tlje f&tlgrim’s piogrefjj. 107 ” >od of tiiis flock, their Anceftors dwelt ft at Antioch Ckrifliaris Progenitors A&s 11. 12. fuppofe you have heard your Husband O/Chriftiaiw Ik of them,) were very worthy Men. Ancejhrs. hey have above any that I knowTEew- i themfelves Men of grea<- Virtue and Courage, for te Lord of the Pilgrims, his .Ways, and them that ived him. I have heard of many of your Husband's elarions that have flood all Tryals for the fake cf the ruth. Stephen, that was one of the firft of the Family om whence your Husband fprang, was knock’d o’th’ [fad with Stones, Jtts 7 59,60. chap 12. 8. James, icther of this Generation, was (lain with the Edge of le Sword. To fay nothing of Pant and Peter, Men rciently of the Family from whence your Husband ime : There was Ignatius, who was caft to the Lyons : omanus, w’hofe Flefii was cut by pieces from his Bones, id Poljcarp, that played the Man in the Fire: There fas he that was hanged up in a Basket in the Sun, for ie Wafps to eat; and he who they put into a'Sack, id caft him into the Sea to be drowned. ’Twould be npcflible,utterly to count up all that Family that have iffered Injuries and Death, for the love of a Pilgrim’s .ife. Nor can I but be glad, to fee that thy Husband as left behind him four fuch Boys as thefe. I hope ley will bear up their Father’s Name, and tread in leir Father’s Steps, and come to their Father's End Great-heart. Indeed, Sir, they *>v likely Lads, they em to chufe heartily their rather s Ways, Gains, That is what I faid, where- >re Chrifiians Family is like ftill to afdvice to iread abroad upon the Face of the Chriftiana*- Iround, and yet to be numerous upon tout her Boys, ie Face of the Earth : Wherefore, let hriftiana lock out fome Damiels for her Sons, to 'hom they may be betrothed, &c. that the Name of leir Father, and the Houfe of his Progenitors may ever be forgotten in the World, 1 ■ Hon. li