I
too
are
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ii nty ^econts of But Chrifilana faid unto her, Tempt me nof, ml
Neighbour : I have now a Prize put into my Hanc
to get again, and I fhould be a Fool of the greatefl
fort, if I fhould have no heart to ftrike in with th<
Opportunity. And for that you tel I me of all theft
Troubles that I am like to meet with in the Way
they are fo far from being to me a Difcouragement
that they fhew I am in the right. Th
pertinent litter mufi come be)ore the fwset, and
Reply to flejbly that alfo will make the fweet the
Reafonings. fweeter. Wherefore, fince you came
not to my Houfe in God's Name, as 1 faid, I pray you be gone, and do not difquiac me
farther.
Then Timorous alfo reviled her, and faid to her
Fellow, come Neighbour Mercy, let’s leave her in her
own Hands, fince fhe fcorns our Counfel and Compa-r
ny. But Mercy was at a Rand, and
Mercy’/ Bow- could not fo readily comply with her
eh yearn over Neighbour, and that for a two-fold
Ghrifliana. Reafon : ift, Her Bowels yearned
over Cbrijh’ana. So fhe faid within
jherfelf If my Neighbour will needs be gone, I will
go a little way with her, and help her. idly. Her
owels yearned over her own Soul, (for what Ghri-
iana had faiJ, had taken fome hold upon her Mind )
Vhe'refore fhe faid within herfelf again, I will yet
have more Talk With this Chriftiana, and if I find*
Truth and Life in what fhe fhall fay,'my (elf, with
my Heart, fhall alfo go with her. Wherefore Mercy
began thus to reply to her Neighbour Timorous.
Mercy. Neighbour, 1 did indeed come with you tr fee
Chriftiana this Morning, and fince fise is,
as you fee, a taking her lafi Farewell of
the Countrey, I think to walk this Sun»
fine Morning, a little with her, to help
her on her way. But fhe told her not
of the 2d Reafon, but kept it to herfelf.
Timorous
forfakes her,
but Mercy
cleaves to her.
Timormst