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Show ( 198 ) upon the Sandy Beach, by rhe Ocean-fide, as Edwil~d he looked back, he faw a Man making hafie afl~ u_rru d at ter him . but EduJarJ keeping a good pace, got .) ar7dy- ' b - h' d Beach by his turn over the Ferry etore tm, a~ went another into the Ferry-man~s Haufe; and, norwuhfta~dProfdfor. ing the Dread of rhe Law, the Woman havmg fome Tendernefs of Bowels roward.s Ed1vard, .becaufe they knew one another, from the ume rhey were Children in England: She wld her Husband, That fhe would. fhew J(.indnefs :o her Country-ma1'J : So,· rhey fpymg a Man connng apace to the Ferry, rhe Man·s Wife h~d Edward into a Room, an9 fer Meat before htm; fo £he Profelfor came over., and enrred into the Hopfe, . and asked Whether there was not a' St,:ar.ger came Xds de·l lvt r- over the Fe'r ry before· h"t m ? Yes, f:a t'd t he y, bu t he e · went hi1 way. A way went the Man to the next Town, called We!Js, and Edward followed_ afrer, and in che Evening came to Wells, co a fnendly Man•s Haufe, who adventured to Lodge him iq his Barn· and in the Morning he paHed to Pi(· r. c cataqua ~nd [(}through all that would evil-ep- Comp 1a1e · ' f: c l B t 1>S.Llem." rreac him in his way, got are to Sa e.m: ut as H e is in he was on his way, from Piscataqt~d-RJVer, home danger at w Sale~, at the Point, (:ailed Bloo~J- Point, he ~~:~;t came to a place calleq Greenland, and Night ~.eRefnfhl ing approached, ~H! went to .one Samu~t H~tns to be eri- his Houfe, . and de(lred of hnn and hts Wtfe, t ena inecl Emertainmerir for his Money ; Samuet told him, ~yllia Pro- He did not ufe to take Money of People for his Vi .. :t · or. cluals ; ro which ' EtJu;ar·d rcplf~, If t?ou wilt emertain me, I j11alt pay thee for ' it. Samttet de· manded his name, Edward wid ·hiJ11. ~amuet faid, He jhould entertain none fuch as he wa_s. '1f hat haft th:m to lay to my chmge ? faiti Edwartl~ Sa"' rnuel reply'd, He was of thoj'e that dij invned Gotlly ~YJ.twij/ratel anJ Miniflers. Ethvard d(otared .tQ p , ' . ht n.l ( ~99 ) him the contrary; whereupon he fuffered him ro eat in his Haufe, bm wou ld nor lee him lodge therein rhac Night (a Thing which the l'f!dians never denied him ) and told Edward, He WtU jorr1 that he asked his Name. So he pulling our a Shilling, the Woman feeme.d ro refufe to take it. Ed·uJArd faid, I have promifed to pay, and mufl not falfifie rny word 7vith thee,. So he laid H . r h · e IS ror-down t e Money, and delired a Fire-brand ro ced into be given him, that therewith he might ki ndle the Wil· a Fire in the Woods, it bdng Rainy, and the clerners in ravening Wolves having made a loud howling a rh~ dwe~ Iirtle before him; the Night being alfo very dark, ~fgh~r tG and fo dangerous Travelling in the Wildernefs ; fcek l~dgthis they feemed unwilling to do, bur ar laft in g,,or tra~ gave him one ; and as he was Travelling in the vel. Dark and Rain, he chanced w fall over 'an old Tree which lay in the way, upon which rhe fparks of the Brand fell abroad, upon the fight whereof, a Dog came our of a Haufe a prerry He is pro~ way off, and the Dog was fierce, which occa- vide~tialylioned the Man of the Houfe to come out and provsd.ect de ?'lan de d , . rrrr/ '- h { .' for by the rJO went t ere ? Edward a1d, A ba;king frrend. Whzther are ye bound? fJid he. Reply'd of a Dog, Edward, To Hampron. The Man faid, It 1vas too dark, and be would lofe bimfelf. And fan her faid, That if he woulrJ gn to his Houfe, anrl accept of a hard. Bld, ~e jhould be wellcome. Edward gladly recet~ed hts Love, and, afct ~~· a rime, rbe Man rn the had hun to Bed, in which being well refrdh'd Hourc of Edwarrl, in the Morning, acknowledged to th~ one that Man his Kindnefs and fo deparced. This Man wasj:. no was no Profelfor. Pro.effor. Had Paul found no berter Entertainmenr a. m,ong the barbarous Miletians, than Edward and the People of the Lord had among che Profdl(Hs of New-England, pe had neirher been favoured ~ b 4 by |