'( 3) therefore we w~tty kmJv whttt it is that thFu unmttnneth 'the·n. J?.eader, if thou be o1u of tbe(e unhappy fouls; Whethfr .thy brain be fo fick tU rettsfly t~ thhrk that there u no lrfe to ,come fer man , or that 1here needs nofu~h Cltre and dtltg(nee to preparefcr it~ or whether thy heart oe (o corrupt andbad 41 to vc again{I the thir'c'Ss whtch th()te confr!Jefl to be Good .And Neceffary ; or whether thy Reafon be ,·.eft fo fafi afleep, .as never foberly to conficer of the otJly thing of t'verfdjl– ingcrm(equence 1.nd concernment. to thy feif ~ or wh-ether thy , Heart begrown fo dead and f.tup1_9, as to be pafl feeling, and never movedand a.ffeeled w1th the things ~hich thou /;eareft, ·. Arid kno~efl, and co,.'fidereft to be fo great and nece({ary ; which ever {)f theie be thy [4dcendition, I have mm~ thu one 1 · requeft to thee, ,u af riend that t1uly dt{iretb thy jAlvation; ttnd1 tender it to thee 'W:.th ,1S earmfl a deflre ~ M t( th1u faweft me t~po ;~ my-knas /ntreating theef~r the Lords fake • .and for th1 feuls f~ke,and tJSCvtr thou ht-p·fl for the com– fort of A dyingman, .1.11d as evtr thuucare fl roh,H hec@mes of ·thyfoH.ffore'l:ler, and~tsevcr th~m w;/t anfwer it to chrifl and thy own confciena rdth peaa at lafl,that tbo~ ndther de- ·ny me, nor fNt meoff Jvith a cardefs reading, nor with co;~te "ft or difregttrd: My reqpv fl to thee is bnt thu reafonAb/e ·thing; [ Tha theu wilt {o long m.ake a ftand i~ thy way, and gr3nt me fo much of thy wne, as once to read throl'!ghout this Treati(e, and SE RI 0 US L T to ·C o N s ID E .R. of what thou Reade£1:, and heartily eo beg of God tlpon thy knees, (o teach thee and lead thee · in~o the truth,- an~ then ,to be true to God and to thy Confcience,.and Refolvedly to do that which thou art convinced is Righr, and Bell:, and Neceffary.] This u 4/t my req~efl to thee at- the prefent : Put me not off with a de.. ny~llor 1~egldt, 4J thou wtlt anfwer it tO- Gr;d , ttnd as thotl ~Y~ '!_()~~C. a wilful felf-_conaemner : Rafl thot~Jient fo many . -( ~ ~ ) ~ h.~~~~~ . '
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