20.20 u Gen. 2 Tim. may&wiuraw man from hear this: hearken to the voice of my 26.9. Akido a ride from man By W. DER HA M, late Canon of Windfor, The THIRTEENTH EDITION. EDINBURGH: Printed by ALEX. M' CASLAN, Bookfeller at the Chapel For R. CLARK and A. M'CASLAN. *** To His ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE, Prince of WALES, Prince Electoral of Brunswick, Lunenburg, &c. Duke of Cornwell and Rothfay, Duke and Marquefs of Cambridge, Earl of Chefter, Milford Haven, and Carreck, Viscount North-Allerton, Baron of Tewksbury and Renfrew, Lord of the Islands, and Steward of Scotland, and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter. GREAT SIR, Ya OUR ROYAL HIGHNESS having done me fo great an Honour, as to take this Book under your Patronage, with great Humility and Thankfulness I lay it at your Feet; not doubting but that (whatever my Performance is) the Subject will be acceptable, it being a Vindication of the EXISTENCE and ATTRIBUTES of that infinite BEING, to whom your Royal Highness hath no less pioufly than juftly afcribed your great Royal Father's and your Family's peaceable Acceffion to the Crown, and Dignity of thefe Realms. THAT the Bleffings of the fame most merciful BEING may be perpetuated to your Royal Highnefs and all Yours, is the hearty Prayer of, Moft Illuftrious SIR, Your Royal Highness's moft humble obedient Servant, W. DERH AM . ** то тНЕ READ E R. Notwithstanding that a book is no more complete, and valu able by additions and amendments, yet I think that many and great additions are an hardship and injuftice to the purchafers of a former Edition; and therefore I have in this, and the foregoing Editions, avoided it as much as well I could, although fome of my learned friends would have perfuaded me to it, and alfo contributed their obfervations. But yet from hat I have faid in the Preliminary Difc. p. 3. it will, I doubt not, be expected, that I fhould give some account of the obfervations, which the long and good glasses in my hands have afforded me fince the laft Edition of this book. 2 But I have little to boast of here, having (befides the old former complaint of the want of a long Pole to manage Mr Huygens's Glafs with) many great hindrances in my obfervations, partly by a very dangerous fit of fickness, which hung long about me; and partly by my neceffary affairs calling me to matters of another nature. But fome of the most confiderable of my obfer pations were thefe, |