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191: O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway … |
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O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway
of the Covenant! Anguish and torment, when suffered
on the pathway of the Lord, Him of manifest signs, is only
favour and grace; affliction is but mercy, and grief a gift
from God. Poison is sugar on the tongue, and wrath is
kindness, nourishing the soul.
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Then praise thou Him, the loving Provider, for having
ordained this dire affliction, which is but bounty unalloyed.
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If I, like Abraham, through flames must go, Or yet like John 1 a bloodstained road must run; If, Joseph-like, Thou’d cast me in a well, Or shut me up within a prison cell— Or make me e’en as poor as Mary’s Son— I will not go from Thee, But ever stand My soul and body bowed to Thy command. |
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John the Baptist
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