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commissioned to reprove. Whilst thou wast attempting to become wise above that which is revealed thy folly has perverted the instructions which were vouchsafed to thee. Art thou disabled as a fox? Hast thou not rather the powers of the eagle? Arise, let the eagle be the object of thy emulation. To pain and sickness be thou again the messenger of ease and health. Virtue is not rest but action. If thou dost good to man, as an evidence of thy love to God, thy virtue will be exalted from mortal to divine; and that happiness, which is the pledge of Paradise, will be thy reward upon earth."
"At these words, I was not less astonished than if a mountain had been overturned at my feet. I humbled myself in the dust; I returned to the city; I dug up my treasure; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring health to the body, gave me frequent opportunities of curing the diseses of the soul. I put on the secret vestments; I grew eminent beyond my merit; and it was the pleasure of the King that I should stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended; I boast of no knowledge
