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Part two, the first stage.
By this time Christiana was got on her

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way, and Mercy went along with
her. So as they went, her

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children being there also, Christiana began
to discourse, and Mercy said Christiana,

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I take this as an unexpected favor, that thou shouldst set forth out of

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doors with me, to accompany me
a little in the way. Mercy then

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said young Mercy, for she was
but young. If I thought it would

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be to purpose to go with you, I would never go near the town

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any more. Christiana. Well,
Mercy, said Christiana, cast in thy

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lot with me. I well know
what will be the end of our pilgrimage.

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My husband is where he would not
but be. For all the gold

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in the Spanish minds, Nor shalt
thou be rejected, though thou goest but

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upon my invitation. The King who
hath sent for me and my children is

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one that delighteth in Mercy. Besides, if thou wilt, I will hire

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THEE, and thou shalt go along
with me as my servant. Yet we

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will have all things in common betwixt
THEE and me. Only go along with

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me, Mercy. But how shall
I be ascertained that I also should be

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entertained. Had I this hope but
from one that can tell, I would

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make no stick at all, but
would go, being helped by him that

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can help, though the way was
never so tedious. Christiana, Well,

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loving Mercy, I will tell THEE
what thou shalt do. Go with me

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to the wicked gate, and there
I will further inquire for THEE. And

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if there thou shalt not meet with
encouragement, I will be a content that

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thou return to thy place. I
will also pay THEE for thy kindness which

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thou ShoWest to me and my children
in the accompanying of us, in the

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way that thou dost. Mercy.
Then will I go thither and will take

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what shall follow. And the Lord
grant that my lot may therefall, even

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as the King of Heaven shall have
his heart upon me. Christiana then was

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glad at heart, not only that
she had a companion, but also for

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that she had prevailed upon this poor
maid to fall in love with her own

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salvation. So they went on together, and Mercy began to weep, then

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said Christiana. Wherefore weepeth my sister, so Mercy, alas said she who

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can but lament that shall but rightly
consider what a state and condition my poor

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relations are in that yet remain in
our sinful town. And that which makes

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my grief the more heavy, is
because they have no instructor nor any to

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tell them what is to come.
Christiana, pity becomes pilgrims. And thou

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dost weep for thy friends, as
my good Christian did for me. When

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he left me, he mourned,
for that I would not heed nor regard

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him. But his Lord and ours
did gather up his tears and put them

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into his bottle. And now both
I and thou, and these my sweet

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babes, are reaping the fruit and
benefit of them. I hope, Mercy,

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that these tears of thine will not
be lost. For the truth hath

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said that they that so in tears
shall reap enjoy. And he that goeth

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forth and weepeth bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing

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his sheaves with him some one hundred
and twenty six five and six. Then

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said Mercy, let the most blessed
be my guide, if it be his

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blessed will unto his gate, into
his fold, up to his holy hill.

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And let him never suffer me to
swerve or turn aside from his free

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grace and holy ways, whate'er shall
me betide, and let him gather them

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of mine that I have left behind. Lord, make them pray they may

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be Thine with all their heart and
mind. Now, my old friend proceeded

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and said, But when Christiana came
to the slow of Despond, she began

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to be at a stand. For
said she, this is the place in

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which my dear husband had liked to
have been smothered with mud. She perceived

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also that, notwithstanding the command of
the King to make this place for pilgrim's

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good, yet it was rather worse
than formerly. So I ask if that

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was true, Yes, said the
old gentleman. Too true, for many

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there be that pretend to be the
King's laborers, and that say they are

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for mending the King's highways, who
bring dirt and dung instead of stones and

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so ma instead of mending here.
Christiana, therefore, with her boys,

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did make us stand, but said, mercy, come, let us venture,

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only let us be weary. Then
they looked well to their steps and

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made a shift to get stagging over. Yet Christiana had liked to have been

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in, and that not once or
twice. Now they had no sooner got

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over, But they thought they heard
words that said, unto them, blessed

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is she that believeth, for there
shall be a performance of those things which

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were told her from the Lord Luke
one forty five. Then they went on

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again and said, Mercy to Christiana, had I as good ground to hope

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for a loving reception at the wicket
gate as you, I think no slow

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of despond would discourage me, well
said the other. You know your soul

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and I know mine, And good
friend, we shall all have enough evil

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before we come to our journey's end. For can it be imagined that the

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people who designed to attain such excellent
glories as we do, and who are

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so envied that happiness as we are, but that we shall meet with what

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fears and snares, with what troubles
and afflictions they can possibly assault us with

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that hate us. And now mister
Sagacity left me to dream out my dream

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by myself. Wherefore methought I saw
Christiana and Mercy and the boys go,

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all of them up to the gate, to which when they were come,

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they ptook themselves to a short debate
about how they must manage their calling at

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the gate, and who to be
said unto him that did open to them.

