theEp/leDedicatory. Thatwhichprincipally in this matter I refolvedmy thoughts intp, was a defign to anfwer my own in- clination and defire, in Teftifying a refpectful Ho- nor to a Perfon who in a place ofEminency, bath given fo fair an example of a fingular conjunction in himfelf, of Civil Prudence, and all manner of ufeful Literature, with their mutual Subferviency unto each other ; an endeavour whereof,theWif- dom of all Ages bath efteemed needful], though few individuals have attained unto it. For where- as a defect in Learning, bath tempted fome, other- wife Prudent and Wife in the Management ofAf- fairs, unto a contempt of it; and skill therein, bath given unto others a miftaken confidence, that it alone is fufficient for all the ends ofHumane Life, an Induftrious Attempt , for a furnifhment of the Mindwith a due mixture of them both, bath been greatly Neglected, to the no finali difadvantage of Humane Affairs. It cannot therefore feem {hangs, nor ought any to be offended, that one who dares profefs a great Honour unto , and Admiration of both thefe Endowments ofthe mind ofMan, fhould exprefs them with that refpect, which alone he is capable togive, untoHim, who in a Place of Emi- nent Trull and Employment, hath given a fingu- lar initance of their happy conjunction, and readi- nefs to Coalefce in the fame mind, to enable it unto a regular and Heady purfuit of their common ends. Whether I {hail by this addrefs attain that end, or no, I know not; but this is that whichprincipally I aimed at therein : And to the Reafon whereof I leave theJudgement of my undertakings. But yet I may not omit, that your favour hath alío given me
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