The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-31 00:00:00

ADDRESS.

Highly as the Writings of JLIMMY TAYLOR have always
ranked in public estimation, it is remarkable that his Works
have never yet appeared in a complete and uniform Edition.
Some detached pieces . have been frequently reprinted ; but
others, no less distinguished by his peculiar and charac-
teristic excellencies, are, trout their scarcity and high price,
but little known, even to his warmest admirers ; while a
foreigner huuld vainly explore our libraries for the col-
lected Works of one, who is perhaps the most celebrated, as
he is certainly the most. original and eloquent, et English
Theologians.
The present Edition is undertaken at the repeated sugges-
tiou of several Dignitaries of the Church, and of many other
persons eminent ill theology and general lit et attire. The
Publishes' have with some difficulty collected the whole of the
printed Works, hitherto disperled in vat ions volumes of all
sizes and descriptions. It is their design to bring them out
in a form nut unworthy the name of their distinguished Au-
thor; having respect, at the same time, to the convenience of
the purchaser, in comprising them, by means of a full but
handsome page, in as small a eompass.as possible, so as not,
in all probability, to exceedWouftCCts large Svo.Volumes. On
account of the magnitude of the undertaking, and its the hope
of meeting the-wishes of Subscribers, the Works will be pub-
lished its Volumes, with the last of which will be givers a Life
and Critical Essay on the Writings of Taylor, drawn up ex-
pressly for this Edition.
It is obvious that the Publishers Can only be encouraged to
carry their designs into execution by ass.aaequate support on
the part of the Public, and more particularly the Clergy of
the Church of England and Ireland. They venture, the' e-
fore, to hope, that these proposals will be honoured with the
public attention, as the Edition will he immediately proceeded
with on obtaining a number of Subscribers, adequate,in some
degree, to meet the expence of publication. To prevent any
possible depreciation of the Work, they have determined to
coufine the impression to a very small number of copies above
those which are actually subscribed for; and they therefore
respectfully solicit, that Clergymen and Gentlemen. who wish
to patronize the undertaking, will not delay to transmit to
the Publishers, through their respective booksellers, their
Dames and address, which will he printed with the concluding
Volume.
It may scents almost impertinent to affix to the present pro-
posals any formal recommendation of so distinguished a
writer as Bishop Taylor. To those, hOwever, to whom his
Works are not familiar, the following testimonies, borne to
his transcendent genius by individuals of differs:tit religious
sentiments, may not be unacceptable.
" Taylor and Barrow arc incomparably the greatest
preachers and divines of their age. Butt my pi,dikciii,„ is
for Taylor. He has all.the abut.daece and solidity of the
other, with a ray of lightning of his own, which, if he did
nut derive it from Demosthenes and Tully, has at least a,
generous and noble au original."—(Letters of 4 Lite eminent
Prelate, p. 128, Note.)
" Often has my mind hung with fondness and admira-
tion over the crowded, yet clear stud luminous galaxies of
imagery diffused through the Works of Bishop Taylor."—
(Letters of Warburton and a W Is t ar_ar.on_an, p. 15/.)
" In these titles I have versified a passage its Bishop Tay-
lor's Serums', altering as little as possible his unitilrove-
able lauguage,"—(Southe)'s Thalaba, Note to Canto t.)
" It Call hardly be doubted, that our gore extensive ac-
quaintance with the Scriptures, with the history of other and
better times, and with the writings of such men as Hall, nod
Taylor, and Scott, will enable us to distinguish the everlast
ing truths of the Gospel from the errors ut a fleeting' CHOU
siastu•.i '—(ltishop Middleton, Christ divided, a Seri-nun, Lon-
don, 1810.)
44 In this highest and most comprehensive. sense of the
word, agi eat proportion of the writers have alluded to

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Were poets; And, without going to those who composed io
metre, and chiefly for purposes of delight, we will-venture to
assert, that there is in any one of the prose folios of Jeremy
Taylor more fine fancy and original imagery, more brilliant
conceptions,and glowing exprrssions,—More new figures, and
new applications of old figures—more, in short, of the body
and the soul of poetry, than in all the odes and the epics that
has since been produced in F.urope,"—(Edinbutgli
vol. aviii, p. 278.)
" In the former generation, a sour and persecuting pre-
lacy, with Taylor's master at their head, contending about
forms and shadows, with spirits more narrow and bigoted
Iban'thcntsolves, overthrew the Church of England. Since
the Refill [nation, that Church, admonished at once by past
calansities, and more enlightened in the true principles yf
ecclesiastical polity, has assumed a more mild and benignant
aspect. To this happy revolution in principle and conduct,
no one Work contributed more than Taylor's hibeity of Pro-
phesying, which, though written to procure toleration for b:s
own persecuted connuunion, pleaded the rights of that tole-
ration un grounds so universal, that the oppres4ors and the
persecutors, when themselves depressed, quickly learned to
shelter themselves,under its protection. In short, to the
principles oh Bishop Taylor, first, pethaps, displayed in -that
admirable Work, may ho traced the still more clear and Irre-
fragable reasonings of Locke, and finally, the Toleration Act
itself."—(Quarterly Rev. vol. xiv. p. 253.)
Who does not feel, that as long as learning. genius, and
piety are valued among meat, the name of Bishop Taylor
will be pronounced with veneration, and his Works preserved
as one of the choicest portions of our intellectual treasures."
—(Eclectic Review, vol. vi. p. 385.)

FOR THE SUN.

HOW TO EKE OUT A BILL.

(Further Scraps from an Old Paper of Oct .1920.)
Mr. BRENV'EM now complained to the House,
that the Man in the Moon could not be found,
that he had been missing for some days, and that
he accused Ministers of a conspiracy to remove
him. Under these circumstances, he begged
leave to call the best witnesses he could ; and
was very sorry he could not bring better'.
PHILIPPO LUNA.TICO again called.
Q. Have you seen the Man in the Moon sine*
you arrived in this country ?—A. I have.
When did you see him last, and what was he
doing ?—Three or four days ago ; and he I:cas
then going off from the Horns.
If the Defendant had kissed the Baron at mid-
night, as stated, must not the man in the men
have seen it ?—Yes, he must ; if he had not been
kept in the dark by the Hanoverian Minister.
Oh ! ho. -How so ?—Why, the Hanoverian Mi-
nister and the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich,
applied to the POPE for leave to turn the dark
side of the Earth plump in his face, and so to
shut out the Sun's light, that he was exactly
where Moses was, when he put the candle out.
Mr. BRE-WE:A now addressed the House with
great warmth ; informed them that Greenwich is
only five miles from London, and that the Astro-
nomer Royal is paid by Government ; and there-
fore he humbly trusted that he had brought home,
the Conspiracy to Ministers, who he well knew, as
he had often before said, were moving Heaven
and Earth to answer their own purposes, as now
fully proved, and

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