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We are by Nature inclined to requite 

 kindnefles; non doffi fed falti, non inftituti 

 fed imbuti fumus : And if we cannot dp 

 that, to retain, at leaft, a grateful fenfe 

 and memory of them, and upon all occa- 

 fions to acknowledge our obligations to fuch 

 Benefactors, as we are not able to recom- 

 penfe, to honour and love them, and to 

 do all we can to pleafe and gratifie them. 

 Ingratum fi dixeris> omnia dixeris : You 

 cannot fay worfe of a Man, than that he is 

 ungrateful ; Ingratitude being an unnatural 

 Sin. Seeing then we cannot requite this 

 tranfcendent kindnefs of our Saviour to 

 us, nor make him any amends for that great 

 Salvation he hath wrought for us, and thofe 

 ineftimable Benefits he hath bellowed on 

 us, let us not be wanting to dc/ what in us 

 lies, to exprefs our gratitude, by acknow- 

 ledging, and celebrating his gpodnefs to us, 

 and the great things he hath done for us, 

 finging with the holy Tfalmift, * Blefs the 

 Lord, O my fotil, and all that is within me 

 blefe his holy name. Blefs the Lord, O my 

 foul-, and forget not all his benefits. And 

 by devoting our felves to his Service, and 



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