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I must not, said he,
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When he received the jailor's letter with the account of Brown's sad condition, Will Simpson and Tommy Williams began to compliment him on his own wisdom and prudence, by which he had escaped Brown's misfortunes. He only gravely said,
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Blessed be God that I am not in the same misery. It is _He_ who has made us to differ. But for _his_ grace I might have been in no better condition. Now Brown is brought low by the hand of God, it is my time to go to him.
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What, you! said Will,
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This is not a time to remember injuries, said Mr. Stock.
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How can I ask forgiveness of my own sins, if I withhold forgiveness from him?
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I can not forget, said he,
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How dost do, Jack? said he,
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Brown shook his head and said,
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Know you? ay, that I do. I am sure I have but one friend in the world who would come to see me in this woeful condition. O, James! what have I brought myself to? What will become of my poor soul? I dare not look back, for that is all sin; nor forward, for that is all misery and woe.
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I am ashamed to see you in this dirty place, says Brown.
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As to the place, Jack, replied the other,
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My unnatural father leaves me to perish, and my injured friend is more than a father to me. Stock told him that one proof he must give of his repentance, was, that he must forgive his father, whose provocation had been very great. He then said he would leave him for the present to take some rest, and desired him to lift up his heart to God for mercy.
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Dear James, replied Brown,
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Take care how you think so, said Stock.
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To believe that God can not forgive you would be still a greater sin than any you have yet committed against him.