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rhilofophers of all Nations ; fuch as the follow- 

 ing, borrowed from the modern Perfians : 



WHEN AFFLICTION IS AT THE HEIGHT, 



THEN 



IVe are the moji encouraged to look for Confolation. 



THE NARROWEST PART OF THE DEFILE IS 



AT 



The Entrance of the Plain *. 

 And that other of the fame country : 



WHOEVER HAS CORDIALLY DEVOTED HIS SOUL 



TO GOD, 



HAS EFFECTUALLY SECURED HIMSELF AGAINST ALL THE ILLS 

 WHICH CAN BEFAL HIM, 



BOTH IN THIS WORLD, AND IN THE NEXT. 



There might be inferted fome of a philofophic 

 çaft, on the vanity of human things, fuch as the 

 following : 



ESTIMATE EACH OF YOUR DAYS 



By Pleafures, by Loves, by Treafiires, and by Grandeurs; 



THE LAST WILL 



ACCUSE THE^ ALL OF VANITYi^ 



t Cbarttitth Palace of Ifpahan. 



T 3 Or 



