Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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Now lvfercy was of a fair c~unt5nan'ce, and ther~f9re.the
.more alluring. , ' .,. ,-'
Mercy'. Her mind ~lro,was, To be always bufying,of·,?erfel,f
temper.
in doing; for when {he h~d"notbing to. do.r'or he'rfelf; {h,e
would \:le milking of hofe an~ garments .reir flth~r.~" _~md
w~uld befl:G\~' them upo~ thofe that had need,•. ~.t:!d..M~.
})rift nQt knowi-ng where, er how {he difpol!:d.'f!f ~hat
"~e milde, teemed to b~ greatly taken, for that he found
'h~t never idle., I will w~rran~ ~er" a goo,d .•h9uie~~fe,
quoth.he t.a,himfe-lf. . -'
Mercy en· " Mercy'theri revealed the' 'bll'ft~fs t~ the ~aideIls that
~~~~:,~~~~e ~ereof t,he haufe, aJldenquir~d of th~m c:~n