·I ,a Grac~ A!J~undi11g . you a faithful and very moving· Relation of the beginning and tniddle of the days of'his Pilgrin1age on Earth, and fince therey~t : re'! n1ains fome what worthy of Notice and.Re... gard, whi~h occurr'd in the laft Scenc;e ofhis· Life; the which for want of tinu~ or fear ·' fom~ over ce!}forious people fhould ·impnt:e it to l1im, as ari .Earneft covering ofpraife from Men ; he has not left behind_him in _writing: Wherefore as · a trtle .iriend, and , long acqua~ntance of M~~ B~tnyAn's; that hi's gopd end may be .known as well as his evil beginning; I have taken ·upon_me for my knowledge, and the belt Account -given.by other of his Friends, to peice this to the ~bread, too foon broke qff, a!ld·fo lengthen it out to hi.s entering upon Eterni~y. _ . He. ha.s told you at large, -of·his Birth and Equcation ; ' the evil Habits and Corruptions. of his youth ; the Ten1ptati.ons he ftruggled., and confliCted fo frequently with, the Me~cies, Comforts, and Deliverances he found; howhe came to/take upon nhn the pr.eacQi'ng \ of .the Gofpel ; the Sl(ilnders, ReiJroaches and ln1prifonments that attended him, and the Progrefs he notwithftanding rnad·e (by the affiftance of Gods Grac·e) no ·doubt~ ro the faving of man-y Seuls_: Therefor~ take tbefe things as he hin1felf has meth9dtcally laid thern down in the words of ver~ ity; ~nd fo I pafs on, as to wh~1t . ren1ains. · 1 · After ~is being freed . from bis Twelve
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