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thence that ſome who feared God were in this Valley as well as himſelf.
Secondly, For that he perceived God was with them, though in that dark and diſmal ftate; and why not, thought he, with me,Job 9. 10. though by reaſon of the impediment that attends this place, I cannot perceive it.
Thirdly, For that he hoped (could he over-take them) to have company by and by. Amos 5.8. So he went on, and called to him that was before, but he knew not what to anſwer, for that he thought himſelf to be alone: And by and by,the day broke; then ſaid Chriſtian,He hath turned the ſhadow of death into the morning.
Chriſtian glad at break of day Now morning being come, he looked back, not of deſire to return, but of to ſee, by the light of the day, what hazards he had gone through in the dark. So he ſaw more perfectly the Ditch that was on the one hand, and the Quag that was on the other; alſo how narrow the way was which lay betwixt them both; alſo now he ſaw the Hobgoblins, and Satyrs, and Dragons of the Pit, but all afar ofr, for after break of day,they came not nigh; yet they were diſcovered to
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