eegst ,,; wit . TO T H E \IVOR.- THr IvST l c E O F CHESTER Sir The,,,aschamberlaine, Chiefe Iufice of his Maietties Councell in the Marches of WALE S. . Right Worfhipfull, Haueprefumedunder your worthy Names, tefendforth a fewOhferssations (fetch as theyare) onthe Parable ofthe Rich man andLazarus : A Scripture that may well beletby the Preacher to an age effuch ful- meffe offinneas ours is : An age and time, wheresi vngodlineffe, which (as the(a)L. Prefiee to ofPletlis encefayde) waswont but towh/per the truncr'c men in theBare, and lsspingly to fpeakebetween the teeth,deth ofRel:Von. nowwog boldly, and without all blufboffhame, w ith open mouth, call vpon both Bench anti PulpitforproteEion. Dines bathmanyTonnes at this day,fprung from his laines ofcruelty, and thecontemptofthepoore : andfor hisbrethren among vs, they benot (b) fine enely,but mere then flue hundred; hll which, liming in no feare ofodor death, and impudently in all b L. t 6 thedeedes offnne, requirethe f arpefl edge of Difcipline, Gods 2L andmans. Therefore and towardthe reformationoffomany as Godfkgll inclineto reade with[ernecenfcience theenfuing D f ceurje, 1haue (tomy Poore skill) donefemewhat in this fearefull ParableofDines. That littlewhich is done,isacccrding to the Scriptures, andhumbly commended toyour Worfhip by One that cloth loueandreuerence You for thegoodparts of Iudiice andPiety,whicbare noted to be in youby thofe that knowyou ; andappearethby this, thatyon (pare no framed, ands accept no faces ofmen, orkiters imatter; ofpublake bearingswhether in Terme orout. A
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