might, majeſty, dominion, bleſſing, and thankſgiving in the higheſt, for ever and ever, Amen.
IV. His laſt GIFT to his CHILDREN.
MY Children dear, a legacy
With you I now do leave:
Pray read it o'er, and you will ſoon
My purpoſes perceive:
Firſt to your God your duty ſhow,
And live up to his laws:
Then comfort you'll hereafter take,
And vindicate his cauſe.
Next give all honour that is due
Unto your mother dear;
Such will be happy, you will find
While they do tarry here:
Love to your brethren God commands,
That you will always ſhew:
You then ſhall ever live in peace,
In joy and honour too.
Pray love your neighbours as yourſelf,
Behave to the moſt juſt:
In all your thoughts, your words and works,
Then you in God may truſt:
Then he'll preſerve you in your ſteps
That you ſhall never fall:
He will be always your ſure friend,
Your God, your guide and all.
FINIS.
