R E C 0 M M E N D A T I 0 N S. To the Editor of Mr. KEACH's Metaphors. SIR, HISTORIANS tell us_, that the lirfl: Libraries were m Egypt; and the Titles they bore, infpired the Reader with an eaaer Defire to t:nter them, and to d.tve into ~he Secrets they contained. They were called, 'fvx,n,-. ;%Te£1a", " The Office " for the Dilcales of the Soul." This Title, every Body mufl: allow, may with much greater Propriety .be gn•<"n to the SACRED ScRIPTURES; wh1ch alone are able to make us wife unto Salvation through Faith that is in Chrifl: Jefus. Whatever Helps therefore, the Wit and Ingenuity of )\'lan can invent, to explam and effectuate the Prefcriptions and Remed1es of that fpt– ritual Difpmfary, ought to meet W1th Ap– probation and .l:'raife. Upon this Account I am happy to hear you intend favonng the Public ':'lth a new Edition of that mof\ valuable 1 rtafure of human Compofition called Kwch's KeY_ to open Scripture i\1etaphors. A Book, wtth– om which no Clmfl:ian Minifl:er's Library can be compleat, and which may be very ufeful to every attentive Reader, and Lover of the WoRD OF GoD. I hope this, and every other Attempt for the befl: Good of Mankind, will he encou– raged , as it deferves, and am, ?ir, Your refpectful humble Servant, C. DE CoETLOGON. LDwtr Grojvutor Plare. To the EditorofMr.Keach's facred Philology. SIR, THE Key to open Scripture Metaphors, and the 'J'reatife upon the 'I' ropes and Figures of the OLD and NEw TESTAME,T, have btcn for fome Years, in my Study; and often confultt-d by me with great Pltafure. The leorned Author tells us it was the Fruit of near twenty Years L abor,-that he had both the Alliltance and Approbation ' of the befr and mofl: learned Divin~s, and, that notwithfl:anding it was thought calculated for great public Utility; yet, tt was fent into the World witb a particular Defign of a./Jifling Students in Jacred Learn– ing; and efpecially of acco:mmodatingfu.ch, whofe Chrif\1an Mmds mchne them 10 inlhuct ochas. Mr. Keach has made a very. proper Dillinction between allegorical Expcjitians of Scriptures; and the Expou11ding_ of alle– gorical Scriptures. He hoped tt mtght be of Ufe to young Preachers, and teach them to draw plaiit Doflrines out of Meta– phors, Allegories, &c. and not to draw /lllegories OUt of plain Hijlories. An evil, which too many, with more Pleafantry than good Senfe, are, at prefent, running into. Upon the Whole, it appears to me, that the Re-publication of this Book may be al– tended with jingrtlar Ufefulnefs: Efpecially, 1f it be done (as all Publications of this Kind, oucrht to be) on moderate low Terms ; fuch, I ,;ean, as may permit thePoor, who are of– ten rich in Faith to purchafe it. The Publifhing it at this Time will, alfo, I am in hopes, have its Advantage. As all the great and leading Truths of the Gofpel are explained in fo f\riking a Man– ner. The Chrijlian Reader will fee the Doctrine of the TRINITY ; the Di-oinity of the SoN ofGoo; tbe Perfonality of the lloLy SPIRIT; and the Excellency and ./lutheaticity of divineTruth, placed in aconvincing Point of view; without the labourecl Nonlenfe of the Schoolmen, or the refined Entanglements ofjj:Jiematic Divinity. May the Goo of all 'fntlh, who has been pleafed to ule Similitudes by the M t– niilry of the Prophets; and even by Ius owll Son to fpeak unto us in Parables, gra– ciouily (mile upon your Endeavours; and condefccnd to accept my Prayers in behalf of this Undertaking, tha< it may be effentially ufeful to Mw, and, evenwally, bnng Glory to GoD through JEsus CHRIST our LoRD. I am,- Sir, Your willing Servant for his Sake, H. PECKWELL.
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