are people, who feldom fmile when they are alone, who therefore are glad to hide themfelves in a throng from the violence of their own reflections; and who, while by their looks and their language they wish to perfuade us they are happy, would be glad to change their conditions with a dog. But in defiance of all their efforts they continue to think, forebode, and tremble. This we know, for it has been our own state, and therefore we know how to commiferate it in others.-From this ftate the Bible relieved us- -When we were led to read it with attention, we found ourselves described.-We learnt the causes of our inquietude-we were directed to a method of relief-we tried, and we were not difappointed. Deus nobis hæc otia fecit. We are now certain that the gospel of Chrift is the power of God unto falvation, to every one that believeth. It has reconciled us to God, and to ourselves, to our duty, and our fituation. It is the balm and cordial of the present life, and a fovereign antidote against the fear of death. Sed hactenus hæc. Some fmaller pieces upon lefs important fubjects close the volume. Not one of them, I believe, was written with a view to publication, but I was unwilling they should be omitted. Charles Square, Hoxton, JOHN NEWTON, Lines addreffed to Dr. Darwin.. On Mrs. Montague's Feather Hangings...... Verfes fuppofed to be written by Alexander Sel- kirk, during his Abode in the Island of Juan Tranflations from Vincent Bourne. Tranflation of Prior's Chloe and Euphelia TABLE TALK. Si te fortè meæ gravis uret sarcina chartæ, HOR. Lib. I. Epift. 13. Abjicito. A. You told me, I remember, glory, built B. I grant that, men continuing what they are, |