Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

Chrifti'r.a
t;}~':l:S her
leave of
the Porter.
The Porter's
hlefling.
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but, (aid he, the thieves are taken, and will fuortly be
trit:d for their lives. Then Ch~ifliana a'nd Mercy were
.afraid; but Matthew (aid, Mother, fear nothing, as long
as Mr. Gredt-heart is to go wid~ us, and to be our conduCtor.
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Then (aid Chrijlianp to the Porter, ,Sir, I am much
obliged to you .for all 'the kindndfes that yo'u have
fuewed to me ftnce I came hither; and, alfo' that you
have been fa loving and kind to lIly children r I know
not how,to gratify your kindn~fs: wherefore; pray, as
a token of my refpeCts to you, accept of this fman mite:
fo fue put a gold' angel in his hand, and he made her a
low obeifance, and. faid, Let thy garments be always
white, and let thy head want no- ointment. Let ldercy
live and not die, and let not her ,worb be few. And to
the boys he faid, Do you fly youthful'tufis, and follow
after godlinefs with them that are grave and wife; fa
,fuall you p~t gladnefs into your mother's heart, and ob.:.
tain praife of all that are .fober-minded: fo they thanked'
the Porter, and departed.
Now I faw in my ,dream, that they went forward until
they were come to tbebrow of the rill, where Piety, bethinking
herfelf, crieJ out,. Alas! I have forgot what I
)~tended to befiow upon Cbrijl1'ana and her eompanions ;
1 will go -back and fetch it; fa {he ran and fetched it.
'When ili~ w'as gone, Chrijliana thought {he heard in a.
grove, a little way off on the right hand, a mOlt curious
melodious note, with words much like 't~efc;::
" Through all !,ny life thy favoqf is
" So frankly !hew'd to me,
" That in thy houfe for. evermpre
" My dwelling-place {hall be."
And liJ1ening frill, the thought fue h,:ard another an­
{wer, (aying,