WISDOM IN MINIATURE; 
 
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 I TYain up a child ia the way he should go* 
 and when he is old he will not depart 
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WISDOM 
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 MINIATURE. 
 
 SEFUL knowledge can 
 have no enemies ^except 
 the ignorant:— It cherimes 
 ' youth, delights the a^ed, is 
 an ornament in profperky, 
 and yields comfort in adver- 
 
 ate not always the fatteft, fo 
 thofe who read much have 
 ' not always the molt knowl- 
 
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 titncle of ideas, and refembl 
 the ancient Gauls, who bein^r 
 too heavily armed* became 
 nfelefs in battle. 
 
 Knowledge will not be ac- 
 quired without pains and ap- 
 plication. It is troublelome 
 2nd deep digging for pure 
 Waters : but wheri once von 
 come to the £prjng 5 they rife 
 l}p 5 and meet you. 
 
 But as there is nothings 
 ^ood or evil, but virtue or 
 vice ; lb that knowledge is of * 
 all things tlie moil precious, 
 which guides us in the paths' , 
 •of truths pict f , and right- 
 copfcefs. 
 
 From the creatures of God 
 let roan lejLra _wifdo$u aa 
 
apply to himfelf the iwxruc- 
 tion they give. Go to the 
 defart, my ton ! Obferve the 
 young ftor.k of the wilder- 
 TkM, fet him ipeak to thy 
 heart : he beareth on his 
 win 2$ his aged Ore, he lodg- 
 eth him tafety, and fup- 
 pherh him with food. 
 
 '1 he piety of a child is Tweet- 
 er than the incenfe or repia, 
 offered to the fan ; yea, mov e 
 delicious than odors, waived 
 from a field of £r?biaA fpU 
 ccs, by the "W eilern gales. . 
 
 Be grateful then to thy 
 father, icr he gave thee r re, 
 and to thy mot her, for thp 
 iuilaineth thee. _ 
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 fnouth, for they are fpoke* 
 for thy good—give ear'to his 
 admonition, for it proceed- 
 Kth from love. 
 
 He hath watched for thy 
 • %elfare, he hath toiled for thy 
 cafe, do honor therefore to his 
 age, and let not his grey hairs 
 he treated with irre vera nee : 
 Indulge the infirmities of thy 
 aged parents— -Affift and fun- 
 port them in the decline of 
 life. 
 
 So mail thy hoary head go 
 down to the grave in peace^- 
 and thine own children, in 
 reverence of thy example, 
 ihail repay thy piety with fil- 
 ial love. 
 
 ■As the whirlwind in its fu- 
 
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 ry teareth up trees, and de- 
 formeth the face of nature ; 
 or, as an earthquake in Irs 
 convulfions overturned! cit- 
 ies ; fo the rage of an angry 
 man throwelh mifchief a* 
 round him ; danger and de£ 
 truclion wait on his hand. 
 
 Indulge not thyfeif in the 
 paffion of anger ; it is whet- 
 ting a fword to wound thine 
 own breaft, or murder thy 
 friend. 
 
 Harbor not revenge in thy 
 breaft — it will torment thy 
 heart and diforder its best in- 
 clinations. 
 
 On the heels of folly tread- 
 ctii flume : at the back of 
 anger ftandeth remorfe. 
 
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 Be always more ready to 
 I forgive than to return an* in- 
 
 If thou bearcft flight prov- 
 ocations with patience, it 
 j fliall be imputed to tliee for 
 wifdom ; and if thou wipeft 
 them from thy remembrance, 
 thy heart mall feci re 11, and 
 thy mind fliall not reproach 
 thee. > 
 
 As the reed Is miken by 
 the breath of the air, fo the 
 Shadow of evil maketh the 
 timorous man afraid. 
 
 But the terrorr, even of 
 death, are no terrors to the 
 good : — H e that committeth 
 *H* e vU 9 hath nothing to fear. 
 He is Prepared to meet 
 
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all events with an equal 
 mind. 
 
 Terrify not thy foul with 
 vain fears, neither let thy 
 heart fink within thee from 
 the phantoms of imagination* 
 For as the oflrich, when 
 purfued, hiciech his head, but 
 forgetteth his body ; fo the; 
 fears of a coward expofe him 
 to danger. 
 
 A noble fplrit fees undis- 
 mayed, all vifionary dangers. 
 
 As a rock on the fea fhoi e 
 he uandeth firm, and the 
 dalhing of the waters dttuf* 
 
 beth him not. 
 
