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<P>THE WAY TO Peace and Happine&s;s Propo&s;ed in &s;ome INSTRUCTIONS, Given formerly by a PARENT to his CHILDREN.</P>
<P>Which being of concern to All, (th&ocirc; of riper Years) are again Reprinted, AND Recommended to the Peru&s;al of All Sorts of People, without re&s;pect of <HI>Per&s;ons</HI> or <HI>Parties, Age</HI> or <HI>Sex.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Fifth Edition.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed 1684, by <HI>John Darby,</HI> for the Author; and are to be freely given away.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>DEAR CHILDREN,</SALUTE></OPENER>
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<Q>Hearken diligently to the Coun&s;el and Advice of your Parents, for they watch over you for your good.</Q>
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<P>IN the <HI>Fir&s;t</HI> place, let the Fear of the LORD, who is the Searcher of your Hearts, be al|ways in your minds, that in awe of Him, you may for ever &s;tand; not daring to bring the lea&s;t Reproach upon His Holy Name, by any Mi&s;|carriages of yours; &s;o &s;hall you be CHILDREN to His prai&s;e, and a Comfort and Ble&s;&s;ing to your Parents.</P>
<P><HI>Secondly,</HI> See that none of you render evil for evil unto any one; but do you ever follow that which is good, both among&s;t your &s;elves, and towards all Men.</P>
<P><HI>Thirdly,</HI> Take heed of letting out your Minds and Affections to vi&s;ible things; for they peri&s;h in the u&s;ing, and bring trouble and &s;orrow to all, who&s;e Hearts are &s;et thereon; but let your Minds always be retired inwards, that you may wait to feel That, which is not of this World, nor e&s;teemed by it; but only e&s;teemed by Tho&s;e, who know the virtue and excellency of it, and who have been willing to part with all to purcha&s;e it; It is the PEARL of greate&s;t price; happy are they that have found, or that yet &s;hall find it.</P>
<P><HI>Fourthly,</HI> Take heed of entring into many words, when you are bid to do any Bu&s;ine&s;s, ei|ther by your Parents, Ma&s;ters, or other Superiors; but with all readine&s;s of mind, &s;ee you obey all their lawful Commands with diligence and chearfulne&s;s.</P>
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<P><HI>Fifthly,</HI> Beware of mentioning the Name of the LORD in any ca&s;e, but with Fear and Reve|rence; for His Name is hallowed by them that fear Him, but taken in vain by tho&s;e that fear Him not. And th&ocirc; they &s;eem to prai&s;e or pray unto Him, yet &s;uch Services, without His Fear, are an <HI>Abomination:</HI> Wherefore take heed you be not deceived by Tho&s;e, who are only in the good Words, and fair Speeches; but let your Minds be kept &s;ingle to the LORD, and He will &s;hew you, who They are, that draw nigh to Him with their lips, when their hearts are far from Him, and from Such you are to turn away.</P>
<P><HI>Sixthly,</HI> Let your Words be few; and be al|ways more ready to hear than &s;peak, e&s;pecially when the Que&s;tion is not asked you: but when 'tis your place to &s;peak, be &s;ure it be in Mildne&s;s, Love, and Gentlene&s;s; le&s;t through your Provo|cation you cau&s;e others to &s;in, and then you will not be guiltle&s;s, for their Sin will be charged up|on you: wherefore let this be always in your re|membrance, and for ever ob&s;erv'd by you, (as it hath been the Practice and Experience of your Parents) to give mild and &s;oft An&s;wers, for they do often turn away Wrath.</P>
<P><HI>Seventhly,</HI> Whatever you &s;ee Vertuous in any, be &s;ure to follow That; and what you &s;ee ami&s;s in others, diligently &s;earch your own Hearts, le&s;t your &s;elves be found guilty thereof; for it's an ea&s;y matter to &s;ee and find fault with Another, (mo&s;t can do that) but few love to examine Them&s;elves: be you (my dear CHILDREN)
