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Such Is The Effect Of The Grace Of God In The Heart Of A Pilgrim; While On One Hand He Sees The Propensity Of His Evil Nature To Every Sin Which Has Been Committed By Others, And Is Humbled; He Also Confesses, That, By No Power Of His Own, Is He Preserved, But Ever Gives The Glory To The God Of All Grace, By Whose Power Alone He Is Kept From Falling.

Thou Art Beaten That Thou Mayest Be Better.

What A Fool, Quoth He, Am I, Thus To Lie In A Stinking Dungeon, When I May As Well Walk At Liberty! I Have A Key In My Bosom, Called Promise, That Will, I Am Persuaded, Open Any Lock In Doubting Castle.

I Will Stay In Jail To The End Of My Days Before I Make A Butchery Of My Conscience.

Now While They Were Thus Drawing Towards The Gate, Behold, A Company Of The Heavenly Host Came To Meet Them; To Whom It Was Said By The Other Two Shining Ones, These Are The Men That Have Loved Our Lord When They Were In The World, And That Have Left All For His Holy Name; And He Hath Sent Us To Fetch Them, And We Have Brought Them Thus Far On Their Desired Journey, That They May Go In And Look Their Redeemer In The Face With Joy. Then The Heavenly Host Gave A Great Shout, Saying, 'blessed Are They That Are Called To The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.'