So that he became confummate in this mode of writing, and at the fame time original. For to the authority of Hooker, the acuteness of Chillingworth, and the perfpicuity of Locke, he added more than all their learning; together with a force of ftyle, and poignancy of wit, of which we had hitherto feen no example in theological controversy.

Next to Infidels Profeffed, there was no fet of writers he treated with lefs ceremony than the Socinian; in whom he faw an immoderate prefumption, and suspected not a little ill-faith. For, profeffing to believe the divine authority of the Scriptures, they take a licence in explaining them, which could hardly, he thought, confift with that belief. To thefe free interpreters of the word, he was ready to fay, as St. Austin did to their Precurfors, the Manichæans-Apertè dicite non vos credere Chrifti Evangelio nam qui in Evangelio quod vultis creditis, quod vultis, non creditis, vobis potius quam Evangelio creditis*. Tell us plainly, that ye do not at all believe the Gospel of Chrift; for ye, who believe what ye will in the Gofpel, and difbelieve what ye will, affuredly believe not the Gofpel itfelf, but yourselves only.

As a Divine, he filled and adorned that character with the highest ability. Strength of reafon, exquifite learning, a critical knowledge of antiquity, an enlarged view of the fcheme of revelation, a wonderful fagacity in discovering the fenfe of Scripture, and in opening the probable grounds of its clearly revealed doctrines, with the profoundest fubmiffion of his understanding to them, whether those grounds of reafon were apparent to him or not.-These rare and admirable qualifications fhone out in him with greater luftre than in any other ornament of our church; Stillingfleet, and Barrow, and Taylor himself, not excepted. To which must be added, that firft and nobleft quality of all, a perfect honefty of mind, and fincere love of truth, which governed his pen in all his religious inquiries.

He had his foibles, but fuch as we readily excufe, or overlook, in a great character. With more reserve in his writings and conversation, he had paffed through the world with fewer enemies; and with a temper lefs irritable, he would have fecured a more perfect enjoyment of himself; but these were the imperfections of his nature, or rather the excrefences of his ruling virtues, an uncommon franknefs of mind, and senfibility of heart.

How differently foever men might think of him in his life-time, all are, or will be, agreed in their opinions of him now he is dead. For, as a Divine of his own fize, and one after his own heart, faid exceedingly well" When great Prelates are living, their authority is depreffed by their perfonal defaillances, and the contrary interefts of their contemporaries, which difband when they are dead, and leave their credit entirely upon the reputation of thofe excellent books, and monuments of learning, and piety, which are left behind them.†

Contr. Fauft, L. 17. C. 3.

+ Bishop Taylor, L. P. p. 210, 8vo. London, 1705.

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THE TARGUMIM OR CHALDEE PARAPHRASES,

Of ONKELOS, of JONATHAN BEN UZZIEL, (faljely jo called) and of JERUSALEM,

ON THE LAW OF MOSES.

Genefis, Chap. 2, v. 1.

Onkelos. THUS the heavens and the earth were completed, and all the hoft of them.

Pfeudo-Jonathan. Thus were completed the creations of the heavens and earth, and all their hofts.

2.

0. And the Lord finished on the feventh day his work which he had made, and refted on the feventh day from all his work which he had made. P: J. And the Lord completed on the feventh day his work which he had made, and the *ten works which he had created between the funs, and he rested on the feventh day from all his work which he had made.

3.

0. And the Lord bleffed the seventh day and fanified it, because that in it he had refted from all his work, which the Lord had created by making.

P. J. And the Lord bleffed the feventh day above all the days of the week, and fan&tified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work, which the Lord had created and was about to make.

4.

0. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

P. J. Thefe are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5.

Q. And all the trees of the field ere they yet were in the earth, and every tender herb of the field ere it had yet fprung up: for the Lord God had not fent down rain upon the earth, and man was not yet to till the ground.

P. J. And all the trees of the field hitherto were not on the earth, and all the herbs of the field hitherto had not sprouted forth; because the Lord God had not caufed it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

6.

But there was a cloud which afcended from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

P. J. But a cloud of glory defcended from under the throne of glory, and was filled with water from the ocean, and again afcended from the earth, and fent down rain, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7.

0. And the Lord God created the man of the duft of the earth, and breathed into his noftrils the breath of life, and it became in the man a fpeaking fpirit.

P. J. And the Lord God created man with two inclinations, and he took duft from the place of the house of the fanctuary, and from the four +quarters of the world, and mixed it with all the waters of the world, and

* Vide Avcth C. 5. §o,

† wind.

created

created him red, black, and white, and breathed into his noftrils the breath of life, and this breath was in the body of man a talking fpirit, for the enlightening his eyes and for the caufing his ears to hear.

Jerufalem. And man became a foul of life.

8.

And the Lord God had planted a garden in Eden from the begining, and he placed there the man whom he had created.

P. J. And there had been planted by the word of the Lord God a garden out of Eden for the juft before the creation of the world, and he eftablished there the man when he had made him.

9.

0. And the Lord God caufed to fpring up from the earth every tree that was defirable to be seen, or good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of whose fruit they who eat are wife in difcerning between good and evil.

P. J. And the Lord God multiplied out of the earth every tree that was defirable to be feen, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, whofe height was a journey of five hundred years; and the tree of whose fruit they who eat * distinguish between good and evil.

J. And the tree of knowledge, fo that every one who eateth of it difcerneth between good and evil.

10.

