gave TO Chriſt. The occaſion of Joirph and N".. ,'s gong to Bethlehem; the Cri ami ances of et Svinurs Birth there; His diſpit1,ro w.ti2 the Dottors at * <-c [ears of Aze, are things reported by 20 017167 EvarSeliſt, and of oreat wie to Complear the Hiſtory of T ©11 1/7e Baptiſt and of Chriſ? , Befides that he hath many Pavohics (xs thoſe of the loſt Sheep, the lo T.0..c, andof the Prodigal, QC. that are to be found in n other Ev img! viral other Parabics and pieces of Hiitory ; to ſay nothing of drvers Circumſtances, in thoſe Parab Hittory (which other Eva: geliſts have recorded ) omitted by them. He dedicateth h:s Bnik to ſome Friend, eithey Mp
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Lukes Preface, 1==4. The Parentaze and Life of Zachavi is and Eliza- | 1ng,nut all in Manuſcripts, becauſe he thought his Friend Te prilies beth, 5—7. An Angel appeareth to Zacourtgs in the Temple, and | to whom he knew ſuch an Hiſtory woutd be graretu!) :1_ thi not promo him a Son, &—14. Diredims emcorniags his Education, | nave come to the fight of thoſe Manuſfc: ipts) he undertakes {not wth a Deſortp 1m of his Office, 1g-- 15 Zuicnuttys n) 3:Uieving, | without the direttion of the Holy Spirit ..> 4ppeared afterward) to
Ss Ira Dumb fr a Seaſon, * 8 —20. Elizabeth Cancery th. 2 26. | Compile an Hiſtory of theſe rh1ags, to winch he was crther 1ncou- Tow Angel Gaviret uititeth the Virgin Maiy, and teffe ts 221 hat hr | raged by the example of others,or ex ited by tre Miftakes of choſe (hail Conceive, and bring joito a Sen. which is the F'n "of G d. | who had done it 1li, having the advantage perfetly to under/t.mmd af 25—36 .ind acel.creth to her, hyy that ner Siffer Elfecf2t,y (| things from the firſt , moſt think that this advantage aroſe not from it. vie bring forth a Son, 36 —37. Mer goth to Eliznbery, who | his Pertonal Knowledge, bnt his Converſe: with the Apoſtles and m/aily recetved and bleſſed ber, 32—453. Mary praijeth God | other Mimiters of Chriſt ; for he ſaith no more, v. 2. the! | CVep
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+ That thou mighteſt know the certainty of thoſe | Che, Eng ne Pl 1 2 thinzs wherein thou halt been inſtructed. Witneſſes. 3. Men ought ts have perie# urderitanding matters — Ene's Evangelical Hiſtory fath this peculiar to it ſelf. That Fact, before they Write them, Whoio Writs 1 USP vpon lwCcr- nereas the Hittories of the other Evangelizts are written to the | tainty, impoſeth upon all tuture Ages. 4. 4 [Kinwledge of Coitarr wno.e World, having no particular Toſcription, or Dedication, | tjes, 5s, what all 2034 Men oughr to aim at in i/itin;, and Rea tin? em os 11s to. bo particular Perion, named Theophilis, for | [t is a mean Soul that can fecd upon an 1NCertuinty and key are 45 10 met Name figniticth, one 7h. lveth God, yet T cannot think | mean that ſpend their time in cat. ring tuch Food for reaſonable '© 15 ko9e taken here Appellatively, it being commouly uſed as a | Sguls. Mens underſtandinzs are given them for Novler uics that —_— Name, Patents in former Ages giving Children Names ge- ; to gain the Notion of a Falſe-hood,and they are low-born Souls that OL OR exprefhive of their Cin:drens Duty to God (that by | can ſpend their precious Hours in ſuch Cookery, It the Sauce with er Names they might be put 1n mind of it ) or Expreittve, or! which they ſerve it up be never to Artificial, vods Mercy to themſelves in giving them ſuch Chilaren. The