372 Methinks I fee you unwilling to fay Amen; for you believe we are both deceived. As for my Brother Benjamin, he is of Age, let him fpeak for himself. I can fay in my own Behalf, that I cannot fufficiently praife God for bringing me, by Is Free Grace, out of that Darkness A in which you left me, into his marvellous Light. I know indeed you imagined me to be a true Chriftian before you em barqued; and fo I thought myself: But I found my felf mistaken, when it pleased God Ferwards to reveal his dear Son in me and to fhew me the Way of Salvatie perfectly. As for the Articles Church, the Doctrine of the pirit of God, of Regeneration, and of Justification by Faith only, I was almoft å Stranger to them all; nor do I remember to have heard any of them preach'd or explain'd by our Clergy. Indeed, I pray'd, went to Church, and gave Alms; C but why and wherefore I knew not; being ignorant of the true Nature and Of fice of that Spirit by which I was aflifted to do thefe good Works. or nothing of a vital Faith in Jefus Chrift. I knew little I obeyed God and Chrift in part, but not univerfally. I hated Sin indeed, but had D not domininion over it. dear Brother, that if a Man that believes You fay, my in Chrift, and obeys God, is not a Chrifian, what is Chriftianity? But is not this, my dear Brother, begging the Queftion? If a Man believes, you fay: But the Query is, What this Belief may be? Not a bare historical Affent to the Truths and Facis recorded in the Scripture (for this is only the Faith of Devils) but a vitil Faith wrought in the Heart by the Bleffed Spirit of God, and productive of Good Works; this is a Faith I never fully felt before Mr Charles Wesley expounded the vith of the Romans; and I cannot but always honour him as an Inftrument in God's Hand of fhewing me the true Way of Salvation by Jefus Chrift. You may call this Quakerijm, or what you pleafe, my dear Brother. I know it is the Faith which Christ and his Apoftles preached; and therefore I pray God I may continue G ftedfaft in this Faith, and that you alfo may become a Parraker of it. 'Tis true, the Doctrine of Faith, and the Feeling of the Holy Ghoft have been abused.

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(though not to enable us to work Mira cles) as well as the first Apostles, furely does, why has he often used the Collects my dear Brother will not deny. If he Why did he tell the Bishop, when orof our Church without any Meaning? dained Deacon, that he was inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost? Indeed you pray, my dear Brother, that we may return to the Church of England; but this is still taking that for granted which is to be proved. We are not diffenting from it; neither are the Methodists, as the World in Derifion calls them. So far B from it, that they conftantly preach up turgy of our own Church. the Articles, Collects, Homilies, and Lilies the Truth of the Matter. The DocBut here trines of the Reformation have lain a long While dormant. The Generality (I will fadly fallen from them." not fay all) of our English Clergy have fus, and held by our Church. He has up fome to preach the Truth as it is in JeGod has raifed fet his Seal to their Ministry. They have thofe zealous Atheists you mentioned. made abundantly more Converts than envy their Succefs, and therefore are The Pleafure, Preferment-loving Clergy Confederate against them. Perhaps, my dear Brother may think this uncharitable. But, I think, I fpeak the Truth in Chrift. I lie not. I wish it was otherwife. And tho' you tax me with a want of Charity judge otherwife, I should put bitter for in this Respect, yet I think, fhould I fweet, and fweet for bitter; I fhould put Darknefs for Light, and Light for Darknefs. I am far from being bigotted to the lar, out of a biind Zeal. I will follow Methedifts, or to Mr Whitefield in particu him, or no Man, farther than he follows Chrift. I believe him to be a fincere good Minitter of Jefus Chrift. feem to thick fo. Who wants Charity You do not then, my dear Brother, you or me? By Lord. Do the other Ciergy bring forth their Fruits ye shall know them, fays our ron's Rod, when thofe of the other Priefts fuch Fruit? Did not the Budding of Aabore nothing, fhew who was truly called of God? But perhaps you may judge me and him both as vain-glorious; but give me Leave, my dear Brother, to remind you of the Apostle's Words, Who art thou, if there was a Tincture of Vain-glory in O Man, that judgeft another Man's Servant ? To our own Mafier we ftand or fall. fore follow that my Eye cannot be fingle my adverting formerly, does it therenow? You feem to reflect on me, my dear Brother, for going round the Kingdom with fuch a Knight-Errant as White

