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much the greater, for that I faw this Danger bcfbr<
I came out of the Doors, and yet did not provide fo
it where Provilion might have been had. I am mud
to be blamed.
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Mer. Then faid Mercy, How knew you this before yoi ir
came from Home ? Pi ay open to me this Riddle-
Chrifl. Why I will tell you : Before I fet Foot ou
of Doors, one Night, as I lay in my Bed, I had ;
Dream about this; For methought 1 law two Men
as like thefe as ever the World they could look, flam
at my Beds-Feet, plotting how they might prevent nv
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Salvation. I will tell you their ver
Chriftiana’j Words : They faid, (’twas when I wa
Dream re* in my Troubles) What foall we do wit,
peated. this Woman ? For jhe cries out Waking an
Sleeping for Forgivenefs; if foe be fojfer\ t • fY tit/' i ■ / f n » J * u / j ’ y j * / .v
to go on as foe begins, we foall lofe h'cr, as we have bjl he
Husband. This you know might have made me tak
Heed, and have provided when Provifion might hav 1
been had.
Mer. Well, faid Mercy, As by this Neglett we h4ve a ‘
Occejim miniflred unto us j behold our In )(
Mercy makes perfe&ions: So our Lord has taken Occa ■<
good XJfe of Jim thereby to make manifeji the Riches i t
their Negleft his Grace; for he, as we fee, has follow’
if Duty. u: with unasked Kindnefs, and has delive'
ed us from their Hands that were flrong
than we, of his meer good Pleafure.
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Thus now, when they had talked away a litt!’1
more Time, they drew near to an Houfe which ftocF
in the Way, which Houfe was built for the Relief <1
Pilgrims, as you will find more full
l Part. p. 3 6. related in the Firft*P^rt of the Recon
of the Pilgrims Pro^refs : So they dre
on towards the Houfe (the Houfe of the Interpreter
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