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was, and if he could lodge there that night. And after giving a tolerable good account of himself, the porter took him into the house and introduced him to the family. They spent a pleasant evening together; and when they retired for the night, they put Christian in a beautiful chamber, the window of which was toward the sun-rising. Christian was up early in the morning, ready to resume his journey. But they told him that he should not go on his journey until they had shown him the rarities of that place; and Christian stayed several days at the palace called Beautiful. One day they took him into the study. They spent a whole day in the study, examining the records. And, after showing him our Lord’s pedigree, how that He is the son of the Ancient of Days, and that He came of that eternal generation, then they showed him the records of some of the mighty acts which some of the Lord’s most valiant servants had done—how that they had subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the