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famné

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4rt

a

Man of

Reafon,

and not

a

Bruit

; and

haft

a Soul

which

was

made

to

Know,

and

(a)

Love, and Serve

thy

Maker

:

and

that

not

in the fecond Place,

with the

lea..

vings

of

the fleth

;

but

in

thefirf1 piace,

and

with

all

thy

Heart

and. Might.

if

this had

been indeed

thy

Life,

God

would

have been

thy portion,

thy Father

and

thy

Defence,

and thou

mighteft

have

liv'd

in peace and

comfort,

and

then

haveliv'd

with God for ever. And

fhould not

a

Creature

li"ve

to the Ends and Ufes

which

it

was made

for

?

Muft

God

give

thee

all thy

powers

for Hirnfelf,

and

wilt thou turn

them

from him, to the

fervice

of

the

f

leth,

and

that when

thou.

hadit vowed

the

contrary

in

thy

Baptifm?

How

wilt thou

anfwer

for

fuch

treacherous ungodlineis

?

II.

It

is

time

for thee

tow

to

have

ferios

thoughts

of

the

Life

which

th9ss

art

going

to.

if

thou

couldlt

sleepily

forget

it all the

way, it

is

time

to

awaken when

thou cornea

almoft

there.

When

thy

friends

are bu-

rying

that

Hefh in

the

earth,

which thou didft more

regard

than

Goi

and

thy

Salvation, thy

Soul

mulfi

ap-

pear

in an

(v

r

eiidlers

world,

and

lee

thofe things which

God

f

'retold

thee

of,

a;rd

thou wotildft not

believe,

or

fet

thy

heart

upän.

As

fain

as

Dfath

bath

opened

the

Cur:

a

ns,O

what

a

fight

mug thou prefently

behold

A world

of

Angels and

of

holy

Souls

adoring

and prai

-,

fing,

and

41niring

that.

God,

whom thou

didi

refu.fe

to

;rínd,

and

love

and

prve

:

A

tvottd

of

Devils

and

-

damned

fouls,

in

torment

and

derpair, bewailing

their

contempt

of Chrift

and

Grace, their

ne;lec`1

of God

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