Thankſgivings that he had broken his Arm only, and not his Neck, which latter,’ he ſaid, ‘was very probably reſerved for ſome future Occaſion, and that perhaps, not very remote. For his Part,’ he ſaid, ‘he had often wondered ſome Judgment had not overtaken him before; but it might be perceived by this, that divine Puniſhments, tho’ ſlow, are always ſure.’ Hence likewiſe he adviſed him ‘to foreſee, with equal Certainty, the greater Evils which were yet behind, and which were as ſure as this, of overtaking him in his State of Reprobacy. Theſe are,’ ſaid he, ‘to be averted only by ſuch a thorough and ſincere Repentance, as is not to be expected or hoped for, from one ſo abandoned in his Youth, and whoſe Mind, I am afraid, is totally corrupted. It is my Duty, however, to exhort you to this Repentance, tho’ I too well know all Exhortations will be vain and fruitleſs. But liberavi Animam meam. I can accuſe my own Conſcience of no Neglect; tho’ it is, at the ſame time, with the utmoſt Concern, I ſee you travelling on to certain Miſery in this World, and to as certain Damnation in the next.’
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