to denote the general aptnefs of Mankind to be deluded and 
deceived, he hath publiQit a well-grounded Hiftory of the Three 
late famous Imf o (lures ihtfirfl ^ meerly Cafu^l and innocentj 
in Padre Qttomanno^, x}iitfecond, bold and impudent, iwMaho- 
mH^ei\ the /^/r^, -a confident Cheat, in Sabatat Se^i, the 
Jews Counterfeit MelTias : In the otkr Trace , Publick JEm- 
flojment and an Active Life are freferrdto Solitude, 
Thus He^and other Generous perfons^can in the crowd of pub- 
lic bufinefs^findjOr make lelfure to oblige all men 5 v^Hltt Morofe 
^choelmeriy and Narrow Crtticks^ make it their main bufinefs to 
outgoe Satan in their falfe Accufations, difingenuous Surmifes^ 
ani immodeft Difturbances of the nobleft endeavors and at- 
chievments. 
But thrice happy were all England) if every where, Vv'ith uni- 
ted minds and affections we were as heartily inclin'd,and as active 
to cultivate this our kind Soil for an Elyfium, as this Liberal 
Author is now bufie and preparing for the Prefs another more 
Auguft and Noble Work, bearing the Title of Englands Eljft- ^ 
urn. This was the Method of the Great Creator He planted 
the fr(t ParaUje for an EntertainTient of Innocent Man- and 
introduced the firft Lectures of Experimental Philofophy upon 
Animals and Vegetables. And again, when Gods peculiar 
People after the Conqueft of their Eriemies, were firft eftabliilu 
in peace and profperity, their Pbilofofhical Monarch was infpi- 
red with the foblimefl: Wifdom; not only for the Building of a 
Glorious Temple in the Holy City, bucalfo for the Culture 
of the Land of Promife with the Plantations of Cardens and 
! Orchards^and for the Experimental knowledg c f all Vegetables. 
And thoi alfo.as modern Princes m.ay laudably follow the great- 
eft Examples of all foregoing ages,his Majepie immediately after 
h's ReftauratioD, made it his firft work to Recover the Church 
to its Primitiiie Faith and Order : Thence he proceeded , f^prc- 
, mote the fevera! Branches of the Antient Wifdom > the know- 
ledge both oi>/^^/^r<.'5 .by theproper Teft. ofGods owo.Works-, 
and of all Exreltent Arts, Medical^ Chymical, Marhematica], 
snd Mechanicals Archicecmre Naval,. Civil and Military, for 
the ftieRgthening of his Royal Navy^ theiepairing of his Pa- 
j 1 ceSj and the rebuilding of our Chief City inc mp:rably f irer 
