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after he fliould go thence to Paradife ; and 

 fo he thought he muft do fo foon as he had 

 been received into the Order. He went 

 thither, therefore, and was received : and 

 feeing that his thoughts were not then 

 fulfilled, the Head of the Chapter faying 

 that whofoever would go forth through the 

 Province of Provence, through the merit of 

 his holy vow of Obedience, he would cheer- 

 fully give him leave fo to do, he felt a 

 great defire to go thither, thinking in his 

 heart that even this was the great journey 

 which he was to take before he might 

 reach Paradife ; but feeling fhame to tell 

 his thoughts, at laft he confided them to 

 the aforefaid Brother Philip, who had had 

 him taken into the Order, begging him lov- 

 ingly that he would entreat for him leave 

 to go into the Province of Provence. Then 

 Brother Philip, feeing his purity and his 

 holy purpofe, begged for him this grace : 

 whence Brother John with great rejoicing 

 fet about his departure, full of the thought 

 that, his journey ended, he fhould go thence 

 to Paradife. But, as it pleafed God, he fo- 

 journed in the faid Province twenty-five 

 years in this expe6lation and defire, living 

 in extreme honefty and fan6lity and exem- 



plarity, 



