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<HEAD>A Le&s;&s;on for all True CHRISTIANS.</HEAD>
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<Q><LG>
<L>Which being well ob&s;erved by old and young,</L>
<L>And practi&s;ed with hand and heart, and tongue:</L>
<L>Great comfort in it at the la&s;t you'll find,</L>
<L>Then mark it well, and bear it in your mind.</L>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>By <HI>J. C.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>The Letter for a Chri&s;tian Family.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<Q>Bee faithfull vnto Death &amp; I will give thee A Crowne of life. <BIBL>reu 2. 10</BIBL></Q>
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<LG>
<L>ALl you who&s;e minds be high &amp; heavenly bent,</L>
<L>Ob&s;erve God's laws, and &s;trive for to repent,</L>
<L>Bear thou in mind the&s;e lines I shall unfold</L>
<L>And prize them better far then pearl or gold.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>BEar thou in mind that Chri&s;t dy'd for thy &s;in</L>
<L>Vpon the Cro&s;s, thy precious &s;oul to win;</L>
<L>Be frequent &s;till in reading of his word,</L>
<L>VVhich cuts down &s;in as with a 2 edg'd &s;word.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>COn&s;ider well the bitter pains and death.</L>
<L>Our Saviour Chri&s;t hath &s;uffered on the earth</L>
<L>Vnto the Cro&s;s they nail'd his hands and feet,</L>
<L>So for our &s;ins he &s;hed his blood mo&s;t &s;weet.</L>
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<LG>
<L>DEfer no time, but pray continually,</L>
<L>Thy &s;ins again&s;t the &s;till for Vengeance cry:</L>
<L>Pray to thee Lord thy &s;ins may be forgiven,</L>
<L>And that thy &s;oul may live with Chri&s;t in heaven.</L>
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<LG>
<L>ETernal God if it be thy ble&s;&s;ed will,</L>
<L>Comfort all tho&s;e that now are &s;ick or ill;</L>
<L>By Land or Sea relieve them of their pain,</L>
<L>Re&s;tore them to their former health again.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>FOrbear to &s;wear you children that are young,</L>
<L>You parents pray correct them for their wrong,</L>
<L>And bring them up in fear to &s;erve the Lord,</L>
<L>For fear he &s;courge them with his heavy Rod.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>GReat oaths in vain too many people &s;wear,</L>
<L>The Lord in pieces willfully they tear:</L>
<L>Strange imprecations they too common u&s;e,</L>
<L>VVith &s;uch delights they do them&s;elves abu&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>HOw many fal&s;e reports abroad do flie,</L>
<L>People likewi&s;e are given much to lie:</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e di&s;&s;emble &s;o with one another,</L>
<L>VVe cannot tell how for to tru&s;t our Brother.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>IN many places people &s;udden dye,</L>
<L>Others again fore &s;ick in bed do lye,</L>
<L>Lord give them grace in time for to repent,</L>
<L>And for their grievous &s;ins for to lament.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>KEep thou in mind the Iudgment day will come,</L>
<L>when thou &s;halt an&s;wer for what thou ha&s;t done,</L>
<L>VVhil&s;t thou remaine&s;t here on the earth,</L>
<L>Therefore prepare thee for the hour of death.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>LEt not malicious thoughts po&s;&s;e&s;s thy brea&s;t,</L>
<L>Nor wicked actions in thy con&s;cience re&s;t;</L>
<L>In any ca&s;e do not thy Neighbour wrong,</L>
<L>Neither by thought, word deed, nor yet by tongue.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>MAny there be that follow drunkenne&s;s,</L>
<L>and make them&s;elves for wor&s;e then any bea&s;t</L>
<L>And many when that they should go to Church,</L>
<L>Do in an <HI>Ale-hou&s;e</HI> or a <HI>Tavern</HI> lurch.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>NOr do they heed, but &s;pend their means in vain</L>
<L>which &s;hould their wives &amp; children maintain,</L>
<L>Vntil they have con&s;um'd their whole e&s;tate,</L>
<L>And ne'r repent before it be to late.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>OTheres there be likewi&s;e doth rob and kill,</L>
<L>And many a man and womans blood do &s;pill;</L>
<L>For money to maintain their grievous &s;in,</L>
<L>And think not on the errors they run in.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>PIty it is they have no better care,</L>
<L>But bring their &s;ouls and bodies in a &s;nare;</L>
<L>Their bodies here to dye in woful &s;hame,</L>
<L>Their &s;ouls to &s;uffer in eternal flame.</L>
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<LG>
<L>QVire thou after Gods, word, which is &s;o pure</L>
<L>al&s;o the Go&s;pel which will &s;till indure;</L>
<L>Seek thou the place whereas thy Soul may re&s;t,</L>
<L>Among&s;t the Angels whom the Lord hath ble&s;&s;.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>REgard not thou the &s;in of covetau&s;ne&s;s,</L>
<L>Seek for to right the widow &amp; the farther</L>
<L>Help to relieve tho&s;e that in pri&s;on lye,</L>
<L>Al&s;o remember man that thou mu&s;t dye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>SEt not thy mind upon Adultery,</L>
<L>But from the beauty of lewd women flye;</L>
<L>VVe find in Scripture that it is forbid,</L>
<L>Then mind it well when as you do &s;tread.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>TAke heed that you do not fal&s;e mea&s;ures u&s;e,</L>
<L>VVith &s;uch deceit do not thy &s;elf abu&s;e;</L>
<L>To many u&s;e it now, the more is the pity,</L>
<L>In every place, in Country, Town, and City.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>UNdone are many by this fal&s;e deceit,</L>
<L>Let me advi&s;e &s;uch people, and entreat</L>
<L>To leave it off, and mark what I &s;hall &s;ay,</L>
<L>'Twill ri&s;e again&s;t them at the Judgment day.</L>
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<LG>
<L>VVHen thou before thy maker &s;hall appear.</L>
<L>To give account, and eke thy &s;elf to cle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>If well thou'&s;t done, then happy &s;halt thou be,</L>
<L>And live with Chri&s;t in Ioy eternally.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>XAmple take I pray both old and young,</L>
<L>By the&s;e few lines that's penned in this &s;ong</L>
<L>Bear it in your mind I pray now everyone,</L>
<L>And think <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">n it when I am dead and gone.</L>
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<LG>
<L>YOung-men &amp; maidens love your parents dear</L>
<L>Honour them &s;till, and &s;eek the Lord to fear,</L>
<L>O mind your Bibles more than all your Pride,</L>
<L>And then before the Lord will be your guide.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>ZEalous and faithful to each other prove,</L>
<L>Line not in hatred, but in perfect love,</L>
<L>Peace is a vertue pa&s;&s;eth gold &s;o pure,</L>
<L>Lord grant it may among&s;t us &s;till endure,</L>
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<LG>
<L>&amp; Now at la&s;t for to conclude and end,</L>
<L>The&s;e lines to all true Chri&s;tians I do &s;end,</L>
<L>To read them o're and of them take a view</L>
<L>VVhat here is pen'd you'l find for to be true.</L>
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