TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVL, MY MUCH HONOURED Friends , Six IOHN DINGLEY, And 7 Sir ROBERT WOOD, OD, Knights : Mercyandpeace in our LordIefus Cbrill bee multiplied. I R. s,in this age ofPamphlets,true and falfe,my Stationer as a friendofpiety,hath (with adi. wonted boldneffe) adventured to print and fendforththis worthy Commentary, on that divine EpiftleofPaul to theEphelians:Which, as at other times it might bee ufefull to the ChurchofGod, fo efpecially, at this time it maybe ofufe (by the novelty) to take off the hearts of Chriltians from idle Pamphlets, too much in requeft, and pitch them on the grave andweighty points ofReligion, which hereinare pithilyope- ned,and applied to the confcience. The Epiftle ingenerali may becalled (by the Apoftles owne dire&ion) his knowledge in the mylterie ofChriPt, Chap. 3.4. In thetwo fir$ Chaptershe difcourfeth ofelection, and the freegrace ofGod,ihPavinghis people byChrift, Gentiles as well as Jews. In the third here- capitulates his dotrine,and applies it to this Churchof Ephe- fus,praying theymay have the fenfe, ufe, and comfort ofit in thofe tronblefome times, whereinto the Churches were footle calf. In the fourth, and two laft,he exhorteth thispeopletoall holy duties,whichdobelt fuit with fo holy do&rine;as he had delivered. And if in thefe dayesour Apoftle were confulted withall,as fuck an Oracle deferveth; and this holy Int whohadbothhis name and fpirit: neither Arminian]. Poperyon the one fide,could fo prevaile uponthe worldás it hathdone; nor on the other fide prophaneneffe and carnali mindedneffe, in them that turne thegrace ofGod into fafcvi- A 3 oufneffe.
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