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A PERIODICAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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A PERIODICAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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O Timothy keep that which is committed to thy trust. II Timothy 6:20

THE CONFESSION OF FAITH

ARTICLE X THAT JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE AND ETERNAL GOD

(continued)

In the last article I promised to write something about the Jehovah Witnesses, who emphatically deny the Godhead of Christ. It is a sect which is growing rapidly all over the world. If people had a little knowledge of the truth, they would never join them, as their doctrine is as far from the truth as north is from south.

Those now called Jehovah Winesses have had several other names in the past, but this present name was chosen in 1931 at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio, and was based upon Isaiah 43:10–12. Their first leader was an American businessman, Charles Taze Russell, who died in 1916. At the age of 23 he wrote “God’s Plan with Mankind”, which he said was made known to him directly by the Holy Spirit. It deals much with the millenium, stating that in 1874 Christ came on earth invisibly and spiritually, in 1914 the millenium began, and the public reign of Christ commenced in 1925.

They strongly oppose the church, which they call the great whore and an instrument in the hand of Satan to deceive the people. In their eyes ministers and priests, and especially the Pope, are people for whom there is no hope. They say that the world is under spiritual and political powers of Satan, and therefore they do not want to have any relationship with them. The sect has many followers, a fulfillment of God’s Word that in the last days many will be deceived and false prophets will come. Their bible is an accumulation of many versions, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, so their bible is not our Bible. The differences are great, as they give mere interpretations of men, mostly of Russell and their second leader, Rutherford. By their publication, “The Watchtower”, they spread their views all over the world, and by this means they studiously defend their truth, which is no more than a he.

This only briefly describes this dangerous sect, which is deceiving so many people in our days. As proof against them we can give also that contained in this tenth article of our confession, wherein there is spoken of Jesus Christ, the true and eternal God. They do acknowledge that the Lord Jesus lived on earth, but say that He did not have the Divine nature. These two natures of Christ are so very important, for otherwise there is no salvation possible. What does God’s Word say of it? In Timothy 3:16b we read, “God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received into glory.” How do they then dare to deny the Godhead of Christ!

How do the Jehovah Witnesses then explain the origin of Christ? They teach that before He assumed our human nature, He was the angel Michael or the Logos, which is the Word, and was the first created Being. As a consequence of this they believe that only the Father is God from eternity, and that he created His Son. They do acknowledge that the Lord Jesus existed before He became man, as we find in John 8, “Before Abraham was, I am.” They say that then He was the angel from Malachi 3:1, “Behold, I will send my messenger.” (messenger meaning an angel), but they forget that there is also written, “and the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple.” This speaks of the Angel of the Covenant, which is the Lord Jesus.

There are other texts which can be given as proofs against them. In John 1:1, we read”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (Not a God, as they say.). The Word is the Logos, which affirms the eternal existence of the Lord, “with God” affirms the distinct personality of Jesus, and “the Word was God” affirms His Deity. In John 10:30 Jesus said, “I and My Father are one.” Colossians 2:9 says, “In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Both Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23 speak of ‘Immanuel, God with us’. And I John 5:20b states clearly that Jesus Christ is true God and eternal life.

In order to deny the Godhead of Christ, the Jehovah Witnesses misuse several texts, such as Colossians 1:15–16, which speaks of the “firstborn of every creature”, and John 1:28 where Christ says, “My Father is greater than I.” He speaks here in His human nature, just as we also find written in Luke 2 that He increased in wisdom. We may never forsake the truth that the Lord Jesus is real righteous man but also very God, as there are so many texts in God’s Word which confirm this. In Isaiah 9:6 He is called “The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” In Matthew 28:17 the disciples worshipped Him, which is only allowed unto God. Proverbs 8:23 says, “I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.” Psalm 45 speaks of Christ, and in verse 6 we read, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”

Thus, on the basis of this unchangeable Word of God we reject the doctrine of the Jehovah Witnesses regarding the Divine nature of Christ. Whereas they say that He became Christ when He was baptized, we believe and confess that He is the promised Mediator from eternity, Who has come in the fulness of time.

