prayers for me, that I, who teach others, may not myself be a caft-away, but that GOD would have mercy on me, and deliver me, in all time of tribulation, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment.

And now, Beloved, I commend you to GOD, and to the word of His Grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are fanctified. Be perfect; be of good comfort: walk on in Faith, and Hope, and Charity. And may the GOD of all comfort, Who hath called us all unto His eternal glory by CHRIST JESUS, after that you have fuffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, ftrengthen, fettle you.

His Peace be upon you now and for evermore. Amen.

A FORM

A FORM OF SELF-EXAMINATION FOR MOURNERS.

O MY Soul, it has pleased GOD to deal with thee as with a fon, and to lay His chaftening Hand upon thee: therefore despise not thou the chaftening of the LORD, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him; but seeing that thou art thus exercised, let nothing be wanting on thy part, which may cause this trial to yield unto thee the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

And to this end, proceed to commune with thine own felf, that fo thou mayest learn what fins they were that have made thy forrows needful; and that laying bare all thy deceitfulness and vileness, thou mayeft judge thyfelf that thou be not judged of the LORD; and that bewailing and forfaking thy tranfgreffions, thou mayeft find Grace to help in this present

time of need, and Mercy in the coming day of judgment.

And, O Almighty GoD, unto Whom all hearts be open, all defires known, and from Whom no fecrets are hid, help me to call mine own ways to remembrance, and turn my feet unto Thy teftimonies. Help me to try myself, and to feek the ground of my heart, that I may discover where there are ways of wickedness within me.

O knit my heart unto Thee; and as Thou now proveft and vifiteft me with Thy Rod, fo by Thy Mercy wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my fin, for the fake of JESUS CHRIST, our LORD and SAVIOUR. Amen.

Doft thou, O my foul, in this thy prefent bereavement, recognize the Hand of GOD? Haft thou ftedfastly refolved from the first to submit thy will to His, and to have no will but His?

Is it love of a Heavenly FATHER, Or the fear of future punishment, or of or of aggravated prefent fuffering, which has led you to this refolution?

Would you murmur at this difpenfation

if

you dared? would you rebel and struggle against it if you could?

Are you yielding to any temptations to think yourself more hardly dealt with than others?

Do you doubt GOD's merciful intentions towards you? or that His thoughts towards you are thoughts of peace, and not of evil?

Do you doubt His ability or willingness to support you in all dangers, and carry you through all temptations?

Do you fhow diftruft of His Providential Care by allowing yourself to be overanxious about temporal matters?

Are you fmothering the hallowing influences of forrow by giving way to a worldly, covetous, diffatisfied temper ?

Are you in any way refifting the HOLY SPIRIT, or hardening your heart against His Voice?

Have you confidered that where affliction does not foften the heart, its tendency is to harden it? and that there is no condition more defperate than that of those who grow worfe under chastisement?

Has your bereavement difcovered to you that the object you have loft held a place in your affections which was due to GOD only?

only? Had you fet up an idol in your heart?

And if fo, have you prayed Him to forgive you? and owned His Wisdom and Mercy in removing it?

Are you now going to fruftrate His counfels of goodness towards you by making an idol of memory?

Have you yielded to anything like defpair, or defpondency? Have you been betrayed into any extravagant acts, or unfeemly expreffions,-forrowing as those that have no hope?

Are you fretful, or difcontented, at your prefent lot, or future prospects?

Are you selfishly indulging your grief? Are you making a luxury of forrow? Are you showing confideration for others? Or, are you thinking only of yourfelf?

Are you making a fhow of your grief in order to excite fympathy? Are you affecting more grief than you really feel?

By what actions have you shown a spirit of refignation? Have you reflected that the fame LORD gave, Who hath now taken away and that what He gave, He gave, as a loan, not as a gift?

Have you thanked Him for continuing