To the Poor in Spirit. not be made partakers of them ? And holy coma 1 togo on in thefame fault my felf? Truly I haveno ,Excufe or Argument, but thofe of the Times, Neceffity andProvidence : which how far they may juffifieme,l'muß leave to the lodge. Being in company with a troubled complaining Friend, I perceivedthat itmuff be fame flandw ingCounfel which might be frequently Perufed, that mull fatisfaelorily anfocr the Complaints that Iheard, and not a tranfient Speech, which wouldquickly flip away: Being therefore obliged as a Paffor,andas a Frien4,aradas a Chriflian, to tender my befl aßifiancefor relief, 1 was fud- denly (in the moment of fpeaking) moved to pro- mile one (beet of Paper, which might be ufeful to that End. Which promife when I attempted to perform , the one (beet lengthened to thirty, andmy one daies (intended) work was drawn out to ajuff month. I went on far before I had the leafl thought to let any eye behold it , except the Party for whom 1 wrote it : But at lalf I per- ceived an impoßibility of controlling, and 1 was prefently paff e f fed with confident apprehenfions, that a Copy of thofe Dire6hons might be ufefull to many other of my poor Neighbours and Friends that needed them as much : Upon which apprehenfion I prefently *permitted my Pen to run more at large, and to deviate from the cafe
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