The Epistle Dedicatory.
Gratitude to such Benefactors, degenerated into Superstition: yet has it taught us, that a higher Degree of Reputation is due to Discoverers, than to the Teachers of speculative Doctrines, nay even to Conquerors themselves.
Nor has the true God himself omitted to shew his Value of Vulgar Arts. In the whole History of the first Monarchs of the World, from Adam to Noah, there is no mention of their Wars, or their Victories: All that is recorded is this, they liv'd so many Years, and taught their Posterity to keep Sheep, to till the Ground, to plant Vineyards, to dwell in Tents, to build Cities, to play on the Harp and Organs, and to work in Brass and Iron. And if they deserv'd a Sacred Remembrance, for one na-
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