0. And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was divided and became four heads of rivers.

P. J. And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from thence was divided, and became four heads of rivers.

11.

0. The name of the one is Pifhon: that it is which furroundeth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

P. J. The name of one is Pithon: that it is which encircleth the whole land of India, where there is gold.

12.

0. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the berylftone.

P. J. And the gold of that land is choice: there is bdellium and the precious ftones of the beryl.

13.

0. And the name of the fecond river is Gihon: that it is which encompaffeth the whole land of Cufh.

P. J.

And the name of the second river is Gihon: that it is which encircleth the whole land of Cufh.

14.

O. And the name of the third river is Diglath: that is it which + floweth towards the east of Affyria: and the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

P. J. And the name of the third river is Diglath: that it is which runneth to the east of Affyria: and the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

15.

0. And the Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

* know.

† goeth.

P. J.

P. J. And the Lord God took the man from the mount of fervice, the place from whence he had been created, and fixed him in the garden of Eden, to be a fervant of the law and to obferve its precepts.

J. And the Lord God took the man, and established him in the garden of Eden, and placed him there that he should be a cultivator of the law, and fhould keep it.

16.

0. And the Lord God laid an injunction upon the man, faying, of every tree of the garden freely thou mayeft eat:

P. J. And the Lord God laid an injunction upon the man, saying, From every tree of the garden freely thou mayeft eat:

17.

0. But of the tree of whofe fruit they who between good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it, fhalt eat of it, thou fhalt die +the death.

eat are wife in difcerning for in the day that thou

P. J. But of the tree, of whofe fruit they who eat are wife to know between good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eateft, thou shalt be obnoxious to death.

18.

O. And the Lord God faid: It is not fit that man should be by himself, I will make for him a fupport, to be, as it were, his counterpart.

P. J. And the Lord God faid: It is not fit that man should fleep by himfelf: I will make for him a woman, who fhall be a fupport to him, as his counterpart.

J. I will make for him a confort proceeding forth as it were from him.

19. 0. And when the Lord God had created out of the earth every beaft of the field, and alfo every fowl of the air, he caufed each to come towards Adam, to fee how he would call it, and whatsoever Adam called every living thing that was its name.

P. J. And when the Lord God had created out of the ground every beaft of the field, and every fowl of the air, he brought them to Adam to see what he would call its name, and whatsoever Adam called every living creature that was its name.

20.

O. And Adam gave names to all cattle and fowl of the air, and to every beaft of the field: but for man he did not find a fupport who was, as it were, his counterpart.

P. J. And Adam, gave names to all cattle and to every fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field, but for man, he did not, at that time, find a fupport as his counterpart.

J. But for the man he did not find a confort proceeding, as it were from him.

21.

0. And the Lord God caft a deep fleep upon Adam, and he flept: and he took one of his ribs and filled up its place with flesh.

P. J. And the Lord God caft a deep fleep upon Adam, and he flept: and he took one of his ribs, that is the thirteenth rib of the right fide and clofed up the flesh.

22.

And the Lord God builded up the rib which he had taken out of Adam, into a woman: and caused her to come to Adam.

P. J.

And the Lord God builded up the rib which he had taken out of the man into a woman, and brought her unto Adam,

23.

0. Then faid Adam, This time here is bone out of my bone, and flesh out of my flesh: fhe fhall be called woman, for out of her husband was the verily taken.

P. J. And Adam faid: This once: and not again fhall a woman be created out of a man, in the fame manner as this is created out of me : bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: fhe is worthy to be called woman, because from a man was she taken.

24.

O. For this cause a man fhall leave the *bed-chamber of his father and of his mother, and shall adhere to his wife, and they fhall be as one flesh. P. J. On this account a man fhall abandon and fhall be feparated from the bed-chamber of his father and of his mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two fhall be as one flesh.

J. For this reafon a man fhall leave the bed-chamber of his father and of his mother,

25.

0. And both of them were naked, Adam and his wife: and they were pot afhamed.

P.J. And they were both of them wife, the man and his wife: but they did not tarry in their glory.

J. And they did not know what that thing fhame was.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHMAN'S MAGAZINE. GENTLEMEN,

FROM

ROM_the_fatisfaction which I have received in the perufal of your much-wanted and well-timed publication, I fhould think myself very deficient in my duty, were I not to contribute my utmost exertions in fo important a caufe. I am a fubfcriber to your valuable Magazine, and have, I hope, fuccessfully recommended it to others. It is with the deepest concern I have to inform you of the evils which have arifen within my own knowledge, from schifmatical errors, and the deluded followers of ftrange doctrines; for, however few they may be in number, compared with the population of this place, they are too many to be paffed by unnoticed, and the mischiefs arifing from their activity and confidence are too serious to be treated with contempt, or filence; efpecially where fuch a conduct is manifested at a moment when the paffions are inflamed by political irritation, and the feelings of too many are fet on edge by the preffure of the times. I am forry to acquaint you, that, in the lift of very refpectable characters, with which I am furrounded, two or three of my Reverend Brethren are falling victims, I fear, to mifconceived opinions, and a misguided zeal. With the moft upright intentions, with the best hearts, and very regular lives, they are indefatigably employed in the perverfion of others from the true, that is, a lively faith in Chrift, accompanied with good works, as conditionally neceffary to falvation. One of thefe unhappily mistaken brethren declares, from a pulpit of the Establish*Houfe of lying down.

Vol. II. Churchm. Mag. June, 1802.