Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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True, there were fame of the barer fort, .thaf ceuld fee
no more than a'mole, nor underfrariq no more than a:
beafr; here had no reverence for thefe men, nor took
they notice of their valour and adventmes.
Well, the time arew on that the pilgrims muG go on
their way, wherefore they prepared for their journey.
They fent for their frienc;ls, they conferred with them;
they had fome time 'fet apart therein, to commit each
other to the prot~aion of their Prince. There were .
again, that brought 'them of fuch things as they had, that
were fit for the weak and the fhong, for the women and
the men,. and fa laded them with ~uch thini';s as were,
neceIrary, Acts xviii. 10.
Then they fet forvyards on their way; and their friends
accompanying them fo far as wa~ conveniltnt~ they again
committed eac~other to the proteCtion of their King,
and- departt;d.
They, therefore, that were of the pilgl'ims eoinpany;
went on, and' Mr. Great-heart went before them; now'
the women and children bein'g weakly, they were forced
to go as they could bear; by this means Mr. Re(/dy:to~
halt and Mr. Feeble-mind had more to fympathiz.e with
their condition. _
When they were gone from,the towiirmen, and when
their friends had bid them farewell, they quickly came
to the place where Faithful was put to death,; therefore
they made a frand, and thaitked him that had enabled
them to bear his crofs fo well; and the rather; becauf~
they now found,that they had a benefit by fuch a man'$
fuffering as his was.' .
They went on~ therefore, after this, a good way further,
talking of Chriflian and Faithful; and how Hopeful
jained himfdf to Chriflian, after that Fal1hjul was 113·
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dead.
Now, they were come up til the hill Lucre, -where the
filver-mine was, which took Demas off from his pil.
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