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Thou mayest do in this even as it is in thy heart. If it is in thy
heart to fly, fly; if it be in thy heart to stand, stand. Anything
but a denial of the truth. He that flies, has warrant to do so; he
that stands, has warrant to do so. Yea, the same man may both fly
and stand, as the call and working of God with his heart may be.
Moses fled, Moses stood; Jeremiah fled, Jeremiah stood; Christ
withdrew himself, Christ stood; Paul fled, Paul stood.
But in flying, fly not from religion; fly not, for the sake of a
trade; fly not, that thou mayest have care for the flesh: this is
wicked, and will yield neither peace nor profit to thy soul, neither
now, nor at death, nor at the day of judgment.
The hotter the rage and fury of men are against righteous ways, the
more those that love righteousness grow therein. For they are
concerned for it, not to hide it, but to make it spangle; not to
extinguish it, but to greaten it, and to show the excellency of it
in all its features and in all its comely proportion. Now such an
one will make straight steps for his feet, lest that which is lame
be turned out of the way. Heb. 12: 13.
Now he shows to all men what faith is, by charity, by self-denial,
by meekness, by gentleness, by long-suffering, by patience, by love
to enemies, and by doing good to them that hate us.
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