Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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rdling-places for them 1 Of this ar:bour I have heard"
much; but I n·ever faw it before. But ltt us beware of
fleeping: for, as I have heard, that it coft poor Chrijlian
dear.
Then [aid Mr. Great-heart to the little ones, Com(>, _.
. my pretlY b,'YS, ho\'1 do you de? What think you now
Th~ little· of going on pilgrim~ge? Sir, [aid the leaft~ I was almoff
boy S anfwer b f h b I . h d
to the gUide,. eat out 0 eart; ut thank you for lendmg me a an
and to at 111y need. And I remember now what my mother
Meny,- . .
hath told me, namely, that the way to heaven IS as a
ladder, and the way to hell is as down a h111, But I had·
rather go up the ladder to life, than ,down the h'ill to
deatll.
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Vlhi;h 1S Then raid Mercy, But the proverb is, To go dowrz t/;~
hardeft, up hill is e.lfy: But James [aid (for that was his name), The
hill or down
hili? ·day i~l ··n;·lf;, when, in my opinion, going down tbe bilt
will be the ardifl opall. 'Tis a good bOJ, faid his mafier;
thou I.aft givcn her a right anfweJ;. Then Mercy fmiled,
but. the little boy did blufh (r).
Theyrefrelh Chrift. Come, faid Cbriftiana, will you eat a bit, to
themlelve,. fweeten your mouths, while you fit here to reft your
legs?
For I have here a piece of.pom.egranate, which ~1r.
Interpreter put into my hand juft when I came out of his
doors; he gave me alfo a piece of an honeycomb, and a
little bottle of fpirits. I thought he gave you fomething,
faid Mercy; becaufe he ca1l'd you afide. Yes, fo J:e did,
[aid tne ()ther. But, faid Chrifliana, it iliall be ftill as I
{aid it llwuld, when at firft wc eame from -home; thou
fhalt be a fhar~r in all the good that I have, becaufe thou
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(r) That is right; v;hen we, are praiCed, to have. a con,cious blufh, well
knowing how much we have to be athamed of. But fome have got fuch a
vain coruidence iro, and high opiniori of, their own inherent righteoufnefs,
rne~its, and perfdlion, that they have lhere.9Y, got, what the faipt"re calls,
a whore's forehead, and refufe to be ./hamed, Jerem. iii. 3. 0 cry to the
Lord continually againll: fpiritual pride, and far an humble heart, kno~ing
thyfdf to be a poor finn~r. .,
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