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G:race·. Abounding ··
,
Stranger,
and
had
no tarryilfg
Cit·y,
but
looking for one
not tnade· with
Hands,
Eter–
l1al in
the Higheft ·
Heaven:s;
but
at '
length
WtJrn 'Out
With Sufferings,
Age,
.and
often
Teaching
the·day
of
hisDiffolution
drew
near
andDeath that
unlocks the
Prifon
ofthe.Soul,_
· to inlarge
it
for a more ·
glorious ·
ManJ!on,.
pt~t
.a ftop to his
Acting
his
part
on
the
Stage
of
Mortality ;
Heaven like Earthly
Princes
when
it
threatens.
War,
being always
fo
kind as to. call
ho:tneif's
Am.bafladors,
before
· it
be denounced, and
~v·en
the laft Act of
. Undertaking of his, .was
a
Labour of Love
and
Charity ;
for
it
fo falling
out,
th1t
a
· young
Gentlen1an
a
Neighbour
to
Mr..
- lJunyan
h2.ppening
into the difpleafureofhis
,father, and being· much
trogbfed in
n1ind
upon that Account,. as al.fo for
tha.~
he
had
beard his Father
purpofed
t.o
difinh.erit
him,.
or other\vife
deprived
him of what he had to·
le~v~
; .
·he
pitched
upon
1\tr.
Bu~yan
as
a
fit
Man to
mdke
way
for his
fub:nfffio.n, .
and
'IJre.pare hL
Fathers
mind.
to.
receive hirn,
and ·
he
as willing to
do
any __
good
Office, as.
it
.could be
requefted, as read il y
undertook
It .;,
and fo
Itiding
to
Redding
in
:BarkJhire,
l1e·
.then
there
ufed fuch preffing
Argum~~ts
and ·
.Reafoas agr.1io.ft
Anger ~
and·
P~ffion,
a.s
alfo.
fD'f.
Lo.v-e a.ud
R.econciliation,
that !he
Father
~~s
rflollif!,.
d,
and hi :>
Bowels
yer~'d'~ t.owa~d~·:
!us
returning
Son.
.
·
Jsut
- Mr~ Buny~n-
after he had
difpofed all
-
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thin-gs
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