EJje decant) $avt of ? that the Man could look no Way but downwards: is to let thee know, That earthly Things, when th are with Power upon Mens Minds, quite carry tin Hearts away from God. ill Chriftiana'; Prayer againjl the Muck¬ rake. Prov. 30.8. 1 i lit r u Chrift. Then fat'd Chriftiana, Oh deliver me from this Muck-rake. Interp That Prayer, faid the Tnti pretery has lain by til! ’tis almoft ruft Give me not Richer, is fcarce the Pray of one of Ten Thoufand. Straws ai Sticks, and Duft, with moft, are tf great Things now looked after. With that Mercy and Chriftiana wept, and faid, It alas / too true. When the Interpreter had ftiew’d them this, he hi* them into the very beft Room in the Houfe ; (a vei11 brave Room it was) fo he bid them look round aboL f and fee if they could find any thing profitable thet0 Then they looked round and roum 0/ the Spider. For there was nothing to be feen b a very great Spider on the Wall; that they overlook’d. Mercy. Then faid Mercy, Siry I fee nothing: Chriftiana held her Peace. ai E ii H: It Interp But faid the Interpreter, look again ; f therefore look’d again, and faid. Here is not ai Thing but an ugly Spider, who hangs by her Han upon the Wall. Then, fiid he, Is there but one Sp der in all thisfpacious Room ? Then the Water ftc< in Qhrftiana s Eyes, for fhe .was a Woman quick Apprehenfion : And Ihe faid, Yes, Lord, there more here than one. Yea, and Sf ders, whofe Venom is far more d 1 Talk about the ftru&ive than that which is in h< Spider. The Interpreter then look’d pleafant on her, and faid, Thou haft faid ti Truth. This made Mmyblufh, and t! Be