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AUTHOR'S
PREFACE.
and
provoke men to
that
which
is
the
only
remedy of
all
these
evils,
which
alone is
the
means
of
giving
them
a view into, and a
foretaste
of,
eternal glory
;
especially to such
who
are
in
my
own
condition,
namely, in a
very near
approach to
a
departure
out of
this
world
;
is
the design
and scope of
the ensuing
discourse, which
is
recommended to the grace
of
God,
'for the benefit of
the
reader.