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The HAPPINESS, &c. 
{( What bleffings thy free bounty gives , 
“ Let me not caft away ; 
“ For god is paid when ma?i receives: 
t£ T enjoy is to obey.” 
And fince it is the turn of our minds, in the concerns of both 
worlds, which conftitutes our happinefs, or prevents our mi- 
fery, let us drive to acquire a right turn ; and above all to 
conlider religion as the prime object of all our purfuits ; not 
in theory or empty speculation, but as what ought to be the 
conftant objedt of our thoughts, and the conflant rule of our 
actions. Let us learn to look down upon the highest earthly 
fplendor with indifference, ever carrying this in our minds, 
that it is the idolatry of riches, not the use of them ; the 
lust of the eye after vain objedts, and the foolish pride of 
life ; not moderate delires, real comforts, and substantial 
joys, which create a deluhon in the mind, and conceal the 
truth from us, and confequently prevent our reducing it to 
pradtice. Farewell. I am yours, &c. 
LETTER LVI. 
To the fatne . 
Madam, 
O make proof of the effects of religion on the mind, let 
,1 us look round, and fee if we can 
“ Survey both worlds , intrepid and intire , 
lc In fpite of witches, devils , dreams , and fre 
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