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 1.The Father's admonition to his Children before his Death wherein he informs them, First Of their duty to God Secondly, To their Mothers: And, Thirdly, of who they owe to each other.

Y Children I must now leave you I am going to a better place: my glass is almost run, I have fought a good fight, and has finished my course, and henceforth there laid up for me a crown of glory. In my youth I was wild and ungodly, as most were; my time idly, and never regarded what I did so I could but pleaſe and ſatisfy my appetite. have ſince my converſion, (thanks be to God taken heed to my ways, and lived as upright as I could for, if I did any wrong it was against my will: I have lived according to the rules of the holy scriptures as much as in me lay. I loved the worst of my enemies but hinded their wicked ways who cast false aspersion upon me, but I owe no man ill, heartily, for giving all who have been my enemies, as I hope to he forgiven thro' Christ Jesus my dear Lord My dear Children, let me entreat you to be admonished by my words, an I take my exhortation as a legacy; I having (you well know) very little to leave you.

First Let me put you in mind of your duty to God.

Secondly, To your Mother: And,

Thirdly. to one another. But,

First Of your duty to God. 'Draw nigh to God!', and he will draw nigh to you,' James vi 8. This very exhortation given by James an Apoſtle of our Lord and