6 Then `twill for ever be in vain
To cry for pardon or for grace,
To wish I had my time again,
Or hope to see my Maker’s face.

Song 14.
Examples of early piety.

1 What blest examples do I find
Writ in the Word of Truth,
Of children that began to mind
Religion in their youth.

2 Jesus, who reigns above the skie,
And keeps the world in awe;
Was once a child as young as I,
And kept his Father’s law.

3 At twelve years old he talk’d with men,
(The Jews all wondering stand;)
Yet he obey’d his Mother then,
And came at her command.

4 Children a sweet hosanna sung,
And blest their Saviour’s name;
They gave him honour with their tongue
While scribes and priests blaspheme.

5 Samuel the child was wean’d, and brought
To wait upon the Lord;
Young Timothy betimes was taught
To know his holy Word.

6 Then why should I so long delay
What others learn so soon? 
I would not pass another day
Without this work begun.

Song 15.
Against Lying.

1 O `tis a lovely thing for youth
To walk betimes in wisdom’s way;
To fear a lye, to speak the truth,
That we may trust to all they say.

2 But lyars we can never trust, Though they should speak the thing that’s true, And he that does one fault at first, And lyes to hide it, makes it two.

3 Have we not known, nor heard, nor read,
How God abhors deceit and wrong? 
How Ananias was struck dead
Catch’d with a lye upon his tongue?

4 So did his wife Sapphira die
When she came in, and grew so bold
As to confirm that wicked lye
That just before her husband told.

5 The Lord delights in them that speak
The words of truth; but every lyar
Must have his portion in the lake
That burns with brimstone and with fire.

6 Then let me always watch my lips,
Lest I be struck to death and hell,
Since God a book of reckoning keeps
For every lye that children tell.

Song 16.
Against Quarrelling and Fighting.

1 Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God has made them so;
Let bears and lyons growl and fight,
For `tis their nature too.

2 But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other’s eyes.

3 Let love thro’ all your actions run,
And all your words be mild;
Live like the blessed Virgin’s Son,
That sweet and lovely child.

4 His soul was gentle as a lamb;
And as his stature grew,
He grew in favour both with man
And God his Father too.

5 Now, Lord of all, he reigns above,
And from his heavenly throne,
He sees what children dwell in love,
And marks them for his own.

Song 17.
Love between Brothers and Sisters.