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the_o new_a covenant_n or_o the_o saint_n portion_n a_o treatise_n unfold_n the_o all-sufficiency_n of_o god_n and_o man_n uprightnes_n and_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n deliver_v in_o fourteen_o sermon_n upon_o gen._n 17._o 1._o 2._o whereunto_o be_v adjoin_v four_o sermon_n upon_o eccles._n 9_o 1._o 2._o 11._o 12._o by_o the_o late_a faithful_a and_o worthy_a minister_n of_o jesus_n christ_n john_n preston_n dr._n in_o divinity_n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o his_o majesty_n master_n of_o emmanuel_n college_n in_o cambridge_n and_o sometime_o preacher_n of_o lincoln_n inn_n psal._n 111._o 5._o he_o have_v give_v a_o portion_n to_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o he_o will_v ever_o be_v mindful_a of_o his_o covenant_n london_n print_v by_o i._n d._n for_o nicolas_n bourne_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o south_n entrance_n of_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1629._o illustrissimis_fw-la et_fw-la honoratissimis_fw-la viris_fw-la theophilo_n comiti_fw-la lincolniensi_fw-la et_fw-la gulielmo_n vicecomiti_a say_v et_fw-fr sele_n dominissvis_fw-la submisissimè_fw-la colendis_fw-la have_v johannis_n prestoni_n ss_z theol_n doct._n et_fw-la collegii_fw-la immanvelis_fw-la magistri_fw-la primitias_fw-la devotissimi_fw-la tam_fw-la authoris_fw-la dum_o viveret_fw-la qvam_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la qvi_fw-fr supersunt_n obseqvii_n testimonium_n l.m.d.d.d._n richardus_n sib_n johannes_n davenport_n ¶_o to_o the_o reader_n it_o have_v be_v much_o to_o have_v be_v desire_v if_o it_o have_v so_o please_v the_o father_n of_o spirit_n that_o this_o worthy_a man_n have_v survive_v the_o publish_n of_o these_o and_o other_o his_o lecture_n for_o then_o no_o doubt_n they_o will_v have_v come_v forth_o more_o refine_v and_o digest_v for_o though_o there_o be_v very_o little_a or_o no_o mistake_n in_o take_v they_o from_o his_o mouth_n yet_o preach_v and_o writing_n have_v their_o several_a grace_n thing_n livened_a by_o the_o expression_n of_o the_o speaker_n sometime_o take_v well_o 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