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were Men that rowed them, who hallooed and called after Tender-confcience, but he regarded them not: For he was afraid, left they were fome of the Robbers or Murderers which infefted that Country, and therefore he kept on his Pace; bat they rowed hard by him, and fhot feveral Arrows at him, fome of which miffed him,' others he received with the Shield of Faith that was given ng him out of the King's Armoury; now the Names of thofe Men who rowed in the Boats, and hot at Tender confcience f fiercely, were Vorldly honour, Arrogancy, Pride, Self-conceit, Vain-glory, and Shame; which left happened to let fly an Arrow, that wounded Tender-confcience fightly in the Cheek, fetching up all the Blooi into his Face, but did him no greater Harms fo at length he got to the End of the Bidge, and then he was paft the Danger of the Nets and Gis, fo that he could now walk upright, and that upon dry Ground, and he went on finging:

Though many Toils and Dangers I have ran,
Much Pain and Hardship I have undergone;
Yet fill my God hath mingled Sweet with Sowre;
Oft-times he fmil'd when he did feem to low'r.
O'er Hills and Dales he leads me by the Hand,
Thro Bogs and Fens, by Water and by Land:
He feeds, and cloaths, and arms his Pilgrims fill
Protecting them from Darger, Death, and l
Tho' Satan spreads his Nets, and lays his Gins,
To trap their Souls in Labyrinth of Sins,

Yet by God's Grace I have efcap'd his Wiles, but
The bumble Filgrim Satan ne'er beguiles.
Humility the Soul's pure Refuge is,.

The latest Step that leads to highest Bliss.

Then I fow in my Dream, that Tender-confcierice enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and Night overtook him, fo that his Feet flume bet in the Dark, and he was ready to fall into the Ditch, or the Qug, which were on each each Site of the narrow Way: But being in the mi of Summer, the Sun arof within few Hours, dad fo he enjoyed the Day light, which was exceeding comfortable to him, thot he met with dif mal and fightful Objects; for the Valley is of tlf very dark, and there hangs perp taal y over i fuch dark and thick Clouds of Confufion, that what for them, and what for Death, who prezes. his Wings over this Valley, the Sls give but a very dim and late Light here that whic fhined at this Time, ferved to light Tender cont fcience along the hollow dreadful Way, where he heard, as he went along, a continual Howling and Ying but at length he pot clear of all, and came to the End of the Va ley, ever o the Piace. where Chriftian law Blood, Bones, Afhes, and m ngled Bodies of Mlying upon the Ground 3. but now they were bu..cd, and a Pillar was erected in the Place, as a funding M moflal of all the Crulties that were and by the two. Gia ts that lived in the Cave hard by this Place There was an Infcription on the Pillar alio, giving an Account of all the righteous. Blood that had been fled in the World on the. Score:

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Score of Religion, from Abel's to that Day. There was alfo a Summary of all the bloody fanguinary Laws that had been enacted on that Account by cruel Tyrants, as Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezar, Darius, Antiochus, Nere, &c. There was a Relation of a Woman and her feven Sons, that were all barbarously tormented with exquifite Tortures, and afterwards put to Death, becaufe they would not tafte of Swine's Flefh, contrary to their Confcience and the Law of God; on the fame Account alfo, a venerable Old Man called Eleazar, was cruelly fcourged to Death, by the Command of a Tyrant. Many curious Memorials were there engraven on this Pillar, which Tender-confcience took great Delight to read. Now the Name of the Pillar is Victory, and hard by it, even over-against the Cave of the two Giants, Pagan and Pope, there is another Cave, wherein Tender-confcience faw a middle aged Man fitting, of a mild, grave, and venerable Countenance, and his Name was Reformation: Now it was this Man's Charge to look after this Pillar, and to fee that no Injury be done to it by the Thieves and Robbers that infeft that Road, nor by any Giant of the Pope's Party; for he maintained a great Army under Ground, his Cave being of a vaft Extent, and his Army used fometimes to iffue out, and commit great Spoils and Ravages in the neighbouring Countries. But now Reformation kept as ftrong a Party as he, and had as much Room in his Cave to lodge them in, and fometimes they would go out and skirmish, fometimes come to a pitch'd Battle, and then the Ground would be afresh ftrew'd with dead Bodies,

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and flaired with Blood, till they were buried out of the Way. All this Tender-confcience learned from one that came out of the Cave of Reformation, and fell into Difcourfe with him, telling thefe and many other Matters to him, as they food talking by the Pillar. At length the Man having und rftood that Tender-confcience came from the Valley of Deftruction, and was going to the Heavenly Jerufalem, was very inquifitive after his Country, and the Place of his Birth: For, faid he, I have heard my Father fay, that I was born in that Country too, and brought irom thence very young, and when my Father came to this Place, he left me in the Cuftody of Reformation, with whom I have continued ever fince, and what is become of my Father, I know not, nor whether I fhall ever fee him again, or no; but I remember he used to talk of going to the Coeleftial City, which I fuppofe is the fame Place whither you are now travelling, and therefore if you will accept of my Company, I will gladly travel along with you, having great Hopes of fecing my Far ther there, or-hearing fome Things of him; and befides, they fay it is brave living in that City, and that it is the richeft Place in the World, therefore. I would fain go along with you, in Hops of getting into that. City to dwell.

Tender-conf. I like your Motion very well, fo. Iave travelled alone hitherto, which inade the Way fem more tedious to me,, and a Coinpanion in the reft of my Journey would divert Melancholy, and we fhould encourage each other. in our Pilgrimage.. But I must acquaint you D 6 with.

you with one Thing firft, and that is, That your Journey will prove ineffectual, I doubt, unless you came in by the Wicket-gate, that is at the Head of the narrow Way, and can pr produce your Certificate or Pafs, from the Interpreter: For, as I am certainly informed, the King has given frict Orders that none fhall be admitted into the Heavenly City, that are not thus qualified.

Then Seek tuth (for fo was the other Man called) replied, I have a Pas by me, which my Father procured for me when he brought me along with him, and he told me he had it from the Interpreter, giving me a ftrict Charge to have a Care of it.

Tender-co. What was your Father's Name, and from whence came he?

Seek-truth. His Name was Little-faith, and he came from the Town of Sincere.

Tender-conf. Oh, I believe I have heard Talk of him; if he be the fame Man that I mean, there goes a Report, as if he had been robbed in a Place called Deadman's-Lane:

Seek-truth. I hope not fo, for I am fure he had Store of Silver and Gold about him, befides fome very rich Jewe.s; nay, I may fay, he carried his whole Eftate about him,. fo that if he was 1obbed upon the Road, he is utterly ruined and undone I am very much concerned at this fad News, and fhall not be at Reft til I have enquired farther about it. Therefore, if you please, let us haften to go forward on our Journey, and it is Ten to One, but I fhall be more particularly informed of this Matter by the Way. I will on

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