THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER. T TO Publifh the Writings of Perfons without their Confent, is a Practice, generally fpeaking, fo unfair, and has fo many times proved an unfufferable Injury to the Credit and Reputation of the Authors, as well as a fhameful Impofition on the Publick, either by a Scandalous Infertion of Spurious Pieces, or an Imperfect and Faulty Edition of are Genuine; that though I have been Mafter of fuch of the following Pieces as have never yet been Printed, for feveral Months, I could never, though much importuned, prevail on my felf A 3 to |