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them. Humane Learning in general: Natural Philosophy: Mathematicks, and the whole Circle of Science: But, my Lord, there is no Necessity of leading Your Lordship thro' these several Fields of Knowledge: It will be most Commendable for Your Lordship to gather some of the fairest Fruit from them all, and to lay up a Store of good Sense, and sound Reason, of great Probity, and solid Virtue: This is the true Use of Knowledge, to make it subservient to the great Duties of our most Holy Religion, that as You are daily grounded in the true and saving Knowledge of a

Christian,