i~ - .. ■ 111 . ' ; Y78 &econ& J£art of there was a great Calm at that Time in the River $ wherefore Mr. Stavdfaft, when he was about Half¬ way in, Rood a whiie, and talked to his Compa¬ nions that had waited upon him thither : And he faid : This River has been a Terror to many ; yea, the Thoughts of it alfo have often frighted me ; now methinks I ftand eafy, my Foot is fixed upon that on which the Feet of His loft Words. tfoc pricfts chac bare the Ark of the Jof. 3. 17. Covenant flood, wnile Ifrael went over this Jordan. Tiie Waters im* deed are to the Palate bitter, and to the Stomach cold; yet the Thoughts of what I am going to, and of the Condu& that waits for me^on the other Side, doth lie as a glowing Coie at my Heart. I fee myfelf now at the End of my JUbrney my Toilfotne Days are ended. 1 am going to fee that Head that was Crowned with Thorns, and that Face th&C }■ was fpit upon for me. I have formerly lived by Hsar-fay aid Faith; but now I go where 1 flail live by Sight, and fhall be with him in whofc Company I delight myfelf. (I have loved to hear my Lord fpoken of ; and where-ever I have feen the Print of his Shooe in the { Earth, there I have coveted to fet my Foot too. His Name has been to me as a Civet .Sox • yea, fweeter than all Perfume?. His Voice to me has beenmoft fweet; and his Countenance I have more defired than they that have moft defired the Light of the Sun. His Words I did ufe to gather fjr my Food, and for Antidotes againft my Faintings. He has held me, and hath kept me from mine Iniqui- yea, my Steps have been ftrengthned in his ! Way. Now, while he was thus in Difcourfe, his Coun- | tenance changed, his Strong Man bowed under him 5 I %nd after he had faid, Take met for i come unto Theet and ceafed to be feen of them.