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LETTERS ON The Study and USE OF HISTORY,

LETTER I,

LETTER II.-Concerning the true use and advantages of it,

LETTER III.-1. An objection against the utility of History

removed. 2. The false and true aims of those who study

it. 3. Of the History of the first ages; with reflections on

the state of Ancient History, profane and sacred,

Letter IV.—1. That there is in History sufficient authenti-

city to render it useful, notwithstanding all objections to the

contrary. 2. Of the method and due restrictions to be ob-

served in the study of it,

LETTER V.-1. The great use of History, properly so called,

as distinguished from the writings of mere annalists and

antiquaries. 2. Greek and Roman Historians. 3. Some

idea of a Complete History. 4. Farther cautions to be

observed in this study; and the regulation of it, according

to the different professions and situations of men: above all,

the use to be made of it, (1) by Divines; and (2) by those

who are called to the service of their country,

LETTER VI. From what period Modern History is peculiarly

useful to the service of our country, viz: From the end of

the fifteenth century to the present. The division of this

into three particular periods: in order to a sketch of the His-

tory and state of Europe from that time,

LETTER VII.-A sketch of the state and History of Europe,

from the Pyrenean treaty in one thousand six hundred and

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