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THE EPISTLE
DEDICATORIE.
till
by
vfing
all
good
meanes
for
this
purpofe,
they
may
find thefe
markes
and lignés
of
their
eleaion,
vocation,iuftification,and fanilification
in
them,that
fo
they
may
boldly and
fitly
apply
vnto
themfelues
thefe comforts
and
confolations
as
rightly
and
truly
appertaining vnto them.
All
which
my
labours
I
thought
good to
dedicate vnto
your
worfhips, part-
ly becaufe I
defired
to giue this
tef}imonie
of
my
true
thankfulneffe, for thofe
manifold benefits
which
from
fotne
ofyouI
haue receiued, and
of
mine
vn-
fàined loue which
I beare
to you
all,
for
your
vertues
and approoued
godlinefï'e
;
and
partly becaufe
I
thought
none
fitter
to whom I
might commend
this
difcourfe
of
the
Chrrftian
Warfare,
then your
felues
who
are
old
experienced
fouldiers in
figh-
ting
there fpirituall
battelles,
and
therefore
haue iu-
diciall feeling
and
fenfible
apprehenfìon,
of
thofe
things which
I
haue
written
and
commended
to
your
patronage.
Now
the Lord our
God,
who
is
the
fountaineofall
goodnefhe,
and
the
foie
giuer of
all
true
confolation,
increafe in
you more and more
the
gifts and
graces
of
his
fan
ityrog fpirit,
and
fo
fill
your
hearts
with
all
found
fpirituall
comfort,
and
the
toy
in
the holy
Ghoil,
that
you
may
through
the
courfe
ofyour
whole
hues, cheerefully goe
forward
in the
profeffion
and
fincere
praáife
of
his
religion
and
true
godlinef
e,
and
after.this
life
may
receiue
that
crowne
of
righteoufneffe,
which
is
prepared
and
laid
vp
for you in
his
kingdome
of
eta
nall
glorie.
A-ren,
ToHrWorf
hips
in
the
Lord
molt
afjured,
IoHN
DovvNAiE