CHRISTIAN Reader, I do here present and commend unto thee a Book of great worth and singular use, which was written and finished about 60 years since: The Author whereof is well known to be so universally eminent in all Learning, and of that deep Knowledge and Judgment in Sacred Divinity, that he transcendeth all Elogies and Praises which I can give him. I commend it unto thee (Christian Reader) under a twofold Notion. The first respecteth the Subject Matter of this whole
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