Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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oreh~ra. T dd '~arV~l,th~t none'd&rwarn you' of it i' t
many nave died,m,reaf (0). ~ ,.. ,
f;hriJl.. Tllen ri17rijiidno beg:frlto cry; an~ me faia-:,'
o naughty boy'! and -0 cardefs mother! what fhall I'd6
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(ot my' fon !
. _ Skilt. Come~ d'i> ~rtot be' too ~~tH~:der~a~d;, die Boy'
~ai d6 wbn again, but he mufti plIrg~ ,an"d yotn"rt. ~
ChriJi. Pray~' S'ir" try tne utrndll: 0( yotii' ikill wifli':
him'-'whatever it ColtS'. , . ,,' ,~' .. ;
, :'slill.' !'itay, l' hope I fhalI be'teafbi11bf#; H~b~' x, '1 ~'i.i\
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if was faid, it w~s made 6fthc blo6/of :r goat, the ~m(;S'
of a. h~ifer, and with fome of the juice of. hyrthp, tit.'
Wlien M~. Ski/hid' feen that that put~e Was"tdo' *r~ak.
h~ >~aqe him one to the' purpofe ; 'it*as fu~de Ex 'Cai'lie Potion pre­
,et'Sdnguine Chri;!i (pj, Johti VI; 54:, {5, .s5, ,57' Mark' ~~:di.atin(
ix. 49. I{eb. ix. )4. [you know, phyfi~ian's give ffrange borro~. '
So he made.l'lirh a purge, but ,it·as t60'.\yearcl
me'diclnes to theif paiienfs]; ani it 'W'a'S inaM irtt6 ,pi.lJs,
~itfi a,pr~~ife o'r tW6, and'· a proportibnlble' quantity of
faIt. No.w li'e.w,as to ta'ke the'm ,t1\r~e' at a time fldt'irlg;
in half a quarter of a' pint: of the, tea'A 6f tepen~anc'e.;
Wh~n this potion w'as' p).epar~d; and Drought to the boy, Thhe bOY
- - " lot to tok
e
1}e ~as, loth. to take it, though torq v.:ith the, gripes, a~ the phylie.
if he fuould be pun'cl in pieces. Come; come, faid" the
phyfician, you mull: take it. It goes againfr my fromath;
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(~)' Here is' conviCHon fohM mother, in, not :Wili'rlfrig of fin, anll'chiding
for it. She takes it h01\le, falls under the fenfe of it, and is grieved for it.
A tender confcienee is a blell'ed fign of a gracious heart. Ye par~nts, who
know the love of phrift,.watch ov~r ypur childre.: fee to it, left ye fmart
for their fins, in not w~rning and teaching them, that the fear of the Lord is
to depart from all evil; yea, to ab'ftain from the very app~ar.nce of it. '
(I') Mr. Buny_n's great modefly and humility are rruly admirable' tbouglt
he quote"s Latin, yet as he did not underl1'ahd' it, he tells'us, ""'rhe Latiri" I
Iiorrow," The Englifu is, 'Of th"e' flclh and of the blood of ChrilI: This
is the only potion for /in./i'clcfouls. 'Feedinl?; upon Ch,ifr's flifu and bldod by
faith, kt;eps us ftom /inning; and when /ick of /in, there, and nothing- but
thefe; can heal and reltore us. Vet there is in our' nature an' unaccountable
reluCtance to receive thefe, th'ro' the unbelief"which wor-ks in us. So Marthew
found it.
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