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waves rolling in proud defiance between

waves rolling in proud defiance between
them.
In support of this argument we might
appeal to profane history, and produce
several examples among the ancient ma
tons where they were driven from the
bloody purpose Of war solely oy a s's"'
of the difficulties they had 70 encounter
On the sea. A view Of the obstacles that
met them here suppressed their AMBITION
at home, and thus, probably, a whole IA.
ton was saved from the sword. Ana
EXAMPLES are not wanting in which, even
after thew had invaded a foreign power
thew were prevented from deing them
much injury by this very cause and co"
PEELED at length ts make a GOOD retreat
home. For example, witness Aerxes IN
yasion int Greece-the defeat he suiier-
ed in that expedition, his hasty light
home, and his bridges Of boats, originally
built across the Hellespont for the trans
por,atioo Of his numerous army, now
broken and shattered by storms,
For the punishment of its Inhabitants
the world is not permitted long to enjoy
the blessings of peace. War is the
scourge which Divine Providence chas-
tises nations with. And their tranquilli.
ty too often, alas like the treacherous
calm, only portends thicker tempest
gathering in the heavens; when nation
again shall rise up against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom, and the earth
becsme The theatre Of war and scene Of
fierce contentious. But We ask. who
cannot see in seas and in oceans bar
rier raised up BY the hand of Divine Pro-
whence in Infinite wisdom for their pre-
servation? A barrier Of God to fence
in less powerful nations from the ambi-
tion Of more potent kings.
Nor in this place can we forget The
Red Sea- sea so memorable in sacred
history, where God overthrow Egypt
with great everthrnw, and redeemed
his Israel with stretched out ARM
Well might Israel slug on the banks OF
the Red sea, while their enemies were
persisted before them, 1" Who is like un-
to thee, o Lord, among the Gods Who
is like thee glorious in holiness, fearful
in praises, doing wondeTsf" Well might
Israel rejoice there with great rejoicing,
and say, 81 will sing unto the Lord, for
he hath triumphcd gloriously: the horse
and his rider hath he thrown into the
sear
Hence, that God may be plainly seen
in this order of his providence. we think
needs no other demonstration. Revela,
ton, as we'll as all nature, ascribes him
sovereignty over the seas" The sea is
his, and he made it; and his hands pre-
pared the dry land And we believe
in the inspired language of sacred writ.
that he shut up the sea with doors,
when it broke forth, as If it Rad issued
ont of the womb. And he set bars and
doors for 4. and said, Hthcr shalt thou
come, but no further; and here shall thy
proud waves be staid ,"
Now, what il we denied the sovereign
Of universal nature? Suppose for mo
ment-but we shudder at the Thought
NC turn atheists: then the difficulty
would be as great in believing in the e.
ternity of matter as IN the eternity Of
spirit, and still greater in accounting for
all this order in nature without any in
telligence residing somcwhere-say, in
some eternal mind. Il.
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