PREFACE. 



A S the author of the followinv^ letters hath 

 been charged with inhumanity, and yet 

 conjedured to be a clergyman, it is now be- 

 come neceflary to publifh his name; and 

 though it may not be ufual to anfwer an ano- 

 nymous writer, yet, as it is not impoilible that 

 fome readers may have adopted his fentiments, 

 this confideration, and this alone, induces fhe 

 author to anfwer the objed:ions which the 

 critic hath fo wantonly made. Whatever may 

 be the imperfedion of thefe letters, the au- 

 thor is defirous that it fhould fall, as it ougnt, 

 upon himfelf only. The objedions, which 

 he thinks were unnecelTarily made, he has 

 endeavoured to remove. All intentional cruelty 



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