They also deny the resurrection of the Mediator, saying that it was only a spiritual resurrection and that the body of the Lord was stolen by the disciples. How do they dare to say this! We know how Thomas could not believe until he could see and feel the prints of the nails, but what a wonder it became for him when the Lord appeared to him. Then it was, “My Lord and my God.”

The Godhead of Christ can be known by His Divine Names, attributes, works and honor. Because this is such an important subject, we hope to write more about this next time, D.V. The devil tries in many ways to keep us away from the truth, but we hope that the Lord will show in our life too, that He is God to the glory of His Name, but also to the salvation of our souls.

Norwich, Ontario

BIBLE QUIZ

Dear Boys and Girls,

In the April issue our quiz was about ‘questions’ found in the Bible, and this month we will have the same since there were so many. However, this time they will be taken from all parts of the Bible.

Maybe you too have many questions, and we hope you take them to those who can answer them in the right way. Wrong answers can be harmful if they lead us in wrong ways. How thankful the jailer at Philippi must have been that he was able to ask his question of Paul and Silas. What would have been the answer to that question if he had asked one of the other prisoners, or one of the magistrates, or some other friend? How important to be able to ask our questions of those who are truly concerned for our good.

The first letters of our answers will spell out that important question asked by the jailer.

The question asked the apostles on Pentecost was, “Men and brethren, what______ we do?”

Who said to his father, “Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

What was the name of the young woman who was asked by her mother and brother, “Wilt thou go with this man?”

When Moses came from the mount, he asked Aaron, “What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a ______upon them?”

When Adam and Even hid themselves among the trees, God called unto Adam and said, “______art thou?”

The sister of Moses asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the ______women?”

To Cain the Lord said, “Where is ______thy brother?”

The serpent asked Eve, “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every______of the garden?”

Who asked the angel that told them of a son to be born, “How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?”

Samson’s father and mother said unto him, “Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the______ Philistines?”

In the morning Eli said to Samuel, “What is the thing that the Lord hath______unto thee?”

In the vineyard of Naboth, Ahab said to Elijah, “Hast_______ found me, O mine enemy?”

When speaking before King Agrippa, Paul said, “Why should it be thought a thing ______with you, that God should raise the dead?”

Eh asked Hannah in the temple, “How long wilt thou be____________?”

Who said to Elijah, “Was it not told my lord how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave?”

In Psalm 50 God saith unto the wicked, “What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, or that thou shouldest______My covenant in thy mouth?”

When Jacob saw there was corn in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do ye look_____ upon another?”

Gideon said unto the angel of the Lord, “Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this ______us?”

Who said, “Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?”

At the mouth of the lion’s den, Darius asked Daniel, “Is thy God, Whom thou______ continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?”

To whom did Pharaoh say, “Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?”

Isaac asked Jacob, “Art thou my ______ son Esau?”

Jezebel asked her husband, “Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou ______ no bread?”

God said to Jonah, “______ thou well to be angry for the gourd?”

(Answers to the quiz should be sent to Garret J. Moerdyk, 5211 Woodmont Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.)

The answers to the quiz of last month are as follows:

“Thou Hast Ascended On High” Psalm 68:18

Thomas - John 20:26–28

Herbs -Luke 11:42

Ought -Luke 11:42

Uppermost -Luke 11:43

Hypocrites - Matthew 6:2

Ask - Matthew 7:7

Satan - Matthew 4:10

Teach - Matthew 28:18–19

Arimathaea - Matthew 27:57

Sight -Acts 1:9

Cast -Zechariah 11:12–13

Eyes - Luke 16:23

Nathaniel - John 1:46

Drink - Psalm 69:21

End - Matthew 28:20

Death -John 8:51

Olivet -Acts 1:9–12

Nevertheless - Luke 22:42

Honeycomb - Luke 24:36–42

Isaiah - Isaiah 53:9

Gazing -Acts 1:10–11

Herod -Luke 23:7

Answers to the quiz have again been received from the following—

Liz VanGiessen

Teresa Slingerland

Jeanette Slingerland

Rick Rosendall

John Rosendall

Kristi Jane Rosendall

Jeff Rosendall

Carrie J. Blok

Cindy Markus

Becky Markus

Lisa Kay Markus

Ken Timmer

Mary DeBat

Jennie Sue Easterhoff (2)

