To the Reader. ---- ------- - ~ieve, joy ;-;,,-c~llupon,and co~:zjvrm unto, in his leYeral refpeCl:s of plotting, ptomiiing, ~erforming_ thy redemption in his Birth, Life, Death, RefLin~.;l:wn, Afcenhon, Se[Jion, Inrerceilion, and _ coming again ; and that one of rhefe parri.cularsmighr be thy one dayes exercife, and fo every day thou \Vouldfl: proceed from firll: ro lafl:,in rhus lookJng unto 'jefus,I fi.tppofe thou wouldfl: never ri_re thy felf; and why fo? 0 there is variety in this matterto be looked.u!1ro, and there is variety in the manner of looking on it. Ex. gr. one day thoumightfl: aCt: thy i{_nowing of Jefw.s in ~arry· ing on-the greatwork of thy falvation in his eternity ; rhe next day rho~ mightfl:conflder Jefm _in tharrefpect:; and the next day . ·thou mtghtfl: deJire after Jefm 111 that refpeB:; and the next day thou mightft hope inJefu-s, in that refpeCl:; and fo on, till thou ~~~~~f~~~ comefl: to the lafl: day of the work; which (befides ¥-the obje.2 will at kafi handled at large in every period, in rhefe very a-9:ings upon the once read b over the objeCt:) would-in all amount to thenum er of.eighry one dayes. ~!o~~ and Now would not this variety. delight? , It is· the obfervarion of then for ' 11 ''- Mr Loc1 'yer on Col 1 16. that an bolu foul cannot tire it ·(efl' in {"Ollfb.nt da1- • ..,_ ·~ ) • • / j 1 j ~ '} ly exercife, tbe conte1J1plation of _Jef (IS; hpw much lefs can it tire it felf in <lunng e1gh- . h· J · £ h t: h tyone dayeslook.Jngltnt!J Jefm-, w lCJ tS • armore compre ennvet anconJn a year I 1 · f J r: j · d db n · · Imc the' ob- temp aung o eu.\s'? 'come, ,rry·t 11s ury, an e connanr mIt, ~~~i·~~ ~~~b~ ~t lea£1: fot eighty_ oneda.~s in, oneiyear, and [o for eigh~y one days reorl, or not m every year dunng thy hfe. and then for dlymedJtanouson any ~~~re~,';~n- orh~r HlJ?je~.l fhall not tak~ thee quiteoff, 'but leave the.remain– ~f~o~~:':,"{i~n d~_ Qf the -x_ea,t;,_ J.¥hich is a~ove three pa~·ts more, to thy own parr,conduce choice~ If thou art fo refolved, Ifhall fay' ·no more, but the Lord afly thmg [Q ' • thatoneaa be' w~rh;hee ,, a,nq jf foonet gr later thou, findefl: any benefit by of tnowt~Tg - ·. -' ' · . \ . · . y,r., in fllch, rb·IS)Y,QJ;~,,glve God-the glor:y:;and rememper lllln, m thy prayers, 7;c~~~11 " rewh~y.~a~.b.,t.9~llqhis-pains for _,<:;}lrWshonour, and thy fouls good. So rjeils" _.., · --! J-" J ,: •• J ,, · --•..:.. ·H)t ;,:~I J.~ ,::-,-,,; •. - . . . ·,!1.d.J. · . · r·t· ,- .r[by Servant in Chrift Jeftu, \ . i · ·: , >nab v ..-4 L..:. rcr..I \: r 1i.... J)~:.! ·.·~-· ·· · _._l~·: · .. .._.;;! ...i ::)'• .J (dJ .J . 1 ' fl~ 7: : '.I: :• ~ _; ~~ '- ( J 1 I_) - ~ ~ I -·nJ 10. '(L• ',11 OJ ·r Ju . • - -:.; .J :- 41.. 4 ~ :., l'_t\" . /) (:-. t :~ ' [U '!/ l)l J •.JU~1l· :=bin."~ 1.~ . ~, \'1 , ,~ •. ,, ,._j . ' ,c. """ .f I. A. THE
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