The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come

Secondly, What HE doth work in them by his holy Spirit and Word, in Order unto their Everlasting Salvation.

Thirdly, What kind of Worship, Churches, Ministers and Ordinances the LORD Jesus Christ hath instituted and appointed under the Gospel. And in the latter Part of it is briefly and plainly declared, That there is a WORLD to Come; That the LORD Jesus Christ will come personally, visibly, and suddenly; That he will set up his Kingdom, & will Reign, Raise the Dead, and Judge both the Quick and the Dead, 2 Tim. 4.1. At his Appearing, & his Kingdom. It may be some of all sorts of Readers will judge and Censure me for one thing or another, but with me it is a very small thing, that I should be judged by Man's Judgment. I only ⟨image 3⟩entreat the Judicious Reader to search the Scriptures, and thereby to prove all things, and hold fast that which is sound. I pretend not to Infallibility; I know but in part; yet I am willing to impart that which I do know, unto others, that are searching after Knowledge and Understanding.

And I pray that God will fill you that Read what I have written, with the Knowledge of his Will Revealed in his written WORD, That you may prove what is the perfect Will of God. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such Custom, neither the Churches of God. Nor will ⟨image 4⟩I contend with any one otherwise than the Apostle Jude exhorts in the third verse of his Epistle, That we should earnestly contend for the Faith that was once delivered unto the Saints; not by vain Disputings and Janglings, but by sober Assertions, and clear Proofs of Scripture,