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fald. I wish you had ufed milder Terms.
But, my dear Brother, may I not justly
turn the Tables upon yourfelf, and reflect
on your leaving your Flock, and travel-
ling merely for Profit, or little elfe? A
When that Man of God had deferted his
Station, fays God, What doft thou here E-
lijah? May I not ask you the fame Que-
tion, What doft thou there abroad, my
dear Brother, when you ought to be feed-
ing your Sheep at home? Perhaps you
may answer, You have committed
them to the Care of a Curate. But may
not I reply to you, as I was told St Ber
nard did once on a like Occafion, But will
your Curate be damn'd for you? O my dear
Brother, I befeech you by the Mercies of
God inChrift Fefus, first pull & Beam out of
your own Eye, before you fo much as pre-
fume even to offer to pull Mote out of
your Brother's Eye. For God's Sake, my
dear Brother, do not charge others being
righteous over-much, before you can
prove you are righteous enough yourself.
Return home, my dear Brother, watch
diligently that Flock committed to your
Care, catechife and vifit from Houfe to
Houfe. Live as Chrift lived, teach as he
taught. Leave off hunting after Prefer- D
ment, and ceafe to please the polite
World, and then I will think you a pro-
per Perfon to judge whether the Metho-
difts are Enthufiafts or not. But till then,
my dear Brother, you would do well to
hold your Peace, left your Mouth fhould
immediately be ftop'd by, Physician, heal
thyfelf. Excufe, my dear Brother, this
feeming Severity. Love for God, Love
for you, constrains me to ufe this Free
dom. I blush to think I should take upon
me to inftruct a Clergyman, who ought
to teach me. But you have compell'd
me to it. May our great and common
Mafter give it his Bleffing Yet a little
while, and I embark for Georgia. My
Wordly Affairs I have fettled, and have
taken Care of my dear Child. Perhaps
I may never fee your Face in the Flesh a-
gain. However, we must all appear be-
fore the Judgment-Seat of Chrift-Fefus;
there, there, my dear Brother, will I
meet you, and then Jefus Chrift himself
fhall determine which is in the right.
But God forbid it should be left undeter-
mined till then: No, I do not despair
of fecing Saul among the Prophets. I do
not defpair of feeing you alfo become a
Fool for Chrift's Sake. God has begun a
good Work in our Houfe, I believe he
will carry it on. He has given me my Bro- H
ther Benjamin, and will he not give me
my Brother Thomas alfo ? I hope he will;

at least, I hope he will never be forgotten
in the Prayers of his

Affectionate, though
From Blendon in weak & unworthy
Brother in Chrift
WILLIAM SEWARD,

Kent, June 16, 1739.

Craftsman, July 21. N° 680.

former Part of this Paper is a fort of Panegyrick on the Difinte reftedness, Concern for the Publick Welfare, dom of the great Men who have managed Frugality, Integrity, and Confummate Wif Affairs for twenty Years paft, and the Steadiness of their Conduct at this time; and in the Conclufion the Writer makes it the only Doubt which of all these their Virtues is most to be admired.

Then follows another Letter to Mr D'Anvers.

On the Education and Extravagancy of the
Ladies.

we confider their modern Education, (which confifts chiefly in Dancing, Singing, and Dreffing) we cannot be furpris'd at that early Tincture of hereditary Vanity, which we fee in the young Ladies of Great Britain; nor is it any wonder that little Mifs fhould jilt her Playfellows, when her Mamma coquets it with half the Town. We know that Beauties, like Kings, are utter Strangers to Truth from their Infancy. They are, as it were, born for a Looking glass, habituated to Flattery; E and made in Love with themselves, even before they are fenfible of their own Perfections.-Hence it is that we meet with pert Goddeffes at fourteen, and forward Coquets in Hanging-fleeves. They are taught to look upon Pleasure as the chief Bulinefs of their Lives, and arbitrary Power the fule Aim of their Ambition; but whilst they are thus intent upon the End, how often do they mistake the Means!

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Not long ago I happen'd to be prefent, where feveral young Persons of Quality, of both Sexes,were met to play at Whisk and Quadrille, the eldest not befag above fourSome of them loft two or three Guineas, and others four or five; which would have ferved their great Grand-Mothers a whole Chrifimafs, in the worst Run of Luck. Upon breaking up, one of the young Ladies, who was the greatelt Lofer, faid there was much more Spirit in Games of Chance, and defired to know whether the late ridiculous Alt against GAMING, would prevent betting upon Things.

