good wishes, and small faults and inadvertencies fhould be candidly excufed. Much more than this it may be vanity or folly to expect. And here I thought to have concluded; but these words of Grotius come so often into my mind, that I cannot forbear to cite them. Lapfum Origenem in quibufdam rebus negari non poteft. Quale mihi nequid eveniat, Deum fupplex precor, foleoque fcriptis meis hanc addere cautionem, ut fi quid ibi fit alienum dogma [a veritate et facris Literis] id pro non fcripto habeatur. In this I would willingly join with Grotius. Whosoever is in the difpofition which he defcribes, takes the best way to fecure himself from dangerous dangerous errors; and if he has any wrong notions, there is reafon to hope that they proceed not from a bad mind, but are only the Iffues of unfortunate Inquiry. JOHN JORTIN. DISCOURSES Concerning the Christian Religion. The Prejudices of the Jews and W GENTILES. HEN we read over the history of Chrift, and confider the va riety of beneficial miracles which he wrought, and his mild and inoffenfive behaviour, it must at firft fight seem very strange that the Jews fhould reject him and put him to death; that they, who had fo long expected and so greatly desired the coming of the Meffias, fhould perfecute and kill him when he appeared amongst them, and fo well confirmed his right to the character which he affumed. |