their own sacred books declare them to be at present not the people of God; not in covenant relation with God, but in a state of blindness and separation. Of the nature and cause of this blindness they themselves can give no rational or consistent account; while, upon the Christian scheme, it is at once accounted for. Such is a summary of some of the leading facts and arguments which unite in demonstrating that Jesus is the Messiah; and no answer has been made, in David Levi's work on the prophecies, to any one of these proofs of the divine mission of Jesus. We cannot close these remarks, without an earnest and most affectionate invitation to the ancient people of God, seriously to ponder the arguments advanced in the preceding pages; and to examine the Scriptures, whether these arguments be well founded or not. And oh that there were in the Jews such a disposition as to lead them now to adopt, as the language of their hearts, the pathetic prayers put into their mouths by the evangelical prophet Isaiah, in reference to the period of their restoration! 6 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways; and hardened our hearts from thy • fear? Return, for thy servant's sake, the 'tribes of thine inheritance. The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sancWe are thine: thou never barest 6 6 tuary. ' rule over them; they were not called by thy 'name.' (Isaiah Ixiii. 17-19.) And, again, 'Be not wroth very sore, O Lord; neither ' remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we ' beseech thee, we are all thy people! Thy holy 'cities are a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness; 'Jerusalem a desolation! Our holy and our 'beautiful house, where our fathers praised Thee, is burned up with fire; and all our plea'sant things are laid waste. Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?' (Isaiah Ixiv. 9-12.) We conclude, in the language of the pious psalmist, Blessed be the 'Lord God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous 6 6 things; and blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with his MARCH 1, 1810. ORIENTAL LITERATURE. BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED OR IMPORTED BY BLACK, PARRY, TO THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY, Sanskrit. A GRAMMAR of the Sanskrita Language, by C. Wilkins, LL. D. F. R. S. in 1 vol. 4to. boards A Grammar of the Sungskrit Language, by W. The Ramayuna of Valmeeki, in the original Hindoostanee. The British Indian Monitor, with a Copious Vo- by J. B. Gilchrist, Esq. LL. D. 2 vol. £. s. d. 4 4 0 8 8 0 5 5 0 - 4 4 0 The Stranger's East India Guide to the Hindoostanee, by J. B. Gilchrist, Esq. 1 vol. 8vo. boards Dialogues, English and Hindoostanee, by J. B. The Hindee Moral Preceptor, by J. B. Gilchrist, Dictionary, English and Hindoostanee, by J. B. In the Press. Dictionary, Hindoostanee and English Where may be had, all the valuable Works of Dr. Gilchrist. Arabic and Persian. Anvari Soheily of Hussein Vaez Kashefy, folio, half bound - 3 10 0 Oriental Literature, &c. £. s. d. Barretto's Persian and Arabic Dictionary, 2 vol. 8vo. sewed Shums-ool-Loghat, or a Dictionary of the Persian and Arabic, the interpretation being in Persian, 2 vol. 4to. sewed Gladwin's Persian Moonshee, half bound Gulistan of Sady, with an English Gulistan of Sady, Persian, 1 vol. 8vo. boards Jones's (Sir Wm.) Grainmar of the Persian Lan guage, 4to. bound Moise's Persian Interpreter, with a Vocabulary, bound Pendeh-i-Attar, Persian, 12mo. 660 12 12 0 3 3 0 5 5 0 0 16 0 1 1 0 0 18 0 Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, by C. Wilkins, Esq. LL. D. 2 v. 4to. boards Arabic Grammar, 4to. Willmett's Arabic Lexicon, 4to. boards Bongalec. Forster's Bongalee and English, and English and Bongalee Vocabulary, 2 vol. 4to. bds. Translations. Ancient Indian Literature, being a Summary of The Ramayuna of Valmeeki, translated from the original Sungskrit, by W. Carey, and J. Marsham, 1 vol. 8vo. boards Miscellaneous. Williamson's East India Vade Mecum, or Complete Guide to Gentlemen intended for the Civil, Military, or Naval Service of the East India Company, 2 vol. 8vo. bds. Buchanan's Tour into the Mysore, Cannara, &c. 3 vol. 4to. boards · 1 1 0 1 8 0 660 Where may be had, GRATIS, a List of Books on Oriental Literature, &c. &c. that will be found useful to Writers, Cadets, and Gentlemen going to the East Indies. |