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

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, Psal. XXXI. 15. Lord, My Times are in thy Hand; And add, Lord, It is fit, that thou alone shouldest have the Disposal of all my Times.

Secondly; It becomes a Sick Person, Sincerely, Entirely, Chearfully, 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 Dy or to Live, just as the Great GOD shall Please to Appoint. Stand like a Centinel, 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 Dy or to Live, be ready to Reply, I would Refer it unto Him again! Say, Psal. XXXI. 15. Lord, My Times are in thy Hand; And add, Lord, It is fit, that thou alone shouldest have the Disposal of all my Times.

Thirdly; A Sick Person should be more Desirous to be Delivered from Sin, than from Sickness. Be more Sick of Sin, O Sick Man, than of any Sickness. About the Rage of thy Sinful Passions, Let this ⟨p. 19⟩be thy Sense, This is worse than any Fever. Let no Pain in thy Flesh be so Painful as This; There dwells no Good Thing in my Flesh. Sickness makes thee Listless and Feeble; Oh, Let thy Listlessness to, and Feebleness in, the Work of God, be more Uneasy to thee. It was said,