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98 poor that loveth Chriſt, is richer then the greateſt Man in the world that hates him; Shame depart, thou art an Enemy to my Salvation: ſhall I entertain thee againſt my Soveraign Lord? How then ſhall I look him in the face at his comimg? Should I now be aſhamed of his ways and Servants, how can I expect the bleſſing? But indeed this Shame was a bold Villain; I could Ocarce make him out of my company; yea, he would be haunting of me, and continually whiſpering me in the ear, with ſome one or other of the infirmities that attend Religion: but at laſt I told him, 'Twasbut in vain to attempt further in this buſineſs; for thoſe things that he diſdained, in thoſe did I ſee moſt glory: And ſo at laſt I got paſt this importunate one.

The tryals that thoſe men do meet withal

That are obedient to the Heavenly call,

Are manifold, and ſuited to the fleſh,

And come, and come, and come again afreſh;

That now, or ſomtime elſe, we by them may

Be taken, overcome, and caſt away, O