TO TH·E RIG·JIT wo ·R.SHIP~ ·.F 'VL L sIR A ·NTH 0 N'Yc 0 p :a . ( .Knight; gracc;m~rcie an(l P~l~C ... : Jiom Iefiis qhrin. : · : .:·, ;.- 4 •• ")'- ., 'J" f ,. ,. ~ ' r .,the.Lo:rd. th~ ·fe~~cher of al .bat~tt knoweth, that when thefc :ser~ : mons ·were firll: preached, it waS: cl neuer once intended that t~ey -f fhould con1e to the .prclfe. ·And -. .r . · therefi1re the \V hole difcourfewas ~ . matte~ a_nd rnanner,~s migh_t beft ~ . fit thecaRactty and neceffiue ofthe prefentaudttory. But lincefomeof theordinary-hearers had publilhed ~ their notes (as themfclues could.gather the~ in the ~ time ofthCtSermon)without our kno\vledge or cont fe~t,~nd tna.ny faulrs were efcaped in \Vr~ting and~ pnnttng,whtch byduecareand forefight mt,ght haue , bin-preuented :therfore both for our clearing;& the: ~ 1 betterfatisfyingofthe Chrifiian Reader, weewere-~-compelled to·teuiewand refine the whole Treatife• · -+~Whereinwehaueioiot~ laboured (as neere as wee .~ could) to fet il~wnee~e.ijii'thing, without addition ~~1 or·~~tr~t_tion,as it was fidl:- ddiuered in the~ublique \ Mtntfiene. . .. ,;,:~.:-;.;_..:, ·, ~anyreafons ther~yi; 'which moue vs to dedi– cate thefeour paQ;ela&burs vntoyour wodhip. ; · Firft,to telHfie otir vnfained thankfu-lnes for al the lingular fauours, which wee haue recei~ed at your hands,for the fplce ofthefe twentie yeers. Wherein . you haue alwaies ~e\vedyourfelfe as willing toaide and defen-d vs,in our iull caufe,as you were careful to makechoifeofvs,~tour firfi entrance into our place~f . Secondly,becaufe we know not ho\v foone we ibid A z . ~ . · fi~ri ifh
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