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XXIV.

I cannot brook that men should say--

Nor this for gospel take--

That thou wilt hear me if I pray

Asking for Jesus' sake.

For

love to him is not to me, And cannot lift my fate;

The

love is not that is not free, Perfect, immediate.

Love is salvation: life without

No moment can endure.

Those sheep alone go in and out

Who know thy love is pure.

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