To the Reader.

patron with the Truth itself; and when the world shall submit to the general Tribunal The final judgment seat of God, he will find his Advocate original: "Advocate"—referring to Christ as a legal defender, where they shall find their Judge. There is a mutual testimony between God and his servants: if the Baptist John the Baptist bore witness of Christ, Christ John 5:35 also did as much for the Baptist: He was a burning, and a shining Light.

This, Reader, I thought fit to preface, so that if any discourse of mine is slandered original: "traduc'd" hereafter, you may not expect my defense original: "Vindication". I have referred my dispute original: "Quarrell" to the God of Nature; it is involved in the concerns original: "Concernments" of his Truth. I am satisfied with the peace and test of a good conscience: I have written nothing but what God has verified before my eyes in particular and is able to justify before the world in general. I have known his secret Light; his Candle is my Schoolmaster: I testify to those things which I have seen under his very beams, in the