mire him, with a pair of fhoulders peeping over his head. I must not omit my own particular adventure. My friend with the long vifage had no fooner taken upon him my fhort face, but he made fuch a grotefque figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myfelf, infomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was fo fenfible of the ridicule, that I found he was afhamed of what he had done: On the other fide, I found that I myself had no great reafon to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead I miffed the place, and clapped my finger upon my upper lip. Befides, as my nole was exceeding prominent, I gave it two or three unluckly knocks as I was playing my hand about my face, and aiming at fome other part of it. I faw two other gentlemen by me, who were in the fame ridiculous circumftances. Thefe had made a foolish fwop between a couple of thick bandy legs, and two long trapsticks that had no calfs to them. One of thefe looked like a man walking upon ftilts, and was fo lifted up into the air above his ordinary height, that his head turned round with it; while the other made fuch aukward circles, as he attempted to walk, that he fcarce knew knew how to move forward upon his new fupporters obferving him to be a pleasant kind of fellow, I ftuck my cane in the ground, and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine, that he did not march up to it on a line that I drew for him, in a quarter of an hour. The heap was at laft diftributed among the two fexes, who made a most piteous fight, as they wandered up and down under the preffure of their feveral burthens. The whole plain was filled with murmurs and complaints and groans and lamentations. Jupiter at length, taking compaffion on the poor mortals, ordered them a fecond time to lay down their loads, with a design to give every one his own again. They discharged themselves with a great deal of pleasure, after which, the Phantom, who had led them into fuch grofs delufions, was commanded to disappear. There was fent in her ftead a goddefs of a quite different figure: her motions were fteady and compofed, and her aspect serious but chearful. She every now and then caft her eyes towards heaven, and fixed them upon Jupiter: Her name was PATIENCE. She had no fooner placed herfelf by the mount of forrows, but, what I thought very remarkable, the whole heap funk to fuch a N degree, degree, that it did not appear a third part fo big as it was before. She afterwards returned every man his own proper calamity, and teaching him how to bear it in the most commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot. Besides the several pieces of morality to be drawn out of this vifion, I learnt from it, never to repine at my own misfortunes, or to envy the happiness of another, fince it is impoffible for any man to form a right judgment of his neighbour's fufferings; for which reafon alfo I have determined never to think too lightly of another's complaints, but to regard the forrows of my fellowcreatures with sentiments of humanity and compaffion. HYMN XIV. CHRIST's Death, Victory, and Dominion. By Dr.Watts. I To Canterbury Tune. Sing my Saviour's wondrous death; 'Tis finifb'd, faid his dying breath, 2 'Tis 2 'Tis finifh'd, our Emanuel cries, 3 His cross a fure foundation laid When thro' the regions of the dead Sits our victorious Lord; To heaven and hell his hands divide 5 The faints from his propitious eye, HYMN XV. A Song of Praise for Eafter Day in the Morning. To the 81ft Pfalm Tune. A Wake my foul, rife from this bed Quickly arife, lift up thy head, Lo now he comes, (and still for thee) See See thy Lord rifes fresh and bright, Which all from him receive their light, Each rifen faint his musick takes, Till at heav'ns gate they come, All the glad choirs came forth to fing, Glory and honour, pow'r and praife As at the first beginning was, HYMN |