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(2) [centered]

1 Joshua had become old & full of
days – worn down with toils & cares.
Last benefit he could confer.

2 Wished to stir up the people to
remembrance of God's mercies –
to renewed faithfulness –

3 Perhaps they were already growing
remiss in God's service – and
becoming absorbed in world in their
new land & country. (Apt to be so
See it in "West")

4 He rehearses God's dealings with
them – that their mercies mit [might] lead
to repentance ~