BENEFIT OF 
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up my thankfgiving, for the immenfe benefits’,* 
that have been heaped upon me thro’ thy gra- 
cious protedbion, and providence. Thou from 
my youth upwards haft fo led me by the hand, 
haft fo diredted my footfteps, that i have grown 
up in the fimplicity, and innocence of life, 
and in the moft ardent purfuit after know- 
ledge. I give thee thanks for that thou haft 
ever preferved me in all my journies thro 5 my 
native and forreign countries, amidft fo many 
dangers, that furrounded me on every fide. 
That in the reft of my life, amidft the heaviefb 
burthens of poverty, and other inconveniences, 
thou waft always prefent to fupport me with thy 
almighty affiftance. Laftly that amidft fo many 
viciftitudes of fortune, to which I have been 
expofed, amongft all the goods, i fay, and evils, 
the joyfull and gloomy, the pleafing, and dif- 
agreeable circumftances of life, thou endow- 
edft me with an equal, conftant, manly, and 
fuperior fpirit on every occafion. 
To our moft auguft, and potent prince Fre- 
derick the firft, as becomes a dutiful!, and obe- 
dient fubjedl, i give moft humble thanks for 
his favorable kindnefs in bellowing upon me 
this honorable poll. May the almighty grant, 
that his majefty, and his moft ferene confort, 
thofe 
