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To the honest hearted Reader.
READER,
I Here protest before the Searcher of all hearts, that I have no End, either of Faction, or Relation in this ensuing Treatise. I am no Pa∣pist, no Sectary, but a true Lover of Reformation and Peace: My pen declines all bitternesse of Spirit; all deceitfulnesse of heart; and, I may safely, in this particular, with Saint PAUL, say, I speak the truth in Christ and lye not, my Conscience bearing me wit∣nesse in the holy Ghost, that I neither walk nor write in craf∣tinesse, nor handle the holy Scriptures deceitfully: Therefore if thy Cause be Iesus Christ, in the name of Iesus Christ, I adjure thee to lay aside all wilfull ignorance, all prejudice, all private Respects and Interests, and all uncharitable censures: Deale faithfully with thy Soule, and suffer wholesome admonitions: Search the severall Scriptures herein contained, and where they open a Gate, climbe not thou over a Stile: Consult with Reason, herein exercised, and where it finds a mouth, find thou an eare: And let Truth prosper, though thou perish; and let God be glorified, although in thy Confusion.