<PB N="5" REF="4"> of that number, le&s;t you peri&s;h with the multi|tude; for the Way is broad, that leads to De|&s;truction, and many walk therein: Therefore whil&s;t you are young, &s;eek after true <HI>Wi&s;dom,</HI> and it will guide and lead you in that narrow Way, which all the holy Men walked in, and in which All mu&s;t walk, before they can enter into <HI>Eternal Re&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Eighthly,</HI> Beware of reading fooli&s;h and vain Books, which tend only to the corrupting of Youth, and di&s;honouring the LORD: Where|fore, heed you only Tho&s;e that tend to Holine&s;s and Vertue.</P>
<P><HI>Ninthly,</HI> Con&s;ider, how the LORD hath ble&s;&s;ed and pro&s;pered your Parents, notwith&s;tanding the Fury and Rage of our Enemies, who have accounted us as the greate&s;t Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors, and judged us, as the vile&s;t of Sinners; and all this for no other cau&s;e, but only for the di&s;charge of our Con&s;ciences in the matters of our GOD.</P>
<P><HI>Tenthly,</HI> I warn you, as I did at the fir&s;t, &s;o I do again charge you, that you walk in Fear and in Humility all the days of your being upon the Earth; then &s;hall you know, that the LORD hath not only ble&s;&s;ed and pro&s;per'd your Parents, but will al&s;o ble&s;s and pro&s;per You: but if you de|part from His Fear, and ca&s;t the&s;e my In&s;tructi|ons behind your backs; then know, that you &s;hall peri&s;h in your own Iniquities, and I &s;hall (thus far) be clear in my Con&s;cience concerning you.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>DEAR CHILDREN,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P N="1">1. BEware of a lying, flattering, deceitful Tongue, both in your &s;elves and others: al&s;o beware of Pride, High-mindedne&s;s, and an exalted Spirit; for Such the Righteous GOD will judge.</P>
<P N="2">2. But be you adorn'd with Faithfulne&s;s, Meekne&s;s, and Patience; and let your Behaviour be Mode&s;t, Courteous, and Gentle towards all: and whatever you would have Others do unto you, be &s;ure you do that unto Them; and heed not &s;o much Their Duties, as your Own.</P>
<P N="3">3. Bu&s;y not your Minds with Others concerns, but be you careful and diligent in the di&s;charge of your Own; and then you need not be trou|bled, what reproach you bear for them.</P>
<P N="4">4. Be &s;ure you wa&s;te not the Sub&s;tance com|mitted to your Tru&s;t: yet, let not That be a Cloak for Covetou&s;ne&s;s, (<HI>that <HI>Grand Iniquity</HI> of many Pretenders to Religion</HI>) but when there's cau&s;e for it, part with it freely, le&s;t through your unfaithfulne&s;s therein, you be rejected both of GOD and Good Men; for know, you are but Stewards of what you po&s;&s;e&s;s, and for which you mu&s;t be accountable.</P>
<P N="5">5. Be cautious how you enter into a Married Condition; but when in that State (whatever di&s;appointment you meet withal) &s;ee that you faithfully perform your Relation therein; for anothers <HI>Iniquity</HI> and <HI>Vnkindne&s;s</HI> to you, will not ju&s;tify nor excu&s;e your Iniquity or Unkind|ne&s;s to them.</P>
<P N="6"><PB N="7" REF="5">6. Bear patiently Afflictions, for they are good for you; therefore ha&s;ten not to be de|liver'd from them; but, in the Retiredne&s;s of your Minds, con&s;ider the Cau&s;e, and being bet|ter'd thereby, ble&s;s the LORD for his Mercies; <HI>for whom He loves, He cha&s;ti&s;es.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7. Be careful with whom you a&s;&s;ociate; and chu&s;e none to be your Intimates, but Such who are exemplary in Vertue and Goodne&s;s: &s;o will you avoid much Contention and Trouble.</P>
