A letter from Sr Matthew Hale, Kt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of England: to one of his sons, after his recovery from the small-pox
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             A letter from Sr Matthew Hale, Kt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of England: to one of his sons, after his recovery from the small-pox
             Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
          
           [2], 37, [1] p.
           
             printed by J. Playford, for W. Shrowsbery, at the sign of the Bible in Duke-lane,
             London :
             1684.
          
           
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           S
           
             r
          
           
             MATTHEW
             HALE
             ,
          
           K
           
             t
          
           Sometime
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           of
           ENGLAND●
           To
           One
           of
           his
           SONS
           ,
           
             After
             his
             Recovery
             from
             the
          
           SMALL-POX
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Playford
             ,
          
           for
           
             W.
             Shrowsbery
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             Bible
          
           in
           
             Duke-lane
             :
          
           1684.
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           Sir
           
             MATTHEW
             HALE
             ,
          
           To
           One
           of
           his
           SONS
           .
        
         
           
             
               Son
            
             —
          
        
         
           ALthough
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Contagiousness
           of
           your
           Disease
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           dependents
           I
           have
           upon
           me
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           convenient
           to
           come
           unto
           you
           during
           your
           sickness
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           not
           been
           wanting
           in
           my
           earnest
           Prayers
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           you
           ,
           nor
           in
           using
           the
           best
           means
           I
           could
           for
           your
           recovery
           .
        
         
         
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           hear
           my
           Prayers
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           above
           means
           and
           hopes
           now
           to
           restore
           you
           to
           a
           Competent
           degree
           of
           health
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           return
           unto
           him
           my
           humble
           and
           hearty
           thanks
           ,
           and
           now
           you
           are
           almost
           ready
           to
           come
           abroad
           again
           ,
           therefore
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           write
           this
           little
           Book
           to
           you
           ,
           for
           these
           reasons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           it
           is
           not
           yet
           seasonable
           for
           you
           to
           come
           to
           me
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           these
           same
           reasons
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           have
           restrained
           my
           coming
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           at
           your
           coming
           abroad
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           subject
           to
           Temptations
           ,
           by
           young
           and
           inconsiderate
           Company
           ,
           which
           instead
           of
           serious
           Thankfulness
           to
           God
           for
           his
           mercy
           to
           you
           ,
           might
           perchance
           persuade
           you
           to
           a
           vain
           ,
           and
           light
           jollity
           :
           And
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           send
           you
           these
           Lines
           to
           prevent
           such
           inconsiderate
           impressions
           ,
           and
           to
           meet
           you
           just
           at
           your
           coming
           abroad
           ,
           to
           season
           you
           with
           more
           wise
           and
           serious
           principles
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Because
           you
           are
           even
           now
           come
           out
           of
           a
           great
           and
           sore
           Visitation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           in
           the
           fittest
           temper
           to
           receive
           the
           impressions
           of
           a
           serious
           Epistle
           from
           your
           Father
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           put
           it
           into
           this
           little
           Volume
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           somewhat
           too
           long
           
           for
           a
           Letter
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           better
           preserved
           for
           your
           future
           use
           and
           memory
           .
        
         
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           brought
           you
           to
           the
           very
           Gates
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           shewed
           you
           the
           Terrour
           ,
           and
           Danger
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           he
           had
           shewn
           you
           this
           Spectacle
           of
           your
           own
           Mortality
           ,
           he
           hath
           marvellously
           rescued
           and
           delivered
           you
           from
           that
           danger
           ,
           and
           given
           you
           life
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           are
           as
           a
           man
           new
           Born
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           returned
           to
           Life
           again
           ,
           which
           now
           you
           seem
           as
           it
           were
           to
           begin
           :
           You
           have
           passed
           through
           those
           two
           great
           Dispensations
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           those
           two
           great
           Experiments
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           pleased
           sometimes
           to
           use
           towards
           the
           Children
           of
           men
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Correction
           and
           Deliverance
           ,
           his
           Rod
           and
           his
           Staff
           :
           And
           therefore
           in
           all
           reasonable
           conjecture
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           most
           seasonable
           time
           to
           give
           you
           a
           Lecture
           upon
           both
           ,
           and
           those
           admonitions
           which
           may
           be
           ,
           render
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           profitable
           unto
           you
           :
           And
           this
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           do
           in
           these
           following
           Lines
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           you
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           fear
           that
           I
           intend
           to
           upbraid
           you
           with
           the
           errors
           of
           your
           Youth
           ,
           or
           to
           expostulate
           with
           you
           touching
           them
           :
           For
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ,
           I
           do
           from
           my
           heart
           forgive
           you
           all
           your
           follies
           ,
           and
           miscarriages
           :
           And
           I
           do
           assure
           my self
           ,
           
           that
           you
           have
           repented
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           resolved
           against
           them
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           that
           thereupon
           God-almighty
           hath
           also
           fully
           forgiven
           what
           is
           past
           :
           And
           this
           is
           a
           great
           assurance
           thereof
           to
           me
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           so
           wonderfully
           restored
           you
           ,
           and
           given
           you
           as
           it
           were
           a
           new
           Life
           ,
           wherein
           you
           may
           obey
           and
           serve
           him
           better
           than
           ever
           you
           yet
           did
           :
           And
           therefore
           if
           in
           this
           Letter
           ,
           there
           be
           any
           touches
           concerning
           former
           vanities
           ,
           assure
           your self
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           angry
           repetitions
           ,
           but
           only
           necessary
           Cautions
           for
           your
           future
           ordering
           of
           your
           Life
           .
        
         
           The
           business
           of
           these
           papers
           ,
           is
           principally
           ,
           to
           commend
           unto
           you
           ,
           two
           general
           Remembrances
           ,
           and
           certain
           Results
           and
           Collections
           ,
           that
           arise
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           seasonable
           for
           your
           present
           Condition
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           of
           singular
           use
           and
           benefit
           to
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           whole
           ensuing
           Course
           of
           your
           Life
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           as
           long
           as
           you
           live
           ,
           remember
           your
           late
           Sickness
           in
           all
           its
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           these
           plain
           and
           profitable
           inferences
           ,
           and
           advices
           ,
           that
           arise
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           remember
           as
           long
           as
           you
           live
           ,
           your
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Circumstances
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           necessary
           duties
           that
           are
           incumbent
           upon
           you
           ,
           in
           relation
           thereunto
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           evident
           to
           daily
           experience
           ,
           that
           while
           Afflictions
           are
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           while
           deliverances
           are
           fresh
           ,
           they
           commonly
           have
           some
           good
           effect
           upon
           us
           :
           But
           as
           the
           Iron
           is
           no
           sooner
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           but
           it
           quickly
           returns
           to
           its
           old
           coldness
           ,
           and
           hardness
           ;
           so
           when
           the
           Affliction
           or
           Deliverance
           is
           past
           ,
           we
           usually
           forget
           them
           ,
           count
           them
           common
           things
           ,
           attribute
           them
           to
           Meanes
           and
           second
           Causes
           :
           And
           so
           the
           good
           that
           Mankind
           should
           gather
           from
           them
           vanish
           ,
           and
           men
           grow
           quickly
           to
           be
           but
           what
           they
           were
           before
           they
           came
           ;
           their
           sick-bed
           promises
           are
           forgot
           ,
           when
           the
           sickness
           is
           over
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           your
           sickness
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           recovery
           :
           And
           let
           them
           never
           be
           forgotten
           by
           you
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           those
           Spots
           and
           Marks
           in
           your
           Face
           are
           reflected
           to
           your
           view
           from
           the
           Glass
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           this
           paper
           comes
           in
           your
           fight
           ,
           nay
           as
           often
           as
           you
           open
           your
           Eyes
           from
           sleep
           ,
           which
           were
           once
           closed
           ,
           and
           likely
           never
           to
           open
           again
           ;
           so
           often
           and
           more
           often
           remember
           your
           sickness
           ,
           and
           your
           recovery
           ,
           and
           the
           admonitions
           that
           this
           paper
           lends
           you
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           both
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           therefore
           touching
           your
           late
           sickness
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           remember
           these
           particulars
           :
           1.
           
