. Fables of Aesop and others. rmented with his venemous sting. THE APPLICATION. Many people, like the clown in the fable, are apt to invokethe Almighty upon every little trifling accident that befallfithem. Not m a habitual unmeaning exclamation, such as 2 f2 342 iESOPS FABLES. children and childish folks use, but in a serious deliberatemeditation, conceived in a fit of rapture, and delivered from thecloset or cabinet, in the usual season of devotion. How manythings are prayed for with mu«;h earnestn^s, which if we wereto inquire into them, are mere vanities, and such as we oughtto be ashamed
. Fables of Aesop and others. rmented with his venemous sting. THE APPLICATION. Many people, like the clown in the fable, are apt to invokethe Almighty upon every little trifling accident that befallfithem. Not m a habitual unmeaning exclamation, such as 2 f2 342 iESOPS FABLES. children and childish folks use, but in a serious deliberatemeditation, conceived in a fit of rapture, and delivered from thecloset or cabinet, in the usual season of devotion. How manythings are prayed for with mu«;h earnestn^s, which if we wereto inquire into them, are mere vanities, and such as we oughtto be ashamed of havingi not that the Supreme Being, who isall-knowing, and present every where, can be supposed to beignorant of every little thought of our souls; or unable to coin-ply with the simplicity of our wishes; but it is contrary to hi£exalted nature to condescend to our paltry selfish schemes, orto grant any of those petitions, which we ourselves, if we con-sider, should be ashamed to put up. FAB. CXCI. The Deer and the A Deer being hard pursued by the hounds, founda cave, into which he rushed for security. But hewas no sooner got in, than he saw himself in thepower of a lion, who lay couched at the farthest endof the cave, and sprung upon him in an instant. Being at the point of death, he complained thus: un«happy creature that I am! I entered this cave to ee- iESOPS FABLES. 34S cape tlie pursuit of men and dogs, and am fallen intothe jaws of the most cruel and rapacious of all wildbeasts. THE APPLICATION. Some are so unfortunate, as to be ever running into troubleand difficulties; their ill-luck seems to ride them through aseries of misfortunes; and in the mean time, like stumblinghorses, the more they are spurred, the oflener they flounce alongin the dirt, and the more trips they make. But, as much ofthis may be attributed to fear and hurry, which, whenever theytake place, indispose and hinder us from acquitting ourselvesas we should do; it is therefore highly necess
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