If our modern Ladies would give themfelves

felves the Trouble to look back a little
upon pat Ages, and confider the Figure,
which the Sex then made, they would
meet with Women, who were not only
good Wives, but ufeful Subjects. They
might there read of female Patriots, who
facrific'd their Money, Plate, Jewels, to
the Good of their Country; of Queens, A
who conquer'd with their Arms abroad,
as much as with their Eyes at home; who
prefer'd publick Safety to private Conquefts,
and look'd upon thofe two great Articles,
Beauty and Drefs, as only the Ornaments
of Virtue and good Senfe.

There is a remarkable Inftance of female Zeal, and publick Spirit, in the Hiftory of Affyria, which I fhall mention to my fair Country-women, as it redounds very much to the Honour of their Sex.

One Day, as Semiramis, Queen of Babylon, was fitting at her Toilette, and adJufting her Cof, a Meflenger came into her Chamber in great Hatte, (which, by the Bye, was a little impertinent, confi. dering there were then no Valets de Chambre) who inform'd her undress'd Majefty that there was a Riot in the City, which requir'd her immediate Prefence to quell it, whereupon the good Queen, with her Cap half-off, and ner Hair difhevelled, ran into the Street, without regarding the Formality of Drefs, or the Interpofition of her nicer Chamber-maids, and in a Moment put an End to the Disorder.

Whereas, had the remained in her Chamber, whilst the natural Body was adorning, the Body politick might probably have bled to Death. The Difpofition of a few Patches might have lost many a faithful Subject, and the powdering her Hair have tumbled the Crown of her Head.

We do not want Examples of the fame Kiod in our own Hiltory.-The Magnanimity of Boadicea, and Queen Elizabeth is fo well known, that it would be needlefs and impertinent to give any Initances of it.

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But I would not be thought to recommend any fuch military Virtues to our modern polite Ladies. Thele mafculine Exploits were perform'd in Ages, long before ftanding Armies were known amongst us, and when we were obig'd to call in G the female Power to our Aid; before Operas, Balls, Malquerades, Ridottos, Oratories, Gaming, and Luxury of every Kind, had put Frugality out of Countenance, and turn'd Indary into Ridicule-We have now a fine male Army, who look as

which I am told there is actually a Project in Agitation) and therefore we have no Occafion for the Service of the Ladies at prefent.

All I would recommend to them is, the Prefervation of their natural good Senfe and Sincerity. I would not look upon them as Warriors and Heroines; but as Wives, Mothers, Sifters, and Daughters — I would perfuade them, that to read intelligibly, and to write accurately, is not fo unpardonable a Crime as many of them feem to think it; and reconcile them, if pofiible, to a vulgar Opinion, that the being able to make a Pye, or a Pudding, is no ufelefs, or unfeemly Qualification of a good Wife, in a middling Station.-I will venture to promise that a Citizen's Daugh ter would not have one Admirer the lefs, for appearing in a Gown of her own working, or going to Church in the Produce of the Manufacture of her Country.

To what are owing moft of our late Separations and Divorces, (which vastly exceed whatever was known before) but from this pernicious Sort of Education, and habitual Practice?

Let the virtuous Part of the fair Sex likewife confider, whether the prevailing Fashion of keeping Miftreffes is not, in a great Mealure, owing to the fame Cause.

Mr Bays, in the Rehearsal, fhewing one of the Actreffes to his Friend, fays that he is fure he shall lye with her foon; for he had fpoke Baudy to her already. -Notaing is thought fo impudent, amongst our fine Ladies, as to be afham'd; a French Fashion. It fhews a Consciousness, as if they understood what was meant.-Dees not a Laugh do fo too; and yet you will hardly excite the Mirth of a fashionable Lady, without a double Entendre at least; and little Mifs generally laughs the moft; I prefume, to thew her womanly ripe Knowledge.

I once heard a Lady of Quality declare that the never blufh'd at what Men faid; for fhe had fo good an Opinion of our Sex, that the was fure Men would never fay any Thing, which was not proper. cannot fee why the fame Reafon might not hold to let Men do what they will too; for, to be fure, Men will do Nothing which they ought not to do.

This puts me in Mind of a remarkable Story in our Annals.

William the Conqueror was the natural Son of the Duke of Normandy, by a young Woman named Arlotte. It is recorded,

fmug, and make as pretty a Figure at ar" that being big with him, She had a
Review, when their Har is nicely tuck'd
up and well powder d, as it they were to
make their Appearance in Petticoats, (for

Dream, like that of Mandang, the Mo-
ther of Cyrus, the first Perfian Monarch;
namely, that her Bowels were extended

over all Normandy and England."-The
general Interpretation of this Dream was,
that her Pofterity was to inherit all those
Territories, as they actually did; but I
leave it to the Decifion of all judicious
Criticks, whether this Dream may not be A
conftrued in another Senfe. It is certain,
at leaft, according to the belt Hiftorians,
that a very numerous and encreating Sect
of People, call'd Harlots, own their De-
nomination to this Madam Arlotte. But
to conclude.

