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1 tie bpiltle Dedicatory.
'Vtry contYAty to thdr ether ajfertwn^ that it
is a moral Duty^ hut we can no ways he If their
being ftlf- condemned.
There are many dther things I had a par'-
fofe to have fpoken to in this E'ptltiej hut
the limits allotted ?ne will not permit it,
Andl dotibt Hot but I[hall have iejlcBions
from them for what I have ahead) done^ ha^
^ing met with that before for my Introduction
to the Qujeries^ althd I did it with all the modtfly
and caution the nature of the fubjed would
admtty efptcially when I confider their unkindmfs
to thttr old Servant who wrote, the
Scenes ;
(or they have turned him out of
his,Hrufe^ and took away all his Sallaryfrom
himy notwtthfianding he was one of their own
member Sy and had fervedthtm faithfully even
to old' age, and is yet m full communion with
them. However^ I will not rendtr evil fox
e'uily but endeavour in mteknefs to inflruci
thcfe that oppofe themfelvesy altho they jhouti
tramfle it under their feet^ and turn again
And rent the : Hoping that God for Chrifi^s
fake ( whofe caufe I am engaged in ) rxill ajfifi
We with his fpirit to bear it with Faith and
Patience,
Ifhall now recommend thefe weak endeav*
^JQurs to the Blef/tng of God^ and the ferious
confideratinn of you my Brethren ; h(f^
ing it may be of ufe to ejiablifb the minds
of