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upon all the Antients, that have spokenfavourably of the Revelations ascribedto St. John. And yet so great a Stran-ger ts he to many of them , that he knowsnot how to write their 'proper Names atfull Length : But feeing them in Du Pin,and Basnage, with French Terminations ,has very unluckily giiefjed at their origi-nal Orthography. And hence proceed thebarbarous Names of Meliton, St. Metho-dus, p. 47. St. Amphilochus, p. 58. Phæ-bades, p. 60. Pacienus, p. 60. Philastris,p. 61. Primasus, p. 63. Aretas <m/PopeGelasus, p. 92. &c. By this .the Readermay guess at the Attainments of our Cri-tical Historian. But what he wants inKnowledge, is made up in Malice andintrepid Scandal. Insomuch that where-,ever these Memoirs of his obtain Credit ,the Authority of the Fathers mujl needsfall into utter Difefleem.

How the Enemies of Revelation canreconcile this defamatory Usage of theAncients to their own boas ed Benevo-lence, / fee not ♦ It is surely in vain for