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ruption which grew and shot up into the overshadowing despotism of papal Rome, were sown in the age of the Apostles, as we learn in the Epistles; and we infer from the condition of the world, that nothing but a stupendous moral miracle, subverting all the laws of the human mind, could have prevented their developement. Who, that understands human nature, does not know that old associations are not broken up in a moment; that to minds plunged in a midnight of error, truth must gradually open like the dawning day; that old views will mingle with the new; that old ideas, which we wish to banish, will adhere to the old words to which they were formerly attached; and that the sudden and entire eradication of long-rooted errors would be equivalent to the creation of a new intellect? How long did the Apostles, under Christ's immediate tuition, withstand his instructions? Even Peter, after the miraculous illumination of the day of Pentecost, remained ignorant, until the message from Cornelius, of that glorious feature of Christianity, the abolition of the Jewish peculiarity, and the equal participation of the Gentiles with the Jews in the blessings of the Messiah. As soon as Christianity was preached it was blended with Judaism, which had power to neutralise the authority of Paul in many churches. In like manner, it soon began to be spoiled' of its simplicity by philosophy and science falsely so called,' and to be encumbered by pagan ceremonies. The first Christians were indeed brought into wonderful light,' if their Christian state be compared with the darkness from which they had emerged; but not if compared with the perfection of knowlege to which Christ came to exalt the human race. The earliest Fathers, as we learn from their works, were not receptive of large communications of truth. Their writings abound in puerilities and marks of childish credulity, and betray that indistinctness of vision, which is experienced by men who issue from thick darkness into the light of day. In the ages of barbarism, which followed the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity, though it answered wise purposes of Providence, was more and more disfigured and obscured. The Reformation was indeed a glorious ear; but glorious for its reduction of papal and clerical power, and for the partial liberation of the mind, rather than for immediate improvements of men's apprehensions of Christianity. Some of the reformers invented or brought back as injurious errors as those they overthrew. Luther's consubstantiation differed from the pope's transubstantiation by a syllable, and that was all the gain; and we may safely say, that transubstantiation was a less monstrous doctrine than the five points of Calvin. How vain, therefore, was Milton's search for the mangled Osiris,' for the lovely form and immortal features of truth,' in the history of the church!

Let us not be misunderstood, as if we would cut off the present age from the past. We mean not that Milton should have neglected the labors of his predecessors. He believed justly, that all the periods and generations of the human family are bound together by a sublime connexion, and that the wisdom of each age is chiefly a derivation from all preceding ages, not excepting the most ancient, just as a noble stream, through its whole extent and in its widest overflowings, still holds communication with its infant springs, gushing out perhaps in the depths of distant forests, or on the heights of solitary mountains. We only mean to say, that the stream of religious knowlege is to swell and grow through its whole course, and to receive new contributions from gifted minds in successive generations. We only regret that Milton did not draw more from the deep and full fountains of his own soul. We wish only to teach that antiquity was the infancy of our race, and that its acquisitions, instead of being rested in, are to bear us onward to new heights of truth and virtue. We mean not to complain of Milton for not doing more. He rendered to mankind

a far greater service than that of a teacher of an improved theology. He taught and exemplified that spirit of intellectual freedom, through which all the great conquests of truth are to be achieved, and by which the human mind is to attain to a new consciousness of its sublime faculties, and to invigorate and expand itself for

ever.

We here close our remarks on Milton. In offering this tribute, we have aimed at something higher than to express and gratify our admiration of an eminent man. We believe that an enlightened and exalted mind is a brighter manifestation of God than the outward universe; and we have set forth, as we have been able, the praises of an illustrious servant of the Most High, that, through him, glory may rebound to the Father of all spirits, the Fountain of all wisdom and magnanimous virtue. And still more, we believe that the sublime intelligence of Milton was imparted not for his own sake only, but to awaken kindred virtue and greatness in other souls. Far from regarding him as standing alone and unapproachable, we believe that he is an illustration of what all, who are true to their nature, will become in the progress of their being; and we have held him forth, not to excite an ineffectual admiration, but to stir up our own and others' breasts to an exhilarating pursuit of high and ever-growing attainments in intellect and virtue.

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THE PAMPHLETEER,

IN FIFTY-EIGHT NUMBERS.

AGRICULTURE.

SPEECHES of Sir H. PARNELL, Bart. in the House of Commons, with Additional

Observations, on the Corn Laws. No. 7.

Inquiry into the Policy, Efficiency, and Consistency, of the Alterations in our Corn Laws, in a Letter to Sir H. Parnell, Bart. No. 7.

Corn Laws, &c. A Compendious or Briefe Examination of certayne ordinary Com. plaints of diuers of our Countrymen, in these our Dayes: which although they are in some part vniust and friuolous, yet are they all by way of Dialogues thoroughly discussed. 1581. By W. S. Gentleman. No. 9.

Account of the Cause of the Disease in Corn, called by Farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Rust. By Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. And a Letter to Sir J.

Banks on the Origin of the Blight, and on the Means of raising late Crops of Garden Peas. By T. A. KNIGHT, Esq. No. 12.

Speech of C. C. WESTERN, M.P. on moving that the House should resolve itself into a Committee to consider the distressed State of the Agriculture of the Kingdom, March, 1816. No. 14.

Remarks on the Mildew of Wheat, and the choice of Seed Corn, particularly in reference to an hypothesis of Sir J. Banks. No. 15.

On the Present State of the Agricultural Interest. By Dr. CROMBIE. No. 15. Measures by which the Recurrence of Famines may be prevented, and the Poor Laws abated, by a slight change in our Agricultural Practice. By the Rev. Dr. RICHARDSON. No. 15.

