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his presence, by fearing on the wings of the morn
ing,' and taking thy flight to the remotest regions,
that labour shall be in vain; foreven in the place
thou deemeft thyfelf secure, even there he (hall
find thee out. —If thou makeft thy bed in the ca
verns of the earth, his eyes fltall discern thy frhit
lefs attempt, a"d his glory arid light 'hall break
in apon thee, and difeover thy retreat. —Since
therefore the judge with whom thou bast to do,
will pay no refped to thy person, on account of
thy greatness, nor despise thee for thy poverty;
since thy doings (hall receive from his hands accord
ing to their demerits, learn to ad the part which
is allotted thee with a becoming dignity, and per
fchm the character thou fuftaineft in life, so as to
conciliate his favour and approbation.—'Tis not a
crown, a robe, or a title, which will recommend
thee to his mercy; nor exigence and distress ob
ftru& his favours.—Whether therefore' thou ap
peareft in the royalty of a Prince, or ftrutteft in
the garb of the noble ;' whether thou fhineft in the
pomp of attire, or weareft the habit ofthe needy,
be fiudious to perform thy part with care, and thou
Ihalt go off the stage oflife with applause.
S E CT lON 11.
Confider, oh man! thou art formed for an
endless duration; thy foul is immortal, and her
exigence is for ever and ever.—Rocks, ftoncs,
and monuments, may decay and fall ; but die shall
flourish in immortal bloom, for her duration shall
run coeval with eternity.—Time itfelf shall short
ly cease, the fun look dim with age, and nature
fink in years ; but thy foul flrall still remain un
hurt amidll the war of elements, the wreck of
matter, and the crush of worlds.—Hear then,
thou fen of immortality, and let the inftrudions
of wifdora fink deep into thy heart.—Look to the
regions thou mull Portly enter; contemplate the
wot Id in which thou must reside for ever.—Give
attention to my words, and learn the value of thy
deathless foul Though the mountains shall de
part, and the hills be removed from the places
where they now stand, though the world shall be
consumed, and the ocean roll in flaming billows;
yet thy foul shall remain the fame.—Though the
lights of heaven shall illumine the earth no more,
the stars drop from the ikies, and the moon be
changed into blood; yet thy foul shall not be de
stroyed.—Yea, even though the great globe itfelf,
with all its numerous inhabitants, shall be dissolved,
yet thy foul shall outlive the ruins thereof.—The
heavens also shall meh away, with fervent heat,
and nature perish in the blaze of deflruction, time
shall expire, and years shall roll no more; but
thv foul shall survive these feenes, and endure
when ages shall have an end.—Confider, oh man !
thy foul is a spark of divinity, and her existence
cannot be circumscribed by the boundaries ofmor
tal life.—Thy animal frame shall return to dust,
and the citadel of thy heart will surrender to death ;
but thv foul shall survive the attacks of disorder,
the dissolution of the body, and the funeral of
corruption.—For, be it known unto thee, she bids
defiance to death's sharpest arrows, smiles at the
gloom and horror of a grave, and rises above the
tombs to her native Ikies.—She claims her extrac
tion from the great eternal, and acknowledges no
other parent than the father of fpiritso—The
pomps and riches, and honoursand pleafurhs, the
Vanities, enjoyments, fruitions and possessions of
this transient life, are far beneath the dignity of
her nature. —Feed her not, therefore, with tri
fles; nor fell her to gain a world.—Make no cove
nant with death, nor contract with destruction.-—
Despise enjoyments that are not lasting, nor fatis
fv thyfelf with pleasures that perish and decay.—
Gratify not thy passions at the expence of thy
future peace, nor indulge those appetites which
will push thee on to ruin.—Let reason determine
the measures of thy life, and let thy actions be
weighed in the scales of judgment.—Confider the
world thou art travellingin,and confider the world
thou art travelling to, and constantly carry about
with thee such thoughts as these —^ I am mortal
“—I must shortly die—l am immortal—l must
“ live forever —My body muftreturn toduft, but
“ my spirit to God who gave it—My dull also
“ shall arise, and my foul be reunited to my body
« —Ch ! may I awake from the slumber of death
“ in the likeness of my heavenly father."—Con
fider, oh mortal ! the day is fixed, tho' unknown
to thee, when the great eternal, in the person of
his (on, shall come riding on the clouds, to judge
the inhabitants of theearth, when the dread trum
pet shall (hake the fries, and the wide circuit of
creation shall totter; when tombs and vaults, and
every little hillock of mortality shall release their
prisoners, winds tear up mountains, and rocks fall
at their fury—Princes and nobles shall be ftript of
their pomp, Cofers and d'exanders shall stand un
notic'd, diftin&ions shall here cease, and virtue
only be looked upon with approbation.—Think
then oh man ! what thy lot shall be in this decirive
day, when thou shalt be weigh'd in the balances of
equity, and receive the remuneration of thy worlds.
