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zure^all Stones are frees 3nd the late deceafcd King^ 'Mdull 
Cutopjhaw of the former, diXid Edelfiatv of the iatterj would noc 
only give very great prizes for large Srones^ but richly veft and 
prefent the Merchant that fold r hem with Horfes or fomething 
elfe of value, thereby encouraging others to brirg the like* Buc 
the prtienr Kir)g of V/fiapre is a Child , and theKingof Gij/r^;^- 
<5?^V delights foleJy plealcd on light Women-dancers,and Trick- 
lliewers, that he neither minds nor many things more 
necefiary, coniraif ring the Governn^ent of his Kingdom co a Tel" 
lingd Bramwee^ which the Mufslema^ not well refenting, does in 
fomem^afureihreatentheftability of hisState^ 
jin iccmnt of fomB Books : 
I. the Primitive Origimtioit of Mankifsd , confidered and exa- 
mined acc or di^sg to the Light of Nature ; Ej the Homurable 
Sir Matthew Hsik.KtJate Lord Chief Jufiice of his Majtftjes 
Court of Kings Bench. Londm^i 677. infoL 
THe Worthy and Learned Author of this Book (whofe 
Death is exceedingly regretted by all good and iorejli» 
gent men , upon the account of his fingu/ar integriiy and great 
knowledge) hath. therein. principally confidered ihefe parti- 
culars : 
I. That according to the Light of Naf lire and right Reafon 
the World was not Eternal, but had a beginning. Where, having 
occafionally treated of the Excellency of Human Nature , fce 
briefly confiders the feveral Hjfpot he fes concern wg the Eternity 
of theWorldj refuting. thofe Objeftions made byfomeagaind 
the Truths del iver'd by him. 
II, Thar, if there could be any imaginable doubt of the 
Worlds having a Beginning, yet by the neceflary evidence of 
Natural Light it doth appear, that Mankinc/ ijad a beginning, 
and that the Succeflivc Generations of Men ^ere in ciieir Origi- 
nal ex non genitis. Where he delivers Eight Evidences to evince 
the Beginning of Mankind , and thofe fo many Proofs of Faft § 
whereof the f is taken from the Antiquity of Hiftory and 
the Chroaologieal Account of Times : They2'r^;^^i,from the ap- 
parent Evidences of the firft Foundation of thegreateft and 
ancienteft: Kingdoms and Empires : The third, from the Invent 
tionof Arts: The/^»r^^, from the beginnings of the Religions 
and Deities of the Heathens where the Author concealsnoc the 
deficiency of this proof: Thej^/&, from the Decays of Humeri 
Nature? 
