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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
Pro. 5. 5. Job. 31. 1. for I remembred an old writing that I had ſeen which ſath Her ſteps take hold of Hell, So I ſhut mine eyes, becauſe I would not be bewitched with her looks: then ſhe railed on me, and I went my way.
Chr. Did you meet with no other aſſault as you came?
He is aſſaulted by Adam the firſt Faith. When I came to the foot of the Hill called Difficulty, I met with a very aged Man, who asked me, What I was, and whither bound? I told him, That I was a Pilgrim, going to the Cœeleſtial City: Then ſaid the Old Man, Thou lookeſt like an honeſt fellow; Wilt thou be content to dwell with me, for the wages that I ſhall give thee? Then I asked him his name, and where he dwelt? He ſaid his name was Adam the firſt, and do dwell in the Town of Deceit. Eph. 4. 22 I asked him then, What was his work? and what the wages that he would give? He told me, That his work was many delights; and his wages, that I ſhould be his Heir at laſt. I further asked him, What Houſe he kept, and what other Servants he had? ſo he told me, That his Houſe was maintained with all the dainties in the world, and that his
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