IT has been Complained, not only tha• Christian Charity, but also that Moral Honesty, is too generally neglected by Men, in their Employing of those Temporal Estates, wherewith God in his Providence has Betrusted them. And it may be observed, That the too little Believed Providence of God most wisely and justly Ordering all our Temporal Affairs, has been Chastising this Unfaithfulness in our Stewardship, with such multiplied Losses, as often argue somewhat more than […] mere Display of Divine Sovereignty ▪ in th•i• Infliction. Upon the occasion hereof, Two brief Sermons that have been Preached on our Country-Lecture, are now offered unto the public: the presumption of which offer, I do not go to excuse, as Authors fondly use to do, with the Importunity of Friends, for […] number of my Friends has ever, that I know of, Importuned this Publication: but the Offer is made, briefly, Because I think my Neighbours had need be Told of these things, whether they ask […] To•d of them or n•. May the Blessing of Heaven, accompany these poor Ess•ves▪ To do good unto all.
IT has been Complained, not only tha• Christian Charity, but also that Moral Honesty, is too generally neglected by Men, in their Employing of those Temporal Estates, wherewith God in his Providence has Betrusted them. And it may be observed, That the too little Believed Providence of God most wisely and justly Ordering all our Temporal Affairs, has been Chasti•ing this Unfaithfulnes• in our Stewardship, with such multiplied Losses, as often argu• somewhat more than 〈…〉 meer Display of Divine Soveraignty ▪ in th•i• Infliction. Upon the occasion hereof, Two brief Sermons that have been Preached on our Country-Lecture, are now offered unto the publick: the presumption of which offer, I do not go to excuse, as Authors fondly use to do, with the Importunity of Friends, for 〈…〉 number of my Friends has ever, that I know of, Importuned this Publication: but the Offer is made, briefly, Because I think my Neighbours had need be Told of these things, whether they ask 〈…〉 To•d of them or n•. May the Blessing of Heaven, accompany these poor Ess•ves▪ To do good unto all.
