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3. John 5. 6.

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Kindness to
Feeble-mind.

Feeble-mind,

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promised him, at his Return, whatsoever Charge he was at with them, faithfully to him. Then faid Mr. Great-heart to

repay

him.

Great heart. Beloved, thou doft faithfully, whatfoever thou doft, to the Brethren and to Strangers, which have borne Witnefs of thy Charity before the Church, whom if thou (yet) bring forward on their Journey, after a Godly fort, thou shalt do well.

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Then Gaius took his Leave of them all, and his Children, and particularly of Mr. Feeble-mind. He also gave him fomething to drink by the Way.

Now Mr. Feeble-mind, when they were going out of the Door, made as if he intended to linger. The which when Mr. Great-heart efpied, he faid, Come, Mr. Feeble-mind, pray do you go along with us, I will be your Conductor, and you fhall fare as the rest.

Feebl. Alas! I want a fuitable Compafor going be- nion; you are lufty and strong, but I, as you fee, am weak; I choose therefore rather to come behind, left by Reason of my many Infirmities, I fhould be both a Burden to myself and to you. I am, as I faid, a Man of a weak and feeble Mind, and fhall be offended and made weak at that which others can bear. I fhall like no Laughing: I fhall like no gay Attire : I fhall like no unprofitable Questions. Nay, I am fo weak a Man, as to be His Excuse for offended with that which others have a Liberty to do. I do not know all the Truth I am a very ignorant Chriftian

it.

Man:

Man: Sometimes if I hear any rejoice in the Lord, it troubles me, because I cannot do fo too. It is with me, as it is with

a weak Man among the Strong, or as a Job 12.
Lamp despised, (he that is ready to flip
with his Feet, is as a Lamp defpised in the
Thought of him that is at Eafe ;) so that
I know not what to do.

5.

Rom. 14.

1 Cor. 8. 9,

Great-heart. But Brother, faid Mr. Great- Great-heart's beart, I have it in Commiffion to comfort Commiffion the Feeble-minded, and to fupport the Weak. You must needs go along with us; we 1 Thef. 5. 15. will wait for you, we will lend you our Help; we will deny ourselves of fome Things both Opinionative and Practical, for A Chriftian your Sake: We will not enter into doub- Spirit. ful Difputations before you; we will be Pfalm 38, 16. made all Things to you, rather than you fhall be left behind.

Now all this While they were at Gaius's Door; and behold, as they were thus in the Heat of their Discourse, Mr. Readyto-balt came by, with his Crutches in his Hand, and he alfo was going on Pilgrimage.

Feebl. Then faid Mr. Feeble-mind to him, How cameft thou hither? I was but now complaining that I had not a fuitable Companion, but thou art according to my With. Welcome, welcome, good Mr. Ready-to-balt, I hope thou and I may be fome Help.

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Ready-to-balt. I fhall be glad of thy Feeble-mind Company, faid the other; and good Mr. glad to fee Feeble-mind, rather than we will part, fince Ready-towe are thus happily met, I will lend thee halt come. one of my Crutches.

Feebl.

New Talk.

Part 1. from page 65. to page 120.

Feebb. Nay,f aid he, though I thank thee for thy Good-will, I am not inclined to halt before I am Lame. Howbeit, I think, when Occafion is, it may help me against a Dog.

Ready-to-balt. If either myfelf, or my Crutches can do thee a Pleasure, we are both at thy Command, good Mr. Feeblemind..

Mr.

Thus therefore they went on. Great-heart and Mr. Honeft went before, Chriftiana and her Children went next, and Mr. Feeble-mind and Mr. Ready-to-balt came behind with his Crutches. Then faid Mr. Honeft,

Hon. Pray, Sir, now we are upon the Road, tell us fome profitable Things of fome that have gone on Pilgrimage before us.

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Great-heart. With a good Will: I fuppofe you have heard how Chriftian of Old did meet with Apollyon in the Valley of Humiliation, and alfo what hard Work he had to go through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Alfo I think you cannot but have heard how Faithful was put to it by Madam Wanton, with Adam the First, with one Difcontent and Shame: Four as deceitful Villains, as a Man can meet with upon the Roadreslow

Hon. Yes, I believe I heard of all this; but indeed good Faithful was hardest put to it with Shame; he was an unwearied

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Great-heart! Ay, for as the Pilgrim well faid, He of all Men had the wrong Name

Hon. But pray, Sir, where was it that Chriftian and Faithful met Talkative? That fame was alfo a Notable One.

Great-heart. He was a confident Fool, yet many follow his Ways.

Hon. He had like to have beguiled Faithful.

Great-heart. Ay, but Chriftian put him into a Way quickly to find him out. Thus

they went on till they came at the Place Part I. page where the Evangelift met with Chriftian 106.

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and Faithful, and prophefied to them what fhould befal them at Vanity-Fair

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Great-beart. Then faid their Guide, Hereabouts did Chriftian and Faithful meet with Evangelift, who prophefied to them of what Troubles they should meet with at Vanity-Fair.

Hon Say you fo! I dare fay it was a hard Chapter that then he did read unto them..

Great-heart. It was fo, but he gave them Part I. page Encouragement withal. But what do we 108. talk of them, they were a Couple of Lionlike Men; they had fet their Faces like Flints. Do not you remember how undaunted they were when they stood before, the Judge ?woli

Hon. Well, Faithful bravely fuffered. Great-heart. So he did, and as brave Things came on it: For Hopeful and some

others, as the Story relates it, were con- Part I. page

verted by his Death.

Hon. Well, but pray go on; for you

are well acquainted with Things..

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120.

They come within Sight of Vanity

Fair.

Pfal. 21. 16.

Great-heart. Above all that Christian met
with after he had paffed through Vanity-
Fair, one By-Ends was the Arch-one.
Hon. By-Ends, what was he?

Great-heart. A very Arch-Fellow, a down-right Hypocrite; one that would be religious which Way ever the World went; but fo Cunning, that he would be sure never to lofe or fuffer for it..

He had his Mode of Religion for every frefh Occafion, and his Wife was as good at it as he. He would turn from Opinion to Opinion; yea, and plead for fo doing too. But as far as I could learn, he came to an ill End with his By-Ends; nor did I ever hear that any of his Children were ever of any Efteem with any that truly fear God.

Now by this Time they were come within Sight of the Town of Vanity, where Vanity-Fair is kept. So when they faw that they were fo near the Town, they confulted with one another how they should pass through the Town, and fome faid one Thing, and fome another. At laft Mr. Great-beart faid, I have, as you may understand, often been a Conductor of Pilgrims thorough this Town; now I am They enter in- acquainted with one Mr. Mnafon, a Cypruto Mr. Mna- fian by Nation, an old Difciple, at whose fon's to lodge. Houfe we may lodge. If you think good, faid he, we will turn in there.

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Content, faid Old Honeft; Content, faid Chriftiana; Contert, faid Mr. Feeblemind; and fo they faid all. Now, you must think, it was Even-tide by that they

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