           The
           Disease
           it self
           ,
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           ,
           is
           now
           become
           ordinarily
           very
           Mortal
           ,
           especially
           to
           those
           of
           your
           Age
           :
           Look
           upon
           even
           the
           last
           years
           General
           Bill
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           near
           Two
           Thousand
           dead
           of
           that
           Disease
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           God
           been
           very
           merciful
           to
           you
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           been
           one
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           with
           as
           great
           likelyhood
           as
           any
           of
           them
           that
           Dyed
           of
           that
           Disease
           :
           2.
           
           It
           was
           a
           Contagious
           Disease
           ,
           that
           secluded
           the
           access
           of
           your
           nearest
           Relations
           :
           3
           .
           Your
           sickness
           surprised
           you
           upon
           a
           suddain
           ,
           when
           you
           seemed
           to
           be
           in
           your
           full
           strength
           :
           4.
           
           Your
           sickness
           rendred
           you
           Noysom
           to
           your self
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           were
           about
           you
           ,
           and
           a
           spectacle
           full
           of
           deformity
           ,
           by
           the
           excess
           of
           your
           Disease
           beyond
           most
           that
           are
           sick
           thereof
           :
           5.
           
           It
           was
           a
           fierce
           and
           violent
           sickness
           ,
           it
           did
           not
           only
           take
           away
           the
           common
           supplies
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           digestion
           ,
           sleep
           ,
           strength
           ,
           but
           it
           took
           away
           your
           memory
           ,
           your
           understanding
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           sence
           of
           your
           own
           Condition
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           might
           be
           conducible
           to
           your
           good
           :
           All
           that
           you
           could
           do
           was
           only
           to
           make
           your
           Condition
           more
           desperate
           ,
           in
           Case
           they
           that
           were
           about
           you
           ,
           had
           not
           prevented
           it
           ,
           and
           taken
           more
           
           Care
           for
           you
           ;
           than
           you
           did
           or
           could
           for
           your self
           :
           6.
           
           Your
           sickness
           was
           desperate
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           your
           Symptoms
           ,
           and
           the
           violence
           of
           your
           distemper
           ,
           were
           without
           Example
           ;
           and
           you
           were
           in
           the
           very
           next
           degree
           to
           absolute
           Rottenness
           ,
           Putrefaction
           ,
           and
           Death
           it self
           .
        
         
           Look
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Description
           ,
           and
           remember
           that
           such
           was
           your
           Condition
           ,
           you
           were
           as
           sad
           a
           Picture
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           Corruption
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           but
           Death
           it self
           could
           make
           :
           Remember
           it
           :
           And
           Remember
           also
           ,
           these
           ensuing
           Instructions
           ,
           that
           may
           make
           that
           Remembrance
           profitable
           and
           useful
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Remember
           that
           
             Affliction
             cometh
             not
             forth
             of
             the
             dust
             ,
             nor
             doth
             trouble
             spring
             out
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           Job
           5.6
           .
           But
           this
           terrible
           visitation
           ,
           was
           sent
           to
           you
           from
           the
           wise
           overruling
           Providence
           of
           God
           :
           It
           is
           he
           that
           bringeth
           down
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           up
           again
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           this
           Disease
           may
           seem
           common
           ,
           but
           you
           may
           and
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           more
           than
           the
           common
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           sending
           it
           upon
           you
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           measure
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           a
           season
           ,
           when
           you
           were
           grown
           up
           to
           a
           Competent
           Age
           ,
           and
           degree
           of
           understanding
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           due
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           see
           his
           justice
           in
           Afflicting
           you
           ,
           and
           his
           goodness
           in
           delivering
           you
           from
           such
           a
           danger
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Remember
           that
           Almighty
           God
           is
           of
           most
           infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           he
           hath
           excellent
           ends
           in
           all
           his
           dispensations
           of
           his
           providences
           :
           He
           never
           sends
           an
           Affliction
           ,
           but
           it
           brings
           a
           message
           with
           it
           ,
           his
           Rod
           has
           a
           voice
           ;
           a
           voice
           Commanding
           us
           ,
           to
           search
           and
           try
           our
           ways
           ,
           and
           to
           examin
           our selves
           whether
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           some
           great
           sin
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           neglect
           of
           duty
           to
           him
           ;
           a
           voice
           Commanding
           us
           to
           repent
           of
           what
           is
           a
           miss
           ,
           to
           humble
           our selves
           under
           his
           mighty
           hand
           ,
           to
           turn
           to
           him
           that
           striketh
           us
           ,
           to
           seek
           to
           him
           by
           Prayer
           for
           deliverance
           ,
           to
           depend
           upon
           him
           by
           Faith
           ,
           in
           his
           mercy
           and
           power
           ;
           to
           amend
           what
           is
           a
           miss
           ,
           to
           be
           more
           watchful
           ,
           circumspect
           ,
           and
           obedient
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           future
           course
           of
           our
           lives
           ,
           to
           fear
           to
           offend
           him
           :
           And
           if
           a
           man
           hear
           this
           voice
           ,
           God
           hath
           his
           end
           of
           mercy
           and
           goodness
           ,
           and
           man
           hath
           the
           fruit
           ,
           benefit
           ,
           and
           advantage
           of
           his
           Affliction
           ,
           and
           commonly
           a
           Comfortable
           issue
           of
           it
           :
           Read
           often
           and
           attentively
           the
           33th
           .
           Chapter
           of
           
             Job
             ,
          
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Remember
           how
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           frail
           a
           Creature
           man
           is
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           seeming
           strongest
           Age
           ,
           and
           Constitution
           of
           health
           ;
           even
           then
           a
           pestilential
           Air
           ,
           some
           evil
           humour
           in
           his
           blood
           ,
           some
           obstruction
           it
           may
           
           be
           of
           a
           little
           vein
           or
           artery
           ,
           a
           little
           meat
           ill-digested
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           small
           occurrences
           may
           upon
           a
           suddain
           ,
           without
           any
           Considerable
           warning
           ,
           plunge
           a
           man
           into
           a
           desperate
           and
           mortal
           sickness
           ,
           and
           bring
           a
           man
           to
           the
           grave
           .
           Remember
           this
           terrible
           sickness
           seized
           upon
           you
           suddenly
           ,
           pulled
           down
           your
           strength
           quickly
           ,
           and
           brought
           you
           to
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           the
           Grave
           :
           And
           though
           God
           hath
           recovered
           you
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           you
           may
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           like
           Condition
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Remember
           therefore
           ,
           that
           you
           make
           and
           keep
           your
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           walk
           in
           his
           fear
           in
           the
           days
           of
           health
           ;
           especially
           after
           so
           great
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           very
           many
           reasons
           :
           1.
           
           You
           know
           not
           whether
           you
           may
           not
           be
           overtaken
           with
           sudden
           Death
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           for
           you
           to
           begin
           that
           work
           :
           2.
           
           If
           you
           have
           sickness
           to
           give
           you
           warning
           of
           the
           approach
           of
           Death
           ,
           yet
           you
           know
           not
           whether
           that
           sickness
           may
           not
           suddenly
           take
           away
           your
           senses
           ,
           memory
           ,
           or
           understanding
           ,
           whereby
           you
           may
           be
           disabled
           to
           make
           your
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           exercise
           any
           serious
           thoughts
           concerning
           it
           :
           3.
           
           But
           if
           that
           sickness
           give
           you
           fair
           warning
           ,
           and
           take
           not
           away
           your
           understanding
           ,
           yet
           your
           own
           experience
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           let
           you
           know
           ,
           
           that
           pain
           ,
           and
           weakness
           ,
           and
           distraction
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           impatience
           ,
           and
           unquietness
           ,
           are
           the
           common
           attendants
           of
           a
           sick
           bed
           ,
           and
           render
           that
           season
           at
           least
           very
           difficult
           ,
           then
           to
           begin
           that
           greatest
           and
           solemness
           ,
           and
           most
           important
           business
           of
           a
           mans
           Life
           .
           4.
           
           But
           if
           your
           sickness
           be
           not
           so
           sharp
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           leaves
           you
           patience
           ,
           and
           attention
           of
           mind
           for
           that
           great
           business
           ,
           how
           do
           you
           know
           whether
           your
           heart
           shall
           be
           inclined
           to
           it
           ?
           Repentance
           and
           Conversion
           to
           God
           is
           his
           gift
           ,
           though
           it
           must
           be
           our
           endeavour
           :
           And
           though
           the
           merciful
           God
           ,
           never
           refuseth
           a
           repenting
           ,
           returning
           offender
           ;
           yet
           how
           can
           a
           man
           that
           all
           the
           time
           of
           his
           health
           hath
           neglected
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           refused
           his
           invitations
           ,
           and
           served
           his
           lusts
           and
           his
           sin
           ,
           expect
           reasonably
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           the
           time
           of
           sickness
           ,
           when
           the
           man
           can
           serve
           his
           sins
           no
           longer
           ,
           will
           give
           him
           the
           grace
           of
           repentance
           ?
        
