Excerpt from A Token of Affection and Respect: To the Parishioners of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch, London The only caufe of complaint, or rather of grief, which you have given me is, that fo many of thofe, to whom I earnefily defire to be ufeful, refufe me the pleafure of feeing them. At Church on the lord's-day. My concern does not arife from the want of hear ers. If either a numerous auditory, or the refpectable characters of many of the indi viduals who compofe it, could fatisfy'me, I might be fatisfied. But'i muft grieve, while I fee fo few of my own parifhioners among them. Let me'intreat your favourable at tention, while I_ refpeftfully and affection ately expo'fiulate on this head. 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.