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PREFACE. 



THIS Volume contains 

 I. THEOLOGICAL TRACTS. 

 1. Prayers. 



1. A Prayer, or Psalm, made by 

 the Lord Bacon, Chancellor of 

 England 



2. A Prayer made by the Lord Chan 



cellor Bacon . .5 



3. The Student s Prayer . . 8 



4. The Writer s Prayer . . 9 



2. A Confession of Faith . . 10 



3. The Characters of a Believing Christian, 



in Paradoxes and Seeming Contra 

 dictions . . . .21 



4. An Advertisement, touching the Con 



troversies of the Church of England 28 



5. Certain Considerations, touching the 



better Pacification and Edification 



of the Church of England . .61 



6. The Translation of certain Psalms into 



English Verse . . .98 



7. An Advertisement touching a Holy 



War . . . .112 



8. Questions about the Lawfulness of a 



War for the Propagating of Religion 145 

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