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20 to ſinners; even as alſo thou ſeeſt $a$ him ſtand aſ if he Pleaded With Men: And whereas thou ſeeſt the World as caſt behind him, and that a Crown hangs over his head; that is, to ſhew thee that ſlighting and deſpiſing the things that are preſent, for the love that he hath to his Maſters ſervice, he is ſure in the World that comes next to have Glory for his Reward: Now, ſaid the Interpreter I have ſhewed thee this Picture firſt, $a$ becauſe the Man whoſe Picture this is, is the only Man, whom the Lord of the Place whither thou art going, hath Authorized, to be thy Guide in all difficult places thou mayeſt meet with in the way: wherefore take good heed to what I have ſhewed thee, and bear well in thy mind what thou haſt ſeen; leſt in thy Journey, thou meet with fſme that pretend to lead thee right, but their way goes down to death.

Then he took him by the hand, and led him into a very large Parlour that was full of duſt, becauſe never ſwept; the which, after he had reviewed a little while, the Interpreter called for a man to ſweep: Now when