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Lights: It is then that the true Disciples of Christ would rejoice with exceeding great Joy: since such an Amendment could have no other end, than the ensuring the most durable Happiness to Mankind; by giving birth to that substantial Piety, wherein the Heart and the Understanding, also, sincerely Unite. And I And I am, with many others, grossly deceived, if the EPOCHA Would not be as glorious for your Grace, through all Posterity, as it would be highly advantageous to Christianity. To take away the complicated Veil which has been thrown over the Gospel, and offer it, as it were, anew to Mankind, in all its genuine Beauty and Perspicuity; divested of the fallacious supports of human device, of delusive Obligations*, and Learned Subtilty:-this is the mark we press toward (Philipp. iii, 14) with a steady but peaceable spirit:-to that pure and all-diffusive Light, which, unobscured by earthly system, would enlighten every man that cometh into the world. "The more simple and unexceptionable "a Religion is, the dearer will it be to those "who understand it, and know what it is to

"Men will compel others, not to think with them, for "that is impossible, but to say they do, upon which they "obtain full leave not to think or reason at all, and this is " called Unity."-Dr. Jortin's Rem. on Eccl. Hist., Preface, p. xxii, edit. 1751.

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enjoy it." In the recovery of "such a Religion," my Lord, "Charity would be a gainer, "and Faith would be no loser, and it would be "an easier task to satisfy Doubters, to bring "over Infidels, and to re-unite Believers *." You would not want the ready assistance of many among the most Valuable and Learned of your Clergy, and you have this Peculiar advantage, that it would be impossible to charge your Grace, in such an important undertaking, with any Sinister views or Worldly motives whatsoever. May the same Almighty Being, who hath called you into your Eminent State in the Church, inspire you to do that which is right in His sight, and enable you to lead your extensive Flock in the true Paths of Righteousness and Peace.

I conclude this Letter with an earnest Prayer; That the God of Truth may condescend to guide and support All those who are labouring in its Cause That CHRISTIANITY may flourish in its utmost extent: That Mankind may enjoy all those permanent Blessings, which may be expected from a steady Obedience to its Divine Precepts: And, especially, that we may never fail in our deepest Gratitude to HIM, from

* Ibid. p. xxxv.

Whom those Precepts were truly Derived *; nor in our sincerest Love to that benevolent Being who Delivered them. Now, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to HIM who is the FATHER of Mercies and the God of all Comfort, Be Glory, Adoration, and Gratitude in the Highest, to all Eternity. Amen,

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