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but thou hast as yet only done it in part; Thou art still every day busied in the search of food; thy mind is not wholly at rest neither is thy trust in Providence complete. What art thou taught by this vision? if thou hast seen an eagle commissioned by Heaven to feed a fox that is lame, shall not the hand of Heaven also supply thee with food, when that which prevents thee from procuring it to thyself, it is not necessity, but devotion? I was now so confident of a miraculous supply, that I neglected to walk out for my repast, which, after the first day, I expected with an impatience that left me little power of attending unto any other object: This impatience, however, I laboured to supress and persisted in my resolution: but my eyes at length began to fail me, and my knees smote each other; I threw myself backward, and hoped my weakness would soon increase to insensibility. But I was suddenly roused by the voice of an invisible being, who pronounced these words: 'Cofrou, I'm the angel who by the command of the Almighty, have registered the thoughts of thy heart, which I am now
