Occasional reflections upon several subiects, whereto is premis'd a discourse about such kind of thoughts

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Title: Occasional reflections upon several subiects, whereto is premis'd a discourse about such kind of thoughts
Author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. Wilson for Henry Herringman ...,; 1665.
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REFLECTION III.

Upon his being in great Danger wandring, on Mendip Hills, among cover'd Lead Mines that he knew not of.

HOw have I travell'd all this while upon the Brink of the Grave! I thought only to be out of my Way, but little dream'd to be so near the end of all my Journeys, in that of my Life; by Traversing to and fro amongst those deep and cover'd Pits, upon any one of which if my Horse had but chanc'd to stumble, (and the very Mine-men I at length met with, think it a kind of Mi∣racle he did not) I had been Kill'd and Bury'd at once, and my Fate had been for ever as much conceal'd from my Friends as my Body: And all this es∣cape a VVork so totally of God's Good∣ness, that I did not so much as know my Danger till I was past it; so that it seem'd, sent, but to give me occasion of rejoy∣cing in my Deliverance. How vast a Debt of Gratitude then do I owe to

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God? and how extremely do I fall short of acquitting my self of it? since, be∣sides, that I make him but very unsuita∣ble Returns for the Blessings I know I have receiv'd, I receive from him signal Bles∣sings, that I do not so much as know of, and which consequently I am very un∣like particularly to acknowledge. But this gracious Rescue, from so great and unexpected a Hazard, shall, I hope, teach me henceforth to beware, both of secu∣rity, since I often fall into Dangers that I know not, and of Distrusts of God's Providence, since I have found it so watchfull to deliver me from those that I fear'd not.