At all Seaſons, therefore, when the good Man was alone with the Youth, eſpecially when the latter was totally at Eaſe, he took Occaſion to remind him of his former Miſcarriages, but in the mildeſt and tendereſt Manner, and only in order to introduce the Caution, which he preſcribed for his future Behaviour; ‘on which alone,’ he aſſured him, ‘would depend his own Felicity, and the Kindneſs which he might yet promiſe himſelf to receive at the Hands of his Father by Adoption unleſs he ſhould hereafter forfeit his Good Opinion: For as to what had paſt,’ he ſaid, ‘it ſhould be all forgotten and forgiven. He, therefore, adviſed him to make a good Uſe of this Accident, that ſo in the end it might prove a Viſitation for his own Good.’
Thwackum was likewiſe pretty aſſiduous in his Viſits; and he too conſidered a ſick Bed to be a convenient Scene for Lectures. His Stile, however, was more ſever than Mr. Allworthy’s: He told his Pupil, ‘that he ought to look on his broken Limb as Judgment from Heaven on his Sins. That it would become him to be daily on his Knees, pouring forth‘Thankſgivings
