tomed themselves not so much as to think but in a certain systematic way; who could not be prevailed on to abandon their favourite schemes, while they were able to imagine the least pretext for continuing the dispute: every art and talent was displayed to support their falling cause; no aid seemed foreign to them that could in any manner annoy their adversary; and such often was their obstinacy, that truth was able to make little progress, till they were succeeded by younger persons who had not so strongly imbibed their prejudices."

CONSIDERATIONS

ON THE

LIFE AND DEATH OF ABEL;

ON THE

LIFE AND TRANSLATION OF ENOCH;

AND ON THE

LIFE OF NOAH.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Compositions of Bishop Horne have been so well known, and so highly esteemed for their warm piety and richness of scriptural allusion, that in presenting these "CONSIDERATIONS" to the public under the sanction of his name, no other recommendation can be necessary than that which the Editor is enabled to give by his reply to two questions, which are usually asked, upon the appearance of a posthumous work, namely, "whether it is genuine, and whether it was prepared by the author for publication."

The Editor therefore conceives, that he shall have fulfilled his duty to the public on the present occasion by stating, that these Essays are written out in Bishop Horne's own hand, and corrected for the press; and that the MS. has continually remained in the possession of his family, with whose concurrence it is now published.

JUNE, 1812.