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Page iii
... fhall ftrengthen one foundation of Christianity . As an author , I am not folicitous for the reputation of any lite- rary performance . A work given to the world , every reader has a right to cenfure . If it has merit , it will go down ...
... fhall ftrengthen one foundation of Christianity . As an author , I am not folicitous for the reputation of any lite- rary performance . A work given to the world , every reader has a right to cenfure . If it has merit , it will go down ...
Page v
... fhall not lie under any temptations of flattery ; which , at this time of day , when every topic of adulation has been exhausted , will be of equal eafe and advantage to us both . Not but I must own you have been managed , even by some ...
... fhall not lie under any temptations of flattery ; which , at this time of day , when every topic of adulation has been exhausted , will be of equal eafe and advantage to us both . Not but I must own you have been managed , even by some ...
Page ix
... fhall at once practife the charity I profefs , and justify the opinion I have paffed upon you . Your writers , I fpeak it , Gentlemen , to your honour , offer your confiderations to the world , either under the character of petitioners ...
... fhall at once practife the charity I profefs , and justify the opinion I have paffed upon you . Your writers , I fpeak it , Gentlemen , to your honour , offer your confiderations to the world , either under the character of petitioners ...
Page xxx
... fhall be greatly deceived , if we prefume on fo much condefcenfion : the late famous author of The Grounds and Reasons of the Chriftian Religion , took it into his head to perfonate a few , in the interpré- tation of some prophefies ...
... fhall be greatly deceived , if we prefume on fo much condefcenfion : the late famous author of The Grounds and Reasons of the Chriftian Religion , took it into his head to perfonate a few , in the interpré- tation of some prophefies ...
Page xxxiv
... fhall beg leave to con- clude my long addrefs unto you . He tells us then , that at what time their Deity , the NILE , re- turns into his ancient channel ; and the husbandman hath com- mitted the good feed to the opening glebe , it was ...
... fhall beg leave to con- clude my long addrefs unto you . He tells us then , that at what time their Deity , the NILE , re- turns into his ancient channel ; and the husbandman hath com- mitted the good feed to the opening glebe , it was ...
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