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A WALK TO THE BURYING PLACE.

xxix.. O that they were wiſe to conſider their latter end.

H that they were wiſe, ſaid the inſpired writer, it was his laſt with for his dear people; he breathed it out, and gave up the ghoſt. But what is wiſdom; it conſiſts not in refined ſpeculations, accurate reſearches into nature, or an univerſal acquaintance with hiſtory. The divine Law-giver ſettles this important point in his next aſpiration; O that they underſtood this! that they had right apprehenſions of their ſpiritual intereſt, and eternal concerns that they had eyes to diſcern, and inclinations to purſue the things that belong to their peace?-But, how ſhall they attain this valuable knowledge; I ſent them not to run over all the volumes of literature, they may much more expeditiouſly acquire this ſcience of life, by conſidering