Exon. April 8. 1643.  
HAving lately seen a Pamphlet, miscalled a Sermon, and fathered upon my name, under this Title, [A Sermon preached in Exon, before the Deputy lieutenant's, captains, &c. in the County of Devon, by John Bond, Minister of the word of God in the City of Exon] The text being, Prov. 25. v. 5. and perusing those broken notes upon it, contained in some 35 pages. I thought it my duty (so soon as I could recover myself from astonishment at the injurious boldness of the publisher, T. B.) to tell the world, that not only myself, but, which is far more near me, the very Cause, Text, and Reader, are abused in that bastard-copy. I may not, for the matters sake, be forced to hatch a Cuckco's eggs, or to father another's brat, especially when 'tis a monster.  
And therefore mine entreaty to the Reader of these lines is this, that for his own sake as well as mine, he would save the labour of reading those shreds, or at least the charges of buying them; and if he will needs see something of mine upon that Text, let him but hold-in his purse, and lay-out a little patience in staying a few weeks (perhaps days) until I can finish my beginnings upon that Scripture, and then he may have the Commodity at first hand, perhaps cheaper and sweeter than it can come from such regrating, and soiling Hucksters. Mean while, pray for him that is,  
The Causes Jo. Bond. April. ●…