Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, be the ONLY True God, Supreme over All, and the Only Proper Object of Prayer, and of all Divine or Supreme Worship, Through Jesus Christ our Mediator: And, more Especially, it should be well Considered, What is the real Doctrine (stripped of all Human Inventions) on These Fundamental Articles, Contained in That Revelation which we are taught to Believe came from God Himself. Otherwise, without these Momentous Points being first Settled, all Religion must be Confusion; and, consequently, the most sincere and Pious Persons may easily be Misled in their Religious Duties, Misplace their Principal Dependence, and Direct their Solemn Worship to Wrong and Improper Objects. LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, то HIS GRACE JOHN LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Mz, that I am the LORD.-JEREMIAH ix, 24. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER who is in heaven.—MATT. v, 16. Ille verò (Christus) exhibuit Deo fidem; Docuit enim quòd Unus Deus sit, eumque Solum coli oportere; nec unquam se ipse Deum dixit: quia non servâsset fidem, si missus, ut Deos tolleret, et unum assereret, induceret Alium præter Unum. -LACTANTIUS de Vera SapiENTIA. THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. ΤΟ HIS GRACE JOHN LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. MY LORD; ALTHOUGH the Principles contained in my Endeavour to Elucidate the Unity of God are opposed to a long prevailing Opi nion in the Church over which you Preside, yet, I humbly presume, your Grace has not determin, ed to refuse your attention to Arguments, that are seriously and temperately offered against that Opinion, especially when they are fairly brought from those very Records on which it is supposed to be founded. The Respect I feel for your sacred Function, secures me from giving you the least Intentional Offence. I have no Symptoms of such a design in my heart. And, therefore, I flatter myself, that you will believe me, my |