. Meditations and disquisitions upon the Lord's Prayer . ers:2>ut leading this htgh nvrfy, to Apo-ftolicalimen, of whom %ur Majejiyhath many about You^ andfome moreeminent, as Pillars : f onely withlow Zacheus, climbe up into theTree of Devotion; to ma^emejnthecontemplation of Youryertues^heyfit-ter Dedicatory, ter to pray j that all she blefiings onmount Gerizintyfl this life-^ and inthenext^allthebh/imgf which Qhrifipreached on the Mount j may be muLtiplyed upon Hour [acred Majefly^ inYour owneTer/on, and in Your To-fierity-o in our mofi gracious QueeneMary *in our mofi hope full TrinceCh
. Meditations and disquisitions upon the Lord's Prayer . ers:2>ut leading this htgh nvrfy, to Apo-ftolicalimen, of whom %ur Majejiyhath many about You^ andfome moreeminent, as Pillars : f onely withlow Zacheus, climbe up into theTree of Devotion; to ma^emejnthecontemplation of Youryertues^heyfit-ter Dedicatory, ter to pray j that all she blefiings onmount Gerizintyfl this life-^ and inthenext^allthebh/imgf which Qhrifipreached on the Mount j may be muLtiplyed upon Hour [acred Majefly^ inYour owneTer/on, and in Your To-fierity-o in our mofi gracious QueeneMary *in our mofi hope full TrinceCharles; and in all the reft ofYour Maje/lies moft %pyaU prayethy Your Majeftics moll humbleand proftratc Subjed, Richard Baker, pgWEefesaacawtt n *t&» •£&* £$?£. £!&* £$£> trtE> *&* «•#?» aflj -ci6» «&» -, «$» «*» ??* «$* *T* **J^ *T* *£** *?** *^* *4*> c?1* *&» *tf* To my loving and learnedFriend, and fometime Gom- pupil at Oxford, S;. Richard Baker, Ir, I conceive that youhave becne pleafed outof our ancient friend-\ &ip(whichwasfitft,andis ever beft elementedin an Academy) and notout of any valuation of my poore judge-ment, to communicate with me your Meditations upon the Lords Prayerin fomc fcverall Chectes, which have givenme a true taftc of the whole, Wherein Imuft needs obferve, and much admire thevery Charafter of your Stile, which feemethunto me to have not a little of the AfricanIdea otStJuguftines agejfull of fwect Rap»turcs andof refearched Concciptsj nothing 1 borrowed! harrowed, nothing vulgar, and yet allflowing from you(I know not how) witha certaineequall facility. So asIfee,yourworldly troubles have beene but Prefling-yrons to your heavenly cogitations. GoodCrjet not any modefty of your nature j letnot any obfeurity of your fortunc/mothcrfuch an excellent imploymcnt of yourerudition and zeale ? For, it is a Workc oflight, and notof darkeneffe; And thuswifhing you long health that can utekfoIremaine* Y
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