Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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At her -ae,parture the children wept. But Mr. Greatheart
and Mr. Valiant played lJpon the well-tuned cymbal
arid'harp for joy. So all departed to their refpeCl:ive
places (k).
~r. 'Ready~
to·halt Cummoned•
In prGC-erS of time, there came -a poft to the town
again, and his b~finefs was with Mr. Ready-to-Ealt. So
·he inquirea _him out.. and faia, I am come to thee in
the mi.me of Him who~ thou haft loved and' followed,
though upon,crutches : and my meffage is to tell thee,
that h~ e-xpects thee at is table, to fup wIth him, in his
kingdom, the next day after Eafter: wherefore pr-epare
thyf~lf for thy journey.
Then he alfo gave bim a token that he was a true
meffenger, faying, I have br~k~n the golden bowl, and loofed.
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After this, Mr. Ready':'to-halt.'italled for his fellowpilgdjIls,.
an.d, told them, faying, I am -fent for, and
God fuajl :furely vifit you alfo. So he defired Mr. Va-.
/iant to,,,m,~ke_lfis will; and bequfe he had nothing to
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be'1ueath~them that fhould furvive him, but his crutchea
a~d his good wifhes, therefore thus he faid : Theft'crzitcIJe$
Tbequeath to my fin that jhall tread'-in my jleps, 'with an
hundred warm wijhes iSat he may prove !utte! than I have
been.
Then he thanked Mr. Great.heart for his conduCl: and
kindnefs, al1d fo'addreffed himfeJf to his jQ'ijrn~y.' When
he came to the brink of the -river" he fai'd, 'Now I.fhali
have no more need, of thef~ ,!utches, ~nce~yond,er ,are
chariots and horfe~ for ~e to ride on. The 1aR: word~
fk) 0' how ble\fed is the death of the righte~us, who' ilie I~ the Lord t
~yell a ';'icked Balaam could ~iih t";; this. But it w;'1I be granted to none,
but thore who have lived IN the ~rd, w~Ce fouls have been quick,ened by
, his Spirit to come UDto leCus, believe in him, and glory of him as their righ~
- ieoufnefs and (alvatiOD, and defire to be found IN hi'm, in life, in death, and
,at the b~r of judgment, 0 m~y we cry to: the Lord, to make us ,of this
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