Thirdly and Laſtly, I come to the duty we owe to one another.
My children, take warning by the vicious habits of other men, and you will do well; whilſt others ſtrive one againſt another: do you ſtrive to do good one for another; and whilſt others are at variance and revile each other, do you pray for and comfort one another.
To conclude, Mind what I have ſaid, and lay it up in your hearts, and implore God's bleſſing upon it. I muſt leave you, but I hope we ſhall one day meet face to face in the preſence of the Almighty, where pleaſures flow, and joys abide for evermore.
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II. A COPY OF VERSES that he made upon himſelf, not long before his death.
FOrbear, fond man, and weep no more, 'tis vain
When heav'n decrees, 'tis folly to complain:
This worldly maſs is ſubject to decay,
And death and nature all things muſt obey:
The bluſhing roſe ſmiles with the morning fun,
Juſt then looks gay, now withers and is gone:
Pardon my ſins, Almighty God, I pray!
Forgive them all, then take me hence away;
Then my provoking ſoul ſhall upwards fly,
And leave with joy this world of vanity.
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III. Some Godly MEDITATIONS.
NO creature under heaven can afford my ſoul any comfort, only thou, O Lord, the Phyſician
