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APPENDIX.
May diſpenſe Bleſſings,
And promote the Happineſs of Mortals;
But when hoarded up.
Or miſapply'd,
Is but Traſh, that makes Mankind miſrable.
Remember
The unprofitable Servant,
Who hid his Talent in a Napkin
And
The profligate Son,
Who ſquander'd away his Subſtance and
fed with the Swine.
As thou haſt got the Golden Head,
Oblcrve the Golden Mean,
Be Good and be happy.
This Leſſon, coming as it were from the Dead, ſtruck him with ſuch Awe, and Reverence for Piety and Virtue, that, before he removed the Treaſure, he kneeled down, and enrneſtly and fervently prayed that he might make a prudent, juſt and proper Uſe of it. He then conveyed the Cheſt away but how he got it to England the Reader
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