Adrian Heykoop

Helen Heykoop (2)

Cory Heykoop (2)

Paul VanGrouw

Joan Lugthart

Steve Boluyt

Kristi Boluyt

Joy Vroegindewey

Gail Vroegindewey

Kathy Vroegindewey

Ellen Vroegindewey

Don VanderBoon

John VanderBoon

Jannie Slingerland

Nellie Slingerland

Joanne Slingerland

Neil Slingerland

Tim VanStelle

Andy VanStelle

Dave Greendyk

Alida Greendyk

Paul Greendyk

Bill Greendyk

Alan Greendyk

Elaine Frens

Leonard Frens

Sharon Frens

Mary Frens

Nora VanDenTop

Paul Laman

Tim Nieuwenhuis

Kenny denDekker

Jacqueline denDekker

Patricia Hoogmoed Pamela Hoogmoed

Walter Hoogmoed

David VanBeek (2)

John VanBeek (2)

Robert Kamp

Rich Kamp

Jonathon Kamp

Bob VanRee (2)

Tim VanRee (2)

Ingrid Sommer

Janet Sommer

Irene Sommer

Eric Sommer

Melanie Van VanBrugge

Henry Kamp

Lynn E. Kamp

Dick Spaans

Rebecca Spaans

Julie Boon

Carla Boon

Jerry Boon

Mike VanBemden

Kathy VanBemden

Laura Talbot

Linda Talbot

Leah Talbot

Perry Hoogendoorn

Gene Hoogendoorn

Cindy Hoogendoorn

Helen Vanderwal

Peter Vanderwal

Edwin Rus

Virgil R. Rus

Harold Rus

Howard Rus

Mark VanZweden (3)

Roy VanZweden (2)

Mary VanZweden

Ralph VanZweden (2)

Janet VanZweden

Adriana Kievit

Daniel Bazen

Adrian Bush

Nicholas S. Bush

Bill VanWingerden

Ken VanWingerden

Steve Bazen

Peter Bazen

Jim Bazen

Linda Bazen

Julie DeBruine

Randy DeBruine

Judy denHoed

Gail denHoed

Gary John Sommer

Nancy Hoogmoed

Joanne Hoogmoed

Helen Hendricks

Mary Hendricks

Ruth Ann VanDalen

Jacob VanDalen

Jan VanDalen

Jonathan VanDalen

Ronald Bertram

Rita Neels

Lysbeth Kroesbergen

David Kaat

Constance Kooiman

Brenda Kooiman

Jane Kooiman

John VanBeek, Jr.

Martin Schouten

Anita Schouten

Esther VanRavenswaay

Norman VanRavenswaay

Margot Mast

Steven VanOostenbrugge

Karl VanOostenbrugge

Steve Bleeker

Mark Bleeker

Laurie Bleeker

Stan VanderWaal

Virginia VanderWaal

Donna Kuiper

Steven Kuiper

Bill Kamp

Marilyn Kamp

Debbie Kamp

John Spaans

Paul VanWingerden

Glenn VanWingerden

Brenda Zomer

Kevin Zomer

Vonda Zomer

Ray VanderKooi

Joel VanderKooi

Joylynn Mast

Jane Mast

Carl James Mast

Rick VanEss

Sue VanEss

John Stapel

Rhonda VanVoorst

Judy VanVoorst

Jay VanVoorst

Allan J. Baum, Jr.

