A PR. E FA C ·E; / 0 It, Brief A C C 0 . UN T OF TI-lE PUBLISHING this WO,RK. WRITTEN .,By the Author thereof,anddedicated ~o thofe whomGod hath counted him worthy to beget to Faith,by ~is Miniftry in the Word. CHildren, Grace he with fOU, Amen. 1h.,g taken fromyou in Prefence, tnd (o tied up, that I cannol perform that Duty, that from God doth lie upon me, to JOu ward, for Jour further Edi{jing and Buildin;: up hr. Faith and Holinefs, &c. J'et thru you may fee my Soul bath Fath~rlJ Care . ttnd Dejign after JOur fpirituaJ aJ1d everlzzfiing Welfare ; I now once again, as before, from the 1op·of Shenir and Hermon, fo now from the.. Lions D~ns, and ~from the Mountains of the Leopards (Song 4· 8.) do lQokJet after JOU all, great{Y.nging to fee tour j'afe Arrival into T I-1 E defired Haven. I than~ God ttfon every }\emembrance ~{J!JU; ~nd rejoyce even whtle I /lick betmeen the Teeth of the Ltons in the Wlldernefs, that r. tbe Grace, and Mercj, and l(notUiedge of Chrift our Saviour, wbhh God'h~nh beflor:ced uponJOI.It with tlhundince of Ftzith and Ln:e. Tour .HuiigrbJjJ and · !Mr~ings a!fo after}iirther A~quainta~ue with the Fd.ther., zn h1r Son; Jour Tendernefs of Hc,trt, JOttr Trembling at Sin; jourfober andhoiJ Deportment a/f&, before both God 471i lYien, .is great Refrejhmens to me ; for you are my Glory and Joy, 1 The}: 2. zo. , . . I h~tvefemJou h.ere inclofod, a Drcp of th~t Iimuy tbar Ihave 1aken out ~f the Carcafe of a Lyon, J udg. 1,4 .• ~, 6, 8. I bave e~ten 1her~of my [elf aljo, £nil am much re· · 2 frejhed
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