FROM THE LIBRARY OF
REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D.

BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO

THE LIBRARY OF

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

/•£, N^

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1926.

So much has been written about the recent
sale of " Pilgrim's Progress " that very little remains
to be said. But attention may be directed to some
unknown or forgotten points respecting tlie fac-
simile which the late Mr. Elliot Stock published
in 1875, the only form in which the original book
is familiar to the public at large. There were two
totally distinct issues of this facsimile. The
earlier one was done, as to at least the First Part,
from the Holford copy (then the only one known),
from type cast from moulds made in 1720,
which were taken from the Dutcli type used for tlie
first issue in 1678. It is obvious that a facsimile
produced in such circumstances would not be
perfect, but in this case it was a very fair imitation.
The first edition consists, as Lowndes points out, of
253 pages ; but Stock's facsimile contains 267 p.ages,
and this is partly explained by the fact that it
contains not only an imaginary portrait but also
ten woodcuts, v.hich, in point of fact, never
appeared until the fifth edition of 1680. The fac-
simile edition of 1875 is therefore a vamped-up
affair and not an absolute facsimile of the book
as it first appeared. With this was also issued a
facsimile of "The Second Part," 1684, extending to
205 pages in addition to the author's preliminary
verses. After publication it was apparently dis-
covered that the so-called facsimile with its illus-
trations was not " true to type " ; and it was no
longer issued, its place being taken by a volume of
the First Part only, witliout the illustrations, in
wliich form it is fairly common in booksellers' shops.
The complete volume with the First Part with the
illustrations and Second Part is ciuite a scarce book.

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— An English newspaper recently said that
the probably unique firsi edition of Banyan's
"Pilgrim's Progress" in the British Maseum
was originally purchased from a London book-
stall for 6d. The Pall Mall Gazette declares
that this statement is infcorrect, and adds that
the book belonged to a Manchester dissenting
minister, in whose family it had been for gen-
erations, and his attention having been called
to the rarity of the volume by a bibliographical
friend, who offered him $25, he took it to the
Museum authorities, who gave him $300 for it.

- It is a rare instancp, that falls to the lot
of tfce few,to become the possessor of a genuine
t.mogTa)ih of John Bunyan. In a little volume,
coKtainitg among other booklets Hayne's "Life
arcl Death of Martin Luther," Luther's "Com-
njcntste upon the XV. Psalms of Degrees," his
"Commeiitp.te upon Galathiaus," Bell's transla-
tion of his "Treatise of Christian Libertie,"
the author of the "Pilgrim's Progress" has
written on the fly-leaf in his bold hand, "John
Bunyan, 1G82." The little book forms an item
ill the Addington collection, which is to be
offered for disposal in Messrs. Sotheby's rooms
01) the 2-lth inst.—Lundon Exchange.

^"^y. /^ /y7. . /Tc^j-. /^M' yy

The Bunyan Warrant.
The original warrant on which John Ban-
yan was arrested for the imprisonment daring
■which he wrote the first part of "The Pilgrim's
Progress" has recently bean found in England.
It hlls a half sheet of foolscap ; is dated March
4, 1674, and in it Bnnyan is deecribod as a
f'Tynker."

Preface.

The first edition of ^he Filgrhn's
Progress J of which an exadt repro-
du6lion is now placed before the
public, was issued by " Nath, Ponder
at the Peacock in the Poultrey near
Cornhill, 1678." At the present
time, but one copy of that edition
is known to exist. It is in the
library of H. S. Holford, Esq.,
through whose kindness the pub-
lisher has been enabled to produce
the T^rts^nt facsimile. The unique
and priceless original is a compad:
volume, printed on yellowish grey
paper, from, apparently, new type ;
and so perfectly has it been pre-
served, that it seems to be in
precisely the state in which it left
the publisher's shelves. It is a book
as fuU of material peculiarities as
any that ever taxed the correctness
of a fac-similist ; and it may not be
out of place to draw attention to
some of them.

The spelling and grammar are

frequently

11 PREFACE.

frequently both inaccurate and in-
consistent, from a modern point of
view ; but to this, which is scarcely
a peculiarity, we have to add a very
irregular use of capital letters, the
greatest profusion of italics, the
employment now of asterisks and
now of letters for reference to
the notes, and the use of certain
charadters differing in form from
modern letters, and not commonly
used in books of the seventeenth
century. The italic k. and the ft
which occur in the Introdu6tion to
the First Part, and also in the
Second Part, are examples of these
obsolete letters ; and the \ in the
word |p|O5t0f$, at the head of every
page, is of very rare occurrence.

But this edition has other charac-
teristics which render its interest
still more vital. The marginal
comments, which some modern
editors have seen fit to omit, are
there in all their quaint force : in
one case the temper of Christian, as
described in the text, is summarized
in the side-note thus : " Christian
snibbeth his Fellow " ; in another
place Bunyan ejaculates in the mar-
gin, "O brave Talkative''; and in

numerous

PREFACE. Ill

numerous instances these notes have
a value of their own, either as
samples of the rough vernacular of
the author's original book, or as
indications of his mode of thought;
This first edition, more than
any subsequent one, is replete with
quaint expressions in rugged Saxon-
Englishy and with other elements of
style which induced Bunyan to say
in his " Apology " : —
" This Book is writ in such a Dialed
As ?nay the minds of Unless men affeSl.''^

And although the great allegorist
never materially changed his handi-
work, he did make alterations in his
grammar and orthography in the
course of the eight editions which
he lived to revise. Add to this
that his numerous editors have also
carried on the work of modification
for nearly two centuries ; and it will
at once be evident that it is a matter
of real importance for the reading
public of to-day to see what Bunyan
really wrote and issued in the first
instance.

To compass this end, no pains
have been spared. In all those
matters of orthography, grammar,
rough or quaint expression, typo-
graphical

IV PREFACE.

graphical peculiarity, ^c, above
referred to, absolute reproduction
has been the one aim. Indeed, as
regards typography, the present
edition is striftly a lineal descendant
of that of 1678 ; for the type now
used has been cast from moulds
made in 1720, which were taken
from the Dutch type used for that
first issue. The paper, too, is a close
imitation of that manufactured two
centuries ago.

It will be noticed that the type
of the Second Part is slightly
smaller than that of the First Fart ;
and there also the facsimile prin-
ciple has been adhered to. The
explanation of this change of type
is to be found in the fadt, of which
the modern reader need scarcely be
reminded, that the Second Fart was
not issued with the Firsts but six
years later, in 1684.

It should be mentioned here,
that while the volume is a page for
page facsimile of the original, it
has been thought needful to in-
corporate the conversation between
Christian and Mr. Worldly -Wiseman
which first appeared in the second
edition, printed the same year as the

first.

PREFACE. V

first, (and was retained in all sub-
sequent ones), as being necessary to
complete the sense of that part of
the book in which it occurs.

The illustrations, however rude,
are highly curious and interesting,
and serve to show by what primitive
pidlorial representations the early
readers of the immortal allegory
were helped to realize some of its
stirring scenes. These woodcuts,
like the other features of the book,
have been reproduced \w facsimile.

The complete disappearance of
the first edition, all but one copy,
may not perhaps, indicate the exad:
measure of avidity with which the
book was taken up ; but the subse-
quent history of the work leaves no
doubt as to the efFedual manner in
which the fertile ground of English
religious sentiment absorbed the first
seeds cast abroad by the homely
Bunyan ; and, at all events, those
seeds produced such a plentiful crop
that it were futile now to attempt
to compute how many millions of
copies of the world-renowned al-
legory have been read and thumbed
and pondered over in the course of
the last two centuries.

THE

Pilgrim's Progrefs

FROM

THIS WORLD,

TO

That which is to come :

Delivered under the Similitude of a

DREAM

Wherein is Difcovered ,

The manner of hisfettingout,

His Dangerous Journey; Andfafe
Arrival at the Deilred Countrey.

/ have ufed Similitudes^ Hof. I2. lO.

By John Banyan,

HicenCeti antiCBntreti acco?tim0;to€)?lier*

L 0 N D O N y

Printed fovNath. Ponder at the Peacock
in the Poultrey near Cornhily 1678.

THE

For his BOOK.

WHen at the fir/i I tookfny Pen in hand^
Thus for to write ; / did not underjiand
That I at all jhould make a little Book.
In fuch a mode ; Nay^ I had undertook
To make another^ which when almoji done ;
Before 1 was aware^ I this begun.

And thus it was : I writing of the IVay
And Race of Saints^ in this our Gofpel-Dayy
Fell fuddenly into an Allegory
About their Journey^ and the way to Glory,
In more than twenty things^ which I fet down ;
This done^ I twenty more had in my Crown,
And they again began to multiply.
Like fparh that from the coals of fire dofiy.
Nay then, thought I, if that you breed fo fa ft,
rU put you by your felves, lefi you at lafi
Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out
The Book that I already am about.

lVell,fo I did \ but yet 1 did not think
To Jhew to all the World my Pen and Ink
In fuch a mode \ I only thought to make
1 knew not what : nor did I undertake
Thereby to pleafe my Neighbour ; no not I j
/ did it mine own f elf to gratifie.

Neither did I but vacant feafons fpend
In this my Scribble ; nor did I intend

A I But

The Authors Apology for his Book.

But to dlvtrt my f elfin doing this^

From worjer thoughts, which make me do amifs.

Thus I fet Pen to Paper with delight.
And quickly had my thoughts in hlackand white.
For having now my Method by the end.
Still as I pulled, it came ; and fo I penned
It down, until it came at laji to be
For length and breadth the bignefs which you fee.
lVell,when I had thus put mine ends together,
I Jhew'd them others, that I might fee whether
They would condemn them, or them jujiifie :
And fome faid, let them live -yfome, let them die.
Some [aid, John, print it ; others f aid. Not fo :
Some f aid. It might do good; others f aid. No.

Now was I in ajlraight, and did not fee
IVhich was the bejl thing to be done by me :
At laji I thought. Since you are thus divided,
I print it will; and fo the cafe decided.

For, thought I ; Some, I fee, would have it done^
Though others in that Channel do not run j
To prove then who advifed for the beji^
Thus I thought fit to put it to the teil.

I further thought. If now I did deny
Thofe that would have it thus, to gratifie,
I did not know but hinder them 1 might
Of that which would to them be great delight.
For thofe that were not for its coming forth,
I faid to them. Offend you I am loth ;
Tet ftnce your Brethren pleafed with it be.
Forbear to judge, till you do further fee.

The Authors Apology for his Book.

If that thou wilt not ready let it alone ;
Some love the meat, (ome love to pick the bone :
yea, that I might them better palliate,
I did too with them thus Expojiulate.

May I not write in fuch a Jiile as this ?
In fuch a method too, and yet not mijs
Aline end, thy good ? why may it not be done ?
Dark. Clouds bring Waters^whenthe bright bring
Tea,dark-,orhright,if they their Silver drops{none
Caufe to defcend, the Earth, by yielding Crops,
Gives praife to both, and carpeth not at either.
But treafures up the Fruit they yield together :
Tea,fo commixes both, that in her Fruit
None can dijiinguijh this from that, they fuit
Her well, when hungry : but if Jhe be fully
Shefpues out both, and makes their blejjings null.

Tou fee the ways the Fijher-man doth take
To catch the Fijh ; what Engins doth he make ?
Behold how he ingageth all his Wits,
Alfo his Snares, Lines, Angles, Hooks and Nets.
Tet FiP) there be, that neither Hook, nor Line,
Nor Snare, nor Net, nor Engin can make thine ;
They muji be grop^t for, and be tickled too.
Or they will not be catcht, what eWe you do.

How doth the Fowler feek to catch his Game,
By divers means, all which one cannot name ?
His Gun, his Nets, his Lime-twigs, light, and bell:
He creeps, he goes, he Jiands; yea who can tell
Of all his pojiures. Yet there's none of thefe
Will make him mafler of what Fowls he pleafe.
A 4 Tea,

The Authors Apology for his Book.

y'ea^ he muji Pipe., andlVhiJlle to catch this ;
Tet if he does fo., that Bird he will tnifs.

If that a Pearl may in a Toads-head dwell.,
And:' may be found too in an Oijier-Jhell ;
If things that promije nothing., do contain
JVhat better is then Gold ; who will difdain.,
{That have an inkling of it.,) there to look.
That they may find it. Now my little Book^
(Tho void of all thofe paintings that may make
It with this or the other Man to take^)
Is not without thofe things that do excel
IVhat do in brave, but empty notions dwell.

Well, yet I am not fully fatisfied.
That this your Book will/land; whenfoundly trfd

Why, what's the matter I it is dark, what tho?
But it is feigned. What of that I tro?
Some men by feigning words as dark as min-e.,
Make truth to fpangle,and its rayes to finne.

But they wantfolidnefs : Speak man thy mind.
They drowned the weak ^Metaphors tnake us blind.

Solidity, indeed becomes the Pen
Of him that writeth things Divine to men :
But mufl I needs want folidnefs, hecaufe
By Metaphors I fpeak ; Was not Gods Laws,
His Gofpel-Laws, in oldertime held forth
By Types, Shadows and Metaphors ? Tet loth
Will any fober man be to find fault
With them, left he be found for to affault
The higheft Wifdom. Noyhe rather fhops,
Andfceh to find out what by pins and loops.,

By

The Authors Apology for his Book.

By Calves ; and Sheep; by Heifers^ and by Rams \
By Birds ^ and Herbs^ and by the blood of Lambs ^
God fpeaketh to hhn. And happy is he
That finds the light^ and grace that in them be.

Be not too forward therefore to conclude^
That I want folidnefs^ that I am rude :
Jll things f olid in /hew, not folid be ;
All things in parables defpife not we^
Leji things mojl hurtful lightly we receive.,
And things that good are., of our fouls bereave.

My dark, and cloudy words they do but hold
The Truth , as Cabinets inclofe the Gold.

The Prophets ufed ynuch by Metaphors
To fet forth Truth ; Yea., who fo confiders
Chrifi^ his Apoftles too., Jhall plainly fee.,
That Truths to this day in fuch Mantles be.

Am I afraid to fay that holy Writ, [Wit,
Which for its Stile, and Phrafe puts down ail
Is every where fo full of all thefe things,
(Dark Figures, Allegories,) yet there fprings
Fro7n that farne Book that luftre, and thoje rayes
Of light, that turns our darkefi nights to days.

Come, let my Carper, to his Life now look-,
And find There darker lines then in my Book
He findeth any. Yea, and let him know.
That in his befl things there are worfe lines too.

May we but ftand before impartial 7nen,
To his poor One, I durfl adventure Ten,
That they will take my meaning in thefe lines
Far better then his Lies in Silver Shrines.

Come^

The Authors Apology for his Book.

Come^Truth^ although in Swadling-clouts^ I find
Informs the Judgement^ rediifies the Mind^
Pleafes the Underjianding^ makes the JVill
Submit ; the Memory too it doth Jill
IVith what doth our Imagination pleafe ;
Likeyjife^ it tends our troubles to appeafe.

Sound words I know Timothy is to ufe\
And old IVives Fables he is to refufe^
But yet grave Paul, him no where doth forbid
The ufe of Parables ; in which lay hid {were
That Gold^thofe Pearls^ and precious Jiones that
Worth digging for \ and that with greatejl care.

Let me add one word more^ O man of God!
Art thou offended f doft thou wijh I had
Put forth my matter in an other drefs^
Or that I had in things been more exprefs ?
Three things let me propound^ then I fubmit
To thofe that are my betters^ {as is ft.)

I . I find not that I am denied the ufe
Of this, my method^ fo I no abufe
Put on the Words., Things., Readers., or he rude
In handling Figure., or Similitude.,
In application ; but.^ all that I may^
Seek the advance of Truth., this or that way:
Denyed., did I fay ? Nay., I have leave.,
{Example too.,and that from them that have
God better pleafed by their words or ways.,
Then any man that breatheth now adays.,)
Thus to exprefs my mind^ thus to declare
Things unto thee^ that excellenteft are.

2. /

TheAuthors Apology for his Book.

2. 1 find that men {as high as Trees) will write
Dialogue-wife ; yet no man doth them Jlight
For writing fi) : Indeed if they ahufe
Truth ^ curfedbe they^ and^ the craft they ufe
To that intent ; But yet let Truth be free
To make her Salleys upon Thee^ and Me^
IVhich way it pleafes God. For who knows how.
Better then he that taught us firji to Plow,
To guide our Mind and Pens for his Defign ?
And he makes hafe things ujher in Divine.

3. I find that holy IVrit in many places [cafes
Hath femblance with this method, where the
Doth call for one thing, to fet forth another :
Ufe it I may then, and yet nothing f mother
Truths golden Beams ; Nay, by this method may
Make it cafi forth its rayes as light as day.

And now, before I do put up my Pen,
Vie Jhew the profit of my Book , and then
Commit both thee, and it unto that hand {/land.
That pulls thejirong down, and makes weak ones

This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes
The man that feeks the everlajiing Prize :
It Jhews you whence he comes, whither he goes,
TVhat he leaves undone ; alfo what he does:
It alfo Jhews you how he runs, and runs
Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes.

It Jhews too, who fet s out for life amain.
As if the lajiing Crown they would attain :
Here alfo you may fee the reafon why
They loofe thiir labour, and like Fools do die.

This

The Authors Apology for his Book.

This Book will make a Travailer of thee,
If by its Counfel thou wilt ruled be;
It will direSi thee to the Holy Land^
If thou wilt its Directions underhand :
Tea^ it will make the Jloathful^ a Hive be ;
The Blind alfo^ delightful things to fee.

Art thou for fomething rare, and profitable?
Wouldeft thou fee a Truth within a Fable?
Art thou forgetful? wouldeji thou remember
From New-years-day to the lajl ^/'December?
Then read my fancies^ they will flick like Burs,
And may be to the Helplefs^ Comforters.

This Book is writ in fuch a Diale6i,
As may the minds ofUftlefs men affe£i :
It feems a Novelty^ and yet contains
Nothing but found, and honeji Gofpel-f rains.

Would ft thou divert thy felf from Melancholly?
JVouldfl thou be pleafant, yet be far from folly ?
JVouWjl thou read Riddles^l^ their Explanation?
Or elfe be drownded in thy Conte?nplation ?
Dojl thou love picking meat ? or would fl thou fee
A man Pth Clouds, and hear himfpeak to thee?
Would'/i thou be in a Dream, and yet notfeep?
Or would'fi thou in a ?noment laugh, and weep ?
TFouldeJi thou loofe thy felf, and catch no harm ?
And find thy felf again without a charm? [what
Wouldeji read thy felf, and read thou know^jl not
And yet know whether thou art bleft or not.
By reading the fame lines? O then come hither.
And lay my Bookj thy Head,and Heart together.

JOHN BUNYAN.

THE
Pilgrims Progrefs:

In the fimilitude of a

DREA

;,S I walk'd through
the wildernefs of this
world, I Hghted on a
certain place, where
was a Denn ; And I
laid me down in that
place to fleep : And as I flept I drea-
med a Dream. I dreamed , and be-
hold I Jaw a Man * cloathed with .^^^ ^
^^SK^i ftanding in a certain piace^ 6.
with his face from his own Houfe, a Lu.i4. 33.
Book in his handy and a great burden ^^- 3 8- 4-
upon his back. I looked, and faw him ^^ *• ^'
open the Book, and Read therein ; 3,^ ' '
and as he Read, he wept and trem-
bled: and not being able longer to

contain.

2 Cbc IPilgnms IP^o^refs,

contain, he brake out with a lamen-
table cry ; faying, what Jh all I do?
Afts a. In this plight therefore he went

37- home, and reftrained himfelf as long

as he could, that his Wife and
Children fhould not perceive his
diftrefs ; but he could not be filent
long, becaufe that his trouble in-
creafed : wherefore at length he
brake his mind to his Wife and
Children ; and thus he began to
talk to them, O my dear IVife^
faid he, and you the Children of my
bowelsy I your dear friend am in
my Jelf undone^ by reajon of a burden
that lieth hard upon me : moreover,
I am for certain informed , that this
our City will be burned with fire
from Heaven, in which fearful over-
throw, both my felf with thee, my
Wife, and you my fweet babes, JJoall
miferably come to ruine; except {the
which, yet I fee not) fome way of
efcape can be found, whereby we
may be delivered. At this his Rela-
tions were fore amazed ; not for
that they believed, that what he
faid to them was true, but becaufe
they thought, that fome frenzy
diftemper had got into his head :

therefore.

Cbe Ipilgrims Ip^grcf^,

Ckrljiian^ no fooner leaves the world, but meets
Evangelijl, who lovingly him greets ;
With Tydings of another ; And doth fhow
Him how to mount to that from this below.

Cbe Ipilgrims p^ogtefs.

therefore, it dravv^ing towards night,
and they hoping that fleep might
fettle his brains , with all haft they
got him to bed ; but the night was
as troublefome to him as the day :
wherefore inftead of fleeping , he
fpent it in fighs and tears. So
when the morning was come , they
would know how he did ; and he told
them worfe and worfe. He alfo
fet to talking to them again, but
they began to be hardened ; they
alfo thought to drive away his dif-
temper by har{h and furly carriages
to him : fometimes they would
deride, fomedmes they would chide ,
and fometimes they would quite
negledt him : wherefore he began to
retire himfelf to his Chamber to-
pray for, and pity them ; and alfo
to condole his own mifery : he
would alfo walk folitarily in the
Fields, fometimes reading, and fome-
times praying : and thus for fome
days he fpent his time.

Now, I faw upon a time, when he
was walking in the Fields, that he
was (as he was wont) reading in his
Book, and greatly diftreffed in his
mind ; and as he read, he burft out,

as

as he had done before, crying, IVhat
Jhall I do to bejaved ?

I faw alfo that he looked this way,
and that way, as if he would run;
yet he flood ftill , becaufe as I per-
ceived, he could not tell which way
to go. I looked then, and faw a Man
named Evangelifi coming to him,and
asked. Wherefore doft thou cry ? He
anfwered, Sir, I perceive, by the
Book in my hand , that I am Con-
demned to die, and *after that to * Heb. 9.
come to Judgement ; and I find that 27-
I am not * willing to do the firft, nor * Job 26.
*able to do the fecond. *^^- ^^*

Then faid Evangelifi ^ Why not
willing to die? fince this life is atten-
ded with fo many evils ? The Man
anfwered , Becaufe I fear that this
burden that is upon my back, will
iinck me lower then the Grave ; and
I fhall fall into *Tophet. And Sir, if- ifa. 30.
I be not fit to go to Prifon, I am not 33.
fit (I am fure) to go to Judgement,
and from thence to Execution; And
the thoughts of thefe things make me
cry.

Then faid Evangelifi , If this be
thy condition, why ftandeft thou ftill.'
He anfwered, Becaufe I know not

whither

6 Cbe pilgrims p^ogrefe*

whither to go. Then he gave him
a Parchment-Roll ^ and there was
*M written within, *^ Fly from the wrath

' ' ' to come.

The Man therefore Read it, and
looking upon Evangeliji very care-
fully; faid, Whither mufti fly? Then
faid Evangeliji , pointing with his
finger over a very wide Field, Do

* Mat. 7. you fee yonder * Wicket-gate? The
Pfal. 119. y^^^ ^^jj^ ^^ Yhen faid the other,

aPe I 1 -^^ ^°^ ^^^ yonder *fhining light ?

* chrift & He faid, I think I do. Then faid £'z;<2«-
the nuay to gelifi^ Keep that light in your eye,
him cannot ^xA go up diredly thereto, *fo
be found ^^ij. ^-i^Q^ ^gg tj^g Qj^te; at which

^' !" when thou knockeft, it (hall be told
thee what thou fhalt do.

So 1 faw in my Dream, that the
Man began to run; Now he had not
run far from his own door, but his
Wife and Children perceiving it, be-

*Luk. 14. gan to cry after him to return : *but

i^- the Man put his fingers in his Ears,

and ran on crying, Life, Life, Eter-
nal Life : fo he looked not behind

-Gen. 19. j^jj^ *but fled towards the middle

17.

of the Plain.

^Theythat ^^^ Neifrhbours alfo Came out to

Jiyjromthe ^ - , . ° , , -

ijorath to ^^^ "^^^ ^^'^J ^^^'^ ^^ ^^ ^^"' lof^^
come, are mocked.

