THERON AND ASPASIO: BY THE LATE REVEREND JAMES HERVEY, A. M. RECTOR OF WESTON-FAVEL, IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; Pfal. Ixxi. 13. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR J. & A. DUNCAN, J. & M. ROBERTSON, GLASGOW. ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY FRANCIS SHIRLEY. IF MADAM, F Christianity was inconfiftent with true politenefs, or prejudicial to real happinefs, I fhould be extremely injudicious, and inexcufably ungrateful, in prefenting thefe Effays to your LADYSHIP. But as the religion of Jefus is the grand ornament of our nature, and a fource of the fublimeft joy, the purport of the following pages cannot be unworthy the countenance and protection of the moft accomplished perfon. Neither can there be a wifh more fuitable to the obligations or the dictates of a grateful heart, than that, you may experience what you read, and be what you patronize, |