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Dedication.
ſhould have at heart its Glory and Welfare: but it is an uncommon Happineſs that thoſe, who look upon themſelves as the Magiſtrates, or rather as the Maſters, of a more holy and more ſublime Country, ſhould expreſs ſome Affection for the earthly Country that maintains them. How pleaſing it is to be able to make in our favour ſo ſingular an Exception! and to place among the Number of our beſt Citizens thoſe zealous Depoſitaries of the ſacred Articles of Faith, which the Laws have authorized, thoſe venerable Paſtors of Souls, whoſe ſweet and lively Eloquence is ſo much the better qualified to plant in the Hearts of Men the Maxims of the
Goſpel,