 In the iriftant of danger, 
 
 the courage of his heart iuf- 
 
 tainetk him ; and the fiead" 
 
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 nefs of his mind beareth him 
 out., 
 
 As a plain garment bcfl: a- 
 dorneth a beautiful woman, 
 fo a decent behaviour is the 
 greateft ornament of wifdom. 
 
 A wicked ion is a reproach 
 to his father ; but he that 
 doeth right is an honor to his 
 grey hairs. 
 
 \ He fh ill rife like a cedar 
 { above the trees of the moun- 
 tains. 
 
 My ton ! now in thy vouth 
 
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 ! attend to inftruction, and fea- 
 fon tliy mind with the max. 
 lirns of truth* 
 
 | Learn obedience to thy pa. 
 [rents, h they Hull blc&> thee. 
 
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 Learn modefty, and thou 
 fhalt not be afhamed. 
 
 Learn gratitude, and thou 
 fhalt receive benefits : Learn 
 charity, and thou llialt gain 
 love. 
 
 Learn prudence, and for- 
 tune will attend thee : Learn 
 temperance, and thou (halt 
 have health. Learn forti- 
 tude, and it will fupport thee 
 under thy allotted portion 
 of human evil. 
 
 There mail no evil happen 
 to thejuft ; but. the wicked 
 cometh to fhainc. 
 
 The wife will hear and 
 will increafe in learning; :— 
 
 but fools defpife wifdom and 
 
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 Peace and length of days is 
 the portion of the righteous ; 
 but fhame fhall be the tranf- 
 greffor's reward. 
 
 The memory of the juft is 
 bleiTed ; but the name of the 
 wicked (hall rot. 
 
 The wife in heart fhall re- 
 ceive commandments ; but a 
 prating fool fhall fall, 
 
 Wife men lay up knowl- 
 edge — but a rod is for the 
 back of him that is void of 
 underftanding. 
 
 He that diligently feekeih 
 good prooireth f.ivor ; but 
 lie that feeketh mifchief, it 
 &t%\\ come to him. 
 
 Poverty and fhame lhaU be 
 to him that refufeth inftruo 
 
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 sion—but be that regardeth 
 reproof foall be honored. ! 
 
 That roan enjoys a heaven 
 upon earth, whofe mind 
 moves in charity, reits in 
 Providence, and turns upon 
 the poles of truth & wifdomv 
 
 Charity is the offspring of 
 the Ikies --Wherever ine 
 fixes her abode, happineis i»j 
 there. 
 
 No character is fo glorious, j 
 r.one more attractive ot uni- 1 
 veifal admiration and refpetl, 
 than that of helping tbofe 
 who are in no condition '0- 
 hdp themfeives. 
 
 lie that eafeth the mifcra* 
 ble of their burden, % y 
 ?r;ar n>any bkiling him :•' 
 
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 who giveth to the poor, {Iiall 
 never want treafure. 
 
 Men oftnenobjeft difpoil- 
 tions, think themfeivts hap, 
 pieft, when others {hare with 
 them in their happinefs. 
 
 When the widow- s heart 
 is funk, and flie imploreth 
 thy afliilance with tears of 
 for row, O pity her affl. 61 >n, 
 and extend thy hand to her 
 relief. 
 
 As bloffoms and flowers 
 are ftrewed upon the earth by 
 the hand of fnrinff ; as the 
 kmdnefs of lummer produ- 
 ceth to perfection the beau- 
 ties of harveft ; fo the fmiies 
 of pity fned bleffings on the 
 
 ■hildrcn of misfortuae* 
 
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 Virtue is amiable in an a* 
 <^ed perfon, though wrinkled 
 and deformed ; but vice is 
 hateful in a young perfon, 
 though comely and beautiful. 
 
 The tears of the compaf- 
 fionate are fweeter than dew 
 drops, falling from rofes on 
 the bofom of the e«rth. 
 
 VV hen thou feeft the naked 
 wanderers of the ftrcct, ftiiw- 
 ei ing with cold, and deftitute 
 of habitation ; let bounty o- 
 pen thine heart, let the wing* 
 of chanty fhelter them from 
 4} e ai..h — that thine own foul 
 
 may live. 
 
 Hipp^ is the man who 
 Siath fown in his breaft the 
 
 iced o£ benevolence the 
 
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 produce thereof ilia.ll be char- 
 ity and iove. 
 
