Head I. , _A Brldl~ t~ curb 'Lt;jls. '· . 275 One man tnlVels with a can~ in .hi$ .hanel, his f<:tJlpw: t'ta– ,vell.er (perhaps) has but a .common-, fiick or Hcdf; ·· either .of them will ferv.e the turn. lt i\ no ,great matter which o/ of them b~ yours; both will be latd afide when yoQ. ' corne to your journey's end • . Thirdly, It may ferve for a bridle _to curb all ma1_mer , .ef lujlJ, panicQ.lady th.ofe conv~rfimt about the body. A , ferious vifit made to cold death, and that folitary manfioni I ' • \ _ the grav~, m.i-ght be of gopcl ufe' to ,reprefs them. , . · ,fl, It'may -be .ofufe to ca.uf~ men remh of the'i~ inor· sinate car~ for the body; w~ich is to tpariy the bane of their fouls. Often do th€le quefl:ions, Tf'l!al'/hall we eat? . •what }hall we drink? and •1.vherewithal !ball rtJ..•e be cloth-· ed? leave no room for another ·of more Importance, 1:irz. Whe.rewit!J }hall I come before the Lord? The foul is · put to the rark, to anfwer thefe mean quefl:ions: in fa·· :vour' of the body, while its own eternal int~refl:s are ne– gleCl:e4. But ah ! why are men fo bufy to repair 'the 7 ruinous,cottage; leaving the. inhabitant to bleed to death , of his wounds, unheeded, pnregarded! \Vhy fo much care -for th~ body,, to the negleCl:ing of the concerns_cf the immortal foul? Q ! ·b12 not fo ~nxiOUS for, '\V hat can onJy ferve your bodies; . fince, ere long, the c!pds of_ cold .eanh will fcrve for back ar1d belly too. - '2 r!/y, It J!lilY abate your pride on account ofbodily en-. .dowme nt s, which vain man is apt to glory in. Value not • yourit:lve s on the bloffom of youth; for, while you. are--i.n ytJur blooming years, ye are but ripening for . a gr ave; and death gives' the fatal {lroke, \o\'itho.u·t afkin.g <;ny body's' . age. Glory not in.your fir ength,, it will quickly be gnne: - the time will fcon be, when you fhall not be a.ble to turn yonrfelves on a bed; :md you mull be ,carried by your grieving friends to your l_ong home. And what fignifies . •your htalthful ccn.!litution ? Death does not always enter .in foonelt where it begins fooneft to knock at the door; but makes as great dilp<tt~h widi fome ,in a few hours, as with others in many y~ars. Value not yourfelves ort .your .br.:auty•. whtch !half co1~{ume in thegrave, Pial.xli:-.:. 14. · Remember . ~he cha11ge death ~akes on the faireG: face, . Job xiv. 2,0~ 'lhou changefi his countenance, an'rl _ ' (endefl ·h;m ll"WtlJ· Death makes the great~ft beotuty fo loathfome
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