Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.
The use of apostrophes to indicate possessive case is not consistent in the original. The placement of quotation marks is not consistent in the original. Apostrophes and quotation marks have been left as in the original except where noted below.
The following corrections have been made to the original text:
Page xiii: vary with the internal feelings,'[quotation mark missing in original]
Page xv: exhibiting any proofs on this occasion[original has "ocasion">[
Page xx: requires notice as much as their peculiarities[original has "pecularities">[
Page 12: collection for the Chapel amounted to 596l.[period missing in original]
Page 37: and advantageous to the publick[original has "pub" and "lick" on separate lines without a hyphen]
Page 39: as to their improvements of[original has "of of">[ every sort
Page 60: at the same time[original has "time time">[ crying out