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World was drowned, and he was confined with Noah in the Ark, was ſent forth by him to ſee whether the Waters were abated. And he ſent forth a Dove from him to ſee if the Waters were abated from of the Face of the Ground. And the Dove came in to him in the Evening, and lo, in her Mouth was an Olive Leaf plucked off : So Noah knew that the Waters were abated from off the Earth. Gen. viii. 8. 11. As theſe, and other Animals, are ſo ſenſible and kind to us, we ought to be tender and good to them, and not beat them about, and kill them, and take away their young ones, as many wicked Boys do. Does not the Horſe and the Aſs carry you and your burthens; don't the Ox plough your Ground, the Cow give you Milk, the Sheep cloath your Back,

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