The Epifile to the R. 1 A D 1 1\. But being l?feari~dwith thu 1111d the conjlant returns of my other • Mr.Jcnkins.employment, 11nd heari-ng that another • learned brDther intendeth til p11blijh hu elabort~te meditations on th11t Epiflle, I foal! conji11e m] thoughts lo that privaC) to whichJ had intended thefe., had they n(Jt been thHJ pH.bliquel] drawn forth. Th1 m11tter herein delivered,will,Iconceiv.e,be found hfJl] and ufeft~l;if'any expreffion foouid be fo~end thflt favour_eth not of true piety . or fuiteth not 'With reverence to God, charity to men, or ;;;;.eal DJ goodWork.J, 1do from myfou!Wifh it n:pHnged, and foail upon ,eonviUion t"k! the next occlljion to retr11U it; I k;tow fome are trtjudiced ag~tinft en– deavours ~fthis k]11d,M ifttJo~hing "Hid be faiflbut what hathbeen [aid a/read]; for r»J part,l pretend to nothing novel,and though no ~ther things'"" be [aid, 7et thq maJ be more explained, and with msre live!ynefs ofphrafe And expreffion, ever] truth receiving fome favor from the vef{el through which it p~e/[eth; ~11dyet I mt~] jpeak__it withoNt arrogance,[ome arguments thouwi/t find improved for thy further edification;and therefore I fuppo[e ( th9ugh there he no\\>jomeglut)thuBook..m~ty crowd forth in the throng of Com– met~ts; I confefs I have mt~de ufe of thofe that h1we formerly -wr_it. t-en Hpon thu Epijlie , ~tnd upon others inftigAti~n, that the worft •ight he more complult, more then 1at firjf intended, t~ndyet ( I :taCor.:xo.J6 h•pe) I cannot be flzid "'to boaf.l: in anothermanslineofthings made ready to oar hand. For thy direilion in this \Vor~ I do en– treat thee, to compare the notes With the Expofition , e.ffieciflll] if thou doft · at ~ny ti111e ftick...t•t the genuinefs of an1 point. Well thenfooften repeated, is the ufual note of the u[e or prAflital infe• rence. Iftheftile[eem too curt and abrupt, k!to"W that I fometimu' :refervedWJ folf ft~r a (uddAi14 incslcAtitmanden/argement;for the treat c-,mr•verfie of J ufiification I htwe h•ndJeiJ it M IArgelJ '44 the Epiflle wonld give leAve, and the ftttte of lhe .Auditor} -wou/a be11r; .#md1/Ht.n 11-wllre DJ fome t.ontroverjies gro\Vn finte IITIJDng/1 m, I {bouldha'lle f•Ul more,yet tak.! it llltogethtr,tnough ;.,. fllidM to myfenje,atJdjor vindit:llting this Epiftle; iffomep11j11g11 ,le ~>~in.repe~tted, \Vhich Iffippofe-wi/1 feltltm~fa/1 t~Ht ~ impute .it ._.t!he m~t.kituJe.ofm1emp11J)ment;1newrJ~w. the.,ork..~together, t~~~d:my thmghts :being fc-attereJ ttJ fo t1114flJ fuhj,Efs througho~et Hn week__, 1 conld not AIWilJS fo JiftmlliJ remember w.hAt i h11d· Ynitte?J;.in foort iftho,u·e.reivefi. ~"} beNefit, return mebstthe r:etieftJfthJ prA)ersforffn increafo tJf Abilities, and~ fAithfNl •fo ofthem to.tht. LrtrdlglqrJf'~lJbtfl ~~ ~~'!_~fii'J 't(~~pmfod.
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