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A friendly
coun[dl to
the Cprifiian Reader,
•
touching
the Au.thor
and
his
booke.
·
'
.
R
Eadcr;~e
bapp_v are that
l~Ttc,i?z
this bleflage oflig,ht,
~M:~t.rJ.
Jl'Vbm
by
Gods grace ar'd.f,ifis .to
mm,
CiJrijiJ
Gojptll
fhineth
bright:
16.
And
happy
[i1re)in minerfieeme, are tbofc that Pa/iors baue,
Ad:. lo•
VVho
faitbfollyivzll cj;t Gods
la~,in
lottc
rheirjo~tlcs
tnfmre :
"
7 •
Tbat ·will m
em
very hidden
faults
make
~nowr1e
r.mto
the;i'
heart,
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. ·
h.
{;r;l.
,
dfi
d '
l
;n
I·
or.r4·"•
T
;elro~ 'IJC
ttOJ-t
~hat
t.
!
1
c aunetm_y may,(lf;l.
.;z m
C
Jrtr a part.
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.
2 .Tim.2.•
Such fo itiJf.Jll pni1tts fhall &6nuert fonlr:s by God
Aimi£,bties flrength:
2
5•
·
VVbtn blind:wd linje
fa ithlejjc
drfJanes
]hall be det r:Ef,ct length,
·
~
Hof.4.&
To
b~
the troubltrr
oft
be
ftatc,
chicfe
wor~en
afalt woe, (
a.]\j;;g.18.1~
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1
·8
To~mg,to
&hurth,to
common·wealth:.uf~orm
true_tomam foe.
.
1
•H•
l[tbcnlhou liue in fiteh aplact,whert Gptl
(i:r.l1
guide doth
gi11e~
••
•
,
OIJ.bleffe b'is
namc,attmd
his voice,obey
bis
law
t:rtd
lilit:
But
it
inplace thou
haur abode
UJhtre
ignorance
da.rk!
doth raignt
1
,.,.,;jh
rhee
forthtr
(ee~e
fiwtruth,or
lhtre
due not remaine.
F~r
w:hy(alm!
)where
~ifton
foilu)ht
J'tople
ptrifh
m1tjl;
A.nd[oule,not
good
for
l»ant
oft
rutb,tu
htll,t·hm
&fJrps ro dufl.
Jutyet
if•
hat to Chrifl thou vvou!d'jl,i;: this
dar~e
jhtde
ojnight,
Sec htre alitlleflarre God[eader,iit ltJur to giue thee light :
'
A.
mirrJJur of
Gods
per(ctt
lavv,vt~hercby
thou
ji?me
mayft
fie,
.Aild
{tei?Jgjh:m,and flie to
C}rifl,
that
he
mPy
coucr
thee.
This
vvill
pr,lldnTJt~ne
thy
PIJp,Jb pride
{l[merttingco1ueitr.
. ()fable
~rength
to
~eepe
Gods
lav11,
at~djuch
li'<f 'tletp decei[s
0 fiugling
Sat
an,blirldingfouler,and
ketpii!g
mm in finne,
Andytt
bevvitciJing
them
to
hopr,hea'Hen by
'livor~s
to
vvinnt..
rea
forther.yet, iffo thou vvilt
d~oof
ethi!l·to·be thy guide.
Lca_de thu
i.t
vTJill
in
ptrfe_ll
pat.h,t~at
feete]halt
neuerJlide:
~r
1/thtJttfltf,recouerlbtt
zt
vvJU,zj
erre,retati:
Iffeeble,flrmgt
he11
and
pre(ertte~at lea~,
from
ft;z,tll
faU.
·
Ana
VtJhat thetr
thot~gh
,gainfl authors minde,it ftrft apptllr'
d
i11
fight,
By
nours hand,in ruder
tyre
compos'd, and
homely
dight
f
T~t mAt~t
herein
a
Vl.-'OY~e
ofGud,brirtging to
publi~e
viC'tiV
OfmalJJ,V'that i11tcneled vvas
f6r
priuatc
goad
of
fevv;
AndnovvreuiS'd
by
authors eye,andfaults
ofp~"int
cor:tlt,
ln
graue and[ober modeft vveede,not garifbiy bcdeckt.
"Jtt,eiue
in
lo~e
this
holy
vvoJ~e:
by
v1.1hich
zfgco"t
thou find, ·
Let'GtJd
haue
prai{e
for all;
yet
to
his {errta11t thus be
~ind,
To .Uvifl; that ftill. his life may be, to Gods mo(l
glorirJUs
prai[t,
T.t~ChNr~hes
f.ODd,and
Chriflians
ioy,
vvith ltnAJh
of
happy
d~tiet.
E.
c.
. Prn.29·tl.
Prots,
19
2.
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1.Cor.a.1
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