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The Epiflle t])eJ.icatory.
general relation
you
have 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
my
perfon, your of
..
ten repairing thofe breaches which at any time
were
·mad~
in
my
Efl:ate
~by
the
hand of
Vio-
lence : For.all which,
if
the Lord would make
me·anlnfl:rutrtent,
by~
the prefent
E..xerci~s, ,
of
·promoting your fpiritual welfare, or \Varming
:your-heart-into any raifednefs of
Zeal
and
Rel;i:–
·gi.ous Eminency, that
by
your Example o-thers
may
be
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
to
which
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. con-
dition.
·
.
•
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
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