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Rh theſe things I am not certain: But this I obſerved, that he never was ſeen again in the way.

By-ends and Silver-Demas both agree;

One calls, the other runs, that he may be,

A ſharer in his Lucre: ſo theſe two

Take up in this world, and no further go.

I ſaw then, that they went on a River their way to a pleaſant River, which David the King called the River of God; but John, The River of the water of life: Now their way lay juſt upon the bank of the River: here therefore Chriſtian and his Companion walked with great delight They drank alſo of the water of the River, which was pleaſant and enlivening to their weary Spirits: beſides, on the banks of this River on either ſide were green Trees, that bore all manner of Fruit; and the leaves of the Trees were good for Medicine; with the Fruit of theſe Trees they were alſo much delighted; and the leaves they eat to prevent Surfeits, and other Diſeaſeſ that are incident to thoſe that