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lall aftault thee in thy Way, till thou {halt come tin¬
ier, where thou (halt look the Fountain of Mercy hi the
ice with the Comfort.
All this while the Guide, Mr. Great'heart was very
rell pleafed, and fmiled upon his Companions.
Now as they walked together, the Guide asked the
id Gentleman, If he did not know one
Fearing, that came on Pilgrimage Talk of one
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it of his Parts ?
H n Yes, very well, faid he, he was
Man that had che root of the Matter in him, but
e was one of the mod troublefome Pilgrims that I
ver mtt with in all my Days
Great h I perceive you kn.w himt for you have given a
)ery right Character of him.
Hon Knew him 1 I was a great Companion 6f his,
was with him mod an end ; when he fir ft: began to
hink of what would come upon us hereafter, i was
vith him.
Great-h I was his Guide from my Mafler s Houfe to the
ictteof the Celejiial City.
Hod. Then you knew him to be a troublefome one.
Great-h. / d d fo, but I could very well bear it; for
\ien of my Calling are oftentimes in:ruffed with the Conducf
f fuch as he was
Hon. Well then, pray let us hear a little of him,
^nd how he managed himfeif under your Conduit.
Great h* Why he was always afra d
hat he fhould come Ihort whither he Mr Fearing’*
lad a deftre to go. Every thing frighted troublefome
lim that he heard any Body ipeak of, Pilgrimage.
hat had buttheleaft Appearance of Op-
aolition in it : I hear that he lay roaring at the Slough
of Defpond, for above a Month together, nor durft he,
for all he faw feveral go over before'him,
venture, tho’ they many of them offer’d Hi?Behaviour
to lend him their hand. He w^uld rv,t go at rhe Slough
back again neither. The Celeltial City, 0/ Defpond.
h: ‘faid he fhould die if he came not to it
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