'rable: Therefore while Time is, prevent that, that in Time will be, for as one said,

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If it be not prevented,
It will be repented.

In all Places, and in all Companies, remember the Prefence of God, and walk continually as in View of his all-feeing Eye; often confider that God is every where present, and then you will study to be every where holy.

HEAVEN is the Seat of Glory, the Habitation of Angels, the Throne of the Judge, the resting Place of the Faithful, the Fulness of Delight; it is fair beyond Thought, and glorious beyond. Report.

For the Morning.

P raises to thee, my God, who hast me kept,
E ach Hour of the past Night, in which I lept,
T hen keep me still, and all my Thoughts direct;
E ach Day preserve me lest I do transgress,
R emember me, and all my Ways do bless.

B ring to my View thy Goodness evermore,
R efresh me from thy unexhaufted Store,
E ternal Lord, I will thy Name adore.
T hou King of Kings, who greatly doft excel,
To all my Friends thy Kindness I will tell.

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For the Evening.

Pardon me, loving Lord, for thy dear Son,
E v'ry Mistake which I this Day have done,
T each me this Night, and always, Sin to shun.
E ver refresh me with thy boundless Grace,
Reward thou me with everlasting Peace.

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Be thou my Comfort and my Guide this Night,
R evive and raise me, when I fee next Light,
E xtend thy Love, and grant I may do right:
'F hefe Favours from the Lord I now request,
Then please to grant those Things, as thou seeft

beft.

Protect me Lord, for on thee I depend,
Each Day be thou to me a conftant Friend,
'Thou, as it pleaseth thee, canst Blessings send
E ternal Comforts from thy Bounty tpring,
Rewards do come from our almighty King.

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e thou my Guide, my Keeper, and my Stay, Remember me, my God, I humbly pray, Enrich my Mind with Things divine alway. Then will I praise thy great and holy Name, Through all my Life thy Love I will proclaim.

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These Words spoke by Curtis Brett to his Brothers, &c. at bis departure from them in Dublin, he going to London.

Cemented faft let ftill our Love remain,
Until the happy Time we meet again;
Remember me, when in a dittant Land;
Think oft' on him, who is at your Cominand
In all our Lives let Christian Love appear,
Saviour of all, preserve as while we're here.

B equeath to us thy sweet and heavenly Grace,
R efresh and strengthen us to run our Race,
E ternity is coming on apace':
Then let us carefully improve our Time,
Think frequently on Things which are divine.

Peter Brett, in answer to bis Brother Curtis Brett.

Profperity, and true Comfort attend
E ach Day our dearest Brother, and our Friend,
Thy Love we're certain doth to us extend;
E steem our warm Defires, which are fincere,
Remember us each Time you go to Prayer.

Be evermore inclin'd our God to praise,
Request of him, and he will guide your Ways,
E ver may Happiness fill up your Days;
This is of all your Friends the just defire,
Therefore strive still true Virtue to acquire.

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TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE on different Subjects.

Texts which shew that we should diligently read and fearch the Scriptures.

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OHN v. 39. Search the Scriptures;
them ye think he have eternal Life.

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Ats xvii. 11. Then these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all Readiness of Mind, and fearched the Scriptures daily, whether these things were fo.

2 Tim. iii. 15, 16, 17. And that from a Child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wife unto Salvation, through Faith which is in Christ Jefus. All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable for Doctrine, for Reproof, for Correction, for Instruction in Righteousness, that the Man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnish'd unto all good Works.

Rom. xv. 4, 5, 6. For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our Learning; that we through Patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now the God of Patience and Confolation, grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Chrift Jesus.

Rom. xiv. 19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for our Peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

It is delightful for to spend our Youth
Searching the Scripture, the pure Word of

Truth;

And we cannot better spend our spare Time,
Than for to meditate on things divine.

Texts of the Rich and the Poor, and that the Endeavours of the Poor, the ever so deserving, are generally flighted and made little of.

and few Men within it; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great Bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wife Man, and he by his Wisdom delivered the City, yet no Man remembered that same poor Man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than Strength: Nevertheless the poor Man's Wifdom is despis'd, and his Words are not heard.

Ecclefiaftic. xiii. 20, &c. As the Proud hate Humility, fo doth the Rich abhor the Poor. A rich Man, beginning to fall, is held up by his Friends; but a poor Man being down, is thruft also away by his Friends. When a rich Man is fallen, he hath many Helpers; he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet Men justify him: The poor Man flip'd, and yet they rebuked him too: he spake wisely, and yet could have no Place. When a rich Man speaketh every Man holdeth his Peace; and look, what he faith, they extol to the Clouds: But if a poor Man speak, they say, What Fellow is this? And if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.

Prov. xxviii. 11. The rich Man is wife in his. own Conceit: But the Poor that hath Understanding searcheth him out. Better is the Poor that walketh in his Uprightness, than he that is perverse in his Ways, though he be rich.

Prov. xxii. 2. The Rich and the Poor meet together: The Lord is the Maker of them all.

Prov. xviii. 11. The rich Man's Wealth is his strong City, and as an high Wall in his own ConΗ 5 ceit.