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 out the exiſtence of an almighty Being; and as we know the wonderful God to be almighty, ſo we cannot help believing, but that he is alſo good, not implacable, not like ſuch wretches as men are, not taking delight in the miſeries of his creatures: for which reaſon, we reſign up our breathes unto him without any terrible apprehenſions, ſubmitting ourſelves to thoſe ways which in his goodneſs he ſhall pleaſe to appoint after death: we alſo believe the exiſtence of unbodied creatures, and think we have reaſon for that belief, tho' we don't pretend to know their way of ſubſiſting, we are not ignorant of theſe laws made in terrorem, but leave the diſpoſal of our bodies to the wiſdom of the Coroner and his jury, the thing being indifferent to us, where our bodies are laid, from whence it will appear, how little anxious we are about a hic jacet; we, for our parts, neither expect nor deſire ſuch honours, but ſhall content ourſelves with a borrowed epitaph, which we will inſert in this paper.