( 49') fchiftti and obilinacy , sand reproach them as Puritans, and feem ready to ad their fecond part in tatting ont thofe that be not of their mind, if it were in their power t when yet they call the Ceremonies but things indifferent ; and Preachers and Gods Ordinances are not Indifferentthings tous. FINITV R. lull 9. 1658. Satisf4E#ion to certain C A L V M N I A 7 O R S. IAm informed trom Lomiois,, and feveralparts of theLand, that force of my Books having latelybeen fold at excelïive rates by the Bookfel- lers, it is fornewhat commonly reported that it is caused bymy exceB vv gaitvwhièh fay they,is at leaft three or "tons hundred pounds a year. ..1 thank theLordthatBothnot only employme inhisfervice, but alfo vouchfafenu the,honot actd.benefit of being evil fpoken of fordoing him the belt fervice that can, Mat.5.1!,rz. a Pet.4.13aI4,1f L. Illelfed.Augufiiue was pus to vindicate hinafelf by an oath, from the infamy of a covetous ds4grr, which was aail'ed.by one godly woman,, uponadiforderlyanion of other men, and to that end he wrotelils' zz j.Eyiftle. I'find no call to ufe,hís oath ; but yet I judge it my duty to imitate him in patience,and inrefcuing the flanderers from their fin, that they abufe not their fouls by uncharitable furmifes, nor their tongues by falfe reports. Towhich end I give them this true information : The two brft Books I printed, I left to the Bookfcllers Will ; for allthe reft, I agreed with them for the fifteenth Book, to give to force fewof my friends,hearing that force others agreedfor the tenth. Some- time my fifteenthBook coming not to anhundred,and fometime but to few, more,when of Praftical Books I needed fometime Soo.to give away.Becaufe I was fcarce rich enough to buy fomany,I agreed with the Bookfeller,(my Neighbour,) to allow x8. d. aReam (which is not a penny aquire)aut of his own gain towards the buyingof Bibles, and force of the praétical Books which he printed, for thepoor : Covenanting with him, that he fhould fell my Controverfal Writings as cheap , and my Praftical Writings fomewhat cheaper theft books axe,ottit ariiy fold.To this hour I never received for my fi if orte pennyof niony'fr'om.them for anyof myWritings, to th_beft ofmy remembrance : but if it fell out that mypart came to more than I gave my friends, I exchanged them for other Books : My accounts and memory tell me not of 5.li. that ever was returned for me on thefe accounts, which was on literary occafions : fo that my many hundreds a year is come to never a penny in all, but as abovefaid, in force exchange of Books. And the price I fet on my Books which I exchanged for theirs at the deareft rates, is as fol- loweth, [ Treat. of Converfion, z.s. Treat. of Crucifying the World, z.s. Difput. of Juftificat. z.s. 4.d. The Call to the unconverted, 8.d. Difpur. of favingFaith, 5.d. Of the Grotian Religion, e.d. Direftions for found Converfion, a.s. S.d. Difput.of Right to Sacraments,.dit. fecund. z.s. 4.d.]
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