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My Friends,

OU all know, it iſh a cuſhtomary ting via de Clergy, fen dey are going to preach a Sharmon, dat dey vill be tak a text from ſhum particular plaſh of de Scripture ; but for dat very raſhon, becauſe he iſh cuſhtomary, I vill not do it. For I love to be Shingular: And you know Shingularity in the right, iſh never a crime yet.

And aſh dere are a great many of you gather here upon diſh occaſhon, ſhum vid an honeſt intention, no doubt, to be inſtructed, dan lay yourſhelves open to de conviction of de truth, ſhum perhaps, to make Sheſt of our Holy Decree, and laugh at de fooleries of de Maſs, as dey vill profanely ſpeak: In ſhort, as dere are a great many of you gather here, ſhum Phipſyterian, ſhum Shurch of Engliſhman, and ſhum Roman Catholic, I ſhall preach you a ſharmon in Engliſh, dat you vill all equally underſtand fat I vas ſhay. And