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 I am a hearty Diſpenſero, and if they have got any thing by me, much good may it do them. It is my onely fear, they will miſtake when they read, for were I to live long, which I am confident I ſhall not, I would make no other wiſh, but that my years might be as many as their Errors. I ſpeak not this out of any contempt, for I undervalue no man; It is my Experience in this kind of learning, which I ever made my Buſineſs, that gives me the boldneſs to ſuſpect a poſsibility of the ſame faylings in others, which I have found in my ſelf. To conclude, I would have my Reader know, that the Philoſophers finding this life ſubjected to Neceſſitie, and the Neceſsity was inconſiſtant with the Nature of the Soul, they did therefore look upon Man, as a Creature originally ordained for ſome better State then the preſent, for this was not agreeable with his ſpirit. This thought made them ſeek the Ground of his Creation, that if poſſible, they might take hold of Libertie, and tranſcend the Diſpenſations of that Circle, which they Myſteriouſly cal’d Fate. Now what this really ſignifies not