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For my part, I will there no chuser be
Of any, where GOD may not chuse with me;
And, I their free choice also would refuse
If (singly) Shire or Burrough me should chuse
Without a Lot. But little need I feare
My being put to such a trial here;
For, one unfitting to be call'd unto
That trust, most think me; and if not, I do:
For, whose end can I serve, that am well known
This Principle, and such as this to own?
Or, who can hope I will to them be just,
Who trust to none but him, whom they distrust?
Let them who of themselves have high esteem
Pursue that course which best to them shall seem,
Set up what Pow'r, and make what Laws they please,
I shall have comfort, though but little ease;
And if instead of right, I still have wrong,
My time of suffering, will not now be long.
Of any, where GOD may not chuse with me;
And, I their free choice also would refuse
If (singly) Shire or Burrough me should chuse
Without a Lot. But little need I feare
My being put to such a trial here;
For, one unfitting to be call'd unto
That trust, most think me; and if not, I do:
For, whose end can I serve, that am well known
This Principle, and such as this to own?
Or, who can hope I will to them be just,
Who trust to none but him, whom they distrust?
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Pursue that course which best to them shall seem,
Set up what Pow'r, and make what Laws they please,
I shall have comfort, though but little ease;
And if instead of right, I still have wrong,
My time of suffering, will not now be long.
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