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·,

Grace

Abpunding"·

'

tible

Im1fuorta1ity

of

Joy

and

Happinefs,

w

h~re

nd

n1ore

Trouble and Sorrow lhall

aflliS: him;, but all tears be wjped away, when

the

J

uft Ihal1 be incorrupted, as Memb_ers of

Ghrift their Hea8·, and

Reign

with him,

as ··,

Kings

~nd

Prieils for eveL .

(

\

\

·--~- ----

·A

!Jrief

C!JaralJ:er

of

ivlro

-John

Bunyan~

.

H

E appeared in ·Countenance, to be of a .

ftern and roug·h Temper ; b,ut

in

his .

converfation tnild and affd.ble, not given, to

Loquacity or

nn1ch

Difcourfe in

company, ~

. unlefs fome urgent occafion required it ;

;

obferving never to hoaft of himfelf, or his

Parts,

but rather

feen1low

in

his own

Eye~, ,

and fubmit himfelf to the Judgment

of others,

abhorring

Ly.ing

and

Swearing,being ~ jtift

in

aU-that

lay

in his

.Power

to

his ·

word, ·

not

feeming

to revenge

Injuries,

loving

to

reconcile differences, and make

.friendihip,

withal,he had a

rnarp

quickEye,accompli!h~d

v.:rith an

Exce11ent

difc~rning ofPerfons;b~ing

of good Judgtnent and

qu~ck

Wit. As for

his

Perfon

he was

·ran

of

St~ture,

ftrong

\

Boned~

though.

not

corpulent ·

fomewhat of

a

~uddy

Face, __

w_ith

Spar~ling

·Eyes,

~.~aribnp

·

lS

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