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PREFACE.
Am so sensible of the Nicety of the following Subject, and the Ill-nature of the Age, that tho' I have Introduc'd it with all the Protestations of a resolv'd Caution, and of tying my self down to all possible Modesty in the whole Work; and tho' I have concluded it with due Explanations, and a free Appeal to the most impartial Judges, yet I cannot but add a Word of Preface.
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