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REMEMBERING DEATH.
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established, he hastened to his erring wife. She was received with every honour, and ended her days in peace.


APPLICATION.

My beloved, the King is our heavenly Father; the son is Christ; and the wife is the soul, made impure by connexion with the devil.





TALE LVI.

OF REMEMBERING DEATH.

A certain Prince derived great pleasure from the chase. It happened, on one occasion, that a merchant accidentally pursued the same path; and observing the beauty, af-