1Z s Chriftiana thinks her Companion prays better than jhe. Mac. ii. 12. yo\ ^ u, if Hf et Chrift pleaf. td with hud and re tty, Prayer. €tje ©econo part of Chrift. Can you net tell how knock'd ? / am Jure your Knocks were / ' earneft, that the very Sound made Jlart; I thought I never heard fua knocking in all my Life, 1 thought yoi would come in by a violent Hand, or tak the Kingdom by Storm. Mercy. Alas, to be in niy Cafe, who that To was could but a done fo ? You faw that the Door wa fnut upon me, and that there was a mo ft cruel-^ thereabout. Who, I fay, that was fo faint^heartec as I, would not have knocked with all their Might i But pray, what faid my Lord unto my Rudenefs : Was he not angry with me ? •%, Chrift. When he heard your lumbring Noife, he gavi a wonderful innocent Smile, 1 believe when you did pleafed him well, for he jhew'd m Sign to the contrary. But I marvel in my Heart, why he keeps fuch a Dog; had known that before I Jhould not .have hat Heart enough to a ventur'd myfelf in thi. Manner, But now we are in, we are in, and 1 am glut with ad my Heart. Mer. I will ask, if you pleafe, next Time he come! down, why he keeps fuch a filthy Curr in his Yard I hope he will not take it amifs. Do fo, faid the Children, and ptrfuade The Children him to hang him, for we are afraid he will are afraid of bite us when we go hence. the Dog. So at laft we came down to them again, and Mercy fell to the Ground on her Face before him, and wor Shipped, and faid, Let my Cord accept the Sacrifice of Praife which I now offer unto him with the Calves of my Lips. So he faid unto her, Peace be to thee, ftand up. But (he continued upon her Face, and faid, Righteous art thou, C Lord, when / plead with thee, yet let me talk with Thee of thy Judgment t1 Where- fvre l. 9II IV W Jer. iri,2. Mercy expo- ftulates about the Dog, i