Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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giant;.nd of
his backing
the'Jions.
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'. ;;" Let ~im that fees this lhge, take heed
" .' ~' Unto h"is heart and,t0ngue: '
" Left if he do not, here he (peed
, :1' ,'~ A~ fome have long" ago;;',"
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. The words uhderneath the verfes\were, This 'JIagewiH
huilt ~o funijh Juch upon, who, 'through Timoi:oufJThfs or
:Mifrriifr~ jEdll be 'afraid to'go farther on pilgrimage: alft'in
thisflage, both Miftrufl: and Timorous w/re bUrnt through
~h~ tongue with a hOt iron,· for endeavouring 'to ihimlf#' Chrif':'
tian on his jqurney (t).
Then faid Mercy, This is mlich'like to the faying of
'the Beloved, P[aI. c:xx; 3,' 4... What '£hall 'be given
unto thee; or whatfhaJI'\be:'tlone -unto thee,' th~u fal,re
tongue? Sharp artbws' ofth~ 'Mighty, with (:~als ',of
. juniper."
Part!. P,4&. So they went 6n, im they came within fight "of -t+re
An emblem, ..,.
0fthoCe that lions, Now Mr. Great-heart was a ftrong man,' fo lire
goon,blavely was not afraid of a lion: but yet when'they were come
when tbere ",
is no d~nger, Up to the place' wnere the lions were, the boys that went
butllmnk be - I'd . b h' .l'r h f >.l
when Wm_ elore, were g a to cnnge e· mu, Jor't ey were-a ra-lj.J
hIe. come. of the lions; fo they fl:ept back, and'went behind·, At
'th'is, their guide fmiled, and [aid; 'How now, my boys,
do you'love to go before:when nQ danger doth approacp,
and love.to come behind fa foon as the lions app.ear r
- Now' as they went on, 'Mr. (heat-heart drew his
[word, with intent to make a 'way for the pi,lgrims 'In
fpite. ot the lions.' Then ~heteappeared'one that, it,feem,s.
had taken' upon him to back the ']jons: 'and he -{aid to'
the pilg-riins guide, Whatis the c:,!ufe of your coming
hither'? Now 'the name of tllat man was Grim, ,or1ildOdy-
'(t·) Chriftians,_ take heed '!o }'o~r'tongueg. 0 beware" beware, left i~ ;tny
~ife You.,make an evil repmt of the good land, through fea{ or miftruft ! The
Lord notes wliat you boldly fpeak for his w,ays and to his glory; and he. marks
yo"r words which in any wife have a cqntrary tendency. 'The tongue is an
unruly evil. "If,any man offend not in word (in fpeaking contrary to the
troth as it,is in Jefus) the fame is a perfea maJll," James Hi. ~.
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