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 O cruel Death that did no Warning give,

To take my Husband, and leave me to grieve

I hope, in Time, my Tears I ſhall reſrain,

To think with Joy, that we ſhall meet again.

Therefore your precious Time miſpent

Each precious Day your Life eſteem,

Improve your Talent with due Care, redeem,

For the Great Day your ſelf prepare.

GOD teach to live, that you may dread,

The Grave as little as your Bed;

To die, that your vile Bodies may

Riſe glorious at the laſt Day.

O may you always ready ſtand,

With your Lamps burning in your Hand;

May you in Sight of Heav'n rejoice,

Whene'er you hear the Bridegroom's Voice.

Very Day, ſpend fome Thoughts of Eternity, the Thoughts of Eternity ſhould make you very ſerious about your Souls: Let us in Time remember Eternity. Let us every Minute we have to live, ſo live as if we lived in everlaſting Torments. O Man! Whoever thou art, think upon theſe things; but thou eſpecially, who findeſt thyſelſ guilty of any grievous Sin, repent and amend: Remember Eternity, and think upon the Day of Death; it is uncertain, in what Place Death will meet thee, do thou therefore expect Death in every Place, as the Lord ſhall find