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Deſultory Thoughts.
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the purifying of their hearts. He who made us muſt know what will tend to our ultimate good; yet ſtill all this is grievous, and the heart will throb with anguiſh when deprived of what it loves, and the tongue can ſcarcely faulter out an acquieſcence to the Divine Will, when it is ſo contrary to our own. Due allowance ought then to be made for human infirmities, and the unhappy ſhould be conſidered as objects of compaſſion, rather than blame. But in a very different ſtile does conſolatory advice generally run; for inſtead of pouring oil or wine into the wound, it tends to convince the unfortunate perſons that they are weak as well as unhappy.
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