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digals fquander them away : let them live the objects of your 
companion ; and when they die, proftrate yourfelf before hea- 
ven, in hopes they will receive mercy, tho* there is no founda- 
tion to hope for it, upon any promife made to thofe who vio- 
late the conditions of happinefs after death. If we rejed the 
merits of a crucified favior, or live unmindful of them, what 
can be expeded ? it cannot merit a reward, and the alternative 
is PUNISHMENT. 
We muft end life ; we mull account for the days and years 
of it : we have not a moment to lofe. Let us dired our 
thoughts and adions fo as to increafe our future hopes, let 
what will happen to our present enjoyments; and let us pray, 
<( Save us alike from foolijb pride , 
“ Or impious dif content 
“ At ought thy wifdom has deny d y 
“ Or ought thy goodnefs lent A 
Nor let us think that heaven does not fmile upon the virtuous, 
becaufe thefe do not all glitter in jewels. They have enjoy- 
ments infinitely fuperior : enjoyments for which gratitude and 
obedience are infinitely due. And what can we alk more ? 
c ‘ This day , be bread and peace my lot ; 
“ All elfe beneath the fun> 
u Thou know ft if best beftoruoed or not, 
“ And let thy will be doneT 
Reason, as well as religion, fuggefl to us, that *tis our duty to 
ftudy the real worth of things, with regard to both worlds, 
and to learn how to enjoy what is given us, be it little or much. 
“ What 
