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 his Soul and Body before thee; write not bitter things againſt him, nor make him to Poſſeſs his former Iniquities, but make him to hear of Joy and Gladneſs that the Bones which thou haſt broken may rejoice, and when he paſſes out of this World, receive him in thy Everlaſting Arms, for the ſake and Merits of Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.

After this as he was turned off, he ſaid, Lord Jeſus receive my Spirit. And being dead; he was cut down and hung up in Chains, as a ſad warning to all diſobedient Children.

But that which add the greater wonder to this Terrible and Dreadful Example of Divine Vengance againſt a Diſobedient Son. No ſooner was the Sheriffs Men gone from the place and left his Body Hanging in Chains, but the very Ravens of the Field, and other Fowls of Prey, came in great Numbers, and not only Tore his Fleſh from his Bones, but pickt out his very Eves, to the great Wonder and Aſtoniſhment of ſeveral Spectators, who were Eye Witneſſes thereof.

Thus we ſee the diſmal effects and conſequences that attend wilful and diſobedient Wretches; for as ſoon as he began to forſake the good Counſel, and wholſome Advice of his Parents, the Devil allured him to all manner of Wickedneſs, and at laſt hardned his Heart to that Degree, as to ſtain his Barbourous hands in the Blood of his tender his Welfare equal with her own, therefore let this his Cruel and untimely Diſaſter be a Warning to all Disobedient and Bloody Minded Children whatſoever. The