Mariene Koudys

Shirley Karelse

David Kwekel

Tom Kwekel

Dan Kwekel

John Verhey

John Bosch

Gladys VanBochove

Rhonda VanBochove

Debra Witvoet

Harmen VanderMeulen

Sidney VanderMeulen

Joyce VanderMeulen

Maynard DeGraaf

Mark Heystek

Yvonne Herfst

Robert Herfst

Mariene Herfst

Wendy Veldjesgraaf

Donney Veldjesgraaf

Matthew Schelling

David VanDyke

Daniel VanDyke

John VanDyke

Carollee VanVeldhuizen

Teresa DenDekker

May DenDekker

Dick DenDekker

Hendrika Kroesbergen

Bill Kroesbergen

Helen VanBrugge

May VanBrugge

Nellie VanBrugge

Bob Boerkoel

John Boerkoel

Neal Boerkoel

Randy VanGiessen

Mary VanGiessen

John Boonzaayer

Steve Boonzaayer

John Groen

Lane Groen

Gerrit Bezooyen

John Bezooyen

Cathy Neels

Lisa Neels

Mark Meeuwse

Thomas Berkenbush

Laura Rosendall

Mary Lou Rosendall

Jim Rosendall

Joyce Koppelaar

Annette Koppelaar

Walter Koppelaar

Kevin Verbeke

Helen Hubers

Marcia Hubers

Harriet Hubers

Howard E. Hubers

Duane Hubers

Mariene Van Veldhuizen

Audrey VanVeldhuizen

Robert Southway

Christine Bylsma

Stan Bylsma

Arlen J. Klarenbeek

Darwyn Klarenbeek

David Klarenbeek

Herman VanderMeulen

Ann-Marlene VanderMeulen

Karl VanderMeukn

Teresa Procee

David Procee

Richard Procee

Lysbeth Procee

Albert Bouma

Ruth Bouma

Andrew Kieboom

Ella Kieboom (2)

Ken VanderHave

Franklin VanHoepen

Jackie VanHoepen

Marian VanHoepen

Jane Korevaar

Jane Kroesbergen

Ken Kroesbergen

Cathy Kroesbergen

John Kroesbergen


And now to reply to the letters which we have received —

JOHN GROEN - It was real nice to hear from you, John. Yes, we should be satisfied with those things we receive of the Lord. The children of Israel received bread from heaven every morning and were yet dissatisfied, and we are no different. If the Lord works it in our hearts, we can be very satisfied with a glass of water and a crust of bread.

CATHY NEELS - We are happy to have you join in answering the quiz, Cathy. Sunshine seems so nice every day, but we need both the sunshine and the rain. We have not had very much rain here this month. We look to the clouds for rain, but the Bible tells us of One Who prepareth rain for the earth. I am sure you know what that One is.

RONALD BERTRAM - Yes, Ronald, I know your aunt who lives in Kalamazoo quite well, and will tell her of the letter we received from you. When I was a boy, we lived only a few houses from where she lived with her husband and children.

ANITA SCHOUTEN - We are quite well, Anita. The weather this month has been quite warm, so that it seems more like summer than like spring. But it is a nice time of the year. Did you make your trip north during the holidays? When we speak of the north, we think of cooler weather, but with you it must be warmer there.

JOHN STAPEL - I see you found correctly where the Bible tells of the burning of books, John. From what the Bible tells us about them, we can be certain they were not good books. There are many books today which should also be burned, and if the Lord would change the hearts of those who possess them, I am sure they would burn them.

JOHN BOSCH - It is nice that you have good friends who go to your church, John. So often it is difficult to find the right kind of friends. We seem to be getting a good response to our quiz from New Zealand. How many families are there in your church?

DEBRA WITVOET - Are you planning a trip during the summer vacation, Debra? Do you live near your grandfather and grandmother? There won’t be very many school days left when you receive this issue. Are you getting a good report card?

JOYCE KOPPELAAR-We were glad to hear that you enjoyed your book, Joyce. It is always rather difficult to select books which the boys and girls don’t already have. Are you having final exams at school soon? They should give a good indication of what you have learned this year.

