Currant verba licet: manus est velocior illis. Nondum lingua, suum dextra peregit opus. portrait of Jeremiah Rich THE pens DEXTERITY By these incomparable Contractions by which a Sentence is writ as soon as a Word Allowed by Authority and past the two Universitys with great approbation and applause Invented and taught by jeremiah RICH 1659. The Alphabet— A ● After b ● be ch ● Church or children d ● nothing e ● eminent or he f ● of g ● god h ● hospitality k ● king l ● lord m ● man n ● in o ● order p ● principalities q ● question r ● remnant s ● small t ● thee v ● you w ● wherefore x ● example y ● Jerusalem z ● is: his z The prepositions and Terminations come ● ● cation con ● ● ation under ● ● lation pra ● ● ration pre ● ● nation pri ● ● tation pro ● ● sion pru ● ● union sus ● ● count suf ● ● sent re ● ● tent ac ● ● sever mount ● ● ture ment ● ● eternal tempt ● ● trance cor ● ● ever How words must be writ by( e) se ● me ● we ● ye ● set ● let ● debt ● bet ● sel ● tel ● fel ● well ● sand ● bend ● lend ● rend ● The places of the otherfower vowels sa ● ball ● si ● bill ● so ● bol ● su ● bul ● da ● fall ● di ● do ● fill ● du ● fol ● sta ● full ● sti ● sto ● dam ● stu ● dim ● tra ● dom ● tri ● dum ● trow ● fam ● true ● gra ● fim ● gri ● fom ● gro ● fum ● gru ● pla ● ram ● fli ● rim ● flow ● rom ● flu ● run ● stra ● hall ● stri ● hil ● stro ● hol ● stru ● hull ● words with double consonants beginning and ending— blam ● black ● flam ● from ● fram ● grom ● brom ● broke ● brak ● brat ● brit ● brot ● bran ● trim ● trak ● brute ● build ● walk ● talk ● taste ● hast ● wast ● rust ● dust ● sand ● band ● hand ● blind ● blank ● drank ● drink ● drunk ● How to abbreviate words by casting out superfluous letters say ● day ● way ● may ● sow ●. bow ● row ● grow ● writ ● wrong ● wring ● what ● when ● why ● who ● sight ● fight ● bright ● fright ● brought ● sought ● bought ● fought ● wrought ● can ● call ● could ● hence ● fence ● James ● John ● Jud ● physic ● when( e) must be omitted em en ei of es ex er de be te pe ge words by the prepositions defil ● defum ● betim ● delay ● befall ● befoold ● comun ● commit ● common ● command ● contain ● confided ● presume ● confute ● consume ● consult ● undertake ● sustain ● prithee ● prefer ● prayer ● proffer ● proof ● confess ● pride ● confer ● praise ● and Terminations account ● intent ● eternal ● entrance ● amount ● asent ● asenting ● amounting ● acounting ● Consent ● content ● contempt ● temptation ● contemplation ● comition ● comotion ● consolation ● condition ● confution ● presumption ● consumption ● consummation ● congratulation ● 8 double consonants to be got by heart Blessed ● glory ● grace ● knowledge ● shalt ● impediment ● th that ● Thus ● This these Those their The Table of Ideas and simbolicall characters for words and sentences A advance ● adultery ● angel ● the mighty Angells ● the Angells that fell ● against ● argument ● atributes ● almighty ● this is not all   all over the world ● he is above all ● among ● B behold beloved brethren ● because ● believe ● above ● below ● behind ● before ● both ● both together ● between both ● babylon ● babylon is fallen ● bountiful ● abound ● abundance ● abbreviate ● C Cause ● Christ ● Christ Jesus ● Jesus christ ● crucify ● the across of christ ● compassed about ● there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ ● Christ at the right hand of god ● Circumsition ● uncircumsition ● neither circumsicion nor uncircumsition availeth any thing ● congregation ● continually ● conjunction ● conversation ● captivity ● to led captivity captive ● consequence ● conceal ● Contrary ● constancy ● conclude ● D Danger or dreadful ● devil ● your adversary the devil ● the devil can turn himself into an angel of light ● the devills fear and tremble ● god is above ● the devil ● diminish ● double ● disciples ● distance or divide ● difference or destinguish ● darkness ● drunkard ● doctrine ● destruction ● E Everlasting ● eternity ● even ● uneven ● even at the right hand of god ● equal ● unequal ● equal with god ● F fearful or infinite ● finite ● follow ● fellowship ● fellowship ● former or foruner ● familiarity ● faith ● this is no true faith ● fear ● this is no true fear ● frivolous flourish or foolish ● G God ● god through christ ● godly ● ungodly ● the most high god ● a false god ● the hands of god ● the wrath of god ● great ● grief or grievous ● gathered together ● H Heaven ● hell or holy ● the most high ● horrible ● hand in hand ● hand joined in hand ● I Jehovah ● Judge ● eyes ● city ● first of all ● last of all ● both high low rich and poor ● from east to west from North to south ● increase ● increase in knowledge ● justification ● in the lord ● the eyes of god ● Jesus ● K king ● kingdom ● knowledge ● keep ● L little or least ● Liberty or Parish ● large ● long ● it is long of me ● a long time ● a little time ● M Ministers ● mistake ● mortal ● immortal ● imortallity ● in the midst ● mingle ● Moses ● Melchizedeck ● N Nevertheless ● niggard or notwithstanding ● now ● O Omnipotent ● in order ● over all ● christ is over all ● open ● P principle ● patience ● passover ● priest ● a great high priest ● Jesus christ our great high priest ● unspeakable ● in prison ● pitiful poor poverty ● Q quantity ● quarter ● to put in question ● eqvivalent ● quaker ● R remember ● regard or religion ● repent or repentance ● this is no true repentance ● rediculus ● a little remnant ● S someriting or substance ● serpent ● the could serpent ● subject ● separate ● inseparable ● several ● society ● stratagem ● serve ● service ● short ● T On the top ● from the top to the bottum ● trible ● tremble ● trespass ● trinity ● treasure ● the times are turned ● V variety ● virtue: verb or vers ● W World ● in the world ● there is nothing in the world ● without god in the world ● The Crosses of the world ● from one end of the world to the other ● round about the world ● world without end ● the beginning of the world ● the end of the world ● X examination ● exhortation ● dehortation ● external ● internal ● exaltation ● excommunication ● extinguish ● Y ye●ter day ● Z Israell or zeal ● The Rules of Contractions to writ a sentence as soon as a word 1 To come te ● To go or depart from 2 men or sons saints ● women or daughters servants Children people 3 laws ways ● love works power worship fear wisdom 4 doctrine called ● far enough backslid joined beauty The xi: rules of contractions by the Alphabet 6 happiness ● heaviness holynes humility 7 Calamity ● kindness coldness Covenant 8 Labour ● life loss Ilumination 9 majesty ● misery mercy multitude 10 Nature ● necessity neglegence number 11 pain ● to presum to come to to pass away from punishment 12 righteousness to run to ● to run away from resurrection 13 safety security ● to be separated from subtlety 14 Taught ● Testimony Torment trouble 15 Vanity ● virtue voice Unity 16 Want ● when you come to when you depart from Wonder if you would writ the humility of thirst your mark for christ is thus( x) set( h) in the place of humility thus( xh) and so of all the rest of the alphabet a tittle under city substantive signefyes to understand To understand the love of god ● to understand the mercys of god ● to understand the law of the lord ● to understand the power of faith ● a little over the-adiective-signify as to lay hold on to lay hold on the mercys of god ● to lay hold on the love of god through christ ● a little underneath the adjective follies to undervalu To undervalue the love of god ● to undervalu the mercys of god ● to undervalu the fear of god ● to undervalu the people of god ● to undervalu the children of god ● to undervalue the law of the lord ● three ways to express the negative in any sentence not to worship god ● not the work of god ● not the ways of god ● not the servants of god ● not a servant of god ● not a saint of god ● not a servant of christ ● not the kindness and love of god ● not to presume to come to lay hold on the mercys of god ● if the sentence begin with( this) you must turn the tittles on one side thus this is not the worship of god ● this is not the wisdom of god ● these are not the people of god ● these are not the servants of god ● this is not to run to god ● these are not the men of the world ● this is not the happiness of a child of god ● this is no presumption to come to lay hold on the love of god through christ ● 〈◇〉 turned on one side signifys god will not give god will not give his son ● god will not give his love ● god will not give his mercy ● god will not give his law ● god will not give his fear ● god will not give his spirit ● god will not give repentance ● god will not give grace ● god will not give glory ● god will not give christ ● how to contract about the first rule he come to god ● then come to god ● then they that come to god ● they that depart from god ● all that depart from god ● the congregation of saints that come to god ● when a man departs from god ● the people of the world depart from god ● A soul that comes to lay hold on the mercies of god ● your letter( b) or the mark for( eminent) or( he) must be contracted about the 2d. rule To be the people of god ● to be the servants of god ● to be the saints of god ● to be the sons of god ● to be the children of god ● to be a daughter of god ● he is an eminent servant of god ● he is an eminent saint of god ● he is an eminent child of god ● your mark for order or question may be placed 〈◇〉 about the 3d. rule in order to the wisdom of god ● in order to the worship of god ● in order to the law of god ● in order to the fear of god ● to question the worship of god ● to question the ways of god ● to question the laws of god ● to put in question the love of god ● to question the fear of god ● how your mark for these is contracted about the 2.d and 3.d rule these are the people of god ● this is the wisdom of god ● these are the servants of god ● this is the