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 hearty repentance; of which we have abundant inſtances both in ſcripture and hiſtory; and whereof I have likeways tranſcribed ſome few out of very approved and credible hiſtorians, both ancient and modern, whoſe names are added to every particular relation, that they may hereby obtain the more credit with the reader; who may here find in a ſmall manual, and for a ſmall price, what has been diſperſed in ſeveral large volumes; and therefore I hope will not be unacceptable to the world: which is the hearty deſire of