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and easie verse ; and will in it find many Hopes 

 and Fears finely painted, and feelingly express'd. 

 And he will find the first so often disappointed, 

 when fullest of desire and expectation ; and 

 the later, so often, so strangely, and so un- 

 expectedly reliev'd, by an inforeseen Providence, 

 as may beget in him wonder and amazement. 



"And the Reader will also here meet with 

 Passions heightened by easie and fit descriptions 

 of Joy and sorrow ; and find also such various 

 events and rewards of innocent Truth and 

 undissembed Honesty, as is like to leave in him 

 (if he be a good natur'd reader) more sympa- 

 thising and virtuous impressions, than ten 

 times so much time spent, in impertinent, 

 critical, and needless Disputes about Religion ; 

 and I heartily wish it may do so. 



"And I have also this truth to say of the 

 Author, that he was in time a man generally 

 known, and as well beloved, for he was humble 

 and obliging in his behaviour, a Gentleman, a 

 Scholar, very innocent and prudent ; and indeed 

 his whole life was useful, quiet, and virtuous, 

 God send the story may meet with, or make 



all Readers like him. 



"I. W. 



" May 7, 1678." 



