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224 But Chriſtian would anſwer; 'Tis you, 'tis you they wait for, you have been Hopeful ever ſince I knew you; and ſo have you, ſaid he to Chriſtian. Ah Brother, ſaid he, ſurely if I was right, he would now ariſe to help me; but for my ſins he hath brought me into the ſnare, and hath left me. Then ſaid Hopeful, My Brother, you have quite forgot the Text, where its ſaid of the wicked, There is no band in their death, but their ſtrength is firm, they are not troubled as other men, neither are they plagued like other men. Theſe troubles and diſtreſſes that you go through in theſe Waters, are no ſign that God hath forſaken you, but are ſent to try you, whether you will call to mind that which heretofore you have received of his goodneſs, and live upon him in your diſtreſſes.

Then I ſaw in my Dream, that Chriſtian was as in a muſe a while; To whom alſo Hopeful added this word, Be of good chear, Jeſus Chriſt maketh thee whole: And with delivered that, Chriſtian brake out with a loud voice, Oh I ſee him again! and he tells me, When thou paſſeſt through the waters,I will be with thee, and  through