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AUTHOR'S WAY

Of fending forth His

SECOND PART

OF THE

PILGRIM.

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O now, my little Вook, to every
Place,

Where my First Pilgrim bas but shewn
bis Face:

Call at their Door: If any fay, Who's
there?

Then anfwer thou CHRISTIAN is here.
If they bid thee Come in, then enter thou,

With all thy Boys: And then thou knoweft how:

Fell

Christiana and her Children fet out on Pilgrimage,

THE

AUTHOR'S WAY

Of fending forth His

SECOND PART

OF THE

PILGRIM.

G

O now, my little Book, to every
Place,

Where my Firft Pilgrim bas but fhewn
bis Face:

Call at their Door: If any fay, Who's 茶

there?

Then anfwer thou CHRISTIAN is here.

If they bid thee Come in, then enter thou,

With all thy Boys: And then thou knoweft how;

Fell

Tell who they are, alfo from whence they came;
Perhaps they know them by their Looks or Name:
But if they should not, ask them yet again,
If formerly they did not entertain

One Chriftian a Pilgrim? If they fay,
They did, and were delighted in his Way,
Then let them know, that thofe related were
Unto bim: Yea, his Wife and Children are.

Tell them that they have left their House and Home, Are turned Pilgrims, feek a World to come:

That they have met with Hardships in the Way,
That they do meet with Troubles Night and Day:
That they have trod on Serpents, fought with Devils,
Have alfo overcome a many Evils.

Yea, tell them also of the next who have
Of Love to Pilgrimage, been fout and brave
Defenders of that Way, and how they still
Refufe this World, to do their Father's Will.

Go tell them alfo of thofe dainty Things,
That Pilgrimage unto the Pilgrims brings:
Let them acquainted be too, how they are
Beloved of their King, under bis Care;
What goodly Manfions be for them provides,
Tho' they meet with rough Winds and fwelling Tides.
How brave a Calm they will enjoy at last,
Who to the Lord, and by his Ways bold fast.

Perhaps with Heart and Hand they will embrace
Thee, as they did my Firstling, and will grace
Thee, and thy Fellows, with good Cheer and Fare,
As few well, they of Pilgrims Lovers are.

i. O B

1. OBJECTION.

But how, if they will not believe of me That I am truly thine; 'caufe fome there be That counterfeit the Pilgrim, and his Name, Seek, by Difguife, to feem the very fame, And by that Means have brought themselves into The Hands and Houfes of I know not who.

ANSWER,

'Tis true, fome have of late to counterfeit
My Pilgrim to their own, my Title fet;
Yea, others half my Name and Title too
Have ftitched to their Books, to make them do;
But yet they by their Features do declare
Themfelves, not mine to be, whofe e'er they are,

If fuch thou meet'ft with, then thine only Way
Before them all, is to Say out thy Say,
In thine own native Language, which no Man
Now ufeth, nor with Eafe diffemble can.
If, after all, they still of you shall doubt,
Thinking that you, like Gipfies, go about
In naughty wife, the Country to defile,
Or that you feek good People to beguile,
With Things unwarrantable, then fend for me,
And I will teftify you Pilgrims be;
Yea, I will testify that only you
My Pilgrims are, and that alone will do.

22 OBJE C T.

But yet, perhaps, I may enquire for him,
Of those that with him damned Life and Limb.

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