—Frequently ponder over in thine own mind the
solemnity of this approachingday, when the angels
of thy father shall assemble together, thevaft con
course bfintellectual nature, when by the command
of the King of Kings, they shall fetthe great globe
on fire, and pull down the universe; storms and
dcftruaion shall display their terror, and the arma
ment of heaven difeharge its thunder, while the
huge ball itfelf shall groan and expire, and the
pride of kingdoms, nations and empires be redu
ced unto allies.
PART IL
Considerations on the different periods of hu
manlife. The state of infants. On youth; the
follies and temptations to which it is exposed.
SECTION I.
Y) IRTH is the prologue of life, the bud of
being, and dawn of exigence; it introduces
us into time, and brings us on the stage of action.
—For feme time wecontinuein the world without
being engaged in any ofits feenes, and when we
arrive to a capacity of judging the differences of
things, we then commence actors on the busy the
atre.—Our infancy paffeth off without our percep
tion, and our youthful days are generally spent
without any benefit to ourselves, or advantage to
others. Our thoughts are vain, and our actions
immature and foolifh.—let this period of life if
soon passed over, and vanishes as the clouds before
the fun.—When we arrive to manhood, wo too of
ten ad as children, and behave like those who are
void of wisdom.—in schemes, and pursuits, and
pleasures, We consume the time, and with fruitlefs
labour frequently compleat the strength and bloom
of life,—Age seizes us earlier than our thoughts
suggested, and pains, disorders, and infirmities wear
out the remaining part of our days.—This lite it
felf, in all its stages, is but a short journey to eter
nity, it paffeth away like a shadow, and is no more.
— in the midst of life we are in death, and conti
nually obnoxious to the fatal stroke, the present
moment is all we can claim, futurity appertaineth
not unto mortals—As the bubble disappears, and
is broken by a breath, so life goeth out and ex
pires— Hear then, oh man! and give ear to in
ilrudion; learn thou the arithmetic of heaven,
and hear the sapience of the skies—implore the
Almighty to accept thy vows, and teach thee the
art of so numbering thy days, that thou may'll
apply thy heart unto wisdom.
SECTION 11.
Happy is the infant, who, void of care, and
unacquainted with the misfortunes of others,
passes over the firft part of being.—-It beholds
the light, and fixes its eyes with attention; it
smiles with approbation on those that please it,
and frowns and cries when injured or affronted.—-
Yet still it knows not what misery means, or
conceives the idea of distress and infelicity—lt is
fed with care, and supplied with all the neceflaries
of life; it is dormant while others are drinking
the cup of waking sorrows and rising evils.—ls
seized by any of the retinue of death, if disorders
and pains lay hold upon it, it makes an easy tran
sition from the cradle to the coffin. —Guilt and
remorse harbour not in its breast, and the horrors
of a grave cause no trepidation —Thrice happy
babe, who just makes its appearance on life's mortal
stage, and then returns to its native skies.
SECTION 111.
Hear, oh young man! and give heed to the
words of my mouth; despise not my inftrudions,
nor turn away with scorn.—Boast not in thy
youth, nor fancy thyfelf secure from death.—
Walk into his territories, and behold the mo
numents ere&ed to his memory; acquaint thyfelf
with his fame, and naturalize thyfelf among his
fubjeCts.—Remember thy creator in the dawn of
life, before the day is overcast with darkness, and
thy fun hideth itfelf in the clouds.—Carefully
avoid the follies of others, and let not vice rule
over thy heart, so shall virtue establish its empire
in thy breast, and her dominion shall be fixed for
ever.— -mnfe not thyfelf with toys and trifles,
nor give room for others to laugh at thy folly.—
Shun the temptations that may offer themselves un
to thee, and so shall thy life belong and happy.
