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though taken by them, and ſo I will deliver thee.
Chr. His forbearing at preſent to deliver them, is on purpove to try their love, whether they will cleave to him to the end: and as for the ill end thou ſayeft they come too, that is moſt glorious in there account: For for preſent deliverance, they do not much expect it; for they ſtay for their Glory, and then they ſhall have it, when their Prince comes in his, and the Glory of the Angels.
Apol. Thou haſt already been unfaithful in thy ſervice to him, and how doſt thou think to receive wages of him?
Chr. Wherein, O Apollyon, have I been unfaithful to him.
Apollyon pleads Chriſstians infirmities againſt him. Apol. Thou didſt faint at firſt ſetting out, when thou waſt almoſt choked in the Gulf of Diſpond. Thou infirmities diddeſt attempt wrong ways to be rid of thy burden whereas thou ſhouldeſt have ſtayed till thy Prince had taken it off: Thou didſt ſinfully ſleep and looſe thy choice thing: thou waſt alſo almoſt perſwaded to go back, at the ſight of the Lions; and when thou talkeſt of thy Journey, and of what thou haſt heard,
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