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813.
[A pastor should consider long]
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an, &c.
—ii. 21.
A pastor should consider long
The task, and strength to fit,
Nor much require from converts young,
Or services too great:
By urging novices too fast
While yet their grace is small,
He stops and makes them worse at last,
He mars and ruins all.
The task, and strength to fit,
Nor much require from converts young,
Or services too great:
By urging novices too fast
While yet their grace is small,
He stops and makes them worse at last,
He mars and ruins all.
Satan himself will push them on
To' affect the high estate
Of men to perfect stature grown,
And preach, “they need not wait;”
Will dash their souls against the rock,
The babes by pride ensnare;
And when he can no longer mock,
Implunge them in despair.
To' affect the high estate
Of men to perfect stature grown,
And preach, “they need not wait;”
Will dash their souls against the rock,
The babes by pride ensnare;
And when he can no longer mock,
Implunge them in despair.
A guide and master-builder wise
The deep foundation lays,
That souls from humble love may rise
To reach the perfect grace:
Humility preserves, and takes
For saints the lowest seat,
Love only edifies and makes
The man of God complete.
The deep foundation lays,
That souls from humble love may rise
To reach the perfect grace:
Humility preserves, and takes
For saints the lowest seat,
Love only edifies and makes
The man of God complete.
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