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th~ ·fe~~cher
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knoweth,
that
when
thefc
:ser~
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mons ·were firll: preached,
it
waS:
cl
neuer
once intended
that
t~ey
-f
fhould con1e
to
the .prclfe. ·And -.
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therefi1re
the
\V
hole
difcourfe
was
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matte~
a_nd
rnanner,~s
migh_t
beft
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.
fit
thecaRactty and neceffiue ofthe prefentaudttory.
But lince
fome
of theordinary-hearers had publilhed
~
their notes (as themfclues could.gather
the~
in
the
~
time ofthCtSermon)without our kno\vledge or con-
t
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:
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betterfatisfyingofthe Chrifiian Reader, wee
were-~-compelled to·teuiewand refine the whole Treatife•
· -+~Wherein
we
haueioiot~
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. .
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,;,:~.:-;.;_..:,
·,
~any
reafons
ther~yi;
'which
moue vs to dedi–
cate
thefeour
paQ;ela&burs
vnto
your
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\ved
your
felfe as willing
to
aide
and defen-d vs,in our iull caufe,as
you
were careful to
make
choifeofvs,~t
our firfi entrance into our
place~f
.
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becaufe we know not ho\v foone we ibid
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