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The

Eple

Dedicatory.

oufnefle.

For theChurches

fake are thefe things thus

publi-

fhed

:

that though

Ifrael

play the

harlot

yet may

not

Judah

tranfgreffe.And it

will

be

good wifdome

in

Chriítians,amidlt

all thefe

feares

and

dif}rations, (which

prove alto

ditaé}ions

to many

a

mans

courfe of

piety,

efpecially

in reading

good

bookes) to

withdraw

them

felves

from

the noife

and duff

of

the

world,

and

redeeme

as

much

time

as

they can, for

perufing

thofe holy

truths

which

are

here skilfully

,

and in

a

fpirituall

manner,

expounded.

Mod

unhappy

is

that man, who

is

too

well

knowne among

others

and

at

lad

dyeth unknowne

to

himfelf.

To

you

both, noble

Sirs,

(

being

by

Gods

providence and

goodneffe

neere

neighbours,

both

in

place

and

piety,)

I

am

bold to

dedicate thefe

Meditations

of

that

worthy

fervantofGod,

whole

name

is yet

fo

Tweet

in

the Church.

Which

I have

adventured to doe

(

not

fo much to

crave

patronage for the Worke,

which

is

able

to

defend

it

felfe,

as

)

to

give

you thankes publikely

for

your

love

to this

poore

Town of

Kingftone

,

for your kind

refpe&

to

us

the

Preachers,

and your dailyattending

at the

Courts

of

wifdome,

whichmight

be

a

good

example

to provoke

the dulnefs

of

our

backward and

negligent people

:

and oh that

this late afflitti-

on might awaken

us all

out

of

that

deep fecurity

,

which had

too much

poffeffed us

!

The (word

is

now

come to

fecond

the'

word

:

that,

what

was

not

done in

a

milde way,

may

be

done

in

a rugged.

And

happy

we

if

we

fin

no more

left a

worfe

thing come upon

us.

I

(hall

be

glad,

if

by

perufing

thefeTrea-

tifes

at

leafure,

there

Thal]

be

any

thing

added to your

zeal

in

Religion,

that

you may

get

quit}

more

intoyour

hearts, and

advance

him

more

in

your

lives,

which will

be

your

true

Ho-

nour, and

baking

comfort, when

all

Titles and good

things

of

the

world will

vanifh

into

nothing. And thus, commending

you

both,with

all

yours,to

the grace

of

our

heavenly

Father,

f

humbly

take

my

leave,

and intreat your pardon for

this

my

boldneffe

:

being

Xinglïmu.

Dec,'

2,

1642.

Your

Worf

rips

much

obliged,

W.

JEMMAT.