Inquiry into the Canses of Agricultural Distress. By W. JACOB, F.R.S. No. 20.
Dissertation on the State of the Nation, respecting its Agriculture: 1817. [Original.]
No. 21.

Holkham, its Agriculture, &c. By E. RIGBY, M.D. Third Ed. No. 26.
Refutation of the Arguments used on the Agricultural Petition. [Original.] No. 27.
Considerations on the Corn Question. [Original.] Nos. 34 and 36.
Letter to G. Webb Hall, Esq. Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, in reply to his
Letter to the President of the Board of Trade, and to the Views and Demands of
the Agricultural Associations of the United Kingdom. By Captain ROBERT E.
BROUGHTON. [Original.] No. 36.

Letter to the Rt. Hon. Frederick J. Robinson, President of the Board of Trade, on
the present Depressed State of Agriculture. [Original.] No. 36.
Exposition of Fallacies on Rent, Tithes, &c. With an Inquiry into the comparative
Consequences of Taxes on Agricultural and manufactured Produce. By T. P.
THOMPSON, Esq. Second Ed. No. 54.

Catechism on the Corn Laws; with a List of Fallacies and Answers. Third Ed.
No. 54.

Letter to the Electors of Bridgenorth on the Corn Laws. By W. W. WHITMORE, Esq. M.P. Second Ed. No. 55.

Observations on the Corn Laws, addressed to W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M.P., in consequence of his Letter to the Electors of Bridgenorth. No. 55.

Remarks on the State of the Corn Question after the Parliamentary Discussions of 1827; being an Appendix to "Observations on the Corn Laws," addressed to W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M.P. in consequence of his Letter to the Electors of Bridgenorth. [Original.] No, 57.

Report presented to the Lords of the Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council for
Trade, respecting the Agriculture and the Trade in Corn, in some of the Con-
tinental States of Northern Europe. By WILLIAM JACOB, Esq., Comptroller of
Corn Returns. No. 58.

BIOGRAPHY.

Life of Henri Masers de Latude, who was imprisoned 35 years. To which is added
some account of the Bastille. [Never published in this country.] No. 5.
Narrative of the Crucifixion of M. Lovat, executed by his own hands, at Venice, 1805.
[Now first translated, with a wood-cut.] No. 6.

Narrative of the Journey and Imprisonment of Pius VII. after his Departure from
Rome until his Return to that City. No. 7.

The History of Toussaint Louverture. No. 8.

History of J. Mitchell, a Boy born Blind and Deaf; with an Account of the Opera-
tion performed for the Recovery of his Sight. By J. WARDROP. No. 12.
Character of Lord Byron. By Sir WALTER SCOTT. No. 47.

Life and Genius of Lord Byron. By Sir Cosmo GORDON. No. 47.

The Life of the late J. Elwes, Esq. By E. TOPHAM, Esq. Second Ed. No. 50.
Outlines of the principal Events in the Life of Gen. Lafayette. No. 51.

Political Life of the Ex-Emperor of Mexico, Don Augustin de Iturbide, written by
Himself. [Translated exclusively for the Pamphleteer.] No. 56.

DIVINITY.

Dr. HERBERT MARSH's Sermon on the Bible Society. No. 1.

Dr. HERBERT MARSH's Address to the University of Cambridge. No. 1.

Mr. VANSITTART's first and second Letters to Dr. Marsh. No. 1.

Dr. MARSH's Inquiry into the Consequences of neglecting to give the Prayer-Book
with the Bible, &c. &c. No. 1.

The Rev. P. GANDOLPHY'S Congratulatory Letter to the Author on the same. [With
an Engraving of Pope Pius VII.] No. 2.

Mr. VANSITTART'S Letter to Mr. Croker. No. 1.

Dr. MARSH'S Answer to the Letter of the Rt. Hon. N. Vansittart.

No. 2.

The Bishop of Lincoln's Charge to the Clergy of his Diocese. No. 2.

An Examination of Mr. Cobbett's Objections to the Bill for the Relief of the Uni-
tarians. [Original.] No. 3.

Substance of a Discourse, giving a Churchman's Reasons for declining a Connexion
with the Bible Society; by Archdeacon DAUBENY. No. 9.

Statement of the Transactions of the Bible Society; with a Digest of its Views, and
a Notice of its chief Patrons. No. 11.

Letter from a Jew to a Christian, occasioned by the recent attacks on the Bible.
[Original.] No. 32.

Sermon preached at the Coronation of King George IV. in the Abbey Church of
Westminster, July 19, 1821. By EDWARD, LORD BISHOP OF YORK. [Published
by His Majesty's command.] No. 37.

Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, at the Primary Visitation
in August, 1821. By WILLIAM, LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. No. 38.
Charge delivered by the Rt. Rev. Dr. JOHN KAYE, Lord Bishop of Bristol, at his
Primary Visitation of that Diocese, in August, 1821. No. 40.

Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Bath and Wells, at the Primary
Visitation of that Diocese, in July, August, and September, 1825. By G. H.
LAW, D.D. Second Ed. No. 52.

Christian Charity. A Sermon, preached at Appleby, on Friday, August 12, 1825,
before Sir J. Bailey and Sir J. Hullock, His Majesty's Judges of Assize on the
Northern Circuit. By the Rev. C. BIRD, A.M. No. 52.

Facts respecting certain Versions of Holy Scripture published by the Bible Society:
in Reply to an Article in No. LXXI. of the Quart. Rev. By the Rev. T. PELL
PLATT. Third Ed. No. 56.

EAST INDIA AFFAIRS.

Dr. MACLEAN on laying Open the Trade to India, &c. No. 1.

Letter to the Earl of Buckinghamshire on the Open Trade to India. By FABIUS.
No. 2.

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