By ROBERT BARCLAY, And fince tranflated into HIGH DUTCH, Low DUTCH, The EIGHTH EDITION in ENGLISH. LONDON: Printed by J. PHILLIPS, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, AND Sold by the Bookfellers of LONDON and WESTMINSTER. M.DCC.LXXX. то CHARLES II. KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, ROBERT BARCLAY, A Servant of JESUS CHRIST, called of God to the Dispensation of the Gospel now again revealed, and, after a long and dark Night of Apoftafy, commanded to be preached to all NATION S, wifheth Health and Salvation. ་ S the condition of kings and princes placeth them in a ftation more obvious to the view and obfervation of the world, than that of other men; of whom, as Cicero obferves, neither any word or action can be obfcure; fo are thofe kings, during whofe appearance upon the ftage of this world it pleaseth the GREAT KING OF KINGS fingularly to make known unto men the wonderful steps of his unfearchable providence, more fignally obferved, and their lives and actions more diligently remarked, and inquired into by pofterity; efpecially if those things be fuch as not only relate to the outward tranfactions of this world, but also are fignalized by the manifestation or revelation of the knowledge of God in matters fpiritual and religious. Thefe A 2 are |