iv DEDICATION. 



into the Empire of Nature : but as in Divi- 

 nity, a willing Mind j fo in Learning, the 

 heft Endeavour will be accepted. And tho* 

 the Book cannot recommend it ielf to you^ 

 your Name may recommend it to others, 



Happy are the Times, when Knowledge 

 is the ftudy of thofe who have fuperior Abi- 

 lities for it : Happy therefore is the prefent 

 Age, that has you, among many other Learn- 

 ed, fo eminent an Encourager of it. 



T H o' elevated Minds dire£l all their con- 

 cern to what they Jhould be^ and not to any 

 Applaule for what they really are ; yet, if 

 to delineate their Excellency be offenfive to 

 Modefty, the Sincerity with which it is done, 

 will^ it is hoped, fecure their Pardon. 



Now, what is it that makes the great Cha- 

 racter, but Knowledge in all its diverfity, a 

 SoUicitoufnefs for the Spread of Arts and 

 Sciences, excelling in one's particular Station 

 of Life, and being divinely forward to all 

 the high Offices of Humanity } This is the 



Pidlune 



