Excerpt from The British Critic, Vol. 12: A New Review, for July, August, September, October, November, and December, 1798 Difcourfes fiamped with the fame character; but his Smut, noticed in this volume, afpire to no merit of that kind; they are clear and fenfible, but might have been reduced by a man of lefs extraordinary talents. He volume entitled Naval Sermomf, pub lithed by M. S. Clarke, mult not be omitted in this enumeration. They are written with ability, and are animated by a fpirit likely to diifufe a flrong and ufeful efi'cél among the hearers. Of a more general nature are the publications which we {hall next mention; not indeed fufliciently elaborate to take place of the volumes jult enumerated, but too valuable to be omit; ted. Such are Mr. Cowe's Relz' four and Pbi/antbropic traflsi, Mr. King's traet on t e Sign: of tbe Times§, and Mr. Roberts? Obfematiow on Chi/rial: M oraligvlf The fecond of thefe, in particular, inveftigates with {0 much ability the apparent fulfilment of prophecies, that few readers can fail to be {truck with the proba hility of his conjectures. Our Liturgy, always wor thy of admiration, is illufirated in a very ufeful and (hiking manner by Mr. Biddalpb, in his Eflbyr on fe lts Part: of the Liturgyjl, where he lhows himfelf at once afound and a zealous divine. Mr. Collier'r Ef [ayt on tbe New Tgflament. May give inltruélion to many who have not the opportunity of fecking it in more elaborate commentaries. The Tor/in, written thirty years ago in French by M. Damn-fl, in oppoli tion to the machinations of Voltaire and Roull'eau, is brought forward at this time, with great propriety, as a powerful antidote againfi Atheifm. A few tingle Sermons mutt finally be mentioned, an ong which we cannot deny a principallplace to that of Dr. Rennelii, preached before the niverfity of Cambridge, on July 1, 1798. It is truly an able difcourfe; full of extenfive and profound knowledge, and an highly vi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.