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charnel-houses, and then and there consider, how many 

 dead bodies time had piled up at the gates of death : so 

 when I would beget content, and increase confidence in 

 the power, and wisdom, and providence of Almighty God, 

 I will walk the meadows by some gliding stream, and 

 there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those 

 very many other various little living creatures, that are 

 not only created but fed, man knows not how, by the 

 goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in 

 Him. This is my purpose ; and so, let everything that 

 hath breath praise the Lord : and let the blessing of St. 

 Peter's Master be with mine. 



Pise. And upon all that are lovers of virtue, and dare 

 trust in His providence, and be quiet, and go a-angling. 



" STUDY TO BE QUIET " 1 Thess. iv. 11. 



