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LETTER XVII. 
I RECOLLECT, that, in fome part of my' 
laft letter, I gave you what feemed to me 
a fufficient reafon why Beaufobres Commen- 
tary on the Gofpel of St. Matthew was among 
the firft books put into your hands by your 
Tutor. The College perfectly acquainted 
with your total ignorance of any fyftem of 
Morality, and equally uninftru&ed in the 
fundamental proofs and tenets of Chriftia- 
nity; confequently, confidering you as a 
veftel launched into a dangerous ocean with- 
out a compafs wifely begins your Uni- 
verfity education with the inftitutes of Chrif- 
tianity. 
To you, who have been told that the late 
King of Pruflia was a declared infidel in 
regard to the divine origin of Chriftianity, 
it muft appear ftrange, that the above men- 
tioned Commentary (hould have been un- 
dertaken at the command of that monarch. 
The tranflator's preface tells you, that It 
having been reprefented to his Majefty that 
the French verfions of the holy Scriptures, 
being, by length of time, become obfolete 
and 
