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<HEAD><HI>The Religious Mans Exhortation</HI> to all Per&s;ons of what Degree &s;oever, E&s;pecially Youth; that they may Fear God and Honour their Parents.</HEAD>
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<L>Reform thy Life then free from &s;trife,</L>
<L>thou would&s;t be perfect free,</L>
<L>When e're you Dye, a&s;&s;uredly,</L>
<L>to true Felicity.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Young-man's Legacy:</HI> Or, <HI>Sinners Redemption.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>BOth young and old I pray attend,</L>
<L>unto the Coun&s;el which I give.</L>
<L>And learn your &s;inful Lives to mend,</L>
<L>&s;o may you here in comfort live.</L>
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<L>Sin is the cau&s;e of trouble here,</L>
<L>as we by true experience find,</L>
<L>But if the Lord we &s;erve and fear,</L>
<L>it will bring comfort to our mind.</L>
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<L>Let us our Lives begin anew,</L>
<L>to God in true obedience &s;tand,</L>
<L>Let Envy now be turned to</L>
<L>pure love &amp; friend&s;hip through the Land.</L>
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<L>For where we find this bears th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;way,</L>
<L>in no ways will they di&s;agree,</L>
<L>But &s;trive all a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ger to allay,</L>
<L>and bear with any Injury.</L>
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<L>Young men and Maids to you likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>I have a word or two to &s;ay,</L>
<L>See that the&s;e Lines you highly prize,</L>
<L>'twill be your own another day.</L>
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<L>Fir&s;t God alone you ought to fear,</L>
<L>and let not Satan you in&s;nare,</L>
<L>Next honour your kind Parents dear,</L>
<L>who brought you up in tender care.</L>
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<L>Be &s;ure you never do offend</L>
<L>your loving Parents meek and mild,</L>
<L>For &s;ure no ble&s;&s;ing can attend</L>
<L>a <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;obedient &s;tubborn Child.</L>
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<L>Re&s;pect to them you ought to &s;how,</L>
<L>you can't too much in duty do;</L>
<L>You are not able now to know,</L>
<L>what they in love have done for you.</L>
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<L>Let Rea&s;on be your rule and guide,</L>
<L>to all your act<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ons take good heed,</L>
<L>And mind Religion more then Pride,</L>
<L>for it will &s;tand you in more &s;tead.</L>
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<L>Prize Vertue here far more then Vice,</L>
<L>and think upon thy future &s;tate,</L>
<L>Let not &s;trange fa&s;hions you intice,</L>
<L>they are but as a Golden Bait,</L>
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<L>For to betray the minds of Youth,</L>
<L>but in the end this forrow brings,</L>
<L>O hearken to the word of truth,</L>
<L>which &s;oon will learn you better things.</L>
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<L>For &s;hould you &s;pend your Youthful prime,</L>
<L>in taking &s;inful Liberty,</L>
<L>It is but as a moments time,</L>
<L>compared to Eternity.</L>
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<L>For when thy Gla&s;s of Life in run,</L>
<L>and that thou mu&s;t re&s;ign thy breath,</L>
<L>Thou wilt be ruin'd and undone,</L>
<L>if thou art not prepar'd for Death.</L>
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<L>The Lord our Per&s;on does protect,</L>
<L>from him why &s;hould you go a&s;tray?</L>
<L>No longer now your time neglect,</L>
<L>repent while it is call'd to day.</L>
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<L>Seek to the Lord thy Soul to &s;ave,</L>
<L>death neither old nor young will &s;pare,</L>
<L>For many drops into the Grave,</L>
<L>while in their blooming years they are.</L>
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<L>Then to the Lord for Mercy try,</L>
<L>who will his Grace and Favour give.</L>
<L>And then being prepar'd to dye,</L>
<L>we are the fitter then to Live:</L>
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<L>Con&s;ider well what I have &s;aid,</L>
<L>the may you all be happy &s;till,</L>
<L>And never in the lea&s;t afraid</L>
<L>of Death let him come when he will.</L>
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