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Show frtfdct. .the Principles whereby they ~ay ~e judged : which being known, tt wtll not•be difficult to accommodate that which is faid to the fubjeet matter, and to extend it as much as you will. I have fometimes alleged the. very words of antient Writers, where they were fuch, that they might feem fpoken with authority 1 or with a fingular grace :. whiclf I ,bave done in the Greek too now and . then , but efpecially where either the fentO(!ce was iliort, or whofe Elegancy I co·ulq not hope to.equal by my tranllation. To conclude ; the Liberty I have taken co my felf in judging the Sen· tences ~nq Writing of oti1er men, ... let All, I humbly in treat them, into whofe hands this Book fhall come, take the fame to themfelves upon me. They ili~ll not · more readily adKt}onilb.me pf any errour, than I will. obey their admonition. A~d at this inftant, ·if here, be· any y.. thl.l)g fpokcn by me diifentancous to P.iety, or good manqers, or l1oly ~cnptu~e ; 1f 4~y thing ~gainft the . · Confent .,.. t- • ~ , . Confcnt of the Chriftian Church ; or againft any T 1·uth, with all my heart I wiih lt never f poken, .... .1 . |