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24 Raggs; So will it be with all ſuch Men at the end of this World.

Ch. Then ſaid Chriſtian, Now I ſee that Patience has the beſt $o$ Wiſdom; and that upon many accounts, 1. Becauſe he ſtays for the beſt things. 2. And alſo becauſe he will have the Glory of His, when the other hath nothing but Raggs.

In. Nay, you may add another; to wit, The glory of the next World will never wear out; but theſe are ſuddenly gone. Therefore Paſſion not ſo much reaſon to laugh at Patience, becauſe he had his good things firſt, as Patience will have to laugh at Paſſion becauſe he had his beſt things laſt; for firſt muſt give place to laſt, becauſe laſt muſt have his time to come, but laſt gives place to nothing; for there is not another to ſucceed: he therefore that hath his Portion firſt, muſt needs have a time to ſpend it; but he that has his Portion laſt muſt have it laſtingly. Therefore it is ſaid of $o$ Dives, In thy lifetime thou hadeſt, or receivedeſt thy good things and likewiſe Lazarus evil things; But now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. Ch.