<E$e Ptlgrtm’s pjosrefg. 17 ■ Now my old Friend proceeded, and ^faid, But when Ghriftiana came to the 1 Part. p. 12, ,rSIoughof Defp9nd, she began to beat 13, 14, 15. 1r ? Stand i For, faid she, this is the Place Their owuCar* in which my dear Husband had like to nal Conclufiorts : have, be^n (mother'd with Mud. She inftead of the perceived alfo, That notwithftanding Word of Life. The Command of the King to make this " Place for Pilgrims good, yet it was rather worfe than ^formerly; So I asked if that was true ? Yes, faid the },it o-d Gentleman, too true : For many there be that pre- ’ tend to be the King’s Labourers, and fay, They are if for mending the King’s Highways, that bring Dirt and Dung inftead of Stones, and fo mar inftead of Lo mending. Here Chrifliana therefore * . and her Boys did make a Stand : But , VT T aim n^r uoy» aid make a stand : nut Md „ (h Laid Mercy, Come, let us venture, e, /, only let us be wary. Then they look- r 0 r , f . only let us be wary. Then they jook- r JT ,■ ed well to their Steps, and made a Pon ’ fn A_r - X. jjt Shift to get ftaggering over. l' ^ r ,> Yet Chrifiiaua had like to have been in, and that not once or twice. Now? they had no fooner got over, but they thought they heard Words, that faid unto them, Biffed is fb* that bclievetht for there JbaHbe a Per+ formance of what has has been told her from the Lord. Then they went on again, and faldMercy toChrijiia- had I as good Ground to hope for a loving Recep¬ tion at the Wicket-Gate, as you, I think no Slough of Defpond'would difeourage me. Well, faid the other, you know your Sore, and I know mine ; and good Friend, we shall all have enough Evil before we come to our Journey’s End. For it cannot be imagined, That the People that defign to attain fuch excellent Glories as we do, and they are fo envied that happinefs as we are ; but that: we shall meet w ith what Fears and Snares, with what Troubles and AfHi&ions they can pcftibly aflault us with, that hate us. B b s And