· · -· .- 0j Mr. Henry Scot~gal. 437 , And 0 what ihall we fay of that divii1e ..providence, which hath taken'this light fron1 . among us! The -ways of the Lord arc won- - derful, and his judgments are made a great deep. One wh:o was fo gre:1t an example of piety, an ornamen.t to his country and the church, is. quickly removed fron1 us in his youth: and niany who ?re the re– proach of religion, the fcandal of the world; and the ihameof human nature, are left to old age; whether to fill up the mcafure of their fins, or to lead them to repentance, God knows. He whon1 God had ble.ffed with fo much light to infl:ruet us, and vir~ / · tHe and zeal to direct us; who was fo help– ful to enlighten us by his fermons and .dif- . courfes, and to edify us by his exa,mple, . is . fuddcnly fi1atched away from us. ·0 that we '. mayhear the rod, andhim who,bath appointed .it! when we_make no ufe of God's talents, (filch are the infl:ruttions, and counfel, and .· example of good men), he takes thetn fronl . us. Alas! what an:ill account .can we ren– der' of this.? Could we almofl: imagine fer- < lllOnS more ferious, affectionate, and heaven- · ly; and yet wherein have we been prevail- , ed.with to better our lives, to for~ao one . " vice we were oth.erwife . inclined to: or to · do that good we .·were .averfe to? All ..the · 0 ·o 3 . ufe
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