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[ 3 ] ſpirit. I hope none will queſtion the following relation, when they conſider that ſome of the miniſters of Edinburgh, whoſe names are mentioned, were ear-witneſſes to ſeveral paſſages contained therein. How precious and deſirable a thing is divine grace at death? Guilt breeds confounding horror and anguiſh, grace outlaſts the things of time, theſe are ſick of conſumption; but grace is incorruptible and everlaſting: It is the effect of electing mercy, and the feed of glory. Chriſt is the fountain of communications or the ſprirg head of grace; he is full of wiſdom, beauty, ſweetneſs, love, and a ſcreen betwixt believers and eternal wrath And therefore a part in Chriſt is worth a million of worlds. If this little book may conduce to the good of ſouls, I have my deſign and deſire, which that the God of all mercy, and the father of glory would accompliſh effectually, is the prayer of him, who is,

Bowden June, 17th, 1702.

Your Servant in the Goſpel and Kingdom of

Jeſus Chriſt.

ARCH. DEANS.