Pickering 6-3-42 45100 PREFACE. T may not perhaps be admitted as a fuffi cient Apology for the many Imperfections of the following Production, should the Author fay, that it was never intended for the Prefs. However he hopes that the candid Reader will allow that fome Faults may be pardoned, when he finds that Indecency is not one of them. His principal Motive for fending thefe Trifles into the World, arose from the Encouragement he met with from Friends, which were too flattering to be refisted. His private Reasons his Friends are not unacquainted with; but to publish them would be no Gratification to any one. He He cannot forbear taking this Opportunity of making his Acknowledgments to the Rev. Mr. for his kind Affiftance in this Business; without the Aid of his correcting Hand, imperfect as thefe Compositions are, they would have been much more fo. The Author is proud of having received fuch Favors from fuch a Friend, which he will never forget fo long as he fhall be able to remember any thing. |