<P N="8">8. Be ready to do good unto All, as Oppor|tunity is offer'd: and take heed of wa&s;ting any of the good Creatures; for if you be unfaithful in tho&s;e Things that are Earthly, who &s;hall com|mit to you Tho&s;e that are Heavenly?</P>
<P N="9">9. Be not de&s;irous of Riches or Honour; nei|ther covet That, which is anothers; but be con|tent with your pre&s;ent Conditions, and learn to be as well &s;atisfied with Want, as Abundance; then will you follow the Steps of your Parents, who have learn'd Contentment, whatever be|falls them.</P>
<P N="10">10. Beware of Jeering, or Scoffing at any; neither give abu&s;ive or &s;currilous Language, (ei|ther by Tongue or by Pen) for That will pro|voke the LORD's Anger again&s;t you, and bring Reproach and Trouble upon your Parents, who always di&s;liked, yea abhorred, &s;uch Things.</P>
<P N="11">11. Be careful your Hearts and Minds be kept clean within, and then you need not be advi&s;ed to have your Words and Actions clean without, for that will unavoidably follow.</P>
<P N="12"><PB N="8" REF="6">12. Be not ha&s;ty in Reproving or Correcting of any; but if call'd thereto, let it be in Love, and in Wi&s;dom; and if the Offence be Great, let it be with Severity, yet not in Anger or Pa&s;|&s;ion; for That will harden them again&s;t you, and &s;o in&s;tead of bettering them, you will there|by become Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors your &s;elves.</P>
<P N="13">13. Beware that your Wills bear not rule in any ca&s;e, but let Truth and Righteou&s;ne&s;s always be the Sway of your Judgments; then will you be deliver'd from that great Iniquity, which hath &s;o deeply corrupted many.</P>
<P N="14">14. Be &s;ure you have regard to the Oppre&s;&s;ed, and take heed, how you make Advantage of ano|thers Nece&s;&s;ity, but rather con&s;ider, how you may be helpful unto them; always remembring the Parable of the good <HI>Samaritan, Luk.</HI> 10. 33.</P>
<P N="15">15. Be Cautious for Whom you are engaged, or unto Whom you are oblig'd; for &s;uch things do often prove Snares: but be more ready to Give, than to Receive; and yet be &s;ure to acknow|ledg the lea&s;t Kindne&s;s, for Ingratitude is hateful.</P>
<P N="16">16. Be not &s;elf-ended; neither &s;pend too much upon your own Particulars, either in Meats, Drinks, Cloathing, or any thing el&s;e, for That may be a hindrance to the Good you &s;hould do; but rather be &s;paring in That, which relates to your &s;elves, that you may be in the better capacity to do the Good you ought to perform to Others.</P>
<P N="17">17. Be not found in many Needle&s;s words; neither contend with &s;uch as are in them, for That begets &s;trife: but as They (out of the evil that is in their Hearts) bring forth Evil things; &s;o do
<PB N="9" REF="6"> You (out of the good that is in yours) bring forth Good things.</P>
<P N="18">18. Be not gra&s;ping after Earthly Concerns; for They bring Trouble and Sorrow; and yet, how many, through their eager de&s;ires after &s;uch things, have choak'd that Good, which once &s;tirred in them: wherefore, take warning, and learn this as a Truth experienc'd by Me, that a Little will &s;atisfy a contented Mind.</P>
<P N="19">19. Be not de&s;irous after that Knowledg, which will lift and puff up your Minds; neither be too prying into tho&s;e My&s;teries, that are hid; but if the LORD &s;hould reveal any thing unto you, be &s;ure of leave, <HI>When,</HI> and to <HI>Whom</HI> to impart it, not daring, either to add, or dimini&s;h; for That has been (and is, this Day) a great and &s;ore Evil.</P>
<P N="20">20. Beware of taking up your Re&s;t in any outward Form of Wor&s;hip, but keep in &s;ubjection to the Fear of the LORD, who may lead into, or out of &s;uch Things, as He plea&s;eth; &s;o, let Him be your Guide all your days, th&ocirc; you &s;hould be hated of All for His &s;ake; for our Eyes have &s;een the &s;ad Fruits and Effects of Tho&s;e, that have gone about to &s;et Limits and Bounds to His Leadings.</P>
