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The Epiftle Dedicatory.
Jnd thtrefore we rtfufe to ft strife fmgim^
our Brethren do, hecaufe there is no Pre^
cept nor Precedent for itj from our only Lawgiver,
the Lord ftfus. And we ha-ve great
reafon fo to do, for if^is written^ The Prophet
that Aall prefume to fpeak a word
^
. in my Name, which I have nor comm inded
him to ipeak, even that Prophet (hall
/ :, Dtut. 1 8. 20. much niore tf we jha.ll
.]/refumt to fraSife a devm of om o^n, or
others,
as aChurchOrdimnce, which our Law-
I giver hath not commmd^d us^ {as ii t^e cafe
f
ofoiir Brethren about their mode offtngmg . )
%'and yet have the confidence to jay tt u fo
? commanded', it'^s to bdye the Son of Goa, and
to procure \, that dreadjul Qurfe threatned^ Rev.
f^22. 18, 19.
4. / have Animadverted upon their pretence
lofjinging, as they pra^fife it*, to be amoral
^ dity^ and have enervated all the Evidence
\^hey have given for it, and I hope th-y will
fnot
in ft (I upon that ^ny more,
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But I cannot pafs by one t hinor, which ts
i worthy Obftrvathn, that fome of thoft five
\mwfl:trs who have affixed ^htir Nxn^s to
\Mr. hW^V^sBook, by way of approbation, fmM
^yet omit to pra^tfe it in th'ir o-vn C