Wesley Corpus

the sun, the moon, fire and hail, storms and tempest, which alike fulfil his word, alike may claim our adoration. It is God himself, as we may fourthly col lect from what has been said, to whom our prayers and praises are due, to whom we ought to return our sincerest acknowledgments, whom we should implore with the deepest humility, that we may reap the fruits of his wisdom and goodness, from the constant ministry of his servants. To Him our petitions should be ad dressed, according to the wise direction our church has given us, " that as His holy angels do him service in heaven, so they may suc cour and defend us upon earth;" that their general commission to inspect human affairs may affect us in particular, and secure to us such a degree of present ease as best accords with bur future happiness. Happy is the man even now, as he can be upon earth, who is in such a case! who en joys such a protection ! happy in having the greatest possible security that he never shall be unhappy unprotected unblessed! that even the greatest temporal evil cannot befall