If it should seem " grievous for the present, we have this for our con- " solation, that as good men as you and I, have been " afflicted : The devil was permitted to afflict Job " worse than wicked Ministers, or Counsellors of " state can you and me ; and let us take pateru by " his stability, when liis friends came and clamoured " against him, as bad as our Farmer doth in this day, " against the best men we have among us ; and when " his wife advised him to curse God and die, what was " the effect? why nothing at all, for it was full conso- " lation for him to say, I know that vuj redeemer liv- " eth; and in another place, all the days of mij ap- " pointed time icill I wait, till my change come.

" This is an amiable example of stability, which, " may Americans imitate. May they join corre- " sponding actions to fervent prayei-s, that they may be " enabled to maintain their rights and liberties I That " the British arms may never be employed but in a " just cause, -- to i)rotect the weak and innocent from " wrong, and to be the terror of oppressors and evil " doers. That the illustrious house of Hanover may " continue to be the defenders of true religion and " virtue, the faithful guardians of our freedom and " i)roperty ! That our sovereign, George the third, " may discover every wicked design, that any of his " Ministers, or others, have conceived against him, or " any of his people! That he may be endowed with " wisdom ami virtue to oeconie a blessing to his peo- " pie, and a terror only to his enemies !