Excerpt from A "Short and Easy Method" With a Late Writer, Arrogating to Himself the Title of "Orthodox Clergyman," in a Letter to a Young Gentleman, Just Entered on a Course of Theological Studies, With a View to the Christian Ministry The writer of the following letter acknowledges himself in debted to Dr. Hare, late bishop of Chichester, for many of the sentiments _whichit' contains. Should the reader be desirous to kntfw the extent of the writer's obligation ih that eminent pre late, his curiosity will be gratified, and both his head and heart may be improved by attentively reading the bishop's Letter to a young clergyman on the difficulties and discouragements which attend the study of the scriptures, &c. Printed 1749. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.