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So it was concluded, since Christiana
was the eldest, that she should

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not entrance, and that she should
speak to him that did open for the

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rest. So Christiana began to knock, as her poor husband did. She

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knocked and knocked again, but instead
of any that answered, they all thought

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they heard as if a dog came
barking upon them, a dog, and

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a great one too, And this
made the women and children afraid nor durst

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they for a while to knock any
more, for fear the mastiff should fly

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upon them. Now therefore they were
greatly tumbled up and down in their minds,

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and knew not what to do.
Knock, they durst, not for

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fear of the dog. Go back, they durst not for fear the keeper

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of that gate should aspy them as
they so went, and should be offended

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with them. At last, they
thought of knocking again, and knocked more

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vehemently than they did at first.
Then said the keeper of the gate,

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who is there? So the dog
left off to bark, and he opened

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unto them. Then Christiana made low
obeisance and said, let not our lord

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be offended with his handmaidens, for
that we have knocked at his princely gate.

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Then said the keeper, whence come
ye? And what is it that

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ye would have? Christiana answered,
we are come from whence Christian did come,

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and upon the same errand as he
to wit to be, if it

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shall please you, graciously admitted by
this gate into the way that leads unto

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the celestial city. And I answer, my lord in the next place,

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that I am Christiana, once the
wife of Christian, that now is gotten

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above. With that, the keeper
of the gate did marvel, saying,

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what is she now become a pilgrim
that but a while ago abhorred that life.

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Then she bowed her head and said, yea, and so are these

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my sweet babes. Also then he
took her by the hand and led her

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in, and said, also,
suffer little children to come unto me.

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And with that he shut up the
gate. This done, he called to

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a trumpeter that was above over the
gate to entertain Christiana with shouting and the

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sound of trumpet for joy. So
he obeyed and sounded and filled the air

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with his melodious notes. Now all
this while poor Mercy did stand without trembling

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and crying, for fear that she
was rejected. But when Christiana had got

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admittance for herself and her boys,
then she began to make intercession for Mercy.

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Christiana, and she said, my
Lord, I have a companion that

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stands yet without, that has come
hither upon the same account as myself,

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one that is much dejected in her
mind, for that she comes as she

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thinks, without sending, for whereas
I was sent for by my husband's king

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to come. Now Mercy began to
be very impatient, and each minute was

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as long to her as an hour. Wherefore she prevented Christiana from a fuller

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interceding for her by knocking at the
gate herself. And she knocked then so

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loud that she made Christiana to start. Then said the keeper of the gate,

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who is there? And Christiana said
it is my friend. So he

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opened the gate and looked out.
But Mercy was fallen down without in a

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swoon, for she fainted and was
afraid that no gate should be open to

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her. Then he took her by
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bid thee arise, Oh, sir, said she, I am faint.

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There is scarce life left in me. But he answered that one once said

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when my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord, and my prayer

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came unto THEE into thy holy temple
Jonah two seven. Fear not, but

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stand upon thy feet and tell me
wherefore thou art come. Mercy, I

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am come for that unto which I
was never invited, as my friend Christiana

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was. Hers was from the King, and mine was but from her.

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Wherefore I fear I presume keep.
Did she desire THEE to come with her

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to this place? Mercy? Yes, And as my Lord sees, I

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am come. And if there is
any grace and forgiveness of sins to spare,

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I beseech that thy poor handmaid be
a partaker thereof. Then he took

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her again by the hand and led
her gently in, and said, I

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pray for all them that believe on
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me. Then said he to those
that stood by, fetch something and give

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it to Mercy to smell on thereby
to stay her faintings. So they fetched

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her a bundle of myrrh, and
a while after she was revived, and

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now were Christiana and two boys,
and Mercy received of the Lord at the

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head of the way and spoken kindly
unto by him. Then said they yet

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further unto him, we are sorry
for our sins, and beg of our

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Lord his pardon and further information what
we must do. I grant pardon,

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said he by word, and deed
by word, in the promise of forgiveness,

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by deed, in the way I
obtained it. Take from the first

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from my lips with a kiss,
and the other as it shall be revealed.

