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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
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And verily, We have more courage when out, then when we are in. ſince this is the height of thy Stomach now they are at a diſtance from us, mould they appear to thee, as they did to him, they might put thee to ſecond thoughts,

But conſider again, they are but Journey- men Thieves, they ſerve under the King of the Bottomleſs pit; who, if need be, will come to their aid himſelf, Pſal. 5. 8.
Chriſtian tells his own experience in this caſe.
and his voice is as the roaring of a Lion, I my ſelf have been Ingaged as this Little-faith was, tells and I found it a terrible thing. Theſe three Villains ſet upon me, and I beginning like a Chriſtian to reſiſt, they gave but a call, and in came their Maſter: I would as the ſaying is, have given my life for a penny; but that, as God would have it, I was cloathed with Armour of proof. Ay, and yet though I was ſo harneſſed, I found it hard work to quit my ſelf like a man; no man can tell what in that Combat attends us, but he that hath been in the Battle himſelf.

Hopef. Well, but they ran you ſee, when they did but ſuppoſe that one Great-Grace was in the way.

Chr. True, they often fled, both they and their Matter, when Great-
grace