The Epiflle t])eJ.icatory. general relation youhave to thee place, where, c ~;eki · New.: By the Bldling of God, I have enjoyed a qu_iet zng on. - and fuccefsful MinHlry and Service in theWord for thefe [even years, I have good caufe to re.. member your frequent attendance upon there LeCl:ures, ,and countenancing _o( Religion ; whil'fl: the Lord continued your abode amongfl: us; your private refpeet to myperfon, your of .. ten repairing thofe breaches which at any time were ·mad~ in my Efl:ate ~by the hand of Violence : For.all which, ifthe Lord would make me·anlnfl:rutrtent, by~ the prefent E..xerci~s, , of ·promoting your fpiritual welfare, or \Varming :your-heart-into any raifednefs ofZeal and Rel;i:– ·gi.ous Eminency, that by your Example o-thers maybe provoked to the emulation of the like . Vertue, l ~all have.myaym, and the fruit of my prayers. -By this Infcription the Book is be- . come not onely mine, but yours; ·you,own the · Truths towhich I have witnejfed: and it will be · fad for our accou~t : in the Day of the ~ord, ·if · after fuch a folemn Profeffion, you or I £hould ': : be. found in _a_carnal and unregenerate. condition. · . • 9oodS~r, , Make .it-your·workto ,honor him t~at bath -advanced you : thofe differences of - h~b, and lo'lll, _. ~i~hand poor, areonelycalculated1 *·· z fo.r rr
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