There is a Defire in Women to go neat and fine, and it is a comely Thing to be adorned with that, that in God's Sight is of great Price. It is eafier watching a Night or two, than to fit up a whole Year together: So it is eafter for one to begin to profess well, than to bold out as be fhould to the End. Every Ship-master, when in a Storm, will willingly caft that over Board that is of the Smallest Value in the Veffel; but who will throw the best out fuft? None but he that feareth not God. One Leak will fink a Ship, and one Sin will deftroy a Sinner. He that forgets his Friend, is ungrateful unto him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself. He that lives in Sin, and looks for Happinefs bereafter, is like him that foweth Cockle, and thinks to fill his Barn with Wheat or Barley. If a Man would live well, let him fetch his laft Day to him, and make it always his Company-keeper. Whispering and Change of Thoughts prove that Sin is in the World. If the World, which God fets light by, is counted a Thing of that Worth with Men, what is Heaven that God commendeth? If the Life that is attended with fo many Troubles, is fo loth to be let go by us, what is the Life above?· Every Body will cry up the Goodness of Men: But who is there that is, as he should be, affected with the Goodness of God? We feldom fet down to Meat, but we eat, and leave. So there is in Jefus Chrift, more Merit and Righteoufnefs, than the whole World bas need of. When the Interpreter had done, he takes them out into his Garden again, and had them to a Tree, whofe Infide was all rot- of the Tree ten and gone, and yet it grew and had that is rotten Leaves. Then faid Mercy, What means at Heart. this? This Tree, faid he, whose Outfide is fair, and whofe Infide is rotten, it is, to which many may be compared that are in the Garden of God: Who with their Mouths speak high in behalf of God, but indeed will do nothing for him; whofe Leaves are fair, but their Heart good for nothing but to be Tinder for the Devil's Tinder-Box. Now Supper was ready, the Table They are at spread, and all Things fet on Board; fo Supper. they fat down and did eat, when one had given Thanks. And the Interpreter did ufually entertain thofe that lodged with him with Mufic at Meals; fo the Minftrels played. There was alfo one that did fing, and a very fine Voice he had. His Song was this: The Lord is only my Support, When the Song and Mufic was ended, the Interpreter afked Chriftiana, What it was that at firft did move her thus to betake Talk at Sup- betake herself to a Pilgrim's Life? Chriper. A Repe- ftiana answered, First, the Lofs of my tition of Chri Hufband came into my Mind, at which ftiana's Ex perience. I was heartily grieved: But all that was natural Affection. Then, after that came the Troubles and Pilgrimage of my Hufband into my Mind, and alfo how like a Churl I had carried it to him as to that. So Guilt took hold of my Mind, and would have drawn me into the Pond; but that opportunely I had a Dream of the Well-being of my Hufband, and a Letter fent by the King of that Country where my Hufband dwells to come to him. The Dream and the Letter together fo wrought upon my Mind, that they forced me to this Way. Inter. But met you with no Oppofition before you fet out of Doors? Chrift, Yes, a Neighbour of mine, one Mrs. Timorous, (fhe was a-kin to him that would have perfuaded my Husband to go back, for fear of the Lions.) She alfo fo befooled me, for, as fhe called it, my intended defperate Adventure; fhe alfo urged what he could to dishearten me from it, the Hardship and Troubles that my Husband met with in the Way; but all this I got over pretty well. But a Dream that I had of two ill looked Ones, that I thought did plot how to make me mifcarry in my Journey, thath hath troubled me: Yea, it ftill runs in my Mind, and makes me afraid of every one that I meet, left they fhould meet me to do me a Mischief, and turn me out of my Way. Yea, I may tell my Lord, though I would |