348 0 f the Imptjrfa-nce and Difficulty vern fuch a manifold and var~ous crearure as n1ap. And another Gr~gmy hath w-rit– ten a whole tracrate oftbe di·verfity there is amongjl ntens tempen·, and the je·veral wqys of' rlealing rzvith them. What a 1nartyrdoon1 is it for fotne modeft and bafhful tempers, when they find themfclves obliged ro ufe freedom and fevcrity iA reproving the faults of thofe who; in quality or age; are above then1felves! And, 0 what a hard n1atter it is to deal with people that arc ready to leave the world and fl:ep in upon eternity; when their fouls do, as it were, hang on their lips, and they have one foot (as we ufe -to fay) already in the_grave! The Minifl:er is fddon1 fent for till the phyfician has given · the patient over ; and tlten they beg hi1n - · to drefs their fouls for heaven, when their winding-fueet is preparing, and their friend.s are almoft ready to drefs the body for the funeral. Now, though fome of thefe have lived well, and like the wife virgins, have oil in their lamps; yet it is a great matter to calm tben1, and to difpofe their fouls for · that great change they are prefently to un– dergo. But alas! it fares otherwi£e with the grcateft part. They are yet {hangers to the ways of religion, the work of their falvation is yet to begin ; and their luff:s to , be /
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