Serious Advice to Ones Delivered from Sickness and Danger, Title page – To the reader
Serious Advice to delivered Ones from Sickness, or any other Dangers threatning Death, how they ought to carry it, that their Mercyes may be continued, and After Misery prevented.
OR THE HEALED ONES PROPHULACTICON Or Healthfull Diet.
Delivered in several SERMONS On JOHN 5.14.
By JAMES ALLIN, Teacher to the most antient Church of Christ in Boston.
BOSTON: Printed by John Foster, in the Year 1679.
To the Reader.
Christian Reader,
THese Sermons written out by some pious Hearers from their own Notes, and by their desire hastned to the Press, so that I could not, for want of time, supervise them as I would; and not being willing to burden them with writing them again, I have been prevailed with, to consent to their publishing in this homely Dress; unfit indeed for the vein of this curious and carping Age, that are more for what pleaseth then what profiteth them: But seeing it hath pleased the Lord so far to bless them to any, as thereby to stir them up at their own cost and pains, to endeavour to promove others good thereby, if the Blessing may attend the Reading, that did the Preaching of them. And that it may, let me advise thee, into whose hand this may come, & thou think not thy time lost in reading it, that with the same integrity thou come to read them, that those who are the occasion of the publishing, did to the hearing, and with more mind to mend thy own, then find another faults. If thou findest any benefit, let it further thy Prayers for the Instrument, thy Thanks to the Lord for those have occasioned it; and let you and I adore the wisdome of God in managing unlikely and foolish means for thy saving good, to stain mans pride, and exalt his own glory, which is the aime and design of him who is,
Boston, May 16. 1679. thy Souls friend James Allin.