I humbly present to your hands ;-you will quickly perceive them to be his by the familiar illustrations wherewith they are set off, and in which you know he was so happy, that, with a marvellous delight to those that heard him, he would presently convey the highest points of religion, and the most important affairs of state to an ordinary apprehension. In reading be pleased to distinguish times, and in your fancy carry along with you the when and the why, many of these things were spoken; this will give them the more life, and the smarter relish. It is possible the entertainment you find in them, may render you the more inclinable to pardon the presumption of Your most obliged, and Most humble Servant, RI. MILWARD. |