or Friar) who pretend to Revelations of any kind, should give a satisfactory Account, 1st, From whence it is. 2dly, What it is. 3dly, Why it is. 4thly, To whom it is. 5thly, How it is, and 6thly, Whence, or from what place it is reveal'd.
To this end therefore, and that the Reader, my dear and kind and learned Reader, may the better understand the Nature and Value of the Present which I make him; I shall observe the following Method: First, I shall give some Account, both of my self and my good Genius, from whom I receiv'd it. 2dly, I shall mention the Reasons of my publishing it, and also my Care and Conduct about it. 3dly, I shall answer all kind of Objections, that are or can be made, against this wonderful Treasure I am putting into their Hands, and lastly, I shall give my Friends, (my great, wife and numerous Friends) the learned World, (the good, judicious and learned World) and Posterity, (our noble and excellent Posterity worthy of their admirable Ancestors) some Cautions about it, and so leave it to its Fate.
As to the first point then, I must own that I am descended in a direct Line by the Mother's side, from a Son of that famousCount
