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us, who not only administers to us what is neces- 

 sary for our welfare, but has contrived all around 

 us in so admirable a manner as to be subservient 

 to our pleasures ! 



" On the 1 contrary, had God wished our misery, 

 or even had he been indifferent to our happiness, 

 he might have formed our senses to be so many 

 pains and sores to us, as they now are instruments 

 of gratification and enjoyment : or have placed 

 us amidst objects so ill surted to our perceptions 

 as to have continually offended us, instead of mi- 

 nistering to our refreshment and delight. He 

 might have made, for example, every thing we 

 tasted, bitter ; every thing we saw, loathsome ; 

 every thing we touched, a sting ; every smell, a 

 stench j and every sound, a discord." 



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