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 diverting, and in all her converſations engaging, that ſhe proved a very great considerance to him in his journey; for tho' has not in his power to find any thing, in way, that would divert or influence her and yet ſhe frequently found out ſome thing, in her own pail, which did divert. He'd inſenſibly draw away his heart, by which he was many times entangled, and as with thick clay.

Another thing I obſerved that after he had begun his journey the King of Iſrael, (whoſe ſubject he was) ſent then ſome young lambs to feed with a ſtrict charge to each them diligently in the way, and bring them up in his nurture an admonition. But he performance of this command was ren- ered impracticable; for, as be inſtructed them to go right, the induced them to wander; as he endeavoured to gather them, ſhe ſcattered them; and as he fed them with wholeſome food ſhe would ſurfair them with poiſonous herbs: ſo, which way the King diſpoſed of them afterwards, I never knew, but they never proſpered under his care. Thus, her company never yielded him the leaſt benefit or aſſiſtance through his whole journey, but was an alloy to all his joys, and an aggravation to all his ſorrows. And it frequently cauſed him very much regret of mind, to think of his own