None but Christ, Title page – Errata
None but CHRIST, Or A Plain and Familiar Treatiſe of the Knowledge of CHRIST, exciting all men to ſtudy to know JESUS CHRIST and him crucified, with a particular, Applicatory, and ſaving Knowledge, in diverſe Sermons upon 1 Cor. 2. 2.
By JOHN WALL B. D. Preacher of the Word of God at Mich. Cornhill LONDON.
Chriſt is all in all.
Col. 3. 11.
Nullus animae ſuavior cibus.
Lact. lib. 2. c. 3.
LONDON, Printed for Ralph Smith, at the ſigne of the Bible in Cornhill neer the Royall Exchange. 1648.
I have peruſed this enſuing Treatiſe (entituled None but Chriſt) and finding it very uſefull for all ſorts of Chriſtians, eſpecially for weak Beleevers, I allow it to be printed
OBADIAH SEDGWICK May 12. 1648.
To the much honoured and moſt worthy, Sr Herbottle Grimſton Baronet J. Wall wiſheth all preſent and future happineſſe.
RIght worſhipful, Your religious ſtedfaſtneſs in theſe times of change, adhering to your fixed principles, and not bending like a reed with every wind (as many have done) makes your name deſervedly honoured of all that know you.
What you have ſuffered by falſe calumniations, God hath in a great meaſure already cleared; And I doubt not but in his due time your light ſhall break forth (like the Sun out of a cloud) more glorious then ever before.
How great your love hath been to Godly and Orthodox Miniſters, your pains and labours to helpe them out of their troubles, which in theſe broken times they have fallen into, you have ample teſtimony.
Your indefatigable paines as a Member of the Honourable Houſe of Commons, the Kingdome cannot but take notice of.
And SIR, How much my ſelfe am obliged to you for your countenancing of, and reſpect you bare to my Miniſtry, when I lived in Colcheſter; And your continued favour and reſpect towards me ever ſince, I deſire with all humble thankfulneſs to acknowledge, and teſtify to the world.
And as a teſtimony of my gratitude I humbly dedicate this Treatiſe unto your Patronage.
SIR, I obſerve in theſe erroneous, licentious, diſtracting and dividing times, that men ſpend their thoughts and ſtudies for the moſt part in needleſs queſtions, tending onelyonly to ſtrife and contention, but not to edification: whereas our Lord Chriſt hath taught us, there is but one thing eſpecially needfull for us to buſy our heads about, and that is, to know Jeſus Chriſt and him crucified; and to be able to ſay with Job I know that my redeemer liveth.
If it ſhall pleaſe you, ſo far to honour this Treatiſe, as to grace it with your favour, and to beſtow the peruſall of it; and if your noble ſpirit (and the Church of God) ſhall thereby be the more inflamed with the love of Chriſt and longings to in…oy him (As it hath been my deſire and indeavour, according to my talent received, to ſet forth the riches and excellencies that are in Chriſt, to draw the heart of his ſpouſe to be ſick of love to him) I ſhall deſire to give God the glory: And this ſhall be a ſufficient refuge againſt the captiouſneſſe and carping of the curious, the ſlanders and reproches of the malicious, and the ſharpeſt cenſures of the Criticall.
From my Study at Mich. Cornhill March 25. 1648. SIR, Your Worſhips in all humble and reſpective obſervance JOHN WALL.
And to the vertuous and moſt worthy Lady, the Lady Mary Grimſtone his wife, Daughter of the ever honoured, grave, judicious and religious Judge, SIR George Crook now deceaſed. J. Wall wiſheth increaſe of true honour and happineſſe.
I Make bold likewiſe worthy Lady, to joyn you with your dear and much honoured Husband, craving your tuition of this Treatiſt of the knowledge of Chriſt (being the firſt fruits of my weak indeavours) And that you would be pleaſed to accept of ſo ſmall a preſent, as a little monument of that great reſpect I deſervedly beare you.
And although I know (Noble Lady) your holy and dayly communion with God, your humbleneſſe of mind, and tender affections mourning under ſin, your zealous longing after, and delight in the word of God when moſt ſincerely taught, your heavenly communication and converſation do render you elect, holy, and beloved, amongſt all the Saints that know you, and your works praiſe you in the gates: Yet good Madam, give me leave I humbly beſeech you to ſtirre up and warn your pure mind, that you take heed of looſing your firſt love, and the things that you have done, but that your works may be more at the laſt then at the firſt, that you may ſhine as the Sun which ſhineth more and more unto the perfect day, that you may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, that he may be your all in all, that ſo you may at laſt receive your full reward.
The Lord grant this poore little Treatiſe of mine may kindle a fire within you, to warme your heart with the love of Chriſt, & be as a means with the bleſſing of God upon it, to increaſe your joy and comfort in him, to ſweeten your diſſolution when God ſhall pleaſe to finiſh the period of your dayes, and to fill your heart dayly with more and more longings to be with Chriſt, which is beſt of all, So prayeth
From my ſtudy at Mich. Cornhill March 25. 1648. MADAM, Your Ladyſhips moſt humbly devoted JOHN WALL
Chriſtian READER,
IT is the great unhappineſſe of our times, that the greateſt part of men, buſie themſelves moſt in that which leaſt concernes them, whileſt ſome (Athenian-like) ſpend their time in hearing and telling newes: others (mole-like) are alwayes rooting and digging in the earth, though gold can no more fill their hearts, then grace their purſes; others eagerly purſue the worlds vanities, as children do painted butterflies, which after all their paines they may miſſe, and if they chance to catch, its but a fly that beſmeares their hands; others bende all their ſtudies and diſcourſes, about controverſies tending little to edification; and page missing
READER, Thou ſhalt find through the neglect of the Printer, or thoſe that he betruſted, many miſtakes in the pointing of this Treatiſe, as alſo many literall errors which I crave thy patience to paſſe over without cenſure; and likewiſe not to be offended with other greater errors thou mayeſt meet withall, but rather thus to amend them.
ERRATA.
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