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formed to adore. The Author of all good continually calls himſelf, a God long-ſuffering; and thoſe moſt reſemble him who practiſe forbearance. Love and compaſſion are the moſt delightful feelings of the ſoul, and to exert them to all that breathe is the wiſh of the benevolent heart. To ſtruggle with ingratitude and ſelfiſhneſs is grating beyond expreſſion: and the ſenſe we have of our weakneſs, though uſeful, is not pleaſant. Thus it is with us, when we look for happineſs, we meet with vexations: and if, now and then, we give way to tenderneſs, or any of the amiable paſſions, and taſte pleaſure, the mind, ſtrained beyond its
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