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she said she could not endure the thoughts of death, and made use of the most profane and shocking words when the doctor told her that he could not save her.

In this dreadful state she lay for some days: and although the pain of her body was very great, yet it was nothing to the grief and anguish of her mind..

As soon as she was dead, her body was thrown into a coffin by the mistress of the house in which she lodged, and she was buried immediately for she had no friend to watch by her, or to close her eyes, or to see that the last offices were performed decently for her.

And now I must finish my story, by beseeching you, my good young women, to take warning by the sad end of this wicked girl, and to shun the ways of sin which lead to eternal misery.

Remember Susan Gray, and let her example be ever in your mind; and let it not be your wish to be rich and great, to seek for distinction and pleasure in this world, but to do your duty in that humble state in which God has placed you. And however lowly and poor that state may be, yet fear not that you will fail of your reward: God is no respecter of persons, but he will reward every man according to his deeds.

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"God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished." 2 Pet. ii. 4. 9.

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