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530 hands, kneeled down on my knees, and with many adeep sigh and salt tear, I did, with much deliberation, read over the tenth chapter of St Matthew's Gospel, praying that God would endue his tender and lately born little flock in Oxford with heavenly strength by his Holy Spirit; that quietly to their own salvation,, with all godly patience, they might bear Christ's heavy cross, which I now saw was presently to be laid on their young and weak backs, unable to bear so huge a burden without the great help of his Holy Spirit.

'This done, I laid aside my book safe, folded up