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Rh here they knew not which of the two to take, for both ſeemed ſtraight before them; therefore here they ſtood ſtill to conſider. And as they were thinking about the way, behold a man black of fleſh, but covered with a very light Robe, came to them and asked them, Why they ſtood there? They anſwered, They were going to the Cœleſtial City, but knew not which of theſe ways to take. Follow me, ſaid the man, it is thither that I am going. So they followed him in the way that but now came into the road, which by degrees turned, and turned them ſo from the City that they deſired to go to, that in little time their faces were turned away from it; yet they followed him. But by and by, before they were aware, he led them both within the compaſs of a Net, in which they were both ſo entangled that they knew not what to do; and with that, the white Robe fell off the black mans back; then they ſaw where they were. Wherefore there they lay crying ſometime, for they could not get themſelves out.

Chr. Then ſaid Chriſtian to his low,