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

Behold now the Lord JESUS CHRIST, that Saviour and Great One, making a Tender of Himself and of His Great Salvation, even unto the Chief of Sinners. Oh! Hearken to Him; for now He says to thee, Distressed Sinner, Look unto Me, and be Saved! Let so Gracious a Tender, Melt thy very Heart within thee; with a Distressed, an Agonizing, an Astonished Soul, declare unto the Lord Jesus Christ, Lord, I fly to thee as my Refuge, my Helper, and my Portion, and by thy Help, I give my Self back unto thee! Do this once, Do it again, Do it a thousand times over, Do it as long as thou hast a Breath to draw in the World. Thy Life, the Life of a Never dying Soul depends upon it.

But is it not now altogether Too […] It is true, A Death-bed Repentance is very seldom True! Oh! Mourn, That thou hast made it So Late. Let the Lateness of thy ⟨p. 18⟩Repentance, be not the least Matter of thy Repentance. And yet Strive to enter in at the strait Gate. It may be 'tis not altogether Too Late; The Door is not yet shut: And Better Late than Never!

But is it not now altogether Too 〈…〉 It is true, A Death-bed Repentance is very seldom True! Oh! Mourn, That thou hast made it So Late. Let the Late••ss of thy ⟨p. 18⟩Repentance, be not the least Matter of thy Repentance. And yet Strive to enter in at the strait Gate. It may be 'tis not altogether Too Late; The Door is not yet shut: And Better Late than Never!

Secondly; It becomes a Sick Person, Sincerely, Entirely, Cheerfully, to Leave unto the Great God, the Issue of the Sickness. Adore the Great God, O Sick Man, as the Absolute Lord of thy Life. Be willing to Die or to Live, just as the Great GOD shall Please to Appoint. Stand like a Sentinel, in thy Station, ready to ove just as thy Great Commander shall give His Orders concerning thee. Suppose God should even Refer it unto thee, whether to Die or to Live, be ready to Reply, I would Refer it unto Him again! Say,