"A Prayer for the Reformed Churches.
"O God, the Father of Mercies, we present our Supplications unto Thee, more especially on behalf of our Reformed Brethren, whom, blessed be Thy Name, Thou hast hitherto wonderfully supported. Make them perfect, strengthen, 'stablish them: that they may stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free, and adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Preserve the Tranquillity of those who at present enjoy it: look down with compassion upon such as are persecuted for Righteousness' sake, and plead Thy cause with the oppressors of Thy people. Enlighten those who are in Darkness and Error; and give them Repentance to the Acknowledgment of the Truth: that all the Ends of the World may remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord; and we all may become one Flock, under the great Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls, Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen."
Form, &c. Fast. 1776.
Form, &c. Fast. 1778.
Form, &c. Fast. 1780.
Form, &c. Fast. 1781.
Form, &c. Fast. 1782.
A Prayer to be used on Litany Days before the Litany, and on other days immediately before the Prayer for all Conditions of Men, in all Cathedral, Collegiate, and Parochial Churches and Chapels, &c., during his Majesty's present Indisposition. 1788.
The following MS. note is inserted in the handwriting of Mr. Finch, father of the gentleman who bequeathed the collection:
"Mrs. Finch accompanied my Father (Rev. Dr. Finch, Rector of St. Michael's, Cornhill) to the Cathedral, where he had a seat for himself and his lady assigned him under the Dome, as Treasurer to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the original patrons of the Charity Schools. Mrs. F. was so fortunate as to obtain a seat in the choir, and saw the procession from the choir gate. Myself and Robert saw the cavalcade (which was extremely grand, and continued for the space of more than three hours, both Houses of Parliament with their attendants preceding their Majesties) from Mrs Townsend's house in Fleet Street."—April 23, 1789.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the King's Recovery. 1789.
Form, &c. Fast. 1793.
Form, &c. Fast. 1795.
Form, &c. Fast. 1796.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for many signal and important Victories. 1797.
Form, &c. Fast. 1798.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Victory of the Nile, &c. 1798.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Victory over the French Fleet, Aug. 1. 1798.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the safe Delivery of H. R. H. the Princess of Wales, and the birth of a Princess. 1796.
Form, &c. Fast. 1799.
Form, &c. Fast. 1800.
Form, &c. Fast. 1801.
Form and Thanksgiving for the Harvest. 1801.
Form and Thanksgiving for putting an End to the War. 1802.
Form, &c. Fast. 1803.
Form, &c. Fast. 1804.
Form, &c. Fast. 1805.
Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for Lord Nelson's Victory. 1805.
Form, &c. Fast. 1806.
Form, &c. Fast. 1807.
Form, &c. Fast. 1808.
Form, &c. Fast. 1809.
Form, &c. Fast. 1810.
Form, &c. Fast. 1812.
Form, &c. Thanksgiving for the Peace. 1814.
Form, &c. Thanksgiving for the Peace. 1816.
John Macray.
Oxford.
CELTIC AND LATIN LANGUAGES.
(Vol. viii., p. 174.)
There was a Query some time ago upon this subject, but though it is one full of interest to all scholars, I have not observed any Notes worth mentioning in reply. The connexion between these two languages has only of late occupied the attention of philologers; but the more closely they are compared together, the more important and the more striking do the resemblances appear; and the remark of Arnold with regard to Greek literature applies equally to Latin, "that we seem now to have reached that point in our knowledge of the language, at which other languages of the same family must be more largely studied, before we can make a fresh step in advance." But this study, as regards the comparison of Celtic and Latin, is, in England at least, in a very infant state. Professor Newman, in his Regal Rome, has attention to the subject; but his induction does not appear sufficiently extensive to warrant any decisive conclusion respecting the position the Celtic holds as an element of the Latin. Pritchard's work upon the subject is satisfactory as far as it goes, but both these authors have chiefly confined themselves to a tabular view of Celtic and Latin words; but it is not merely this we want. What is required is a critical examination into the comparative structure and formal development of the two languages, and this is a work still to be accomplished. The later numbers of Bopp's Comparative Grammar are, I believe, devoted to this subject, but as they have not been translated, they must be confined to a limited circle of English readers, and I have not yet seen any reproduction of the views therein contained in the philological literature of England.