this early serving of thee my God; perceving the inclination of Children to be apt to learne that which is not so good and to rejoyce in it; therefore \now/ I thinke it better by way of prevension to season them in the best; and although I past this censor upon my selfe, yet I suppose sum others may apprehend sooner or better, nither can I now so well remember what I thought of thee when I first learnt, onely to the best of my rememberance this is the first that I can call to mind haveing an areall apprehension of thee to be glorious and increaseing in this knowlege I thought thee to have a celestiall being from all eternity and indureing for ever, and by the devotion of thy servants, and that thou madest all things I knew that thou wast of all power that thou knewest our thoughts, yet could I very littel consider of thy \Attributes/ properties. and workes, and of thy \great/ goodnes to man. haveing but a small Sparke of knowledge, to that which now of thy goodnes thou hast endued me withall yet whatsoever I then had or now have is of thy giveing and I beseech thee be still pleased to continue unto mee the increase thereof; and herein I find my selfe the better for those things which heretofore I understood (not, or very littel) have since come flowing into my mind to my better instruction as those psalmes and also Solomon saith pro. 22.6teach a Child in the trade of his way, and when he is old he shall not depart from it. pro. 20.11a child also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right, herein I conclude with the saying of our Saviour when the children cried Hosanna in the Temple; mat. 21.15out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast made perfite thy prase;

Happy are those that in the time of there health and prosperity thinke of thee my God: I had almost bin hindred from proceeding In this worke feare distracting my thoughts, \and/ that I should not have time to accomplish it as I would doe the heavy stroke of thy hand the pestilence being so neare us as a mile. ( psal 30.11 Heare O Lord and have mercy upon us: Lord be thou our helper; psal 25.17 Looke upon our adversitie and misery, and forgive us all our sinnes,)