         
           What
           ever
           you
           do
           therefore
           ,
           be
           sure
           you
           make
           your
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           in
           the
           days
           of
           your
           health
           ,
           especially
           after
           so
           great
           a
           deliverance
           from
           so
           desperate
           a
           sickness
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Remember
           that
           your
           Condition
           is
           never
           so
           low
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           hath
           power
           to
           deliver
           you
           ,
           and
           therefore
           trust
           in
           him
           :
           But
           remember
           withall
           ,
           that
           your
           Condition
           
           is
           never
           so
           safe
           and
           secure
           ,
           but
           you
           are
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           his
           power
           to
           bring
           you
           down
           :
           You
           are
           now
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           recovered
           from
           a
           terrible
           sickness
           ,
           think
           not
           with
           your self
           that
           your
           turn
           is
           now
           served
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           shall
           have
           no
           more
           need
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           you
           may
           live
           as
           you
           lift
           ,
           and
           never
           regard
           your
           duty
           to
           him
           ;
           deceive
           not
           your self
           herein
           ,
           remember
           that
           this
           sickness
           ,
           within
           two
           or
           three
           days
           brought
           you
           upon
           your
           knees
           ,
           even
           from
           a
           seeming
           state
           of
           health
           :
           The
           Case
           is
           the
           same
           still
           ,
           nay
           much
           worse
           ,
           if
           this
           Affliction
           make
           you
           not
           better
           ;
           Almighty
           God
           called
           you
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           serve
           ,
           and
           obey
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           still
           voice
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           by
           the
           perswasion
           of
           your
           Friends
           ,
           by
           the
           advises
           and
           reproofs
           of
           your
           Father
           ;
           and
           when
           these
           were
           not
           so
           effectual
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           know
           you
           now
           wish
           they
           had
           been
           ,
           )
           He
           sent
           a
           messenger
           that
           spake
           lowder
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           heard
           ,
           even
           this
           terrible
           sickness
           ;
           and
           most
           certainly
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           voice
           of
           this
           Rod
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           hopeful
           you
           have
           )
           and
           thereupon
           entirely
           turn
           to
           your
           duty
           to
           God
           in
           all
           sincerity
           and
           obedience
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           happiest
           providence
           that
           ever
           befell
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           upon
           sound
           Conviction
           ,
           conclude
           with
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             It
             was
             good
             for
             me
             that
             I
             was
             Afflicted
             :
          
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           notwithstanding
           this
           
           voice
           of
           the
           Rod
           ,
           you
           shall
           after
           your
           recovery
           turn
           again
           to
           folly
           ,
           and
           vanity
           ,
           and
           excess
           ,
           and
           harden
           your self
           against
           this
           messenger
           ;
           know
           for
           certain
           you
           are
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           Divine
           Justice
           and
           Power
           :
           
             And
             if
             you
             walk
             contrary
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             walk
             contrary
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             punish
             you
             yet
             seven
             times
             for
             your
             sins
             ,
          
           Levit.
           26.24
           .
           I
           therefore
           give
           you
           that
           Counsel
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           gave
           to
           him
           that
           he
           had
           healed
           ,
           
             Behold
             thou
             art
             minde
             whole
             ,
             go
             thy
             way
             and
             sin
             no
             more
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             befall
             thee
             .
          
           There
           is
           no
           contesting
           with
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           he
           is
           ready
           and
           easie
           to
           be
           reconciled
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           upon
           humiliation
           and
           true
           repentance
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           not
           to
           be
           Mastered
           or
           Conquered
           by
           obstinacy
           and
           opposition
           :
           
             Who
             hath
             hardened
             himself
             against
             him
             and
             prospered
             ?
          
           Job
           9.4
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           Remember
           ,
           that
           sickness
           as
           well
           as
           death
           doth
           undeceive
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           shews
           them
           where
           their
           true
           Wisdom
           lies
           :
           When
           a
           young
           man
           ,
           especially
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           full
           career
           of
           his
           vanity
           and
           pleasures
           ,
           he
           thinks
           that
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           walking
           according
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           serious
           practice
           of
           duties
           of
           Religion
           towards
           God
           ,
           prayer
           unto
           him
           ,
           making
           our
           peace
           with
           him
           ,
           are
           pitiful
           ,
           low
           ,
           foolish
           ,
           and
           inconsiderable
           matters
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           that
           practise
           them
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           
           of
           brain-sick
           ,
           melancholy
           ,
           unintelligent
           persons
           ,
           that
           want
           wit
           or
           breeding
           ,
           and
           understand
           not
           Themselves
           or
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           they
           are
           mere
           empty
           fancies
           and
           imaginations
           ,
           whimsies
           ,
           puritanism
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           else
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           they
           think
           they
           are
           the
           brave
           men
           that
           live
           splendidly
           ,
           deny
           themselves
           no
           Pleasure
           ,
           can
           Drink
           ,
           and
           Roar
           ,
           and
           Whore
           ,
           and
           Debauch
           ,
           and
           wear
           the
           newest
           Fashions
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           this
           Gallant
           or
           Wise
           man
           comes
           to
           be
           taken
           with
           a
           fit
           of
           sickness
           ,
           that
           tells
           him
           he
           must
           dye
           ,
           Death
           is
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           his
           Glass
           is
           almost
           out
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           few
           sands
           left
           in
           it
           :
           And
           then
           the
           man
           becomes
           quite
           of
           another
           judgment
           ,
           he
           cries
           out
           of
           his
           former
           foolishness
           ,
           he
           finds
           his
           pleasures
           and
           intemperance
           and
           excess
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           perfect
           follies
           ,
           but
           madness
           ,
           vexation
           ,
           torment
           ;
           and
           Religion
           and
           Prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           and
           Peace
           with
           God
           ,
           they
           are
           now
           in
           request
           ;
           and
           now
           nothing
           but
           declamations
           against
           those
           Courses
           ,
           which
           in
           his
           health
           he
           valued
           as
           the
           only
           Wisdom
           ;
           and
           nothing
           but
           promises
           of
           amendment
           ;
           and
           reformation
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           to
           God
           ;
           so
           sickness
           hath
           undeceived
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           given
           him
           a
           true
           and
           rectified
           judgment
           concerning
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Folly
           ,
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           had
           before
           .
           Therefore
           I
           would
           have
           you
           recollect
           your
           
           self
           ,
           (
           and
           if
           the
           violence
           of
           your
           Disease
           left
           you
           at
           any
           time
           the
           use
           of
           your
           reason
           )
           bethink
           your self
           what
           opinion
           you
           then
           had
           of
           intemperance
           ,
           wasting
           of
           time
           ,
           unlawful
           lust
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           those
           sins
           that
           formerly
           pleased
           you
           in
           your
           health
           ,
           whether
           they
           did
           not
           appear
           to
           you
           in
           your
           sickness
           ,
           very
           vain
           ,
           foolish
           ,
           vexing
           things
           ,
           such
           as
           you
           wished
           never
           to
           have
           been
           committed
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           what
           opinion
           you
           had
           in
           your
           sickness
           touching
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           hearing
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           calling
           upon
           his
           name
           ,
           redeeming
           of
           time
           ,
           modesty
           ,
           temperance
           :
           Whether
           those
           actions
           of
           your
           life
           past
           ,
           that
           favoured
           of
           these
           ,
           were
           not
           Comfortable
           ,
           and
           Contenting
           to
           you
           in
           your
           sickness
           ;
           whether
           your
           purposes
           ,
           and
           promises
           ,
           and
           resolutions
           of
           your
           sick-bed
           ,
           were
           not
           full
           of
           such
           thoughts
           as
           these
           :
           If
           it
           please
           God
           to
           recover
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           be
           such
           a
           fool
           as
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           drink
           to
           excess
           ,
           mispend
           my
           time
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           keep
           such
           evil
           Company
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           more
           devout
           towards
           God
           ,
           more
           obedient
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           more
           observant
           of
           good
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           And
           if
           you
           find
           it
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           you
           to
           remember
           that
           affliction
           ,
           is
           the
           School
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           it
           rectifies
           mens
           judgments
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           again
           desire
           you
           ,
           to
           keep
           your
           judgment
           right
           still
           ,
           and
           set
           not
           
           the
           recovery
           of
           your
           health
           become
           the
           loss
           of
           your
           wits
           ;
           but
           in
           your
           health
           retain
           that
           Wisdom
           your
           sickness
           taught
           you
           ,
           and
           practice
           what
           you
           then
           promised
           :
           
