Sn tS$e ^>eco«a $srt of Then faid Jofeph, I dare fay. Sir, I
Jofeph wonders, did not think you could have found it
out.
Oh faid Grins, I have been trained up in this
'Way n great while: Nothing teaches like Experi- !
ence; I have learned of my Lord to be kind, and j
have found by Experience, that I have gained there¬
by. There is that fcattereth, yet inc ectfsth ; and there
is that roith-holdeth wore than is meet.
Prov. 11. 24. but it tendcth to Poverty: There is that
Chap. 13.7* maketh himfelf Rich, yet hath nothing ;
there is that maketh himfelf Poor, yet
hath great Riches.
Then Samuel whifpered to Chrifiiana his Mother,
and faid, Mother, This is a very good Man’s Houfe,
let us fay here a good while, and let my Brother
'Matthew be married here to Mercy, before we go any
farther.
The which Gains the Holt over-hearing, faid, With'
a very good Will, my Child.
So they fay’d here more
^Matthew and Mercy than a Month, and Mercy
are married. was given to Matthew to
Wife.
While they fay’d here, Mercy,, as her Cuftoni was,
would be making Coats and Garments to give to the
Poor, by which fhc brought up a very good Report
upon Pilgrims.
But to return again to our Story: After Supper,
the Lads dellred a Bed, for they were weary with
Travelling: Then Galus called
The Boys go to Bed, to fhew them their Chamber ;
the veil Jit up. but faid Mercy, I will have them
to Bed. So Ihe had them to Bed
and they flept well, bat the ref far. up all Night :
For Galus and they were-iuch fuitablc Company,
that
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