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In one of his works he defends his master against Revius and Lentulus . He also hunted , and he used often to kill a lion with his own hand , but once in a hunt he broke his collar-bone and a rib ; these hunts of his he always shared with his friends . Originally working towards removing any beauty from his works he eventually found himself adjusting passages in order to incorporate beauty and symmetry into his work . Those holy songs of his he has there left us , are nothing else but the expressions and breathings of devout and holy affections ; such as an humble and fervent love to God , admiration of his glorious perfections and wonderful works , earnest desires , thirstings , and pantings of soul after God , delight and joy in God , a sweet and melting gratitude to God , for his great goodness , a holy exultation and triumph of soul in the favor , sufficiency , and faithfulness of God , his love to , and delight in the saints , the excellent of the earth , his great delight in the word and ordinances of God , his grief for his own and others ' sins , and his fervent zeal for God , and against the enemies of God and his church . He is reluctantly resigning because his he has been assigned to Japan for three years . The author has felt this himself , as at the conclusion of his work he requests the reader to pardon him in consideration of the good intention which has guided his pen . In this letter of his he has manifested a keen power of penetration , which distinguishes him as an excellent judge of character .