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·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,
w
hi~h
occurr'd
in
the laft Scenc;e of
his·
Life; the which
for want
of
tinu~
or
fear ·'
fom~
over
ce!}forious
people fhould ·
impnt:e
it
to l1im, as ari
.Earneft
covering of
praife
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;
how
he 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
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