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''HIS ſmall Treatiſe cannot be thought unſeaſonable in this age, wherein Atheiſm and Impiety doth ſo much abound. And as the Holy Scriptures (which we ought firſt and principally to ſtudy and regard, do ſufficiently diſcover the wonderful judgments of the Almighty upon profane and impenitent ſinners in former ages; ſo the Divine Juſtice hath not left itſelf without witneſs in all times ſince, of be like ſevere vengeance againſt them: and ſince examples commonly prevail upon men more than precepts, this little collection may, by the bleſſing of Heaven, prevail upon ſome profligate offenders, to forſake their evil ways, leſt they themſelves be likeways made examples and monuments of God's wrath and diſpleaſure. And as the judgments, ſo likeways be tender mercies and goodneſs of God bath appeared in all times and places, towards thoſe that put their truſt in him, or have returned to him by ſerious and''