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The Ten Commandments
shalt not have another God than me :
i   Thou shalt not to an image bow thy knee.
Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain :
See that the Sabbath thou do not profane.
Honour thy father and thy mother too :
In act or thought see thou no murder do.
From evil habits keep thy body clean :
Thou shalt not steal, though thou be very mean.
Bear no false witness, keep thee without spot :
What is thy neighbour's see thou covet not.
John Bunyan
John Bunyan*s Riddle
were they very merry, and sat at the table a long time,
J[ talking of many things. Then said the old gentleman, My
good landlord, while we are cracking your nuts, if you please, do you
open this riddle :
A man there was (though some did count him mad),
The more he cast away the more he had.
Then they all gave good heed, wondering what Gaius would say.
So he sat still awhile, and then replied :
He who bestows his goods upon the poor,
Shall have as much again, and ten times more.
Then said Joseph, I did not think you could have found it out.
Oh, said Gaius, I have been trained up in this way a great while ;
nothing teaches like experience.	Pilgrim's Progress
On His Pilgrim's Progress
nniiis book will make a traveller of thee
jl   If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be.
It will direct thee to the Holy Land
If thou wilt its directions understand.
Yea, it will make the slothful active be ;
The blind also delightful things to see.
Art thou for something rare and profitable ?
Or wouldst thou see a truth within a fable ?
Art thou forgetful ?    Or would'st thou remember
From New Year's Day to the last of December ?
Then read my fancies ; they will stick like burrs,
And may be to the helpless Comforters.
John Bunyan