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<HEAD>THE Young-Mans Repentance,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">OR, The &s;orrowful Sinners Lamentation;</HEAD>
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<P>Being the la&s;t Expre&s;&s;ions of a Young-man, who having &s;pent all his time in Plea&s;ure and Jollitry, was &s;eriou&s;ly &s;orrowful when he came to lye upon his Death-bed, mourning for his mi&s;-&s;pent time, and advi&s;ing all Young-Men to be mindful of their latter end.</P>
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<OPENER><HI>Tune is, <HI>Aim not too high.</HI></HI></OPENER>
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<L>YOu that have &s;pent your time in wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L>Now mind the dying words I &s;hall expre&s;s;</L>
<L>Do not, like me, abu&s;e your precious time,</L>
<L>Nor wa&s;te one moment when you'r in your prime.</L>
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<L>And do not promi&s;e to repent to Mo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">row,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t e're it comes you'r overtook with &s;orrow;</L>
<L>Some are &s;truck dead, you very well do know,</L>
<L>How can you tell but your ca&s;e may be &s;o.</L>
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<L>See how I langui&s;h on my Dying-Bed,</L>
<L>To think upon what I have done or &s;ed;</L>
<L>But let me now to you a Warning be,</L>
<L>Sin to for&s;ake, and &s;hun iniquity.</L>
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<L>Frequent the Church, to which I once was &s;trange</L>
<L>But now repent it, &s;ince I now mu&s;t change</L>
<L>This wicked world, and for my Grave prepare,</L>
<L>To be where ble&s;t, or cur&s;ed People are.</L>
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<L>The &s;ins that once were plea&s;ant unto me,</L>
<L>To my poor Soul &s;ad Torments now they be;</L>
<L>But he that did his Blood for &s;inners &s;pill,</L>
<L>I hope he will have Mercy on me &s;till.</L>
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<L>His Mercies &s;ee by no means you abu&s;e,</L>
<L>For Con&s;cience at the la&s;t will you accu&s;e</L>
<L>For your misdeeds, and in your Face will flye</L>
<L>And &s;ting your &s;ouls when you &s;hall come to dye.</L>
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<L>To others do, as you would be done by,</L>
<L>This Rea&s;on is, and Iu&s;tice certainly,</L>
<L>And plea&s;ant is our Creators &s;ight,</L>
<L>For he in Iu&s;tice always takes delight.</L>
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<L>Bad Company &s;ee you avoid and &s;hun,</L>
<L>Thou&s;ands thereby have &s;urely been undone,</L>
<L>And brought them&s;elves to their untimely ends,</L>
<L>To the great grief and &s;orrow of their Friends.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Lewd Wom<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n by no means do you come near,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t for your plea&s;ure you do pay full dear;</L>
<L>That is the Fountain of all Mi&s;chief, and</L>
<L>Bri<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gs &s;hame and &s;orrow to our Native Land.</L>
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<LG>
<L>But Gods commands obey in eve<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y thing,</L>
<L>Among&s;t the Saints then &s;hall you prai&s;es &s;ing;</L>
<L>Your Souls be happy when your bodies dye,</L>
<L>And you &s;hall live with Chri&s;t eternally.</L>
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<L>But now I'm almo&s;t ready to depart,</L>
<L>The guilt of Sin doth pierce my tender heart;</L>
<L>I tremble when I think upon the bar</L>
<L>Where God and his dear Son the Iudges are.</L>
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<L>And if my Saviour do not &s;tand my friend,</L>
<L>On whom my faith and hopes do both depend,</L>
<L>My ca&s;e will prove but bad and I &s;hall be</L>
<L>Bani&s;ht his pre&s;ence to Eternity.</L>
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<L>Among&s;t the wicked ones I &s;hall remain,</L>
<L>In Flames to burn, and feel immortal pain;</L>
<L>Ble&s;&s;ed God forgive my &s;ins, that I</L>
<L>Be freed from pains that la&s;t Eternally.</L>
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<L>O let thy &s;ufferings for my &s;ins &s;uff<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ce,</L>
<L>And pardon all my gro&s;s iniquities;</L>
<L>That after Death my Soul may flye to thee,</L>
<L>And with thy Saints for ever ble&s;&s;ed be.</L>
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<L>Thy Mercies do in number far exceed</L>
<L>The &s;ins which make my dying heart to bleed:</L>
<L>And therein lies the very bounds and &s;cope,</L>
<L>That thou wilt grant me that for which I hope.</L>
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<L>My fainting &s;pirits now I recommend,</L>
<L>Into thy hands for now my life mu&s;t end,</L>
<L>And having gained pardon for my &s;in,</L>
<L>When life doth end, my joys will then begin.</L>
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<L>All you that read the&s;e Lines when I am dead,</L>
<L>Pray ponder well the words that I have &s;ed;</L>
<L>For without doubt you'l find them to be true,</L>
<L>And &s;o I bid this &s;inful World adieu.</L>
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