ihi^ mffree Addre^fs fHdf hdve no appearance of uhco^^Ij ehfeqm^ 
cufnejsMtmAj k fupforted h^j firm grounds &f fober andgenerallj 
achowlcdged Jnfth, And in this Age ofCalurm) we have good 
cat^fe rn reyjce in the C&nfficuous Examples of }uch^ as have perfo- 
nallj asftjled^and therein proved theirftnefs to officiate, at the high- 
ghefl Altars Jor the Government ^and for the Safety and Ornament 
of the churchy and who withall have made the deepefl Refearches 
into the Wor ks of God^ of Nature^ and of Art. Tht^sit was in the 
frfi Mod'd of theJVorld^ before ff yitlejs Contrcuer/les and verbal 
AitercutioHs had made a wide difference betweeniheWotksof God 
and the Notions ot Men. Antiquity attributesfhe fir (I Monumen- 
tal Hieroglyphicks to Seths Pillars - the firfi: Mval Archite5Ittre 
t& Noah 5 the Syderal Arts to Abraham 5 the iolj Utenfils^fittefl 
for a portable T^aberrtacle ^to Moks'^ the irchiteSiure of the 
fairefi; Temple to Solomon*, and generally tkmofi Ufeful Sci- 
ences ^to the no lefs Devout than Wife Men of thi Eafi. Andthofe 
lHufiriofts Propagators of the Gofpel^who in the Primitive conflicts 
and difireffes/f the Chmchwere enabledtodifpel the darkenefs of 
the Gentiles , both by their Writings and Su^enngs^were many of 
them thsbefi; Philofophers of thole Ages 5 at leaf ofthofe Country es, 
where thsy difpenfed the J^eavenly My (leries. 
This Congratuldtion we owe more particnlarlytoyour Lordfhip for 
thoje Divine Difcourfes^in which you have fndickelj ^.refuted Ar 
ihd(m€9 and with it thofe Men, who fiandin tkir own light ^in de- 
nyin^ the be^ Evidences of their own Priviled[es andthtir furefl 
titles to an Happy Eternity, And hence alfo 'heSenfualifls and 
Men of Animofities and of a endlefs Contentions nay learn ^that thej^ 
who follow clofefi: to the (freight Line ^ and ari in the nearefl ap^ 
poaches to the Center of T ruth^ and to the Fount an of Purity ^as they 
are more fecur^d from Deviations, and the lofs i Time Jo they have 
freer Spirits and better leifure to advance th\ General Benefit of 
Mankind. And hence I account myfelf well Jfured of your Lord- 
fhips countenance 9 whilf} I am faithfully deipted to thefe ends^ 
being always 
MyLORD 
Your Lordflilps 
Very Humble and mucfi Obliged Servant 
Henry Oldenburg Soc. Reg, Sec, 
