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Chriſtian Reader,

THE Parents of this child, who have intereſt in my pariſh, had remarked in writ theſe enſuing ſpeeches, immediately after hearing them, for their own comfort, and the private uſe of their ſurviving children, being far from any deſign of publiſhing them to the world. But when they were reviſed, it was found they did evidence ſo much of the ſpirit of grace and adoption in the child, that it would be a fault to ſuppreſs them, and not to ſend them abroad for the publick benefit, to the conviction and edification of others; for which the parents of this child, were from time to time ſolicited to allow the ſame to be printed. Such diſcoveries of Chriſt, and communications of grace vouchſafed to a child, are rare and admirable, and therefore ſhould not be let paſs without notice. Albeit the body of this child was broke, and made like a skeleton through long trouble; yet her words were wiſe, and regular, and expreſs'd with great vehemency and ardour, for the deep impreſſions of Chriſt, and the recompence of reward, that were on her