A discourse on the miracles of Our Saviour : in view of the present controversy between infidels and apostates . T O T H E Right Reverend Father in God FRANCIS, Lord Bifhop of St. AsaPh. My Lord, F the Convocation hadbeen fitting, I mouldhave made this Dedica-tion to them, and hum-hly implored of them^what for their Love tothe Fathers^ they would readily havegranted^ a Recommendation of the fa myDifcourfes on Miracles to the Clergy:But being unhappily dfappointed of aSefUon of that Reverend and Learned^ -^ A a . Body,. iv Dedication. Bodjfj for whofe wife T)ehates and oY^thodox f^otes I have f
A discourse on the miracles of Our Saviour : in view of the present controversy between infidels and apostates . T O T H E Right Reverend Father in God FRANCIS, Lord Bifhop of St. AsaPh. My Lord, F the Convocation hadbeen fitting, I mouldhave made this Dedica-tion to them, and hum-hly implored of them^what for their Love tothe Fathers^ they would readily havegranted^ a Recommendation of the fa myDifcourfes on Miracles to the Clergy:But being unhappily dfappointed of aSefUon of that Reverend and Learned^ -^ A a . Body,. iv Dedication. Bodjfj for whofe wife T)ehates and oY^thodox f^otes I have ftich a J^eneration,as is not to be exprefs^d in a few Words^I prefently turnd my Thoughts on *jonrLordfiiip, to whom a Dedication isdue J lecauje of your RefpeSl^ often de^dared^ for the Authority of the Fathers^which induces me to think^ you now ap^pove of the Ufe I have made of them. But vihat I am here to applaud fjourLordfhipjfir, eV, your Difcourle caWdDifficulties and Difcouragements, ]^ admirable Satire aguinft modernOrthodoxy and Terfecution! How wasI tickled in the (perufal of it! It isplainly the Senfe of your Soul^ or *jouhad fet your Mame to it: And if theTemptation of Praife for it^ had notheen too great to he refifted^ I couldhave vpifhd you had always conceal dyour felf; and then you had not writtenao^ainjl the Grain^ an aukward Piece onChurch Poweiy like a RetracHation^to reinoratiate your jelj with fome Ec^clefiajiical Noodles, whom you no more^than ly need to care for. Dedication, v I ha
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