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 commiſſioned to reprove. Whilſt thou waſt to become wiſe above that  is revealed thy folly has perverted  inſtructions which were vouchſafed  thee. Art thou diſabled as a fox? thou not rather the powers of the ? Ariſe, let the eagle be the object thy emulation. To pain and ſickneſs thou again the meſſenger of eaſe and. Virtue is not reſt but action If doſt good to man as an evidence  love to God, thy virtue will be  from mortal to divine; and that, which is the pledge of , will be thy reward upon earth."

"At theſe words, I was not leſs than if a mountain  been  at my feet. I humbled myſelf in  duſt; I returned to the city; I dug  my treaſure: I was liberal, yet I  rich. My ſkill in reſtoring health  body, gave me frequent  of curing the diſeaſes of the ſoul.  put on the ſacred veſtments; I grew  beyond my merit; and it was  pleaſure of the King that I ſhould  before him. Now, therefore, be  offended; I boaſt of no knowledge