52 BENEFIT OF 



up my thankfgiving, for the immenfe benefits/ 

 that have been heaped upon me thro' thy gra- 

 cious protedlion, and providence. Thou from' 

 my youth upwards had fo led me by the hand, 

 haft fo direded my footfteps, that i have grown 

 up in the fniiplicity, and innocence of life, 

 and in the moft ardent purfuit after know- 

 ledge. I give thee thanks for that thou haft 

 ever preferved me in all my journies thro' my 

 native and forreign countries, amidft fo many 

 dangers, that furrounded me on eVery fide. 

 That in the reft of my life, amidft the heavieft 

 burthens of poverty, and other inconveniences, 

 thou waft always prefent to fupport me with thy 

 almighty affiftance. Laftly that amidft fo many 

 viciflitudes of fortune, to which I have been 

 expofed, amongft all the goods, i fay, and evils, 

 the joyfull and gloomy, the pleafmg, and dif- 

 agreeable circumftances of life, thou endow- 

 edft me with an equal, conftant, manly, and 

 fuperior fpirit on every occafion. 



To our moft auguft, and potent prince Fre- 

 derick the firft, as becomes a dutifull, and obe- 

 dient fubjed, i give moft humble thanks for 

 his favorable kindnefs in beftov/ing upon me 

 this honorable poft. May the almighty grant, 

 that his majeft)^, and his moft ferene conforty 



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