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he_o will_v free_o grant_v he_o be_v full_a and_o free_a and_o none_o will_v turn_v away_o that_o come_v to_o he_o and_o on_o his_o name_n do_v stay_v to_o he_o i_o call_v thou_o reader_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o be_v invite_v and_o speak_v to_o by_o i_o who_o ere_o thou_o be_v rich_a poor_a wise_a or_o unwise_a i_o call_v thou_o unto_o christ_n do_v not_o despise_v what_o i_o present_v thou_o though_o as_o it_o be_v from_o i_o thou_o many_o weakness_n therein_o may_v see_v yea_o christ_n do_v call_v thou_o by_o i_o in_o the_o main_a it_o be_v his_o language_n do_v not_o it_o disdain_v slight_v not_o his_o love_n it_o be_v he_o that_o do_v thou_o woo_v i_o be_o but_o his_o spokesman_n but_o the_o trunk_n where_o through_o he_o send_v his_o voice_n to_o thou_o do_v thou_o it_o hear_v peruse_v this_o book_n and_o mark_v well_o what_o be_v there_o propound_v to_o thou_o read_v it_o to_o the_o end_n and_o much_o good_a do_v it_o thou_o so_o desire_n thy_o friend_n april_n 30._o 1673._o john_n horn_n another_o to_o the_o reader_n of_o the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n 1._o reader_n if_o thou_o do_v look_v into_o this_o book_n for_o wit_n and_o for_o high_a strain_n thou_o will_v loose_v thy_o pain_n 2._o it_o be_v not_o my_o intent_n strain_v to_o invent_v or_o witty_a phrase_n which_o some_o man_n count_v rich_a 3._o it_o be_v not_o thy_o lust_n to_o feed_v while_o thou_o do_v read_v nor_o yet_o to_o satisfy_v a_o vain_a fancy_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v thy_o soul_n to_o win_v from_o vice_n and_o sin_n and_o woo_v thou_o unto_o bliss_n that_o i_o write_v this_o 5._o the_o mind_n and_o fancy_n have_v their_o lust_n and_o crave_v food_n for_o their_o pleasure_n too_o which_o may_v undo_v 6._o but_o here_o they_o will_v not_o find_v their_o sail_n with_o wind_n to_o fill_v i_o do_v not_o ride_v in_o state_n and_o pride_n 7._o my_o wit_n run_v plain_a and_o smooth_a yet_o do_v not_o sooth_n nor_o lull_v thy_o soul_n a_o sleep_n to_o fall_v in_o the_o deep_a 8._o i_o do_v 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