in the whole canon of the New Teftament? Our Lord fays, the spirit should abide with the holy penmen, lead them into all truth, and teach them things they were not able to bear in his life-time, but would be able to bear after his refurrection, and the effufion of the spirit; when their understanding was enlightened, and their faith established; and after this, to doubt the credit of the apostles in fome things, and fuppofe they might any where write their own fancys instead of the doctrines of heaven; does it not tend to a fubverfion of our religion? It appears fo to me. It makes Mr. Chubb feem an inconfiftent chriftian. I likewife think, that this gentleman does not lay ftrefs enough on the Meffiah's being come, and that Jefus is the Meffiah. To be a chriftian, is it fufficient to have a perfuafion of this writer's doctrinal propofitions? Is not fomething more required from us, than to believe we are obliged by the gofpel, to conform our minds and lives to the eternal and unalterable rule of action, which is founded in the reason of things; to repent and reform, if we have violated this law; and to expect a day of judgment, for rewards and punishments, in proportion to our having, or not having conformed to this rule of righteousness? These propofitions are, to be fure, the main part of

of

the true gospel. They are not the whole of it, as I apprehend.

Thefe juft remarks on Mr. Chubb's book, made by this fine young creature, amazed and charmed me, as her mother affured me, she had never hinted any thing of the kind to her daughter; and I then proceeded to ask her, what the thought of this gentleman's other writings, as I faw they were all lying about the house? Think, Sir, Maria replyed; as I conceive, he was a bright man, but as often out as in. What he fays in his other writings of infpiration, the refurrection of Chrift, and the cafe of Abraham, in being commanded of God to offer his fon, is what I cannot affent to. He is wrong, if I think right. Here the proceeded to lay before me his notion and her notion of inspiration; what he fayed of the refurrection, and what fhe thought of that matter: She came to Abraham and Ifaac next, and to my admiring mind, not only confuted my fage friend, the excellent Mr. Chubb, but, layed before me many new and fine things upon the occafions. This is no place to mention them, and therefore I refer you for an account of them to note O, where you will find a review of Mr. Chubb's writings.

It is now time to go on with my history, and fo, as I was telling you, we arrived at Crawford-dike. Here we found the beauti

ful

ful floop before mentioned waiting for us,
and wind and tide favoring, we immediately
went on board. They hoifed up all their
fails the inftant we came on deck, and as the
golden God of day was making a glorious
fet, we fat down under an awning to enjoy
the charming profpect and the breeze, and
to participat of an excellent cold repast the
captain had provided for us.
Our compa-

ny confifted of the following fouls; Mrs. Benlow, and Mrs. Schomberg, Mrs. Howel, and her charming little daughter, Mifs Weft, and Mifs Charcer, Rinaldo Tunftall, Mrs. Howel's half-brother, a fine, fenfible fellow, and your fervant, whom the ladys preffed on board; for I did intend to have taken my leave of them at the water-fide, and have travelled eastward in tracing the Roman wall. They would not fuffer this. Mrs. Schomberg told me, I could be no courteous knight, if I left them in the dangerous adventure they were going on. As to Mifs Janson, the ftayed behind at Hali-farm, at her own requeft, to take care of the house and concern. She had seen enough of the world, and did not chufe to venture into it, to France efpecially, any more. Thus did the company mufter, befide the ladys women and the footmen: the captain and his crew. We were a

fine focial fet as ever failed in one bottom, and tho' we met with fome misfortunes in

the

Mrs Benlow's jour nal.

the voyage, yet, in the main, it was a de-
lightful, improving fcene. Jack Scarlet, our
captain, proved an entertaining, valuable
man; and as he was as good a trumpet as
Granno, he added greatly to the mufic the
ladys obliged us with every day on deck that
the weather ferved; while we failed among
the western islands, and many leagues beyond
the extremitys of them. We met with things
the most surprising in this course, and had dif-
coverys new and curious every day. What
many of them were, Mrs. Benlow relates in a
journal fhe kept the whole time, and there-
fore, it is fit I fhould lay her account before
you. The remarks I made you will fee in an-
other place.

Tranfactions and obfervations in a
voyage to the western islands:
In the year 1741.

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N the year 1741, I was perfuaded by fome ladys to go with them to the He1741. brides, to pay a vifit to a relation of theirs, June 20. who lives in a charming retreat on one of these western islands, and with a fair gale of wind at north-eaft, our fhip was unfastened the 20th of June. At nine in the evening we began to fail from the firth of Clyd. We paffed by Arran, and Ila, and endeavored

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to gain the last of the Æbude to the north-
weft, without calling at any other place by
the way but this was not in our power. A
furious wind was up the fecond day, and
drove us to the north through many perils by 1741.
the way. We had the Vists and Harries on
our larboard, as feamen call the left-hand
fide of the ship, and on the right-hand fide,
which they call ftarboard, were Mull and
Skie, and hundreds of little islands. We
had a frightful race for about fixty leagues.
I wished myself among the hills of Che-
viot a thousand times. At laft however the
wind changed, and ceafed to be outragious or
a ftorm. Yet it was ftill a ftrong gale, and
toffed us for many hours towards the Norway
coaft: then veering about, it brought us
back again to the western ifles, and we landed
on Troda.

Troda.

This ifland is two miles and a half in cir- The isle of cumference, and furrounded with vast rocks, excepting one opening to the east, which forms a little bay. It lies to the north of Skie, at the distance of a league. It is a very beautiful place. The land is a scene of fine inequalitys, rifing grounds and pretty vales, fweetly copfed with various evergreens, and watered with feveral fountains, which form the brighteft ftreams. Many beautiful birds were on the clifs; the fea-pye, fea pheafant, and St. Cuthbert's duck, in great

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