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Instances of being too much in
haste to be righ [right] – to recover old
losses.

Have been too thoughtless
of God as over all.

And in general it w'd [would] be
hard to find a people more de-
-serving chastisement.

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Near the rod –.

Repent & reform.
Observe & conform to the
laws of Providence. Make
different structures.

Everything of brick &
no wood exposed –.
This is only comparative safety.
Calamities of all sorts are poss [possible] –
when we have done all we can.