Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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So they yvent on together, and Mercy began to weep~ '..
Then faid Chrijliana,' Wherefore weepeth my fifier fo? '
Mtrty.-Alas !. 'raid {he, who can but lament, that!hall ~er~y
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d 'd' . grle,es for
1 er w at a nate an con ltlOn my poor her carnal
rel~tions are in, that yet remain in our finful town: and' relations•.
that w;hich makes my grief the more, is, becaufe they "
have no inftruCtion, nor any to tell them what is to
come (I). ,
Chrifl. Bowels become pilgrims: and thou doft for thy .
friends, as my good Chriftian did for me when he lefrChrifiian's
me', he mourned for that I would not'heed nor regard\' prarrs w d efre
aruwere or
him, but his Lord and ours did gather up his tears. and his relations
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thefe my fweet babes. are reaping the fruit and benefit of
them. I hope, Mercy, that ,there tears of thine will not '
be loft ,; for the Truth hath [aid, that" they that f~w i~ ,'Pf. cxxvi. 5.
tears, {hall reap in joy and finging." And" he that g.oeth'
forth and \Vt:epeth. bearing precious feed, lhall doubtlers
come again ,:,it~ rejoicing, bringing his lheavell with
him.
Then faid Mercy,
" Let the mofi' BleITed be my guide,
" 1ft be his bleffed will,
~, Unto his gate, into his'fold,
". Up to his holy hill :
F' And never let him fuffer me
" To fwerve or turn afide
" From his free-grace, and holy ways,
" Whate'er lhall me betide.
,~ And let him gather them of mine,'.
"'That I have Jeft behind; ,
~~ Lord, makl: them pray they may be, thine,
~'~ With all their heart and, mind.""
(t) This is natural j
when we know the worth of our, fouls, and the precioufnefs
of Chrift's falvation, and weep over ourfelves" and for our fins, to
tl(ourn, ind weep for our ded~ carnal relatives~ leR they fuould be loft, and to
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