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W can know so small a part of the things that sur- 

 round us, yet we can know, and that with the greatest 

 certainty, our whole duty to Him that made them* 

 And what can we reasonably desire more? For this 

 is the whole of man, (which is the literal rendering of 

 Solomons words) his whole business, his whole happi- 

 ness. In this our infant state we cannot know much : 

 but we may love much. Let us secure this point, 

 and we shall soon be swallowed up in the ocean both 

 of knowledge and love ! 



LONDON, Nov. 16, 1777* 



