4r 2 A Sermon at the Funeral accefs to hirn; and his counfels and advicei ·were fiill fuited to the difpofitions he per.. ceived in them. He could fo n1oddHy and prudently tell t•hem their failings:, as to make them perceive and .amend thetn with... out being offended. He wa~ careful to lend and direCt them to the ufe ofg0od books-; and indeed, one -G>f the great ends of his buying fo .n1any, was to ferve then1. 'thofe "\>¥ho - were of the mofl: en1inent endow– ments. and befl: inclinations, he ·fiirred up to fcrious thoughts of the holy n1inifhy. He gave then1 the n1ofl: undoubred proofs of his love and care of then1, opened his heart– freely to then1, and learned their inclina-> tions and fiudies. He direCted them to the bcfi: means of bettering their heart, as well as inforn1ing:their judgments; prayer, n1edi– tation, and frequent retiretnents: and made the1u fentible, that felf-will was the root of all our· fins; and an entire refignation to-· the will of God, the very fpring of all OHr duty.; and direCted the1n-· to frequent and· con fl ant aCts of felf-deni.al and refignation. And as he was thus careful to his charge,_ fo alfo of n1aintaining that entire corrc– ~ryondence with, and due deference and re-. fpeCt that he owed towards his reverend colleague : and that entire and confian t. love.
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