0EDICA'I"ORI&. , - / =-:fi~~ untohim. Nomans. AndCicerohad reafon enough to :· laugh at the folly ofth?femen,~_amiJ[a~~fU~· P!fcinasJu~ ;~~- /": (IJ forefolvM [pera~e "Ptdentur, whzch m hzs tune feemed to ~! .),~ <conceive fi.1ch awmdyhope, tbattbeirfijh-pondsand places - ·ofpleafure,!hould be fafe,when theCvmmon-wealtb ll'M loft. , ' Thefe Sermons, when they were preached, gave great 0 co'ntentmentto the rel!gious,and judicious eares o~'Your~~ · aUFather, ofever blefiedmemory,themoft able1?rmce that e .. . -')Jer thu /(j_ngdome had,to judge o/Church-work: .And therfore ' we hope that the printi~g ofthem !hall be as acceptable to Your Majejlie,as the preaching ofthem \Vas both to your felfe - -indhim. VVeconceive,ifyciur liking had not continued td - them, "Your ~ajejlie would not have commanded us the .·printingofthem. Andwe affure our felves,fince theLiner , are the fame,thePrejfewhich bath made them legible, bath - made no blot upon your gracious favours. VVehave been ·cnly Ser'Mnts, as we are manywaies bound to be, toYour -Majeflies command, in making them ready for the Pre!fe~ ~ but4uthorsofnothing in them. And we heartily pray that the publiiliing ofthem, may be Honour toYour 0V'Iajejlie; (jood to theChurch; and meanes ofComfort andfalvation, to themwhich read them. And in thefe, and all other prayers ~Joryour Majeflies long life, and happy Governernent, we .:hu,mbly befeech 'You to conceive ofus, as we are, and !hall everbe~ · Tour M A j E s T 1 E s moftlo;•all, and humbly de)Joted SubjeEfs and SerNnts : GUlL. LONDON: lo. ELt ENs.
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