A discourse on the miracles of Our Saviour : in view of the present controversy between infidels and apostates . to THE Right Reverend Father in God R I C H A R D, Lord Bifhop of St. Davids. My Lor o, N your Scrnign before; the Society for Refor-mation of Manners,you are plea fed to givea Charader of my for-mer Dijcoitrjcon CbrifFs Miracles*^which, tho 1 dont at all lik^, yet Ithank you for the Favour of tak-ing Notice of them; a Fdvony that1 have longd for from a conliJera-ble Clergy mm, but could not flat- A a tcr. iV Dedication. fe myftlf with the Hopes of receiv-ing it from fo great a Trel
A discourse on the miracles of Our Saviour : in view of the present controversy between infidels and apostates . to THE Right Reverend Father in God R I C H A R D, Lord Bifhop of St. Davids. My Lor o, N your Scrnign before; the Society for Refor-mation of Manners,you are plea fed to givea Charader of my for-mer Dijcoitrjcon CbrifFs Miracles*^which, tho 1 dont at all lik^, yet Ithank you for the Favour of tak-ing Notice of them; a Fdvony that1 have longd for from a conliJera-ble Clergy mm, but could not flat- A a tcr. iV Dedication. fe myftlf with the Hopes of receiv-ing it from fo great a Trelate, Some of the inferior C/^rg;jK5 whomI defpife for their Ignorance andMalice, have before in their Con-verfation reprefented me as an im-pious and blaf^hemoiis Infidtl; and Ihave met with Affronts for it: But1 never imagind that any, much lefsyour hordjhip^ would have venturdiuch a Charadler of me from theTrefs^ for fear of a Refentment,which would not be agreeable. Sure-ly your hordjhi[> has not read myi>ifcourJeSy but has taken a Reportof them upon Truft, from fomeEcelefiaiHcal Noodle y or you couMnever have been fo much miftakenabout my Deiign in them. 1 took myfelf to be a Chriftianof the fame Faith with the Fatliersof the Church ; and, without Va-liity, think, 1 have publifhd fomeTraits^ in Defence of Chriftianity, equal Dedication. v equal, if not fupcrior to any Thingthis Age has produced. 1 repeat-edly alfo in my ^Dijcourjcs on Mira-cles^ to obviate the Prejudices of anignorant Clergy^ made f
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