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Scenes of thei departure, because thei pleasiare is nomorea ut et the fons of Wretchedites and amictionsmile andae coinforted for thei deliverance dra ethnigh, and thei patri eaSeth. With thes an many ther reflectioris, hicli thecompassis a lette cannot contain, Plest the chambersos the dea d. What rs occurre to me aster his solitar Walli, Pliave communicate to ou at pre-Sent perhaps ou manthin them litile orthyaour regares o look on them a best a the productis asichly and distempere brain. A lecture of mortalityto a maiden in the prime of her ealth and beauty,
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314 LETTERS.dust, o perus the picture, and thenae assured that though ita arilesS 'ti true. It musti the frequent perusalis gravestone and monuments and the man wallis I avo ahen in churchyard that have given me so great a distastefo lis : the usual sight os mortality, corruption, and nahedness, must inevitabi lead ne to a serious reflection on the vanit O ali orldly greatneSS. The ver pridem a man, considere in his ieW, is his reproach, an his aughtines becomes his
From his representationis human meanneS and
Dailty ma be draWn excellent Iessons os humilityto the ambitious, an very comfortabie instructions to thera ected and loW-spirited. Amidst the various interruptions and diversion ostiis, hicli talium byria the best an mos valvabie partis it there sine thought Stili, ver an anon,
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BE IN Warned by the and of God that m dissolution draweth nigh than the divine goodness sorgivin me this timet notice, an no cultin me offsuddent in the naidst os in sins that he has
grante me leisure, an a due sense of m sollies an corruptions and thereb enabled meu mahe myreconciliation illi hina bufore that I am no more Seen. I steem itos a great instance of his mercy, that se has no amictu me illi an delirium ordiseas that ould have deprive me of m memoryor senses; ut has visite me illi a distemper, Whicli, hoWeve otherWise ripVous, a giVen me
This letter, though ather of a private nature, is publishexas a testimon of the author' goodnes of heari; and the reade is further informed that Do the conscientious motives therein mentioned the author a Sinduce to refuse ome ver valvabie ecclesiastica pre- ferment offere him in the mos libera manne by a late nobi dulae
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and illi seriousnes an attention to conside mylalter end.
Upon recollection, Psnd the offences of my ouiliand the transgression O m riper ear are Somany that, eremo the mercy o God as infinite ashis justice, I might despatri pardon. ut throughthe merit an intercession os a crucifie Saviour,
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templ. To the question, Whates no am Pan Swer, an
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ments of this orld, as havin nothinii them solid, sincere, or lasting, I could readii forego : ut tholooking-foris that unknown state, into hich Pam toenter lienes put of this ody o fruili an corruption is confoundin and terribie. The prospectrinio futurit is ali darknes an uncertaint nor an theneares relation or friend who is one es ore me, re-pas tho guis that is fixe between iis, o ive me thecisast noticum intimationis it 'Tis this thoughtthat sorbid me, polluted a Uno alia though everrio much wearie With lise, to isti fur m dissolution; this reminit me, that though the od be fleepingand mouidering in the grave, the oui leth not, nor et lumberethri the place and condition o un-