8^ The Hfsvt/'^r Oh^;'i. 



'Tis certain, no Nation in tli^ .W6Vld is 

 ble&'d with more natural Convenience^ than 

 we are : The Atheift has no reafon to argue 

 againft the Hills, or other Excrefcences of the 

 Earth, as a Blemifh of the Creation 5 fince 'tis 

 from them we have thofe Springs that refrefh 

 the Valleys, the Beauty of which adds fuch 

 a Magnificence to our Gardens, and fuch 

 as few Countries (efpecially thofe adjoining 

 to us) enjoy fo well as ourfelves. ' * ^■' 

 ^;-*'Tis true, we do not abound fo much as 

 tliey do with Oranges, and fome other deli- 

 cious Fruits, but in their room we have the 

 more durable and ferviceable Bleffing of Oak, 

 befides fruftiferous Trees, proper enough for 

 our Ufe, and that which abundantly com- 

 marids them all,* I mean our Ships, and the 

 Balahce of Trade. ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ' -' ' ■ ^" 



If 9ur S^afons are fdmething more uncertain 

 that! they are in other Countries, we have no 

 CGcafion to repine, fince the general ^Tem- 

 peratiire^of our Climate makes a ftifhcient 

 amends 5 and that Royal i.erfon afore-men- 

 ch'"^sir ^^^^*d ha^ worthily obferv'd, l^^'e can longer 

 ' a7id better enjoy our Gardens^ than thty.can 

 eitberh'the more Frigid or Torrid Clime, 



In iSne, The confideration of out. Ha'ppi- 

 nefs h fuch, that I cannot but exalt tvith a 

 Jate Geographer, bafpy and hlejfedhtitain^ 

 didfi thou hit knew tbf own HappTi^fs ! Thy 

 Gardens are like V'zt2iinijhyValteys me Eden, 

 thy Hills like Lebanon, thy Springs like Shi- 

 loh, thy Rivers like Joxdm! Abundantly Jior'^d 



thou 



