Two Twins, Title page – Dedication
TWO TWINNES: OR Two parts of one portion of SCRIPTVRE.
I. Is of Catechiſing.
II. Of the Miniſters maintenance.
BY RICHARD BARNARD, Preacher of the Word at Worſop in Nottinghamſhire.
1 PETER 5. 2.
Feede the Flocke of God, which dependeth vponupon you.
1 CORINTH. 9. 11.
If wee ſowe vntounto you ſpirituall things, is it a great matter if wee reape your carnall things?
LONDON: Printed for George Norton, and are to be ſould at his ſhop neare Temple-barre. 1613.
TO HIS RIGHT Worthy, much-beloued, and ſingularly approued good friend, Maiſter Iames Riſley, all proſperous well-fare tending to eternall ſafe…e.
SYR: I cannot but often thinke of your ſingular good reſpect towards me, in whom, as now it appeareth, long acquaintance in true louelove hath bred a conſtant readineſſe to doe me good, not only when I am preſent with you (as if you were, as many be, a friend to the face, without ſound affection fixed in the heart) but alſo in my abſence, and that a far off, when I ſuppoſed (which was mine errour) my ſelfe leaſt in your thoughts, and therefore farre enough from expecting ſo great kindeneſſes as I hauehave now receiued at your hands.
Surely, SYR, as I acknowledge that you hauehave ſufficiently witneſſed on your part, beyond my expectation, a minde fully bent to procure my well-fare, ſo I pray you out of this your true louelove, to iudge me ready on my part to requite, if I were able to recompence ſo great kindeneſſes, vntounto the full: but I am indebted beyond mine hability to pay; your ſatisfaction therefore from mee is onelyonly my good will, and your owne friendly acceptance of a thankefull heart; a true token and ſure teſtimony whereof be this my late and laſt labour, which I bequeath vntounto you, till there be more fit meanes of recompencing your farre better deſeruings. In the meane ſpace let it ſtand for a witneſſe of my thankefulneſſe, which I hauehave euer deſired to ſhew vntounto all, for eueryevery little fauour receiued of any friendly well-willer.
This my labour, in part concerneth the Laity, wherein you may, in your place, occaſionally, be a very good inſtrument all meanes to further my intendment, for the maintenance of the Miniſterie. In part alſo it toucheth many of vsus of the Clergie, in our too much neglected duty of Catechiſing; the Antiquity, vtility, and right forme whereof is here ſet downe; the godly conſideration of which I humbly recommend to my Reuerend brethren of the Miniſtery in theſe parts; to whoſe wiſe and indicious cenſure I ſubmit this my beſt endeuour in this point, crauing for it their friendly interpretation, and for my ſelfe their fauourable countenance, which I much deſire, and which, if I may obtaine, I will account, as an addition of Gods bleſsing to my Lords moſt honourable fauours; and as you, one well knowne and approued, ſhall be the inſtrument to effect it, ſo will I value it, as a part of high price in your vnfeigned louelove towards me.
Thus thankfully remembring my ſelfe, I commend my labour and my ſelfe to your friendly and kinde acceptance, remayning
Yours … much beholden Richard Barnard. From Worſop in Nottinghamſhire. Sept. 24.