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Cœleſtial City. Here therefore he began to be much perplexed, and knew not what to do; at laſt he bethought himſelf that he had ſlept in the Arbour that is on the ride of the Hill: and falling down upon his knees, he asked God forgiveneſs for that his fooliſh Fact; and then went back to look for his Roll. But all the way he went back, who can ſufficiently ſet forth the ſorrow of Chriſtians heart? ſomtimes he ſighed, ſomtimes he wept, and often times he chid himſelf, for being ſo fooliſh to fall aſleep in that place which was erected only for a little refreſhment from his wearineſs. Thus therefore he went back; carefully looking on this ſide, and on that, all the way as he went, if happily he might find his Roll, that had been his comfort ſo many times in his Journey. He went thus till he came again within fight of the Arbour, where he ſat and ſlept; but that fight renewed l Chriſtian bewails his fooliſh ſleeping.is ſorrow the more, by bringing again, even a freſh, his evil of ſleeping into his mind. Thus therefore he now went on bewailing his ſinful ſleep,Rev. 2. 2. ſaying, O wretched man that I
am,
