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The Dedication.
fUte , a>jd blind the eyes of the Vnthinklng aboHt it.
J^hereas this Publication wi/lfet the matter in a true Light
nd let all Meyi fee that they had neither Serifture^ nar any
oodConfequences deduced from thence, to prove their Practice,
\ither with refpe5i to the Subje^s or Manner, And therefore
'hen the People fhall fee that they have neither Command nor
example for their Pra^ice, I hope it will be a means to convince
'hem of the Vnlawfulnefs thereof-, and that they will not dare
[or time to come to praSiife a humane Tradition in the room
if an Ordinance of Jefus Chrift : remembring what our Lord
Yaid of the Jews of old. In vain they do worfhip me, teaching
for Doftrines the Commandments of men, Matth. 15. 9.
And in Marii.^. For laying afide the Commandment of
God, ye hold the Tradition of men. And then hear what
Paul faith, Coloj[.2. 20, 21, 22. Wherefore if ye be dead
with Ghrift from the Rudiments of the World; why, as
though living in the World, are ye fubjeft to Ordinances
not, handle not, which all are to perijhwith
'{Touch not, tafte
the ftfing)
after the Commandments and Dottrines of men I
Now the Godof Peace, that brought again from theDeadour
Lord Jefus, that great Shepherd of the Sheep, through the blood
of the everlafiing Covenant, make you perfea yn every good
work to do his mil, working in you that which is wellflealwg
in his fight, through Jefus Chri^, to whom be glory for ever
and ever. Amen. So prays,
Your Brother and Fellow-Labourer
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in the Work of the Gorpel,
William RufeL