Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…

Let every young Person Remember this: I shall dye very certainly: As Job could say, in Ch. 30. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to Death: So let the young Person say, I know that I must ere long look the King of ⟨p. 71⟩Terrors in the Face; and I know that ere long I shall go thither, whence I shall not return. Often look upon that Scripture, in Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed unto all Men once to dye. Often look upon that Scripture, in Psal. 89. 48. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see Death? And let these warnings make a deep Impression upon thy Mind. There was a Prince who gave a Pension unto a Person, that he might once a day come and say unto him, Remember that thou art a Mortal Man: Do that office unto thy self every Day. Look upon Death as the way of all the Earth; And Remember, I must go that Way: Look upon Death as the End of all men; and Remember, I shall have that End. Remember, there is no discharge in that War.

Let every young Person Remember this: I shall dye very certainly: As Job could say, in Ch. 30. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to Death: So let the young Person say, I know that I must e're long look the King of ⟨p. 71⟩Terrors in the Face; and I know that e're long I shall go thither, whence I shall not return. Often look upon that Scripture, in Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed unto all Men once to dye. Often look upon that Scripture, in Psal. 89. 48. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see Death? And let these warnings make a deep Impression upon thy Mind. There was a Prince who gave a Pension unto a Person, that he might once a day come and say unto him, Remember that thou art a Mortal Man: Do that office unto thy self every Day. Look upon Death as the way of all the Earth; And Remember, I must go that Way: Look upon Death as the End of all men; and Remember, I shall have that End. Remember, there is no discharge in that War.