C6e Pilgrims p^ogrcfs, 7

mocked, others threatned; and fome ^ Gazing-
cried after him to return : Nov/ a- "^/''^'^ /'

, /. , , . , - , the ivorU.

mong thole that did lo, there were jg,. ^^ ^^
two that were refolved to fetch him
back by force: The name of the one
was Objiinate^ and the name of the
other Pliable. Now by this time the
Man was got a good diftance from
them ; But however they were refol-
ved to purfue him ; which they did,
and in httle time they over-took him.
Then faid the Man, Neighbours,
Wherefore areyoucome} They faid. To
perfwade you to go back with us; but
he faid, That can by no means be :
You dwell, faid he, in the City of
De/lru£fion (the place alfo where I
was born,) 1 fee it to be fo ; and dy-
ing there, fooner or later, you will
fink lower then the Grave, into a
place that burns with Fire and Brim-
flone ; Be content good Neighbours,
and go along with me.

* What ! faid Obfiinate^ and leave ^^^^
our Friends, and our comforts behind

us I

* Yes, faid Chrifiian, (for that was f ^'^'^'-
his name) becaufe that all is not ' '^"'

* worthy to be compared with a little ''' ^ ^^'^•
of that that I am feeking to enjoy, ^' ^ '

and

« Cbe Pilgrims ip^ogrefs,

and if you will go along with me,
you fhall fare as I my felf ; for there

*Luiz. 15. where I go, is * enough, and to fpare;
Come away, and prove my words.

Obft. What are the things you Jeek^
fine e you leave all the Worldto find them ?

*iPet.i.4. Chr. I feek an ^Inheritance, in-
corruptible , un defiled^ and that fadeth
not away\ and it is laid up in Heaven,

* Heb. II. and faft there, to be beflowed at the

16. time appointed, on them that dili-

gently feek it.

Ob. TujhS'^x^O.bftinate^awaywith
your Book ; will you go back with us, or
no ?

Ch. No, not I, faid the other ; be-
caufe I have laid my hand to the

*Luk.9.62 * Plow.

Ob. Come then^ Neighbour Pliable,
let us turn again^ and go home with-
out him ; There is a Company of theje
Craz d-headed Coxcombs^ that when
they take a fancy by the end^ are wifer
in their own eyes then f even men that
can render a Reafon.

Pli. Then faid Pliable, Don't re-
vile ; if what the good Chrijlian fays
is true, the things he looks after, are
better then ours : my heart inchnes
to go with my Neighbour.

B Obft.

CDe Pilgrims p?ogrefsf. 9

Obft. fi'hat I more Fools ftill ? be
ruled by me and go back ; who knows
whither Juch a brain-fick fellow will
lead you ? Go back , go back , and be
wife.

Ch. Come with me Neighbour
Pliable ; there are fuch things to be
had which I fpoke of, and many
more Glories befides. If you beHeve
not me, read here in this Book ; and
for the truth of what is expreft there-
in, behold all is confirmed by the
t blood of him that made it. ^^f'^- '">•

Pli. Well NeighbourOh9imitQ.(faid'^°' ^^'
Pliable) I begin to come to a point ; I
intend to go along with this good man,
and to cafi in my lot with him : But
my good Companion^ do you know the
way to this defired place}

Ch. I am direded by a man whofe
name is Evangelijly to fpeed me to a
little Gate that is before us, where
we fhall receive inftrudlion about the
way.

Pli. Come then good Neighbour , let
us be going.

Then they went both together.

Objl. And I will go back to my
place , faid Obfiinate. I will be no
Companion of fuch mifs-led fantafti-
cal Fellows. Now

10 ^f)z Pilgrims P^ogreCs.

Now I faw in my Dream , that

when Obflinate was gon back, Chri-

* T:alk be-Jiian and Pliable went * talking over

i^een the Plain: and thus they began their

Chriftian, rr r J b

wPlia- ^^i^courfe, _

bJe. Chrifi. Come Neighbour Pliabky

how do you do ? I am glad you are
perfwaded to go along with me ; and
had even Objiinate himfelf, but felt
what I have felt of the Powers and
Terrours of what is yet unfeen, he
would not thus lightly have given us
the back.

Pliable. Come Neighbour Q\\x\^\2iX\^
fince there is none but us two here^ tell
me now further^ what the things are^
and how to be enjoyed, whither we are
goifig ?

Ch. I can better conceive of them
with my Mind, then fpeak of them
with my Tongue : But yet fince you
are defirous to know, I will read of
them in my Book.

Pli. And doyouthink that the words
of your Book are certainly true?
Ch. Yes verily , for it was made
f Tit. 1.2. by him that fcannot lye,

Plia ; Well /aid ; what things are
they ?
'^^'^'^' Ch. There is an * endlefs Kingdom
B 2 to

Cf)e Pilgrims P^opeR 1 1

to be Inhabited, and everlafting life John lo,
to be given us ; that we may Inhabit ^'^' ^^' ^9-
that Kingdom for ever.

Pli. Welljaid ; and what elje F

Chr. Ther-e are Crowns of Glory-
to be given us ; fand Garments that f ^Tim.^.
will make us fhine like the Sun in the ^•
Firmament of Heaven. Mat h '^'

Plia. This is excellent ; And what
el/e?

Ch. There fhall be no more crying,
* nor forrow; For he that is owner *l^3.25.8.
of the places, will wipe all tears ^^^' 7•^^•
from_our eyes. Cap.ai.4.

Pli. Andwhat company Jhallwe have
there ?

Ch. There we fhall be with Sera-
phimSy *andC/'d'r«i^/;7J, Creatures that •'■' Ifa 6. 2.
will dazle your eyes to look on them : ^ Thiff. 4,
There alfo you fhall meet with thou- ^^' '''•
fands, and ten thoufands that have •7- '7.
gone before us to that place ; none
of them are hurtful, but loving, and
holy : every one walking in the fight
of God; and (landing in his prefence
with acceptance for ever : In a
word, there we fhall fee the f Elders f Rev. 4.4..
with their Golden Crowns : There
we fhall fee the Holy * Virgins with * cha. 14.
their Golden Harps. There we 1,2,3,4,5.

fhaJl

12 C6e Pilgtims P?ogref0,

a Joh. 12. fhall fee ^ Men that by the World

^5- were cut in pieces, burned in flames,

eaten of Beafls , drownded in the

Seas, for the love that they bare to

the Lord of the place ; all well, and

b z Cor. 5. cloathed with '' Immortality, as with

2, 3> 5- a Garment.

PH. The hearing of this is enough to
ravijh ones heart ; but are theje things
to be enjoyed ? how [hall we get to be
Sharers hereof?

Ch, The Lord, the Governour of

that Countrey, hath Recorded that

c Ifa. 55. c \^ |-}^ig Book : The fubfl:ance of

l^: which is, U we be truly willino^ to

Toll. 7. 57. . . •: ^

Chap. 6. 3 7 have it, he will beftow it upon us

Rev. 21. 6. freely.

Cap. 22. 1 7 Pli. U^ell^ my good Companion, glad
am I to hear of theJe things \ Come on,
let us mend our pace.

Ch. I cannot go fo faft as I would,
by reafon of this burden that is upon
my back.

Now I faw in my Dream, that juft
as they had ended this talk , they
drew near to a very Miry Slough,that
was in the midft of the Plain, and
they being heedlefs, did both fall
fuddenly into the bogg. The name
of the Slow was Di/pond. Here there-
B 3 fore

Cbe pilgrims p^ogrefs. 13

fore they wallowed for a time, be-
ing grievioufly bedaubed with the
dirt; And Chi^iftian^ becaufe of the
burden that was on his back, began
to fink in the Mire.

Ph. Then/aid Pliable, Ah, Neigh-
hour Chriftian, where are you now ?

Ch. Truly, faid Chrijiian, I do not
know,

Pli. At that. Pliable began to be
offended ; and angerly faid to his
Fellow, Is this the happinejs you have
told me all this while of ^. ifwehavefuch
ill /peed at our firft Jetting out y what
may we expe£l, 'twixt this, and our
Journeys end ? ^ May I get out again ^ ^^ " ^'°^
with my life^you fiall pojjejs the brave ^"°'f!^?,
Country alone for me. And with that
he gave a defperate ftruggle or two,
and got out of the Mire, on that
fide of the Slough which was next to
his own Houfe : So away he went,
and Chrifiian faw him no more.

WhereforeCi^rz/^M/zwas left to tum-
ble in the Slough of D//pcWd';zry alone,
but ftill he endeavoured to fi:ruggle e chHflhn
to that fideof the Slough, that was IHll in trouble,
further « from his own Houfe , and/^^^-^ f''^^^
next to the Wicket-gate; the which ^^<^^^^''*''
he did, but could not get out, be- \i,\ZT

Caufe Houfe.

14- C6e pilgrims P^ogtcrs.

caufe of the burden that was upon
his back. But I beheld in myDream,
that a Man came to him , whofe
name was Help^ and asked ImWyWhat
he did there ?

Chr. Sir, faid Chrifiian.^ I was dl-
reded this way by a Man called E-
vangeliji ; who direfted me alfo to
yonder Gate, that I might efcape
the wrath to come : And as I was go-
ing thither, I fell in here.

Help. But why did you not look for

•i The Pro- Uhe fieps ?

mijes. ch. Fear followed me fo hard, that

I^fled the next way, and fell in.
Help. Give me thy hand. So he gave

gPf.40. 2. him his hand, and s he drew him out,
and fet him upon found ground, and
bid him go on his way.

Then I ftepped to him that pluckt
him out ; and faid ; Sir, Wherefore
(fince over this place,is the way from
the City of Dejlru^ion, to yonder
Gate) is it, that this Plat is not men-
ded, that poor Travellers might go
thither with more fecurity ? And he
faid unto me, this Miry Jlough is fuch
a place as cannot be mended : It is
the defcent whither the fcum and
filth that attends conviftion for fin,
B 4 doth

C6e Pilgrims Piogref0. 15

continually run, and therefore is it
called t\vt Slough ofDi/pond: for ftill as
the finner is awakened about his loft
condition, there arifeth in his foul
many fears, and doubts, and dif-
couraging apprehenfions, which ail
of them get together, and fettle in
this place : And this is the reafon of
the badnefs of this ground.

It is not the ^ pleafure of the King, ^ ^^^- 35-
that this place fhould remain fo bad ; ^' '^°
his Labourers alfo, have by the di-
rection of His Majefties Surveyors,
been for above this fixteen hundred
years, imploy'd about this patch of
ground, if perhaps it might have
been mended : yea, and to my know-
ledge, faith he. Here hath been fwal-
lowed up, at leaft Twenty thou-
fand Cart Loads ; Yea Millions, of
wholefom Inftrudtions, that have at
all feafons been brought from all
placesof the Kings Dominions; (and
they that can tell, fay, they are
the beft Materials to make good
ground of the place;) If fo be it might
have been mended,but it is the Slough
of Dijpond ?i\\\ ; and fo will be, when
they have done what they can.

True, there are by the diredion of
B 2 the

1 6 cfte Pilgrims p^ogtcfs*

the Law-giver, certain good and
i 77-^ Fro- fubftantiall 'Steps, placed even
mifes of through the verv midft of this Slough;
forgi-venelf^^^ at fuch tir^e as this place doth

and accep- , - • /-, i • i i

tance to "^^ch ipue out its filth, as It doth a-

lifeby faith gainft change of weather, thefe fteps

in chrift. are hardly feen ; or if they be. Men

through the dizinefs of their heads,

ftep befides ; and then they are be-

mired to purpofe, notwithflanding

the fteps be there; but the ground is

k I Sa 12. '^ good when they are once got in at

as. the Gate.

Now I faw in my Dream, that by
this time Pliable was got home to
his Houfe again. So his Neighbours
came to vifit him ; and fome of them
called him wife Man for coming
back ; and fome called him Fool, for
hazarding himfelf with Chrijlian;
others again did mock at his Cow-
ardlinefs ; faying. Surely fince you
began to venture, I would not have
been fo bafe to have given out for a
few difficulties. So Pliable fat fneak-
ing among them. But at laft he got
more confidence, and then they all
turned their tales, and began to de-
ride poor Chrijiian behind his back.
And thus much concerning Pliable.

Now

Cije pilgrims p^ogcefs, 17

Now as Chriftian was walking
folitary by himfelf, he efpied one a-
far oiFcomecroffingover the field *to * Mr.
meet him ; and their hap was to meet Worldly-
juft as they were crofTing the way of ^'^'=™^/^
each other. The Gentleman's name chrifliln
was, Mr. Worldly- JVifeman, he dwelt
in the Town of Carnal-Policy ^ a very
great Town, and alfo hard by, from
whence Chriftian came. Thismanthen
meeting with Chriftian , and having
fome inckling of him, for Chriftians
fetting forth fromtheCityof D(f/?ri^«:-
/io«, was much noifed abroad, not only
in the Town, where he dwelt, but alfo
it began to be the 'Town-td\k in fome
other places. Mafter Worldly- Wife-
man therefore, having fome guefs of
him , by beholdinghislaboriousgoing,
by obferving his fighs and groans, and
the like, began thus to enter into fome
talk with Chrijlian.

World. How now , good fellow, Talk be-
whither away after this burdened ^-'^'^^ ^''
manner ? Worldly-

Chr, A burdened manner indeed, as ^^^ch^rii.
ever I think poor creature had. And tian.
whereas you ask me. Whither away, I
tell you. Sir, I am going to yonder
Wicket-gate before me; for there, as
B3 I

1 8 Cf)e pilgnms Piogrefs*

I am informed , I fhall be put into a
way to. be rid of my heavy burden.

Worl. Haji thou a I4^^ife and
Children ?

Chr. Yes, but I am fo laden

with this burden, that I cannot take

that pleafure in them as formerly :

* I Cor. methinks, I am as * if I had none.

7- »9- Worl, Wilt thou hearken to me,

if I give thee counjel ?

Chr. If it be good , I will ; for
I ftand in need of good counfel,

Worl. I would ad'vife thee then jthat
thou with all /peed get thy Jelf rid of
thy burden ; for thou wilt yiever befet-
led in thy mind till then : nor canft thou
enjoy the benefits of the bleffing which
God hath befiowed upon thee till then.

Chr. That is that which I feek for,
even to be rid of this heavy burden ;
but get it off my felf I cannot : nor
is there a man in our Country that
can take it off my fhoulders ; there-
fore am I going this way, as I told
you, that I may be rid of my burden.

Worl. IVho bid thee go this way
to be rid of thy burden ?

Chr. A man that appeared to me to
be a very great and honorable perfon ;
his name, as I remember is Evangelifi:.

Worl.

C6e Pilgrims Piogtea 19

Worl. 1 heporow him for his court-
fel\ there is not a more dangerous and
trouhlejorne ijoay in the worlds than is
that unto which he hath directed thee \
and that thou jh alt find if thou wilt be
ruled by his counfel : Thou hafi met
with fomething (as I -perceive) alrea-
dy ; for I fee the dirt of the Slough
of Difpond is upon thee ; but that
Slough is the beginning of thejorrows
that do attend thofe that go on in that
way : hear me, I am older than thou !
thou art like to meet with in the way
which thougoeji, JVearifomnefs, Pain-
fulnejs. Hunger, Perils, ISakedneJs,
Sword, Lions, Dragons, Darknefs, and
in a word, death, and what not? Thefe
things are certainly true, having been
confirmed by many teftimonies. And
why fhould a man Jo carelefiy cafi away
himjelf, by giving head to a fir anger.

Chr. Why, Sir, this burden upon The frame
my back is more terrible to me than of the heart
are all thefe things which you have °fy°"''S
mentioned : * nay, methinks I care ^'''^'^''"''•
not what I meet with in the way,fo be
I can alfo meet with deliverance from
my burden.

Worl. How camefi thou by thy bur-
den atfirfi F

B 4 Chr.

20 Cbe Pilgrims! P^ogrefs,

Chr. By reading this Book in
my hand.

Worl. / thought fo ; and it is hap-
pened unto thee as to other weak men^
who meddling with things too high for
them^ dojuddenly fall into thy dijir ac-
tions; which difir actions do not only un-
man men J {as thine I perceive has done
thee) but they run than upon defperate
ventures i to obtain they know not what.

Chr^ I know what I would ob-
tain ; it is eafe for my heavy burden.

Worl. But why wilt thou Jeek for
eafe this way ^ feeing fo many dangers at-
tend it ^ efpecially yfmce (hadfi thou but
patience to hear me^ I could direct thee
to the obtaining of what thou defirefl,
ivithout the dangers that thou in this
way wilt run thy f elf into : yea, and
the remedy is at hand. BefideSy I will
add, that infiead of thofe dangers, thou
fhalt meet with much fafety, friend-
fhip, and content,

Chr, Pray Sir open this fecret to
me.

Worl. Why, in yonder Village, {the
Village is named M.orz\lty)there dwells
a Gentleman, who/enameisL,tgalitY,a
very judicious man [a fid a man of a very
good name) that hasfkill to help men off

with

^bt pilgrims Piogtefg. 21

withjuch burdens as thine are , from
their jhoulders : yea, to my knowledge
he hath done a great deal of good this
way : Ai, and befides, he hath fkill to
cure thofe that arefomewhat crazed in
their wits with their burdens. To him ,
as If aid, thou may eft go, and be helped
prefently. His houfe is not quite a mile
from this -place \ and if he ftjould not be
at home himfelf, he hath a pretty young
man to his Son, whofe name is Civility,
that can do it {to f peak on) as well as
the old Gentleman himfelf: 'There, I fay,
thou may eft be eafedofthy burden, and
if thou art not minded to go back to thy
former habitation, as indeed I would
not wifto thee, thou mayeft fend for thy
Wife and Children to thee to this Vil-
lage, where there are houfe s now ft and
empty, one of which thoumayeft have at
recfonable rates: Provifonis there alfo
cheap and good, and that which will
make thy life the more happy, is, to be
jure there thou ftoalt live by hone ft
neighbors, in credit and good faftoion.
Now was Chriftian fomewhat at a
ftand, but prefently he concluded; if
this be true which this Gentleman hath
faid, my wifeft courfe is to take his ad-
vice, and with that he thus farther
fpoke. B 5 Chr.

22 cbc Pilgrims P?ogref0,

Chr. Sir , which is my way to
this honeft man's houfe ?
*Mount%\- W oy\,Do you/ee yonder *high hill?
nai- Chr. Yes, very well.

Worl. By that Hill you muft go,
and the firft houfe you come at is his.

So Chrijiian turned out of his way
to go to Mr. Legality's houfe for help :
but behold, when he was got now hard
by the Hill, it feemed fo high, and alfo
that fide of it that was next the way
fide, did hang fo much over, that Chr-

* Chripian iftian was * afraid to venture further,
afraidthat left the Hill (hould fall on his head :
^^""' ^;- wherefore there he flood ftill, and he

nai ivould . . A 1 /- 1 • 1

fall on his ^^^ "^^ what to do. Alfo his burden,

head. «(?w, feemed heavier to him, than while

he was in his way. There came alfo

iExod.i9. ^fl^^gg of gj.g Q^^ Q^ ^j^g f^-j]^ ^j^^j.

* Ver. 1 6. iTiade * Chrijiian afraid that he fhould

be burned: here therefore hefwet,and
I Heb. 12, did quake for f fear. And now he be-
' '• gan to be forry that he had taken Mr.

* F IVorldly -Wijemans counfel ; and with
\\^findeth ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ * Evangelifl coming to
Chriftian meet him; at the fight alfo of whom
under he began to blufh for fhame. So
Mount Evangelifi drew nearer, and nearer,
looketh" ^"^ coming up to him, he looked
fenjerely "poH him with a fevere and dreadful

upon him. COUn-

C6e Pilgrims Piopefs?* 23

countenance : and thus began to rea-
fonwlth Chriftian.

Evan, f What doeft thou here ? f Evange-
faid he? at which word Chri/lian^'^'''''f°"'
knew not what to anfwer : wherefore, ^u -yi^"''
at prefent he ftood fpeechlefs before
him. Then faid Evangeliji farther,
Art not thou the man that I found
crying without the walls of the City
<?/" Deftru6tion ?

Chr. Yes, dear Sir, I am the man.

Evan. Did not I dire^ thee the
way to the little Wicket-gate ?

Chr. Yes, dear Sir faid Chrifiian,

Evan. How is it then that thou
art Jo quickly turned afide^ for thou
art now out of the way ?

Chr. I met with a Gentleman,
fo foon as I had got over the Slough
of Difpondj who perfwaded me, that
I might in the Village before me, find
a man that could take off my burden.

Evan. What was he ?

Chr. He looked like a Gentle-
man, and talked much to me, and
got me at laft to yield ; fo I came
hither : but when I beheld this Hill,
and how it hangs over the way , I
fuddenly made a ftand, left it fhould
fall on my head.

Evan.

24 C6e Pilgrims p?ogrefs?.

Evan. IVhat /aid that Gentleman
to you ?

Chr. Why , he asked me whither
I was going , and I told him.

Evan. And what /aid he then ?

Chr. He asked me if I had a
Family, and I told him : but, faid I,
I am fo loaden with the burden that
is on my back, that I cannot take
pleafure in them as formerly.

Evan. And what /aid he then ?

Chr. He bid me with fpeed get rid
of my burden, and I told him 'twas
eafe that I fought : And faid I, I am
therefore going to yonder Gate to re-
ceive further direction how I may get
to the place of deliverance. So he
faid that he would fhew me a better
way, and fhort, not fo attended with
difficulties, as the way. Sir, that you
fet me : which way, faid he, will dired
you to a Gentleman's houfe that hath
skill to take off thefe burdens : So
I believed him, and turned out of
that way into this, if haply I might
be foon eafed of my burden : but
when I came to this place, and be-
held things as they are, I flopped
for fear, (as I faid) of danger : but
I now know not what to do.

Evan.

C60 Pilgrims p^ogrcfe, 25

Evan. 'Then{(i\\(^i Evangclift__)_y/(3/7c/

Jlill a little y that I may Jhew thee the
words of God. So he ftood trembling.
Then (faid Evangelift) *See that ye re- * Keb. i:

fiije not him thatjpeaketh\ for if they ^^■
efcaped not who refufed him thatfpake
on Earth J much more fh all not we ef-
cape^ if we turn away from him that

f-peaketh from Heaven. He faid more-
over, * Now the juft pall live by faith\ .y, ch.-i--..
but if any man draws back , my foul lo. 38.

' fhall have no pleafure in him. He alfo
did thus apply them, Thou art the man

\ that art running into this mifery, thou
hafl began to reject the counfel of the
mofl high, and to draw back thy foot

fro?n the way of peace, even almofi to
the hazarding of thy perdition.

Then Chriftian fell down at his foot
asdead, crying, Woe is me, for I am un-
done: atthe fight of which £i;<2/7g-^/i/? Matih. %■.
caught him by the right hand, faying, Mark 3.
all manner of fin and blafphemies fhall
be forgiven unto men ; be not faith-
lefs, but believing; then did Chriftian
again a little revive , and ftood up
trembling, as at firft, before Evangelift.
Then Evangelift proceeded, faying,
Give more earneft heedto the things that
I foall tell thee of. J will now fhew

thee

26 C6e Pilgrims; P^ogrcCs*

When Chriftians unto carnal Men give ear.
Out of their way they go, and pay for't dear.
For Mafter Worldly-lVifeman can but fhew
A Saint the way to Bondage and to Woe.

C6e Pilgrims P?ogtefsf» 27

thee who it was that deluded thee, and
who 'twas alfo to whom he fent thee.
The man that met thee, is one JVorld-
Iy-^i/eman,d.nd rightly IS he To called;
partly, *becaufe he favoureth only the *i John
Doctrine of this world (therefore he "i- 5-
always goes to the Town of Mortality
to Church) and partly fbecaufe he f Gal. 6.
loveth that Doftrine beft,for it faveth '^'
him from the Crofs; and becaufe he is
of this carnal temper, therefore he feek-
eth to prevent my ways, though right.
Now there are three things in this mans
counfel that thou muft utterly abhor.

1. His turning thee out of the
way.

2. His labouring to render the
Crofs odious to thee.

3- And his fetting thy feet in
that way that leadeth unto the ad-
ministration of Death.