(To be continued)
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Just Publiffied, and to be fold by
R. AITKE N, Bookseller,
Opposite the London Coffee house, in Front-street,
Philadelphia,
A 1 TKE N's
GENERAL AMERICAN
REGISTE R,
AND
CALENDE R,
For the YEAR 1,74.
CONTENTS.
rfHE annual calendar interleaved qvith writing
' ; after for gentlemens memorandums, containing 12
pa^es; the days of the year, week and month, re
markable days, afreets, &c. with the funs rising and
Jetting, the moons age, place and rfng. The garden
er's calendar jor Pennsylvania, containing many cu
rious and ufefui directions for gardening. A genealo
gical lift of the Royal Family oj Great-Rritain. His
Majetys confess abroad for the protection of trade.
Birtbs, marria es and ifue of the Sovereign Princes
of Europe. His Majefys principal Secretaries of fate.
Lords ommiffioners of the Treasury, of Trade and
Plantations, and of the Admiralty. Lift of the House
of Peers in alphabetical order, with their town resi
dence. alphabetical lift of the House oj Commons.
Lift of his Majefiy's Most Honourable Privy Council.
A new and c rrect If of the Royal Navy of Great-
Britain. A compendious geographical description of
the world. North American Lifts. General and ci
vil ejiaklifoment in North America. The flaff of the
army. General pof-office, And lift of the poJF offices
in the northern difriCl oj North America. Time of
the pofl's leaving Philadelphia, and bis arrival at
each foft-office and flage, till be gets to Annapolis, and
bis return back. Time of the New-York pof, Lan
caster post, and Eafern-Jbore (Mar, land) Pofl's set
ting out from, and return to Philadelphia. Rank of
the navy and army. His Majefy's order concerning
the power of the civil Governors over bis forces in
America. Rules for determining the rank and prece
dence to be bbferved between the officers of the army,
and the civil governors, ^c. Correct lifts of the offi
cers and offices, &c. in Pennsylvania, New-Cajile,
Kent, and buffex, Mayland, New-ferfey, New-
York, Rbode-ljland, Connecticut, Majachufetts Bay,
Nova-Scotia, Newfoundland, St. Johns, Gulf 0J St.
Lawrence, Canada, Virginia, North-Carolina, Soutb-
Carolina, Georgia, East Florida, and Weft-Florida.
Corporation Jor the relief of the widows and Children
of Clergymen in the Communion 0, the Church of En
gland in America. The united Churches of Cbrifl-
Cburch and St. Peter's in the city of Philadelphia.
St. Paul's Church Philadelphia. A lift oj the miniflers
and congregations, whether fettled or vacant, belong
ing to the Rev. Synod of New-York and Philadelphia.
The Baptist Philadelphia Association. A lift of the mi
nifiers and congregations belonging to the Associate
Pre/byter, of Pennsylvania, which is subordinated to
the Associate Synod of Edinburg in Scotland. Several
curious and ufejul tables, f^c.
IF MATTHEIV NEIL, who came
over in the (hip Glasgow, from Glzfgow, last
fid, and proposed going to Cumberland courity, as
well to purchase land as to fell a few dry goods,
Will direct a line to the fubferiber, merchant, in
Philadelphia, (who has not heard from him since
he left that place) he may hear of something in
which he is materially concerned. Should he be
dead, or left that country, any person giving in
formation of him, will much oblige, and be re~
warded for their trouble.
WILLIAM SEMPLE.
Who has just imported in the Glasgow, Capt.
Marquis, via New-York, a neat allortment of
Scotch threads, checks, check and printed hand
kerchiefs ; fine lawns, handkerchiefs, aprons and
ruffles, &c.
Philadelphia, %itb Month, bib, 1773.
TO BE L E T,
For a term of years, and entered on immediately,
AN extraordinary MERCHANT MILL,
situated in the Borough of Wilmington, on
Brandywine Creek, below the Bridge, on a ne r er
failing stream. Said mill ha^ two water wheels,
two pair of burr stones, and every thing com pleat
for the manufacturing of fuperfine flour : Shallops
of a considerable burthen may load or unload with
out any difficulty, it being performed by water.
