Many People apprehend Danger Where there’s None, and fancy themselves
to be Out of Danger where there’s most of All. As the Fellow gave God
Thanks at Sea when the Ship struck upon a Sand, for bringing him into
Shallow Water again, where he could feel the Bottom. This is to mind
us, That there is No State of Life so Secure, as not to lie Open to a
Thousand Difficulties and Dangers; and that it is not possible for the
Wit of Man to Provide against All Contingencies. There’s No Fence against
Inundations, Earth-quakes, Hurricans, Pestilential Vapours and the like;
and therefore it is Our Part, and Duty, to Hope, and Endeavour the Best,
and at the Same Time to provide for the Worst that can Befal Us. That
which cannot be Helpt, must be Born.