The pilgrims guide from the cradle to his death-bed with his glorious passage from thence to the New-Jerusalem, represented to the life in a delightful new allegory, wherein the Christian traveller is more fully and plainly directed than yet he hath been by any, in the right and nearest way to the celestial paradice : to which is added The sick-mans passing-bell : with no less than fifty several pleasant treatises ... : to these are annext, The sighs and groans of a dying man / by John Dunton ... ; illustrated with eight curious copper plates.

CHAP. IV. Shewing how the Pilgrim found out this Guide, and his Discourses with him.

YOu cannot imagine how it pleased me to hear this news, and how much I thought my self beholding to God for bringing me so fortunately into this old Gentlemans Company. Well, in the morn∣ing I arose very early, and went to his House and call'd him up, and he very readily goes along with me. When we came there, we found that the Guide was at home, and that he had not one crea∣ture in his company: so after a very few Civilities passed between us, and some excuses that we made for our boldness in interrupting his meditations, I plainly told him what the real cause of my present address to him was, and of the trouble I was come to give him. I am, said I, a true lover of Jerusa∣lem, and have made a vow (by God's assistance) to take a Journey to that blessed place, but about the way thither I am so perplexed, that I account it a great blessing that I have not lost my wits, and am not become unable to travel to your House: One cries to me, Lo here! another, lo there! and ano∣ther, lo yonder lies the path of Life. But hearing Sir, that you were of great abilities to direct me, and that you are a man of Peace; and more than that, a man of Good Will, who hath a strong Pro∣pension to do good, I am come to make it my hum∣ble request unto you, that if it be true which is re∣ported of you, you will do me the favour to afford me some charitable Instructions about the most pas∣sable way to Jerusalem. As soon as I had made an end of speaking thus to the G••ide, the good Old Gentleman that out of kindness brought me to the

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Guides House, took his solemn leave of us both and departed; and I never saw his face more.