faid, with Concern, He had loft a Day! Engrave the Expreffion upon your Memory; ftudy conftantly to put it in Practice; and, be affured, if any Thing is capable of diftinguishing you above Mortality, it is to have your Heart inspired with fo divine and glorious a Principle.

Ir will not be enough to know how to live well, you must learn to die well; tho, indeed, a good Life is one of the best Preparations you can make for a happy End. Death, MADAM, is the compleating of the Piece. Of what Importance will the Approbation of the World be, to your Support, if your laft Moments are imbittered with Despair. A Defpair the most dreadful, as it can receive no Mitigation nor Cure. I would not, however, advise you, at the Age you are in, to think on this Subject too intenfely. The Reflec tion on the Diffolution of our Nature has fomething in it that is capable of difturbing the firmeft Minds. I would only counfel you, frequently to reflect on the Uncertainty of Life, and the Certainty of Death; that the latter often furprises us when we leaft think of it; and that Youth or Health are no Security against the Stroke of Fate. Whenever these Confiderations arife in your Mind, inftead of diverting them, as too melancholly and gloomy, accuftom yourself to regard them calmly; and receive them as Favours fent from Heaven, for your Advantage and Improvement: Think daily, that the Affair of your eternal Happiness is the most important Concern of your Life; that no Body can do it for you, but that it depends wholly upon yourself; that Fortune has no

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