Firft, Thou muft abhor his turn-
ing thee out of the way ; yea, and
thine own confenting thereto : be-
caufe this is to rejedl the counfel of
God, for the fake of the counfel of
a Worldly-Wijeman. The Lord fays,
* Strive to enter in at the fir ait gate, * ^"'^^
the gate to which I fent thee ; •\for ^'^■'''^'
fir ait is the gate that leadeth unto life^ ^^^•7- '3»

and

28 cfie IPilgnms Piogrefs,

and few there be that find it. From

this little wicket-gate, and from the

way thereto hath this wicked man

turned thee , to the bringing of thee

almofl: to deftrudlion ; hate therefore

his turning thee out of the way, and

abhor thy felf for hearkening to him.

Secondly , Thou muft abhor his

labouring to render the Crofs odious

*Heb. ii.unto thee; for thou art to *p7'efer

^s> ^^' it before the treafures in Egypt : be-

fides, the King of Glory hath told

f Mark 8. ^^^^ j. ^^^ J^^ ^)^^^ ^JJ] ^^^g J^jg jjfg

W fhall lofe it : and * he that comes after

John 12. , J

,^^_ him^ andhatesnothisfatherandmother.

Mat. 10. and wife, and children, and brethren,
39- and fifters ; yea, and his own life alfo,

* ^^^^ he cannot be my Difciple. I fay there-
^'^' ^ * fore, for a man to labour to perfwade
thee, that that fhall be thy death, with-
out which the truth hath faid, thou
canft not have eternal life. This
Do61:rine thou muft abhor.

Thirdly, Thou muft hate his
fetting of thy feet in the way that
leadeth to the miniftration of death.
And for this thou muft confider to
whom he fent thee , and alfo how
unable that perfon was to deliver
thee from thv burden.

He

CSe Pilgrims IP^ogtefs, 29

He to whom thou waft fent for eafe
being by name Legality ^ is the fon of
the * Bond-woman which now is, and *Ga].4.2i,
is in bondage with her children, and is *^' ^3. 24,
in a myftery this Mount Sinai , which 25, 26. 27
thou haft feared will fall on thy head.
Now if ftie with her children are in
bondage, how canft thou expeft by
them to be made free ? This Legality
therefore is not able to fet thee free from
thy burden. No man was as yet ever
rid of his burden by him, no, nor ever
is like to be: ye cannot bejuftified by
the Works of the Law ; for by the
deedsof theLaw no man living can be
rid of his burden : therefore Mr. IVorl-
dly-WiJeman is an alien, and Mr. Z^-
gality 3.chtRt: and forhisovv'nC/x'////)',
notwithftanding his ftmpering looks ,
he is but an hypocrite, and cannot help
thee. Believe me, there is nothing in
all this noife, that thou haft heard of
this fottifti man, but adefign to beguile
thee of thy Salvation, by turning thee
from the way in which I had fet thee.
After this Evangeliji called aloud to
the Heavens for confirmation of what
he had faid; and with that there came
words and fire out of the Mountain un-
der which poor Chriftian ftood , that

made

30 Cbe Pilgrims PiogreK

made the hair of his flefh ftand . The
Gal. 3. 10. words were thus pronounced, As many
as are of the works of the Law, are un-
der the curfe ; for it is written, Curjed
is every one that continueth not in all
thiyigs which are written in the Book
of the Law to do them.

Now Chriflian looked for no-
thing but death, and began to cry
out lamentably, even curfing the
time in which he met with Mr,
Worldly -JViJem an, ftill calling him-
felf a thoufand fools for hearkening
to his counfel : he alfo was greatly
afhamed to think that this Gentle-
mans arguments, flowing only from
the fleihjfhould have that prevalency
with him , to forfake the right way.
This done, he applied himfelf again to
Evangelifi'm words andfenfe as follows.

Chr. Sir , what think you ? is
there hopes ? may I now go back,
and go up to the Wicket-gate , Ihall
I not be abandoned for this, and fent
back from thence afham.ed. I am
forry I have hearkened to this man's
counfel, but may my fin be forgiven.

E'vang.Th&\\{?i\diEvangeUfi to him.
Thy fin is very great, for by it thou
haftcommitted two evils; thou haft for-

faken

Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogrefsi, 31

faken the way that is good, to tread in
forbidden paths : yet will the man of
the Gate receive thee, for he has good
will for men; only, faid he, take heed
thatthouturnnotafide again, left thou
perifh from the way when his wrath is
kindled but a little. Then did ChriJ-
//^«addrefshimfelftogoback,andjE-
vangelijiy after he had kept him , gave
himonefmile,and bidhimGodfpeed:
fo he went on with haft, neither fpake
he to any man by the way ; nor if any
man asked him, would he vouchfafe
them an anfwer. He went like one
that was all the while treading on for-
bidden ground, and could by no means
think himfelf fafe, till again he was
got into the way which he left to fol-
low Mr. Worldly -Wijemari s counfel:
fo in procefs of time, Chrifiian got up
to the Gate. Now over the Gate
there was Written, Knock and it Jhall
be opened unto you. ^ He knocked ^ ^^^tt.y.s,
therefore, more then once or twice,
faying.

May I now enter here ? will he within
Open to forry 7ne^ though 1 have bin
An undejerving Rebel? then ft) all I
Not fail to fmg his iaiftng praife on high.

At laft there came a grave Perfon to

the

32 C6e pngrimg P?ogter0»

the Gate,named GGod-zvill^vjho asked
Who was there ? and whence he came ?
and what he would have ?

Ch. Hereisapoorburdened finner,
I come from the City oi'DeftruElion^
but am going to Mount Zion^ that I
may be delivered from the wrath to
come ; I would therefore, Sir, {mz^
I am informed that by this Gate is the
way thither, know if you are willing
to let me in.

mTheGate Good JVill.'^ I am Willing with all

mcill be my heart, faid he ; and with that he

opened to opened the Gate.

broken- g^ when Chrijlian was ftepping in,

the other gave him a pull; Then faid

tiers. o r '

Chrijlian^ What means that ? The o-

ther told him, A little diftance from

this Gate, there is ere6led a ftrong

r^Satanen- Q^S^X^^ of which ^^ Beelzebub is the

-vies thofe c t-aii^ . from thence both he, and

that enter ^ ^ . • i i • n \

theftratght them that are with him moot Ar-
Qate. rows at thofe that come up to this
Gate ; if happily they may dye be-
fore they can enter in. Then faid
Chrijlian, I rejoyce and tremble. So
when he was got in, the Man of the
Gate asked him. Who direded him
thither?

Ch. Evangelijl bid me come hither

and

C6e pilgrims p^ogref^* 33

He that will enter in muft firft without

Stand knocking at the Gate, nor need he doubt

That is a knocker but to enter in ;

For God can love him and forgive his fin*

34 C60 pilgrims: Piogrefs:,

and knock, (as I did ; ) And hefaid,that
you. Sir, would tell me what I muft:
do.

Good Will. An open Door is Jet he-
fore thee^ and no man can Jhut it.

Ch. Now I begin to reap the bene-
fits of my hazzards.

Good Will. But how is it that you
came alone ?

Ch. Becaufe none of my Neigh-
bours faw their danger, as 1 faw mine.

Good Will. Did any of them know
of your coming ?

Ch. Yes, my Wife and Children
faw me at the firft, and called after
me to turn again: Alfo fome of my
Neighbours ftood crying, and calling
after me to return ; but I put my
Fingers in mine Ears , and fo came
on my way.

Good Will. But did none of them
follow you^to perjwade you to go back ?

Ch. Yes, both Obftinate, and Pli-
able : But when they faw that they
could not prevail , Obftinate went
railing back ; but Pliable came with
me a little way.

Good Will. But why did he not come
through ?

C^. Weindeedcameboth together,

until

Cf)e Pilgrims P?ogrefs, 35

until we came at the Slow o{ Dijpond,
into the which, we alfo fuddenly fell.
And then was my Neighbour Pliable
difcouraged, and would not adven-
ture further. ° Wherefore getting out o ^ Man
again, on that fide next to his own "'^y ^^'"^
Houfe ; he told me, I fhould pofTefs ^^^"11
the brave Countrey alone for him : 7.t!l./f.,

c u ^ L • IT • -l"^ out Jot

bo he went his way, and I came mine. Hea^ven,
He after Obfiinate^ and I to this Gate, ^yetgothi-

Good Will. Then faid Good Will, '''''' ^^««^-
Alafs poor Man,is the Coeleftial Glory
of fo fmall efteem with him, that he
counteth it not worth running the
hazards of a few difficulties to ob-
tain it.

Chr. Truly, faid Chrijiian, I have
faid the truth of Pliable y and if I
fhould alfo fay the truth of my felf,
it will appear there is * no better- * chn/lian
ment 'twixt him and my felf. 'Tis accufeth
true,he went back to his own houfe, '''"if^'f ^^-
but I alfo turned afide to go in the"^"''^ '^^ ,
way of death, being perfwaded g^/^.
thereto by the carnal arguments of
one Mr. Worldly- Wi/eman.

Good Will. Oh, did he light upon
you ! what, he would have had you
a fought for eafe at the hands of Mr.
Legality ; they are both of them a

very

3 6 C6e IPflpims P?ogref0»

very cheat : but did you take his
counfel ?

Chr. Yes, as far as I durft, I
went not to find out Legality^ until I
thought that the Mountain that
ftands by his houfe, would have fal-
len upon my head : wherefore there
I was forced to ftop.

Good Will. That Mountain has
been the death of many, and will be
the death of many more: 'tis well you
efcaped being by it dafht in pieces.

Chr. Why, truly I do not know
what had become of me there, had
not Evangeliji happily met me a-
gain as I was mufing in the midfl of
my dumps: but 'twas Gods mercy
that he came to me again, for elfe I
had never come hither. But now
I am come , fuch a one as I am,
more fit indeed for death by
that Mountain , than thus to
ftand talking with my Lord: But
O , what a favour is this to me,
that yet I am admitted entrance here.

Good Will, We make no objedli-

ons againft any, notwithftanding all

that they have done before they come

* [ohn 6. hither, * they in no wife are caft out

^''* and therefore, good Chriftiariy come

a

Cfie Pilgrims lP?ogrer0» 37

a little way with me, and I will teach
thee about the way thou muft go.
Look before thee ; doft thou fee this
narrow way ? That is the way thou
muft go. It was cafb up by the Patri-
archs, Prophets, Chrift, his Apoftles;
and it is as ftraight as a Rule can
make itiThis is the way thou muft go.

Ch. But faid Chriftian^ Is there no
turnings nor windings by which a
Stranger may looje the way ?

Good Will. Yes , there are many
ways Butt down upon this ; and they
are Crooked , and Wide : But thus
thoumay'ft diftinguifh the right from
the wrong, 'That only being ftraight
and narrow.

Then I faw in my Dream , That
Chrijiian asked him further, U he
could not help him off with his bur-
den that was upon his back ; For as
yet he had not got rid thereof, nor
could he by any means get it off
without help.

He told him ; As to the burden, be
content to bear it, until 1 thou comeft p There is
to the place of p Deliverance ; for «" delme-
there it will fall from thy back it felf. '-f«^^/'-^'«

,_,, y^i • n ■ 1 • 1 the putlt,

_ Then Chriftian began to gird up ^«^^^^^,„
his loins , and to addrefs himfelf to offm, but

his

38 Cf)e ipilgnm0 Piog:tef0,

by the death Joumey. Sothe Other told him, that
G? Wood' 0/ by that he was gone fome diftance
chriji. from the Gate, he would come at
the Houfe of the Interpreter ; at
whofe Door he fhould knock; and he
would jfhew him excellent things.
Then Chrijiian took his leave of his
Friend, and he again bid him, God
fpeed.

Then he went on, till he came at
qChriftian the Houfe of the 1 Interpreter y where
comes to he knocked over and over : at laft
the Houfe one came to the Door, and asked
fj^^' ^^"- }Fho was there'i

Ch. Sir, here is a Travailer, who
was bid by an acquaintance of the
Good-man of this Houfe , to call
here for my profit : I would therefore
fpeak with the Mafter of the Houfe :
fo he called for the Mafter of the
Houfe ; who after a little time came
to Chrijiian, and asked him what he
would have ?

Ch. Sir, faid Chrijiian , I am a
Man that am come from the City of
T>eJiru£iion , and am going to the
Mount Zion, and I was told by the
Man that ftands at the Gate, at the
head of this way. That if I called
here, you would fhew me excellent

things

nation.

C6e IPilgrimg p^ogccfs, 39

things , ■■ fuch as would be an h^l-p r He is en-
to me in my Journey. tertamed.

Inter. Then faid the Interpreter^ .

^Come in, I will (hew thee that which
will be profitable to thee. So he com-
manded his Man to light the Candle,
and bid Chrijiian follow him ; fo he
had him into a private Room, and
bid his Man open a Door ; the which
when he had done, ^Chrijiian faw a'^^^^"^'^"
Pi6lure of a very grave Perfon hang^^^J^
up againft the Wall, and this was the piaure.
fafhion of it. " // had eyes lift up to uThejajhi-
Heaven^ the beft of Books in its hand, °" °f'^^
the Law of Truth was ivritten upon its ^^"^^'•
lipSy the JVorldwas behind his back\ it
flood as if it Pleaded with Men, and a
Crown of Gold did hangover itshead.

Ch. Then Jaid Qhvi^\?injJVhat means
this ?

Inter. The Man whofe Pi(5lurethis xCor.4.15.
is, is one of a thoufand, he can * be-
get Children, Travel in birth with
Children, and y Nurfe them himfelf, yGal.4.19,
when they are born. And whereas
thou feefl^ him with eyes lift up to 2 Th&fs.
Heaven, the beftofBooksin his hand, ^- 7-
and the Law of Truth writ on his
lips : it is to fhew thee, that his work
is to know and unfold dark things

to

40 C6e pilgrims p^ogrefs.

^The mea- (-q finners ; even as alfo thou feeft

"piaurJ''' ' ^^"^ ^^"^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Pleaded with
Men : And whereas thou feeft the

World as caft behind him, and that a
Crown hangs over his head ; that is,
to fhew thee that flighting and de-
fpifing the things that are prefent ,
for the love that he hath to his Ma-
fters fervice, he is fure in the World
that comes next to have Glory for
his Reward : Now, faid the Interpre-
hWhh ^^^^ ^ have fliewed thee this Pidure,
(benuedhim ^"^^i ^ becaufe the Man whofe Pidlure
the Piaure this is, is the only Man, whom the
fi^'i' Lord of the Place whither thou art

going, hath Authorized , to be thy
Guide in all difficult places thou
mayeft meet with in the way: where^
fore take good heed to what I have
fhewed thee, and bear well in thy
mind what thou haft {q,q.\\\ left in thy
Journey, thou meet with fome that
pretend to lead thee right, but their
way goes down to death.

Then he took him by the hand, and
led him into a very large Parlour
that was full of duft, becaufe never
fwept ; the which, after he had re-
viewed a little while, the Interpreter
called for a man to /weep : Now

when

Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogtcf^* 41

when he began to fweep, the duft be-
gan (o abundantly to fly about, that
Chrijiian had almoft therewith been
choaked : Then faid the Interpreterto
a Damjel that ftood by, Bring hither
Water,andrprinkle the Room; which
when fhe had done, was fwept and
cleanfed with pleafure.

Q\i.1^hen Jaid Q\in^\2in^What means .
this?

In. The Interpreter anfwered ;
this Parlor is the heart of a Man
that was never fancflified by the fweet
Grace of the Gofpel : The dufi^ is
his Original Sin, and inward Corrup-
tions that have defiled the whole
Man ; He that began to fweep at
firfl:,istheLaw; but She that brought
water, and did fprinkle it, is the Go-
fpel : Now, whereas thou faweft that
fo foon as the firft began to fweep,the
duft did fo fly about that the
Room by him could not be cleanfed,
but that thou waft almoft choaked
therewith. This is to fliew thee, that
the Law, inftead of cleanfing the
heart f by its working) from fin, ^ dRom.7.6.
doth revive, put ^ ftrength into, and ^'^°''•'5•
^ increafe it in the foul, as it doth ^ '

c dir-'^"-''"-

42 C6e Pilgrims lP?og;refs»

difcover and forbid it, but doth not
give power to fubdue.

Again, as thou faweft the Damfel
fprinkle the Room with Water, upon
which it was cleanfed with pleafure :
This is to fhew thee, that when the
Gofpel comes in the fweetand pre-
cious influences thereof to the heart,
then I fay, even as thou faweft the
Damfel lay the dufl: by fprinkling
the Floor with Water, fo is fin van-
gjoh.15.3. quifhed and fubdued , and the foul
Eph. 5.26. made clean, through the Faith of it;
Act. 15. 9. ^^^ confequently e fit for the King of

Rom. 16. ^, >,,.•' °

25, 26. ^^ory to mhabit.

Joh. 15. I faw moreover in my Dream, ^

13- that the Interpreter took him by the

h He hand, and had him into a little Room;

Paffion & where fat two little Children, each

Patience. ^^^ ^^ his Chair : The name of the

eldeft was Pajfion^ and of the other

Patience ; PaJJion feemed to be much

difcontent, but Patience was very

quiet. Then Chriftian asked. What

Paffion is the reafon of the difcontent of

n^Ulha^e ^ajfion r The Interpreter anfwered ,

1 he Crovernour or them would have

him ftay for his beft things till the

i Patience beginning of the next year ; but he

isiornuai- will have all now: * But Patience is

''«^- willing to wait. Then

Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogtefs* 43,

Then I faw that one came to ^ FaJ- k Paffion
fion^ and brought him a Bag of Trea- ^^^ ^" '^^'
fure, and poured it down at his feet ; ^"^^'
the which he took up, and rejoyced
therein ; and withall , laughed Pa-
tience to fcorn : But I beheld but a
while, and he had Mavifhed all a- ^ ^'^^
way , and had nothinej left him but '^"'fy ^^■
■K-ags.

D _ _ _ auuay.

Ch. T^i?«/^/</Chri{l:ian/(3/^<? Inter- ,n The
prefer, *" Expound this matter more matter ex-
fully to me. pounded.

In. So he faid, Thefe two Lads are
Figures ; PaJJion, of the Men of this
World ; and P alienee ^ of the Men of
that which is to come : For as here
thou feeft, Pajfion will have all now^
this year; thatistofay,In/i'/J World;
So are the Men of this World : they
muft have all their good things now,
they cannot (lay till next Tear ; that
is, untill the next World, for their
Portion of good. That Proverb, A
" Bird in the Hand is worth two in the „r ,,,

Ti n • c 1 • -1 ^'^orldly

BuJ/j J is of more Authority 'with Man for a
them, then are all the Divine Tefti- Bird in the
monies of the good of the World to ^-'^«^-
come. But as thou faweft, that he
had quickly lavifhed all away, and
had prefently left him, nothing but
C 2 Raggs;

44 C6e Pilgnmg p^ogtefs.

Raggs ; So wil] it be with all fuch

Men at the end of this World.

Ch. Tbefj/aid Chri{{\d.nj Nozv I/ee

o Patience fba! Patience has the befi ° Wijdom ;

hadthebeft and that upou many accounts, i. Be-

Wifdom. ^^^jg Jjejiaysfor the befi things. i . And

aljo becauje he will have the Glory of

His, when the other hath nothing but

Raggs,

In. Nay , you may add another ;
to wit. The glory of the next World
will never wear out ; but thefe are
fuddenlygone. Therefore PaJ/ionhRd
not fo much reafon to laugh at Pa-
tience, becaufe he had his good things
firft, as Patience will have to laugh
Things that ^^ P cijfion , P becaufe he had his beft
arefirji things /^y?; for7?r/?muft give place to
muft gi've lafi , becaufe lafi muft have his time
fiace , hut ^q come, but lafi gives place to no-
ings .a ^-y- ^^^ there is not another to fuc-

arelajt,are o ' i i i • -r»

lading. C£^d : he therefore that hath his Por-
tion firfi, muft needs have a time to
fpend it ; but he that has his Portion
lafi, muft have it laftingly. There-
q Lnk. 1 6. fore it is faid of i Dives, In thy life-
Dives had time thou hadefi , or receivedefi thy
hts good gQQd things , and likewife Lazarus evil
t tngsfrji. jj^iyig^ . 2ut now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented,

Ch.

- Cbe pilgrims p?og:cefe- 45

Ch. "Then I perceive ^ 'tis not beji to
covet things that are now ; but to wait
for things to come.

In. You fay the Truth ; •■ For the 2Cor.4. i8
things that are Jeen^are Temporal ; but nefirft
the things that are not/een,areRterna.\ : things are
But though this be ro;yet fince things ^"tremfo-
prefent, and our flefhiy appetite, are ^^ '
Juch near Neighbours one to another \
and again, becaufe things to come ,
and carnal fenfe, are fuch ftrangers
one to another : therefore it is, that
the firft of thefe fo fuddenly fall into
amity ^ and that difiance is {o con-
tinued between the fecond.

Then I faw in my Dream, that the
Interpreter took Chrijiian by the
hand , and led him into a place,
where was a Fire burning againft a
Wall, and one {landing by it always,
cafting much Water upon it to quench
it : Yet did the Fire burn higher and
hotter.

I'henjaid Chriftian, What means
this?

The Interpreter anfwered , This
fire is the work of Grace that is
wrought in the heart : he that cafts
Water upon it, to extinguifh and put
it out, is the Devil : but in that thou
C 3 feeft

46 C[)e pugnm.s p^ogrefsf* -

feeft the fire notwithftanding burn
' higher and hotter , thou fhalt alfo
fee the reafon of that : So he had him
about to the back fide of the Wall,
where he faw a Man with a VefTel of
Oyl in his hand, of the which he did
alfo continually caft, but fecretly, in-
to the fire. Thenfaid Chriftian^ What
means this ? The Interpreter anfwer-
ed, This is Chrifty who continually
with the Oyl of his Grace, maintains
the work, already begun in the heart;
By the means of which, notwith-
ftanding what the Devil can do , the
aCor,i2. 9 fouls of his People prove gracious
ftill. And in that thou faweft, that
the Man ftood behind the Wall to
maintain the fire ; this is to teach
thee, that it is hard for the tempted
to fee how this work of Grace is
maintained in the foul.

I faw alfo that the Interpreter took
him again by the hand, and led him
into a pleafant place, where was
builded a ftately Palace, beautiful to
behold ; at the fight of which, Chri-
Jiian was greatly delighted ; he faw
alfo upon the top thereof, certain
Perfons walked, who were cloathed
all in Gold. Thenfaid Chrijlian^ May

we

we go in thither? Then th^ Interpre-
ter took him , and Jed him up to-
ward the door of the Palace ; and
behold , at the door flood a great
Company of men, as defirous to go
in, but durft not. There alfo fat a
Man , at a little diftance from the
door, at a Table-fide, with a Book,
and his Inkhorn before him, to take
the Name of him that (hould enter
therein:He faw alfo that in the door-
way, ftood many Men in Armour to
keep it ; being refolved to do to the
Man that would enter,what hurt and
mifchief they could. Now was Chri-
Jiian fomwhat in a mufe : at laft,when '
every Man ftarted back for fear of the
Armed Men ; Chrijlian faw a Man of
a very ftout countenance come up to
the Man that fat there to write ; fay-
ingjSet down my name,Sir ; the which
when he had done, he faw the Man
draw his Sword, and put an Helmet
upon his Head, and rufh toward the
door upon the Armed Men, who laid
upon him with deadly force; but the
Man, not at all difcouraged , M\ to
cutting and hacking moft iiercely;fo,
after he had "received and given Aa. 14,2*
many wgunds to thofe that attempt-
C 4 ed

48 C&e IPilgnms ip^ogrefs,

ted to keep him out , he cut his way
through them all , and prefled for-
ward into the Palace ; at which there
was a pleafant voice heard from
thofe that were within, even of the
Three that walked upon the top of
the Palace.

Come in ., Come in ;

Eternal Glory thou Jhalt win.

So he went in, and was cloathed with
fuch Garments as they. Then Ci?r/-
• fiian fmiled, and faid, I think verily I
know the meaning of this.