             Remember
             he
             is
             the
             wisest
             man
             that
             provides
             for
             his
             latter
             end
             :
          
           Deut.
           32.29
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           Remember
           by
           your
           former
           sickness
           ,
           how
           pitiful
           an
           inconsiderable
           thing
           the
           Body
           of
           man
           is
           ;
           how
           soon
           is
           the
           strength
           or
           it
           turned
           to
           faintness
           ,
           and
           weakness
           ,
           the
           beauty
           of
           it
           to
           ugliness
           and
           deformity
           ,
           the
           consistency
           of
           it
           to
           putrefaction
           and
           rottenness
           ;
           and
           then
           remember
           how
           foolish
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           proud
           of
           such
           a
           Carcass
           ,
           to
           spend
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           our
           time
           in
           triming
           and
           adorning
           it
           ,
           in
           studying
           new
           Fashions
           ,
           and
           new
           Postures
           ,
           and
           new
           Devices
           to
           set
           it
           out
           :
           In
           spending
           our
           time
           and
           provisions
           in
           pampering
           it
           ,
           in
           pleasing
           the
           Appetite
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           the
           chief
           business
           of
           most
           young
           men
           of
           this
           Age
           :
           Learn
           therefore
           Humility
           and
           Lowliness
           ,
           learn
           to
           furnish
           thy
           Noble
           and
           Immortal
           part
           ,
           thy
           Soul
           ,
           with
           Religion
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Knowledge
           ,
           Virtue
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           for
           that
           will
           retain
           it
           to
           eternity
           :
           How
           miserable
           is
           that
           mans
           Condition
           ,
           that
           whiles
           sickness
           hath
           made
           his
           Body
           a
           deformed
           ,
           weak
           ,
           loathsom
           thing
           ,
           sin
           hath
           made
           his
           Soul
           as
           ugly
           ,
           and
           deformed
           ;
           The
           Grave
           will
           heal
           or
           cover
           the
           deformity
           
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           but
           the
           Soul
           will
           carry
           its
           Ulcers
           and
           Deformity
           (
           without
           Repentance
           )
           into
           the
           next
           World
           :
           Learn
           and
           remember
           therefore
           ,
           to
           have
           thy
           greatest
           Care
           for
           thy
           Noblest
           part
           ,
           furnish
           it
           with
           Piety
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Knowledge
           ,
           the
           Fear
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           :
           And
           as
           for
           thy
           Body
           ,
           use
           it
           Decently
           ,
           Soberly
           and
           Comely
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           a
           fit
           Instrument
           for
           thy
           Soul
           to
           use
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           but
           be
           not
           proud
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           make
           it
           thy
           chiefest
           care
           and
           business
           to
           adorn
           ,
           much
           less
           defile
           it
           .
        
         
           Eighthly
           ,
           Remember
           to
           avoid
           intemperance
           and
           sinful
           Lusts
           :
           It
           is
           true
           sickness
           and
           diseases
           ,
           and
           finally
           death
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           of
           our
           nature
           incident
           to
           all
           Mankind
           :
           But
           intemperance
           ,
           excess
           of
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           ,
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Whoreing
           ,
           Uncleanness
           and
           disorder
           bring
           more
           diseases
           ,
           especially
           upon
           young
           men
           ,
           and
           destroy
           more
           young
           ,
           strong
           ,
           healthy
           men
           ,
           than
           the
           Plague
           ,
           or
           other
           natural
           or
           accidental
           distempers
           :
           They
           weaken
           the
           Brain
           ,
           Corrupt
           the
           Blood
           ,
           decay
           and
           distemper
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           disorder
           and
           putrefie
           the
           humours
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           body
           a
           very
           bag
           full
           of
           putrefaction
           :
           Some
           diseases
           are
           as
           it
           were
           specifical
           ,
           and
           appropriate
           to
           these
           vices
           ,
           other
           diseases
           are
           commonly
           occasioned
           by
           them
           ,
           by
           their
           inflammation
           and
           putrifaction
           
           of
           the
           Blood
           and
           humours
           :
           And
           all
           Diseases
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           are
           Epidemical
           ,
           Natural
           or
           Casual
           ,
           yet
           are
           rendred
           by
           those
           vices
           far
           more
           sharp
           ,
           lasting
           ,
           malignant
           and
           incurable
           ,
           by
           that
           stock
           of
           Corrupted
           matter
           ,
           they
           lodge
           in
           the
           body
           to
           feed
           those
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           that
           impotency
           that
           these
           vices
           bring
           upon
           Nature
           to
           resist
           them
           :
           Therefore
           if
           you
           ever
           expect
           to
           have
           as
           well
           a
           sound
           body
           ,
           as
           a
           sound
           mind
           ,
           carefully
           avoid
           intemperance
           and
           debauchery
           :
           The
           most
           temperate
           and
           sober
           persons
           are
           subject
           to
           sickness
           ,
           weakness
           and
           Diseases
           ,
           but
           the
           intemperate
           can
           never
           be
           long
           without
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           prospect
           of
           your
           Disease
           ,
           and
           at
           least
           many
           of
           these
           profitable
           uses
           you
           may
           gather
           from
           the
           remembrance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           I
           shall
           now
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           put
           you
           in
           Remembrance
           of
           your
           Deliverance
           ,
           touching
           which
           ,
           you
           must
           remember
           :
           1.
           
           That
           it
           was
           a
           great
           ,
           eminent
           ,
           and
           extraordinary
           Deliverance
           ,
           you
           need
           no
           other
           evidence
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           by
           looking
           back
           upon
           the
           greatness
           and
           severity
           of
           your
           Disease
           before-mentioned
           :
           2.
           
           It
           was
           a
           deliverance
           by
           the
           immediate
           power
           and
           mercy
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           that
           sent
           you
           the
           Visitation
           .
        
         
           
             Vna
             eademque
             manus
             vulnus
             opemque
             tulit
             .
          
           If
           you
           had
           been
           delivered
           by
           the
           immediate
           
           efficacy
           of
           means
           ,
           yet
           you
           are
           blind
           if
           you
           see
           not
           that
           the
           efficacy
           of
           means
           depends
           upon
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           he
           that
           provides
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           makes
           means
           effectual
           .
           But
           in
           this
           deliverance
           God
           hath
           pleased
           to
           hedge
           up
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           your
           way
           from
           attributing
           it
           to
           means
           ,
           and
           hath
           given
           you
           an
           indication
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           his
           own
           immediate
           power
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           delivered
           you
           above
           ,
           and
           beyond
           means
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           you
           had
           a
           very
           able
           and
           careful
           Physitian
           ,
           and
           very
           great
           attendance
           and
           care
           was
           used
           about
           you
           :
           But
           when
           your
           Physitian
           and
           all
           that
           were
           about
           you
           ,
           began
           to
           despair
           of
           your
           recovery
           ,
           when
           means
           proved
           ineffectual
           ,
           when
           the
           strength
           of
           Nature
           was
           exhausted
           and
           baffled
           by
           your
           Disease
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           upon
           a
           suddain
           ,
           and
           beyond
           expectation
           ,
           relieved
           you
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           by
           his
           own
           hand
           brought
           you
           back
           from
           the
           very
           threshold
           of
           the
           Grave
           :
           And
           this
           he
           did
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           all
           about
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           Relations
           might
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           he
           that
           did
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           exercised
           towards
           you
           ,
           two
           great
           Experiments
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           his
           severity
           ,
           the
           second
           of
           his
           mercy
           :
           And
           as
           your
           Sickness
           and
           Rod
           had
           its
           voice
           ,
           (
           a
           lowd
           and
           sharp
           voice
           )
           so
           your
           recovery
           and
           deliverance
           hath
           its
           voice
           also
           ,
           a
           sweet
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           effectual
           voice
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           as
           shortly
           as
           I
           can
           tell
           you
           what
           it
           is
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           Remember
           this
           benefit
           ,
           remember
           it
           was
           reached
           out
           unto
           you
           ,
           from
           the
           mere
           power
           ,
           goodness
           ,
           and
           mercy
           of
           God
           :
           Remember
           evermore
           in
           your
           Heart
           and
           Soul
           ,
           to
           be
           thankful
           to
           him
           for
           it
           :
           Remember
           as
           long
           as
           you
           live
           upon
           all
           occasions
           to
           acknowledge
           it
           ;
           daily
           to
           return
           upon
           your
           knees
           humble
           thanks
           for
           it
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           had
           regard
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           remembred
           you
           in
           your
           low
           Estate
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           forgave
           your
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           healed
           your
           Disease
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           did
           this
           for
           you
           when
           all
           means
           failed
           ,
           that
           did
           it
           for
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           had
           not
           the
           understanding
           to
           call
           upon
           him
           for
           it
           ;
           to
           him
           that
           did
           it
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           deserved
           it
           not
           ,
           for
           you
           that
           had
           provoked
           him
           ,
           and
           neglected
           him
           too
           much
           in
           the
           time
           of
           your
           health
           .
           This
           God
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           thus
           delivered
           you
           ;
           Read
           often
           the
           103
           
