Such primitive Doctrine, _My Lord_, as I have reviv'd, must, in the Judgment of our _Bishops_, be deserving of their distinguish'd Favours: And if they should Design for me such a _mystical_ Crown of Glory, as the _Gentile Priests_ help'd some of the Fathers of the Church to; I profess without Dissimulation, that, for all my Love to _Mysteries_, it will be more than I am ambitious of: But if the Honour is forc'd on me, it will be my Duty to their _Lordships_, to sound an _allegorical_ Trumpet of their Fame, that their Names, which, might otherwise be soon forgotten, may be everlastingly remember'd for their Love and Good-will towards me. But the chief Foundation, _My Lord_, of my Merits lies, they say, in my Treatment of the Miracles of our Saviour, after the Manner you handled a Scripture-Prophecy, of a _Man's kicking a Serpent on the Pate, for biting him by the Heels_: And if your _Lordship_ got a _Welsh-Bishoprick_ upon it, what may not I expect for my more meritorious Works of the same kind? The Great _Mr. Scheme_ has celebrated your Praise for that Effort of your Wit: And I must needs say, to your _Lordship_'s Applause, that were not your Thoughts unhappily shackled with Interest and Subscriptions, (an Unhappiness you sadly lament!) you would endeavour to make as pleasant Work with the _Letter_ of the _Old_, as I can do with that of the _New_ Testament. I have not here Room, _My Lord_, for a sufficient and deserv'd _Encomium_ on your _Use and Intent of Prophecy_; therefore must be content to say of it, in short, that it is a most curious Piece of, what the Fathers call, _Engastromuthism_; or such a singular Specimen of a Webb, spun out of a Man's own Bowels, as one of fewer Brains in his Head can hardly equal. It was wisely done of your _Lordship_ to caution your Readers against taking your _Book_ for an Answer to Mr. _Grounds_; otherwise it had not been impossible, but some others as well as the _Worshipful Benchers_ of the _Temple_ might have mistaken the _Use_ and _Intent_ of it. After I had gone thro' your _beautifully-printed_ Work, I wish'd, _My Lord_, for another _Decoration_ of it, that some Annotations out of the Fathers had been subjoin'd to it. How would your Notions then and Theirs about Prophecy have stood as a _Foil_ to each other! How should I then have admired the Difference between a _Rich_ Bishop and a _Poor_ Father as to Wit and Sense! How should I then have contemplated the Usefulness of Ecclesiastical Wealth in our _Clergy_ for the Understanding of the Inspirations of the poor old Prophets!