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raiment might be reftored unto him. And 

 Brother Simon drove it thence with dif- 

 courfe of God. And this he did many 

 times ; and finally one night the faid temp- 

 tation affailed him fo fore, more than was 

 its wont, that being unable by any manner 

 of means to hold out againft it, he went 

 forth to Brother Simon, entreating that his 

 worldly raiment might be given him again, 

 for in no manner might he linger longer 

 there. Then Brother Simon, according as 

 was his wont, bade him fit befide him ; and 

 as he fpake of God, the young man did lay 

 his head in Brother Simon's lap, for pure 

 melancholy and grief Then Brother Simon, 

 for the great compaffion which he had, raifed 

 his eyes to Heaven and made a prayer, be- 

 feeching the Lord moft devoutly for him, 

 and was rapt and heard of God : hence re- 

 turning again to his fenfes, the young man 

 felt himfelf wholly freed from that tempta- 

 tion, as if he had ne'er felt aught of it : nay 

 more, the ardor of temptation being con- 

 verted into the ardor of the Holy Ghoft, 

 inafmuch as he was brought near to the 

 Living Coal, which is Brother Simon, he 

 became all inflamed with the love of God 

 and his fellow-man ; infomuch that, a male- 



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