Now, faid Chrijlian , let me go
hence : Nay ftay (faid the Interpre-
ter^ till I have fhewed thee a little
more, and after that thou fhalt go
on thy way. So he took him by the
hand again, and led him into a very
X ejpair ^^^y^ Room, where there fat a Man

like an Iron . '

Cage. ^^ ^^ ^^^^ " ^^g^-

Now the Man, to look on, feem-
ed very fad: he fat with his eyes look-
ing down to the ground, his hands
folded together ; and he fighed as if
he would break his heart. Then faid
Chriftian, What means this ? At which
the Interpreter bid him talk with the
Man.

Chr. Then faid Chriftia\ to the

Man,

Cbe IPilgtimg IP?ogref0» 49

Man, IVhat art thou ? The Man an-
fwered, / am what I was not once.

Chr. JVhat waft thou once ?

Man. The Man faid, I was once
a fair and flourlfhing Profeflbr, both
in mine own eyes, and alfo in the
eyes of others : I once was , as I
thought, fair for the Coeleftial City,
and had then even joy at the thoughts
that I fhould get thither.

Chr. Well, but what art thou now}

Man. I am now a Man of Defpair,
and am fhut up in it, as in this Iron
Cage. I cannot get out ; O novj I
cannot.

Chr. But how cameft thou in this
condition ?

Man. I left off to watch, and be
fober ; I laid the reins upon the neck
of my lufts ; I fmned againft the light
of the Word, and the goodnefs of
God : I have grieved the Spirit, and
he is gone ; I tempted the Devil, and
he is come to me ; 1 have provoked
God to anger, and he has left me ; I
have {o hardened my heart, that I
cannot repent.

Then faid Chriftian to tho. Interpre-
ter, But is there no hopes for such a
Man as this ? Ask him, faid the In-
ter-

so c&e Pilgnmg Piogtcfs;,

terpreter ? Nay, faid Chrijlian^ pr3,y
Sir, do you.

Inter. Then faid the Interpreter^
Is there no hope hut you mufi be kept in
this Iron Cage of De/pair ?
Man. No, none at all.
Inter. Why} the Son of the BleJJed
is very pitiful.
V Heb 6 6 Man. I have y Crucified him to my
2 Luke 19. ^elf, a frefh. I have defpifed ^ his Per-
14- Ton,! havedefpifed his Righteoufnefs,

I have counted his Blood an unholy
a Heb. 10. thing , I have done defpite ^ to the
28, 29- Spirit of Grace : Therefore I have
fhut my felf out of all the Promifes;
and there now remains to me nothing
but threatnings, dreadful threatnings,
faithful threatnings of certain Judge-
ment, which fhall devour me as an
Adverfary.

Inter. For what did you bring your
felf into this condition ?

Man. For the Lufl:s,Pleafures,and
Profits of this World ; in the injoy-
ment of which , I did then promife
my felf much delight : but now even
every one of thofe things alfo bite
me, and gnaw me like a burning
worm.

In-

C6e IPilpims Piogref^. 51

Inter. But canfi thou not now re-pent
and turn ?

Man. God hath denied me repen-
tance ; his Word gives me no encou-
ragement to beheve ; yea, himfelf
hath fhut me up in this Iron Cage;
nor can all the men in the World let
me out. O Eternity ! Eternity! how
fhall I grapple with the mifery that I
muft meet with in Eternity !

Inter. Then faid the Interpreter to
Chrifttan^ Let this mans mifery be
remembered by thee, and be an ever-
lafting caution to thee.

Chr. Well, faid Chriftian^ this is
fearful ; God help me to watch and
be fober ; and to pray, that I may
fhun the caufes of this mans mifery.
Sir, is it not time for me to go on my
way now ?

Inter. Tarry till I fhall fhew thee
one thing more, and then thou fhalt
go on thy way.

So he took Chriftian by the hand a-
gain, and led him into a Chamber,
where there was one a rifing out of
Bed ; and as he put on his Rayment,
he fhook and trembled. Then faid
Chriftian^ Why doth this Man thus
tremble ? The Interpreter then bid

him

52 C&e Pilgrims; lPiogref0.

him tell to Chriftian the reafon of his
fo doing, So he began, and faid: This
night as I was in my fleep,I Dreamed,
and behold the Heavens grew ex-
ceeding black ; alfo it thundred and
lightned in moft fearful wife, that it
I Cor. 15. P'^t me into an Agony. So I looked
I ThefT. 4. up in my Dream, and faw the Clouds
Jude 15. rack at an unufual rate ; upon which
zThef.i.s. J j^eard a great found of a Trumpet,
o ■ ^' ^ ■ and faw alfo a Man fit upon a Cloud,

Kev. 20. II , f '

12, 13, 14. attended with the thoufands of Hea-
If. i6. 21. ven; they were all in flaming fire, alfo
Mic. 7.16, the Heavens was on a burning flame.
^' I heard then a voice, faying, Arije ye

^^^' \^ Dead^ and come to Judgement'^ and
with that,the Rocks rent, the Graves
opened, & the Dead that were there-
in, came forth ; fome of them were
exceeding glad, and looked upward;
and fome fought to hide themfelves
under the Mountains : Then T faw
the Man that fat upon the Cloud,
open the Book ; and bid the World
draw near. Yet there was by reafon
of a Fiery flame that iffued out and
came from before him, a convenient
diftance betwixt him and them, as
betwixt the Judge and the Prifoners
at the Bar. I heard it alfo proclaimed

to

C6e IPilfftims p^ogtefsf, 53

to them that attended on the Man c Mat. 3.14
that fat on the Cloud; ^Gather toge- ^''^/^■^°'
ther the l^ares^ the Chaffs and Stubble ^
and cafi them into the burning Lake ;
and with that, the Bottomlefs pit o-
pened, juft whereabout I flood ; out
of the mouth of which there came in
an abundant manner Smoak, and
Coals of fire, with hideous noifes. It
was alfo faid to the fame perfons ;
Gather my Wheat into my Garner. ^ ^'Y\\t\
And with that I faw many catch't up jg^ i^ "
^ and carried away into the Clouds,
but I was left behind. I alfo fought
to hide my felf, but I could not ; for
the Man that fat upon the Cloud,ftill ^^
kept his eye upon me : my fins alfo 15. '
came into mind, and my Confcience
did accufe me on every fide. Upon
this I awaked from my fleep.

Chr. But what was it that made you
fo /raid of this fight ?

Man. Why I thought that the day
of Judgement was come, and that I
was not ready for it : but this frighted
me moft, that the Angels gathered
up feveral, and left me behind ; alfo
the pit of Hell opened her mouth
juft where I ftood:my Confcience too
within affli(5led me; and as I thought,

the

54 C60 Pilgrims }P?og:ref0.

the Judge had always his eye upon
me, fhewing indignation in his coun-
tenance.

Then faid the Interpreter to Chri-
fiian, Hafi thou confidered all theje
things ?

Chri. Yes, and they put me in
hope znd fear.

Inter. Well, keep all things fo in thy
mind, that they may be as a Goad in
thy fideSjto prick thee forward in the
way thou muft go. Then Chriftian
began to gird up his loins, and to ad-
, drefs himfelf to his Journey. Then
faid the Interpreter, The Comforter
be always with thee good Chriftian,
to guide thee in the way that leads
to the City.

SoChriftian wentonhis way,faying,

Here I have feen things rare, and pro-
fitable ;

Things pleafant , dreadful, things to
make me ftable

In what I have began to take in hand :

Then let me think on them, and under-
Hand

Wherefore they Jhewed me was, and let
me be

Thankful, O good Interpreter, to thee.

Now

Now I faw in my Dream , that
the high way up which Chrijlian was
to go, was fenced on either fide with
a Wall, and that Wall is called Sa[-
valion. Up this" way therefore did
burdened C^r//?/(2« run, but not with-
out great difficulty, becaufe of the
load on his back.

He ran thus till he came at a place
fomewhat afcending ; and upon that
place flood a Cro/s, and a little be-
low in the bottom, a Sepulcher. So
I faw in my Dream , that juft as
Chrijlian came up with the Crofs^ his
burden loofed from off his Shoulders,
and fell from off his back ; and be-
gan to tumble, and fo continued to
do, till it came to the mouth of the
Sepulcher , where it fell in, and I faw
it no more.

Then was Chrijlian glad ^ and e When
lightfom,and faid with a merry heart, ^°^^^-
He hath given me rejl^ by hisjorrow ; ^^^^J^ "^ f,
and life, by his death. Then he flood ^nd bur-
ftill a while, to look and wonder ; for den.nveare
it was very furprizing to him, that ^-^ ^H^
the fight of the Crofs fhould thus '^^^.^ ^'"P
eafe him of his burden. He looked ■^'^'
therefore , and looked again , even
till the fprings that were in his head

fent

56 mt IPilgtims lP2ogtef0.

Who's this ; the Pilgrim. How ! 'tis very true,
Old things are part away, all's become new.
Strange ! he's another Man upon my word.
They be fine Feathers that make a fine Bird,

C&e Pilgrims p?ogteCs» S7

fent the ^waters down his cheeks. fZech. 12.
Now as he ftood looking and weep- ^°
ing, behold three fhining ones came
to him, and faluted him, with Peace
be to thee: fothefirftfaidtohim, T'/^y
Jins be forgiven. The fecond, ftript
him of his Rags, and cloathed him
with change of Raiment. The third
alfo fet a mark in his fore-head,
and gave him a Roll with a Seal up-
on it, which he bid him look on as he
ran, and that he fhould give it in at
the Cceleftial Gatetfo they went their
way. Then Chriftian gave three
leaps for joy, and went out finging.

Thus far did I come loaden with my fin : r

Nor could ought eafe the grief that 1 tho alone,
was irif 'when God

Till I came hither : What a place is ^"^^ g^"-^^

this! '^'^ ^'^^J^y

Aiufi here be the beginning of my hlifs !

Muft here the burden fall from off my
back?

Muft here the firings that bound it to
7ne^ crack?

Ble/i Crofi! blejl Sepulcher ! blejl ra-
ther be

The Man that there was put to Jhamefor
me,

I

5 8 Cf)e Pilgrims P^ogrefs*

I faw then in my Dream that
he went on thus , even untill he
came at a bottom, where he faw,
a little out of the way, three Men
faft afleep with Fetters upon their
heels. The name of the one was
a Simpky a Simple^ another 670//^, and the third

Sloth, and t) r ^x-

r, .' ,■ Frefumption.

on, Chriftian then leemg them lye m

this cafe, went to them, if perad-
venture he might awake them. And
cryed, You are like them that fleep
on the top of a Maft, for the dead
Sea is under you, a Gulf that hath
no bottom ; Awake therefore and
come away, be willing alfo, and I
willhelp you off with yourlrons. He
alfo told them. If he thatgoeth about
like a roaring Lion comes by, you
will certainly become a prey to his
teeth. With that they lookt upon
him, and began to reply in this fort:
b nereis b Simple faid, I fee no danger-, Sloth
noperfwa- ^^jj^ ^et a lit tie more Jleep : and P re-
Jo" if God ^^^P^^^^ faid. Every Fatt mufi jland
openeth ufon his own bottom^ what is the an-
nottheeyes.Jwer elfe that IJhouldgive thee? And fo
they lay down to fleep again, and
Chrijlian went on his way.

D Yet

C6e Pilgrims p?ogtef0. 59

Yet was he troubled to think, That
men in that danger fhould fo httle
efteem the kindnefs of him that fo
freely offered to help them ; both by-
awakening of them, counfelling of
them, and proffering to help them off
with their Irons. And as he was
troubled there-about, he efpied two
Men come tumbling over the Wall,
on the left hand of the narrow way ;
and they made up a pace to him. The
name of the one was Formalijly and
the name of the other Hypocrifie. So,
as I faid, they drew up unto him,
who thus entered with them into dif-
courfe.

Chr. Gentlemen, Whence came you,
and whither do you go ?

Form, and Hyp. We were born in
the Land of Vain-glory , and are go-
ing for praife to Mount Sion.

Chr. Why came you not in at the
Gate which Jiandeth at the beginning
of the way ? Know you not that it is
written. <=■ That he that cometh not in '^^Jo^'o-^-
by the door, but climbeth up Jome o-
ther way , the fame is a thief and a
robber ?

Form, and Hyp. They faid. That
to go to the Gate for entrance, was

by

6o C{)e ptlgrimg p^ogrefs,

by all their Countrey-men counted
too far about ; and that therefore
their ufual way was to make a fhort
cut of it, and to climb over as they
had done.

Chr. But will it not be counted a
'Trefpafs, againftthe Lord of the City
whither we are bounds thus to violate
his revealed will ?

Form, and Hyp. They told him,

'^That as for that, he needed not to

^'^m/iftf ^^o"t»lehis head thereabout : for what

the nvay ^^^V ^'^^^ ^^^V ^^^ cuftom for ; and

but not by could produce, if need were, Tefti-

the door, mony that would witnefs it, for

thtnk that more then a thoufand years.

tVoZ- ^^''- ^«^.>^'^Chriftian, mil your

thinz in P'^^^^ic^ ft and a Trial at Law ?

'vindicati- Fo'rm. & //y/j.They told him, That

on of their Cuftom, it being of fo long a ftand-

oiun Pro- ing J as above a thoufand years ,

"' would doubtlefs now be admitted as

a thing legal,by any Impartial Judge.

And befides, faid they, fo be we get

into the way, what's matter which

way we get in; if we are in, we are

in : thou art but in the way , who,

as we perceive, came in at the Gate ;

and we are alfo in the way, that came

D 2 turn-

Cfte IPilgrimg P?ogref0. 6i

tumbling over the wall: Wherein now
is thy condition better then ours ?

Chr. I walk by the Rule of my
Mafter, you walk by the rude work-
ing of your fancies. You are counted
thieves already, by the Lord of the
way; therefore I doubt you will
not be found true men at the end of
theway. You come in by your felves
without his diredion , and fhall go
out by your felves without his mercy.

To this they made him but little
anfwer ; only they bid him look to
himfelf. Then I faw that they went
on every man in his way, without
much conference one with another;
fave that thefe two men told Chri-
/liaHyThaty as to Laws and Ordinances y
they doubted not but they fhould as
confcientiouily do them as he. There-
fore faid they, We fee not wherein
thou different from us, but by the
Coat that is on thy back, which was,
as we tro , given thee by fome of thy
Neighbours, to hide the fhame of
thy nakednefs. eGal.z.i6.

Chr. By « Laws and Ordinances,
you will not be faved,fince you came
not in by the door. And as for this
Coat that is on my back, it was given

me

62 c&e Pilgrims; IPiogreCg,

me by the Lord of the place whither

I go ; and that, as you fay, to cover

my nakednefs with. And I take it as

a token of his kindnefs to me , for I

had nothing but rags before. And

befideSj ^ thus I comfort my felf as I

f Chriftian gQ . Surely, think I, when I come to

has got his ^j^g Q^^g Qf ^^g ^- ^j^g Lqj.^ ^j^gj.^_

Lords Coat ^ -n i r i ,r t

o«>t/.^«r;t,ofwill knowme for good, fince I
andiscom- have his Coat on my back ; a Coat
forted that he gave me freely in the day that
therewith, j^g ftript me of my rags. I have more-
hetscom- Q^gj. ^ niark in my forehead, of

forted alio , • , i \ ,

ivith his which perhaps you nave taken no
Mark, and noticc, which onc of my Lords moft
his Roll, intimate Aflbciates, fixed there in the
day that my burden fell off my
fhoulders. I will tell you moreover,
that I had then given me a Roll fealed
to comfort me by reading, as I go in
the way ; I was alfo bid to give it in
at the Coeleftial Gate , in token of
my certain going in after it .• all
which things I doubt you want, and
want them, becaufe you came not
in at the Gate.

To thefe things they gave him no

anfwer, only they looked upon each

other and laughed. Then J faw that

they went on all, fave that Chriftian

D 3 kept

Cbe Pilgrims lP?ogref0. 63

kept before, who had no more talk
but with himfelf, and that fomtimes
iighingly,and fomtimes comfortably :
alfo he would be often reading in the
Roll that one of the fhining ones
gave him , by which he was refrefhed.
I beheld then, that they all went
on till they came to the foot of gn
Hill, s at the bottom of which was a
Spring. There was alfo in the fame g ^^ <^°"'"
place two other ways befides x.h?it^°.!^\^'^^

1-1 n • ^ r \ r~- Difficulty.

which came Itraight rrom the Cjate ;
one turned to the left hand, and the
other to the right, at the bottom of
the Hill : but the narrow way lay
right up the Hill (and the name of
the going up the fide of the Hill, is
C2i\\t6.Difficulty . ) Chriftiannow went
to the Spring and drank thereof to
refrefh himfelf, and then began to go
up the Hill ; faying,

This Hill though high^I covet to ajcend\
The difficulty will not me offend \
For 1 perceive the way to life lies here ;
Come, pluck, up, Heart; lets neither faint

nor fear :
Better, tho diff.cult^ th'right way to go.
Then wrong, though eafie, where the end

is wo.

The

64 CF)e Pilgrimg lg)?ogref0.

The other two alfo came to the foot

of the Hill. But when they faw that

the Hill was fteep and high, and that

there was two other ways to go ; and

fuppofing alfo, that thefe two ways

might meet again, with that up which

Chriftian went, on the other fide of

the Hill : Therefore they were re-

folved to go in thofe ways (now the

name of one of thofe vvays was

Danger^ and the name of the other

hTJjedaa- Dejlru^ion.) So ^ the one took the

ger oj Yvay which is called Danger^ which

^"''"'"f j^ led him into a great Wood ; and the

^ other took direftly up the way to De-

Jtru5fion, which led him into a wide

field full of dark Mountains, where

he Humbled and fell, and rife no

more.

I looked then after Chriftian, to fee

him go up the Hill, where I perceived

he fell from running to going, and

from going to clambering upon his

hands and his knees, becaufe of the

fteepnefs of the place. Now about

the midway to the top of the Hill,

i A njjard was a pleafant ' Arbour , made by

of grace. ^\^^ Loj-d of the Hill, for the refiefh-

ment of weary Travailers. Thither

therefore Chriftian got, where alfo

D 4 he

C60 Pilgrims P?ogref0» 6s

Shall they who wrong begin yet rightly end ?
Shall they at all have fafety for their friend ?
No, np, in head-ftrong manner they fet out.
And headlong they will fall at laft no doubt.

66 C6e Pilgrims p^ogters^

he fat down to reft him. Then he

pull'd his Roll out of his bofom and

read therein to his comfort ; he alfo

now began afrefh to take a review

of the Coat or Garment that was

given him as he ftood by the Crofs.

Thus pleafing himfelf a while, he at

laft fell into a {lumber, and thence

into a faft fleep, which detained him

in that place untill it was almoft
i He that -^ ^^^ jj^ j^jg ^ j^jg i j^^ji ^^jj

fleets IS u ^ .

l^r^f. out of his hand. Now as he was fleep-
ingjthere came one to him & awaked
him faying. Go to the Ant^ thoujlug-
gardy confider her ways and be wife :
and with that Chriftian fuddenly ftar-
ted up , and fped him on his way,
and went a pace till he came to the
top of the Hill.

Now when he was got up to the
top of the Hill, there came two Men
running againft him amain ; the name
of the one was l!imorus^2,vA the name
of the other Miftruft. To whom
Chriftian faid. Sirs, what's the matter
you run the wrong way ? Timorus
anfwered, That they were going to
the City of Zion , and had got up
that difficult place ; but, faid he, the
further we go, the more danger we

meet

Cfje Pilgrims; Piogrefs* 67

meet with, wherefore we turned, and
are going back again.

Yes, faid Miftruft^ for juft before
us lye a couple of Lyons in the
way , whether fleeping or wake-
ing we know not; and we could not
think , if we came within reach, but
they would prefently pull us in pieces.

Chr. Then faid CirZ/^/^/z, You make
me afraid, but whither fhall I fly to
be fafe ? If I go back to mine own
Countrey, T^hat is prepared for Fire
and Brimflone ; and I fhall certainly
perifh there. If I can get to the Cce-
leftial City, I am fure to be in fafety
there. I muft venture : To go back
is nothing but death, to go forward
is fear of death, and life everlafting
beyond it. I will yet go forward. So
Mifiruft and Timorus ran down
the Hill ; and Chrifiian went on his
way. But thinking again of what he
heard from the men, he felt in his bo-
fom for his Roll, that he might read
therein and be comforted ; but he
feltand ^ founditnot.ThenwasC^r/- kChriftian
fiian in great diftrefs , and knew not ^^0'^'^ ^"
what to dojfor he wanted that which ",' . ,

- , .. . . J , ... 'Wherein be

uled to relieve him, and that which ^/-^^ ^^
fhould have been his Pafs into the take Com-

Cceleftial/o'-'.

68 C6e IPilgnmg p^ogtefs,

leftial City. Here therefore he be-
gan to be much perplexed, and knew
not what to do ; at laft he bethought
himfelf that he had ilept in the Ar-
' hour that is on the fide of the Hill :
and falling down upon his knees, he
asked God forgivenefs for that his
foolifh Fa6l ; and then went back to
look for his Roll. But all the way
he went back, who can fufficiently
fet forth the forrow of Chriftians
heart? fomtimes he fighed, fomtimes
he wept , and often times he chid
himfelf, for being fo foolifh to
fall afleep in that place which was
ereded only for a little refrefhment
from his wearinefs. Thus therefore
he went back ; carefully looking on
this fide , and on that, all the way
as he went , if happily he might find
his Roll, that had been his comfort
fo many times in his Journey. He
went thus till he came again within
fight of the Arbour , where he fat
and flept ; but that fight renew-
Chriftian ed ^his forrow the more, by bringing
henuails again, even a frefli, his evil of fleep-
htsjoolijh jj^g jj^j.Q j^jg YTimd. Thus therefore
jeeping. j^^ ^^^ went on bewailing his finfuj
fleep, faying, O wretched man that I

am.

^bc Pilgrims: p?ogtcf0» 69

amy that I fhould fleep in the day-
time ! that I fhould fleep in the midft
of difficulty ! that I fhould To indulge
the flefh, as to ufe that reft for eafe
to my flefti , which the Lord of the
Hill hath eredted only for the relief
of the fpirits of Pilgrims! How many
fteps have I took in vain ! (Thus it
happened to ^<3f/ for their fin, they
were fent back again by the way of
the Red-Sea) and I am made to tread
thofe fteps with forrow, which I
might have trod with delight , had it
not been for this finful fleep. How
far might I have been on my way by
this time ! I am made to tread thofe
fteps thrice over , which I needed
not to have trod but once : Yea now
alfo I am like to be benighted , for
the day is almoft fpent. O that I had
not flept ! Now by this time he was
come to the Arbour again , where
for a while he fat down and wept,but
at laft (as Chrijiian would have it)
looking forrowfully down under the
Settle, there he efpied his Roll ; the
which he with trembling and hafte
catch't up, and put it into his bofom ;
but who can tell how joyful this Man
was, when he had gotten his Roll a-

gain !

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gain ! For this Roll was the affurance
of his life and acceptance at the de-
fired Haven. Therefore he laid it
up in hisbofom, gave thanks to God
for direding his eye to the place
where it lay , and with joy and tears
betook him felf again to his Journey.
But Oh how nimbly now, did he go
up the reft of the Hill ! Yet before
he got up, the Sun went down upon
Chriftian ; and this made him again
recall the vanity of his fleeping to his
remembrance, and thus he again be-
gan to condole with himfelf : Ah thou
fmfuljleep! howfor thy fake amilike to
be benight ed in my Journey ! I muji
walk without the Sun , darknejs mufi
cover the path of my feety and I mufi
hear the noife of doleful Creatures , be-
cauje of my finful fleep ! Now alfo he
remembered the ftory that Mifirufi
and T^imorus told him of, how they
were frighted with the fight of the
Lions. Then faid Chrijiian to him-
felf again, Thefe Beafts range in the
night for their prey,and if theyfhould
meet with me in the dark,how fhould
I fhift them ! how fhould I efcape be-
ing by them torn pieces } Thus he
went on his way, but while he was

thus

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thus bewayling his unhappy mifcar-
riage , he lift up his eyes, and behold
there was a very ftately Palace be-
fore him , the name whereof was
Beautiful i and It ftood jufl by the
High-way fide.

