ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ST. JOHN the BAPTIST. BY GEORGE HORNE, D. D. PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE HECK OXFORD, PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON-PRESS, For S. PARKER, in Oxford; Sold by J. and F. RIVINGTON PREFACE. T is a fine remark of Lord Bacon, I ha, fine remark, of Lord that, "As wines, which, at firft "preffing, run gently, yield a more "pleasant taste than those, where the "wine-prefs is hard wrought, because thofe fomewhat relish of the stone and skin of the grape; fo thofe ob"fervations are most wholesome and "fweet, which flow from Scriptures "gently expreffed, and naturally ex"pounded, and are not wrefted or "drawn afide to common places, or controverfies." |