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tionswhich they spread, human reason will sometimes 

 find itself perplexed and dismayed, may we not by ana- 

 logy conclude, that the Almighty, uniform in his pur- 

 poses, is equally wise and benevoknt in all his dis- 

 pensations, though the scale on which he acts is some- 

 times too large for the span of our limited and feeble 

 comprehension? They who seem best qualified to 

 contemplate the works of the Deity, will most readi- 

 ly acknowledge, that it is not for man to unfold the 

 page of Omnipotence ! Happy if to conscious igno- 

 rance we add humble adoration ! 



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