. The history of the English Baptists, from the Reformation to the beginning of the reign of King George I. THE PREFACE. HO EVER writes a Bookfeems by cuftom obliged towrite a preface to it; where-in it is expected, he mouldfhew the motives which in-duced him to write the now many years fince the materials,of which a great part of this treatife is form-ed, came into my hands. Had the ingeni-ous collector of them lived to digeft them Mr. Benj,in their proper order, according to his , they would have appeared much morebeautiful and correct, than now they do. Imight here e
. The history of the English Baptists, from the Reformation to the beginning of the reign of King George I. THE PREFACE. HO EVER writes a Bookfeems by cuftom obliged towrite a preface to it; where-in it is expected, he mouldfhew the motives which in-duced him to write the now many years fince the materials,of which a great part of this treatife is form-ed, came into my hands. Had the ingeni-ous collector of them lived to digeft them Mr. Benj,in their proper order, according to his , they would have appeared much morebeautiful and correct, than now they do. Imight here expatiate in his praife, and fay agreat deal of my own knowledge, both as tohis induftry and acquirements: But, as Ifhall hereafter have occafion to mention him,I omit it here : And mail annex to this pre-face the feveral opinions of the firfl rife ofthe Baptifis, which he defigned as an intro-duction to his intended hiftory of them; be-a ing ii The P R E FA C E. ing the only piece of that work which he hadfcompleated. I was in hopes fome able hand wouldhave undertaken to compleat what was wan-ting, in order to fini
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