TO THE 

 HONOURABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND 



BROWNLOW, 



LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, 



DISTINGUISHED 



BY HIS SOLICITUDE TO ENCOURAGE 



USEFUL LITERATURE, 



AND BY HIS UNREMITTED ATTENTION TO PROMOTE 

 THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHRISTIANITY, 



THE FOLLOWING WORK, 



IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN THE DESIGN OF THE AUTHOR 



TO INCULCATE ONLY THE 



PUREST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL RELIGION, 



AND TO EXHIBIT, 



AS FAR AS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN OF HIS 

 UNDERTAKING, 



THE WISDOM OF GOD, 



IN THE WORKS OF CREATION, 

 IS RESPECTFULLY, 



AND WITH GREAT DEFERENCE, 



INSCRIBED. 





