. ~ .. ·, . ' f.(77,) \ . " > ) . . the.o.nly 'Friend tpa~ Gpd or the .Soul hath .left wi'th– iri th~e. Thy wilJt and thy affeCtion~, and thinea:v– petite, are a,ll gone; the Devil hath Holn them away, and ' ~ired them all agairii.l th~e ' t~ou halt nothing 6uc .poor Confci·ence ·l~fr. . ' Thy Conici.ence ~ath beenoftenupori the ; plea.. d,ivg with. thee for God, and for pity to thy Soul :It ' hat~ ~ar~ed thee, reprov·ed thee ~ and often whif– per'd thee in thine Ear? ·what doH: thou mean? ~ whither ~rt thou going '? when w!lt thou .~eturn ?· Away with thy fins, have, done with thy Con1pa:– nions ~ no.more of chis drunkcnnefs, this roiot,this cdvecoufnefs; Thou art a lcJt man, .thy Soul is loft,_ .. · if thou go on. Thus Cen[cenc~ hath vv.arned :chee~ · and thou ha.fi 'fometimes hearkne'd to ic; and fpoken. itfa,ir. The throbs, and the pangs, and the wounds ' tho~t haft' felt and re.ceived from it, have wrung fr911J the·e, now and ti~en, a promi[e: Well, through the .Grace of God; l'l.e hearken to Confcience, l'le · be a .ne\\ 1 man :Amay .from me ye finpers; i will keep' the Cmnmandments ·of my 'God. An<f y~t thorcly after,. wheri thy Temptat,ions re~urn, thy Companions c9me, all~s forgotten; and alopg thou g?efl, as a fool to the Stocks, or an. dx to the £laugh– ter ;. an-.1 this bath been thy way and thy manner; from time to time: Now and then Confciencedraws - ~ figh,'qr a tear fr~m thee ; and by-a~d by receives akick or'a ftab. · , ' · · · ' Beware Sinner-; -Confcfence·will'~ot alvvayes ~e thus us'd •. Ifever it fpeak aghin,fay~-t not ~ay. It's ne,xt w~rd may b~ it,s lall:; if ever thou wear id! it into perpetuall fileQc~ ., then .farewell all for e'ver~. Confcien.ce +s the ·onlyFriend thou .ha'fl: left. ' .. Conceived
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