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ceaſe to hear him, and let us believe to the ſaving of the Soul.

Chr. My Brother, I did not put the queſtion to thee for that I doubted of the Truth of our belief my ſelf But to prove thee, A fruit of an honeſt heart. and to fetch from thee a fruit of the honeſty of thy heart. As for this man, I know that he is blinded by the god of this World: Let thee and I go on, knowing that we have belief of the Truth, and no lie is of the Truth. 1 John 2.11

Hopef. Now do I rejoyce in hope of the Glory of God: So they turned away from the man; and he, Laughing at them, went his way.

They are come to the inchanted ground. I ſaw then in my Dream, that they went till they came into a certain Countrey, whoſe Air naturally tended to make one drowſie, if he came a ſtranger into it. And here Hopeful began to be very dull and heavy of ſleep, wherefore he ſaid unto Chriſtian, Hopeful begins to be drowſie I do now begin to grow ſo drowſie, that I can ſcarcely hold up mine eyes; let us lie down here and take one Nap.

Chr. By no means, Chriſtian keeps him awake ſaid the other, left ſleeping, we never awake more.

Hopef. Why my Brother? keeps him ſleep is ſweet to the Labouring man; we
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