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To the Reverend

John Mather, D. D.

Preſident of Corpus Chriſti College, and Vice-Chancellor of the Univerſity of Oxford.

Reverend Sir,

THERE being a demand for a ſecond edition of Teræ Filius, you cannot be ſurprized at this addreſs; nor need I to make any apology for prefixing your name to a book, in which you have already intereſted yourſelf in ſo publick and ſignal a manner.