The Epiftle Deaic~tor.J. TO THE CHURCI-I IN Communion and Chrifiian fellowiliip . In PR E ST 0 N. ·-·"' ,..., _ are they for who~ more immediately I compofed this work: you are they to whom I was{whiles I was yours)engaged in neareft bonds; you are they with whom I have had many fweet dayes communion and fellowfhip in God ; you are they whom I ever looked upon as my crown, and glory, and comf01t ,amidft all thofe troubles, oppofitions, contradid:ions which I had from others: If you bad not been, I had not frayed my minifiry fo long in Pre~on; many, aAd many a time I have been on the wing, yea fometimes the oppofitions have been fo . !l:rong that I have wiilied with David oh that 1 had the PlaL 5 ).~. 7,8• ' ' wings of a Dove, for then would I flie, and be at reft-:Joe then would I wander far off, tmd remaine in th( wildernefl e; S e• lah. I would haften my e[cape from the windy florme , and temp(ft. The Sun hath twice now run his courfe through either tropick , fince that day of humiliation when we ~et, both to bewaile our fins, and to order my fteps in H l my
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