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not but be fenfible that we (hould be in worfe 

 Condition than now we are, and that we fhould 

 foon find a difference between two Hands and 

 one Hand, two Eyes and one Eye, and that two 

 excel one as much in Worth as they do in Num- 

 ber ; and yet, if we could fpare the Ufe of the 

 loft Part, the Deformity and Unfightlinefs of fuch 

 a Defedt in the Body would alone be very grie- 

 vous to us. Again, which is lefs, fuppofe we 

 only that our Bodies want of their juft Magni- 

 tude, or that they or any of our Members are 

 crooked or diflorted, or difproportionate to the 

 reft, either in Excefs or Defed:; nay, which is 

 leaft of all, that the due Motion of any one Part 

 be perverted, as, but of the Eyes in fquinting, 

 the Eye-lids in twinkling, the Tongue in ftam- 

 mering, thefe things are fuch Blemifhes and Of- 

 fences to us, by making us Gazing-ftocks to o- 

 thers, and Objeds of their Scorn or Derifion, 

 that we could be content to part with a good 

 Part of our Eftates to repair fuch Defeds or heal 

 fuch Infirmities. Thefe things confider'd, and 

 duly weigh'd, would furely be a great and effe- 

 ctual Motive to excite in us Gratitude for this 

 Integrity of our Bodies, and to efteem it no fmall 

 Bleffing, I fay, a Bleffmg and Favour of God to 

 US; for fome there be that want it, and why 

 might not we have been of that Number? God 

 was no way obliged to beflow it upon us. 



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