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[Full of paternal tenderness]

He...separated the disciples. —xix. 9.

Full of paternal tenderness,
The pastor good will not expose
His children unconfirm'd in grace
To crafty disputatious foes;
His faithful vigilance he approves
Divinely taught the flock to lead,
Beyond infection's reach removes
And parts the living from the dead.