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( 23 )  And Abraham anſwered and ſaid,, he would not worſhip thee, neither  he call upon thy name; therefore have  driven him out from before my face into  wilderneſs. And God ſaid, Have I borne him theſe hundred and ninety and eight, and nouriſhed him, and clothed him,  his rebellion againſt me;  couldſt not thou, who art thyſelf a , bear with him one night?

An Apologue.

URING the violence of a ſtorm, a traveller implored relief from Jupiter, and intreated him to aſſuage the tempeſt. But Jupiter lent a deaf ear to his intreaty. Struggling with the unabating fury of the whirlwind, tired, and far from ſhelter, he grew peeviſh and diſcontented. "Is it thus (he ſaid) the gods, to whom our ſacrifices are offered daily, heedleſs of our welfare, & amuſed with our ſufferings, make an oſtentatious parade of their omnipotence?" At length, approaching the verge of a foreſt, "here (he cried) I ſhall find that ſuccour