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A ſad and deplorable Relation, &c.
NEar Horſham lived one Mr. Jackſon, a Gentl(illegible text) of ſome conſiderable Eſtate, who with ⟨his⟩ Wife lived very comfortably, being ve(illegible text) Godly, Juſt and Honeſt People, When ſever(illegible text) Years after their Marriage, they had a son who(illegible text) they tenderly brought up, and were mighty fo(illegible text) of; in his younger days, he was of a promp W(illegible text) and took his Learning ſo well, that they, wh(illegible text) he was about the Age of Sixteen, ſent him to t(illegible text) Univerſity at Cambridg, where he profited much (illegible text) Learning till the Death of his Father, when h(illegible text) Mothers over Fondneſs recall'd him home, whe(illegible text) he got acquainted with Lewd Company, an(illegible text) grew very Extravagant, which was a very gre(illegible text) Grief of Heart to her; but more when he came t(illegible text) Age, and got Poſſeſſion of the Eſtate his Father le(illegible text) him, falling out into all manner of Debaucherie(illegible text) to ſuch a Degree of Exceſs, that Swearing, Cu(illegible text) ſing, Drunkenneſs, and the Abominable Sin (illegible text) Whoredom became familiar to him; waſting h(illegible text) Estate in Extravagancy and Riot; till at laſt (illegible text) came to a low Ebb; and what with Mortgagin(illegible text) Wagering, and Gaming, all was out of his Hand (illegible text) and Neceſſity began to pinch him; tho his de(illegible text) Mother, to break off ſuch Lewd Courſes, th(illegible text) would bring him to Beggery and Want, as ſh(illegible text) ſaid, and at laſt, without God's great Mercy, t(illegible text) an untimely End; praying him to take care of h(illegible text) Precious Soul and Body, entreating him to la(illegible text) aſide his Wretched and Lewd Courſes, then as fa(illegible text) as ſhe was able, ſhe would ſupply him.
