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empire? Alexander Magnus bids fair for the 

 world. 



Theoph. I have waded to the chin in the 

 practicks of experience ; but never attempted 

 knee-deep in the rudiments of politicks. 



Arn. And 1 have liv'd under various dispen- 

 sations of Providence, by the divine power and 

 protection of the Divinest. 



Theoph. Nectar and Ambrosia have fill'd my 

 cup almost to an overflowing ; while my asso- 

 ciates were the pious and the penitent, (but not 

 the politick,) with Apollo sometimes to bear a 

 part, with musical instruments that never spoke 

 treason ; this is a life that lives above the world. 



Arn. O, the heavenly raptures that flow from 

 contemplation ; they'r enough to raise the mind 

 by divine faith, and a holy speculation, to the 

 very suburbs and portals of Paradise. 



Theoph. And such is unity, for it's the key of 

 harmony ; which, if but touch'd by the divine 

 finger of the great Jehovah, how quickly the 

 world is put in tune. 



Am. And quickly out of tune, where policy 

 is planted in the room of piety. Now, I always 

 thought piety the best policy, when beautified 

 with the ornaments of true Christianity. For, 

 since God himself has blest man with reason, 

 and to his rationality added intellectual under- 

 standing, let us act above sense, for that enslaves 



