for any worthiness that is in me, but for
the merits of thy beloved Son Jesus, my
only Saviour and Mediator; for whose
sake thou hast promised to hear us, and to
grant whatsoever we shall ask of thee in his
Name. In his Name therefore and in his
own words, I conclude this my imperfect
Prayer, saying, Our Father which art in
Heaven, Hallowed by thy Name, &c.
Having thus reconciled thy self unto
God in Christ;
1. Let thy next care be to set thy House
in order, as Esay advised King Hezekias:
making thy last Will and Testament, (if it
be not already made.) If it be made,
then peruse it, confirm it, and for avoiding
all doubts and contention, publish it be∣fore
Wittnesses, that (if God call for thee
out of this life) it may stand in force and
unalterable, as thy last Will and Testament,
and so deliver it locked or sealed up in
some Box, to the keeping of a faithful
Friend, in the presence of honest Wit∣nesses.
2. But in making thy Testament, take a
Religious Divine's Advice, how to bestow
thy Benevolence; and some honest Law∣••er's
counsel, to continue it according to
Law.
Dispatch this before thy sickness doth
••••crease, and thy memory decay: lest
otherwise thy Testament prove a dotement,
and so be another man's fancy, rather than
thy Will.
3. To prevent many inconveniences,