Excerpt from Theron and Aspasio: Or a Series of Dialogues and Letters Upon the Most Interesting and Important Subjects; To Which Is Added Aspasio Vindicated, in Eleven Letters From Mr. Hervey to the Rev. John Wesley As to the choice of my subjects; some people have desired to see an invective against the fashionable and predominant vices of the age. This, I apprehend, would be like picking 03 the leaves, or clipping away the twigs, from some overgrown and noxious tree. Waving this tedious and ineffectual toil, I would rather lay the axe to the root. Let the knowledge and love of Christ take place in the heart, and not only a few of the branches, but the whole body of sit. Will fall at once. 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.