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THE EPISTLE

DEDICATORIE.

till

by

vfing

all

good

meanes

for

this

purpofe,

they

may

find thefe

markes

and lignés

of

their

eleaion,

vocation,iuftification,and fanilification

in

them,that

fo

they

may

boldly and

fitly

apply

vnto

themfelues

thefe comforts

and

confolations

as

rightly

and

truly

appertaining vnto them.

All

which

my

labours

I

thought

good to

dedicate vnto

your

worfhips, part-

ly becaufe I

defired

to giue this

tef}imonie

of

my

true

thankfulneffe, for thofe

manifold benefits

which

from

fotne

ofyouI

haue receiued, and

of

mine

vn-

fàined loue which

I beare

to you

all,

for

your

vertues

and approoued

godlinefï'e

;

and

partly becaufe

I

thought

none

fitter

to whom I

might commend

this

difcourfe

of

the

Chrrftian

Warfare,

then your

felues

who

are

old

experienced

fouldiers in

figh-

ting

there fpirituall

battelles,

and

therefore

haue iu-

diciall feeling

and

fenfible

apprehenfìon,

of

thofe

things which

I

haue

written

and

commended

to

your

patronage.

Now

the Lord our

God,

who

is

the

fountaineofall

goodnefhe,

and

the

foie

giuer of

all

true

confolation,

increafe in

you more and more

the

gifts and

graces

of

his

fan

ityrog fpirit,

and

fo

fill

your

hearts

with

all

found

fpirituall

comfort,

and

the

toy

in

the holy

Ghoil,

that

you

may

through

the

courfe

ofyour

whole

hues, cheerefully goe

forward

in the

profeffion

and

fincere

praáife

of

his

religion

and

true

godlinef

e,

and

after.this

life

may

receiue

that

crowne

of

righteoufneffe,

which

is

prepared

and

laid

vp

for you in

his

kingdome

of

eta

nall

glorie.

A-ren,

ToHrWorf

hips

in

the

Lord

molt

afjured,

IoHN

DovvNAiE