OfMr. Henry Scougai 447 " what trouble for the poor pilot? He " mui1 run on all fides to reach out his " hand to thofe that fall. -He mu H: ex– "·' haufl: his lungs, in trying to eaU thofe · · " that flee away. He mufl: even frequent- .., " ly throw himfelf into the fea, to recover " thofe whom the waves fvvallow t1p. If . ·" he watch not, the fall of the prfl will be "' imptited to him. If he be filcnt, he -~" will :.u:.f~v~i-f-Or. the fligbt_oJ the fetQ.l!_d._ ''·' If he fear labour and travail, l1e v/i'll be .. ·" accufed ofthe other's dcfpair. If, in a " word, he want vigilance~ Jhength, and " courage, .he · w-ill be guilty of -as many "' bloodfheds as he lets fouls perHh.'' This is a faint image of our condition. How n1ay thcfe thoughts · fill us \v'ith aflonifu.. mcnt and fear? What_ a rifk do we run while we are engaged in fuch a dan.gerous .:employment? What piety and -prudenc-e, .· · vigil~nce, and courage, does it call for~ How Hrapg~ly does our floth and ne– gligence infect one another, and lull us · 'hi to carelelfnefs, till the waves fwallow us up? What need.. have we of fome to call ·upon us, to mind us of our .danger, to n1ake us afhamed of our fioth, and to fti r us u p by their example? And wbat a .bldiing was ou r friend ,to us jn :this refP p 2 · .pcft?
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