THE DIFFICULTIES

OF

INFIDELITY.

Εστι γαρ δόκιμον νόμισμα, και άλλο κίβδηλον, όπερ ουδέν έλαττον απατά τους ιδιώτας, ου μην τους αργυρομοιβούς, οί ίσασι μαθόντες το τε παρακεχαραγμένον και το δόκιμον χωρίζειν και διακρίνειν.

Clem. Αlex. Strom. lib. ii. p. 365.

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TO THE

RIGHT REVEREND

THOMAS BURGESS, D.D.

BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S,

THIS WORK,

THE SUBJECT OF WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY HIMSELF,

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OVER WHICH HE SO WORTHILY PRESIDES,

IS

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BY HIS

OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT

THE AUTHOR.