·OfMr. IIenry 'Scouga1. :g71 ~1:1-ve mu,ch reafon to think, that fome fea- · fonahle and ufefu1 n1editations, at ft1ch a. :time and in fuch a 'f)1ace as tl:ris is, may have f01ne inf'.U!ence on our minds> whea WC have here before US theTel11a·ll1S ·Of our :~eparted frien.d, who hath fo .lately left this wodd; whofe prefence and .converfa– t~ion ~vas .fo comfortable -to ·us; whofe ia– 'nocen.cc, and goQdnefs were fo exen1pl~ry; wh0fe good-wil~l, affeetion, and beneficence were fo fincere and univerfal; ·whofe re– membrance is fo clear to 1:1s; who was fo much the ftay and honour of our dnuch, ;and fo ·nnivcrfaHy beloved and dreemed by , .all. Sure thefcnfe ofall thcfcJand the fight ·'Of all this funera-l-attendance, 'Ca·nnot but ,.cafl: our fouls into fmne de-ep thoughts. And fo this [ doubt not but your hearts hear witnefs. Would I cou1d fay lome– thing u.fefu:l for your n1editations, a11d fuit– ;able to your prefent temper and this fub– jeB:! ·God affift and dkeCl: ,our thoughts. · When I re-flett upon the fife and fpirit ofour friend, (ofthe which I have had the honour and happinefs to 'have been fo fre– ..q_Hent an obfcn:er), and when I confider ·the confrant te1nper and difpo!ition of his fou~ as to this and the other world, the great refignatio~ of his n1ind, his wiJlingnefs
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