worship of god ● these are the saints of god ● these are the ways of god ● these are the daugters of god ● this is the love of god ● this is the fear of the lord ● how to express a double contraction by two letters of the Alphabet to be merciful as god is merciful ● to be holy as god is holy ● to be humble as christ was humble ● to be happy as the saints of god are happy ● to be negligent as the world is negligent ● to be miserable as the world is miserable ● how to express the word( from) between two substantives from god to man ● from man to god ● from heaven to earth ● from earth to heaven ● from nation to nation ● from kingdom to kingdom ● from grace to grace ● from glory to glory ● he that depart● from go● goes to the devil ● A stroke drawn from the substantive to the right hand signifys to be joined if it be struck quiter through to embrace To be joined to the people of god ● To be joined to the servants of god ● To be joined to a saint of god ● To be joined in love to the son of god ● To be joined to the children of god ● To be joined in love to those that are not the people of god ● To be joined to the people of the world ● To embrace To embrace the people of god ● To embrace the saints of god ● To embrace the love of the son of god ● To embrace the across of the world ● To embrace the across of christ ● To embrace those that are not the people of the world ● To embrace god ● Abreviations upon the letter( b)( by) by the people of god ● by the servants of god ● by the children of god ● by the wisdom of god ● by the law of god ● by the law of sin ● by the wisdom of the king ● by the love of the son of god ● an equal distance follies( before) Before the people of god ● before the eyes of the lord ● before the kings majesty ● before the Angells ● before the fallen Angells ● before the great day ● before the Judge ● before the minister ● before the day of death ● a double distance follies( be it far from) Be it far from god ● be it far from christ ● be it far from the people that love god ● far be it from me ● far be it from a child of god ● How to express a question asked Is this the wisdom of god ● Is this the worship of god ● Are these the servants of god ● Are these the saints of god ● Are these the laws of god ● Are these the men of the world ● Is this to presume to come to lay hold on the mercy of god through christ ● The tittles set near follies to keep close To keep closs to the worship of god ● To keep closs to the law of god ● The people that keep closs to god ● A servant of god that keeps closs to god ● A saint that keeps closs to god ● A woman that keeps closs to god ● Those that keep closs to god and will not depart from him ● The place of d) in a contraction To be doubtful of To be delivered to ● To be delivered from The depth To be delivered to satan ● To be delivered to the law of sin ● To be doubtful of the love of god ● To be doubtful of those that are not the people of god ● The depth of the wisdom and knowledge of god ● a tittle by the substantive turns( d) into a desire A saint desires to be delivered from the world ● A saint desires to be delivered from the wrath of god ● A saint desires to be delivered from the power of sin ● A child of god desires to love god ● A saint desires to be delivered from the fear of death ● The 5th place of( d) Nothing on this side god ● nothing on this side christ ● nothing on this side imortality ● The desire by the second rule A saint desires nothing on this side god ● A saint desires nothing on this side the glory of god ● A saint desires nothing on this side the love of god through Christ ● The place of( ch) in a Contraction The Charity of the most choice of ● To choose to suffer for The true Church The most choice of the people of god ● The most choice of the men of the world ● The charity of a child of god ● To choose to suffer for christ ● The true church of christ ● The charity of the true church to choose to suffer for the saints of god ● how to contract great numbers by( e) 1000 times beter 1000 times nearer ● 1000 times farther of from 1000 times wors A saint is a 1000 times nearer to god ● A saint is a 1000 times better then the world ● A 1000 times farther of from god ● A 1000 times worse then death ● How to vary the numbers 1000 o ̣ 10000 · o 1000000 o ̇ 10000000 o · Finis The 10 commandments Moses holding two tablets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Lords prayer The creed By many hands you haue seen tongues outrum Pinion's outsly the Chariot of the Sun But in these Arches such a mistiry lies That he that veiwes them with judicious eyes Being guided by the Author: that same man Shall writ far swifter then a thousand can No Short hand writer can come near to this By ten to one where Art comander is Therefore I care not though the worst of men Envy the Geomitry of my Pen I ever loved sweet ingenuity While virtue guides my hand truth shall my copy be I: R: I: Ch: Sculp: