "The doctrine of Philosophical Necessity briefly invalidated which suggested to Dr. Copleston his Enquiry, 1811, or at least the first of his Discourses. This statement is gathered from connecting the above! entry with the introductory remarks of Dr. Copleston to the Preface to his Enquiry, and being only a matter of inference may not be correct. The main fact assumed is that "Benj. Dawson" is "Mr. Dawson of Sedbergh." See entry on last page, 1781. Craven (Will.) 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He became Rector of Staunton, Canon of Salisbury, and in 1804, Dean suits of Intelligent Beings, and on the of Winchester. Divine Providence, Religion, &c. Svo. Lond. The author was one of the sufferers in the "Black Hole" of Calcutta. The above is a curious and interesting work. Forster (R.) Sermo Academicus pro legum providentia in homine, nondum nata, etiam exstincta matre, servando. 4to. Lug. Bat. 1789. Lazeri (Peter) MS. De hæresi Pelagiana et Semipelagiana. Shepherd (Rich., D.D.) The ground and credibility of the Christian religion. 8vo. Lond. This MS. is in the Vatican, and attributed by p. 55, Divine superintendence and particular Caballero to Lazeri. De Backer seems to throw providence. The author was Archdeacon of Bed-doubt on the authorship, iv., 337. ford. Stebbing (Henry, jun., D.D.) Sermons. 8vo. Vol 2, p. 233, The permission of evil (2 Serm.) Rodda (Richard) The Sovereignty of Grace. 12mo. pp. 24. Newcastle. The author was a Wesleyan. 1789. Fitch (Elijah) Poems - Provi- | 1791. Haweis (Thomas) Essays on the dence. Cooper (S.) Free Agency. Not in the Brit. Mus. Newton (James) New Theory of Redemption upon Principles equally agreeable to Revelation and Reason. 2 vols, 8vo. Lond. Swain (Jos.) Redemption, a Poem. Svo. Lond. Other eds., 1797, 12mo, Lond., [Oxford printed]; 1806, 12mo; Bost., U.S., 1812, 16mo; Charleston, U.S., 1819, pp. 114, 12mo; Edinb., 1814, 12mo; 1822, 12mo; [1830], 12mo; Lond., 1840, 32mo: 1843, 1861, 4to. The author was a Baptist minister. Knox (Will.) Man's Fall and Redemption, &c. 8vo. Lond. Smythies (Yorick) Serm. 1 Cor., 3, 9, Co-operation of human benevo lence with the Divine. 8vo. Colchester. Backus (Isaac) The Doctrine of particular Election and final perseverance explained and vindicated. 8vo. Boston [Mass.] 1790. Arthur (Mich.) An Exposition, critical, doctrinal and practical of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism. 3 vols. Edinb. Not in the Brit, Mus. severance. 2 vols, 8vo. Kilmarnock. Vol 1, p. 105. Providence (3 Serm.) Meldrum.-The Care of Providence over us, and the sin of destroying it, a serm. 8vo. Manchester. [1790]. Tytler (James) Letter to Mr. John Barclay on the Doctrine of As surance. 1790. Wills (Wm.) Grace triumphant. 8vo. Lond. Allinga (Petrus) The Satisfaction of Christ, stated and defended against the Socinians. 8vo. Glasgow. Dickenson (Jonathan) God's protecting providence, man's sure help. 12mo. A Quaker tract. Evidence, characteristics, doctrines and influence of Christianity. 12mo. Bath. 2nd ed. Murray (J.) Original Sin. Hayter (Thos.) On Faith and Election, preached before University of Camb. Pp. 25. Lond. Barnard (Samuel) The Faith of God's Elect no duty. 8vo. Hull. The author was a dissenting minister, and his pamphlet is in reply to A. McLean's sermon, entitled "The belief of the gospel saving Faith." Dearle (E.) A Sure Guide for all Youth, &c. 8vo. Lond. Part 2, Of the creation, fall of man and his recovery. 2nd ed., Lond., 1792, 12mo. Hervey (Tho.) Elementa Christiana, the 39 Articles of the Church of England proved to be agreeable to the Word of God in their literal and grammatical sense. Inglis (Henry David) Two Letters on Grace. 8vo. The author was a Baptist divine of Edinburgh. Parsons (Edward) The sovereignty of Providence, a serm. 8vo. Leeds. The author was a dissenting minister at Leeds. [1791]. Polwhele (Richard) Discourses. 2nd ed., 2 vols. Vol 2, a Serm. on A Particular Providence. 1791. Fleury (Maria de) Antinomianism unmasked and refuted. 