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18 Exh. 39. Spend your time well and profitably; time is a precious, but a paſſing thing, and, when once paſt, cannot be brought back again. When you are to leave time, nothing will more gall you, than the tormenting thoughts of miſpent time: as, on the other hand, nothing will be more comfortable, than the conſideration of managing your golden hours profitably: mind, God will call you to an account for every minute of time, how you have improven that excellent talent: O what a valuable, yet what an abuſed mercy, is precious time. Eph. v. 16.

Exh. 40. Mind ſeriouſly ye are frail mortal creatures, liable to a thouſand dangerous accidents; Moſt certain it is, you muſt die, but when, where, or how, no body knows: Neither young, nor old, can promiſe themſelves a day, or an hour, beyond the moment they breath in; therefore, account it the care of cares to prepare for death, judgement, and eternity: Study to be always ready, by making your peace with God, by ſecuring an intereſt in Chriſt, by living near God in the daily practice of piety, and by avoiding all wickedneſs, that when the Lord ſhall