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 made harpy by a perſon who is an utterly ſtranger to thoſe things wherein my happineſs conſiſts? Or can I expect to find uſefulneſs in the way, from that which cannot be enjoyed or obtained without going out on the way? Beſides, what qualifications ſhe I endued with, or however valuable accompliſhments the is poſſeſſed of, it never will be her inclinzion to employ thoſe excellencies to aſſiſt others in a way the herſelf Hath now delight in

Q. But ſeeing her diſpoſition is ſo agreeable and complaiſant, her mind ſo well qualified with natural virtues and decorated with ſo many acquired ornaments, is there any reaſon to doubt, but that a perſon thus prepared will have a taſte for learning and embracing the beſt things, and may I not therefore expect to engage her mind to walk the bleſſed way

A. All the accompliſhments that a perſon can poſſibly receive from Babylon, can neve prepare, qualify, nor diſpoſe them for travelling to Canaan, nor will they, by any means induce or incline any perſon to receive the real knowledge or love of tha country for there is nothing in the natur of a Babylonian, without the infuſion of new principles, that is capable of reliſhing the things of Canaan, but the more excellent her accompliſhments are, the more