"We want a system, which is the world as God made it, and not as Men have made it." Lord Bacon, "Great is the Earth, high is the Heaven, swift is the Sun in his course, for he compasseth LONDON: PRINTED BY W. A. WRIGHT, 12, FULWOOD'S RENTS, HIGH HOLBORN, 1834. Libr Fletcher 10-17-45 53397 ΤΟ THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. May it please your Majesties, I cannot pay a higher compliment to your Majesties than by dedicating a book to you, wherein it is humbly attempted to vindicate the works of, and to do honour to, the SUPREME WISDOM, who, as She appears to have furnished your Majesties with so many valuable and rich endowments of mind, whereby to manifest an exalted discernment, I venture to crave that your Majesties may deign to countenance my humble endeavours; and notwithstanding I have in some degree followed the method of Plato, who intermingled his philosophy with theology (which is so objected to by the mathematicians, whose science is but the handmaid to physics), that your Majesties will, regardless of the objection, favour my labours with your patronage. The charitable or religious world, in doing homage to your Majesties' condescension, will rejoice at seeing |
