The Epifrle to the Reader. {~tith t·he Text, .ver. 5· neither did his brethre.n beH_eye in him: q. d. Such as carry on duties, or counfel others I to,fuch undertakf:.n.rslas may expofe them to public~view I for oflentation, de~lareplainly they rpant truegrace, whic.h makes perjons Jews inwardly, whofe circumcifion i.s qf the heart, in the Spirit, whofe praife is not of tnen, ' but of Qod : Rom. 2. 29. The main tr~de of a Chriflian, is his Home-trade, tt.s one faith, , . 1 . 11 . · h· h · {J . r. b · G' d Gurnal s C 1n Iatl w zc u pent zn 1 ecret etwtxt o A eh p 1 dh . J; l h h d . rmour, a • 2. an t! own 1 ou : ~re e nveJ t~n un- ·sea. 3 . p. 3 o 4 • k!.town Trllde, he u at Heaven ttnd ~omeagain, richly laden inhu thoughts 1vith heavenly me– JitAtions,beforethe World knows where he bathbeen. The eonjidtr~tt~on of theft things bath engaged me t() • /Pend fome thoughts, concerning this great and much r.·eg– leEJedDutyofClo[it-PrAyer; which when I had deliv~red.,- ' and feveral hadgot Coptes thereof, it was judged fit f(;·r the Prefs,{ome hopesctJnceivedof its further ujefulnefs; I perufed it again, anameth,oJiz..ed it iuto tbi-:5 ff!r11J, and eommHnicated my thoughts to fome concerning tk~ public~tion \ofit. · Afriendt,llVe me notice there w1~ a :p,ook ex;.. : tant Hpon the fame Subjeil, which I enquiru! afttrl ~md fo~ndone ofMr. Brooks on the (ame Text: ThvV J]oo/z{ lool(d over, ~end wat ready to tbink)t,would fave 1nc a la– hour; but, upon fecond thoughts, I conjidcred tbv?.t this. mi(Tht f40 into {ome hands that fr?ould not; that fo~·crlll m:;z writing on the fame SubjeEt may be ufef~l, 'is ordina~ ry; that fJUr Meth1d and mo{f ofour A:Jatter is dijfe-,·ent i for I hadJini.Jh'd mine before I faR? the othn·, except 'f1T~ tJ·r three leAves in the clofe: Befiqes that ,the other is lm;ger, rhisA {mall Piec~, and morepo~table, as a po~k.£t-boc;~., or Vade me~um: let it be th&n ~Jhort Appendix to that ex~ e11lent Pie~e. ' . · I AmheArtilyglad, 11ny ofGods fervan.ts have[et them· fol'Ues to promote this par~ ofpracri&al piety; •ris an excel· lint de.ftgn,Andlam well aj[ured, ifChriftifJns tvere mfJr I ~ -;; rl
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