, . · · Tlfe EpiflleDttlit:4torit .~:; - "' ·· fini!h the daies ofour Mini~erie, we thought i~ out dutie to gil:le fon.Je. ta!l:e, ._ and to Ieauefo1ne tefrimo– nie_thereof vnto th_eworld,to ~vitnes your godlyde– fire to difcharge the trufi committed vnto you, and · our fa'ithfull in,deuours to perforrrie the duty belon.. gingvntovs•.. · · Laftly,for~ t-hat your felfe hauing form·erly heard whatfoeuer is herefet downe in writing,and"alfo ha– uingt~roughlykno\vne themanner ot ourdodrine and conuerfations,.you,are befi able euen of your owneknowledge, to ·make our·defence toany that fhall vniufily except-againfi:vs. .. -. Wehaueannexedvnto this Treatifean~exadand pithieCatechifme,n1ade by;a godly J'"arncd friend ofyours; that fuch as are \veariedwith the largerdif: . , courfevpon thecom:nandements, mayhere -bee r~. frefhedby·a·compendious abriilg:-ement,.of all -' the fubfiantiall pointsof religion~ . Tbe na~eof the Author,we haue rpofelyfiip– prtffed. But wee hope hereintha t \vee haueneithet' · w.ronged · him, nor others. For the excellencie o( theworke, \V illeafily tnanifefl: the workman ~ . And thus \rvithdueacknowledgement of the ma– nifold comforts receiued from -your fdfe, and the good Lady yourf:1ithfull wife,we ;c.ommit ·you and · al yours to the mercifid protection ofalmighty God: befeechinghim,fo to multiply his-graces,vpon you, that you may fee n1any good andhappydaies-inthis life,and inherit euerlaftingbl~ffednes in that·w-hich is to c<>me. Iianwell, ,the15. ofSeptem~er. 1604• ToNr W9rfoip1 much !Jounaj· ltt~J i11 all· Chrifti~tn.dHtiu t91Jt c•f1!m4.mle~, · to H N . o· 0 :D'; ~, Robert Clcauer•.
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