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A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…
A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that late pious and worthy divine, Mr. John Cotton ... ; published by Anthony Tuckney ...A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that late pious and worthy divine, Mr. John Cotton ... ; published by Anthony Tuckney ...
London: printed by T.C. for Ralph Smith, 1654
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
[figure: Title page enclosed within a decorative border of printer's flowers.]
To the Right Worshipful, Mr. George Caborn, Mayor; With the Aldermen, Common-Council, Ministers, and the rest of my Christian friends of Boston in Lincolnshire.
To the Right Worshipfull, Mr. George Caborn, Mayor; With the Aldermen, Common-Councel, Ministers, and the rest of my Christian friends of Boston in Lincolnshire.
Dearly Beloved,
The large interest which I have long enjoyed in your favour, and which you must ever have in my heart, hath emboldened me to prefix your names to this Piece; and with the more confidence of your acceptance, because in it an address is made to you at once by two, who sometimes were together your Ministers in the Gospel of Christ: by the ever to be honoured Mr. Cotton in the Book, and by my unworthy self, in the review and Dedication of it: Both now removed from you. The one, first to a remote part of the world, there to plant Churches; and thence (after that happy work done) to heaven: The other, to some more public service nearer hand: in which I humbly crave the best help of your prayers, as you are constantly remembered in mine; and that with more strength of affection, whilst I oft call to mind those most comfortable days, in which I enjoyed the happiness of joint Ministry with so able and faithful a Guide; and both of us so much satisfaction and encouragement from a people so united in the love both of the truth, and of one another.