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Τ Ε S Τ Ι Μ Ο Ν Υ
TO THE
WORK OF REFORMATION
IN
BRITAIN and IRELAND.
FEB. 28th, 1661.
THOUGH the Lord needeth not a Teſtimony
from ſuch a wretched man as I, and if all the
world ſhould be ſilent, the very ſtones would cry,
it is more than debt, that I ſhould confeſs Chriſt,
before men and angels. It would ſatisfy me not a
little, that the throne of the Lord Jeſus were excited
above the clouds, the Heaven of heavens,
and on both ſides of the ſun ; and that all poſſible
praiſe and glory were aſcribed to him. That, by
his grace, I might put my ſeal, ſuch as it is, unto
that ſong, even the new ſong of theſe, who with a
loud voice ſing, Rev. v. 9. 'Thou art worthy to
make the book, and to open the ſeals thereof: For
thou waſt ſlain, and haſt redeemed us to God by
thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and
people, and nation, and haſt made us unto our God
kings and prieſts: And we ſhall reign upon the
earth.' And bleſſed were I, could I lay to my ear
by faith, and ſay, Amen, to the Pſalm 'of the
many angels round about the Throne, and the
beaſts, and elders, whoſe number is ten thouſand
