To the Reader. ofyour goods to thepoor,or relievedpoor Captives impri- foned for debt, or vifited the poor Widows andFather- leffe children in their neceffities, purelyforChrifls falle? nay this is not with you and 'fit were what were it available ifztfsouldnot be from a right Principle; yet Iknowyou canfpeakwell, but alas that helps not. Well, thus I have clearly declared your eflate ; it therefore now remains to {-hew unto :you , why you do all thefe things ; even becaufeyouhave not known Chrflnor thefather working inyou death to allthefe devilifh deceits , thatyour fouler might come to live: in himwho is Truth it felfe, And thenyou would not vnely beprofeflors, but poffefiórs ofthat Eternal love which would leadyou into the truth and goodneffe ire fincerity. But becaufe this friend oftruth will not, nor cannot own, yourout /de wortip he having by Gods power found the deceit thereof,, he is therefore by you cafe out as a Heretick,andfo are allthofe that in truth and uprightneffe o fheart, are led andatîed forthby God, to work his ownworks ; for Wifdom is juftifed of her Children. Thefecond thing that isbreathedforth in this book,._ isthis, that as Chrife is the Foundation, lbhe alone it is that clothbuild upon thisFoundation, that building that mill fiand when ail other (hall and mufffall; and not onlyfo, but he lil¿ewifebegins the worko fhis own power in every particular _Pule and carries on the famewith his ownhand, in defpight ofall oppoftion; camfng flefh andall the power thereof, to fall down before hisface, into death, mifery, judgment, and condemnation , whereall thegloryofthe frrPccreati- on, is fea,lddown under the coven,mtof death, never to
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