or princes of the earth, are rare and short ; 

 'and if a raaa of inferior station be admitted 

 to such a favour, he glories in it, as if he 

 - were raised to heaven ; though they are 

 but images made of the same clay w^ith him- 

 self, and only set upon a basis a little higher 



than the rest. But the liberty of daily and 



free converse with the King of Heaven 

 is neglected for every trifle, and indeed is 

 counted as nothing, though His very aspect 

 alone fills so many myriads of blessed spi* 

 rits above with full and perpetual felicity.'* 