             Psalm
          
           attentively
           ,
           and
           apply
           it
           to
           your
           own
           Condition
           ,
           it
           will
           do
           you
           good
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Remember
           to
           acknowledge
           this
           goodness
           of
           God
           with
           all
           humility
           ;
           your
           deliverance
           was
           not
           the
           purchase
           of
           your
           own
           power
           ,
           nor
           of
           your
           own
           desert
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           free
           and
           undeserved
           goodness
           of
           God
           ;
           what
           Almighty
           God
           said
           by
           
             Moses
          
           unto
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           Deut.
           9.4.6
           .
           I
           shall
           say
           to
           you
           with
           some
           variation
           ;
           understand
           therefore
           that
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God
           hath
           not
           
           given
           thee
           this
           deliverance
           for
           thy
           Righteousness
           :
           No
           it
           is
           the
           mere
           effect
           of
           his
           own
           goodness
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           you
           opportunity
           to
           praise
           him
           ,
           and
           serve
           him
           ,
           better
           than
           ever
           you
           did
           before
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Remember
           that
           although
           great
           deliverances
           ,
           require
           your
           great
           acknowledgments
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           somewhat
           more
           required
           ,
           namely
           ,
           a
           real
           practical
           glorifying
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           ordering
           your
           Conversation
           aright
           ,
           by
           serving
           him
           ,
           pleasing
           him
           ,
           obeying
           him
           ,
           living
           to
           his
           honour
           :
           This
           Almighty
           God
           expects
           as
           well
           as
           praises
           ,
           and
           acknowledgments
           :
           As
           the
           end
           of
           God
           in
           afflictions
           is
           to
           make
           men
           better
           ,
           so
           the
           end
           of
           God
           in
           deliverances
           is
           to
           make
           men
           better
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           are
           not
           the
           better
           men
           by
           both
           dispensations
           ,
           we
           do
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lies
           disappoint
           Almighty
           God
           in
           his
           design
           ,
           and
           disappoint
           our selves
           of
           the
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           intended
           in
           both
           ,
           and
           easily
           to
           be
           gained
           by
           both
           .
           This
           therefore
           is
           the
           voice
           of
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           it
           calls
           sweetly
           ,
           and
           gently
           indeed
           ,
           but
           earnestly
           and
           effectually
           for
           amendment
           of
           life
           :
           And
           that
           upon
           two
           great
           and
           moving
           arguments
           :
           1.
           
           Your
           recovery
           and
           great
           deliverance
           calls
           for
           this
           from
           you
           ,
           upon
           the
           accompt
           of
           common
           ingenuity
           and
           good
           nature
           ,
           which
           obligeth
           a
           man
           to
           be
           observant
           and
           dutiful
           to
           his
           benefactor
           :
           
           God
           Almighty
           is
           the
           greatest
           Benefactor
           ,
           and
           hath
           manifested
           himself
           such
           to
           you
           ,
           upon
           a
           visible
           and
           eminent
           account
           ;
           this
           is
           engagement
           enough
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           common
           humanity
           ,
           to
           be
           dutiful
           and
           obedient
           to
           him
           :
           When
           therefore
           you
           are
           at
           any
           time
           by
           the
           Temptation
           of
           your
           own
           Corruption
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           sollicitation
           of
           evil
           persons
           ,
           sollicited
           to
           evil
           Actions
           :
           Consider
           thus
           with
           your self
           ,
           Is
           this
           a
           becoming
           return
           to
           that
           God
           ,
           that
           hath
           thus
           wonderfully
           delivered
           me
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           requital
           that
           I
           shall
           make
           to
           him
           for
           his
           mercy
           ?
           Shall
           I
           please
           a
           vain
           Lust
           ,
           or
           a
           vain
           Companion
           ,
           and
           displease
           the
           great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           that
           hath
           thus
           delivered
           me
           and
           done
           me
           more
           good
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           World
           could
           ever
           do
           me
           ,
           or
           than
           I
           can
           ever
           recompence
           ?
           
             Do
             ye
             thus
             requite
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             ye
             foolish
             People
             ,
             and
             unwise
             ?
             Is
             not
             he
             thy
             Father
             that
             hath
             bought
             thee
             ?
             Hath
             he
             not
             made
             thee
             ,
             and
             established
             thee
             ?
          
           Deut.
           32.6
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           mercy
           calls
           for
           your
           obedience
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           an
           eminent
           manner
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           common
           prudence
           and
           discretion
           ;
           the
           benefit
           of
           your
           obedience
           to
           him
           will
           be
           your
           own
           ,
           your
           own
           happiness
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           to
           come
           :
           There
           is
           no
           greater
           moral
           security
           against
           future
           dangers
           and
           troubles
           ,
           than
           obedience
           ,
           and
           reformation
           of
           Life
           upon
           great
           deliverances
           received
           ,
           nor
           is
           
           there
           any
           greater
           invitation
           of
           new
           troubles
           and
           mischiefs
           ,
           than
           ingratitude
           ,
           disobedience
           ,
           and
           great
           sins
           after
           great
           mercies
           and
           deliverances
           :
           There
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           certain
           and
           infallible
           connexion
           between
           great
           sins
           ,
           after
           great
           mercies
           received
           ,
           and
           great
           Judgments
           to
           follow
           ,
           
             Ingentia
             beneficia
             ,
             ingentia
             peccata
             ,
             ingentia
             supplicia
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           told
           you
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           know
           how
           soon
           you
           may
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           the
           same
           mercy
           ,
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           formerly
           found
           :
           You
           are
           never
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           his
           help
           ;
           what
           ever
           you
           do
           ,
           therefore
           never
           disoblige
           him
           ,
           by
           whom
           you
           Live
           ,
           and
           whose
           extraordinary
           mercy
           you
           may
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           :
           There
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           doth
           more
           provoke
           God
           ,
           than
           neglect
           ,
           forgetfulness
           ,
           or
           willful
           disobedience
           after
           signal
           mercies
           :
           These
           provoke
           the
           merciful
           God
           to
           a
           severity
           of
           the
           highest
           kind
           ,
           because
           the
           sweetest
           and
           most
           obliging
           call
           of
           mercy
           and
           deliverance
           is
           neglected
           :
           Read
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             Proverbs
          
           attentively
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           merciful
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           plain
           Rule
           and
           Method
           ,
           how
           he
           may
           be
           served
           ,
           obeyed
           ,
           and
           pleased
           ,
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           plain
           discovery
           of
           his
           will
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           both
           Testaments
           :
           Read
           that
           often
           ,
           