I have often heard that Fools and Coxcombs are moft fuccefsful with Women. Our young Men of Senfe may put on this fashionable Behaviour, with a Defign only of undermining the Fools. Should that prove to be the Cafe, I will not deny their being good Actors; though I would not have them carry the Joke too far.

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But why do I fay young Men? Don't we C fee Men of all Ages, playing the Fool with Women? Mrs Page and Mrs Ford would not, at this Time, have been angry with Sir John Falstaff, for being their Lover. Tho' he was old, cold, wither'd, and of intelerable Entrails, he would have been kept in Countenance; and, indeed, I believe, that had he liv'd at this Time, heD

would have been the Hero of the Age; for he was merry and a Buffoon; and tho' he was not brave, he could bully, if he did not care to fpeak Truth, he would fwear to a Lye; if he was not vigorous, he was leacherous, conftantly robbing the Publick, a great Corrupter of Manners, E and lov'd to talk Baudy.

N. B. A Letter by the fame Hand on the travelling Education cf our young Gentlemen was the Entertainment in the firft Week'sCraftfinan, which would not have been entirely new to our Readers. The DAILY GAZETTEERS, July 12, 16, and 24.

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HESE Papers are fubfcribed Hyde, Tand and are chiefly directed againfothofe in the Craftsman ligned Hampden: They feem to be written by a new Hand, and to be otherways worthy Notice. But as they are prolix, and we can't forefte what Paffages will be controverted by the G Writers on the other Side, we think it not amifs to defer them.

The GAZETTEER, July 25, fign'd Alg. Sidney, remarks (inter alia) the Ablurdity of Common Senfe complaining of the Convention; whereas, if it was a difadvantageous Treaty, he ought, as a Friend to the Publick, to rejoice that it H has not taken Place; and obferves, that as Common Sense and the Craftsman had all along vehemently recommended a War against Spain, they ought not, now we are entering on one, to ridicule the Pro. fpe&t of fo great an Event.

Remarks on Mr Chubb's true Gospel of Jefus.
Obfervations on a Lady, truly of Diftincti-
on, met on the Road riding on Horseback
ASTRIDE, drefs'd in a Hat and Feather,
a Black Wig, a Surtout, a wide Petti-
ceat, with a Pair of Jockey Boots and
Spurs, and by the file of a Coach which
contained her delicateHusband, or-Lord.
Dated from
in Cleveland.

Three ingenious Answers to the Letter on the
State of Infants: See April, p. 177.
Remarks on Dr Trapp's Title of Be not
Righteous over-much; by Laicus.
On the Weekly Mifcellany, May 5 and 12,
by Mr Gough. Tewksbury, July 16.
A Letter occafion'd by Dr Stebbing's Sermen
againft Religious Delution. July 11.
On a Roman Altar to FORTUNE, at Ne-
therby.

On a pretended Travelling Clergyman, who
got Admiffion to preach in feveral Pul
pits, and at length, a Wife with a good
Fortune, by taking this Text, It two
lie together then they have Heat, but
how can one be warm alone?

Dated Salop, July 11, 1739.
On Gustavus Vafa, a Tragedy.
The MINORCA Catechism; a Satire on
tyrannical Government, pointing to par-
ticular Perjens, therefore not for our
Purpose.

Queries and Answers to fome Biblical Que
Jiens, which Subjects have been neglec
ted a little, thro' multiplicity of Business.
Extract of a Sermon delivered in a Country
Church near Wakefield in Torkshire,
as a Caution against the extravagant
Rants, and unfcriptural Doctrines of Mr
Ingham and Mr Rogers, two Methiodat
Preachers, who infeft thofe Parts.

The Rev. Mr Seagrave's Anfevers to Dr Trip
fhould be taken Notice of by us, and an Anwer
to Mr Tucker (der p. 294); but as thefe Dif
putes will at large be too much for our Limits,
"we can't promile more than the chief Points, as
we did in sur Account of Dr Trapp's Sermors,
leaving the more curious to confult the Originals.

And indeed thefe Differences braveen our Clergy are rather to be lamented than enlarg`d on.

Mr

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