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their affections, the more their instructor

insisted on the danger and pernicious con-

sequences which would attend their having

such companions; and withal told them,

the king had appointed one to attend them

in their journey, whose name was Self-de-

nial, without whose company, it would be

impossible ever to reach the borders of Ca-

naan ; and that to choose a stranger for a

companion, would be such an insult to him

at the first setting out, as might cause a

misunderstanding all the way. For his

part, he told them, that to pretend to tra-

vel to Canaan, and to choose a Babylonian

for a companion, was a contradiction ; that

he could not doubt the sincerity of their

hearts, for if it was possible for a sincere

traveller to choose such a companion, yet

he was very certain, it could not be so long

as they continued in the right use of their

reason; and lie must discharge his consci-

ence in giving them timely admonition.

I observed the event of those consulta-

tions, and I found the oldest, whose name

was Theomacus, could not be moved by all

these arguments, but absolutely chose one

who was an utter stranger to the path, nor

had any delight therein, nor desire thereto.

And when he had covenanted with her, she

proved so averse to going along with him,

and so reluctant to pursuing his intended

journey, that she prevailed upon him to de-