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be that day sung at Tetbury, where her husband was to deliver a sermon. "I certainly have seen you, Madam?" She rather hung down her head. "Oh, I remember, Sir; once near the coast of Sussex, you and a very handsome young lady were alone in the wood, the same that I saw with you last night, and who my husband told me since you are now married to." "And is the gentleman that I saw with you your husband?" "Oh, you know all about it, Sir, it is needless for me to disguise; but while the soul is filled with true faith, what can any acts of the body signify, let us not attend to the filthy rags of works; the more we strip ourselves of what heathens and unbelievers call morality and virtue, the more easily may we be covered by the splendid robes of imputed righteousness." "Do you, Madam, also assist in preaching?" "Very rarely; I have