The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

214 SERMONS.danger greater to you than to other people ? There^ay be accidents at lea, but fo may there be at land.You are to be in the way of your calling, and Godhath promifed, tliat " he will give his angels chargeover you, to keep you in all your ways." The ground,no doubt, is to be cleared ;—and the Indians, if youdo not provoke them, will do you no harm. Youwill eafdy difcern, that thefe undcr-agents of oppreff]onare either fuch as arc in arrears with the mailer,or he hath got them fome ether way in his clutches,or they expert fome favour from him. Whateverthey fay or promife, a6l a prudent and a fleady part..Be not afraid of vam terrors, nor depend on fallaciouspromifes. They fee now what they did not feebefore,, and they are greedy to devour the fruits ofyour labour. Their cafe and yours is tolerably welhreprefented in the fable of the crocodiles and dogs inEgypt :" The dogs, afraid of being fwallowed up bythe crocodiles, ufed to drink running :A crocodile inthe river efpying one of them in this timorous plight,,faid to him, Come lap at your leifure, be not afraid *,come nearer, to a better place. So I would, replied;the dog, if I did not know beforehand that you arefond of my flefh." You have pitied and bemoanedthe diflrefs of one another ; continue to be knit togetherin the bands of love -, encourage one anotherto refolution in purfuing the befl fchcme of being deliveredfrom mifery. Say with the Jew-s retutningtotheir country, *' Flee out of the midll of Babyion,and deliver every man his foul ; be not cut off in herthe reft,iniquity. We would have healed Babylon,, but iheis not healed : Forfake -her, and let us go every oneinto our own country. Remove out of the midft ofBabyion, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans."And you. that have fkill to lead and direft" be as the goats before the flocks." — " Goyeforth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with.a voice of fmging declare ye, tell this, utter it evea