To the chri ian & ider. Child, en ; we cannot but carry forrow , in the bottoms of our hearts to this day, that wee uwf here fee his face nomore. Neither do we bdicve that his loffe remains with usalone, oronlywith- in the limits of this remote wilderneffe ; the be- nefit (and confequcntly the want) of fuch a bur- ning and (piningLight, is of more general! con- cernment than we eafily apprehend , cfpecially in this Agc, wherein not only many fit in utter darkneffe, but which is tore, the new Light thereof is darknrffA; and the Love of many wax- inggcold. But we muff all be hlent before Him, whole judgements ate unfearchable. Néither may we prcfume fay to him, What doefi thou ? It is inflantly and not without caufe defired by many, that fuch ofhis Labours as do fur- vive him, may be (at lea( fome ofthem) impart- ed to the publick. To a c& any thing confide- table that way, is not an caiîe or fudden work. But this fmall piece being at prefent attained ; it fcemed not arniffe to let it pats the Prefs. Thefe were fome of his Lecture-Sermons, Preached molt ofthem in the year, 1641. They are now tran- fcribcdby a godly Brother, partly from the Au- thors own notes, partly fromwhat he took from hismouth: The fubjc& (in both the Texts) is ofgreat ufe, andneedful! for thefe times 9 wher- in there is more Liberty, than good ufe ofit ; and much morecommonand outward, than Caving and effc&uall knowledge of the word of God. Thefe polihumous editions arc far thort of what) theAuthor waswont todo, and of what the Ser- mons were in preaching. But though the fcnfc be not every where fo hall, nor every thing fo tho- --°:
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