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Rh Dread of Misery, Gratitude to move more generous Minds, Interest to prevail with lower Spirits, all enforced from eternal, inﬁnite Considerations, are the inexhaustible Stores of a Christian Orator. And now, my Lord, with me the Wonder is, that our Divines do not exceed the greatest Orators of Greece and Rome, as far as our Topics of Argument and Persuasion are nobler, and inﬁnitely more forcible than theirs: To argue for Virtue by displaying her Beauties, and showing the Reasonableness and Convenience of the Practice, with no other Encouragement than the secret Satisfaction of having done Rh