A TO 8 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD STANHOPE, c ONE OF HIS MAJESTIES MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCELL , All Gra<e and Happinelfe. 1'-ight Honorable, D1trjl appeale to the judgment ofa carnal/ Reader (let himuot beeprejuJicate )that there is no Hiftory fo pleafant as the Sacred. Set aftde the ~ ajeflyofthe Inditer; none can comparewith it for MagnificenceandAntiquityoftbeMatter, thefweetneffo ofcompiling , theftrange variety ofmemorable occurrences: And iftbe delight beJuch , whatfha/1 theprofit bee efteemedofthat whichwas written by G0 D for theJalvation E of Men? I confefTe,no th011ghts didever morefweetlyfteale Me and Time awtry,then thofewhich I have imployed in thisfubj efl, andI hope, nonecanequally benefit others : for,ifthemeererelationofthefe holy things bee profitable , bow muchmorewhenit is reduced to ufe ? This Jecondpart oftheWorld repaired, I dedicate toyour Lordfhip,whereinyoxfhallfee Noah as we a~ in his Tent, as ftrong in the Ark! ; an ungracious Sonnerefervedfrom . _ the
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