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P R E F A C E.

The following little Piece was written in the winter of 1795 and '96; and, as I had not determined whether to publish it during the present war, or to wait till the commencement of a peace, it has lain by me, without alteration or addition, from the time it was written.

What has determined me to publish it now is, a Sermon, preached by Watson, Bishop of Landaff. Some of my readers will recollect, that this Bishop wrote a book, intitled, An Apology for the Bible, in answer to my Second Part of the Age of Reason. I procured a copy of his book, and he may depend upon hearing from me on that subject.

At the end of the Bishop's book is a list of the Works he has written, among which is the Sermon alluded to; it is intitled,

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