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9 Reflect, I beſeech you before it be too late upons the inconveniences which an impoveriſhed trader is put to for the remainder of his life, which too, may happen to be the prime part of it; the indignities he is likely to ſuffer from thole whole money he has unthinkingly ſquandered; the contempt he will meet with from all, not excepting the idle companions of his folly, the injuſtice he does his family, in depriving his children, not only of the power of raiſing themſelves, but of living tolerably, and how, on the contrary, from being born to creditable expectations he links them into the loweſt claſſes of mankind, and expoſes them to the moſt dangerous temptations. What has not ſuch a father to anſwer for! and all this for the ſake of indulging himſelf in an idle, a careleſs a thoughtleſs habit, that cannot afford the leaſt ſatisfaction beyond the preſent hour, if in that: and which muſt be attended with deep remorſe, when he comes to reflect Think ſeriouſly of theſe things, and is time, reſolve on ſuch a courſe as may bring credit to yourſelf, juſtice to you all you deal with peace and pleaſure to your mind, comfort to your family; and which will give, at the ſame time, the higheſt ſatistaction to,

Your careful and loving Father.

To a Friend, on occaſion of his not anſwering his Letters.

Dear Sir,

IT is ſo long ſince I had the favour of a line from you, that I am under great apprehenſions in relation of your health and welfare. I beg you Sir, to renew to me the pleaſure you uſed to give me in your correſpondence, for I have written three letters to you before this, to which I have