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Song of Solomon's one two John twenty
twenty. Now I saw in my

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dream that he spake many good words
unto them, whereby they were greatly gladdened.

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He also had them up to the
top of the gate and showed them

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by what deed they were saved,
and told them withal that that sight they

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would have again as they went along
in their way to their comfort. So

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he left them awhile in a summer
parlor below, where they entered into talk

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by themselves. And thus Christiana began, Oh, how glad am I that

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we are got in hither mercy,
So you well may, But I of

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all have cause to leap for joy. Christiana, I thought one time,

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as I stood at the gate,
because I had knocked, and none did

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answer that all our labor had been
lost, especially when that ugly cur made

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such a heavy barking against us.
Mercy. But my worst fear was after

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I saw that you were taking into
his favor and that I was left behind.

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Mind now thought I it is fulfilled
which is written two women shall be

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grinding at the mill. The one
shall be taken and the other left Matthew,

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twenty four forty one. I had
much ado to forbear, crying out

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undone, and afraid I was to
knock any more. But when I looked

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up to what was written over the
gate, I took courage. I also

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thought that I must either knock again
or die. So I knocked, But

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I cannot tell how, for my
spirit now struggled between life and death.

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Christiana, can you not tell how
you knocked? I am sure your knocks

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were so earnest that the very sound
of them made me start. I thought

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I never heard such knocking in all
my life. I thought you would come

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in by a violent hand, or
take the kingdom by storm. Matthew eleven

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twelve. Mercy alas to be in
my case, who that so was could

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but have done so? You saw
that the door was shut upon me and

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there was a most cruel dog thereabout, who I say that was so fainthearted,

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as I would not have knocked with
all they might. But pray,

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what said my lord to my rudeness? Was he not angry with me?

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Christiana? When he heard your lumbering
noise? He gave a wonderful, innocent

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smile. I believe what you did
pleased him well, for he showed no

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sign to the contrary. But I
marvel in my heart why he keeps such

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a dog. Had I known that
before, I should not have had heart

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enough to have ventured myself in this
manner. But now we are in.

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We are in, and I am
glad with all my heart, Mercy.

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I will ask, if you please, next time he comes down, why

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he keeps such a filthy cur in
his yard. I hope he will not

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take it amiss. Do so,
said the children, and persuade him to

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hang him, for we are afraid
he will bite us when we go.

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Hence, so at last he came
down to them again, and Mercy fell

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to the ground on her face before
him and worshiped, and said, let

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my lord accept the sacrifice of praise
which I now offer unto him with the

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calves of my lips, said he
unto her peace, be to thee stand

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up. But she continued upon her
face and said, righteous art thou,

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o Lord, when I plead with
thee, Yet let me talk with THEE

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of thy judgments Jeremiah twelve one.
Wherefore dost thou keep so cruel a dog

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in thy yard, at the sight
of which such women and children as we

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are ready to fly from thy gait
for fear? He answered, and said,

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that dog has another owner. He
also is kept close in another man's

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ground. Only my pilgrims here his
barking. He belongs to the castle which

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you see there at a distance,
but can come up to the walls of

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this place. He has frighted many
an honest pilgrim from worse to better by

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the great voice of his roaring.
Indeed, he that owneth him doth not

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keep him out of any good will
to me or mine, but with intent

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to keep the pilgrims from coming to
me, and that they may be afraid

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to come and knock at this gate
for entrance. Sometimes also he has broken

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out and has worried some that I
loved. But I take all that present

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patiently. I also give my pilgrims
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delivered to his power to do with
them what his doggish nature would prompt him

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to do. But what my purchased
one I trow, hadst thou known never

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so much beforehand, thou wouldst not
have been afraid of a dog. The

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beggars that go from or to door
will, rather than lose a supposed arms,

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run the hazard of the bawling,
barking, and biting two of a

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dog. And shall a dog a
dog in another man's yard, a dog

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whose barking I turned to the profit
of pilgrims keep any from coming to me.

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I delivered them from the lions,
and my darling from the power of

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the dog Psalm twenty two, twenty
one and twenty two. Mercy then said,

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Mercy, I confess my ignorance.
I spake what I understood, not

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I acknowledge that thou doest all things
well Christiana. Then Christiana began to talk

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of their journey and to inquire after
the way. So he fed them and

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washed their feet, and set them
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as he had dealt with her husband
before. End Part two. The first stage