           you
           have
           it
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           need
           not
           go
           far
           to
           find
           what
           is
           your
           Maker's
           Will
           ,
           and
           what
           that
           obedience
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           requires
           as
           the
           return
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           his
           mercies
           :
           Yet
           I
           think
           it
           not
           amiss
           ,
           to
           mind
           you
           of
           some
           particulars
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           useful
           for
           you
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           to
           direct
           you
           how
           particularly
           to
           improve
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           order
           your
           future
           Life
           in
           some
           measure
           answerable
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           would
           have
           you
           make
           it
           your
           first
           business
           after
           your
           perfect
           Recovery
           ,
           to
           Consider
           the
           course
           of
           your
           Life
           past
           ,
           since
           you
           came
           to
           the
           Age
           of
           discretion
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           hath
           been
           amiss
           in
           it
           ;
           whether
           you
           have
           not
           neglected
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Duties
           of
           it
           too
           much
           ,
           as
           Prayer
           ,
           hearing
           the
           Word
           Preached
           ,
           observing
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           ;
           whether
           you
           have
           not
           been
           guilty
           of
           intemperance
           ,
           excess
           of
           drinking
           ,
           wantonness
           ,
           uncleanness
           ,
           idleness
           ,
           mispending
           your
           time
           ,
           and
           those
           supplies
           which
           have
           been
           allowed
           you
           for
           your
           maintenance
           ;
           whether
           you
           have
           not
           too
           much
           delighted
           in
           vain
           and
           sinful
           ,
           and
           disorderly
           Company
           ,
           vanity
           and
           expence
           in
           Apparel
           :
           And
           if
           any
           such
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           faults
           have
           been
           ,
           repent
           of
           them
           ,
           be
           sorry
           for
           them
           ,
           resolve
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           future
           course
           of
           your
           Life
           be
           amended
           in
           relation
           thereunto
           ;
           
           I
           have
           before
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           heavenly
           Father
           hath
           forgiven
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           forgiven
           you
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           mention
           these
           things
           to
           upbraid
           you
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           amiss
           ,
           may
           be
           thereby
           the
           better
           enabled
           to
           rectify
           and
           set
           in
           order
           your
           future
           Life
           :
           If
           this
           be
           done
           and
           practised
           ,
           I
           will
           reckon
           your
           late
           sickness
           and
           distemper
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           blessings
           that
           ever
           befel
           you
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           would
           have
           you
           always
           keep
           a
           habit
           of
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           upon
           your
           heart
           ;
           Consider
           his
           presence
           ,
           order
           your
           Life
           as
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           Consider
           that
           he
           always
           sees
           you
           ,
           beholds
           ,
           and
           takes
           notice
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           especially
           whether
           you
           carry
           your self
           answerable
           to
           this
           great
           deliverance
           ,
           it
           is
           one
           of
           those
           Talents
           for
           which
           he
           will
           expect
           an
           Account
           from
           you
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           would
           have
           you
           frequently
           and
           thankfully
           consider
           of
           the
           great
           Love
           of
           God
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           be
           the
           Instructor
           ,
           and
           Governour
           ,
           and
           Sacrifice
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           you
           and
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           through
           whom
           upon
           Repentance
           you
           have
           assurance
           of
           the
           remission
           of
           your
           sins
           and
           eternal
           Life
           ;
           and
           frequently
           consider
           how
           great
           an
           ingagement
           this
           is
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           live
           according
           to
           such
           a
           hope
           and
           such
           a
           mercy
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           I
           would
           have
           you
           every
           morning
           read
           a
           portion
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           'till
           you
           have
           read
           the
           Bible
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           :
           Observe
           it
           well
           ,
           read
           it
           reverently
           and
           attentively
           ,
           set
           your
           heart
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           up
           in
           your
           memory
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           the
           direction
           of
           your
           life
           ;
           it
           will
           make
           you
           a
           wise
           and
           a
           good
           man
           :
           I
           have
           been
           acquainted
           somewhat
           with
           Men
           and
           Books
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           long
           experience
           in
           Learning
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           World
           :
           There
           is
           no
           Book
           like
           the
           Bible
           for
           excellent
           Learning
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Use
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           want
           of
           understanding
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           think
           or
           speak
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Every
           morning
           and
           every
           evening
           ,
           upon
           your
           knees
           with
           all
           reverence
           and
           attention
           of
           mind
           ,
           return
           hearty
           thanks
           to
           God
           for
           his
           mercy
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           particularly
           for
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           desire
           his
           Grace
           to
           enable
           you
           to
           walk
           in
           some
           measure
           answerable
           to
           it
           ,
           beg
           his
           Providence
           to
           protect
           you
           ,
           his
           Grace
           to
           direct
           you
           ,
           to
           keep
           you
           from
           evil
           Actions
           ,
           and
           evil
           Persons
           ,
           and
           evil
           occurrences
           ,
           beg
           his
           pardon
           for
           your
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           continuance
           of
           his
           favour
           ,
           always
           concluding
           with
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Observe
           conscionably
           the
           Lords
           day
           to
           keep
           it
           Holy
           ,
           avoid
           idle
           Company
           ,
           idle
           Discourse
           ,
           Recreations
           ,
           and
           secular
           imployments
           upon
           that
           day
           ;
           resort
           twice
           that
           day
           
           to
           the
           publick
           Prayers
           and
           Sermon
           ,
           come
           early
           to
           it
           ,
           be
           attentive
           at
           it
           ,
           keep
           your
           Eyes
           and
           Mind
           from
           roveing
           after
           vain
           thoughts
           or
           objects
           ;
           and
           spend
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           day
           ,
           that
           is
           free
           from
           necessary
           occasions
           ,
           in
           Reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           some
           good
           Books
           of
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Once
           ever
           Term
           at
           least
           come
           preparedly
           ,
           and
           reverently
           to
           the
           Holy
           Communion
           ,
           receive
           it
           with
           great
           reverence
           ,
           and
           thankfulness
           ,
           and
           due
           Consideration
           of
           the
           end
           of
           its
           institution
           :
           Renew
           your
           Covenant
           with
           Almighty
           God
           that
           you
           made
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           Soberly
           ,
           Righteously
           ,
           and
           Godly
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           beg
           his
           Grace
           and
           Strength
           to
           perform
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           those
           directions
           before
           ,
           do
           more
           specially
           relate
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           your
           deportment
           immediately
           towards
           him
           ;
           so
           these
           that
           follow
           ,
           more
           especially
           relate
           to
           your self
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           your
           moral
           Conversation
           :
           Therefore
           ,
        
         
           8.
           
           Be
           very
           moderate
           in
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           ,
           Drunkenness
           is
           the
           great
           vice
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           by
           Drunkenness
           I
           do
           mean
           not
           only
           gross
           Drunkenness
           ,
           but
           also
           Tipling
           ,
           Drinking
           excessively
           ,
           and
           immoderately
           ,
           or
           more
           than
           is
           convenient
           or
           necessary
           ;
           avoid
           those
           Companies
           that
           are
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           come
           not
           into
           those
           places
           that
           are
           devoted
           
           to
           that
           beastly
           Vice
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Taverns
           and
           Alehouses
           ,
           avoid
           and
           refuse
           those
           devices
           that
           are
           used
           to
           occasion
           it
           ,
           as
           Drinking
           and
           Pledging
           of
           Healths
           :
           Be
           resolute
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           your
           resolution
           is
           once
           known
           ,
           you
           will
           never
           be
           sollicited
           to
           it
           :
           The
           
             Rechabites
          
           were
           Commanded
           by
           their
           Father
           not
           to
           drink
           Wine
           ,
           and
           they
           obeyed
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           blessing
           for
           it
           ;
           my
           Command
           to
           you
           is
           not
           so
           strict
           ,
           I
           allow
           you
           the
           moderate
           use
           of
           Wine
           and
           strong
           Drink
           at
           your
           meals
           ,
           I
           only
           forbid
           you
           the
           excess
           ,
           or
           unnecessary
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           Places
           and
           Companies
           ,
           and
           Artifices
           that
           are
           Temptations
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Avoid
           Wanton
           and
           Lascivious
           ,
           Speeches
           and
           Company
           :
           Read
           
             Proverbs
          
           2
           ,
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.9
           .
           A
           Whore
           hunts
           for
           the
           precious
           Life
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           vice
           brings
           a
           ruine
           with
           it
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Estate
           :
           If
           you
           cannot
           Conveniently
           contain
           your self
           in
           a
           single
           Life
           ,
           and
           be
           of
           Competent
           health
           ,
           Marry
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           Advise
           and
           Counsel
           of
           your
           Father
           ,
           while
           he
           lives
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Be
           frugal
           of
           your
           time
           (
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Jewels
           we
           have
           )
           and
           to
           that
           end
           avoid
           Idleness
           ,
           it
           consumes
           your
           time
           ,
           and
           lays
           you
           open
           to
           worse
           inconveniences
           ;
           let
           your
           Recreations
           be
           healthy
           ,
           and
           Creditable
           ,
           and
           Moderate
           ,
           without
           too
           much
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           or
           money
           :
           Go
           not
           to
           Stage-plays
           ,
           they
           
           are
           a
           most
           profuse
           wasting
           of
           time
           ;
           value
           time
           by
           that
           estimate
           we
           would
           have
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           want
           it
           ,
           what
           would
           not
           a
           sick-man
           give
           for
           those
           portions
           of
           time
           of
           health
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           formerly
           improvidently
           wasted
           ?
        
