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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
They therefore went up through the Regions of the Air, ſweetly talking as they went, being comforted, becauſe they ſafely got over the River, and had ſuch glorious Companions to attend them.
The talk they had with the ſhining Ones, was about the Glory of the place, who told them,that the beauty, and glory of it was inexpreſſible. Heb. 12. 22 23, 24. Rev 2. 7. Rev 3. 4. There, ſaid they, is the Mount Sion, the Heavenly Jeruſalem, the inumerable Company of Angels, and the Spirits of Juſt men made perfect: You are going now, ſaid they, to the Paradice of God, wherein you ſhal ſee the Tree of Life, and eat of the never-fading fruits thereof: And when you come there you ſhall have white Robes given you, and your walk and talk ſhall be every day with the King, even all the days of Eternity.Rev. 11. 1. There you ſhall not ſee again, ſuch things as you ſaw when you were in the lower Region upon the Earth, to wit, ſorrow, ſicknefs, affliction, and death, for the former things are paſſed away. Iſa.57.1.2. You are going now to Abraham, to Iſaac, and Jacob, and to the Pro-
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