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Old Hi.
nefiy and
Cnriftiana
talk.
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but was a Man fn a Mountain of Ice, yet if the Son <
Righteoufnefs will arife upon him, his frozen Heat IJ
shall feel a Thaw; and thus it has been with me.
Great, heart. I believe it, Father Honefty, I Lsliev
it; for I know the 1 hing is true
Then the old Gentleman la lured all the Pilgrjn
with a Holy Kifs of Chanty, and asked them of the:
Names and how they had fared fince they fet out o 1
their Pilgrimage.
Chn'ft. Then laid Chrijliana, my Name I Tupped
you have heard of, good Chnftian wa
my Husband, and theie four were hifc
Children hut can you think how th
old Gentleman was taken, when sh
told him who she was ! He skippec
he fmiled, and bleffid them with
thoufand good Wishes, faying :
Hon. 1 have heard much of your Husband, and of hi
Travels and Wars, which he underwent in his Elays. Be i
fpoken to your Comfort, the Name of your Husband ring
aU over thefe Pans of the World; his faith, his Courage
hit Enduring, and his Sincerity under all, has mads hi
Name Famous. Then he turned him to the Boys, anc
asked of them their Names, which they told him : Ancjfc
then faid he unto them, Matthew, b<
thou like Matthew the Publican, not ir
Vice, but in Virtue Samuel, faith he
be thou like Samuel the Prophet, a Man
of Faith and Prayer. Jofeph, faid he,
be theu like jfoftpb in Potiphar's Houfe
Chafte, and one that flies from Temp
tatioH. And James, be thou like Jame-
the Juft, and like James the Brother oi
our Lord. Then they told him of Mercy ^
and how fhe had left her Town and her
Kindred to come along with Chriftiana[
and with her Sons At that the old ho*
neft Man faid, Mercy is thy Name, by Mercy lhalt thou be
fuftained, and carried through all thofe Difficulties that
fh*ll
He alfo
talks with the
Beys.; old Mr.
Honefty /
Bi ffing on
them. Mat,
I0.3. Pfal.
99. <5* Gen.
39 A&$ *4.
He blejfeth
Mercy.
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