         
           11.
           
           Bee
           diligent
           in
           your
           Study
           and
           Calling
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           duty
           to
           Almighty
           God
           that
           requires
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           your
           wisdom
           and
           benefit
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           a
           good
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           a
           prevention
           from
           a
           Thousand
           inconveniences
           and
           temptations
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           will
           befall
           a
           man
           ;
           it
           will
           furnish
           you
           with
           knowledge
           and
           understanding
           ,
           give
           you
           the
           advantage
           and
           means
           of
           a
           comfortable
           and
           plentiful
           subsistence
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           a
           support
           ,
           comfort
           and
           benefit
           to
           your
           Friends
           and
           Country
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Be
           frugal
           in
           your
           expences
           ,
           live
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           that
           Exhibition
           ,
           that
           Gods
           Providence
           and
           your
           Father's
           abilities
           shall
           supply
           you
           withall
           ;
           it
           is
           enough
           to
           maintain
           an
           honest
           provident
           man
           ,
           and
           ten
           times
           more
           will
           not
           be
           enough
           for
           a
           profuse
           mind
           :
           A
           frugal
           man
           will
           live
           Comfortably
           and
           Plentifully
           upon
           a
           little
           ;
           and
           a
           profuse
           man
           will
           live
           beggerly
           ,
           necessitously
           and
           in
           continual
           want
           ,
           whatever
           his
           supplies
           be
           .
        
         
         
           13.
           
           In
           all
           your
           expences
           consider
           before
           hand
           :
           Can
           I
           not
           be
           well
           enough
           without
           this
           that
           I
           am
           about
           to
           buy
           ?
           Is
           there
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           it
           ?
           Can
           I
           not
           forbear
           'till
           I
           am
           in
           a
           better
           Condition
           to
           compass
           it
           ?
           If
           I
           buy
           or
           borrow
           can
           I
           pay
           ?
           And
           when
           ?
           And
           am
           I
           sure
           ?
           will
           this
           expence
           hold
           out
           ?
           How
           shall
           I
           bring
           about
           the
           next
           Quarter
           ,
           or
           the
           next
           year
           ?
           If
           young
           men
           would
           but
           have
           the
           patience
           to
           consider
           ,
           and
           ask
           themselves
           Questions
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           them
           Considerate
           in
           their
           Expences
           and
           provident
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           and
           these
           Considerations
           will
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           concern
           you
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           your
           Fathers
           great
           Expences
           for
           you
           ,
           which
           though
           I
           have
           forgiven
           ,
           and
           forgotten
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           remember
           with
           Gratitude
           and
           Caution
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           The
           vanity
           of
           Young-men
           in
           loving
           fine
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           new
           Fashions
           ,
           and
           valuing
           themselves
           by
           them
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Childish
           pieces
           of
           folly
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           the
           occasion
           of
           great
           profuseness
           and
           undoing
           of
           Young-men
           :
           Avoid
           curiosity
           and
           too
           much
           expensiveness
           in
           your
           Apparel
           :
           Let
           your
           Apparel
           be
           comely
           ,
           plain
           ,
           decent
           ,
           cleanly
           not
           curious
           or
           costly
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           sign
           of
           a
           weak
           Head-piece
           ,
           to
           be
           sick
           for
           every
           new
           Fashion
           ,
           or
           to
           think
           himself
           the
           better
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           worse
           without
           it
           .
        
         
         
           15.
           
           Be
           careful
           what
           Company
           you
           consort
           with
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           careful
           what
           persons
           you
           grow
           intimate
           with
           ;
           chuse
           sober
           ,
           wise
           ,
           learned
           ,
           honest
           ,
           Religious
           Company
           ,
           you
           will
           gain
           Learning
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           improve
           your self
           in
           Virtue
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           by
           conversing
           with
           them
           :
           But
           avoid
           debauched
           ,
           foolish
           ,
           intemperate
           ,
           prodigal
           ,
           atheistical
           ,
           prophane
           Company
           ,
           as
           you
           would
           avoid
           a
           Plague
           ;
           they
           will
           Corrupt
           and
           undo
           you
           ,
           they
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           the
           must
           pitiful
           fools
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           familiar
           acquaintance
           and
           conversation
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           endanger
           to
           make
           you
           like
           them
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           Weigh
           and
           consider
           your
           words
           before
           you
           speak
           them
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           talk
           at
           random
           or
           at
           a
           venture
           ;
           let
           your
           words
           be
           few
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           be
           more
           ready
           to
           hear
           others
           than
           to
           speak
           your self
           ;
           accustom
           your self
           to
           speak
           leisurely
           ,
           and
           deliberately
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           means
           to
           make
           you
           speak
           warily
           and
           considerately
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           Be
           very
           careful
           to
           speak
           truth
           ,
           and
           beware
           of
           lying
           ;
           as
           lying
           is
           displeasing
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           offensive
           to
           man
           ,
           and
           always
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           returns
           to
           the
           reproach
           or
           disadvantage
           of
           him
           that
           useth
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           evidence
           of
           a
           weak
           and
           unmanly
           mind
           .
           Be
           careful
           that
           you
           believe
           not
           hastily
           strange
           news
           ,
           and
           strange
           stories
           ,
           and
           be
           much
           more
           
           careful
           that
           you
           do
           not
           report
           them
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           second
           hand
           ,
           for
           if
           it
           prove
           an
           untruth
           ,
           (
           as
           commonly
           strange
           stories
           prove
           so
           )
           it
           brings
           an
           imputation
           of
           levity
           upon
           him
           that
           reports
           it
           ,
           and
           possibly
           some
           disadvantage
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           Take
           heed
           what
           you
           promise
           ,
           see
           that
           it
           be
           just
           ,
           and
           honest
           ,
           and
           lawful
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           in
           your
           power
           ,
           honestly
           and
           certainly
           to
           perform
           :
           And
           when
           you
           have
           so
           promised
           ,
           be
           true
           to
           your
           word
           .
           It
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           the
           fashion
           of
           inconsiderate
           and
           Young-men
           ,
           (
           especially
           that
           run
           in
           debt
           )
           they
           will
           with
           great
           asseverations
           ,
           promise
           precise
           payment
           ,
           at
           this
           or
           that
           day
           ;
           when
           either
           they
           certainly
           know
           they
           cannot
           perform
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           have
           no
           probable
           assurance
           that
           they
           can
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           turn
           is
           served
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           backward
           in
           performance
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           before
           liberal
           in
           their
           promises
           .
           Breach
           of
           promises
           and
           lying
           are
           much
           of
           a
           nature
           ,
           and
           commonly
           go
           together
           ,
           and
           are
           arguments
           of
           an
           impotent
           and
           unmanly
           mind
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           Beware
           of
           Gaming
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           suddennest
           Consumption
           of
           an
           Estate
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           vice
           seldom
           goes
           alone
           ;
           commonly
           debauchery
           of
           all
           kinds
           accompanies
           it
           :
           Besides
           it
           makes
           a
           man
           of
           a
           wild
           ,
           
           vast
           and
           unsettled
           mind
           ;
           and
           such
           men
           are
           impatient
           of
           an
           honest
           Calling
           ,
           or
           of
           moderate
           or
           honest
           gain
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           Run
           not
           into
           debt
           either
           for
           Wares
           sold
           ,
           or
           Money
           borrowed
           ;
           be
           content
           to
           want
           things
           that
           are
           not
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           run
           upon
           the
           score
           ;
           such
           a
           man
           pays
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           a
           third
           part
           more
           than
           the
           Principal
           comes
           to
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           perpetual
           servitude
           to
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           lives
           uncomfortably
           ,
           is
           necessitated
           to
           increase
           his
           debts
           ,
           to
           stop
           his
           Creditors
           mouths
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           falls
           into
           desperate
           Courses
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           Be
           respectfull
           to
           all
           ,
           familiar
           and
           intimate
           with
           few
           ,
           be
           Grateful
           to
           your
           Benefactors
           ,
           especially
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           under
           God
           ,
           were
           instrumental
           for
           your
           good
           ,
           in
           your
           late
           sickness
           ,
           and
           return
           your
           thanks
           to
           them
           ;
           to
           your
           Father
           that
           spared
           no
           cost
           for
           your
           Recovery
           ,
           to
           your
           Doctor
           that
           was
           exceedingly
           diligent
           about
           you
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           attended
           you
           in
           your
           sickness
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           together
           with
           your
           Father
           often
           prayed
           to
           God
           for
           your
           Recovery
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           blessing
           upon
           this
           Affliction
           ,
           whose
           names
           you
           shall
           in
           due
           time
           particularly
           know
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           provided
           and
           blessed
           the
           means
           ,
           but
           saved
           ,
           and
           delivered
           
           you
           above
           means
           ,
           and
           when
           means
           failed
           .
        
