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T is of no confequence, gentle Reader, to you, any more than it is to Dr. SMITH, that you should know the name of the perfon, who now addreffeth you. Your mind cannot be biaffed, either way, by that, of which you remain ignorant. The remarks in the following pages are not therefore true, or false, because I publish them; but I publish them, because I think them to be true. Read, confider, and determine for yourself. If you find no fatiffaction, throw the book into the fire; regret (but with moderation, as becometh a philofopher) the loss of your fhilling; and take care not to lose another, in the fame manner. If, on the contrary, you should find fatisfaction

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(and, it is humbly hoped, you will find a great deal) neglect not to communicate to others, what has thus been communicated to you. Speak handfomely of me, wherever you go, and introduce me to your kinsfolk and acquaintance. The enemies of Religion are awake; let not her friends fleep.

I intended a much longer work; but like the learned editor of Mr. HUME'S Life, am neceffitated to "gratify," with all poffible expedition, "the impatience "of the public curiofity;" fo eager is it to hear, what they, who believe in GOD, can poffibly have to fay for themfelves. And if this will do the business, why should you be troubled with more? I am far from agreeing with Mr. VOLTAIRE, in all his obfervations. But there is one, in which it is impoffible to disagree with him. "I have faid,

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"and I abide by it," cries the little hero," that the fault of most books is, "their being too large." On reviewing what I have written, I really cannot fee there is occafion to add another fentence.

Had I not chofen, for reafons best known to myself, thus to make my appearance incog. I would certainly have fate for my picture, and have tried to caft a look at my title page, as lively and good humoured, as that of Mr. HUME himself. My bookfeller, indeed, told me, it would have been a much more creditable way of doing the thing; " and then, you know, Sir," faid he, "we could have charged the "other fixpence."

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