 I Nothing is more defpica» 
 ble, or more miferable, than 
 the old age of a paffionate 
 man. When the vigot of 
 youth fails him, and his a- 
 mufements pall with frequent 
 repetit ion, his occafional rag;e 
 links by decay of flrength, 
 into peevifhnefa ; that pee- 
 yifhasfs for want of novelty 
 and variety, becomes habit u« 
 al ; his acquaintances Ihun 
 him ; ar d he is left to de- 
 vour his own heart in foli- 
 tude and contempt. 
 
 Faffioflate perfqns are like 
 men who ftand on their 
 
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 heads, they fee aH things the 
 
 wrong way. 
 
 Anger is a rice 'that carries 
 with, it neither pleafure nor: 
 profit, neither honor nor Se- 
 curity. 
 
 True qtfletnefs of heart is 
 got by refilling our paffions, 
 not by obeying them. 
 
 Quietnefs and peace flour- 
 ish where reafon and justice 
 govern — and true joy reign* 
 etb where nvodelty refideth. 
 
 Contention is a vice of 
 fuch a call, that it debates 
 God's image which is it amp* 
 ed upon our nature, making 
 us rather rcfemble demons* 
 than human creatures. 
 
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 1 Be rath er confiden tly bold, 
 1 than foolimly timorous ; — 
 || j For m<ny periffi through 
 
 f ' t;, fear. 
 
 Pi FriendlMp is tfSedearefi; of 
 ' ' tj all fecial tics, and adds the 
 » # ; high eft reliili to our enjoy- 
 !' is' meiits. 
 
 h io As the lion becomes cnra^ 
 . ar ed at viewing his own hi 
 j) re; clcoiis thadow in the water. 
 
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 So could we fee how pal? 
 (Ion's dreadful ifcorm, 
 And maddme? rurv ail our 
 
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 fouls deform ; 
 cct Erafe God's image olanted in 
 
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 our breaft, 
 
 of| And change the man into a 
 
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 r -Ives 
 
 Weftould abhor oufte 
 
 the ihaoe difown, 
 And hate the fiend that pu€ 
 
 our likeneis on. 
 
 Remember thy t raUty--— 
 vct a little white, and thoU 
 muft fink intothy grave. 
 
 He who would avoid lor • 
 towmuftbe wavy ni htsttq^ 
 He who would 
 tune, mull take wddom tos 
 his companion. 
 
 Forfakc not wildom ana 
 fhc ftiall preierve ther 
 
 Beware of vice, wWe em- 
 Dire will control, 
 f bc native freedom of a gen* 
 erous foul T 
 
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 k it Avoid her fnares, where cer- 
 \tj II tain mifchicfs wait, 
 jf t Nor rufii unthinking on def. 
 . p ; tractive fate. 
 
 Ail thou certainly know- 
 f is 1 eft of death is, that it putteth 
 |! tit, an end to thy forrows. 
 l'b • Think not tl 
 
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 longed: life 
 
 an the happieft ; if it "is well 
 fpent,thou fhak rejoice after 
 death, in the advantages of it. 
 
 Be good, and in your vir- 
 tuous actions live -— For vir- 
 tue mail refift death's tyrant 
 fway, And bloom and flour, 
 ifli in eternal day. 
 
 Felicity dwels not with 
 flie is not the gueft 
 
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 of the great ones of the earth. 
 
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 She has long fin* fled from 
 palaces, and retired to t.e 
 fcenes of fimple mature to 
 dwell in rural quiet, and be- 
 come the companion ot the 
 
 harmlels village twain. 
 Themepherd'sboy^hou^ 
 
 poor, Is reconciled ;~He rile* 
 n health, and lies down^ia 
 happineis.-The fun is nc-.v 
 fet^-Hehas folded toj*f*j 
 and returns home whiftlmg 
 over the plain,~He lives hap- 
 
 py in rural fimpiidty, and m 
 the enjoyment of Ins wnhes, 
 becaufe all his wifties are 
 
 moderate. 
 
 Yet not there alone does 
 fherehde: Would you trace 
 her dwelling, you nml m 
 
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 low the foot-fteps of content 
 
 and the tr,ack will lead you to 
 lie peace nil m an fion . 
 
 But forget not, that as con- 
 tent is never to be found, ex. 
 cept in the paths of virtue, if 
 
 you deviate from her ways, 
 you muft never expect to find 
 the road to happinefs— you 
 will become a wanderer, and 
 the hope of your pilgrimage 
 mil be loft. 6 
 
 . The ft ate of no human be- 
 ing can be determined till 
 death clofes the icene ; and 
 the laft end of the good only 
 can be happy. — Emulate theit? 
 virtues, and doubtlefs, you 
 will mare in their felicity. 
 For as the filk-worm in due 
 
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 time taketh wing, Sc mounts 
 into the air ; fo the fouls ot 
 the juft, when called hence, 
 ftiall take the wings of tne 
 morn— and alcend into heav, 
 
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 HYMNS. 
 
