LETTER XXI.
THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that, in the latter times, some
shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils.
Epistle to Timothy.
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ABEL KEENE.
Abel, a poor man, Teacher of a School of the lower Order; is placed in the Office of a Merchant; is alarmed by Discourses of the Clerks; unable to reply; becomes a Convert; dresses, drinks, and ridicules his former conduct - The Remonstrance of his Sister, a devout Maiden - Its Effect - The Merchant dies - Abel returns to Poverty unpitied; but
relieved - His abject Condition - His Melancholy - He wanders about; is found - His own Account of himself and the Revolutions in his Mind.