Let every brother of low degree
Rejoice in that he is advanced, but he
That's rich in being made low, for he shall pass
Away, as doth the flower of grass.
For as the grass, soon as the sun doth rise,
Is scorched by reason of the heat, and dies;
It's flower fades, and it retains no more
The beauteous comeliness it had before,
So fades the rich man, maugre all his store.
The man is blest that doth endure temptation
For when he's tried, the crown of God's salvation,
The which the Lord hath promised to give
To them that love him, that man shall receive.
John Bunyan
Rejoice in that he is advanced, but he
That's rich in being made low, for he shall pass
Away, as doth the flower of grass.
For as the grass, soon as the sun doth rise,
Is scorched by reason of the heat, and dies;
It's flower fades, and it retains no more
The beauteous comeliness it had before,
So fades the rich man, maugre all his store.
The man is blest that doth endure temptation
For when he's tried, the crown of God's salvation,
The which the Lord hath promised to give
To them that love him, that man shall receive.
John Bunyan
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