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to the Gate, and there he asked the Porter if he ſaw any Pilgrims paſs by Then the Porter anſwered, Yes.
Chr. Pray did you know him?
Por. I asked his name, and he told me it was Faithful.
Chr. O, ſaid Chriſtian, I know him, he is my Towns-man, my near Neighbour, he comes from the place where I was born how far do you think he may be before?
Porter. He is got by this time below the Hill.
Chr. l l How Chriſtian and the Proter great at parting. Well, ſaid Chriſtian, good Porter the Lord be with thee,and add to all thy bleſſings much increaſe, for the kindneſs that thou haſt ſhewed to me.
Then he began to go forward, but Diſcretion, Piety, Charity, and Prudence, would accompany him down to the foot of the Hill. So they went on together, reiterating their former diſcourſes till they came to go down the Hill. Then ſaid Chriſtian, As it was difficult coming up, ſo (ſo far as I can ſee) it is dangerous going down. Yes, ſaid Prudence, ſo it is; for it is an hard matter for a man to go down into the valley of Humiliation, as
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