THE 



PREFACE. 



iV" all Jges wherein Learning hath 

 jioiaij},) d^ Complaint hath been made 

 of the Itch of Writings and the MuU 

 titude of worthlefs Books wherewith 

 importunate Scriblers have pejlerd 

 the World: Scribimus indoflii do- 



Tenet infanabile multos fcri- 



bendi cacoethes. / ajn fenfble that this TraBate 



dtique : And 



may likely incur the Cenfure of a fuperfuous Piece^ 

 and^myfelf the Blame of giving the Reader unnecef 

 fary Trouble ^ there having been fo much fo well writ- 

 ten of this SuhjeB by the mofl learned Men of our 

 7ime, Dr. Moore, Dr. Cud worth , Dr. Stilling- 

 ^fleet, late Bifj/)p of Worctdtr, Dr, Parker, late of 

 Oxen ; and, to name no more, the honourable Robert 

 Boyle Efq-, fo that it will fieedfome Apology, -. Firft 

 therefore in Excufe of it 1 plead, that there are in 

 it fome Conf. derations new and untouched by others -, 

 wherein i/-^ I be mifiaken, I alle^ge^ Secondly, That 



the 



