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cipient of blessings for his peculiar faith and obedience ; 

 and to exhibit Carver as an object of Divine wrath for 

 his unbelief and neglect of popular worship. Meaning 

 the direct agency of God over the fortunes of men, and 

 reversing <wen the language of Scripture, which sayg, 

 the " sun shines on the just and the unjust." 



The position which Grant takes is incorrect, even if he 

 really believes himself peculiarly acceptable to God : 

 but if a hypocrite and conscious that his godliness is put 

 onforgain; then his assumption of a peculiar Providence 

 in his favor is gross impiety and blasphemy with a mask. 



Riches are the reward of honest industry, aided by 

 cunning, subserviency, and especially quackery : the 

 greatest fortunes haveben made in the shortest time by 

 quacks: and those fortunes which have been accumulated 

 slowly by savings, are generally held by mean men un- 

 able to enjoy their hoard: fortunes to these latter is not 

 a blessing ; they are miserable with it; and irritated 

 with little losses : their only enjoyment is in the act of 

 getting this fortune and if Providence has any thing to 

 do with them, it uses them as prudent men do granneries, 

 to be let out at a future period for the benefit of others : 

 ana to suppose that God is a co-partner with industrious 

 quacks, knaves, or mean sycophants, is a thought worthy 

 only of a fool, or of a hypocrite. 



The causes of poveity are various, as accidents, indo- 

 lence, or too great an independence of character; it is too 

 caused by want of judgement ; by too high an opinion 

 of others.who may deceive you ; by a scrupulous regard 

 to honour, which others taking advantage of step in 

 between you : it is also caused by misplaced confidence. 



