Ba. I have indeed heard dreadful Thunders, but I never yet felt the Blow of the Thunderbolt.
Au. How so?
Ba. Because I have never the worse Stomach, nor my Sleep the less sound.
Au. But a Distemper is commonly so much the more dangerous, the less it is felt. But these brute Thunderbolts as you call 'em, strike the Mountains and the Seas.
Ba. They do strike 'em indeed, but with Strokes that have no effect upon 'em. There is a Sort of Lightning that proceeds from a Glass or a Vessel of Brass.
Au. Why, and that affrights too.
Ba. It may be so, but then none but Children are frighted at it. None but God has Thunderbolts that strike the Soul.
Au. But suppose God is in his Vicar.
Ba. I wish he were.
Au. A great many Folks admire, that you are not become blacker than a Coal before now.