JOYLYNN MAST - Thank you for the letter, Joy. One nice thing about books is that you can keep them and read them over and over again. We hope your family are all well. When is your last day of school? Some are done sooner than others.

JACKIE VAN HOEPEN - Quite a few caught that mistake, Jackie. I gave the answer and then left space behind it. The word I wanted was “weepest”. It is strange how mistakes creep in, even though we try hard to keep them out.

STAN VANDER WAAL - You must be living in Canada now if your plans went through, Stan. It must seem different for you. Have you relatives nearby? I am sure you will make some new friends, especially when you start school in the fall, D.V.

JANE MAST - Yes, Jane, the power of God can be seen in the life of John Newton. That same power is also necessary in our lives, for we are sinful creatures like him. How is the garden doing this year? I suppose as usual the weeds grow the best.

JANET VAN ZWEDEN - It was nice to hear from you again, Janet. Do you have a large garden again this year? In the Bible we read of the garden which the Lord planted, but we find that man spoiled that garden with sin. What a wonderful garden that must have been in the beginning.

TIM and ANDY VAN STELLE - Your letter will be the last one this time. It seems like it has been quite some time since you visited in Kalamazoo, but I really can’t recall when it was. We haven’t been to Sheboygan for several years either. Hope to see you.

Many thanks, boys and girls, for your replies to the quiz. We hope that we may hear from all of you again next month, the Lord willing.

With love,

Your friend,

“Uncle Garret”

Don’t forget - the replies to the quiz should be sent to me at 5211 Woodmont Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.

PRAYER

What is prayer?

Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the Name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies. (Q. & A. 98 - Westminster Shorter Catechism.)

JOSEPH’S QUESTION

“How then can I do this great wickedness?” Joseph speaks as if it had been impossible for him to bring himself under the guilt of such atrocious ingratitude, injustice and impurity. It would have been impossible for him to commit a crime so black and complicated, without divesting himself of humanity as well as piety. He found an unconquerable reluctance in his heart to such baseness, and endeavoured to convey his own way of thinking into the heart of his tempter, by setting before her eyes in few words the complicated horrors of that iniquity to which she wished to seduce him. Adultery is not only a sin, but a great wickedness. It is perjury and impurity in their highest degree. It is, in any circumstances, a great wickedness, abhorred by heathens as well as Christians, and judged by many nations to deserve a painful and ignominious death.

When Joseph was tempted to this sin, he placed before his own eyes, and endeavoured to place before his tempter’s eyes, its extreme malignity. It is one great misery, that in a time of temptation, we lose the benefit of our knowledge, by a temporary forgetfulness that seizes upon our hearts, and renders us an easy prey to the devil. We are often surprised that men and women should make themselves, in one fatal moment, miserable for life, with their eyes open. But their eyes were not open at the time when they gave such a fatal stab to their fame and peace. The god of this world found means to shut their eyes till they had done his work, and then their eyes were opened to see the shame of their nakedness. Whenever you find yourselves dangerously tempted to any iniquity, beware of forgetting what reason, what experience, what the Scriptures tell you concerning it. Pray to God that you may be enabled to retain just apprehensions of its malignity in the hour of darkness. When your corrupt hearts would fix your eyes upon present pleasures, turn your thoughts to the vileness of the sin, to the intolerable misery which it brings, and to those mighty arguments which ought to steel us with unshaken resolutions to keep ourselves pure.

Turn your thoughts to God, the great Lawgiver, Who is able to save and to destroy. “How shall I do this great wickedness,” says the holy patriarch, “and sin against God?” If the excellencies of God, the relations in which we stand to Him, the account we must give to Him, the sure vengeance denounced by Him against the workers of iniquity, were always present to our minds, temptations to rebellion against Him would lose much of their strength. “I have kept Thy precepts, and Thy testimonies,” says David, “for all my ways are before Thee.”

“How shall I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” The offence against Potiphar would have been very inexcusable, but it was a small thing compared with the offence which would have been given to God. God is our Maker, and our Judge. He is infinitely glorious, and His laws are worthy of Himself. To sin against Him is to sin against our own souls, for He can kill both soul and body.