So I faw in my Dream, that he
made hafte and went forwardjthat if
pofTible he might get Lodging there ;
now before he had gone far, he en-
tered into a very narrow pafiage,
which was about a furlong off of the
Porters Lodge , and looking very
narrowly before him as he went, he
efpied two Lions in the way. Now,
thought he, I fee the dangers that
Mijirujl and Timorus^ were driven
back by. (The Lions were Chained,
but he faw not the Chains) Then he
was afraid, and thought alfo himfelf
to go back after them, for he thought
nothing but death was before him :
But the Porter at the Lodge, whofe
Name is "" Watchful^ perceiving that m Mar. 13.
Chrijiian made a halt , as if he would
go back, cried unto him, faying,
Is thy ftrength fo fmall ? fear not the
LionSjfor they are Chained : and are
placed there for trial of faith where it
is ; and for difcovery of thofe that

have

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Difficult is behind, Fear is before.

Though he's got on the Hill, the Lions roar j

A Chriftian man is never long at eafe,

When one fright's gone, another doth him feizeJ

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have none : keep in the midft of the
Path, and no hurt fhall come unto
thee.

Then I faw that he went on, trem-
bling for fear of the Lions ; but ta-
king good heed to the direcftions of
the Porter ; he heard them roar, but
they did him no harm. Then he clapt
his hands, and went on, till he came
and flood before the Gate where the
Porter was. Then faid Chrijlian to
the Porter^ Sir, What houfe is this ?
and may I lodge here to night ? The
Porter anfwered , This Houfe was
built by the Lord of the Hill: and he
built it for the relief and fecurity of
Pilgrims. The Porter alfo asked
whence he was, and whither he was
going ?

Chr. I am come from the City of
Befiru^ion, and am going to Mount
Zion, but becaufe the Sun is now fet,
I defire, if I may, to lodge here to
night.

Por. What is your name ?
Chr. My name is now Chri/lian;
but my name at the firft was Gracelejs:
I came of the Race of Japhet, whom
God will perfwade to dwell in the
Tents of Shem.

Por.

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Por. But how doth it happen that you
come Jo late^ the Sun is Jet ?

Chr. I had been here fooner, but
that, wretched man that I am ! I flept
in the Arbour that ftands on the
Hill fide; nay, I had notwithftanding
that , been here much fooner , but
that in my fleep I loft my Evidence,
and came without it to the brow of
the Hill ; and then feeling for it, and
finding it not, I was forced with for-
row of heart, to go back to the place
where I flept my fleep, where I found
it, and now I am come.

Por. Well, I will call out one of
the Virgins of this place , who will,
if fhe likes your talk, bring you in
to the reft of the Family, according
to the Rules of the Houfe. So Watch-
Jul the Porter rang a Bell , at the
found of which, came out at the
door of the Houfe,a Grave and Beau-
tiful Damfel, named Dijcretion^ and
asked why fhe was called.

The Por/^ranfwered,This Man is
in a Journey from the City of De-
ft ru^ ion to Mount Zion , but being
weary, and benighted, he asked me
if he might lodge here to night ; fo I
told him I would call for thee, who

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after difcourfe had with him, mayeft
do as feemeth thee good, even ac-
cording to the Law of the Houfe.

Then fhe asked him whence he
was, and whither he was going, and
he told her. She asked him alfo, how
he got into the way, and he told her;
Then fhe asked him , What he had
feen, and met with in the way , and
he told her ; and laft, fhe asked his
name, fo he faid. It is Chrijlian ; and
I have fo much the more a defire to
lodge here to night, becaufe, by
what I perceive , this place was
built by the Lord of the Hill, for the
relief and fecurity of Pilgrims. So
fhe fmiled, but the water ftood in
her eyes : And after a little paufe,
fhe faid, I will call forth two or three
more of the Family. So fhe ran to
the door, and called out Prudence, •
Piety y and Charity, who after a little
more difcourfe with him , had him
in to the Family ; and many of
them meeting him at the threfhold
of the Houfe , faid , Come in thou
bleffed of the Lord; this Houfe was
built by the Lord of the Hill , on
purpofe to entertain fuch Pilgrims in.
Then he bowed his head, and follow-
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76 Cf)0 lPilgrim0 P?ogtef0.

ed them into the Houfe. So when he
v/as come in , and fet down , they
gave him fomthing to drink ; and
confented together that until fupper
was ready , fome one or two of
them fhould have fome particular
difcourfe with Chrifttan^ for the beft
improvement of time : and they ap-
pointed Piety, and Prudence, to dif-
courfe with him; and thus they
began.

Piety. Come good Chriftian , fince
we have been Jo loving to you, to receive
you into our Houfe this night ; let us,
if perhaps we may better our f elves
thereby, talk with you of all things
that have happened to you in your Pil-
grimage.

Chr. With a very good will, and I
am glad that you are fo well difpofed-

Piety What moved you at firjltobe-
take yourfelf to a Pilgrims life.

Chr. I was ^ driven out of my Na-
tive Countrey, by a dreadful found
that was in mine ears, to wit. That
^^'^'o^/py unavoidable deftrudion did attend
kis onvn me, if I abode in that place where I

Cowitrty. was.

Piety. But how did it happen that

youcame out cfyour Countrey thisway?

E Chr.

a Hoiu
Chriftian
ivas dri-

Chr. It was as God would have it,
for when I was under the fears of
deftrudion, I did not know whither
to go ; but by chance there came a
Man, even to me, (as I was trem-
bling and weeping) whofe name is
^Evangelifi i^ndi he direfted me to the b Hoiv be
Wicket-Gate, which elfe I fhould -f"^ '«;<'
never have found ; and fo fet me into ^/^ ^-^
the way that hath led me direftly to
this Houfe.

Piety. But did you not come by the
Houfe of the Interpreter ?

Chr. Yes, and did fee fuch things
there, the remembrance of which
will Hick by me as long as I live ;
fpecially three <= things, to wit, H.ow c A reher/al
Chrift, in defpite of Satan, maintains of'^f^^* ^^
his work of Grace in the heart; how>^ '" '^'
the Man had finned himfelf quite out ^^^'
of hopes of Gods mercy ; and alfo
the Dream of him that thought in
his fleep the day of Judgement was
come.

ViQty. ^hyF Didyou hear him tell
his Dream ?

Chr. Yes , and a dreadful one it
was. I thought it made my heart ake
as he was telling of it, but yet I am
glad I heard it.

Piety.

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Piety. IVas that all that you/aw at
the Houfe of the Interpreter ?

Chr. No, he took me and had
me where he fhewed me a {lately
Palace , and how the People were
clad in Gold that were in it ; and
how there came a venturous Man,
and cut his way through the armed
men that ftood in the door to keep
him out; and how he was bid to come
in, and win eternal Glory. Methought
thole things did ravifh my heart ; I
could have ftaid at that good Mans
houfe a twelve-month, but that I
knew I had further to go.

Piety. And what Jaw you elfe in the
way ?

Chr, Saw! Why I went but a little
further , and I faw one, as I thought
in my mind, hang bleeding upon the
Tree; and the very fight of him made
my burden fall off my back (for I
groaned under a weary burden) but
then it fell down from off me. 'Twas
a itrange thing to me, for I never faw
fuch a thing before : Yea, and while
I ftood looking up, (for then I could
not forbear looking) three fhining
ones came to me: one of them tefti-
fied that my fins were forgiven me ;
E 1 another

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another ftript me of my Rags, and
gave methis Broidred Coatwhich you
fee; and the third fet the mark which
you fee, in my forehead , and gave
me this fealed Roll (and with that
he plucked it out of his bofom.)

Piety. But you Jaw more then thisj
did you not ?

Chr. The things that I have told
you were the beft : yet fome other
fmall matters I faw, as namely I faw
three Men , Simple^ Sloth ^ and Fre-
fumption, lye a fleep a little out of
the way as I came , with Irons upon
their heels; but do you think I could
awake them 1 I alfo faw Formaliji and
Hypocrijie come tumbling over the
wall , to go, as they pretended , to
Sion, but they were quickly loft;
even as I my felf did tell them, but
they would not believe : but, a-
bove all, I found it hard work
to get up this Hill, and as hard
to come by the Lions mouths ;
and truly if it had not been for
the good Man, the Porter that
ftands at the Gate, I do not
know, but that after all, I might
have gone back again : but now
I thank God I am here , and

I

8o cbe Pilgnms Piogrcfs.

I thank you for receiving of
me.

Then Prudence thought good to
ask him a few queftions, and defired
his anfwer to them.

Pru. Do you not think fomtimes
of the Countrey from whence you
came ?

Chr. Yes, ^ but with much fhame
d Chri- ^^^ deteftation ; T!ruly, if I had been
th^^ht f^^^^4f^^ of that Countrey from whence
Ms Native ^ ^^^^^ ^^^j -^ might have had oppor-
Countrey. tunity to have returned^ but now I
Heb. II. defire a better Countrey ^ that iSj an
>5> i6. Heavenly.

Pru, Do you not yet bear away with
you fome of the things that then you
were converfant withaP.

Chr. Yes, but greatly againft my

will ; efpecially my inward and

e Chri- e carnal cogitations ; with which

ftian dif ^H my Countrey-men, as well as

tajied ^gjr .^^j-g delighted ; but now

nvtth car- ^^ ^ r ^ • • r ^

nal coFi- ^^^ tholc things are my grier : and

iatiofis. might I but chufe mine own

f Chri- things, I would ^ chufe never to

ftians think of thofe things more ; but

choice. when I would be doing of that

which is beftjthat which is worfl: Is

with me.

E 3 Pru.

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Pru. Do you not find JometimeSy
as if thoje things were vanquifijedy
which at other times are your per-
plexity.

Chr. Yes, but that is but feldom ;
but they are to me s Golden hours, g Chri-
In which fuch things happens to^'^"^^"^-

j«g den hours.

Pru. Can you remember by what
means you find your anoyances at times ,

0 if they were vanquijhed ?

% Chr. Yes, when ^ I think what I h Ho^
faw at the Crofs, that will do it ; and Chrlftian
when I look upon my Broidered^^'-'/"'^'^''
Coat , that will do it ; alfo when J^^lf/''

1 look into the Roll that I carry in "m"^^''
my bofom, that will do it; and
when my thoughts wax warm about
whither I am going, that will

do it.

Pru. And what is it that makes you
fo defirous to go to Mount Zion \

Chr. Why, ' there I hope to fee '! .f"^

1 • 7- 1 1-11 -^ T 7 Chriftian

him alivey that did hang dead on^^ouUbe
the Crofs ; and there I hope to at Mount
be rid of all thofe things , that to zion.
this day are in me, an anoiance
to me; there they fay there is no
death, and there I fhall dwell with
fuch Company as I like beft. For

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82 cf)e ipilgtim,0 p^ogrefs.

to tell you truth,! love himjbecaufe
I wasby him eafed of my burden ,
and I am weary of my inward fick-
nefs ; I would fain be where I fhall
die no more, and with the Company
that fhall continually cry Holj/y
Holyy Holy.

Then faid Charity to Chrifiiariy

* Charity Have you a family ? are you a mar-
difcourfes ^ied man ?

/'■^- Chr. I have a Wife and four fmall

Children.

Cha. And why did you not bring
them along with you ?

* Chrif- Chr. Then Chriftian *wept , and
tian's lo've faid , Oh how willingly would I

to his Wife j^^^g jQj^g Jj. 1^^^ ^ ^gj.g ^jj q£
and Chil- , . . ■' .

dren them Utterly averle to my gomg on
Pilgrimage.

Cha. But you Jhould have talked
to them , and have endeavoured to
have Jloewen them the danger of being
behind.

Chr. So I did, and told them

Gen. 19. alfo what God had fhewed to

*4- me of the deftrudion of our

. City ; but I feemed to them as one

that mocked, and they believed

me not.

Cha. And did you ■pray to God that

he

C6e Pilgilms Piogrefs?, 83

he would blejs your counfel to them ?

Chr. Yes , and that with much
afFedion ; for you muft think that
my Wife and poor Children were
very dear unto me.

Cha. But did you tell them of
your ownjorrow , and fear of deftruc-
tion ? for I fuppofe that deftruBion
was viftble enough to you ?

Chr. Yes, over, and over, and
over. They might alfo * fee my
fears in my countenance, in my * Chrlf-
tears, and alfo in my trembling un- tian's/^arj
der the apprehenfion of the Judg- °fP'*''J^-
ment that did hang over our heads : '"^ ""S^*.

1 ^ 11 P^ . ^ be read iH

but aJl was not fufficient to prevail his <very
with them to come with me. counte-

Cha. But what could they fay "^f"-
for themf elves why they came 7wt ?

Chr. Why , * my Wife was a-
fraid of lofmg this World; and *7-/J^f«a/^
my Children were given to the '^h ^'"

fooliih delights of youth : fo ^^^ ^"'^
what by one thing, and what^^f'^T"

1 1 1 , ? aid not po

by another, they left me to wan- <u;//;& ^4

der in this manner alone.

Cha. But did you not with your
vain life, damp all that you by
words^ ufed by way of perfwafion
to bring them away with you ?

Chr.

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Chr. Indeed I cannot commend
my life ; for I am confcious to my
felf of many failings : therein , I
know alfo that a man by his con-
verfation , may foon overthrow
what by argument or perfwafion he
doth labour to faften upon others
for their good : Yet, this I can fay,
I was very wary of giving them oc-
cafion, by any unfeemly adlion , to
make them averfe to going on Pil-
Chriftlan's grimage. Yea , for this very thing,
good con- they would tell me I was too pre-

mfeand ^"^ (^°^ ^^^^^ fakcs) in which they

Children, ^^w no evil. Nay, I think I may fay,

that, if what they faw in me did

hinder them, it was my great ten-

dernefs in finning againft God, or of

doing any wrong to my Neighbour.

C\\2i. Indeed *C3.m haled bis Bro-

* 1 John 3. ther, becauje his own works were

^^- evil^ and his Brothers righteous \

clear nf ^^^ ^f ^'^-^ ^V'ife and Children have

their blood i^sen offended with thee for this ^

if they they thereby Jhew t h emf elves to be

perijh. implacable to f good ; and thou

f Ezek. 3. ^^ delivered thy Joul from their

'9- blood.

Now I faw in my Dream,that thus

they

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they fat talking together until fup-
per was ready. So when they had
made ready, they fat down to meat ;
Now the Table was furnifhed ^ with ''. ^^^^^
fat things, and with Wine that was ^"^j^^^-^
well refined ; and all their talk ' at r^^x^^
the Table, was about the Lord of the \ ^/^^.v
Hill: As namely, about what he had talk at
done , and wherefore he did what hQAA'^ftune
did, and why he had builded that
Houfe : and by what they faid , I
perceived that he had been a great
JVarrioury and had fought with and
flain him that had the power of
death, but not without great danger
to himfelf, which made me love
him the more.

For, as they faid, and as I believe
(faid Chrifttan) he did it with the
lofs of much blood ; but that which
put Glory of Grace into all he did,
was, that he did it of pure love to
his Countrey. And befides , there
were fome of them of the Houfe-
hold that faid, they had feen and
fpoke with him fince he did dye on
the Crofs ; and they have attefted,
that they had it from his own lips,
that he is fuch a lover of poor Pilgrims,
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86 C6e Pilgrims; p?ogref0»

that the like is not to be found from
the Eaft to the Weft

They moreover gave an inftance

of what they affirmed, and that was,

He had ftript himfelf of his glory that

he might do this for the Poor ; knd

that they heard him fay and affirm,

That he would not dwell in the

Mountain of Z/'o;/ alone. They faid

moreover. That he had made many

a Qorlji Pilgrims a Princes, though by nature

p ■ -.they were Beggars born, and their

Beggars, original had been the Dunghil.

Thus they difcourfed together till

late at night, and after they had

committed themfelves to their Lord

for Protedlion , they betook them-

„, .„. felves to reft. The Pilgrim they laid

Chnftians . k /^i i i r

Bed-cham- ^^ ^ large upper " Chamber, whole

ber. window opened towards the Sun ri-

fing ; the name of the Chamber was

Peace^ where he flept till break of

day ; and then he awoke and fang,

Where am I now ! is this the love and
care

Ofjefus^forthe men that Pilgrims are!

Thus to provide I That I Jhould be for-
given I

And dwell already the next door to
Heaven. So

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So in the Morning they all got up,
and after fome more difcourfe, they
told him that he fhould not depart ,
till they had ihewed him the Rarities
of that place. And firft they had him
into the Study, <= where they fhew- c Chriftian
ed him Records of the greateft Anti- ^^'^ ^"'°
quity ; in which, as I remember my ' ^ ^*"^y>
Dream , they fhewed him firft the ^^ yjj,^
Pedigree of the Lord of the Hill, there.
that he was the Son of the Ancient
of Days, and came by an eternal
Generation. Here alfo was more
fully Recorded the Adls that he had
done, and the names of many hun-
dreds that he had taken into his
fervice ; and how he had placed them
in fuch Habitations that could nei-
ther by length of Days nor decaies
of Nature, be diftblved

Then they read to him fome of
the worthy A6ls that fome of his Ser-
vants had done. As how they had
fubdued Kingdoms,wrought Righte-
oufnefs, obtained Promiles, flopped
the mouths of Lions, quenched the ^ j^^^^ ^^
^violence of Fire, efcaped the edge 33^ 34.
of the Sword ; out of weaknefs
were made ftrong , waxed valiant
in fight, and turned to flight the Ar-
mies of the Aliens. Then

88 CDe Pilgnm0 ip?ogref0.

Then they read again in another
part of the Records of the Houfe,
where it was fhewed how willing
their Lord was to receive into his
favour any, even any, though they
in time paft had offered great affronts
to his Perfon and proceedings. Here
alfo were feveral .other Hiflories of
many other famous things , of all
which Chrijiian had a view. As of
things both Ancient and Modern ;
together with Prophecies and Pre-
didions of things that have their
certain accomplifhment, both to the
dread and amazement of enemies,
and the comfort and folace of PiU
grims.

The next day they took him and
eChiiftianhad him into the ^Armory; where
had into ^j^^y. {j^ey^^e^j^ ^jj^ ^11 manner of Fur-

_ ' niture, which their Lord had pro-

vided for Pilgrims, as Sword, Shield,
Helmet, Breft plate, j^il-Prayer,d.nd
Shooes that would not wear out.
And there was here enough of this
to harnefs out as many men for the
fervice of their Lord , as there
be Stars in the Heaven for multi-
tude.

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Cf)0 Pilrrnms ip^ogrer0. B9

They alfo fhewed him fome of the
Engines with which fome of his Ser-
vants had done wonderful things.
^ They fhewed him Mojes Rod, the f Chnftian
Hammer and Nail with which Jael, " """^'. '"
flew Si/era J the Pitchers, Trumpets, -^^^ ""'"'
and Lamps too, with which Gideon
put to flight the Armies of Midian.
Then they fhewed him the Oxes goad
wherewith Shamger flew fix hundred
men. They fhewed him alfo the
Jaw bone with which Samp/on did
fuch mighty feats ; they fhewed him
moreover the Sling and Stone with
which David flew Goliah of Gath :
and the Sword alfo with which their
Lord will kill the Man of Sin, in the
day that he fhall rife up to the prey.
They fhewed him befides many ex-
cellent things, with which Chrijlian
was much delighted. This done,they
went to their reft again.

Then I faw in my Dream, that on
the morrow he got up to go forwards,
but they defired him to flay till the
next day alfo, and then faid they, we
will, if the day be clear, fhew you the
s delegable Mountains ; which they gChrinian
faid, would yet furtheradd to his com- A'^"'^'^ '^^
fort ; becaufe they were nearer the '^ff'^^'"'

' , Mountains

de-

90 C6e pilgrims Piog:tcfs»

defired Haven, then the place where
at prefent he was. So he confented
andftaid. When the Morning was up,
they had him to the top of the Houfe,
h Ifa. 33. ^ ^"d bid him look. South, fo he did;
16, 17. and behold at a great diftance he
faw a moft pleafant Mountainous
Countrey , beautified with Woods,
Vinyards, Fruits of all forts, Flowers
alfo ; Springs and Fountains , very
delegable to behold. Then he asked
the name of the Countrey, they faid
it was Immanuch Land', and it is as
common, faid they, as this Hill is,
to and for all the Pilgrims. And
when thou comeft there,from thence,
faid they, thou maift fee to the Gate
of the Cceleftial City, as the Shep-
heards that live there will make ap-
pear.
; Chriftian jsJq^ ^e bethought himfelf of fet-
je s jor- ^^ forward, ' and they were will-
ing he fhould : but firft, faid they, let
us go again into the Armory, fo they
k Chriftian ^i^ j and when he came there, they
'^rLT'''^ ^ harneffed him from head to foot,
with what was of proof, left perhaps
he fhould meet with affaults in the
way. He being therefore thus a-
coutred walketh out with his friends

to

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to the Gate, and there he asked the
Po'f'ter if he faw any Pilgrims pafs by,
Then the Porter anfwered. Yes.

Chr. Pray did you know him ?

Por. I asked his name , and he
told me it was Faithful.

Chr. O, faid Chrifiian , I know
him, he is my Towns-man, my near
Neighbour, he comes from the place
where I was born : how far do you
think he may be before ?

Porter. He is got by this time be-
low the Hill. 1 Hc^

Chr. ' Well, faid Chriftian , good Chriftian
Porter the Lord be with thee,and add ^"-^ '^'
to all thy bleffings much increafe, for ^^^^ ^^
the kindnefs that thou haft fhewed ^^^//„^
to me.

Then he began to go forward, but
Difcretion^ Piety ^ Charity y and Pru-
dencCy would accompany him down
to the foot of the Hill. So they went
on together, reiterating their former
difcourfes till they came to go down
the Hill. Then faid Chriftian^ As it
was difficult coming up, fo (fo far as
I can fee) it is dangerous going down.
Yes, faid Prudence ^{q it is; for it is an
hard matter for a man to go down
into the valley of Humiliation, as

thou

92 C6e IPilgnms P^ogteK

Whilft Chriji'ian is among his godly friends,
Their golden mouths make him fufficient 'mends.
For all his griefs, and when they let hiin go.
He's clad with northern Heel from top to toe.

thou art now, and to catch no flip by
the way; therefore, faid they, are
we come out to accompany thee
down the Hill. So he began to go
down, but very warily, yet he caught
a flip or too.

Then I faw in my Dream, that
thefe good Companions, when Chri-
ftian was gone down to the bottom of
the Hill, gave him a loaf of Bread,
a bottle of Wine , and a clufter of
Raifins; and then he went on his
way.

But now in this Valley o( Hu-
miliation poor Chriftian was hard put
to it, for he had gone but a little way
before he efpied a foul Fiend com-
ing over the field to meet him ; his
name is Apollyon. Then did Chri-
flian begin to be afraid, and to caft
in his mind whither to go back, or to
ftand his ground. But he confidered
again, that he had no Armour for
his back, and therefore thought that
to turn the back to him, might give
him greater advantage with eafe to
pierce him with his Darts ; there- Chriftians
fore he refolved ^ to venture and ^^f°^"'^°"
ftand his ground. For thought he ""' '^' ''^'
had I no more in mine eye, then th^^Xot

faving

94- CFje Pilgrims P^ogref0»

faving of my life, 'twould be the beft
way to ftand.

So he went on, and /l-pollyon met
him ; now the Monfter was hidious
to behold, he was cloathed with
fcales like a Fifli (and they are his
pride) he had Wings like a Dragon,
and out of his belly came Fire and
Smoak, and his mouth was as the
mouth of a Lion. When he was
come up to Chrijlian^ he beheld him
with a difdainful countenance, and
thus began to queftion with him.

Apol. Whence come you and whi-
ther are you hound?
I Difcourfe Chr, I come from the City of
bet'xvixt DeftruSlion^ ^ which is the place of
Chnftian ^\ evij and am goinp: to the City of

Apol. By this I perceive thou art
one of my Subje^s^ for all that Coun-
trey is mine ; and I am the Prince and
God of it. How is it then that thou
haft ran away from thy King ? Were it
not that I hope thou maiejl do me more
Jervice, I would Jlrike thee now at one
blow to the ground.