With said mill will be let, a commodious brick
dwelling-house, Coopers shop, and stables ; also, a
garden, with other appurtenances suitable to accom
modate a tenant; The situation of the above men
tioned mill, need not be more particularly described,
as it is well known to many, and has the advantage
for the sale of flour of two considerable markets,
viz. Philadelphia and Wilmington. Any person
inclining to rent the fame, may know the terms, by
applying to the fubferibers in Philadelphia, or to
JOSEPH TATNALL, near the premises,
who will shew the fame.
PHOEBE MORTON,? Executors to the estate
JOHN MORTON, ) of Samuel Morton.
Princeton, January 24, 1774.
THE SUBSCRIBER intending to
leave Princeton in April next, takes the li
berty to return his sincere thanks to all his friends
in particular, and to all those gentlemen who have
been so obliging as to favour him with their com
pany. He requests the favour of all perlons that
are indebted to him, to pay off their accounts by
tie firft of April, (that he may be enabled to pay
those to whom he is indebted) which will infinitely
oblige the Public's most obedient humble servant,
WILLIAM HICK.
P. S. He begs leave to acquaint his friends and
Cullomers, that he has taken the tavern at the sign
of the King's Arms, in the city of Perth Amboy,
where they, and the public in general, may be as
sured of his utmost endeavours to merit their future
favours.
Just imported in the last vessels from Britain, and
to-be fold remarkably cheap for cash, by
ALEXANDER BARTRAM,
Next door to the Indian King, in Market-street,
Philadelphia,
A General assortment of MERCHANDIZE,
suitable to the season, amongst which are, a
variety of patent ribbed and plain worsted hose; silk,
cotton, and thread ditto, of all qualities and sizes ;
a large quantity of broadcloths and trimmings, with
most other articles generally imported, all of Which
he is enabled and determined to fell on low terms,
having importea them from the different manufac
tories in England, &c.
N. B. Also a good assortment of books and sta
tionary, China, Queen's ware, plain and enamelled
glass wares, &c.
December 16, 1773.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED oz STOLEN, out of the
pasture of Abraham Kinsey, a dark brown
working HORS E, eight years old, a natural
pacer, near fifteen hands high. Whoever takes up
laid horse, and delivers him to MARK BIRD,
Esq; in Berks County, or to the fubferiber in Phi
ladelphia, shall receive the above reward for the
horse only, and FIVE POUNDS for the horse
and thief, so that he is brought to conviction.
J C )H_ N__F EGA N.
AKEN up by the fubferiber, on
Tuesday the 18th of January instant, near
Gloucester Point, a dark brown HORSE, nine
years old, about twelve hands high, a bit cut off
his right ear, has four or five saddle marks, and a
star in his forehead. The owner is desired to come,
prove his property, pay charges, and take him
away. VALANTINE HEIGHT,
Living in the Neck.
BNTT\ WINE and SPIRIT STORE.
THOM AS BATT has opened his wine and
spirit store, in Water-street, a few doors south
of Walnut-tteet, where he has laid in a large and
Valuable collection, viz. old genuine Madeira, Lis
bon, Mountain and Teneriffe wines ; remarkable
old spirits, Weft-India rum, and brandy; with a
quantity of excellent claret. He is determined to
fell any quantity from a pipe to a gallon, and to
render the retailing of liquors as complete and con
venient to the public as it is in the power of expence
and ftri& attention to do.
Philadelphia, Jan. 24, 1774.
THE famous Doctor ADAMS,
Oculist, Auricular, &c. late of Europe,
takes this method of acquainting the ladies and
gentlemen, and the public in general, that he has
lately arrived in this city—That he cures the most
inveterate feurvy, either in the gums or any part of
the body (which is the source of many distempers)
in the mildest, fafeft and speediest manner, without
confinement or loss of business: In like manner the
King's evil; cancers in women's breads, or any
part of the body ; leprosies ; ringworms, or car
buncles in the face ; fibulas ; old, malignant, or
fiftulas ulcers in the legs, or any other part ; fevers,
epidemick or intercurrent ; quotidian, tertian, or
quartan agues, which he effectually cures in fix days
at fartheft ; tympany, or watry dropsies, without
operation ; dysenteries ; inflammations of the bowels,
or fluxes of any kind; rheumatic pains in any part
of the body ; asthmas, or consumptions, if applied
to in time ; all distempers in the eyes, either pearls,
films, rheutns, or dull fight, without operation or
sensible pain; deafnefs, if even confirmed; the
gravel ; flat or round worms ih young or old, &c.
