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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
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that the ſaying of the wiſe Man might be fulfilled, Prov 21. 16 He that wandereth out of the way of underſtanding, ſhall remain in the Congregation of the dead. Then Chriſtian and Hopeful looked one upon another, with tears guſhing out; but yet ſaid nothing to the Shepherds.

Then I ſaw in my Dream,that the Shepherds had them to another place, in a bottom, where was a door in the ſide of an Hill; and they opened the door,and bid them look in. They looked in therefore, and ſaw that within it was very dark,and ſmoaky; they alſo thought that they heard there a lumbring noiſe as of fire, and a cry of ſome tormented, and that they ſmelt the ſcent of Brimſtone. Then ſaid Chriſtian, What means this? The Shepherds told them, ſaying, this is a By-way to Hell, A by-way to Hell. a way that Hypocrites go in at; namely, ſuch as to ſell their Birthright, with Eſau: ſuch as ſell their Maſter, with Judas: ſuch as blaſpheme the Goſpel with Alexander: and that lie and diſſemble, with Ananias and Saphira his wife.

Hopef. Then ſaid. Hopeful to the Shepherds, I perceive that theſe had
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