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AN, conſidered in himſelf, is a very helpleſs and a very wretched Being. He is ſubject every moment to the greateſt Calamities and misfortunes. He is beſet with dangers on all ſides, and may become unhappy by numberleſs caſualties, which he could not forſee, nor have prevented, had he foreſeen them.

It is our comfort, while we are obnoxious to ſo many Accidents, that we are under the care of one who directs contingencies, and has in his hands the management of