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they will make it more uneasie and trou-
blesom by the reflection upon what I have
done amiss? I may die to morrow, why
should I commit that evil that will then
be gall and bitterness unto me? would I
do it if I were to die to morrow? why
should I then do it to day? perchance it
may be the last act of my Life, and how-
ever let me not conclude so ill; for, for
ought I know, it may be my concluding
Act in this Scene of my Life.
2. It is a great motive and means to 
put us upon the best and most profitable 
 improvement of our time. There may be certain
Civil and Natural actions of our lives that
God Almighty hath indulged and allowed 
to us, and indeed commanded us with mo-
deration to use: As the competent sup-
plies of our own Natures with moderation
and sobriety; the provision for our Fami-
lies, Relations, and Dependances, without
covetousness or anxiety; the diligent and
faithful walking in our Callings, and dis-
charge thereof: But there are also other
businesses of greater importance, which
yet are attainable without injuring oar
selves in those common concerns of our
Lives: namely, our knowledge of God,
and of His Will; of the doctrine of our
Redemption by Christ; our Repentence of
Sins

they will make it more uneasie and trou-
blesom by the reflection upon what I have
done amiss? I may die to morrow, why
should I commit that evil that will then
be gall and bitterness unto me? would I
do it if I were to die to morrow? why
should I then do it to day? perchance it
may be the last act of my Life, and how-
ever let me not conclude so ill; for, for
ought I know, it may be my concluding
Act in this Scene of my Life.
2. It is a great motive and means to
put us upon the best and most profitable
improvement of our time. There may be certain
Civil and Natural actions of our lives that
God Almighty hath indulged and allowed
to us, and indeed commanded us with mo-
deration to use: As the competent sup-
plies of our own Natures with moderation
and sobriety; the provision for our Fami-
lies, Relations, and Dependances, without
covetousness or anxiety; the diligent and
faithful walking in our Callings, and dis-
charge thereof: But there are also other
businesses of greater importance, which
yet are attainable without injuring oar
selves in those common concerns of our
Lives: namely, our knowledge of God,
and of His Will; of the doctrine of our
Redemption by Christ; our Repentence of
Sins

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