To the Poor in Spirit. Ifyou ask me why I fpeakfo much of theft things here ? It is, r. Becaufe I find that much o f the trouble of ordinary Chriflians comes from their Croffes in the Creature , and the fruftration of thefe their finfull expeéations, 2. And becaufe I have faidfo litWeofit in the following Direr` ions, they being intended for the cure ofanother kind of Trouble : therefore I havefaid this much here of this. Having premifedthis advice , 1 take my fey f boundto addone thing more : that is, An Apo- logie for the Publication of this Imperfec Piece : whether full or infufftient , other me; mull judge. I confefs I am fo apprehen [ive o) the Luxuriant Fertility , °or Licencioufnefs of the Prefs oflate,as being a defignofthe Enemy to bury and overwhelm in a croud thofe judi- cious Pious, Excellent Writings that before were fo commonly read by the People, that 1 think fewmenfhould now print without an Apo- logie much lefs frith as I ; who bath more la- mented this inundation of impertinencies ? or more accufed the Ignorance and t ride ofothers that mufl needs difgorge themfelves of all their Crudities, air if they were fuch precious Concepti- ons, proceeding from the Holy Ghofl, that the Worldmight not without very great injury, be deprived of : and it werepity that all men fhould not
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