8vo. Gerbert (M.) Jansenisticarum controversiarum ex doctrina S. Augustini retractatio. pp. 180, 8vo. St. Blasii. Masden (Joseph) Divina gratia Augustini a Lutheri, Calvini, Baji, Jansenii et Quesnelli dogmatibus recuperata ac Sancto Doctori restituta publica disputationis propositi et ipsí Au gustino inter Magistros optimo (Cæles. tinus P. in Ep. ad Episc. Gall.) D. O. C. ab Aloysio Stramazzi et Angelo Napoleoni Camerini Universitatis Sacræ Theologiæ auditoribus facta cuilibet post tertium arguendi facultate. pp. 116, 4to. Camerini. 1791 Rice (David) Lect. on Divine De- Masden was a Jesuit, and left a MS. at his death entitled "De gratia Augustiniana," see De Backer, iv., 400. 1792. Morton (Joshua) Sermons. 2 vols, 8vo. Lond. Vol. 2, The fall of man and the fall generally; also its consequences. The 1st ed., 1782. Weaver (James) Free Thoughts on the Universal Restoration of all lapsed Intelligences from the Ruins of the Fall, with Thoughts on the Origin of Evil. Svo. Lond. vidence in respect to the different ranks and stations of men. Two Serm. 4to. 1792. Butterworth (Lawrence) | 1793. Mason (Edw.) The order of ProThoughts on Moral Government and Agency, and the Origin of Moral Evil. Svo. Evesham. The views of both Priestley and Lindsey are criticized. Cowper (Will.) The power of grace, illustrated in 6 letters, translated from the Latin by W. C. 8vo. Edinb. Not in the Brit. Mus. etc. Malham (John) 16 Sermons." Svo. Lond. The nature of God's moral government applied to men, and the effect of Adam's transgression, -Sturges (John, LL.D.) Discourses. 8vo. Lond. P. 1, The natural evidences of the being of a God, of a providence and of a future state, with an ap pendix, p. 387, on Mr. Hume's essay on a Particular Providence and a future state. The author was Preb. of Winchester, 1759. 1793. Kurze Darstellung der Philosophie in ihrer neuesten Gestalt. Fuller (And.) The Calvinistic and Socinian systems examined and compared as to their moral tendency. 8vo. Lond. Other eds., 1794, 1796, 1802, 1815, 8vo; Repub. as No. 8 of Ward's Lib. of Standard Divinity. "A most valuable work with much power of reasoning and unction of spirit."-Bickersteth. Robt. Hall says of Fuller that he "was a man whose sagacity enabled him to penetrate to the has been overrated. depths of every subject he explored." The work The writer had evidently studied the Calvinistic side, but had a mistaken view of the Arminian. He was a Baptist, but of the same school as Scot, and wrote letters on Universal Salvation, and on the Reality and Efficacy of Divine Grace. He d. 1815. Disney (John, D.D.) Sermons. 4 vols, 8vo. Lond. Vol 1, p. 263. Man accountable for his actions, consistently with God's government of the world: vol 3, p. 327. Natural and Moral Evil. tariaus. Also author of a Serm. on "Trust and The author was chaplain to Bp. Law, and Vicar pp. 451, 8vo. Leip. of Swinderley, but subsequently joined the Uni Versuch einer Geschichte der Mei confidence in the universal and sovereign governnungen über Schicksal und mensch-ment, and constant providence of God," Lond., liche Freiheit, von den ältesten Zeiten 1803, Svo. an bis auf die neuesten Denker; als des neuen Versuchs zur Theodice dritter Theil. 8vo. Leipzic. Werdermann (J. C. Gunther) Attempt at a History of Opinions respecting Fate and Freewill, from the most ancient times to the most recent Philosophers. 8vo. Leips. Macdonald (Andrew) 29 Miscellaneous Sermons. 4th ed., 8vo. Lond. One on Providence vindicated in the mixture of good and evil that appears in the world. Zola (Jos.) Historia Pelagiana. Not in the Brit. Mus. Crombie (Alex., LL.D.) An Essay on Philosophical Necessity. pp. 508, 8vo. Lond. The author was a native of Aberdeen and Pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in London. Bates (Ely) Observations on some important points in Divinity, chiefly those in controversy between the Arminians and Calvinists. 