         
           22.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           one
           advice
           more
           ,
           without
           the
           observance
           whereof
           my
           labour
           in
           writing
           this
           long
           Epistle
           will
           be
           probably
           fruitless
           :
           Be
           not
           wise
           in
           your
           own
           conceit
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           unhappy
           error
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           the
           ruine
           of
           Young-men
           especially
           :
           They
           are
           usually
           rash
           ,
           giddy
           ,
           and
           inconsiderate
           ,
           and
           yet
           extreamly
           confident
           of
           that
           which
           they
           have
           least
           reason
           to
           trust
           ,
           namely
           their
           own
           understanding
           ,
           which
           renders
           them
           most
           reserved
           from
           them
           that
           are
           willing
           and
           best
           able
           to
           advise
           them
           ,
           impatient
           of
           reprof
           ,
           love
           to
           be
           flattered
           ,
           and
           so
           become
           uncapable
           of
           good
           and
           wise
           Councel
           ,
           'till
           their
           follies
           have
           reduced
           them
           to
           extream
           straits
           and
           inconveniences
           ;
           suspect
           therefore
           your
           own
           judgment
           :
           Advise
           often
           with
           your
           Father
           ,
           especially
           in
           all
           things
           of
           moment
           ;
           be
           glad
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           and
           be
           Contented
           and
           willing
           to
           follow
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           guide
           your
           Life
           according
           to
           it
           ;
           at
           least
           'till
           ripeness
           of
           Age
           ,
           Observation
           ,
           and
           Experience
           ,
           have
           enabled
           you
           better
           to
           advise
           your self
           :
           This
           is
           an
           easie
           ,
           and
           ready
           ,
           and
           cheap
           way
           of
           attaining
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           avoiding
           of
           infinite
           inconveniences
           .
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           in
           this
           long
           Epistle
           ,
           given
           you
           the
           means
           how
           you
           may
           improve
           both
           your
           sickness
           ,
           and
           recovery
           ,
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           benefit
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           Conclude
           with
           two
           Considerations
           ,
           that
           may
           the
           more
           ingage
           you
           to
           this
           use
           of
           both
           these
           dispensations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           danger
           is
           great
           ,
           if
           Afflictions
           make
           not
           a
           man
           more
           humble
           and
           dutiful
           ,
           and
           the
           danger
           is
           yet
           greater
           ,
           if
           great
           deliverances
           and
           mercies
           do
           not
           make
           a
           man
           more
           thankful
           and
           obedient
           to
           God
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           the
           most
           obliging
           method
           that
           the
           Gracious
           God
           can
           use
           towards
           the
           Children
           of
           men
           ,
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           in
           this
           Life
           :
           And
           the
           neglect
           of
           that
           invitation
           ,
           adds
           Ingratitude
           and
           Contempt
           to
           the
           neglect
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           benefit
           that
           you
           will
           receive
           by
           making
           a
           good
           use
           of
           these
           two
           dispensations
           ,
           in
           improving
           your
           dutifulness
           and
           obedience
           to
           God
           ,
           will
           be
           singular
           and
           excellent
           :
           1.
           
           It
           will
           make
           you
           a
           wise
           man
           ,
           by
           making
           you
           a
           Good
           ,
           and
           a
           Religious
           man
           :
           Believe
           it
           from
           your
           Father
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           deceive
           you
           ,
           nay
           ,
           believe
           it
           from
           a
           greater
           than
           your
           Father
           ,
           the
           very
           Spirit
           
           of
           truth
           ,
           who
           cannot
           deceive
           you
           ;
           the
           true
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Wisdom
           :
           Read
           
             Deut.
             4.6
             .
             Job
             28.28
             ,
             Psal
             ,
             111.10
             ,
             Prov.
             1.7
             .
             Prov
             9.10
             .
             Eccles
             .
             12.13
             ,
          
           and
           very
           many
           more
           declarations
           there
           are
           of
           this
           great
           truth
           :
           2.
           
           It
           will
           make
           you
           a
           happy
           man
           ,
           it
           will
           give
           you
           the
           Favour
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           better
           than
           Life
           it self
           :
           You
           shall
           have
           his
           Mercy
           to
           pardon
           you
           ,
           his
           Providence
           to
           protect
           you
           ,
           his
           Wisdom
           to
           direct
           you
           ,
           his
           Goodness
           to
           bless
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           forgive
           ,
           and
           forget
           whatsoever
           hath
           heretofore
           been
           done
           amiss
           by
           you
           :
           This
           will
           make
           all
           Conditions
           Comfortable
           to
           you
           ,
           whether
           Life
           or
           Death
           ,
           Sickness
           or
           Health
           :
           By
           this
           means
           you
           may
           be
           a
           Comfort
           to
           your
           Father
           ,
           a
           support
           to
           your
           Brothers
           and
           Sisters
           ,
           an
           Instrument
           of
           good
           to
           your
           Country
           ,
           and
           attain
           an
           Honest
           ,
           Credible
           ,
           and
           Competent
           Subsistence
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           an
           everlasting
           inheritance
           of
           Glory
           and
           Immortality
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
           Thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           large
           Letter
           of
           sound
           and
           good
           Counsel
           :
           Set
           your
           heart
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           observe
           and
           remember
           it
           :
           We
           see
           how
           unstable
           our
           Lives
           are
           ,
           you
           nor
           I
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           ,
           either
           or
           both
           of
           us
           may
           leave
           this
           World
           :
           It
           may
           be
           ,
           this
           may
           be
           
           the
           last
           paper
           of
           Advice
           that
           your
           Father
           may
           give
           you
           :
           But
           however
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           deal
           with
           you
           or
           me
           ,
           touching
           our
           continuance
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           yet
           let
           me
           leave
           this
           with
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Letter
           :
           If
           I
           shall
           find
           that
           these
           directions
           are
           dutifully
           observed
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           ready
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           freely
           to
           advise
           and
           direct
           you
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           have
           passed
           by
           your
           former
           Extravagancies
           ,
           so
           I
           shall
           thereby
           have
           great
           assurance
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           blessed
           this
           Visitation
           to
           you
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           I
           shall
           find
           that
           you
           neglect
           my
           Counsels
           ,
           that
           you
           make
           light
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           still
           pursue
           those
           Courses
           that
           will
           certainly
           be
           bitterness
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           I
           must
           then
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           be
           sorry
           for
           you
           with
           my
           heart
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           not
           easily
           be
           perswaded
           to
           give
           any
           more
           Advices
           or
           Counsels
           ,
           where
           I
           find
           them
           despised
           or
           neglected
           .
           In
           this
           paper
           there
           are
           many
           things
           omitted
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           inserted
           ;
           but
           the
           constant
           Reading
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           will
           supply
           unto
           you
           that
           defect
           :
           I
           have
           chosen
           only
           in
           this
           paper
           to
           mention
           such
           things
           which
           are
           seasonable
           for
           you
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           not
           been
           wanting
           to
           you
           in
           Admonition
           ,
           Correction
           ,
           
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Deliverance
           ;
           neither
           hath
           your
           Father
           been
           wanting
           to
           you
           in
           Education
           ,
           Counsel
           ,
           Care
           ,
           and
           Expence
           :
           I
           pray
           God
           Almighty
           bless
           all
           unto
           you
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Loving
             Father
             ,
             
               MATTHEW
               HALE
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .