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On the Misfortune
ground for reſting in hope until the toil of virtue is over, and faith has nothing to be exerciſed on.
It is the faſhion now for young men to be deiſts. And many a one has improper books ſent adrift in a ſea of doubts—of which there is no end. This is not a land of certainty; there is no confining the wandering reaſon, and but one clue to prevent its being loſt in endleſs reſearches. Reaſon is indeed the heaven-lighted lamp in man, and may ſafely be truſted when not entirely depended on; but when it pretends to diſcover what is beyond its ken, it certainly ſtretches
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