The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.

The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.

The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.

SIR,

When I was by the Representatives of this Province in the last General Assembly desired to Preach on the Day S•ated for the Election of Counsellors, it was hoped that your Excellency might have been with us before that time. Since you could not hear, I am willing you should see (if you shall think it worth your Perusal) what I then delivered, not doubting but that you will Seek the Wealth of your People, who are dear to Christ, and by the Letters you were pleased to send to me when in England, I perceive that they are so to you.

WHen I was by the Representatives of this Province in the last General Assembly desired to Preach on the Day S•ated for the Election of Counsellors, it was hoped that your Excellency might have been with us before that time. Since you could not hear, I am willing you should see (if you shall think it worth your Perusal) what I then delivered, not doubting but that you will Seek the Wealth of your People, who are dear to Christ, and by the Letters you were pleased to send to me when in England, I perceive that they are so to you.

In the first place I Congratulate your safe Arrival to your Country, and to your Desirable Relations, after so long an absence. A mercy which doubtless you