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A Cautionary Epiftle
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fd all thofe beloved Souls over rvhom the
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Lord hath conjlitntedme an Overfeer.
Dearly Behvei^ ^
IAm
bound in Duty to watch for your Soul^
Security , and do therefore think it neceffary
to write unto you at this time, to admoni(h
and ftrengthen you, that you may hold faft
the Profellion of your Faith without wavering, and
not be beguiled by fair Pretences and gilded Gloffcs,
to turn away from the Truth of the Gofpel*
Dear Souls^ I am not wholly ignorant (through
Grace) of Satan^s Devices to undermine and dc*
ceive you^ watching to rob your Souls, either of
that Salvation held forth in the Gofpel, or of the
Truth and Comfort of that Gofpel that brings you
Salvation. It is not eafy to reckon up the multifarious
Methods of that Politick Adverfary^ whereby
he feeks to dcftroy our Souls, or eclipfc out
Comforts, and hinder our Spiritual Communion
with God. I intend no large Difcourfe of this Subjed
at prcfent 5 but I may fay, in the Words of
the Holy Apoftle, 1 fear left by [^any'] meatiSy m
the Serpent hegmled Eve through his SHhtilty^ fo
your Minds Jhottldhe corrnfted from the
city'] that is in ChnJ},
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