<P N="21">21. Beware of Imitating other Mens Words, Ge&s;tures, or Actions, that relate to religious Per|formances; for <HI>Imitators,</HI> as well as <HI>Image-makers,</HI> in Wor&s;hip, are an <HI>Abomination;</HI> and yet Thou|&s;ands do err, and have erred herein: Neither be Followers of the <HI>vain Fa&s;hions</HI> and <HI>Cu&s;toms</HI> of this World; but what&s;oever is <HI>vertuous,</HI> and of <HI>good report,</HI> That you may, and ought to follow.</P>
<P N="22"><PB N="10" REF="7">22. Be not ha&s;ty in judging other Mens Acti|ons, wherein you have neither Command nor Certainty; it being not barely the Action, but the Spirit from whence it proceeds, that makes it either Accepted, or Rejected: therefore take heed, le&s;t you condemn That, which GOD ju&s;ti|fies; for many are guilty herein, notwith&s;tanding it is written, <HI>Judg not according to outward ap|pearance;</HI> but if you do, You mu&s;t, as well as They, witne&s;s <HI>Sorrow.</HI></P>
<P N="23">23. But le&s;t, through many Words, your Minds &s;hould be drawn forth, and (as but too too many have been) hurt thereby, it's with me, to conclude with tho&s;e Two great and weighty Commandments, <HI>viz.</HI> the Fir&s;t is, <HI>You &s;hall love the LORD with all your Hearts, with all your Souls, and with all your Strength.</HI> And the Second is like unto it, <HI>You &s;hall love your Neighbours as your Selves:</HI> For upon the&s;e Two Commandments, depends All that can be Written, or Spoken, con|cerning your Duties either to GOD or Men.</P>
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<P>MY Love is &s;incere to All, that in upright|ne&s;s of Heart &s;erve the LORD, in what Profe&s;&s;ion, or Per&s;ua&s;ion of Religion &s;oever; well knowing, that 'tis Tho&s;e, and only <HI>Tho&s;e,</HI> that Love, Fear, and Obey Him, and do the Things that are Ju&s;t and Right among&s;t Men, that are accepted of Him at this Day.</P>
<P>For, <Q><HI>What doth the LORD require of Thee, O Man, but to do</HI> Ju&s;tly, <HI>to love</HI> Mercy, <HI>and to walk</HI> Humbly <HI>before Him?</HI></Q></P>
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<Q>Hear Me your Father, O Children, and do thereafter, that you may be &s;afe. <BIBL><HI>Eccle&s;. 3. 1.</HI></BIBL></Q>
<P>IF you come to &s;erve the LORD, prepare your Souls for Temptation. Set your Hearts a|right, and Con&s;tantly endure, and make not ha&s;te in time of Trouble. What&s;oever is brought upon you, take chearfully: For, as Gold is tried in the Fire, &s;o are Acceptable Men in the Furnace of Adver&s;ity. So incline your Ears unto <HI>Wi&s;dom,</HI> and apply your Hearts to Under&s;tanding, and &s;eek Her as Silver, and &s;earch for Her, as for hid Trea&s;ures: then &s;hall you under&s;tand the Fear of the LORD, and find the Knowledg of GOD. Happy is the Man that findeth <HI>Wi&s;dom,</HI> and the Man that getteth Under&s;tanding: But where is Wi&s;dom to be found? and where is the place of Under&s;tanding? The Fear of the LORD, that is <HI>Wi&s;dom;</HI> and to depart from Evil, that is <HI>&V;n|der&s;tanding. Wi&s;dom</HI> exalteth Her Children, and layeth hold of them that &s;eek Her; they that love Her, love Life; and they that &s;eek Her early, &s;hall be filled with Joy; and where&s;oever She entreth, the LORD will ble&s;s; and if you commit your &s;elves unto Her, you &s;hall inherit Her. But at the fir&s;t, She will walk with you by Crooked Ways, and bring Fear and Dread upon you, and torment you with Her Di&s;cipline, until She can tru&s;t your Souls, and try you by her Laws. Then will She return the &s;treight way unto you, and comfort you, and &s;hew you of Her Secrets. But if you go wrong, She will for&s;ake you, and give you over to your own Ruine.</P>
