Wholesome words. A visit of advice, given unto families that are visited with sickness;…

And Thirdly. Have they that are in Health, nothing to do for the Sick in the Family? Yes; We should Exhort one another, whom we see under Sickness; and so much the more, as we see the Day approaching, wherein they are to take that Important Step, which their Everlasting Weal or Woe turns upon. Oh! Drop as many Sound Words as we can, upon our Sick Friends. And Speak For them, as well as To them. Carry them to our Lord Jesus Christ, by our Prayers for His Help, as they did of old, and found it not in vain to do so. Yea, Pray With them too, as well as For them, if it may be done with Decency. Husbands, and Parents, and Masters in the Family, can do no less. It is said, Jam. V.16. The Prayer ⟨p. 13⟩of Faith shall save the Sick. Nor should we with-hold any Charitable Assistances, that we can give towards the Relief of the Sick. To Relieve the Sick, is an Angelical Office and Service! When the Pestilence made horrid havoc in Alexandria, 'twas noted, That the Heathens ran away from their dearest Relations, under the dread of the Infection; when the Christians bravely exposed their Lives in looking after the Sick, and with a sort of Martyrdom, even Died themselves to save others from Death. Yea, our Charity should look Abroad, as well as at Home; and be able to say, My Soul is grieved for the Poor. The Sickness in thy own Family, O Good Man, should awaken thy Consideration of the Sick Elsewhere, whose Poverty and Penury is greater than thine, and who are destitute of such Comfortable Supports as thy Sick ones are surrounded withal. There is a Wonderful Encouragement; Psal. XLI. 1, 2, 3. Blessed is he that Considers the Poor, the Lord will Deliver him in time of Trouble; the Lord will Preserve him, and Keep him Alive, and he shall be Blessed upon the Earth; The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of Languishing; Thou wilt ⟨p. 14⟩make all his Bed in his Sickness. Every Syllable is a Cordial, beyond the Richest Elixir in the World! Will you take Notice of it, O ye who Devise Liberal Things!

And Thirdly. Have they that are in Health, nothing to do for the Sick in the Family? Yes; We should Exhort one another, whom we see under Sickness; and so much the more, as we see the Day approaching, wherein they are to take that Important Step, which their Everlasting Weal or Wo turns upon. Oh! Drop as many Sound Words as we can, upon our Sick Friends. And Speak For them, as well as To them. Carry them to our Lord Jesus Christ, by our Prayers for His Help, as they did of old, and found it not in vain to do so. Yea, Pray With them too, as well as For them, if it may be done with Decency. Husbands, and Parents, and Masters in the Family, can do no less. It is said,