Chr. I was born indeed in your
Dominions , but your fervice was
hard, and your wages fuch as a man

could

C6e pilgrims ip?ogref0. 95

could not live on,/<?r theWagesof Sin
is death ; therefore when I was come
to years , I did as other confederate
perfons do , look out, if perhaps I
might mend my felf,

Apol. '^here is no Prince that will
thus lightly lofe hisSubje5ls\neither will
I as yet lofe thee. Butfince thou com-
plaineji of thy fervice and wages "^ be
content to go back ; what our Countrey >" Apolly-
will afford^ I do here -promi/e to give °"^ •^^"*'"
thee.

Chr. But I have let my felf to a-
nother, even to the King of Princes,
and how can I with fairnefs go back
with thee ?

Apol. Thou haft done in this, accor-
ding to the Proverb, " changed ^nApoIIyon
bad for a worfe : but it is ordinary for ««^^''-^'*-
thofe that have prof ejfed themf elves his ^"^^^g'
Servants, after a while to give him
the flip , and return again to me : do
thou Jo to, and allfhall be well.

Chr. I have given him my faith,
and fworn my Allegiance to him ;
how then can I go back from this,
and not be hanged as a Traitor ?

Apol. 'T!hou dideft the fame to me,
o and yet I am willing topajs by all, if ^J^°^°"
now thou will turn again ^ and go back . ^^ merciful

Chr.

96 C60 Pilgrim? p^ogrcf?^

Chr. What I promifed thee was
hi my non-age ; and befides , I
count that the Prince under whofe
Banner now I ftand, is able to ab-
folve me ; yea, and to pardon alfo
what I did as to my compliance with
thee : and befides, (O thou deftroy-
ing Apollyon) to fpeak truth, I like
his Service, his Wages, his Servants,
his Government, his Company, and
Countrey better then thine : and
therefore leave off to perfwade me
further, I am his Servant, and I will
fallow him.

Apol. Confider again when thou art

in cool bloody what thou art like to meet

with in the way that thou goejl. T'hou

knoweji that for the moji fart, his Ser-

Apollyon '^'^^^•^ ^^ome to an ill end ^becauje they are

pleads the tranfgrejjors againfi we^ and my ways :

grie'vous How many of them have been put to

ends of^ fhameful deaths! and befides, thou coun-

y' '^"! tefl his fervice better then mine, whereas

to difzvade J -^ r 7 7 7

Chriftian he never came yet jrom the place where
jrom per- he ts, to deliver any that Jerved him
filling in out of our hands: but as for me ^ how
his ivay. ff^^^y fimes, as all the World very well
knows , have I delivered , either by
power or frauds thoje that have faith-
fully Jerved me, from him and his ,
F though

Cf)e Pilgrims IP^ogrefs* 97

though taken by them, and Jo I will
deliver thee.

Chr. His forbearing at prefcnt to
deliver them, is on purpofe to try
their love, whether they will cleave
to him to the end : and as for the ill
end thou fayeft they come too, that
ismoft glorious in there account: For
for prefent deliverance, they do not
much expe<5l it ; for they ftay for
their Glory, and then they fhall have
it, when their Prince comes in his,
and the Glory of the Angels.

Apol. Thou haft already been un-
faithful in thyjervice to him, and how
doft thou think to receive wages of
him ?

Chr. Wherein, O A'pollyon, have
I been unfaithful to him.

Apol. I^hou didft faint at firft
fetting out, when thou waft almoft ^°! ^°"
choked in the Gulf of Difpond. Thou chriftians
diddeft attempt wrong ways to be rid of infirmities
thy burden whereas thou ftoouldeft have againfi
flayed till thy Prince had taken it off: ^^^•
Thou didft finfully fteep and looje thy
choice thing : thou, waft alfo almoft per-
Jwaded to go back, at the fight of the
Lions ; and when thou talkeft of thy
Journey, and of what thou haft heard,

and

9 8 Cf)C Pilgrims ip?ogxef0,

andfeetij thou art inwardly defirous of
vain-glory in all that thou Jay eft or
doeft.

Chr. AH this is true, and much
more, which thou haft left out ; but
the Prince whom I ferve and ho-
nour, is merciful, and ready to for-
give: but beiides, thefe infirmities
pofTeffed me in thy Countrey , for
there I fuckt them in, and I have
groaned under them, been forry for
them, and have obtained pardon of
my Prince.
Apollyon -^pol. Then Apollyon broke out in-
in a rage to a grievous rage, faying, / am an
falls upon Enemy to this Prince : I hate his Per-
Chnftian. y2)«, his Laws, and People : I am come
out on purpo/e to vnthftand thee.

Chr. Apollyon beware what you
do, for I am in the Kings High-way,
the way of Holinefs , therefore take
heed to your felf.

A-pol. Then Apollyon ftrodled quite
over the whole breadth of the way,
and faid, I am void of fear in this
matter, prepare thy felf to dye, for
I fwear thou fhalt go no further, here
will I fpill thy foul ; and with that,
he threw a flaming Dart at his breft,
hMtChriftian^x-nA a Shield in his hand,
F 2 with

C8e IPilgtims p?ogreCs:. 99

with which he caught it, and fo pre-
vented the danger of that. Then Chiiftian
did Chrijlian draw, for he faw 'twas '^'^^uyided
time to beftir him ; and Apllyon as '" ^" "'"
faft made at him, throwing Darts as ^- j-^^jj^
thick as Hail ; by the which, not- and con-
withftanding all that Chrijlian could i>erfauon.
do to avoid it , Apollyon wounded
him in his head, his hand and foot ;
this made Chrijlian give a little back:
A-pollyon therefore followed his work
amain, and Chrijlian again took cou-
rage, and refifted as manfully as he
could. This fore Combat lafted for
above half a day, even till Chrijlian
was aim oft quite fpent. Foryoumuft
know that Chrijlian by reafon of his
wounds, muft needs grow weaker
and weaker.

Then A-pollyon efpying his oppor-
tunity, began to gather up clofe to
Chrijlian, and wreftling with him,
gave him a dreadful fall ; and with ^^^°^/°"
that, Chrijlians Sword flew out of his douon to
hand. Then faid Apollion, I am Jure the gromid
of thee now\ and with that, he had al- '^^ C'^ri-
moft preft him to death, fo that Chri- ^'^"•
Jtian began to defpair of life. But as
God would have it , while Apollyon
was fetching of his laft blow ,

there-

loo cbe IPilgrimsi lP2ogref0,

A more unequal match can hardly be,
Chr'ijl'ian mull fight an Angel ; but you fee,
The valiant man by handling Sword and Shield,
Doth make him, tho' a Dragon, quit the field.

C6e Pilgrims P^ogrefs. loi

thereby to make a full end of this
good Man, Chriftian nimbly reached Chriftians
out his hand for his Sword , and '^^^'^n "-
caught it, faying, Rejoyce not againft ^^'' ^° '
me^ O mine Enemy ! when I fall ^ IJhall
arife;3.nd with that,gave him a deadly
thruft, which made him give back, as
one that had received his mortal
wound : Chrijlian perceiving that,
made at him again, faying, JNay, in all
theje things we are more then Conque-
rours. And with that, yfpo//yc« fpread
forth his Dragons wings, and fped . ^
him away, that Chrijlian for a feafon
faw him no more.

In this combat no man can ima-
gine, unlefs he had feen and heard ^ ^^''^^
as I did, what yellina and hideous ''f^''"'^/'''

ATI 1111 • the Combat

roarmg Apollyon made all the time , ^j^^
of the fight, he fpake like a Dragon :^^j?^/or.
and on the other fide, what fighs and
groans braft from Chriftians heart.
1 never faw him all the while, give fo
much as one pleafant look, till he
perceived he had wounded Apollyon
with his two edged Sword, then in-
deed he did fmile, and look upward:
but 'twas the dreadfullefl: fight that
ever I faw.

Fj So ,

deli-ve
ranee

1 02 C6e Pilgrims p?ogrcfs.

Chriftian So when the Battel was over,
gives God Chriftian faid, I will here give thanks
^T.L^ to him that hath delivered me out of
the mouth of the Lion ; to him that
did help me againft Apollyon : and fo
he did, faying,

Great Beelzebub, the Captain of this

Fiend^
Defign'd my ruin ; therefore to this end
He fent him harneft out , and he with

rage
That HelUJ}} was , did fiercely me In-

gage :
But blejfed Michael helped me^ and I
By dint of Sword did quickly make him

fye;
Therefore to him let me give la fling

praife^
And thank, and blefs his holy name

always^

Then there came to him an hand,
with fome of the leaves of the Tree
ofLife, the which Chriftian took, and
applyed to the wounds that he had
received in the Battel, and was heal-
ed immediately. He alfo fat down
in that place to eat Bread, and to
drink of the Bottle that was given

him

C6e Pilgrims P?ogtcf0. 103

him a little before ; fo being refrefh-
ed, he addreffed himfelf to his Jour-
ney, with his ^ Sword drawn in his aChiiftian
hand, for he faid , I know not but.?"^^"" *'^
fome other Enemy may be at hand. I'^'P'
But he met with no other affront s^^rd
from Apollyon , quite through this dra-wn in

Valley. his hand.

Now at the end of this Valley, was
another , called the Valley of the
Shadow of Death y and Chrijlian muft
needs go through it , becaufe the
way to the Cceleftial City lay
through the midft of it : Now this
Valley is a very folitary place. The
Prophet ^ Jeremiah thus defcribes it, b Jer. ^. 6.
J Wildernejsy a Land of de/artSy and
of Fits, a hand of droughty and of the
Jhadow of death y a Land that no Man
(but a Chriftian) pajfeth through j and
where no man dwelt.

Now here Chrifiian was worfe
put to it then in his fight with Apoll-
yony as by the fequel you fhall fee.

I faw then in my Dream , that
when ChrifiianvidiS got to the Borders ^ The chit-
on the Shadow of Death, thtv^'^'''" "f''
met him two Men , '^ Children of/'^f^"
them that brought up an evil report
of the good Land , making haft to
F4 go

104 Cfje Pilgnms IP^ogrefg^

go back : to whom Chriftian fpake
as follows.

Chr. Whither are you going ?

Men. They faidjBack, back ; and
would have you to do fo too, if either
life or peace is prized by you.

Chr. Why} whats the matter? Jaid
Chriftian.

Men. Matter! faid they; we were
going that way as you are going, and
went as far as we durft ; and indeed
we were almoft paft coming back,
for had we gone alittle further, we
had not been here to bring the news to
thee.

Chr. But what have you met with,
faid Chriftian ?

Men. Why we were almoft in the

Pf. 44. 19. Valley of the ftiadow of death, but

Pf.107.10. ^^^ ]3y good hap we looked before

us, and faw the danger before we

came to it.

Chr. But what have you Jeen^ /aid
Chriftian ?

Men. Seen ! why the valley it
felf, which is as dark as pitch ; we
alfo faw there theHobgoblins,Satyrs,
and Dragons of the Pit : we heard
alfo in that Valley a continual how-
ling and yelling, as of a people un-
der

der unutterable mifery ; who there
fat bound in afflidlion and Irons: and
over that Valley hangs the difcou-
raging "^ Clouds of confufion, death ^i, ^^ ^^'
alfo doth always fpread his wings
over it : in a word, it is every whit
dreadfuljbeing utterly without Order.

Cbr. "Then /aU Chnikmn y I per-
ceive not yet y by what you havejaid^but
that ^ this is my way to the defiredt]tx. 2.6
Haven.

Men. Be it thy way, we will not
chufe it for ours; fo they parted, and
Chrijlian went on his way , but ftill
with his Sword drawn in his hand,
for fear left he fhould be affaulted.

I faw then in my Dream, fo far as
this Valley reached , there was on ' ^' **
the right hand a very deep Ditch ;
That Ditch is it into which the blind
have led the blind in all Ages, and
have both there miferably perifhed.
Again, behold on the left hand, there
was a very dangerous Quagg, into
which, if even a good Man falls, he
can find no botttom for his foot to
ftand on ; Into that Quagg King Da-
vid once did fall y and had no doubt
therein been fmothered, had not He
that is able, pluckt him out.

The

io6 c[)e Pilgrims Piogref$,

The path-way was here alfo ex-
ceeding narrow, and therefore good
Chriftian was the more put to it; for
when he fought in the dark to fhun
the ditch on the one hand, he was
ready to tip over into the mire on the
, other; alfo when he fought to efcape

the mire, without great carefulnefs
he would be ready to fall into the
ditch. Thus he went on, and I heard
him here figh bitterly : for befides the
dangers mentioned above, the path-
way was here fo dark, that oft times
when he lift up his foot to fet for-
ward, he knew not where, or upon
what he fhould fet it next.

About the midft of this Valley, I
perceived the mouth of Hell to be,
and it ftood alfo hard by the way
fide : Now thought Chrifiian^ what
fhall I do ? And ever and anoa the
flame and fmoak would come out
in fuch abundance, with fparks and
hideousnoifes, (things that cared not
for Chrifiians Sword, as did A-pohyon
before^ that he was forced to put up
his Sword, and betake himfelf to a-
fE h6 \% ^°^^^^ weapon called ^ All -•prayer^
Pf ii6 \ fo he cried in my hearing, s O Lord 1
be/eech thee deliver my Soul. Thus he

went

Cfie Pilgrims p^ogrefs. 107

Poor man where art thou now, thy day is night,
Good man be not caft down, thou yet art right,
Thy way to heaven lies by the gates of hell ;
Chear up, hold out, with thee it fhall go well.

io8 C6e IPilgcims p?ogreCs»

went on a great while, yet ftill the
flames would be reaching towards
him : alfo he heard doleful voices,and
rufhings too and fro, fo that fome-
times he thought he fhould be torn in
pieces, or troden down like mire in
the Streets. This frightful fight was
feen, and thefe dreadful noifes were
heard by him for feveral miles toge-
C'niiftian ^{^gj, . ^j^^ coming to a place, where
f,^ "j^L . be thought he heard a company of

Jianci, but ° . ^ \ ■

fora-ijuhile J^^^^i^^ commg rorvvard to meet him,
he ftopt,and began to mufe what he
had beft to do. Somtimes he had
half a thought to go back. Then
again he thought he might be half
way through the Valley ; he remem-
bred alfo how he had already van-
quifhed many a danger : and that
the danger of going back might be
much more, then for to go forward,
fo he refolved to go on. Yet the
Fiends feemed to come nearer and
nearer, but when they were come
even almofl at him, he cried out
with a moft vehement voice , I will
walk in thefirength of the Lord God ;
fo they gave back, and came no fur-
ther.

One thing I would not let flip, I

took

C6e IPilgnms ip^ogref^. 109

took notice that now poor Chrifiian
v.'as fo confounded, that he did not
know his own voice : and thus I per-
ceived it : Juft when he was come
over againfl the mouth of the burn-
ing Pit, one of the wicked ones got
behind him, and ftept up foftly to
him, and whifperingly fuggefted ma-
ny grievous blafphemies to him,
which he ^ verily thought had pro- aChrlftlan
ceeded from his own mind. This "^.^'^^ ^f"

^ /—; -n- -I he-ve that

put Lbrijtian more to it than any ^^ r j^^
thing that he met with before, even biafphe-
to think that he fhould now blaf- mies,'u:hen
phemc him that he loved fo much be- '^"^^^ ^'^•
fore; yet could he have helped it, ht*^"^^^'
would not have done it : but he had-^Jf^ y^,^
not the difcretion neither to flop his his mind,
ears, nor to know from whence thofe
blafphemies came.

When Chrijiian had travelled in
this difconfolate condition fome con-
fiderable time, he thought he heard
the voice of a man, as going before
him, faying. Though I walk through ^f- 23. 4.
the valley ofthejhaddow of deaths I will
fear none ill^for thou art with me.

Then was he glad, and that for
thefe reafons :

Firft, Becaufe he gathered from

thence

no Cbe pig:rim0 p?ogtef0,

thence that fome who feared God
were In this Valley as well as himfelf.
Secondly, For that he perceived
God was with them, though in that
dark and difmal ftate ; and why not.

Job 9. 10. thought he,with me,though by reafon
of the impediment that attends this
place, I cannot perceive it.

Thirdly, For that he hoped (could
he over-take them) to have compa-

Amosf.g. ny by and by. So he went on, and
called to him that was before, but he
knew not what to anfwer, for that he
thought himfelf to be alone: And by
and by, the day broke; then faid C6;7-
ftiariy He hath turned the Jhadow of

Chriftian death into the morning.

glad at Now morning being come, helook-

hreak of ^^ back, not of defire to return, but
to fee, by the light of the day, what
hazards he had gone through in the
dark. So he faw more perfedly the
Ditch that was on the one hand, and
the Quag that was on the other ; al-
fo how narrow the. way was which
lay betwixt them both ; alfo now he
faw the Hobgoblins, and Satyrs, and
Dragons of the Pit, but all afar off,
for after break of day,they came not
nigh ; yet they were difcovered to

him

day.

him, according to that which is writ-
ten, He dijcovereth deep things out of
darknejs^ and bringeth out to light the
Jhadow of death.

Now was Chrijlian much affefted
with his deliverance from all the
dangers of his folitary way, which
dangers , tho he feared them more
before, yet he faw them more clear-
ly now, becaufe the light of the day
made them confpicuous to him ; and
about this time the Sun was rifing,
and this was another mercy to Chri-
Jiian: for you muft note, that tho the
firft part of the Valley of the Shadow
of death was dangerous , yet this
fecond part which he was yet to go,
was, if poffible, far more dangerous:
for from the place where he now
ftood, even to the end of the Valley,
the way was all along fet fo full of
Snares, Traps, Gins, and Nets here,
and fo full of Pits , Pitfalls , deep
holes and fhelvings down there, that Jol^ 29. 3.
had it now been dark, as it was when
he came the firft part of the way ,
had he had a thoufand fouls , they
had in reafon been caft away ; but
as I faid, juft now the Sun was rifing.
Then faid he. His candle fhineth on my

head

112 c&e pilgrims p?ogtcf0»

head^ and by his light I go through
darknefs.

In this light therefore, he came to
the end of the Valley. Now I faw
in my Dream, that at the end of this
Valley lay blood, bones, afhes, and
mangled bodies of men, even of Pil-
grims that had gone this way for-
merly: And while I was mufing what
fhould be the reafon, I efpied alittle
before me a Cave, where two Giants,
Pope and Pagan, dwelt in old time,
by whofe Power and Tyranny the
Men whofe bones, blood, afhes, &'c.
lay there, were cruelly put to death.
But by this place Chri^ianwQnt with-
out much danger, whereat I fome-
what wondered ; but I have learnt
fince,that Pagan has been dead many
a day ; and as for the other, though
he be yet alive, he is by reafon of
age, and alfo of the many Ihrewd
brufhes that he met with in his
younger dayes, grown fo crazy, and
ftiff in his joynts, that he can now do
little more then fit in his Caves
mouth, grinning at Pilgrims as they
go by, and biting his nails, becaufe
he cannot come at them.

So 1 faw that Chrijiian went on

his

Cfie Pilgrims ip^ogrcfs^ 1 1 3

his way , yet at the fight of the old
Man, that fat in the mouth of the
Cave, he could not tell what to
think, fpecially becaufe he fpake to
him, though he could not go after
him; faying, Ti?« will never mend, till
more of you be burned', but he held
his peace, and fet a good face on't,
and fo went by, and catcht no hurt.
Then fang Chrijlian,

O world of wonders ! ( I can fay no

lefs)
That I Jhould be preferv'd in that di-
llrefs
That I have met with here I O hleffed

bee
That hand that from it hath delivered

me !
Dangers in Darknefs , Devils , Hell

and Sin,
Did compafs me, while I this Vale was

in :
Tea, Snares, and Pits, and Traps, and

Nets did lie
My path about , that worth lefs filly I
Might have been catchU, intangled,and

caji down :
But fince I live, let fESUS wear the

Crown.

Now

114 C6e Pilgrims p^ogrers*

Now as Chrifiian went on his way,
he came to a little afcent, which was
caft up on purpofe , that Pilgrims
might fee before them : up there
therefore Chrifiian went, and look-
ing forward, he faw Faithful before
him, upon his Journey. Then faid
Chrifiian aloud. Ho, ho, So-ho; flay
and I will be your Companion. At
that Faithful looked behind him, to
whom Chrifiian cried again. Stay,
ftay,till I come up to you : hwtFaith-
ful anfwered, No^ I am upon my life,
and the Avenger of Blood is behind
me. At this Chrifiian was fomwhat
Chriftian rnoved,and putting to all his ftrength,
p'^'hf r ^^ quickly got up with Faithful^ and
did alfo over-run him, fo the lafi was
firfi. Then did Chrifiian vain-glo-
rioufly fmile, becaufe he had gotten
the ftart of his Brother; but not ta-
king good heed to his feet, he fud-
Chrlftians (jg^ly ftumbled and fell, and could
FaithT/^ not rife again,untill Faithful csccaz up
and k^ go to help him.

la'uingly 1 hen I faw in my Dream , they

together, went Very lovingly on together; and
had fweet difcourfe of all things that
had happened to them in their
Pilgrimage ; and thus Chrifiian be-
gan, G Chr.

CBe Pilgrims IPiogrefs, 115

Chr. My honoured and well beloved
Brother Faithful , / am glad that I
have overtaken you -^ and that God has
fo temperedourjprits ^thatwe can walk
as Companions in this Jo plea/ant a
1)ath.

Fai. I had thought dear friend, to
have had your company quite from
our Town, but you did get the ftart
of me ; wherefore I was forced to
come thus much of the way alone.

Chr. How long did you fi ay in the
City (j/" Deftrudlion, before you Jet out
after me on your Pilgrimage ?

Fai. Till I could ftay no longer;
for there was great talk prefently af-
ter you was gone out, that our City
would in ihort time with Fire from
Heaven be burned down to the

ground. Their talk

Chr. TVhatl Did your Neighbours ''''°'*^ ^^'^

talk Jo ? ^;"""'y

Faith. Yes, 'twas for a while in whence
every bodies mouth. they came.

Chr. What^ and did no more of them
but you come out to ejcape the danger ?

Faith. Though there was , as I
faid, a great talk thereabout, yet
I do not think they did firmly be-
lieve it. For in the heat of the dif-

courfe

ii6 ^f)t IPilgrims p^ogcefg,

courfe, I heard fome of them deri-
dlngly fpeak of you , and of your
defperate Journey, (for fo they called
this your Pilgrimage) but I did be-
lieve, and do ftill, that the end of
our City will be with Fire and Brim-
ftone from above : and therefore I
have made mine efcape.

Chr. Didyouhear no talk of Neigh-
hour Pliable ?

Faith. Yes Chrijiian, I heard that
he followed you till he came at the
Slough ofDifpond\ where,as fomefaid,
he fell in ; but he would not be
known to have fo done: but I am fure
he was foundly bedabled with that
kind of dirt.

Chr. Andwhat /aid the Neighbours
to him ?
Hoiv Ply- Faith . He hath fince his going back
able ^as ^^^^ ^^^ greatly in derifion, and that

accounted ,, /< '' r i r i

of'whenhe^'^'^'^?> ^^' ^°^^^ of people : lome do
got home, mock and defpife him ,and fcarce will

any fet him on work. He is now (oYtn

times worfe then if he had never gone

out of the City.

Chr. But why Jhould they be Jo Jet

againji him^Jtnce they aljo dejpije the

way that he forjook ?

G 2 Faith

C6e IPilgnms P?ogrcfe. 117

Faith. Oh, they fay, Hang him,
he is a Turn- Coat, he was not true to
his profeffion. I think God has ftired
up even his Enemies to hifs at him,
and make him a Proverb, becaufe he jer ^^ ,8
hath forfaken the way. x^, ' '

Chr. Had you no talk with him be-
fore you came out ?

Faith. I met him once in the
Streets, but he leered away on the
other fide, as one afhamed of what
he had done; fo I fpake not to him.

Chr. Well, at my firfi Jetting out, '^^^ ^°s
I had hopes of that Man ; but now 2'"''^^o^-
fear he willperijh in the overthrowof
the City, for it is happened to him, ac-
cording to the true Proverb , "the Dog
is turned to his Vomit again, and the
Sow that was Wajhedto her wallowing
in the mire.

Faith. They are my fears of him
too : But who can hinder that which
will be .f*

Well Neighbour Faithful, faid
Chrijlian, let us leave him ; and talk
of things that more immediately
concern our fel ves. 'Tell me now, what
you have met with in the way as you
came ; for I know you have met with

fame

Jome things^ or elje it may be writ for
a wonder.