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<HEAD>This following is here in&s;erted, for the &s;ake of &s;ome People, whom it nearly concerns.</HEAD>
<P>WHen <HI>They</HI> ca&s;t up the Accounts of their Sins, they &s;hall come with Fear: and their own Iniquities &s;hall convince them to their Face. Then &s;hall the righteous Man &s;tand in great Boldne&s;s before the Face of &s;uch as afflicted him, and made no account of his Labours. When they &s;ee it, they &s;hall be troubled with ter|rible Fear, and &s;hall be amazed at the &s;trangene&s;s of his Salvation, &s;o far beyond all, that they looked for. And They, Re|penting and Groaning for angui&s;h of Spirit, &s;hall &s;ay within them&s;elves, <Q><HI>This was He, whom we had &s;ometime in Deri&s;ion, and a Pro|verb of Reproach. We <HI>Fools</HI> counted his Life <HI>Madne&s;s,</HI> and his End to be without Honour. How is he numbred among the Children of GOD, and his Lot among the S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ints?</HI></Q></P>
<Q><P><HI>If a Man &s;ay, I love GOD, and hateth his Brother, he is a Liar; for he who loveth not his Brother whom he hath &s;een, how can he love GOD whom he hath not &s;een?</HI></P>
<P><HI>And this Commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth GOD, love his Brother al&s;o.</HI></P></Q>
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<HEAD>POSTSCRIPT.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MY dear Children,</HI> had you well Heeded, and faithfully Obeyed my former In&s;tructions, you had not needed any further Advice or Coun&s;el from Me, touching the Way to <HI>Re&s;t, Peace,</HI> and endle&s;s <HI>Happine&s;s.</HI></P>
<P>Let a diligent Search be made in each of your Hearts, and there you may &s;ee [by that Heavenly and Divine <HI>Principle</HI> which GOD hath given You to be your JUDGE, and LAWGIVER] whether you have not been more Remi&s;s, Di&s;regardful, and Negligent therein, than you might or ought to have been: However, whil&s;t my Life is &s;pared among&s;t you, I cannot but have a true <HI>Love, Care,</HI> and <HI>Concern</HI> for you All, that you may not &s;o much &s;eek your &s;elves, your own Ho|nour, Plea&s;ure, or Preferment, or what&s;oever this Life can afford, as that you may be Pat|terns of <HI>Vertue,</HI> exemplary in <HI>Goodne&s;s,</HI> and Preachers of <HI>Righteou&s;ne&s;s,</HI> in all your <HI>Lives</HI> and <HI>Conver&s;ations.</HI></P>
<P>This, This, is That, will make you happy in all Conditions; This is That, will give you true <HI>Peace, Quietne&s;s,</HI> and <HI>Contentedne&s;s</HI> in the mid&s;t of all the <HI>Hurries, Heats, Di&s;or|ders, Di&s;tractions,</HI> and <HI>Confu&s;ions,</HI> that are
<PB N="14" REF="9"> at this Day. I &s;ay, who are come hither, to this <HI>Holy, Heavenly,</HI> and <HI>Divine Life,</HI> and feel it powerfully Reigning in them, Such cannot be afraid of any evil Tidings; and th&ocirc; They may be made to oppo&s;e and reprove Others, and &s;uffer much abu&s;e and reproach for &s;o doing, yet they cannot but love, and have compa&s;&s;ion on their <HI>wor&s;t</HI> and <HI>greate&s;t Ene|mies,</HI> but may not love, nor join to Iniquity in their <HI>Deare&s;t Friends:</HI> Such cannot but prize, and highly e&s;teem true <HI>Nobility, Vertue,</HI> and <HI>Goodne&s;s</HI> in whom&s;oever, without re|&s;pect of <HI>Per&s;ons</HI> or <HI>Parties.</HI></P>
