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Rh Well, Faithful, thou haſt faithfully profeſt

Unto thy Lord: with him thou ſhalt be bleſt;

When Faithleſs ones, with all their vain delights

Are crying out under their helliſh plights

Sing, Faithful, ſing; and let thy name ſurvive,

For though they kill'd thee, thou art yet alive.

Now I ſaw in my Dream, that Chriſtian went not forth alone, for there was one whoſe name was Hopeful, (being made ſo by the beholding of Chriſtian and Faithful in their words and behaviour, in their ſufferings at the fair) who joyned himſelf unto him, and entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his Companion. Thus one died to make Teſtimony to the Truth, and another riſes out of his Aſhes to be a Companion with Chriſtian. This Hopeful alſo told Chriſtian, that there were many more of the men in the fair that would take their time and follow after.

So I ſaw that quickly after they were got out of the fair, they Rh