Faith. I efcaped the Slough that I

perceive you fell into, and got up to

Faithful! ^^e Gate without that danger ; only

ajfaulted I met with one whofe name was JVan-

hy Wan- foYi^ that had like to have done me a

'«"• mifchief.

Chr. "Twas well you efcaped her
Net\ Jofeph was hard put to it by her ^
and he efcaped her as you did, but it
had like to have coft him his life. But
what didfhe do to you ?

Faith. You cannot think (but that
you know fomthing) what a flatter-
ing tongue fhe had , fhe lay at me
hard to turn afide with her, promi-
fing me all manner of content.

Chr. Nay, fhe did not promije you
the content of a good conjcience.

Faith. You know what I mean, all
carnal and flefhiy content,

Chr. 'Thank God you have efcaped
a Pro. ^2, her. "The^ abhorred of the Lor dfhall fall
14 into her Ditch.

Faith. Nay, I know not whether
I did wholly efcape her,or no.

Chr. JVhy, I tro you didnot confent
to her defires ?

Faith. No, not to defile my felf;
G 3 for

Cfte pilgrims p?ogcef0, 119

for I remembred an old writing that Pro. 5. 5.
I had feen, which faith, /:/^r 7?<?/>j J°^- 3^- »•
take hold of Hell. So I fhut mine
eyes, becaufe I would not be bewitch-
ed with her looks: then fhe railed
on me, and I went my way,

Chr. Did you meet with no other aj-
fault as you came ? ^^ " ^f-

Faith. When I came to the foot-/"^"^^^'^ ^y
of the Hill called Difficulty , I met ,^ ^ ^
with a very aged Man, who asked
me. What I was, and whither bound?
I told him, Thnt I was a Pilgrim, go-
ing to the Coeleftial City : Then faid
the Old Man, Thou lookejl like an ho-
neji fellow ; Wilt thou be content to
dwell with me ^ for the wages that I/hall
give thee? Then I asked him his name,
and where he dwelt ? He faid his
name was Adam thefirfty and do dwell
in the 'Town of Deceit. I asked him b Eph. 4,
then. What was his work ? and what ^^•
the wages that he would give ? He
told me, That his work was many de-
lights ; and his wages, that I fhould be
his Heir at laji. I further asked him.
What Houfe he kept, and what o-
ther Servants he had? fo he told me,
That his Houfe wasmaintainedwith all
the dainties in the world, and that his

Ser-

I20 ci)e pilgdms Piogtefe,

Servants were ihofe of his own beget-
ting. Then I asked, If he had any
children ? He faid that he had but
three Daughters , l!he ^ lujls of the
c I Joh. fl^f^i th^ l^fts of the eyeSy and the pride
2. 1 6. of lifey and that I ihould marry them
all, if I would. Then I asked. How
long time he would have me live
with him ? And he told me, Aslongas
he lived himjelf.

Chr. JVell^andwhat conclufion came
the Old Man, and you to^ at lafi ?

Faith. Why, at firft, I found my
felf fomewhat inclinable to go with
the Man^ for I thought he fpake very
fair ; But looking in his forehead as
I talked with him, I faw there writ-
ten, Put off the old Man with his
deeds.

Chr. And how then ?

Faith. Then it came burning hot

o

into my mind, whatever he faid, and
however he flattered, when he got me
home to his Houfe, he would fell me
for a Slave. So I bid him forbear to
talk, for I would not come near the
doorofhisHoufe. Then he reviled me,
and told me that he would fend fuch
a one after me, that fhould make my
way bitter to my foul : So I turned
G 4 to

C6e IPilgrims jp?ogref0. 121

to go away from him : But juft as I
turned my felf to go thence, I felt
him take hold of my flefh, and give
me fuch a deadly twitch back, that I
thought he had pull'd part of me after
himfelf; This made me cry "^ O d Rom 7.
wretched Man! So I went on my way ^+
up the Hill.

Now when I had got about half
way up, I looked behind me, and
faw one coming after me, fwift as
the wind ; fo he overtook me juft a-
bout the place where the Settle
ftands.

Chr. Jufi there i faid Chrijlian, did
I Jit down to reft me ; but being over-
come withjleep, I there loft this Roll
out of mybojom.

Faith. But good Brother hear me
out : So foon as the Man over-took
me, he was but a word and a blow :
for down he knockt me, and laid me
for dead. But when I was a little
come to my felf again, I asked him
wherefore he ferved me fo ? he faid,
Becaufe of my fecret inclining to A-
dam thefirft\ and with that, he ftrook
me another deadly blow on the breft,
and beat me down backward , fo I
lay at his foot as dead as before. So

when

122 cije Pilgnmg p?ogref0,

when I came to my felf again, I cried
him mercy; but he faid, I know not
to fhow mercy, and with that knockt
me down again. He had doubtlefs
made a hand of me , but that one
came by, and bid him forbear.

Chr. fVho was thaty that bid him
forbear ?

Faith. I did not know him at firft,

but as he went by, I perceived the

holes in his hands, and his fide; then

I concluded that he was our Lord. So

I went up the Hill.

e <Yig Chr. 'fhat Man that overtook you^

temper of was Mofes^ ^ he fpareth none, neither

Mofes. knoweth he howto Jhew mercy tothoje

that tranjgrejs his haw.

Faith. I know it very well, it was
not the firft time that he has met with
me, 'Twas he that came to me when
I dwelt fecurely at home, and that
told me, He would burn my Houfe
over my head, if I ftaid there.

Chr. But did not you fee the Houfe
that food there on the top of that Hill,
on the fide of which Mofes met you?

Faith. Yes, and the Lions too,be-
fore I came at it; but for the Lions,
I think they were a fleep, for it was
about Noon ; and becaufe I had fo

much

C80 Ipilgri'm? p^ogref^, 123

much of the day before me, I pafled

by the Porter, and came down the

HiJJ.

Ch r. He told me indeed that he Jaw
you go by\ but J wijh you had called at

the HouJe\for they would have /hewed
you Jo many Rarities^ that you would
fcarce have forgot them to the day of
your death. But -pray tell me, did you
meet nobody in the Falley of HumWity ?

Faith. Yes, I met with one Dif- Faithfull
content, who would wilHngly have ^(faulted
perfwaded me to go back again with ^>'^''™"-
him : his reafon was, for that the ^'^"^"
Valley was altogether without Ho-
nour ; he told me moreover, That
there to go, was the way to difobey
all my Friends, as Pride, Arogancy,
Self-Conceit , worldly Glory , with
others, who he knew,as he faid, would
be very much offended , if I made
fuch a Fool of my felf, as to wade
through this Valley.

C hr. Welly and how did you anfwer

him? Faithfuls

Faith. I told him. That although '^'?/'^^'''''
all thefe that he named might claim ^'5''°"'
kindred of me, and that rightly, f for ^"'^'
indeed they were my Relations, ac-
joording to theflefro) yet fmce 1 became

124- Clje Pilgrimg P?ogxefsi»

a Pilgrim, they have difowned me,
as I alfo have rejected them ; and
therefore they were to me now, no
more then if they had never been of
my Linage; I told him moreover,
That as to this Valley, he had quite
mifs-reprefented the thing: for be-
fore Honour is Humility^ and a haughty
Jprit before a fall. Therefore faid I,
I had rather go through this Valley to
the Honour that was fo accounted by
the wifeft, then chufe that which he
efteemed moft worth our affedlions.

Chr. Met you with nothing elfe in
that Valley ?
He is Faith. Yes , I met with Shame ;
nifaulted But of all the Men that I met with
in my Pilgrimage , he I think bears
the wrong name : the other would
be faid nay , after after a little ar-
gumentation, f and fome what elfe)
but this bold faced Shame y would ne-
ver have done.

Chr. Why, what didhe Jay to you?

Faith. What ! why he obje6led
again ft Religion it felf; he faid it was
a pitiful low fneaking bufinefs for a
Man to mind Religion; he faid that a
tender confcience was an un-manly
thing , and that for a Man to watch

over

lith
Shame,

Cf)e pilgrims p^ogtefs* 125

over his words and wavs, fo as to
tye up himfelf from that hedoring
liberty, that the brave fpirits of the
times accuftom themfelves unto,
would make me the Ridicule of the i cor. i
times. He objefted alfo, that but few 26. ch. 3.
of the Mighty, Rich, or Wife, were J^-
ever of my opinion; nor any of them,
before they were perfwaded to be p. :■ g
Fools, and to be of a voluntary fond-
nefs, to venture the lofs of all, for
no body elfe knows what. He more-
over objected the bafe and low
eftate and condition of thofe that
were chiefly the Pilgrims of the
times ; in which they lived, alfo their
ignorance, and want of underfliand-
ing in all natural Science. Yea, he
did. hold me to it at that rate alfo, a-
bout a great many more things then
here I relate ; as, that it was 2ijhame
to fit whining and mourning under a
Sermon , and ?ijhame to come figh-
ing and groaning home . That it was
a fliame to ask my Neighbour for-
givenefs for petty faults, or to make
reftitution where I had taken from
any : he faid alfo that Religion made
a man grow ftrange to the great, be-
caufe of a few vices (which he call-
ed

126 Cfje Pilgrims P^ogrefs*

ed by finer names) and made him
own and refpedt the bafe, becaufe
of the fame Religious fraternity. And
is not this , faid he, -ajhame ?

Chr. And what did you Jay to him ?

Faith. Say ! I could not tell what
to fay at the firft. Yea, he put me
fo to it, that my blood came up in
my face, even this Shame fetch't it
up, and had almoft beat me quite
off. But at laft Ibegan to confider,
'That that which is highly efteemcd a-
mong Men J is had in abomination with
God. And I thought again , This
Shame tells me what men are, but it
tells me nothing what God, or the
word of God is. And I thought
moreover. That at the day of doom
we ihall not be doomed to death or
life, according to the hedloring fpi-
rits of the world ; but according to
the Wifdom and Law of the Highelt.
Therefore thought I, what God fays,
is beft, is beft , though all the Men
in the world are againft it. Seeing
then, that God prefers his Religion,
feeing God prefers a tender Con-
fcience/feeing they that make them-
felves Fools for the Kingdom of
Heaven, are wifeft ; and that the

poor

Cfie IPilgcims p^ogrcf0» 127

poor that loveth Chrift, is richer then
the greateft Man in the world that
hates him ; Shame depart, thou art
an Enemy to my Salvation : fhall I
entertain thee againft my Soveraign
Lord ? How then fhall I look, him in
the face at his coming? Should I^^^^^.s. 3J
now be ajhamed of his ways and Ser-
vants , how can I expedl the blef-
fing ? But indeed this Shame was a
bold Villain; I could fcarce fhakehim
out of my company ; yea, he would
be haunting of me, and continually
whifpering me in the ear, with fome
one or other of the infirmities that
attend Religion : but at laft I told
him,'Twasbut in vain to attempt fur-
ther in this bufinefs; forthofe things
that he difdained, in thofe did I fee
moft glory : And fo at laft I got paft
this importunate one.

The tryah that thofe men do meet withal
That are obedient to the Heavenly call^
Are manifold^ and fuited to the Jiejh^
And come^ and come^ and come again

afrejh ;
That now, or fomtbne elfe, wc by them

may
Be taken.) overcome, and caji away,

O

128 C6e Pilgnms jp^ogtefg.

O let the Pilgrims , let the Pilgrims

then ,
Be vigilant, and quit themfelves lilie

men,

Chr. / am glad, my Brother , that
thou didft withftand this Villain Jo
bravely\for of all, as thou Jayfi, I think
he has the wrong name :for he is Jo bold
as to follow us in the Streets, and to at-
tempt to -put us to jhame before all men;
that is, to make us aflmmed of that
which is good: but if he was not himfelf
audacious, he would never attempt to do
as he does, but let us ft ill rejift him: for
notwithftanding all his Bravadoes, he
promoteth the Fool, and none elje. The
Wife fhall Inherit G\ory, Jaid Solo-
Prov.3.35. mon, but fhame fhall be the promo-
tion of Fools.

Faith. I think wemuft cry to him for
help againft fhame, that would have us
be valiant for the "Truth upon the Earth.

Chr. Toujay true, l^utdidyou meet
no body elJe in that Valley ?

Faith. No,notI,forIhadSun-fliine
all the reft of the way, through that,
and alfo through the Valley of the
fhadow of death.

Chr.

Chr. ^'Twas well for yoUy I am/ure
it fared far otherwije with me. I had
for a long feafon , as foon almoft
as I entred into that Valley, a dread-
ful Combat with that foul Fiend
ApoUyon : Yea, I thought verily he
would have killed me ; efpecially
when he got me down, and crufht
me under him, as if he would have
crufht me to pieces. For as he threw
me, my Sword flew out of my hand;
nay he told me. He was Jure of me :
but / cried to Gody and he heard me^
and delivered me out of all my troubles.
Then I entred into the Valley of the
fhadow of death, and had no light
for almoft half the way through it.
I thought I fhould a been killed there,
over, and over ; But at laft , day
brake, and the Sun rife, and I went
through that which was behind with
far more eafe and quiet

Moreover, I faw in my Dream,
that as they went on. Faithful^ as he
chanced to look on one fide, faw a
Man whofe name is 'T'alkative, walk-
ing at a diftance befides them, (for
in this place, there was room enough
for them all to walk) He was a tall Talkative
Man^ and Jomthing more comely at a defcnbed.

difiance

130 C6e IPilgnms lP?ogref0,

diftance then at hand. To this Man
Faithful addrefled himfelf in this
manner.

Faith. Friend ^Whither away? Are
you going to the Heavenly Countrey ?

Talk. I am going to that fame
place.

Faith. 'That is well: Then I hope we
may have your good Company.

Talk. With a very good will, will

I be your Companion.

Faithful Faith. Come on then^ and let us go

««^rralka- together , and let usjpend our time in

live enter difcourfinz of things that are profitable.

^ ■^ Talk. To talk or thmgs that are

good, to me is very acceptable, with

you, or with any other ; and I am

glad that I have met with thofe that

incline to fo good a work. For to

fpeak the truth, there are but few

that care thus to fpend their time ,

(as they are in their travels) but

chufe much rather to be fpeaking of

Talkaives things to no profit, and this hath

dijlike ij/'been a trouble to me.

badd\f- Faith. That is indeed a thing to be

"^^^ lament ed\ for what things fo worthy of

the uje of the tongue and mouth of

men on Earth, as are the things of the

God of Heaven ?

H Talk.

Cfje Pilgrims Piogrefg; 131

'Talk. I like you wonderful well,
for your faying is full of convidion ;
and I will add, What thing fo plea-
fant, and what fo profitable, as to
talk of the things of God ?

What things fo pleafant ? (that is,
if a man hath any delight in things
that are wonderful) for inftance : \i
a man doth delight to talk of the
Hiftory or the Myftery of things ,
or if a man doth love to talk of Mi-
racles, Wonders or Signs, where
fhall he find things Recorded fo de-
lightful, and fo fweetly penned, as
in the holy Scripture ?

Faith. T^hafs true: but to be profi-
ted by Juch things in our talk./hould be
that which we defign.

Talk. That it is that I faid : for to
talk of fuch things is moft profitable,
for by fo doing, a Man may get know-
ledge of many things, as of the va-
nity of earthly things, and the be-
fit of things above: (thus in general)
but more particularly, By this a man
may learn the necefiity of the New-
birth, the infufficiency of our works,
the need of Chrifts righteoufnefs, ^c. Taika-
Befides, by this a man may learn by tivet>^.
talkj what it is to repent, to believe, dlfiourfe.

to

132 c&e Pilgrmis lP?ogxeK

to pray, to fufFer, or the like : by this
alfo a Man may learn what are the
great promifes & confolatlons of the
Gofpeljto his own comfort. Further,
by this a Man may learn to refute
falfe opinions, to vindicate the truth,
and alfo to inftrudl the ignorant.

Faith. All this is true, and glad am
I to hear theje things from you.

'Talk. Alas ! the want of this is
the caufe that fo few underftand the
need of faith, and the neceffity of a
work of Grace in their Soul, in or-
der to eternal life : but ignorantly
Jive in the works of the Law , by
which a man can by no means obtain
the Kingdom of Heaven.

Faith. But by your leave. Heaven-
ly knowledge oftheJe,is the gift of God;
no manattainethto them by humane in-
dujiry, or only by the talk of them.

Talk. All this I know very well,

for a man can receive nothing except

it be given him from Heaven; all is

of Grace , not of works : I could

o brwue giv'e you an hundred Scriptures for

Talkative, the Confirmation of this.

Faith. Well then , faid Faithful,
what is that one thing, that wefhall at
this time found our dijcourfe ufon F
H 2 Talk.

Talk. What you will : I will talk of o bra^ve
things Heavenly, or things Earthly ; Talkative,
things Moral, or things Evangelical ;
things Sacred, or things Prophanes ;
things paft, or things to come ; things
forraign, or things at home ; things
more Effential , or things Circum-
ftantial : provided that all be done to
our profit.

Faith. Now did Faithful begin to
wonder; andjlepping to Chriftian,(/or
he walked all this while by himfelf) he Faithful
Jaid to him J {butjoftly) What a brave beguiled by
Companion have we got ! Surely this T^^^^^ive.
man will make a very excellent Pil-
grim.

Chr\ At this Chrijlian modeftly chriftlan
fmiled,and faid, This man with whom makes a
you are fo taken, will beguile with difco'very
this tongue of his, twenty of them °l '^^"^f-

, , ° , . ' ^ tive, tell-

that know him not. -^^ p^j^j^.

Faith: Do you know him then ? iulivhobe
Chr. Know him ! Yes,better then ivas.
he knows himfelf.

Faith. Pray what is he F
Chr. His name is TalMative ^ he
dwelleth in our Town ; I wonder that
you fhould be a ftranger to him,
only I confider that our Town is
large.

Faith.

134 ^U Pilgtims; Piopcfs*

Faith. Whofe Sonishe? And where-
about doth he dwell ?

Chr. He is the Son of one Say welly
he dwelt in Prating-row ; and he is
known of all that are acquainted
with him, by the name of Talkative
in Prating-row : and notwithftand-
ing his fine tongue, he is but a forry
fellow.

Faith. IVelly hejeems to he a very
-pretty man.

Chr. That is, to them that have
not through acquaintance with him,
for he is beft abroad, near home he is
ugly enough : your faying. That he
is a -pretty man , brings to my mind
what I have obferved in the work of
the Painter , whofe Pi6lures fhews
beft at a diftance ; but very near,
more unpleafing.

Faith. But lam ready to think you
do hut '^^9iy becauje you fmiled.

Chr. God-forbid that I jfhouldy^,
(though I fmiled) in this matter, or
that I fhould accufe any falfely ; I
will give you a further difcovery of
him : This man is for any company,
and for any talk ; as he talketh now
with you, fo will he talk when he is
on the Ale-hench : and the more
H 3 drink

^U Pilgrims p?ogrefs» 135

drink he hath in his crown , the
more of thefe things he hath in his
mouth: Religion hath no place in his
heart, or houfe, or converfation ; all
he hath, lieth in his fongue, and his
Religion is to make a noife there-
luith.

Faith. Say you fo! 'Thenlatninthis
man greatly deceived.

Chr. Deceived ! you may be fure ^^* ^3-
of it. Remember the Proverb, T'/^^j ^ °'^"^'
fay and do not : but the Kingdom of
God is not in wordy but in power. He Talkative
talketh of Prayer , of Repentance, talks, but
of Faith, and of the New birth : but 'ioes not.
he knovv'S but only to talk of them. •
I have been in his Family, and have
obferved him both at home and a-
broad ; and I know what I fay of him
is the truth. His houfe is as empty ^.^^J^ '^^°''-^^,
of Religion, as the white of an Egg y^^/^./o„_
is of favour. There is there, neither
Prayer, nor fign of Repentance for
fin : Yea, the bruit in his kind ferves
God far better then he. He is the
very ftain, reproach, and fhame of
Religion to all that know him ; it can ^^ " "■
hardly have a good word in all thar^^'H °^^
end of the Town where he dwells, j^^^^ ^
through him. Thus fay the common 24, 25.

People

136 Cfje IPilgtimg p^ogtefg*

7/1^ />ro- People that know him, A Saint a-

•verb that i^jrQ^^^^y^^^Y)Q,y\\ at home-. His poor

goes oj im p^p^jjy finds it fo, he is fuch a churl j

fuch a railer at, and fo unreafonable

with his Servants , that they neither

know how to do for, or fpeak to him.

Men jhun ^^^ ^^^^ ^^"^^ ^"7 dealings with
to deal him, fay 'tis better to deal with a
nuith him. Turk then with him, for fairer deal-
ing they fhall have at their hands.
This 'Talkativey if it be poffible, will
go beyond them, defraud, beguile,
and over-reach them. Befides, he
brings up his Sons to follow his fteps;
and if he findeth in any of them a
foolijh limoroufnes (for fo he calls
the firft appearance of a tender con-
fcience) he calls them fools and block-
heads ; and by no means will imploy
them in much, or fpeak to their
commendations before others. For
my part I am of opinion, that he has
by his wicked life caufed many to
{tumble and fall ; and will be , if
God prevent not, the ruine of many
more.

Faith. Well , my Brother , / am

hound to believe you ; not only becauje

you Jay you know him, but aljo becaufe

like a Chrijlian you make your reports

H4 of

CSe IPilgrims }p?og:rc(s. 1 37

of men. For I cannot think that you
['peak thefe things of ill will, but hecauje
it is evenfo as you fay.

Chr. Had I known him no more
than you , I might perhaps have
thought of him as at the firft you
did : Yea, had he received this re-
port at their hands only that are
enemies to Religion, I fhould have
thought it had been a (lander: (A Lot
that often falls from bad mens
mouths upon good mens Names and
Profeflions:) But all thefe things,yea
and a great many more as bad , of
my own knowledge I can prove him
guilty of. Befides , good men are
afhamed of him , they can neither
call him Brother nor Friend \ the
very naming of him among them,
makes them blufh,if they know him.

Fa. Well, I fee that Saying and Do-
ing aretwothings, and hereafter Ifhall
better obferve this difiin5lion.

Chr. They are two things indeed,
and are as diverfe as are the Soul ^ . ^^ ^^_
and the Body: For as the Body with- Hgion.
out the Soul, is but a dead Carkafs ;
fo. Saying, if it be alone, is but a dead
Carkafs alfo. The Soul of Religi-
on is the praftick part : Fure Reli-
gion

138 cje Pilg:rim0 p^ogref^.

James i.gion and undefiled^ before God and the
^7. feeder. Father, is this, To vifit the Fatherlejs
22, 23. 24, ^yifi Widozvs in their affli^ion, and to
keep him f elf unjpoted from the World.
This 'Talkative is not av/are of, he
thinks that hearing a.nd faying will
make a good Christian , and thus he
deceiveth his own foul. Hearing is
but as the fowing of the Seed; talk-
ing is not fufficient to prove that
fruit is indeed in the heart and life ;
and let us affure our felves , that at
the day of Doom, men fhall be judg-
_ iif . ed according to their fruits. It will
13. andch. ^°^ ^^ {3.\dth.G^n, Did you believe? but,
25. were you Doers, or Talkers only? and

accordingly fhall they be judged. The
end of the World is compared to our
Harveft , and you know men at
Harveft regard nothing but Fruit.
Not that any thing can be accepted
thatis not of Faith : But I fpeak this,
to fhew you how iniignificant the
profeilion of Talkative will be at that
day.
Levit. Ti. p^^ This brings to my mind that of
Deut. 14. Mofes, by whichhe defcribeth the beaft
that is clean. He is Juch an one that
parteth the Hoof and cheweth the Cud:
Not that parteth the Hoof only , or that

cheweth

Cbe pilgrims p^ogrcK 139

cheweth the Cud only . The Hare chew -
eth the Cud , but yet is unclean, be- F^'^hful
cau/e he -parte th not the Hoof. -^^^ of the bad-
this truly rejembleth Talkative ; he nefsof^-A-
cheweth the Cud, he/eeketh knowledge, kative.
he cheweth upon the Word, but he di-
vide th not the Hoof , he fart eth not
with the way of /inner s ; but as theHare,
retaineth the foot of a Dog, or Bear^
and therefore he is unclean.

