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 with unheard of artifices and oppressions that may not be named, he should carry on a causeless War against a Patriot people, more fertile in horrors even than the American, The penetration of the great and good Dr. Jebb foresaw his Apostasy—and he is said to have been greatly agitated. "Elisha settled his countenance stedfastly on Hazael, and the Man of God wept. And Hazael said, Why weepeth my Lord? And he answered, because I know the evil that thou wilt do! strong holds wilt thou set on fire! and the young men wilt thou slay with the sword! and because of thee the Widow and the Orphan shall cry for bread. And Hazael said—But what, is thy Servant a dog, that he should do these things? Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me, that thou shalt be ruler over Syria."

If they, who mingled the cup of bitterness, drank its contents, we might look with a calm compassion on the wickedness of great Men. But alas! the storm which they raise, falls heaviest on the unprotected Innocent: and the Cottage of the poor Man is stripped of every Comfort, before the Oppressors, who send forth the mandate of Death, are amerced in one Luxury or one Vice. If a series