xx The AUTHOR'S PREFACE. 



by his afliduity in other refpe&s *, but this I fhall never regret, 

 if, in any meafure, I can contribute to promote the glory of God, 

 and the public welfare. 

 Bergen, May i. 1751. 



* Qui multa agit, fepe fortunae poteftatem fui facit, quam tutiffimum eft rare ex-' 

 periri. Seneca de Tranquillit. Anim. Cap. xi 11, 



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