Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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hanQ ; !Jut -r pl'omife you, he: footed it well; alfo the g.i~l
was to' co!Umended, for ilie an[wered 'the mufic hand-
...t.. ... fomeiy. ,
~s for Mr. DeJPoncfency, the mufic Was not [0 much to
hi!I't";he was forJeeding rath~r than dancing, for that
~ b~ was -almaft fiarved. Sq Chrijliana gave him, [ome of
her bottle offpirits, for prefent relief, and thei.1 prepared
jlim fomething-to eat.; and in a little time the qId gentleman"came
tq himrelf, and begaa to be finely,~viv.ed.
, Now I raw in my dream, whe.n all thefe things were
Jini.fued, Mr. Great heat] took th~ head of Giant DeJPair,
and fet it ulwn a pole by the highway-fide,. right over­
~gainft. t:he.pillar 1hat ChJ"fjiian e~eaed for a, aaution to
pilgrims that came after, to take heed of entering iiltQ
Ji.is g~ounds •.
: '. ,7~.( A M~NUME NT'of Deliverance. J
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~ - Then .h~ w~ote underit, upon a marble frane" ,the(!f
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'" ThiS is the head:of him, whofe name orilY!. '
" In former tirile, did pilgnms tt:rrify. '
': His came's d~wri*; and Diffidence, his wi(e., -,
H Brave Miller Great-heart has bereft of life•.
", Defpondenc)', his daughter l/tluc1~-~rraid,
" GI"eat-heart for the~ ;tIro ~r.e Juan has p.I:iy'd.
" Whohereot doubts, if he'll but caD: his eye
-" Up hithllr, may his fcruples {atisfy.•
" Tnis head alro, when doubting crlpples daJlCe,
~ " Doth !hew from fears they" have deliverance."
• :Though Douhting-Cajiie be d~molillied,.
And the Giant Drjpair hath loft his head,
Sin can rebulid the cafile, make't remain,
Arid make Difpair, the Giant live again (p).
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