ON EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY, &c. TWENTY DISCOURSES PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN THE YEAR 1820, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE REV. JOHN HULSE. By C. BENSON, M. A. PREBENDARY OF WORCESTER, AND RECTOR OF ST. GILES IN THE FOURTH EDITION. Printed for BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, LONDON. 45-897867 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K. G. FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, &c. &c. MY LORD; I venture to take this public and early opportunity of acknowledging, with great gratitude, the obligations which I owe to your Lordship's unsolicited kindness. I feel it an honourable distinction to be ranked among the number of those Clergymen whom, with a single view to the welfare of Religion and the Established Church, you have been pleased so frequently to recommend to the Royal Favour. Instances of such disinterested Patronage are, however, no longer a matter of surprise, though they never can cease to be a subject of admiration and praise. Your Lordship's life has, indeed, been devoted to the public service; and during that life, the exertion of your power, and the influence of your example, have been |