10. 06=—-s The Aiifiory of Burs. 
drefs feveral Days, pining and perifhing toge- 
ther. . Such Inftances are numerous, and 
full Proofs of their Love and Loyalty. 
When their Sovereign is loft, nothing is 
feen among them but “Tunnilt and Confu- 
fion ; nothing heard but Mourning and La- 
. mentation ; whereon they either totally aban- 
-donthe Hive, yield to Robbers, or leave 
the Treafure to the Owners. But in Cafe 
the fame is again found, how delightful is 
it to obferve, with what Tranfports of Joy, 
and triumphant Melody, fhe is embraced 
and welcomed; and the whole ER is 
re-eftablifhed in perfect Tranquillity ! 
And are thefe little Creatures thus loving? , 
May they not be our Inftructors? Cannot 
Death itfelf divide and feparate them from 
their fo much admired and moft beloved 
Sovereign ? Why fhould Death, in it’s moft 
dreadful Form, ever feparate the Chriftian 
from his adored and moft beloved Lord and 
Saviour? Should it not fhame Chriftians to be 
outdone and condemned by Creatures, which © 
have neither Reafon nor Confcience to con- 
duc their Actions. 
Again: Has Nature taught them to hate 
and abhor Riots, Tumults, Treafons, and 
Rebellions ? Come here, oh! all you Chri- 
{tians, and in this Mirrour behold your Duty 
to your,common Lord and alone Sovereign. 
Hence learn to-love, honour, and ferve 
Him; to hate and oppofe all that oppofes 
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