(III.)

(III.)

The Wars that have Lately Distressed our Land, have been singularly Destructive to our Young men; but among the Young men Lost in these Wars, there were some, who were like Josiah. They Died in Peace, tho' they Died by the Sword, inasmuch as they had made their Peace with God before they Dy'd. Some of These had strange Fore-bodings upon their Minds, that they should not Survive the Expeditions which they were then upon; and according to those Fore-bodings, tho' they Returned Alive, yet a mortal ⟨p. 96⟩Sickness presently carried them off. But before their Going out, they Wrote some Affectionate Addresses, unto the Young People of their Acquaintance, of which Writings, there are some fallen into my Hands. From only Two of these, I shall now Transcribe only a few Passages, which I hope will be considered, not only by the Young People of those Towns, whereto these belonged, but also, by the rest of our Generation.

THe Wars that have Lately Distressed our Land, have been singularly Destructive to our Young men; but among the Young men Lost in these Wars, there were some, who were like Josiah. They Dy'd in Peace, tho' they Dy'd by the Sword, inasmuch as they had made their Peace with God before they Dy'd. Some of These had strange Fore-bodings upon their Minds, that they should not Survive the Expeditions which they were then upon; and according to those Fore-bodings, tho' they Returned Alive, yet a mortal ⟨p. 96⟩Sickness presently carried them off. But before their Going out, they Wrote some Affectionate Addresses, unto the Young People of their Acquaintance, of which Writings, there are some fallen into my Hands. From only Two of these, I shall now Transcribe only a few Passages, which I hope will be considered, not only by the Young People of those Towns, whereto these belonged, but also, by the rest of our Generation.