avington, senge. THE ENTHUSIASM OF METHODISTS AND PAPISTS COMPARE D. In THREE PARTS. VOL. II. LONDON, Printed for J. and P. KNAPTON, in Ludgate-Street, M DCC LIV. Read SIR, A S you make fo confiderable a Figure in the enJuing Difcourfe, you may claim a Sort of Right to this Addrefs; which at length waits upon you (as the Former on Mr. Whitefield) unftained with the too common Daub of Flattery, and yet paying due Regard to your Merits. My Third Part of this Comparison was ready for the Prefs above a Twelve-Month ago: But the Publication was delayed, on Account of your Fifth Journal, and your Letter to the Author of the Enthufiafm, &c. both of which faw the Light about the fame Time. This, with various other Interruptions, bath prevented my earlier Appearance, and likewife occafioned no fmall Additions. You have acquainted us, "that your Journals are but Extracts from your larger Diary; it not being your Defign to relate all Particulars." The greater is the Pity, fay I. What a Curiofity bath the World loft! It is Matter of fome Concern too, that, in general, your Journals came not out sooner, after the Facts, which they relate; and particularly your Fifth: Which b 1 Journ. Preface. |