?kat,4434. 29.Txotf.16. et c,18.érc., To the Reader. Paulus leaning as it were Nazareth, went arrddmelt for 4 time ix Capernanm, which it mare the fea,in the borders of Zabulon,andNepthaliii, beyond Iordan; in Galilee of the Gentils,out of the borders of Paleftina. l hope I may withoet ofence allude veto thatplace, Mal/points tt fo fitly anfweretls :where a while abiding by his mounts , God wrought, that the people which before ixcamparifen fate in d4rkneffe, ftwgreat light, and to themwhick fate in the region and t edowofdea:h,lightwasrifenvp. Ofthis place, and thispeople,hoe kasingyet further compáfflan,they being asfheepe without a ihepheard, wandring in the Mountaines,and the harseff theregre4t,and the laborers few the Lord waxedhis heart, to remain there,and wrought this en the heart of his muff honorable Lord ; himfe f to for - gee him and lease him there, for the further encreafe of Clod his Church,andfor the tender lout he bare,and goodhe would to the people ; wherc,what pains hatk been taker,andgood bath been denc,it is by mare witnefed than I needmake relation :and this wer.ke, andferns ethers of this authors, fnce that time come forth, glue open Teffimony, though I hold my têngxe: l would not bane faidthat much of the man, if tbep /aces themfelees, ofwhich I kaue fpoken were not ready to fay andieet damne more then I haue faid,and this he I faia! that God in him may begleri fied,they among whombe liuetb for him thankful and to ad- mane!): him what proceedings theft beginr. ings regaire.Tbeworkit felfemight many waits befede be eammended,tbe matter and principal!ground ofit is the law of God,broteght from the highelî heauen,giuen by Godbimfelfe to his feruant Mofes,with thunder Cr lightnings, and the found of the trempe exceeding loud e,on Mount Sínay,themenntaine allow fmoke; theLord defcendmg vpon tt in frre,c c. and all themount trembling exceedingly.giuen to all the Ifracl ofGod, appertainingtoallmen ,conteininginfinite blefsings for the bearers, and doers ofit, and innumerable and tnto llerablecurfes,andplaguer forthebreakersthere e f,esherby negligence orcantempt.This principal!, not laid vpon with any borrowed ceu- loursto hide the gronnd ,but :be warknianfhip and ingrauing ofit, is out of the matter it felfe, fo that /iii! the grousd,ar.d marble thereof may appeare,and dealt withallin this ma. ter fit y anfwering re tie: foible(( matter,delixered as it were in the nder,with afpirit au hot as/ire, zealous with iudgementfettingan edge 6yreceisadffrength ewers vpon thisrafier. The place alfo and pes f : -s where, and ; or whom , this woke was bathmade and vttered may add, much grace vo to it. In a moff honorable family,and for it, and withgood inking and profit there : and commonly men Of that the better,which lekerb them well, and that which prof eeth fucgProfiteth many. If it wet the mourtaínes, it will water the vallies :and rf it be (meet oixtmenr for the head,it cannot be boot acceptable to the refi of the parts, and to the borders of the garment: The dew fromHermon,and the Mountains of Syox,trick, loth donne freet yvpon the va/liesabout. And if this make it profitable to others, becaufe deliue:ed here,then muff it be maff profitable to this family it felfe, for which it was made, and frff for it alone,and now is byme of eeial!y to it commended. It is fruit o fyonr owns ground; he voice of your own fhephcard,ebe found of jour proper trumpet,and thereforeyore mull bath know it,and like it the better,d. thereby 6e warned the fooner.lt is a leffon,wbicb alreadyyou hale learned,and therfore it may and miry( be more ready than others. It is not now fief commendedteyou, bntagame.recommendedto your eyes, which heretofore bath been fens by your eares,toyoir rnindes,and toyour hearts, and by agreat vehemencie , and anale of fpirit,mbereatt /s this author aboundeth, tt hich although fo much, and with fuck dife,and mouinn; willnot now al.'ogether appeare in this )writing, a when it was with the líueyvoice, andearneff fpirit deliuered,becasfe that Godproneifeth to that,tbe more ef e_ teaN blef ing yet fhallyon eafi/y fee,:bat it is a work, commis: out of t be famefountaine ; a Print flampedwith thefame feak ; and f arckles flying out of the fameflame. which the more theyfhall in fiameyou, which ought matt to inflame you,mis hawing been already with them fee on fire, the morethey geallbeate others, and by your example bee profitable to all toBich is that the author we[heth,and 1 his well.willer heartilypray for to him who is the able worker of it :to whole of eciallgrace (good Reader) in reading this work,, to direek thee,l commendCher. I hint in the Lord Ielu, A,samtam CONF[AM.
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