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The
Eple
Dedicatory.
oufnefle.
For theChurches
fake are thefe things thus
publi-
fhed
:
that though
Ifrael
play the
harlot
yet may
not
Judah
tranfgreffe.And it
will
be
good wifdome
in
Chriítians,amidlt
all thefe
feares
and
dif}rations, (which
prove alto
ditaé}ions
to many
a
mans
courfe of
piety,
efpecially
in reading
good
bookes) to
withdraw
them
felves
from
the noife
and duff
of
the
world,
and
redeeme
as
much
time
as
they can, for
perufing
thofe holy
truths
which
are
here skilfully
,
and in
a
fpirituall
manner,
expounded.
Mod
unhappy
is
that man, who
is
too
well
knowne among
others
and
at
lad
dyeth unknowne
to
himfelf.
To
you
both, noble
Sirs,
(
being
by
Gods
providence and
goodneffe
neere
neighbours,
both
in
place
and
piety,)
I
am
bold to
dedicate thefe
Meditations
of
that
worthy
fervantofGod,
whole
name
is yet
fo
Tweet
in
the Church.
Which
I have
adventured to doe
(
not
fo much to
crave
patronage for the Worke,
which
is
able
to
defend
it
felfe,
as
)
to
give
you thankes publikely
for
your
love
to this
poore
Town of
Kingftone
,
for your kind
refpe&
to
us
the
Preachers,
and your dailyattending
at the
Courts
of
wifdome,
whichmight
be
a
good
example
to provoke
the dulnefs
of
our
backward and
negligent people
:
and oh that
this late afflitti-
on might awaken
us all
out
of
that
deep fecurity
,
which had
too much
poffeffed us
!
The (word
is
now
come to
fecond
the'
word
:
that,
what
was
not
done in
a
milde way,
may
be
done
in
a rugged.
And
happy
we
if
we
fin
no more
left a
worfe
thing come upon
us.
I
(hall
be
glad,
if
by
perufing
thefeTrea-
tifes
at
leafure,
there
Thal]
be
any
thing
added to your
zeal
in
Religion,
that
you may
get
quit}
more
intoyour
hearts, and
advance
him
more
in
your
lives,
which will
be
your
true
Ho-
nour, and
baking
comfort, when
all
Titles and good
things
of
the
world will
vanifh
into
nothing. And thus, commending
you
both,with
all
yours,to
the grace
of
our
heavenly
Father,
f
humbly
take
my
leave,
and intreat your pardon for
this
my
boldneffe
:
being
Xinglïmu.
Dec,'
2,
1642.
Your
Worf
rips
much
obliged,
W.
JEMMAT.