<P>Now, <HI>my dear Children,</HI> the occa&s;ion of my Writing at this time is, not only and alone for <HI>Your</HI> &s;akes, but for the &s;ake of Many <HI>OTHERS,</HI> who, I believe, are hungring and thir&s;ting after Righteou&s;ne&s;s, and who in&s;ecret are crying, and &s;aying in their Hearts, <HI>Who will &s;hew us any good?</HI> And &s;eeing the LORD hath put it <HI>into</HI> my Heart, to write both to <HI>You</HI> and <HI>Them</HI> the&s;e few Lines, and to reprint my former INSTRUCTIONS; I hope They will be well weighed, and deeply con&s;idered of by you All, for they are of <HI>Moment,</HI> being not writ from the <HI>wi&s;e, prying, fathoming, comprehending Part</HI> in Man, but from the &s;ame <HI>Lip</HI> and <HI>Life,</HI> that the Holy Men of Old writ and &s;pake by. Where|fore,
<PB N="15" REF="9"> upon <HI>Your</HI> and <HI>Their receiving,</HI> or <HI>reject|ing,</HI> the Coun&s;el herein given you, depends your <HI>Ble&s;&s;ing,</HI> or your <HI>Cur&s;e;</HI> your <HI>Weal,</HI> or <HI>Wo;</HI> your <HI>Happine&s;s,</HI> or <HI>Vnhappine&s;s;</HI> your <HI>Peace</HI> and <HI>Quietne&s;s,</HI> or your <HI>Trouble</HI> and <HI>Di&s;content;</HI> for &s;uch as you <HI>&s;ow,</HI> &s;uch will you <HI>reap.</HI> So that it is with Me to let <HI>You</HI> and <HI>Them</HI> know, (as the Servant of the LORD once &s;aid to the <HI>I&s;raelites</HI>) that LIFE and <HI>Death,</HI> GOOD and <HI>Evil</HI> is here &s;et be|fore <HI>You:</HI> And th&ocirc; the <HI>Way</HI> that leads to <HI>Life</HI> be &s;trait and narrow, yet know, and that for a Truth, that 'tis both <HI>ea&s;y, plain, plea|&s;ant,</HI> and exceeding (yea, beyond all utte|rance) <HI>delightful</HI> to tho&s;e <HI>Sincere Souls,</HI> who are <HI>re&s;igned,</HI> and <HI>re&s;olved</HI> to walk in it: Such who know the <HI>Virtue</HI> and <HI>Excelle<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">y</HI> thereof, have been willing to part with All that hath been near or dear unto them, that they might be pre&s;erved Faithful therein; neither can They leave it, nor for&s;ake it, for all the Trea|&s;ures, Plea&s;ures, and Advantages that this World can give. For this <HI>Path</HI> was the Path of the <HI>Just</HI> in all Ages, and which all the Holy Men did chearfully embrace, and walk in; and that You and I may be Followers of their Steps, is the hearty de&s;ire of,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your well-wi&s;hing, and truly loving Father.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE>Decemb. 14. 1683.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>THere is a Spirit, which I feel, and am a Witne&s;s of, that cannot delight in do|ing any Evil, nor in revenging any Wrong, but delights in the Will of its Heavenly Father: It willingly endures all things, in hopes to meet with its own in the End; its hope is, to outlive all Strife and Contention, and to weary out all Exaltation and Cruel|ty, or what&s;oever is of a Nature contrary to it &s;elf: It is conceived in Sorrow, and brought forth through Suffering; for with the World's Joy it is murdered. I found It, being Alone, and have Fellow&s;hip therein, with Tho&s;e, who lived in Dens, and De&s;o|late Places of the Earth, of whom this World was not worthy; who through <HI>Faith, Vertue,</HI> and a <HI>good Life,</HI> obtain'd this BLESSED and HAPPY STATE.</P>
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<LG>
<L>SHine forth, Great GLORY, &s;hine, that I may &s;ee,</L>
<L>Both how to loath my Self, and honour THEE.</L>
<L>O give me Grace, to <HI>mind,</HI> and <HI>u&s;e</HI> Time &s;o,</L>
<L>That I may do THY Work before I go:</L>
<L>And help, and pardon me, when I tran&s;gre&s;s,</L>
<L>Through human Frailty, or Forgetfulne&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<Q>Mark the Perfect Man, and behold the &V;pright; for the End of that Man is Peace.</Q>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>THE END.</TRAILER>
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