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Deep-rooted Customs, though wrong, are not easily altered; but it is the Duty of every one to be firm in that which they certainly know is right for them.
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Have none of my Fellow Creatures an equitable Right to any Part which is called mine?
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Now to keep faithful to the pure Counsellor, and under trying Circumstances suffer Adversity for Righteousness Sake, in this there is a Reward.
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Running in this Road I found many like myself; and we associated in that which is the reverse of true Friendship.
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While I silently ponder on that Change wrought in me, I find no Language equal to it, nor any Means to convey to another a clear Idea of it.
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How mighty, as to the outward, is that Power by which they are borne down, and oppressed!
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In this the Endowments of Men are so employed, that the Friend and the Governor are united in one, and oppressive Customs come to an End.
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There was a Care on my Mind so to pass my Time, that nothing might hinder me from the most steady Attention to the Voice of the true Shepherd.