He cures the Venereal disease in all its stages, in a
few days, with the fafeft and mildest medicines, and
with the utmost secrecy, without confinement or
loss of business. Seafaring men can be supplied
with fafe medicines to use on board, with all neces
sary directions, on the most reasonable terms. The
Doctor thinks i improper to enlarge on his abilities,
which he refers to time and experience, but as a
convincing proof cf it, and for the public benefit,
he will require neither fee or reward for ary exter
nal distemper (within a mile of the city) till the
cure is perfected. He has not been a month in this
city, and tirce his arrival he has cured several per
lons, one afflicted with a fever and pains in the
limbs, another with the feurvy, another with the
rheumatism; loss of appetite, pain in the stomach,
and continual vomiting, and another of the venereal
disease, who has been under cure these nine months,
without relief, but has now been effectually cured
in ten Jays, and the whole time exposed to the in
clemency of the weather ; these cures can be proved
by the performs afflicted, if required. The poor, by
bringing a good recommendation, will be cured
gratis. Application to be made to the Doctor, at
his lodgings at Charles Maife's, ihop keeper, in Se
cond-ftreet a little below the New Market, where
he will give due attendance from eight o'clock in the
morning to fix in the afternoon. All letters from
the country, post paid, shall be duly answered.
Ladies and gentlemen waited on at the Ihorteft
notice.
FORTY SHILLINGS RETARD.
MADE his escape from the Sheriff of the
county of Gloucester, on the nth day of this
init. (December) a certain WILLIAM WOOD
COCK, a taylor by trade ; he is about 40 years old,
5 feet 10 or ti inches high, of a sandy complexion,
tiattifh nose, has loft his upper fore teeth, stoops
much in his walk, talks much of his wrestling by
the back, and is somewhat bald on his head: Had
on when he went away, an old coat that is turned
of a dirty colour, a light cloth coloured jacket,
chetk or white shirt, cloth breeches of a brownifli
colour, blue yarn stockings, brass buckles, half
worn fhofs, and a good beaver hat. Whoever takes
up the said WILLIAM WOODCOCK (if in Pen
fylvania) ffiall receive the above reward on delivering
him in Gloucester gaol ; if in any other government,
(New-Jersey excepted) a reward of FIVE POUNDS
on delivering him in the gaol aforefaid, to be paid
by THOMAS DENN Y, Sheriff.
Genuine SHERRY and LISBON WINE,
Iri Quarter Casks ;
BRAND Y, in Hogsheads;
And excellent
PORT W I N E,
In Hampers of three dozen each, to be fold by
JOSEPH WHARTON, Junior,
Near the Drawbridge in Front-street.
B O W~E N' s's'a'g'c^
So much and generally esteemed in the Royal navy,
and in the African trade, as an anti-scorbutic,
and the only cure for the FLUX, is, by special
appointment, SOLD by
SPEAKMAN and CARTER,
CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS,
On the north fide of Market-street, between Second
and Third-streets, Philadelphia:
TH E uses whereof are so well known in England
as to need no recommendation, beingapproved
of by the Royal Society, the Royal College of Phy
sicians, and the Society for the Encouragement of
Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; by Dr. Fo
thergill, and feverni other persons of reputation.
Its good effects are likewise vouched by Captain
Cook, of the King's ship Endeavour, Joseph Banks,
Esq; and Dr. Solander, during their voyage round
the world in the said ship, as appears by their re
port since their return.
N. B. At the lame place may be had, Bowen's
Patent S OY.
