The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
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Piety. Was that all that you ſaw at the Houſe of the Interpreter?
Chr. No, he took me and had me where he ſhewed me a ſtately Palace , and how the People were clad in Gold that were in it; and how there came a venturous Man, and cut his way through the armed men that ſtood in the door to keep him out; and how he was bid to come in, and win eternal Glory. Methought thole things did raviſh my heart; I could have ſtaid at that good Mans houſe a twelve-month, but that I knew I had further to go.
Piety. And what ſaw you elſe in the way?
Chr. Saw! Why I went but a little further , and I ſaw one, as I thought in my mind, hang bleeding upon the Tree; and the very fight of him made my burden fall off my back (for I groaned under a weary burden) but then it fell down from off me. 'Twas a ſtrange thing to me, for I never ſaw ſuch a thing before : Yea, and while I flood looking up, (for then I could not forbear looking) three ſhining ones came to me: one of them teſtified that my ſins were forgiven me;E 2
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