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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS WRITINGS. 99
Old Testament, which seems only to regard the Jewish dis
pensation, (and upon that account is too lightly regarded
by the major part of the present Christian world,) proved
to be as delightful, instructive, and as necessary for the
knowledge of Christians as the New. This Arcana
Calestia gives me fullest satisfaction of, &c.’ A copy of
this letter was printed at large in the Daily Advertiser of
Christmas-day, 1749. Now this delightful, instructive,
and necessary knowledge cannot be expected from this
part of Holy Writ, unless the historical part of the Old
Testament be allegorized in some such manner as our
Latin author has here done it. And the great and learned,
as well as the inspired Apostle Paul, clearly give en
couragement to this way of writing. (Gal. iv. 24.) And
our author neither rejects, nor disturbs the literal sense by
his allegorical exposition.
" Soon after the publication of Mr. Penny’s letter
before-mentioned, a grave, judicious, and learned gentle
man was pleased to call at one of the bookseller’s where
this famous Latin book was appointed to be sold : and
when he had cast his eye over part of the work, he
inquired who the author was ; but being told that the
author would not be known, Well, (said the gentleman, )
I confess that at these years I am not fond of new ac
quaintance, but should be extremely glad to have some
conversation with him ; for (continued he, with great
earnestness, ) I never saw, nor heard, nor read of so sur
prising a man in all my days !’
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Any one of small judgment may guess at the cheap
ness of the work, when he finds that six hundred and
forty quarto pages, in Latin, of the first volume, are sold
for no more than six shillings unbound. But this second
volume, which is now publishing in Latin and English,
will be unaccountably cheap, as any one may conclude,
even by the postage of the Latin copy from abroad : for
the bare postage of this first number cost no less than
twelve shillings, and now it is printed, does make fifty
two quarto pages in the English tongue ; and all to be
sold for no more than eight-pence, which is not half the
price that such a quantity of paper and print is generally
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