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HE bleed Apotle, in his econd Epitle to Timothy, cap. i ver. 13, writes thus; Hold fat the form of good words which thou hat heard of me in faith and love. An excellent admonition and worthy to be preed upon all Chritians; but chiefly on thoe who have wholly devoted themelves to the tudy of Divinity. For as it concernes every Chritian to be skilled in the chief Chatechitical heads at leat, that by their help and guide they may with the greater profite heare and read Gods Word; o it becomes all Students in Divinity, before all things to imprint in their memories the Anatomie of the Body of Theologie that in the Common places, in the definitions and Diviions of heavenly doctrine, they may be exact and perfect. Now in this kind divers eminent men, furnihed with a far greater meaure of Spiritual Unction than my elf, have afforded uch helps to young Students, that he, who goes about to adde any thing to thee, will eem to light a Candle at noon-day,or to garnih the Firmament with more