12mo. Lond. They are mostly extracts from Baxter. The author advocates a middle course. The 2nd ed., Lond., 1811, pp. 315, 12mo, contains additional extracts from Bp. Stillingfleet and the Rev. John Howe on the Nature and Conditionality of the Gospel Covenant. This 2nd ed. only in the Brit. Mus. Young (Jos.) Calvinism and Universalism Contrasted. pp. xx., 124, 12mo or 18mo. New York. Not in the Brit. Mus. The author was a Universalist. Infant Salvation, an Essay to prove the salvation of all who die in Infancy. pp. 48, 8vo. Lond Keleph Ben Nathan.-La Philosophie Divine appliquée a la liberté, et a l'esclavage de l'homme, au peche originel, &c. Svo. S.L. Rare. 1794. Wintle (Thos.) The expediency, prediction and accomplishment of the Christian Redemption. Svo. Oxf. In vol 1 of his Christian Ethics, Orf., 1812, 2 vols, Svo, he has a discourse on "Eternal life as the free gift of God," and in vol 2, one on "The grace of mercy." The author was a clergyman of the Church of England, a B.D. and Fell. of Pembroke, b. 1737, d. 1814. 1794 Bibliography. 1794. Jardine (David B.) The unpur- 8vo. Camb. p. 165, the Redemption of man universal. "These sermons are Plotinus.-Five books, viz., on the nature and origin of evil; on providence, etc., Transl. with an Intro. Svo. Lond. by Thos. Taylor. 1795. Cappe (Newcome) Discourses on the providence and government of God. 8vo. Lond. A Unitarian minister, d. 1800. A 2nd ed., York, 1811, 8vo; 3rd ed., York, 1818, 12mo. "In our judgment the most eloquent sermon writer of modern times."-Lon. Monthly Repository. There is a great portion of very perverted ingenuity and strained criticism."-Orme. The latter judgment is truer than the former. Burder (Samuel) The Moral law considered as a Rule of Life to Believers, designed as an antidote to An8vo. Lond. tinomianism. The author was a member of Clare Hall, Camb, and Lecturer of Christ's Church, Newgate Street, and St. Leonard's, Foster Lane, London. He was the Editor of an edition of Owen's Display of Arminianism (1809, Svo), being a pronounced Calvi nist. Passages of Scripture relating to trine of Eternal misery consistent with 2 Huntington (Jos., D.D.) Calvin- Dr. Huntington was educated at Yale Coll., and Strong (Nathan, D.D.) The doc [1796.] 4to. 8vo. Oxford. Bennet (John) Redemption, a poem. Sect. 44 and 45-Election. The author was sec. [1797.] Appleton (Jesse, D.D.) Works. ond Pres. of Bowden Coll., U. S., d. 1819. Only ed. in Brit. Mus., Andover, [U. S.] 1837. 2 vols, 8vo. 1797. Meikle (James) Metaphysical Maxims, or thoughts on the nature of Freewill, and the Divine Prescience. 12mo. Edinb. pp. xii. 142. Another ed., Edinb., 1805, 12mo. [1797.] Gyfford (R.) Lyric Poems on the attributes of the Supreme Being. 12mo. Lond. 1797. Erskine (Ralph) Gospel Sonnets, or Spiritual songs in six parts concerning Creation and Redemption. 8vo. Edinb. Another ed., 1844, 24mo. The author was minister at Dumfermline, 1711, and joined the sece. ders, 1734. The Seceders accused the rulers of verging towards Neonomian or semi-Arminian Assembly had condemned a book entitled "The principles, arising out of the fact that the General Marrow of Modern Divinity," a work written on strict Calvinistic principles. Kershaw (Jas.) The Grand extensive plan of human Redemption. pp. 289. 12mo. Louth. Fawcett (John. D.D.) an Essay on the Wisdom, the Equity, and BounLond. ty of Divine Providence. Clements (Will.) Eight sermons. 8vo. Lond. The author p. 58. The Fall and Redemption. was Curate of St. Mary-at-hill, London, and librarian of Sion Coll. He d. 1799, aged 88. Edwards (Jonathan, the younger) Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity. 8vo. Worcester (Mass., U. S.) The author was President of Union Coll., Schenectady, and pub. 3 sermons ou "The Necessity of atonement and the consistency between that and free grace in forgiveness."-New Haven, 1785, 8vo. Another ed., 1853, 8vo. Also of "The Sal vation of all men strictly examined."-New Ha. ven [U. S.] 1790, 8vo. severance of the Saints, a serm. [1798.] Bradford (John) The final per8vo. Lond. 1798. Leigh (Wm.) The Interposition of Divine Providence illustrated, a serm. 4to. Lond. Kirwan (Rich.) Essay on Human Liberty. |