+  And  unless  people  have  recourse  to  their  first  principles  they  will  degenerate  ?


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the  Lord,  there  is  no  room  to  doubt  his  favor  and  his  blessing,  and  these
will  make  a  happy  life,  and  procure  a  happy  end  ;  and  all  is  well  that
ends  well,  is  the  old  proverb.  But  who  can  stand  when  God  sets  his  face
against  them  ?  Or  what  can  prosper  if  God  don't  smile  his  approbation.
The  wicked  may  prosper  for  a  while,  but  at  length  they  will  be  driven
away  as  the  chaff,  and  their  candle  put  out — whilst  the  righteous  shall  be
had  in  everlasting  remembrance.
CHAPTER   X.
A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  OF  "ECCENTRIC  COSMOPOLITE."

When  Cosmopolite  was  on  his  last  tour  through  *******?  orders  were
sent  from  the  "  Castle,"  somewhere,  by  somebody,  that  he  must  be  taken
into  custody  ;  which  body  returning,  replied  for  answer,  that  Cosmopolite
could  not  be  found* — this,  more  than  once  or  twice.  Moreover,  the  Thresh-
ers pursued  him  two  nights  and  one  day  for  a  noted  heretic ;  but  he  un-
wittingly escaped  from  them  likewise.  The  martial  law  was  now  pro-
claimed in  four  counties,  which  made  it  dangerous  travelling  without  a
pass  ;  but  Cosmopolite  was  providentially  kept  in  peace,  and  safely  deli-
vered from  the  whole — yet  not  by  foresight  in  any  human  wisdom — for
it  was  not  within  the  reach  of  human  ken.
