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 for the intruction of man, the even wonders of the world, the even planets that rule the even days of the week; the ix puts me in mind of the ix petitions contained in the Lord’s Prayer, the ix days of the week that I have to work for my bread, and that I am appointed to keep the eventh holy; the five puts me in mind of the five enses given by God to man, viz. hearing, eeing, feeling, tating and melling; the four puts me in mind of the four theological virtues, the four Evangelits, the four lat things, Death. Judgement, Heaven and Hell, and the four eaons into which God hath divided and diposed the year, for the ue of man, viz. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter: the three puts me in mind of the Trinity, in which are three ditinct Perons co-equal and co-eternal, it alo puts me in mind of the three days that Jonas was in the whale's belly, and the three hours our Saviour hung upon the cros, the three days that he lay interr'd in the bowels of the earth; the two puts me in mind of the two Tetaments, the Old and New, containing the Law and Gopel, the two contrary principles struggling in man, viz Virtue and Vice; then my Lord, when I look upon the ace, it puts me in mind, I’ve only one God to adore and erve, one faith to believe, one truth to practie, one baptim to cleane me from original in, and only one mater to erve and obey.

N. Very well, Jack, I can’t ay but you convert your cards to a very good ue, but now I per-