_If the_ Convocation _had been sitting, I would have made this Dedication to them, and humbly implored of them, what, for their Love to the Fathers, they would readily have granted, a Recommendation of these my_ Discourses _on_ Miracles _to the_ Clergy: _But being unhappily disappointed of a Session of that_ Reverend _and_ Learned _Body, for whose wise Debates and orthodox Votes I have such a Veneration, as is not to be express'd in a few Words, I presently turn'd my Thoughts on your_ Lordship, _to whom a_ Dedication _is due, because of your Respect, often declared, for the Authority of the Fathers, which induces me to think, you now approve of the Use I have made of them_. _But what I am here to applaud your_ Lordship _for, is, your_ Discourse _call'd_ Difficulties and Discouragements, _&c. That admirable Satire against modern Orthodoxy and Persecution! How was I tickled in the Perusal of it! It is plainly the Sense of your Soul, or you had set your Name to it: And if the Temptation of Praise for it, had not been too great to be resisted, I could have wish'd you had always conceal'd your self; and then you had not written against the Grain, an aukward Piece on_ Church Power, _like a Retraction, to reingratiate your self with some Ecclesiastical_ Noodles, _whom you no more, than, I need to care for_. _I have sometimes wondered_, My Lord, _where and when the Great Mr._ Grounds _imbibed his notable Notions about Religion and Liberty; for he suck'd them not in with his Mothers Milk, who, I suppose, train'd him up in the Belief of Christianity: But when I consider'd, that he was once the_ Pupil _of Mr._ Hare _at_ Cambridge, _my wonder ceas'd. Under your_ Lordship_'s Tuition, it seems he laid the Foundation of his distinguish'd Learning and Opinions! His Pupillage will be your immortal Honour! I wonder, none of the Writers against him have as yet celebrated your Praise for it! How does he imitate and resemble his_ Tutor _in Principles! I can't say, he surpasses you, since there is such a Freedom of Thought and Expression in your_ Difficulties, _&c. so strongly savouring of Infid--ty, that he has not as yet equall'd_.