Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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and robbers; for this qIan wiU die before ene of thofe
~~rnmitted to hi~ truft !hall be loft. Beudes, here they
fuall be fure t6 ~,!ve good nurture and admonition; and
!hall be tal,lght to walk in right paths, and. that you
know is a' favo.ur of no [mall aCl;ount. Al~o here,. as
you" fee, are delicate ~ater~, pleafant meadows, dainty:
flowers, variety of trees, and fuch· as, hear ~holefome
fruit: fruit not like that which lvla.tthe.w eat of, that fell
qver the wall out of Beelzekub's garden; but fruit, that
procureth health where there is none, arid.-that.conti...
~ ueth and increa[eth where- it is (11).
So .they were 'content to commit their little ones to
him; and that which was a1[0 an encouragement to them
fo to do, was., for th'\t aU tbis was to be;··a,t·ihe charge of
t.he King, and [0 was ail hofpital for young children
~nd orphans.
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" N QW. they w~nt on; and when they were cor.ne to
lJy-path meadow, to. the ftile over which .GhrijHan. wen~
with his fellow Hopeful, when they were taken by Giant
Ddpair, and put into DOl.lbting.,.Cajlle; tliey fat down;
and con[ulted whaJ was beft. to, be done; to wit,. itow
1hey were Co ftrong, and had got fuch a man .as ,·.Mr~
Great-heart fQr their conductor, whether. ·they had not
be~ to mdke an alienipt upon the Giant, dem()!i{h his
came, and., 'if there were ahy pilgrims. 'in, j~,: to fct them
at liberty; before they went any farther. So one faid
one thing, and another raid to the:contrary. One quef.,.
tipned, if it was lawful to go upon unc:onfecl'ated ground;'
:}.nother [aid, they might, ,pr0vided ~he,ir end w~s geod..
But Mr. Great-heart faid, Though that afiertion o.fFerea
laftc"annot be univerfaHy true, yet l have Z!' command':'
(~) Here we fr~quently pnd ur author fp~akiog of o.ur dear God ann Sayi"ur,
~s MAN. He excels in this. It were to'be wilhed, tbat authors an