ON SCRIPTURE FACTS. BY THE REV. WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER. Monumentum ære perennius, Regalique situ Pyramidum altius: Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere, aut innumerabilis Annorum series, et fuga temporum. HOR, LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, By J. G. Barnard, 57, Snow Hill; AND SOLD BY HATCHARD, PICCADILLY; T. CONDER, BUCKLERSBURY; 1807. PRICE TWELVE SHILLINGS. [Entered at Stationers' Hall.] TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS LORD ERSKINE, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR. MY LORD, IF flattery be essential to a Dedication, I shall never write one: but in the present instance I have the satisfaction of believing that an attempt at adulation would be as disgusting to your Lordship, as I feel it would be unworthy the dignity of the subject of this volume, and degrading to me as a minister of the sanctuary. It would be easy to tell your Lordship that I admire your talents, and that the world admires them too: this would not be adulation; but it would be a tribute unconnected with the cause of Christianity, and I shall therefore wave it altogether. Permit me, then, to remind your Lordship, that you descend from an ancient and noble House, which piety has distinguished as well as rank; and that in various branches of your family, religion has shed a lustre more dazzling and more glorious than the radiance of nobility. Providence has placed your Lordship high in the sphere of society; and it is in your power to do much to serve the cause of revealed truth. With the confidence inspired by your public and admirable defence of Christianity; and with the affection kindled by the distinguished honour I have enjoyed in the friendship of an illustrious |