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It is therefore high time to be speak this careless Nation, or rather the Professors of this Nation, with that message which GOD sent to the Church of Ephesus, Remember from ¹whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first works, or else I will come against thee quickly, and remove thy Candlestick out of his place.

It is therefore high time to be speak this carelesse Nation, or rahter the Professors of this Nation, with that message which GOD sent to the Church of Ephesus, Remember from ¹whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first works, or else I will come against thee quickly, and remove thy Candlestick out of his place.

1. 1Rev. 2. 5.

And oh! may these ensuing Sermons be useful to revive those sparks of zeal and importunity, that lie as it were under the ashes. That was the end which the Author aimed at when he preached them to his Congregation, and that is a main end that we look to and hope for in the ⟨image 4⟩publication of them. The times wherein we live are times of much hypocrisy. There are many among us that say they are Jews, and are not, that have a name to live, and are dead: ¹yea, there are many that seem to be religious, and yet not only deceive others, but also deceive, their own selves. And therefore it is time for every man to search and try if there be any way of wickedness in him. All is not gold that glisters, nor are all Saints that so call themselves, or are so called by others.

And oh! may these ensuing Sermons be usefull to revive those sparks of zeal and importunity, that lie as it were under the ashes. That was the end which the Author aimed at when he preached them to his Congregation, and that is a main end that we look to and hope for in the