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The Epiſtle Dedicatory.
that with judgment doth contract the vaſt body of Divinity into an Abridgment, doth imitate God, who having the firſt day diffuſed the light through the whole Hemiſphere, contracted it, and as it were epitomized the fourth day within the body of the Sun: Be that will condemn Epitomies, condemn himſelf for man is the epitomie of the World, But I muſt avoid prolixity in commending this Epitomie, left my practiſe thwart my words. My Lord, This Book is the Epitome of Divinity; and this Epiſtle, the Epitomie of my true affection, and many thanks I owe you and yours: on whom I wiſh the influence of all happineſſe, which is the hearty deſire of
Your Lordſhips
Humble Servant
Alexander Ross
