I do beseech therefore you, by the many endearing ⟨p. 139⟩mercies, which God hath so plentifully conferred upon you, by the mercies of your noble extraction, and birth, by the mercies of your very ingenuous and pious education, by the mercies of your family, which God hath made to descend to you from your honourable progenitors (which, as they are capable of being improved, may be very valuable mercies.) By the blood, and tender mercies of your blessed, and glorious Redeemer, who offered up himself a sacrifice to God for you, that you would now present your self to God, an holy, living Sacrifice, which is your reasonable service. ⟨p. 140⟩I add, by the signal mercy, which hath made this a memorable day to you, and by which you come, thus long, to enjoy the advantages of all your other mercies. How came it to pass that this day comes not to be remembered, by your noble relatives as a black, and a gloomy day, the day of the extinction of the present light, and lustre of your family; and of quenching their coal which was left. You had a great preserver, who, we hope, delivered you because he delighted in you. Your life was precious, in his sight. Your breath was in his hand; he preserved, and ⟨p. 141⟩renewed it to you, when you were ready to breath your last. And we hope he will vouchsafe you that greater deliverance, not to let you fall under the charge which was once exhibited against a great man, Dan. 5.23. The God in whose hands thy breath is— hast thou not glorified. And make you rather capable of adopting those words, Psalm 42.8. Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Your acknowledgements are not to be limited to one day in the ⟨p. 142⟩year; but from day to day his loving kindness, and your prayer and praise are to compose your [Greek or Hebrew], the one, to show you, the other, to be unto you your morning, and evening exercise. Let this be your resolution, Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever and ever, Psal. 145.2. or that, Psal. 104.33. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God, while I have my being.
I do beseech therefore you, by the many endearing ⟨p. 139⟩mercies, which God hath so plentifully confer'd upon you, by the mercies of your noble extraction, and birth, by the mercies of your very ingenuous and pious education, by the mercies of your family, which God hath made to descend to you from your honourable progenitors (which, as they are capable of being improved, may be very valuable mercies.) By the bloud, and tender mercies of your blessed, and glorious Redeemer, who offered up himself a sacrifice to God for you, that you would now present your self to God, an holy, living Sacrifice, which is your reasonable service. ⟨p. 140⟩I adde, by the signal mercy, which hath made this a memorable day to you, and by which you come, thus long, to enjoy the advantages of all your other mercies. How came it to pass that this day comes not to be remembred, by your noble relatives as a black, and a gloomy day, the day of the extinction of the present light, and lustre of your family; and of quenching their coal which was left. You had a great preserver, who, we hope, delivered you because he delighted in you. Your life was precious, in his sight. Your breath was in his hand; he preserved, and ⟨p. 141⟩renewed it to you, when you were ready to breath your last. And we hope he will vouchsafe you that greater deliverance, not to let you fall under the charge which was once exhibited against a great man, Dan. 5.23. The God in whose hands thy breath is— hast thou not glorified. And make you rather capable of adopting those words, Psalm 42.8. Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Your acknowledgments are not to be limited to one day in the ⟨p. 142⟩year; but from day to day his loving kindness, and your prayer and praise are to compose your 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the one, to shew you, the other, to be unto you your morning, and evening exercise. Let this be your resolution, Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever and ever, Psal. 145.2. or that,
