R E C 0 M M E N D A T I 0 N S. I verily belie<'e there is not a Trope, or a Figure eidter in ~~ords or Sentences that is worth a Moment's Notice, but may be found ip its height of Beauty in the holy Scriptures. In this Book of Mr. Benjamin Keach, ~ou have a large Syl\em of divine Rhetoric; and the fenfible Reaqer will not el\eem it the lefs, but the more, when I inform him that the Subllance of it was drawn from the largefr Syf\em qffacred Oratory in theWorld, jn one Volun1e Qt!arto, compofed by the learned and famou,s SoLOMON GLASS! US. * The principal Trope that is uted all over the Scriptures, ~nd applied to all Objects in Heaven, in Hell, and the Church of Chrift, is the Metaphor; and here it is, that Mr. Keach's Book fhines in a very remark– able Manner. There is fcarcely a Metaphor refpecting GOD the Fa.ther, Son, and Holy Spirit; or concerning good Men, or bad Men, the Church or the World ; but you will find it opened in a beamiful and evange– lical Manner, in this qcellentWork, which has frood theTefr of near one hundred Years amongft the Minifters and Churches; and is pow reprinted oq the Account of the Scarcity of the Copies and the great Demand for it by GofpelMinifrers and ferious Chrifrians. This is an excellent Book for Matlers of Fa~ilies to read before Family Prayer, and cfpecially on Lord's-day Evenings: The clear, eafy and fenfible Manner in which Mr.Keach has expre!fed himfelf, will make . it a mol\ in(huCl:ive anq edifying Exercife. This Book I would recommend to feri– ous and inquintive young Chritlians.-No– Jhing can be imegined more adapted to in– form the Undedianding, in pomt of Know– ledge, and at the fame Ti~1e, to pleafe the Imagination, enrich the 1.\:lemory, and raife the AffeCtions to Cl'\rifr. · To Students of Divinity and young Mi– nitlers of the Gofpel, this Work will be fingularly profitable, and a ddightful Help to their weekly Preparations for public· Work. The late H.ev. Mr. hmes Hervey, a few Years before ·his Death purchafed this Work, and intended if GOD had fpared his Life, to have made this one of the Books at his right Hand, to refrefh his Me– mory with the great Truths of the Gofpel. After long Confideration on the Methods of addreffing an Audience, he judged Mr. Keach's Manner of opening Scripture Meta– phors te be the befl, and he determined to ufe it ro the utmofr of his Power. Let no Man mifl:ake me, and imagine I mean ro infinu4te, that Mr. Hervey defigned to tleal his Sermons out of Mr. Keach's P.arallds on the Metaphors. No, the rich Powers 9f his Mind, and his vafr Stock of felect and divine Knowledge, railed him above all Temptations ofthar Kind: but, as he him– felf a!fured me (for I had all the above In– farmation from his own Mouth) he defion– ed to refrdh his Memory by reading ~he Explanation of a Metaphor; rhen minglino– his own fublime and judicious Though[~ with the Subject he had read, to deliver the Subfrance in the mofr frriking and. po– pular Manner to his Audito_ry. J wifh every lenfiblo and pious young Preacher may take; the Hi~t and purfue the fame Practice. t If any of my worthy FFiends fh all be in- ' duced tO read and recommend this Work, it will give great Pleafure to 1heir aff~Elionate Brother and Servant, Northampton, Marcb 16, 1778. JOHN RYLAND. MR. KEACH's Metaphors is a ·work of great Labor and Learning; abounds with the mol\ interetling Truths and favory lntlructions; and is peculiarly calculated to convey extcnflve Knowkdge of the holy Scripture to Chriflian-Readers in rre– nerol, and Gofpel-Mini!lers in particula~. Hooj/Q·, Du.4, ' 777· BEN. FRANCIS. • Solomon Glafi\~s. D. D. a moft lc<\_rned and ox'iellent Di~ine; was Superintendent of the Protefiant Churches in Saxe: Goth.a, ,and P~ofeRO~ of DiviQity at 1ena, boru 1i93• and ~ied Ju~)! 17, 1656 ; the belt Edition of his P·hdplogra Sac~a, lnd~ci.rng a Defence of the ln~cgrity of the Hebrew ar-Q Greek. Tcx~s, a Sacred Grammar and .R:bewnc, c;onh!bng of 990 ~~rto Pages, was printed at Amllerc!am, 171 1. t Lf any roung l'er~ons wl;lo a,re lo\'ers of E.loqueucc, Jhou!d read this Recommendation, and at the fame T~me ~ith to i'e Jiretlcd a little i~1 the ~tudy ofthi~ m,o{l. charmiag: ~Jauch of Polite Learning..; it will be 110 VwlatiOn of the J;..aw~ of Decency tOr gr~e. them a tcw !i~nts of AQv1ce. l,n the firfl; Pl.acc !e~ w.e \tJtr~t you. ne~ocr for o:u! lV'.tumem to r~a.d the d.ry, firft, for"!~! Tratls on Rhew~ic, 5lu;r· h~'<c a Tcq,d~ncy t.o CQntr\}d yoHr M tods, <illd Jark~~ your v~.ws of lound manlr .J~!oqu~nce: 1 fJ?ea~ this frOtQ the bitter Expenence of thirty– five \'t:ars · And thercfort; l h~dy ~Qnfef~ t r,l~ip•(e and hate all formal, barbarous, barren Sc'hcmes, and·t wflh they wt:re banifhcd out of the World. Jn the iCcond Place, read with Greedincfs and Admiration, Cambray"s D ialogues on Eloquence, ~intilian's excellent lnJlicutions, and Roll in's Trcatifc on Eloquence, in his fecond Voltunc of i1is Mt:rhod of Study; and l:H'\ckwall'~ lntroduttion tq th,c ~4ili~s : To t.lwfe add DJ;. Ward's Lcc– tu!..:s OQ. ,Oiatory, .a Wo1:k that w.as th~, Refult ?f thirry-7ight Years patient Attention al)d_ Labor-...wit~ DJj, G1bbons s Rhetonc, whtch contalll~ a 1•und of nch Matcnals, and ~a~ ~ ~Qmp,ltred to a ~e~lthy jeweller's Shop, w~n:: you ice fp~rkling ~c~ns. in everr Del?artment· ;· or, ta a f~orill's. Ga~del.\ ~n M,:tr• June and July, w:<:.:r:: you fee Beds of beaud ui I ubps, Tutts ot lovely t>mks, and nch Carnattons m vaJt Abundance and Varie:y, to pka!'c ~i·; E.tc, to regale the Noftril, to charm the Imagination, and delight theHeart.
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