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Gen. v. 22.

Luke ix. 62. Highest in Heaven. Therefore I desire, if it will not weary you, to tell you the story of my Estate. It is a long Story, but not less useful, and will teach you how to walk with God and please Him, giving heed that you who wish to put your hands to the plough in no wise look back.

I am not new,[1] as many think, but old and full of

  1. "Non sum rudis," I am not raw or new, says the Writer, quoting Matt. ix. 16: "Nemo autem immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus": No man putteth a piece of new or raw cloth into an old garment.