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to
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Are not· {ten; ·
for
the.
things .
that,,. are
feen
arc
terrJporal,
br~t
the
things
thllt
ar.e notJeen
~hey_
are ·
.
eternal:
'And. thus
Ireaforted
·Wtth
my
felf;
if
I provide onty ·for a
Pr':ifon,
then>the
Whip -·
q
comes at
una-wares;and
fo doth
alfOthe
Pillo--
-~
ry~Again;ifl provi~e only-forthefe)tben~
I
am -~~
not
fit
for banifhment
;further.;·if.}
co;n_,lude .
that
baniflrment
is·
th~
worfr; then
if
Death
come;
I am 'furJjriZ:ed
~
fothat
l
fe~. the. ; bett ~~:
w~y
t:O;.
go,: tha.rPVf·
fu.ffe:rings" ~stottruft
in
Go~
·
thro.ugh,, Chfift.:,
"aS touching·:
the
Wctld
to .
ton1e ·; ·a.nd· as touching·
this .World
·.to:
count·;-<-.
'the Grieve
r11.y
Hou/r;,
tp
mlike·my
Bed-in
Dark-:
.
nefs,to{ay t-o
Corrupti'rh1,Thouart
my.father,t~nd,
•
to ;·the
Worm~
Thou art!
tfzY ·
Jtfother ·-and
Sifte.t.f!
!
'"I'hat is ·to·tamiliarize.. thefe
things
·to.
moo~ .:·
·
328.
-' But.
no.twithfra1td'in:g·~
._ thefe ·
hel'ps
;,~
-~
' · l'found my
felf
a ·M1n gnd .
co1npa!Ted ·
·with .
1
lnfirmides. ; the
parting
with
n1y ...
Wife
and~ ~
Poor
Children
bath
often-
beento-me
in .this;
~
pl~ce,as
the
puUing.the.flefll
from
rnv-·
Bones;..·
and that
~t
only·be:caufe
t
an1
fomeW
hat
'too;~·
too fond
of .thefe
.· great Mercies ·, ·, but·
alfo·:
becaufe I fhould hav·e: .often brought to
rny.:.,
, m-ind
the
tnany
.hardfhips:,miferies ·and
wants ~.
· that
my
poor ·Family
was
like to mec
t·
~itb,_·
,
·Ibould.I be
taken:.fro·m
them,
cfpecially rny
podr. ..
·bl;na Child,
who
lay
nearer -n1y'heart then all'
· I had
befides;
0
t_he
th~ught~of : the ·
hardfuip
·I thought .
my ·
bhnd one
f!lrgh:c
go__
;unde r:J .
·w-ould
bre~·k
my-heart
to pteces,., ,..
·
·
~19. ~~o~ C~ild! !h~ugl~~
I,
rib.~.tforrow,·
ar~