has more religion, will, ferve his country better in every station. It feems a natural conclufion, for he will be less influenced by thofe private impulfes, which generally draw men from a public fenfe*.

* Examples are neceffary to prove this. I fhall metion therefore two or three Soldiers, who were amongst the most eminent of their profeffion, yet were men of great piety. The late Prince Eugene was one. He was esteemed the firft captain of his age. The battle of Peterwaradin was one of the boldeft actions, and completeft victories on record. Immerfed as he had been from his earliest youth, with little intermiffion, in the horrors of war, he never loft fight of Religion. The following Prayer wag found among his papers:

PRINCE EUGENE'S PRAYER.

"I Believe in Thee, O my God! Do thou ftrengthen my faith: I hope in Thee, confirm my hopes; I love Thee, inflame my love more and more; I repent of all my fins, but do thou increafe my repentance. As my firft beginning I worship Thee; as my last end, I long for Thee; as my eternal benefactor, I praife Thee, and as my supreme protector; I pray unto Thee, that it may please Thee, O Lord, to guide and lead me by thy providence, to keep me in obedience by thy juftice, to comfort me by thy mercy, and protect me by thy almighty power. I fubmit to Thee alĮ my thoughts, words, and actions, as well as my afflictions, pains, and fufferings; and I defire to have Thee always inmy mind, to do all my works in thy name, and for thy fake to bear all adverfity with patience. I will what thou wilt, O God, because it is agreeable to Thee. Oh, give me grace, that I may be attentive in my prayer, temperate in my diet, vigilant in my conduct, and unmoveable

able in all good purposes. Grant, moft merciful Lord, that I may be true and faithful to those who have entrusted me with their fecrets; that I may be courteous and kind towards all men; and that both in my words and actions; I may fhew unto them a good example. Difpofe my heart to admire and praife thy goodnefs, to hate all error and evil works, to love my neighbour, and to despise the world. Affift me, good Lord, in fubduing luft by mortification, covetoufnefs by liberality, angef by mildness, and lukewarmness by zeal and fervency. Enable me to conduct myself with prudence in all tranfactions, and to fhew courage in danger, patience in adverfity, and in profperity an humble mind. Let thy grace illuminate my underftanding, direct my will, fanctify my body, and bless my foul. Make me diligent in curbing all irregular affections, zealous in imploring thy grace, careful in keeping thy commandments, and conftant in working out my falvation. Finally, O God, make me fenfible how little is the world, how great thy heavens, how short time, and how long a bleffed eternity. Oh that I may well prepare myfelf for death! that I may dread thy judgments; that I avoid the torments of hell, and obtain of Thee, O God, eternal life, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.”

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The life of Baron de la Motte Fouque, was published at Berlin by Monf. G. A. Ruttuer. He was general of the Pruffian infantry and of his profeffional merit, no other teftimony is neceffary, than that he enjoyed, through life, the particular esteem and friendship of Frederick II. who held a correspondence with him during many years.

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to religion, which he fometimes indeed carried to a degree of enthusiasm. The particulars of his death, as recorded by his biographer, are fingular; and though fomewhat enthusiastic, at least marked strongly his sense of religion.

-As he found his end perceptibly drawing nearer, he took an opportunity, one Sunday morning, after attending divine fervice at the French church at Brandenburgh, where he refided, to fix on a spot for his grave. He next ordered his coffin to be made; and when he heard it was brought into a chamber adjoining to that in which he flept, he entered the room with two or three of his fervants, and seating himself in it, he uncovered his white hairs, and ordered one of his fervants to fing a favourite German hymn, which is an address 'to the grave. When this ceremony was finished, he fettled his affairs.-A little before his death, he fent for a minifter, and defired his whole family, and others of his friends, to join with him in receiving the holy facrament. He then folemnly bleffed his children, and took leave of all his friends. On the second of May 1774, as his fervant had continued fome time reading to him, in a book of devotion, his fon, the present Baron, asked him, if he might not relieve the fervant? The general, imperceptibly dying, made a faint endeavour to grafp his. fon's hand, and expired in the action.

To thefe religious foldiers might be fubjoined the late Colonel Gardiner. His early life had been spent freely. He was converted, it is faid, by receiving a mufket ball through his mouth and cheek, as he was fwearing an oath. From that time he became as eminently religious, as he had always been exemplary in his profeffion. At the battle of Prefton-pans he led his regiment against the Highlanders;

Highlanders; and when his dragoons, involved in the general panic of that day, fled from the field, he continued at his poft, calling out to them, and endeavouring to rally the few that remained, till he was furrounded, and cut in pieces by the enemy. The life of this eminent foldier was written by his pious friend, Dr. Doddridge.

THE SUM OF RELIGION.

Written by Sir MATTHEW HALE, Lord Chief Juftice of England.

HE that fears the Lord of heaven and earth walks humbly before him, thankfully lays hold of the meffage of redemption by Jefus Chrift, and strives to exprefs his thankfulness by the fincerity of his obedience. He is forry with all his foul when he comes fhort of his duty; he walks watchfully in the denial of himself, and holds no confederacy with any luft or known fin. If he fails in the leaft measure, he is reftlefs till he has made his peace by true repentance. He is true to his promife, just in his dealings, charitable to the poor, fincere in his devotion. He would not deliberately difhonour God, although with the greateft fecurity of impunity. He hath his hopes and his converfation in heaven; he dares not do any thing unjustly, although never so much to his advantage; and all this because he sees him that is invisible, and fears him because he loves him; fears him as well for his goodnefs as his greatnefs. Such a man, whether he be an Epifcoparian or Pref byterian, or Independant, or Anabaptift; whether he wears a Surplice, or wears none; whether he hears Organs, or hears none; whether he kneels at the Communion, or for Confcience fake ftands or fits, he hath the life of religion in him, and that life acts in him, and will conform his foul to the image of his Saviour, and go along with him to eter

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nity, notwithstanding his practice or non-practice of things indifferent.

On the other side, if a man fears not the eternal God, he commits fin with prefumption; he can drink to excefs, lie, fwear vainly and falfely, live loosely, break his promises. Such a man, although he cries down Bishops, or cries down Prefbytery; although he be rebaptized every day, or declaims against it as Herefy; although he fasts all the lent, or feafts out of pretence of avoiding fuperftition, yet notwithstanding these, and a thousand more external conformities, or zealous oppofition of them, he wants the life of religion.