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ed by finer names) and made him own and reſpect the baſe, becauſe of the ſame Religious fraternity. And is not this, ſaid he, a ſhame?
Chr. And what did you ſay to him?
Faith. Say! I could not tell what to ſay at the firſt. Yea, he put me ſo to it, that my blood came up in my face, even this Shame fetch't it up, and had almoſt beat me quite off. But at laſt I began to conſider, That that which is highly eſteemed among Men, is had in abomination with God. And I thought again, This Shame tells me what men are, but it tells me nothing what God, or the word of God is. And I thought moreover, That at the day of doom we ſhall not be doomed to death or life, according to the hectoring ſpirits of the world; but according to the Wiſdom and Law of the Higheſt Therefore thought I, what God fays, is beſt, is beſt, though all the Men in the world are againſt it. Seeing then, that God prefers his Religion, feeing God prefers a tender Conſcience, feeing they that make themſelves Fools for the Kingdom of Heaven, are wiſeft; and that the
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