The Epistle Dedicatory.

all good Men that bpow you , or havehad a true CharaBer of you z whichmay jerve to firengthen your Handsm the Management and Adminifira—tion of so difficult a Province f thoughyou need no such Support , as beingsufficiently involved and armed by your¥wtues^ and proteBed by the AlmightyPower and Providence\ Those that

are Good and JVife are pleased andsatisfied^ when Great Men are pre-f erred to Great Places ; and thmkitpity that Persons of large and pub-lic b^Spirits should be confined to nar-trow Spheres of ABion , and wantPield to exercise and employ those richTalents and Abilities wherewith theyare endowed 9 in doing all the Goodthey are thereby qualified and inclined

to do. My