z6i OF NATURE. 



union of numbers, and whofe happinefs Is de- 

 rived from peace, is yet mad enough to take up 

 arms, and to fight, which are never failing 

 fources of mifery and ruin. Incited by infatiable 

 avarice, and by blind ambition, which is ftill 

 more infatiable, he renounces the feelings of hu- 

 mn^itv, turns all his ftrength againft himfelf, 

 and his whole defires centre in the deftru&ion 

 of his own fpecies, which he foon accomplices. 

 After thefe days of blood and carnage, when the 

 intoxicating fumes of glory are difpelled, he 

 furveys, with a melancholy eve, the earth de- 

 i'olated, the arts buried, nations difperfed, an 

 enfeebled people, the ruin of his own happi- 

 nefs, and the annihilation of his real power. 



Omnipotent God ! ivhofe prefencefupports Na- 

 ture, and maintains harmony among the laiys of 

 the univerfe ; "who, from thy immoveable throne 

 in the Empire an, j'eejl all the celeflial Jpheres rol- 

 ling under thy feet, ivzthout deviation or dforder; 

 t who,from the bofom oj repofe, rcnevueft, at every 

 valiant, their vajl movements, aiidivho alone go- 

 verricjly in profound peace, an infinite number of 

 heavens and of earths ! reflore, re/lore tranquility 

 to a troubled vt'orlj"'.' Let the earth bejilent ! 

 Let the prefumptuoui tumults oj ' ivar and difcord 

 be df the f thy voice ! Merciful 



God! Author . . it ern a I regards em- 



btc: try catedji i man is thy chief fa- 



vourite. 



* This efFufion was prababl} written before the termina- 

 te.: ■■ ■ ft war b :cn Britain and Fiance. 