FOR SA L
TWO thousand acres of exceeding fine LAND,
for tobacco, wheat, or Indian corn, lying on
both sides of Bull Run, in Loudoun and Prince Wil
liam Counties, about 300 : cres of which are rich low
grounds and meadow. It lies within four miles of
two merchant mills, and about ten miles from two
other merchant mills, in Loudoun ; and is within
thirty miles of Colcheter, Alexandria, and Dum
fries. Any person inclining to purchase said land
may be shown the fame by Capt. Francis Peyton,
of Loudoun County, who will allo make known the
terms, and has full power to, treat for it. To suit
purchasers, it mav be laid off in lots of two, three,
or four hundred acres, with an equal proportion of
low ground or meadow land to each lot. The
terms may also be known by applying to
ROBERT BURWELL.
JUST PUBLISHED by
JOSEPH CRUKSHANK,
And to be fold by all the Booksellers of Philadtl-#
phia and New-York,
AN EXAMINATION of the CON
NECTICUT CLAIM to LANDS
in Pennsylvania. Withan Appendix, contain
ing extracts and copies of Original Papers.
Such gentlemen as had purcliafed this pamphlet
before the Poftfeript and Resolves of the Honorable
House of Assembly were added to it, may h tve their
books exchanged by applying to Robert Bell,
at the late Union Library in Third-street.
September 2 , 177;.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, living in
Elfenborough, Salem County, Weft New-
Jerley, an Irish indented servant man, named D A
NIEL M'INNIRY: Had on and took with
him, one pair of velveret breeches, pieced in the
feat with light coloured cloth, a light coloured fuf
tian jacket, a green ditto of halfthick, about half
wore, neither of them lined; a pair of speckled
trowfers, a new dark brown fagathy coat, striped
Bengal jacket, a pair of buckskin breeches, remark
ably thick, with wooden buttons, almost new, black
grain shoes, and thread stockings. He is about
five feet eight inches high, well set, light fl raight
hair and very bald ; has a large fear on one of his
heels, cut with a feythe, and lengthway of his foot,
full face, redifh complexion, final! beard, is very
apt to use the word really, talks very broken and
backward, and is fond of strong drink. The
abovelaid coat was plain, neither cross pockets not
folds. Whoever takes up said servant, and fecure#
him in any of his M lefty's goals, so that his mailer
may have him again, flrdl have the above reward,
and reasonable charges, paid by
RICHARD SMITH, Junior.
James Williamson,
Book-seller, Book-binder and Stationer,
in Market-street, three doors below Wade and
Hempill's store, Wilmington, has just now for
sale,
AN LAT collection of valuable BOOKS
and STATIONARY, among which
are the following: Burkitt on the New Testament;
Clark's Martyrology ; Cruden's Concordance ,
Oftervald's Bible, with and without Apocrypha ;
Sfackhoufe's history of the Bible, 6 vols. Dodd
ridge's Family Expository, 6 vols. Harvey's works,
6 vols. Clarissa Harlow, 8 vols. Sir Chailes Gran
difon, 7 vols. Knights of Malta, 5 vols. Thomp
son's works, 4 vols. Pope's works, with cuts, 6 vols.
Addison's works, 4 vols. Locke on human under
standing, 3 vols. Garrick's works, 3 vols. Hurn
phrey Clinker, 3 vols. Gil Blas, with cuts, 4 vols.
Don Quixote, 4 vols. Fable of the Bees, 2 vols.
Peregrine Pickle, 4 vols. Swift's historical norks,
3 vols. Buchanan's history of Scotland, 2 vols.
Barrow's collection of vovages; Shaftefbury's Cha
raCTeriftics, 4 vols. Vertot's Revolutions of the Ro
man Republic, 3 vols. Spectator ; Tatler; Guar-*
di9rt; Rambler; American Negotiator, or the dif
ferent currencies of the colonies made easy ; Ge
netl history of Polybius, 2 Vols. Bailey's, FenningA
and Universal English Dictionaries; a lady's travels
into Spain, 2 vols. a Catalogue of the roval and
noble authors of England, with lifts of their works
&c. &c. variety of blank books, ruled and unruled ;
Morocco and Spanish letter calcs ; paper, quills,
wax, wafers, penknives, money scales and weights,
&c. &c. &c.
JUST PUBLIS Ft ED, and to be fold by said
James Williamson, a valuable little piece, en
titled, “ A Present for an Apprentice, or a fore
guide to gain both esteem and estate," (price < ne
shilling) a performance worthy the perusal of per
lons in every sphere of life.