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��"VTOTy I believe Tradition., luliicli doth call ■^ ^ T/ie Jlfii/es, Virtues^ Graces., Females all\ Only they are not nine, eleven nor three', Our All th'^refs proves them but one unity. Mankind take up fome bliijlies on the /core \ Monopolize perfection no more] In your otun Arts, confefs your /elves out-done, The Moon hath totally eclips''d the Sun, JVot with her fable Mantle muffling him', But her bright fiver makes his gold look dim\ fiif as his beams force our pale lamps to ivink. And earthly Fires, ivithin their ajlies firink.

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are thought to be those of the Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge, D.D., brother of the Rev. John Woodbridge. He was born in England, and after having studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, came to join his brother, and some other relations, in this country. He entered Harvard College, and his name stands first on the list of graduates. He was among the first set- tlers of the town of Andover; but he soon returned to England, where he succeeded the Rev. William Twiss, D.D., as minister of Newbury, in
 * These initials, which appeared for the first time in the second edition,

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