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The
Preface~
1
tou~d
have enlarged
m~ch ~n
this
my
Dif::our]e
of mJ
Temptatzons and
Troubles
for
Stn
;
as alfo, oj
th~
merciful
J(jndnefs,
and
Working
of
God with
my
Soul:
I
could
aljo
have ftepped
imo a
Stile
much·
higber than tbis,
in
~hich
I
have here
Difoo~tr{ed,
and could have
adfJrned·
an
'ihi'ltgs, mo1e
than
here
I.
kave feemed to
do;
but
I
dare
not: God did not .plaJ
in
tempting of
me
;
neither did I
play, -when I funk as in a hottomiefs
Pit,
when
the
Pangs
of Hell·caug,ht
hold
upon me ;
wber~Jore
I m1;1 not
plaJ
in
relatin,t
fJf
them, hut -be
.plain
and
fimple, and laJ
down
tbe
thini
as
it
was
:
He that lilteth it, let him
re.
(J,·eive
it
;
1.nd he
that
does
not,
let
him
ptoduce
a
better~
Farewel.
My
dtt~r
Children,
•
. --rhe Milk
al)d
Honey is1Jeyond this Wilder..;
- nefs : God be
merciful
to
you, and grant
~
you be not
fiothful
to 'go in to
po~s
the
Land .
I
'
,.
John
Bunyan.
•
'
.
•
Grace