Of their Indufiry, — — 2g 
either wafhed away the mellifluous juices, or prevented 
their gathering, or both, and fo occafioned the {aid 
loffes. Yet the Bees are in fafety, united with other 
ftocks. 7 
‘Thus conftant are they in their hone” labours, from 
morning till night; and when the day is gone, their 
work is not done: they labour in the night, in building. 
combs, (if they are new fwarms) or in filling the maga- 
zines with honey, or fealing the cells, miniftring more 
nutritive matter to the young brood, killing the drones, 
2 
In a word: fuch is their natural temper and difpofition, 
that rather than be idle and inactive, they will be doing 
mifchief, viz. plundering and robbing their neighbours. 
To conclude; if ants are commended for their prudent 
pains, providing their meat in Summer, and gathering 
their food in harvelt, though unferviceable to men; how 
much more worthy of praife are thefe inftruGtive, exem- 
plary infeéts, who herein fet us (both as men and Chrif- 
tians) a pattern fit for our imitation? Go then to the ant, 
(or rather to the Bee,) thou fluggard, and learn wif: 
dom 
My drowfy pow’rs, why fleep ye fo? 
Awake my fluggt/h foul / 
Nothing has half thy work to do, 
Yet nothing’s half fo dull. 
The little Ants for one poor grain 
Labour, and tug, and frives | 
Voi 
