by the infectious milk with which they nourish it, and the bad leffons they give it, corrupt all the good inclinations which might reasonably be expected from its birth.

Endeavour

then, not to have the leaft dealings with it, left it communicate to you its bafenefs.

The ancients, by a certain mystery, have limited the graces to the number of three, to teach us, that if one received a favour from another, the third ought to repay it. Make this thought your law, and this leffon your indifpenfable duty. That is to fay, never neglect to return the favours which you have received, and even as much as poffible, prevent those of others by your own good: deeds.

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LESSON IV..

On Anger.

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ANGER is a vice which throws at man into the utmoft irregularity. banishes reafon from his mind; and no fooner does it take poffeffion of his heart, than it actuates him with fuch. violent and tempeftuous motions, that

anger has very juftly got the name of a short madness.

You need no more to convince you of this truth, but only to obferve the actions of a man inflamed with anger, and you will acknowledge, that. if his words did not difcover him to be a man, you would be ready to take himfor a wild beaft.

The only infallible remedy against anger, is, to put in practice the advice of a great perfonage of a late age, who exhorts us, to yield early to reafon, which. we fhall be obliged to do to time.

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To this wholefome advice, add that which fortitude will fuggeft to you. If you confult this heroic virtue, which is the fupport of all the reft, as prudence is their guide, you will find no great difficulty in fucceeding.

LESSON V.

On Charity.

CHARITY teaches us all the duties both of the spiritual and temporal life. The other virtues make us approach to God, but this makes us in fome measure resemble him, because it is one of his principal attributes, and an inexhaustible fountain of all the graces

He communicates to mankind; infomuch that every time we are charit-able, we imitate one of the moft or-dinary actions of God.

As we have therefore opportunity, we ought to do good to all men, especially unto thofe who are of the household of faith.

All men are our brethern in the Lord, and this alone ought to engage us to fupply them in their neceflity, and folace them in their misfortunes; and above all, as much as poffible, to proportion the readiness and importance of our affiftance, to the greatnefs of their neceffities.

It is in charity that all the Chriftian virtues terminate; and it is with re-commending this divine quality, that Efhall conclude thefe precepts.

IT having blown a heavy ftorm at I fea, the whole crew of a large veffel were in danger of fhipwreck.After the violence of the gale was abated, a paffenger, who had never been at fea before, faid to the pilot, whom he had obferved quite unconcerned in the greateft danger, Friend,. what death did your father die? What death! faid the pilot, why he was drowned, as was my grandfather before him. And are you not afraid of truft-ing yourself to an element that has proved fo fatal to your family; Afraid ! !

by no means; we must all die. Is not your father dead? Yes, but he died in bed. And are you not afraid of trufting yourself in' bed? No, because I am perfectly fecure there. It may be fo, replied the pilot, but if providence extends to all places, there is no more reafon for me to be afraid of going to fea, than for you to be afraid of going to bed.

The MORAL.

We are no where out of the reach of providence, either to protect or punifh us.

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Nindolent young man that would not rife early in the morning, being afked why he lay in his bed. fo