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To

the

Reader.

the

loweft form, though

not to

be

a

Learned ac-

curate

man: The

title

of

the

Book

is

rough ac-

cording

to the

defign.

In

the Conference

with

the

Malignant

I

have brought

in

only

fuch

objections,

as are now

molt

commonly

ufed,

and

therefore

whi

ch

the ignorant moll; need our help againft.

I

have two things

that

fome

Readers will

think

need an excufe:

T.

That

I.

have

put,

in

the

fixth

dares Cón

rence,'two

fheets

of

Inftruetions

pu®

b!ifhed

hertofore.

Which

I

did, becaufe

fuch

fmall things alone

are cart

away

and loft

;

and

becaufe

I

would neither

write oftener than

is

needful, the

,fame

things,

nor

yet

omit

fo.

necef

fary-a

part..

I

I.

T1

A

I-have publithed

forms

of

Prayer

and

catechizim'

:

But

I

have

not

now

fo

little

to do,

as to

confute

their

conceits,

who

think

fuch

forms

to

be

unlawful or

unufeful.

But

that

they

ale

not

bettertdone,

I

confefs

doth

need

more

excufe

than I

can give

you. I

expeé that

the

Carechithi

fhould

iatisfie

but

few

;

for neither

it

nor

any

that

ever

I

faw

cloth

-fully

fatisfie

my

felf.

Ìt

°is

harder than moll

think to

fuite

the

words'

both

`Co

the

Matter

and to

the

Learners.

Had

I

ufed

fewer

words,

I

muff

have

left

out

fome

of

theneceliary

matter.

Had I

ufed

more,

I had overmatched

the

memories

of the

weaker

fort.

The

more Ignorant

any one

is,

the

more

.

ords his i!nde3

fl

ndin

neèdcth,

ànd

the

fi

wee

r

cis his;.

4I

'.nosy

nrea,':

t

ï

:

:and

t447ho

c:in

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the