' I Dedi-catory;_· ~ _{o1t if you JiV~ !4P yo!Jr fo~ls to ChriP, than if Jo• , Jhould give all,youreftates tom: wefoal/glf rirhe~ eppf!gh if wee make ycu rich, ( as,ConHaonus {aitf. once ) this fJ one ofPaul's parAdo~/u, oh that 'it t~~ight be veriftf ~. in .O!fr fuccefs alfo, as poor, yet maki~g m•ny rich, 2 (pr.~~ to. · -- ( onarning dt bi,rth andbt4lk Bf this Treatife 1 . p;ujl tell yfJu, that the or:cajion ofit rrtts thu.•l heard ~goa'.ly ~iniffer ;reach aSermon ~pon thuText, 11nd I was much AjfiEted llith it, and rifofvttl ~hen 1 .came home ~o _fe tJ rch into it, I fluditd ~nd preached. three Sermons ( .u l.remtmher) upon it, ,-,irh which · fom.e ~lre Jo affefled' rhat fiver~i intreated me t(} give them (opies th~reof, which I Jet 111yjilf_ to; bHt . 1J4[ writ it, if fwellcd in my hands to tpis magni• tud~ af /11ft ; 11nd whfn {ome l111d perufed it, they tntr!ated ~»e to let it.he printed, ~ntl fomt rpoultl be ;~ the phargu; it·was afodden_,·-m~ (to me) a flr.a_ng~ motion, for I never yet judged 41)) lith01!1'J D[ '?Jipt fo be of fo mHch worth tU to b~ expr{e~ to public~ fliew, yh !'didnot kt!?~ what ha~Jandentl,the Lordmight. ~~vein thi!, m~ tion : / _fought Gad abot~t it, An4de -. fire4 to {e11rch my'heArt, ~ndpurge it from the Lea– flen of vanity llndoftentation, which (God knows) I found too ~uch. JPGrkjRg in me; then I told mJ friend I wo11ld. comf1J1m~cate it to (ome ,ReverendMi... ni{ter.r, 4/!tl jhould be rN!,d hy·their judpment , llM anq t~tdvice : l'dt~ fo, ~nd fiJur or five ':mine,nt men i~ thefe two Cpunties 8[ Yorklhire and Lancalhire . h._ape rtJovrdme to publifh tt ; ani if Prs'tlidence clear.t ifs 'fay, I am Jre.ely content, the Lord Jo '~Pith me ~.ntl ft,f!i fiem! goo4 in hi.r eyes: · ' The ~Hbj~Cfl a,fJ /rtre, ~of greAt importance, tlfJt' r P'f-!,~ l,ev:r fo!n ~n1 Treatife of t~!s••ture; if it were . , . · 4 4 proftta: '""\ I I
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