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A book for boys and girls

or, Country Rhimes for Children. By J. B. [John Bunyan]

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Comparison.

This Boy an Emblem is of a Convert;
His Watch of th'work of Grace within his heart.
The Watch-maker is Jesus Christ our Lord,
His Counsel, the Directions of his Word.
Then Convert, if thy heart be out of frame,
Of this Watch-maker learn to mend the same.
Do not lay ope'thy heart to Worldly Dust,
Nor let thy Graces over-grow with Rust.
Be oft renew'd in th'Spirit of thy mind,
Or else uncertain thou thy Watch wilt find.