To the prefent Age and Pofterity, 
Greeting. 
Pepse|Lthough I bad rae the pene of) 
WA\ae| Life and Death asthe la/t among ft my | 
S1x Monethly Dehgranahiy yet [| 
have thought fit, in refpett of the prime fe | 
thereof, (in which the leaft lof of time on be q 
| to O he efteemed precious) to invert that order, and to fend it} 
| forth in the fecond place. For I have hope, and wifh, thatit | 
| may conduce toacommon good ; and that the N obler fort. of | 
| Phyficians will advance their thoughts ,and not employ sbeir | i 
times wholly inthe fordidnef of Cures , neither be honored | 
for Neceffity onely , but that they will become Coadju- | 
tors and Inftruments of the Divine Omnipotence | 
and Clemency in Prolonging and Renewing the 
Life of Man; ejpecially fecing 1 prefcribe it to be done by 
| Jafe, and convenient, and civil ways, though hitherto unaffa wed. | : 
For though we Chriftians do continually aire and pant | 
after the "Land of Promife ; yet it will be a token of | 
Gods favor towards us, in our journeyings through this | 
| Worlds Wildernefs, tobave our Shoes and Gar-.| 
‘ments (I mean bole of, our bi Bodies) lle worn or) 
impaired, : woth) 543 Ose 
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