8:38
Shall I entertain thee against my sovereign Lord ? How then shall I look him in the face at his coming ? Should I now be ashamed of his ways and servants , how can I expect the blessing ? -LSB- Mark 8:38 -RSB- But , indeed , this Shame was a bold villain ; I could scarce shake him out of my company ; yea , he would be haunting of me , and continually whispering me in the ear , with some one or other of the infirmities that attend religion ; but at last I told him it was but in vain to attempt further in this business ; for those things that he disdained , in those did I see most glory ; and so at last I got past this importunate one . And when I had shaken him off , then I began to sing -- The trials that those men do meet withal , That are obedient to the heavenly call , Are manifold , and suited to the flesh , And come , and come , and come again afresh ; That now , or sometime else , we by them may Be taken , overcome , and cast away . Oh , let the pilgrims , let the pilgrims , then Be vigilant , and quit themselves like men . -LCB- 183 -RCB- CHR .