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might be a preacher to us all: May not God ſoon bereave us of our wits, and make us as beasts, as he did Nebuchadnezzar? And these two works that have fallen out this week, one in the night, and another in the noon-tide of the day, he will have all these to cry to you, that ye ſhould cry to the Lord, and ſay, Lord keep me and my children, that we get not a doleful wakening! Thou mayeſt rise in the morning, but who can tell with how holeful a heart thou mayest lie down in the evening, that ye may know what need ye have of a protection.
I cannot tell what these thick-ſpurring warnings mean; I wot well God has a warning for you in this congregation and town, as well as your nearest neighbours. So I ſee the Lord will have us either renewed to God, by true repentance, in time, or else he will do all wrong with us.—Now, I beseech you, wit well that you reconcile you and your children to God, ere you lie down; and let them not ſtep out of the door in the morning, till ye have commended you and them to God.
Now, to him that is able to protect you, in ſoul and body, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoſt, be praise, honour, and glory, for evermore. Amen.