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 HYMN I. 
 
 COME, let us praife God, 
 tor he is exceeding ^reat ; let 
 us Wefs God, for he i s very 
 good. J 
 
 He made all things ; the 
 fun to rule the day, the moon 
 to lhme by night. 
 
 He made the great whale, 
 and the elephant ; and the 
 little worm that crawleth on 
 the ground. 
 
 The little birds fmg prai- 
 lcs to God, when they war- 
 ble fweetly in the green 
 made. 
 
 The brooks and rivers 
 praiie God, when they mur- 
 
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 m t melodumfty amoDgft the 
 fmooth pebbles. 
 I will praife God with my 
 
 voice i for 1 may pmte him 
 thoughlambutahttlechM. 
 
 A few years ago, and 1 was 
 - little infant, and my tongue 
 was dumb within my mouth: 
 
 And 1 did not know tlie 
 o-reatnameof God, for my 
 reafbn was not come unto 
 
 me. p , , 
 
 But now I can ipeak, ana 
 
 my tongue piail praif hinv \ 
 1 4n think of aH his Mndnefs, 
 
 and my heart (ball love him. 
 
 Let him cat! me, ami 1 ill. 
 come unto him ; let hint 
 command, and I Will ooe) 
 
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 I am older, J w ; ]f 
 "everforptGod^foTo;^ 
 
 praife him better ; and I wi 
 
 my life remaineth 
 
 in me, 
 
 HYMN II. 
 
 •i. °r lct us £° fo «h into 
 fields, Jet us fee Low the 
 flowers : fi^ j eUls Mften 
 
 the warming of the birds, and 
 *port upon the new grafs. 
 
 1 he winter is over and 
 gone, the buds come out un 
 on the trees, the crimfon bio£ 
 toms of the peach and the 
 
 nectarine are feen, and the 
 
 green leaves fprout. 
 
 The hedges are bordered 
 
 Wl . h tuf ts of primrofes, and 
 
 yellow cowilips that hanm 
 
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 jown their heads ; and the 
 blue violet lies hid beneath 
 
 the made. 
 
 The young goflings are run- 
 ning; upon the green, they are 
 , iuft hatched, their bodies are 
 covered with yellow down ^ 
 the old hUs with anger if any 
 I one comes near. The hen 
 tits upon her neft of ftraw, 
 fhe watches patiently the full 
 time, then me carcruby 
 breaks the dell, and the 
 young chickens come out. # 
 
 The lambs juB: dropt are in 
 the held, they totter by the 
 fide of their dams, their 
 • young limbs can hardly iup^ 
 port their weight. 
 
 It you fail little lambs, you 
 
f n t= hurt ; there f. 
 2ft a u , Ild ; r .>™ a carpet 
 
 £l s to1^ 15 fpread on p« 
 
 fjoie to i ecei ve you 
 
 ^T L i U ^ iimter fr om 
 buiii to bufli, and open their 
 
 wings to the warm fun. 
 
 i he young animals of ev- 
 eiykiiid are fp®rtm% a ' 0 our 
 
 they f C ei tiiemfeJW? h^, * 
 T y «--**-uu^iYes happy. 
 
 Ik y i t ? uu t0 be ahve, they ; 
 thank him rW r , / 
 * ^"ffl txiat has made 
 
 theuj alive. { 
 
 • i - v , uJank him m 
 mcir hearts, but ♦ ?-.,„« 
 
 him with our tongues ; we ' 
 are oetter than they, and can 
 praife him better. 
 
 The birds can warble, and . 
 W young lambs can bleat : 
 
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 but we can open our Hp. in 
 his praife, we can fpeak ot a.l 
 
 h \Cefot we wiU than. 
 Mm for ourfelves, and we 
 h S thank him for A°f<= who 
 
 ^&<.ff<.», and lit- 
 tle lambs that feip about, if 
 TU u could, you would lay 
 
 ) 1 i , : Q . hut vou are 
 
 how good h. is , 3at f ^ 
 
 dumb ; we will lay 
 
 y°J; T ;i1 nnt offer rou in 
 We win not 2£ c .r^^c 
 
 •T-rvifire, but wc WlU ottei ^ 
 laGrinjcjv PVcrY lull, 
 
 r i6'-efor you, on every x , 
 7 every ereen field, vvc 
 S oflr till faerifue of 
 * Itollivb^and thewceaie 
 
 of praifei