Of fleeting Time here let us make Enquiry; 56 56 413 8 33 57 23 58 8 23 58 18 8 13 94 59 234 7 7 594 7 584 574 17 564 27 554 1 4 8 OBSERVATIONS. "Thy Hand unfeen fuftains the Poles 9 WE have already treated on the ftarry Heav'ns, 7 544 7 524 57 514 17 504 10 77 494 II 37 474 13 7 464 14 and furvey'd with Aftonishment the amazing Wonders in the Sky. A due Confideration upon these mighty Orbs rolling through Space almoft inconceivable, in Order wonderful, together with the innumerable Quantity, (which Eye hath 7 454 not feen, yet the Ear has heard of from the Tongue of the Learned, and Reason bids us conceive,) rol17 434 ling round other Suns, Millions of which may be 27 424 to us invifible; will undoubtedly strike every think37 404 20 ing Man with Reflections ferious, rational, and useful. 21 -47 394 15 17 18 When he expatiates upon this Subject; alas, (will he fay,) What a fmall Speck is this terreftrial Globe, when compared with the Univerfe;, and what an infignificant Figure muft a fingle Individual make among the whole Race of intelligent 57 374 23 67 36 14 24 #77 344 26 87 334 27 And naturally will he be led to cry out -97 314 29 B7 294 31 17 284 32\ with Laft Quarter the ed day, at z afternoon. MWI Remarkable D lon-D rises |♂ | ? | ? |Mut. Afpect DD Days, &c. gitude and fets IT Day br. 5 3013 om56 morn 4. F 5 S Agatha 19 0 54 1526 2 2 12 16 9 9 3 and Weather 325 27 Sharp and * ? ☀ 29 52826 4 26 27 1722 41 4 40 629 D 38726 B Quinquagef. 18 6415 7M Day inc. 1 43 19 2 8 6 21 7 226 8T Shrove Tuef. 20 5566 52 8 327 WAh-Wednes. 2121 OD fets 9 427 Days clear 10 Γ 22 6X10 6a 31 10 II FDay incr. 2 02321 12 Sferm ends 13B Quadragef 14M Valentine 24 612 9 5 27 bat fome628 what windy. 310 2520 48 10 3111729 26 58 1 morn 1310 261311 16 WEmber Week 28 2012 I 48 1412 2 41513 3 534 61614 4 11018 4 521615 5 20 B 2 S. in Lent 222 29 5 271716 6 21MC. faft 13 5 3 4315 531818 7 16 25 6 121819 8 Still milder, 528 16 6 26 1920 9foon changes. 610m 4 D rifes 202110 Fr. Ad. Fr. b. 721 53 7 a 8 21 22 12 About this 83438 7212313 time expect Tome high Time of itfelf, is nothing, but from Thought No Thought can think on Time, that ftands confeft, 341 OBSERVATIONS. with the Pfalmift, "Lord what is Man, that thou 36 art mindful of him, or the Son of Man, that thou "fo regardeft him." 333 37 How muft a Man view himfelf with Aftonifhment, when he confiders that fuch is his Situation in the Scale of Being, that he may truly fay to Guardians cœleftial, ye are my Brethren; and to the Worm, thou art my Sifter. The Soul infpired with Sentiments like thefe, when the Hour of its Departure is at hand, fprings with Extafy into the Regions of Immortality; where his Doubts fhall be cleared up, his Knowledge enlarged, and an Eternity spent in a sweet Survey of the infinite, Wonders of an Almighty Fiat; while the Child of Igno rance lies upon the Bed of Defpondency, waiting with Terror for the Day of his Diffolution. 'Tis this that paints the Bugbear in frightful Forms, and cafts a gloomy Shade before the beauteous Scene beyond the Grave. "Sweet Fields beyond the fwelling Flood, "While JORDAN roll'd between." Defcend we now from Heaven to Farth, and before we leave it, view the Wonders of Creation in this our Globe, The Volume of Nature lies open before us, and God ftands manifefted in every Page. But methinks I hear an Objection from thofe whom the Voice of Poverty calls forth early to their daily Labour, and fends Home late to their Evening Repofe. Studies like these will well become the Rich and the Great, where Providence has thrown the Laft Quarter the 4th day, at 5 morning. D MWI Remarkable DD Days, &c. OD lon- D rifes || 10T Twil.en. 7 40 20 14 6 D fets 11F Day inc. 482129 B 529 gentle breeze. 21 7 a I 172 12 S Gregory 2214V 29 8 32 S. in Lent 2329 201Q 3 241384811 31 13 14 M 15T 16 wi 17 Stars S. 347 25 27 48 morn 28 3 604 3 9 5 6 ha 310 6Clear and 411 8 frofty, appa 2611119 0 53 51210rently fair. 1311 57 1413 Cam.T.ends 17 T St. Patrick 27 24 23 2 3 23 Day 12 12 24T Maundy Thu 25 F Good F.La.d. 35 71515 24 917 18 Stormy, 6112024 5 039 D rifes. 12 21 26 26 S Day inc. 4 48 612 35 7 a 2512|22|28| 648 27 8 Fafter Day 724 39 8 391323 Unfettled. 28 MEailerMonday 8 6m51 9 29'T Ealter Tuesday 919 12 11 : Ovid, fweet Roman Bard, we next will hear, Then hear immortal Dryden thus translate. 38 40 42 44 46 48 6 125 6 105 50 16 6 16 16 16 85 52 06 OBSERVATIONS. the Cup of Confolation into the Lap of Plenty. But where preffing Neceffity and the Cries of a Family devote every Hour to painful Industry; from Perfons in this Clafs, no fuch Thing can be expected. I anfwer, were the Characters in the Volume of Nature as unintelligible as thofe in the Orientai Languages, the Objection would be juft; but here the Cafe is quite otherwife. No Need is here to wafte the Midnight Oil in fruitlefs Search to purchafe dear-bought Volumes, and fpend whole Days in perufing them. No, thefe Characters are plain to the meaneft Capacity; they lie open to us every Step we tread, and feem to fay, while the Cup of Intemperance lulls the Rich into Stupidity, rife thou to Knowledge, Wifdom fhall point the Way. And here I am tempted to prove, that a State even under Mediocrity, is no Bar to either Happinefs, or the Improvement of the mental Faculties. The great and learned Dr. ME AD, Speaking upon this Subject, remarks as follows: For my Part (fays he) after mature Confidera❝tion, I am long fince come to this Way of think"ing, That although Pleafure, Riches, Power, "and other Things of the like Sort, feem to be "dealt out to Mankind with too much Partiality, yet if we take in the whole Compafs of the "Matter, we shall find a greater Degree of Equa"lity of thofe Things which conftitute real Hap"pinefs, than is generally imagined. 46 People of low Condition, for the moft Part, "enjoy the common Advantages of Life, more "commodiously than thofe of the highest Rank. "Wholesome Food is acquired by moderate La"bour, which likewife mends the Appetite and Digeftion: |