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passion as a man, Teemed to human eyes, to call forth his 
mercy as a god ; we muft not prefume to fay after the fame 
manner as the compassion of men aduates their reason, for of 
this we have fome comprehenfion ; but the union of his divine 
and human nature is incomprehenfible. 
With regard to ourfelves; which pleads mod for charity, 
our reason or our passions ? Reafon alone, at bed, performs 
but half the budnefs of our lives. The man who is devoid of 
compassion, muft be a cold fpedator of didrefs. “ He that 
<£ loveth not his brother whom he hath feen, how can he love 
“ god whom he hath not feen ?” Let us contemplate the bea- 
titudes annexed to charity : let reafon, paffion, intereft, the 
hopes of heaven, and the fear of hell ; the glory of our ma- 
ture, in the moft afpiring imitation of the divine perfection ; 
let every motive plead, to raife the highed fenfe of this duty, 
that it may at length exalt us to a glorious immortality. Fare- 
well. I am yours, &c. 
LETTER LV. 
To the fame . 
Madam, 
W E are told that one of the heroes of old, fearful he 
fhould forget that he was born to die, commanded his 
fervant, they fay it was an old woman, but no matter, to wake 
him at a certain hour and repeat thefe words, “ remember 
“ thou art a man.” Alas! what is the fuperiority of a 
king ? Is he not fubjed to hunger and third, (icknefs and pain ? 
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