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them but alone, and annoy them not, nor difturb 

 their Young, and, unlefs accidentally, you fhall 

 feldom fufFer by them. 



Lajil)\ God is pleased fometimes to make ufe 

 of them as Scourges, to chaftizc or punifli wic- 

 ked Perfons or Nations, as he did Herod and the 

 Egyptians -, no Creature fo mean and contempti- 

 bfe, but God can when he pleafes produce fuch 

 Armies of them, as no human Force is able to 

 conquer or deftroy, but they fhall of a fudden 

 confume and devour up all the Fruits of the 

 Earth, and whatever might ferve for the Sufte- 

 nance of Man, as Locujls have often been obferv'd 

 to do. 



Did thefe Creatures ferve for no other Ufe, as 

 they do many, yet thofe that make them an Ob- 

 je(5llon againft the Wifdom of God, may (as Dr. 

 Cockhurn well notes) as well upbraid the Pru- 

 dence and Policy of a State for keeping Forces, 

 which generally are made up of very rude and 

 infolent People, which yet are neceflary, either 

 to fupprefs Rebellions, or punifh Rebels, and o- 

 ther diforderly and vicious Perfons, and keep the 

 World in Quiet. 



From that Part of this Difcourfe which relates 

 to the Body of Man, I fliall make thefe pradtical 

 Inferences. 



B b 4 Infer. 



