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Show jphit-e of the A.uthoim judgemem in thit. · O~hers, 6y ~li•f putting fo~th ~~· print of an an[11~r to thu Bo~k, 6efore this rras mtd-JTijed· {;y the Pr1Je tnto the ~or!«. .vflf re11jon the~efor-e · (now ~~ .can Jpe11'ke) that it fl:o~la <Jnfwer forzt felfe. r~ . -\ wee hope wee have {atisfied the minde of the .Au_lpour as wei! a$ our owne; and of others too, oft be other ;udge: mem . efpecial!y of thofe that call for fuller Declarati4 ons. 'The Lord root out' of alf our hearts the fpirit of contradiCtion - that wu call not for Books, 'R>ith a re• jolution, rather :o confufe them {as wee imagine) fhe~ to throw downe our fel ves hurnb! y under the _pow~f of truth. , • : wee are now fighting Modo rnilitari, for refonhq,tion • let us not therefore fight againfi it more ecclefiafiic~. with how much gravitie, foliditie, an}/ moPJCjlie, have 'UU;. CottOO') the Apologifls, •the Authours of 3 z. Q!_lefimns, or Church Covenant, and oth'er mildc and judiciout Aut!Jours written irJ our caufe _?'. J!tit ll(itk wha: 1$ di.ffe!en,t fpir~t have_ the. a~v~rfe rart .. 'repily,'ef.;. as if perjonall-tnveFJrves, and zmbtttr'zn,'l, ,a jlt{e '· we';~ Gods way of hettering a caufe, or battering . ~.'!. ,opr1 . 2 - nzon. , .• , .> Here it a Booke fo grave, a~d ~o!~~, t~at Jt,FafWot, ~e juftiy deJpi(ed hy ingenuous learned rqen: :so JJti .of, necelfary cafes and truths, that it canJJot but !Je 1 deJi~e~ of thofe -that would be knowing men • . .And fo milde and gentle, that it cannot hut b~ c.aufl.ejly -qd4rr~ed., if quarreUed by' Cholerick men'. ' Halwehio£~ ~eeilpe{~ [waded, thJ.t lt would pJ.ove a Me teo~ Tra~~~ 1:ffhanas; for the reafons afore-intim'ated, ;,er-cou(d with ou.t i'!-joyment of the JPritten (opie, well hav~ ftf-'ved thil. $rea~ tr"vell. If it f~,l/ o~t othenri[e, .1s ·it hath with devttfe ' . ( of the like nature • Golden La.vers, or Yejjelr made Cqmmon-fhores and' receptacles to be filltd with 11/1 filthy contempt ; wee fhaU t~en . dearly ~nd fully ~ecerm mens Jpiritr, and defcry thetr tntentj tn chalfengmg U1 for larger Narrations; and JIJa/1 beware for_ ttm~ tocume, how wee anger them with kmdne.ffes. But if thu /;e candidly entertained of them, then have they encouraged~ in due time to imptZrt (if God permit) a f~l/er Tre~tife of the fame fuhjeEt, JPith amplior demonjlratrons, hy ;oynt confent of the Churches of Old and New-England ~ and meane JPhile, they have ahundantly ~ecompenced the l~tbour of love, oftheirs in the Lord. -· N.H. I.H. |