and cultivate th e mbffiteleganjtprodu&ionsl o f the literary field. The
papk s'h fed r'ehieflyit©-aboupd in Lancafliire, Stiffordlhire,*and Sufltex 5
they had'phtent chiefs,.'and %ere a formidable body% bu%b&$ps£pge
from fupejftitiom toiooritempfetfs’ fo n a tu ra f, fhafmafny have^edstbfthe
oppbfite extreme. -^ h o f e ^ h o r le ta in W*>faith,^generallyiifplay;mod
e ra tio n which has been naturally'increafed by th e late p riv ile g e exte
n d e d to then®." ' 1 'c
ƒ •j’jjg methodifts are extremely numerous a n d - refpedtable. They
feem to allow the propriety of the- creed and government of the church
o f England; but they requirejj k ' -life,- rdore-ferveht^rf&tkm,
and-more frequent'and ferious atteiadanee.ugbh divMh ^orffilpf »
enforced .'by) the^eftablhhhient. ^ pliiiofopher ;may w ^ e h v y ^ % e
mild creed, and’ raiverfal e h ^ rity ^ p r -fitterMf'fevie o f th'n^|ualcers ;
whiles he muft allow'with a ftgh'^tfiif’a nafibif*8f quaMersdcouldvnbt
■exi% eicept all hatmife v^ere ;0 Mfe^erifi®fi(M^ • TH^ariabapffifts
difowfi infant baptifm, ancT bathe the adult-’d ^ l e . ^ J T h e 1'eSfned
Whifton admired tfieir-tenets', and their th #® c k
with oil, which as he believedioperated wkh nQ 4 fa e% T o u s^w ^ ^T h e
Swedenbbrgiahs derive their name* ftoih^fhie' Bafbtf S v ^ d fffib b f^ a ^R ''
biemafa who exchadgek ffih'kttve5 fe o u n% ^ f{ 1
in England. | A fter having-publiffied t w o g | ^ ^ W ‘e's-^i' the p a lm
language, Upon th e aft ofekplorihg iMnesfhe MzMiMtTpa'v^dle^fet
“ fever,- knd with great difficulty'Eeho^erfed?- In 'life id i f o ^ ^ f d ^ f f i ^ i -
nation he feemed to maintain'a f r e q u 'e n f ^B f ^ c te f f i^ ^ li^ h e fp ip tta l
world ; and he has publilhed twenty or more vaft volumes in quarto, alfo
in the Latin tongue, replete’with curious mctaphyfical ratiocination,
interfperfed with vifions which are fometimes narrated; with high
poetical fpirit and elegance. His fyftem is fo much adapted to the
ftrongeft propenfities of human nature, that his. dil'ciples increafed with
great rapidity. His chief tenets are, that there is but one perffin of
th e Deity, namely, the Lord Jefus Chrifl, that the day of judgment is
already paffed, &c. &c. but his molt alluring-tenets partake of Mahome-
tanifm, in -reprefenting the connubial pleafures, and the other enjoyments
o f a future world, which he paints as fimilai to this- ftafe of
exiftence
exiftenqe, but far- exceeding, l ^ l n ; sthe , gratifications o f every fenfe, Gov eh
whethje^um.enfalfe^rpqre^;4q^^ , MEST*
.. TfieJ 'q@ri{lifu]tponhQfi'I|ngl^n,d^ tfiq! peculiar boaft and glory .of the
‘CoynilrByjiif^d' anf^l^ldb'^iadm iratipnrto^fher dates, though, attempted ,
tpb^^cribedhy_lV|||nl^fci^i^u,ha^b,eg'ni little ,u£}d^i;ftQodrby foreigners, ’
fqr^t^|prefent'S>fu^h^hjinfiniten^mher o f practical ramifications, and-is
fp intipiately connedfed wfkh'thejfpirit and manners o f the^people, th a t
a niiurBfej/df ye’ars'wbuld be requirpdhtd fee! and', ftudy its real effe&s ;
and^p^||^a|terth,edotigeft 'prepkkioirj1,! |the,beft d'efc'ription, ffiuft, be but
a pprtfaitjVdpyQid o£< life*>nd«,QLyital expreffibn«'1 ^ Apfaipt Ik etch alone
can be here e«xbfe£ted, and! the 'fid.elityfof the*outline-muft corqpenfiate
the wa'nt o f detail.
1 Thetfcanftitution o f England is" a , limiteth»monarchy, counterpojifed
by t-w|Ueia<iiiics,»ibnb- o f j hereditary peers;htHe.‘ 'other- sjgj reprefentatiyesj
whp'^^bqpght«to-,-rbe cbp£qa$fty the people. J J p i^ ^ f ^ a t e ’slvy-ere ribt
unknown/« other.} Edr^peam.najiipnsj :and have rather .funk into*
difufelafrpm*.their own, peryerfionj of;t t'heir govyer,’ th a n fropif ffie.jief-
potifm q ^ th e fpvereigns. In France befo jj|' 1 lub^Ht-GS «.(General '
were d j|d^trhued,«their meetings* had^ beehiipxecrated'. by the p e o p le !
fs^phjea’d * of !^ejac|;n'g ^thejr ,pri vifegesj the m e t e r s , only-attended to
t h . ^ q - p h p p p f e d exorbitant jtaxes; which wer'e
, by-thd;(g-jspe.dy- courtieTS, with vetyi final!, prqfifjt^ tb ^ ^ y a l
t^afury. ^ ^ n te ^ -fa r^ rpm incUrfmg an y hlam^j.'theskiqgsj,qfijFranee
and were Jid sli^A t ljy.tlje fefetipn, for;deli-'
^gtejggfthem ^tgote • the G&v4b|vpdto
inergafe oppreffioji;Japd|%exj^^qi^Ee4 ^^q^othg%inI|ance,Sjniighjfc,bh
adducqd^Oj prpYe, that »die ker^^i-flddq^hfi filch,fcnates depends uponf
.their fo rm in g ^n '^h q f e andt ‘fq^iwiith th e i nation-.at; large* ;-'brU it-will
be.fufficient' tp^ffidMionv^^he' fi^hhfTweidg: vyhi'lh happened in f)eji-i
ma r k , c e f i t u r y ^ Y v h e n t h ' e . p ^ q p l e ^ ' d h g u f t ’ed'iW'ith the Jgffiffi
views fsnate, requ^§;|dj;k^«monarch to annihilate',!t, -andaffwjm/.
«th^^ent.he no;yver^|||jid,the'abfftlut.e tform of'gpvpmmientth^ffileecedti-
‘n u ?l^j1 though ^piqdu^itgid« byj feyer.ah epunfelsytwhich, Kavfe-^heh ^ pjq
without tlieyfprm ofthejfenate. ^ T h e Engliffi.fenates, on tHyidoBtfary,
owe their liability to a general concurrence with the popular voice ;
g g g l " ' , I I | | | f | | arifing