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The Sunday following, Mr. Alden Miniſter of the (illegible text)riſh, preached his Farewell Sermon on this T(illegible text) Prov. 30. 17. The Eye that mocketh the Fate(illegible text) and diſpiſeth to obey his Mother, the Ravens of (illegible text) Valley ſhall pick it out, & the young Eagle ſhall eat (illegible text)

THeſe words of the Wiſe Man was direc(illegible text) to all Stubborn and Rebllious Children, w(illegible text) do not only refuſe the good and wholſome Cou(illegible text) ſel of their loving and tender Parents, but ma(illegible text) a publick mock and ſcorn of them for their ca(illegible text) and tenderneſs; therefore Solomon thought it hig(illegible text) ly neceſſary, to ſet forth God's Divine Veng(illegible text) ance in as plain and intelligible a manner as po(illegible text) ble, hereby intimating the Brute Savage, & Ravenous Irrational Creatures would riſe into Judgement againſt ſuch Wicked and Notorious Villan(illegible text) as ſhould be fo abominable inhumane as to ſlight and abuſe their own natural Parents, thoſe Birds of Prey for out-doing them in their Duties, having Nature only to aſſiſt them, and indeed all Creatures according to their kind pays ſome Homage as it were to their reſpective Dams and ſhall Man the very flower of the Creation? ſo far degenerate or deſpiſe his own fleſh and blood, as this our cruel and inhuman neighbour eas done, nay! and which is ſtill more black and abominable, Barbarouſly Murdered that Body, which under God, gave him his Being; that is to ſay, his Loving and Tender Mother, and for no other reaſon, as I could ever underſtand, but becauſe ſhe gave him good Counſel. Oh! the horrid and diſmal

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