Preface to the Reader. the Revelation that io· made in t~e Gofpel, unto thu -pery end, that hy a -view of it, zve may begradually transformed into the fame GJory. · . . ~, . . . I SHALL .not therefore ufe any Apology for the publifhing of the enflting Meditations~ intended firft for the exerci{e .of m_y ozvn mind, and then for the Edification of a private Congregation, 'Jvhich is like to be the la(f Service I {ha./l do them in that kini. Some may by the con'jileration of them be called to attend unto the fii,ne Duty with more diligence than formerly ? and rtceive Directions for ~he dip c~qrge of it; :And fome may be provoked to .ccmmu· nicate their greater Light and Knowledg unto the good of many. .And that zvhich I r~efign farther. in the pre(ent Difcourfe, i.r to give a brief account of the Neceffity and Ufe, in Life and Death, of the Duty exhorted unto. · · ., 1? ARTICULAR motives unto the diligmt difcharge pf this Duty, will be prej]ed in the DijCourfe it fc!f. Here Jome things more general .onl_z foall be premifed. For all perfons n:ot immerfed in ferifoal pleajttres, not 0·7.Jerdrencht in the lorve of this Wvrld, a:d pre{e1 t things,?vho have anj generous 'or noble ThJI/ghts abcut their o'Jvn Nature,Eeing and End, are zmcl<~· the highelf Obligation to b'etake themfelves . unto this Con.. templation of Chrift and his Glory. T¥ithout thi.f they Jhall never attain true Reft o~· Satisfa~ Elion in their O'lYn minds. fie .it i:,· alcne in w.bom the Race of mankittd may boaft and glorj, on 'lvhom all its filicities do deper:d. For, r. Hf
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