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The chapter on “Ringing” almost certainly contains undetectedtypographical errors. Readers interested in solid information mayprefer Tintinnalogia (1671), Project Gutenberg e-text18567.
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MAN, the Abridgement of theCreation, or the Compendium of all Gods Works, having divestedhimself by Sin of that Original Innocence and Angelical State of Lifewherein his Creator had placed him, and thereby Subjected his collapsedNature to the Malediction of God, In the sweat of thy Face thoushalt eat thy Bread, &c. It pleased however the Almighty tocontinue and confirm that Original||grand Charter he had at first granted him, of being Lord ofthe Creatures: Hereby intimating, That tho man is now Born toTrouble, Labour and Cares, as the Sparks fly upward; yet Godhas not deprived him of any Co