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 every thing that is capable of annoying or offending us; who knows the aſſiſtance we ſtand in need of, and is always ready to beſtow it on thoſe who ask it of him.

The natural homage, which ſuch a creature bears to ſo infinitely wiſe and good a Being, is a firm Reliance on him for the bleſſings, and conveniencies of life, and an habitual Truſt in him for deliverance out of all ſuch dangers and difficulties as may befal us.

The Man, who always lives in this diſpoſition of mind. has not the ſame dark and melancholy Views of human nature, as he who conſiders himſelf abſtractedly from this relation to the ſupreme Being. At the ſame time that he reflects upon his own weakneſs and Imperfection, he comforts himſelf with the contemplation of thoſe divine Attributes, which are employed for his ſafety and his welfare. He finds his want of foreſight made up by the Omniſcience of him who is his Support. He is not ſenſible of his own want of Strength, when he knows that his Helper is Almighty. In ſhort, the Perſon who has a firm Truſt on the Supreme Being is Powerful in his Power, Wiſe by his Wisdom, Happy by his Happineſs. He reaps the benefit of every Divine Attribute, and loſes his own Inſufficiency in the Fulneſs of infinite Perfection.

To make our lives more eaſy to us, we are commanded to put our Truſt in him, who is thus able to relieve and ſuccour us;