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6. Then they begin to adhere to, and aſſobciate themſelves with carnal looſe and wanton men.

7. Then they give way to carnal and wanton diſcourfes inſecret; and glad are they if they can ſee ſuch things in any that are counted honeſt, that they may the more boldly do it through their example.

8. After this, they begin to play with little ſins openly.

9. And then, being hardened, they ſhew themſelves as they are. Thus being lanched again into the gulf of miſery, unleſs a Miracle of Grace prevent it, they everlaſtingly periſh in their own deceivings.

Now I ſaw in my Dream, that by this time the Pilgrims were got over the Inchanted Ground, and entering in the Countrey of Beulah,Ifa 62
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whoſe Air was very ſweet and pleaſant, the way lying directly through it, they ſolaced themſelves there for a ſeaſon. Yea, here they heard continually the ſinging of Birds, and ſaw every day the flowers appear in the earth: and heard the voice of the Turtle in the Land. In this Countrey the Sun ſhineth night and day; wherefore
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