iv The PREFACE. Exigencies or other and I cannot but he fomewhat pleafed, that my Intentions to this Purpofe, from the following Tranfla- tion, have fo far proved acceptable^ thai Two Imprejjions of it have been tafen off in a very fhort Time. THE following Treatife of Dr* Hodges contains the belt Account of the late Vi (it at ion by a Plague here in En- gland, of any hitherto extant although fome Readers 'may obferve, that his Style and Perfpicuity have been very much hurt by the Enthufiafiick Strain of thoje Times wherein he wrote ; fuch an Influence had the Spirit of Delfijicn, even over Matters of Science : However •, the mosi affected Peculiarities and Luxuriancies of that kind are fo much avoided, that I flatter my felf with having made the Tranflation much more pleafant and intelli- gible than the Original, even to a Learned Reader* THE