Under the Gospel we see in the light of the cross of Christ what it is to sin against God. He would not suffer the least sin to escape unpunished. For all sins that have been or shall be pardoned, full satisfaction was made by Christ. He endured all the horrors of the curse of God, that all rational creatures might know how evil and how bitter a thing it is to sin against the Most High. If, in the most ancient times, those who knew the Lord said, “How can we sin against God?” how much more will those, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth crucified, tremble at the thought of transgressing His commandments, unless they are under the bewitching influence of the devil!

Beware of sinning against men, because in doing so you sin against God. Our fellow-men are entitled to our regard, and we ought to render unto all their due; but let us ever remember that our chief regard is due to God, and that we ought to discharge our duty to men in the fear of God, and under deep impressions of His authority. The transgression of the wicked said in David’s heart, that the fear of God was not before his eyes. By the fear of the Lord, men depart form evil. If we felt upon our spirits past transgressions of His majesty and glory, what manner of persons would we be in all holy conversation and godliness! (George Lawson)

MY FATHER GIVES; HE DOES NOT SELL

A mother lay dying — her parched lips thirsted for something to refresh them. By her bedside stood her little daughter, about fourteen years old. Suddenly the thought struck her: “I have seen such beautiful grapes in the greenhouses of the King’s gardens; I’ll go and ask how much one bunch would be. Oh! if I could just get one bunch for mother!”

Away she slipped with all haste, and soon reached the place. The sentry on guard asked her errand. “I must see the king,” said the little maid. “Impossible!” replied the stern soldier. “But mother is dying,” she pleaded. “I can let no one pass these gates,” was the reply. The poor child’s heart sank, and she burst into tears.

Just at that moment the king’s son himself rode up, and touched with the child’s grief, inquired the cause. Turning to her, he said, “Well, and what do you want with the king?” “Please, sir, mother is dying, and I wanted to know what I could buy one bunch of grapes for? Mother’s so thirsty.” The tears flowed faster and faster. Bidding her to follow him, he led her to one of the vines, and cutting with his own hand a fine bunch of the rich fruit, he gave it to the astonished child, saying, “My father does not sell; he gives.” (Cheering Words)

This child had a very great need, but also knew that the king could help her with this need. We also have a very great need, not just a need for our body, but an even greater need, a need for a new heart. The Bible tells us that there is a King, the King of kings, the God of heaven and earth, Who can help us in this need. We cannot earn it or buy it from Him, but it is a gift which He gives. But we have given Him many reasons because of our sins that He should not give us such a gift. His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, has taken away those reasons for His people. May we learn to pray, to beg and to plead, that we may also receive such a gift.

JOSEPH MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN

When Joseph his brethren beheld,
Afflicted and trembling with fear,
His heart with compassion was filled,
From weeping he could not forbear.

A while his behaviour was rough,
To bring their past sin to their mind;
But when they were humbled enough,
He hasted to show himself kind.

How little they thought it was he,
Whom they had ill-treated and sold!
How great their confusion must be,
As soon as his name he had told!

“I am Joseph your brother,” he said,
“And still to my heart you are dear;
You sold me, and thought I was dead,
But God, for your sakes, sent me here.”

Though greatly distressed before,
When charged with purloining the cup,
They now were confounded much more,
Not one of them durst to look up.

“Can Joseph, whom we would have slain,
Forgive us the evil we did?
And will he our households maintain?
O this is a brother indeed!”

(Newton)

(May that Greater Joseph, the Lord Jesus Christ, make Himself known unto us.)

A BEGGAR

Encouraged by Thy word
Of promise to the poor,
Behold, a beggar, Lord,
Waits at Thy mercy’s door!
No hand, no heart, O Lord, but Thine
Can help or pity wants like mine.
Thy thoughts, Thou only wise,
Our thoughts and ways transcend,
Far as the arched skies
Above the earth extend;
Such pleas as mine men would not hear,
But God receives a beggar’s prayer.

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