Chr. You have fpoken, for ought
I know, the true Gofpel fenfe of thofe
Texts, and I will add an other thing.
Paul calleth fome men, yea andi.cor. 13.
thofe great Talkers too, founding i, 2, 3. cA.
Brafs, and Tinckling Cymbals ; that ^4" 7-
is, as he Expounds them in another . !t^'
ip\2.ct,'Things without life ,giving/ound . ^^ ^j^-
Things without life, that is, without that found
the true Faith and Grace of the Go- ^without
fpel ; and confequently, things thaf'i^^-
fhall never be placed in the Kingdom
of Heaven among thofe that are the
Children of life : Though theiry^^^*^
by their talk , be as if it were the
Tongue or voice of an Angel.

Fait. IVell, I was not Jo fond of his
company at firfi, but I am fick of it
now. What fhall we do to be rid of
him ?

Chr,

I40 C6e Pilgrims lP?ogreCs»

Chr. Take my advice, and do as I
bid you, and you fhall find that he
will foon be fick of your Company
too , except God fhall touch his heart
and turn it.

Fait. Whatwouldyouhavemeto do^.

Chr. Why, go to him , and enter
into fome ferious difcourfe about the
power of Religion : And ask him plain-
ly (when he has approved of it , for
that he willj whether this thing be
fet up in his Heart , Houfe or Con-
verfation.

Fait. Then Faithful ftept forward
again, and faid to "Talkative : Come^
what chear ? how is it now ?

Talk. Thank you. Well. I thought
we fhould have had a great deal of
Talk by this time.

Fait. Well, if you will^we will fall

to it now; and Jince you left it with me

to Jiate the quejlion, let be this : How

doth the Javing grace of God dijcover it

J elf J when it is in the heart of man?

Talk. I perceive then that our

talk muft be about the power of things;

Talka- Well,'tis a very good queftion , and

xht%falje I ^j^ii i^g willing to anfwer you. And

a'vjork'of ^^^^ "^7 ^^^^er in brief thus. Firft,

grace Where the Grace of God is in the heart,

it

Cfte Pilgn'ms P?ogrcf0. h^

// caujeth there a great out-cry againfi
fin. Secondly

Fait. Nay hold^ let us conftder of one
at once : I thinkyoujhould rather Jay ^
It Jhows it Jelf by inclining the Soul to
abhor its fin.

'Talk. Why , what difference is
there between crying out againft, and
abhoring of fin ?

Fait. Oh ! a great deal; a man may
cry out againfi fin, of policy; but he can- agllnjlfL,
not abhor it^ but by vertue of a Godly nofign oj '
antipathy againfiit: Ihaveheardmany Grace.
cry out againfi fin in the Pulpit , who
yet can abide it well enough intheheart^
and houje^ and converfation. Jofephs
Mifiris cried out with aloud voicCy
as if fhe had been very holy ; but foe
would willingly y notwithfianding that,
have committed unchannejs with him.
Some cry out againfi fin , even as the
Mother cries out againfi her Child
in her lap, whenfije calleth it Slut and
naughty Girl , and then falls to hug-
ging and kiffing it.

Talk. You lie at the catch, I per-
ceive.

Fait. No, not I; I am only for feting
things right. But what is the fecond
thing whereby you would 'prove a dif-

covery

142 Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogtec^*

covery of a work of grace in the heart?
Talk. Great knowledge of Gofpel
Great Myfteries. ^

knoiji'ledge Fait. Thisftgnefhouldhaveheenfirfl,
nofign of hut firfi or lafi^ it is aljo falfe ; for,
grace Knozvledge^great knowledge ^may be ob-
■ '^' tainedin the my ft eries of the Gofpel, and
yet no work of grace in the Soul. Yea^
ifaman have all knowledge, he may yet
be nothing , and Jo confequently be no
child of God. When ChriftJaid,Do you
know fill thefe things? AndtheDifciples
hadanjwered. Yes : He addeth, BleiTed
are ye if ye do them. He doth not lay
thebleffing in the knowing ofthem,butin
the doing of them. For there is a know-
ledge that is not attained with doing\Y\.Q,
that knoweth his Mafters will, and
doth it not. Aman may know like an
Angel,andyetbeno Chriftian ; therefore
yourfignisnot true. Indeed to know, is a
thing thatpleafeth Talker sandBoafters\
but to do, is that which -pleojeth God. Not
that the heart can be good without
knowledge ,for without that the heart
. is naught: There is therefore knowledge,
and knoiv- i^^d knowledge. Knowledge that refteth
kdge. in the bare /peculation of things , and
knowledge that is accompanied with the
grace of faith and love, which puts a

man

Cf)e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 143

man upon doing even the will of God

from the heart : the firfi of thefe will

ferve the Talker , but without the other

the true Chriflian is not content. Give

me underftanding,and Ifhallkeep thy

Law, yea I fhall obferve it with my '^'''■'^'^^^'^

whole heart, Pfal. 1 19. 34. ten^ied ^'

'Talk. You lie at the catch again

i nxji.

th

this is not for edification. deavours.

Fait. IVell , if you pleafe propound
another fign how this workof grace dif-
covereth it felf where it is.

Talk. Not I, for I fee we fhall not
agree.

Fait. Well, if you will not , will you
give me leave to do it ?

Talk. You may ufe your Liberty,

Fait. Aworkof grace in the foul dif-
covereth itfelf^ either to him that hath One good
it, or to flanders by, fignofgrace

To him that hath it, thus. It gives ^^^ '^' ^•
him conviction of fin, efpecially of the y^j, \ ^
defilement of his nature, andthefincfu^r.ie.iG
unbelief , {for the fake of which he is Pf. 38. 18.
fure to be damned, if he findeth not J^""- 3 1- ' 9-
mercy at Gods hand by faith in Jefus ,^ ' *' "f
Chrifi.) This fight and Jenfe of things y^^^ ' "^
worketh inhimjorrowandfoameforfin ; Rev. 21. 6.
he findeth moreover revealed in him
the Saviour of t^" World, and the ab-

Jolute

144 C6e pilgrims p^ogrcfs*

Jolute necejjity of clofing with him for
life^ at the which he findeth hungrings
and thirflings after him, to which hun-
grings, &c. thepromife is made. Now
according to the firength or weaknejs
of his Faith in his Saviour, fo is his
joy and peace, Jo is his love to holi-
nejs, Jo are his defires to know him
inore , and aljo to Jerve him in this
World. But though I Jay it dij-
covereth itjelfthus unto him\ yet it is
but Jeldom that he is able to conclude
that this is a work oj Grace, becauje
his corruptions now, and his abujed rea-
Jon, makes his mind to mij-judge in this
matter; theref ore inhim that hath this
work, there is required a very found
Judgement ^before he can withfteddinejs
conclude that this is a work of Grace.
Ro.io. lo. <q^Q others it is thus- dijcovered.

I . By an experimental confeffion of

his Faith in Chriji. i.Bya lifeanfwer-

able to that confeffion, to wit, a life of

Job. 42. holinefs; heart -holinejs, family-holi-

5' 6- nejs, {if he hath a Family) andby Con-

^'"^ ' ^^' verjation-holinejs in the world: which

'* in the general teacheth him, inwardly

to abhor his Sin, and himjelf for that

in Jeer et, tojupprejs it in his Family,

and to promote holinejs in the World;

not

Phi. I, 27
Mat. 5. 9
Jo. 24. 15
Pf. 50. 23

C60 Pilgrims IPiogrefs* 145

not by talk only, as an Hypocrite or
Ta.\kativQ Per/on may do: but by a f ra-
dical Subjection in Faith J and Love ^ to
the power of the word: And now Sir,
as to this brief defer ipt ion of the work
of Grace , arid alfo the di/covery of it,
if you have ought to object, obje5f : if
not, then give me leave to propound to
you ajecond queftion.

Talk. Nay, my part is not now to Another
objed, but to hear, let me therefore ^""^ A«
have your fecond queftion. of Grace.

Faith. It is this, Do you experience
thejirfi part of this defer ipion of it?
and doth your life and converjationtefli-
fie the fame ? or fiandeth your Religion
in Word or in Tongue , and not in
Deed andTruth? pray, if you incline to
anjwer me in this. Jay no more then you
know the God above will/ay Amen to;
and alfo, nothing but what your Con-
fcience can jujiifie you in. For, not he
that commendeth himfelf is appro-
ved, but whom the Lord commen-
deth. Befides, to Jay I am thus, and
thus, when my Converjation, and all
my Neighbours tell me, I lye, is great '^^^^f'l\
wickednefs. . 1

Talk. Then Talkative at firft be- Faithfuls
gan to blufh, but recovering himfelf, quejlion.

Thus

146 C6e Pilgrims Piogtefs*

Thus he replyed. You come now to
Experience, to Confcience, and God :
and to appeals to him for juftification
of what is fpoken : This kind of dif-
courfe I did not expedt, nor am I dif-
pofed to give an anfwer to fuch
queftions , becaufe I count not my
felf bound thereto, unlefs you take
upon you to be a Catechizer\ and,
though you fhould fo do, yet I may
refufe to make you my Judge: But I
pray will you tell me, why you ask
me fuch queftions ?

Faith. Becaufe IJaw you for ward to

r. ,hY°\^ talk J and becaufe I knew not that you

ful put to ^^^ ought elfe but notion. Bejides to

him that tell you all the 'Truth , I have heard of

quejlion. you, that you area Manwhoje Reli-

Faithfuls giQ^ //^j. lyi talk, and that your Conver-

p.atn ea - j^^j^^^ gives thlsyour Mouth-prof efjion.

Talkative. ^^^ b^' 'They fay 7ou are a Jpot a- ,

jnong Chrijlians , and that Religion

fareth the worfe for your ungodly con-

ver/ation, thatfome already have flum-

bled at your wicked ways , and that

more are in danger of being deftroyed

thereby ; your Religion, and an Ale-

Houfe, and Covetoufnefs, and unclean-

nefs-, andfwearing, andlying, and vain

Company-keeping , &c. will fi and to-

I gether.

Cfte Pilgtims p^ogrefs. 147

get her. "The proverb is true of you,
which is /aid of a Whore \ to wit Tlhat
Jhe is a fhame to all JVoinen ; fo you
are afhame to all ProfeJJbrs.

Talk, Since you are ready to take
up reports , and to judge fo rafhly I^'^^jJ'''^
as you do ; I cannot but conclude ^ayjrom
you are fome peevifh, or melancholly Faithful.
Man , not fit to be difcourfed with,
and fo adieu.

Chr, Then came up Chrijlian, and
faid to his Brother, I told you how it
would happen, your words and his
lufts could not agree ; he had ra-
ther leave your company , then re-
form his life: but he is gone as I faid,
let him go ; the lofs is no mans but
his own, he has faved us the trouble ^^^^^
of going from him ; for he continu-
ing, as I fuppofe he will do, as he is ,
he would have been but a blot in our
Company: befides, the Apoftle fays.
From fuch withdraw thy f elf .

Faith. But I am glad we had this
little difcourfe with him, it may hap-
pen that he will think of it again \ how-
ever, I have dealt plainly with him,
andfo am clear of his blood, if he
perifheth.

Chr. You did well to talk fo plain-

ly to him as you did, there is but
little of this faithful dealing with
men now a days ; and that makes
Religion fo ftink in the noftrills of
many, as it doth: for they are thefe
Talkative Fools , whofe Religion is
only in word, and are debauched and
vain in their Converfation, that (be-
ing fo much admitted into the Fel-
lowfhip of the Godly) do ftumble
the World, blemifh Chriftianity, and
grieve the Sincere. I wifh that all
Men would deal with fuch, as you
have done, then fhould they either be
made more conformable to Religion,
or the company of Saints would be
too hot for them.
How Talkative at firji lifts up his

Plumes !
How bravely doth he /peak ! how he pre-

fumes
To drive down all before him / but fo

foon
As Faithful talks of Heart work, like

the Moon
Thai's pajl the full, into the wain he

goes;
And fo will all^ but he that Heart work

knows.

I 2 Thus

C6e Pilgrims P^ogrecs. 149

Thus they went on talking of what
they had {Qen by the way ; and fo
made that way eafie, which would
otherwife, no doubt, have been tedi-
ous to them : for now they went
through a Wildernefs.

Then I faw in my Dream, that
when they were got out of the Wil-
dernefs , they prefently faw a Town
before them, and the name of that
Town is Vanity ; and at the Town
there is a Fair kept, called Vanity-
Fair: It is kept all the Year long, it
beareth the name of Vanity -Fair ^ be-
caufe the Town where tis kept, is
lighter then Vanity; and alfo, becaufe ifa. 4.0. 17
all that is there fold, or that cometh Eccl. i.
thither, is Vanity. As is the faying chap. 2 n
of the wife. All that cometh is vanity. ^7-

This Fair is no new eredled bufi-
nefs, but a thing of Ancient ftand-
ing ; I will fhew you the original of it,

Almoft five thoufand years a-
gone, there were Pilgrims walking '^^^ ^"^'-
to the CcEleftial City, as thefe two ^^^f^^^^
honeft perfons are ; and Beelxebub^
Apollyon , and Legion , with their
Companions, perceiving by the path
that the Pilgrims made , that their
way to the City lay through this

Town

15° Cfee Pilgrims p^ogrefg,

'Town of Vanity^ they contrived here
to fet up a Fair ; a Fair wherein
fhould be fold of all forts of Vanity y
and that it fhould laft all the year
long. Therefore at this Fair are
, ^ ./^'"". all fuch Merchandize fold, AsHoufes,
this Fair. Lands , Trades , Places , Honours,
Preferments, Titles,Countreys,King-
doms,Lufts,Pleafures and Delights of
all forts, as Whores, Bauds, Wives,
Husbands, Children, Mafters, Ser-
vants, Lives, Blood, Bodies, Souls,
Silver, Gold, Pearls, precious Stones,
and what not.

And moreover,at thisFair there is at
all times to be ktn Juglings, Cheats,
Games, Plays, Fools, Apes, Knaves,
and Rogues, and that of all forts.

Here are to be {Q&n, and that for
nothing , Thefts , Murders, Adul-
tries, Falfe-fwearers, and that of a
blood-red colour.

And as in others fairs of lefs mo-
mentjthere are the feveral Rows and
Streets, under their proper names,
where fuch and fuch Wares are
vended : So here likewife, you have
the proper Places, Rows, Streets,
{viz. Countreys and Kingdoms,)
where the Wares of this Fair are
I 3 foonefl

C&e Pilgrims p^ogrefg. 151

fooneft to be found: Here is tht Brif- The streets
tain Row, the French Row, the Ita- of this fair,
lian Row, the Spanijh Row , the
German Row, where feveral forts of
Vanities are to be fold. But as in o-
ther fairs feme one Commodity is
as the chief of all the/^/r, fo the Ware
of Rome and her Merchandize is
greatly promoted in this fair : Only
our £';/o-///^ Nation, with fome others,
have taken a diflike thereat.

Now , as I faid , the way to the 'Cor. 5 10.
Cceleftial City lyes juft thorow this ^l^fj'"'
^own^ where this lufty Fair is kept; ^li^f^i^
and he that will go to the City, and
yet not go thorow this Town , mufi
needs go out of the World. The Prince
of Princes himfelf, when here, went
through this Town to his own Coun-
trey, and that upon a Fair-day too :
Yea, and as I think, it was Beel- Mat. 4. g.
zebub the chief Lord of this Fairy Luke 4, 5.
that invited him to buy of his Va- 6, 7.
nities\ yea, would have made him
Lord of the Fair^ would he but have
done him Reverence as he went
thorow the 'Town. Yea, becaufe he
was ftich a perfon of Honour , BeeU
zebub had him from Street to Street y
and fhewed him all the Kingdoms of

. the ■

152 Cbe Pilgrims ip^ogrefs.

• the World in a little time, that he

might, if poflible, alure that Blefled

chrifl One, to cheapen and buy fome of his

bought no- Vcinittes. But he had no mind to the

thing in Merchandize, and therefore left the

this fair <Town , without laying out fo much

as one Farthing upon thefe Vanities.

This Fair therefore is an Ancient

thing , of long {landing, and a very

great Fair.

Th Pil Now thefe Pilgrims, as I faid, muft

grims en- ^eeds go thorowthis/^/r : Well,fo they

ter the fair did ; but behold, even as they entred

intothe/<:2/r, all the people in the/^/>

. weremoved, andthe Townitfelfasit

a hubbub were in a Hubbub about them ; and

about them, that for fevcral reafons : For,

Firft, The Pilgrims were cloathed
Thifirft -y^Jth fuch kind of Raiment, as was
^^^{^f^^'diverfe from the Raiment of any
that Traded in that/<2z>. The people
therefore of the fair made a great
gazing upon them : Some faid they
were Fools, fome they were Bedlams,
and fome they are Outlandifh-men.
Secondly, And as they wondred
\d.Caufe^^ their Apparel, fo they did likewife
of the hub- at their Speech , for few could un-
hub. derftand what they faid ; they natu-

rally fpoke the Language of Canaan^
1 4 but

CF)e Pilgrims IP^ogrefs, 153

but they that kept the/^^/r, were the
men of this World : So that from
one end of the fair to the other, they
feemed Barbarians each to the other.

Thirdly, But that which did not
a little amufe the Merchandizers,
waSjthat thefe Pilgrims fet very light
by all their Wares, they cared not,
fo much as to look upon them : and
if they called upon them to buy, they
would put their fingers in their ears, „^ ,
and cry, Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity \ and look upwards,
fignifying that their Trade and Traf- p^ij - ,0
iick was in Heaven. 20.

One chanced mockingly, behold-
ing the carriages of the men, to fay
unto them , What will ye buy ? but
they, looking gravely upon him,faid,
fVe buy the Truth. At that, there was p^^
an occafion taken to defpife the men
the more; fome mocking, fome taun- <They are
ting , fome fpeaking reproachfully, mocked.
and fome calling; upon others to fmire ^ ^ . .

1 A ! n 1 • 11 Thejairtn

them. At laltthmgs came to an huo- , ,, ,

n- • \ ■ • r ^ hubbub,

bub and great ftir m the fair^ m fo
much that all order was confounded.
Now was word prefently brought to
\}!\e great one of the/<2z>, who quickly
came down , and deputed fome of

his

154 C6e Pilgrims P^ogrefs,

his moft trufty friends to take thefe
ney are men into examination, about whom
examined. \}^^ fair was almoft overturned. So
the men were brought to examina-
tion ; and they that fat upon them,
asked them whence they came, whe-
ther they went , and what they did
The'i tell there in fuch an unufual Garb ? The
luho they Hien told them, that they were Pil-
ars and grims and Strangers in the World,
whence ^^^ ^]^^^ ^^gy vvere going to their
they came. ^^^ Countrey, which was the Hea-
venly Jerujalem ; and that they had
given none occafion to the men of the
Town , nor yet to the Merchandi-
zers, thus to abufe them, and to let
them in their Journey. Except it was,
for that, when one asked them what
they would buy,they faid they would
They are huy the Truth. But they that were
not belte'v- appointed to examine them, did not
^ * believe them to be any other then

Bedlams and Mad , or elfe fuch as
came to put all things into a confufion
in tha fair. Therefore they took them
put in the ^"*^ ^^^^ them, and befmeared them
Cage. with dirt , and then put them into
theCage, that they might be made
a Spedacle to all the men of t\\&fair.
There therefore they lay for fome

time.

C!)e ipilgrim$ Piopefg* 155

Behold VANirr-FAIR; the Pilgrims there
Are Chain'd and Ston'd befide ;

Even fo it was, our Lord paft here,
And on Mount Calvary dy'd.

156 Cfte Pilgrims P?ogrersf»

time, and were made the objefts of
any mans fport , or malice , or re-
^"^ '.' venge. The great one of the fair
the Cage, laughing ftiU at all that befel them.
But the men being patient, and not
rendering railing for railing, but con-
trarywife blefling , and giving good
words for bad , and kindnefs for in-
juries done: Some men in the/^zV
ihe men of x^ci-xt were morc obferving, and lefs
//&^/«/r ^0 pj-ejujjced then the reft, began to

fel'ves a- their continual abufes done by them
bout thefe to the men : They therefore in angry
t^vo men. manner let fly at them again, count-
ing them as bad as the men in the
Cage , and telling them that they
feemed confederates, and ftiould be
made partakers of their misfortunes.
The other replied , That for ought
they could fee, the men were quiet,
and fober, and intended no body any
harm ; and that there were many
that Traded in their/^/> , that were
more worthy to be put into the Cage,
yea, and Pillory too, then were the
men that they had abufed. Thus,
after divers words had pafled on both
fides, (the men themfelves behaving
themfelves all the while very wifely

and

Cf)e IPilgtims p?ogref:$. 157

and foberly before them,) they fell
to fome Blows , and did harm one to _,
another. Then were thefe two poor ^^^^ ^^^
men brought before their Examiners Authors of
again , and there charged as being this dlflur-
guilty of the late Hubbub that had ''^''"^
been in the/<2/>. So they beat them ihey are
pitifully , and hanged Irons upon ^^^ «/• ^^d
them, and led them in Chaines, up ^""^'^ ^*^
and down the/<2/>, for an example "^^'^^^^^-^^
and a terror to others, left any Ihould ^ tgrrcr to
further fpeak in their behalf, or joyn others.
themfelves unto them. But Chriftian
and Faithful behaved themfelves yet
more wifely, and received the igno-
miny and fhame that was caft upon
them , with fo much meeknefs and
patience, that it won to their fide •^^^'^ "/'*<•
(though but few in comparifon of the ""/" °f^^'
reftjleveral or themenmthe/^zr. 1 his ^^^^
put the other party yet into a greater
rage , infomuch that they concluded
the death of thefe two men. Where- Their ad-
fore they threatned that the Cage nor '^^rfaries
Irons fhouldferve their turn, but that ^^j^^l^
they fhould die, for the abufe they
had done, and for deluding the men
of the fair.

Then were they remanded to the
Cage again until further order fhould

be

15^ Cbe IPilgrims Piogrefs.

taken with them. So they put them
Thzy are in, and made their feet faft in the
again put Stocks. Then a Convenient time bc-
'c°l ^ ^ ^"§ appointed , they brought them
afhr forth to their Tryal in order to their
brought to Condemnation. When the time was
iryal. come, they were brought before their
Enemies and arraigned; the Judge's
name was Lord Hategood. Their In-
didment was one and the fame in fub-
ftance, though fomewhat varying
in form; the Contents whereof was
this.
Thsir In- 'Thattheywercenemiesto^and difiur-
Sdment. hers of their 1'rade\ that they hadmade
Commotions andJ^ivifions in the'Town,
and had won a -party to their own moll
dangerous opinions^ in contempt of the
Law of their Prince,
Faithfuls Then Faithful began to anfwer,
anfiverfor That he had only fet himfelf againft
hmfelf. that which had fet it felf againft him
that is higher then the higheft. And
faid he. As for difturbance, I make
none, being my felf a man of Peace ;
the Party that were won to us, were
won by beholding our Truth and In-
nocence , and they are only turned
from the worfe to the better. And as
to the King you talk of, fince he is

Beelzebub

C6e Pilgrims lP?ogcef0. 159

LJM

Now Faithful play the man, fpeak for thy God,
Fear not the wicked's malice, nor their rod :
Speak boldly man, the truth is on thy fide,
Die for it, and to life in triumph ride.

1 66 Cf)e Pilgrims P?ogrefg»

Beslzebub^ the Enemy of our Lord,
I defie him and all his Angels.

Then Proclamation was made,that
they that had ought to fay for their
Lord the King againft thePrifoner at
the Bar, fhould forthwith appear and
give in their evidence. So there came
in three Witnefles, to wit, Envy, Su-
perjlition^ and Pickthank. They was
then asked, If they knew the Pri-
foner at the Bar ? and what they had
to fay for their Lord the King againft
him.

Then ftood forth Envy^ and faid to
this efFedl ; My Lord, I have known
this man a long time, and will atteft
upon my Oath before this honoura-
ble Bench, That he is

Judge. Hold, give him his Oath ;
So they fware him. Then he faid. My
Lord, This man, notwithftanding his
plaufible name, is one of the vileft
men in our Countrey ; He neither
regardeth Prince nor People, Law
nor Cuftom : but doth all that he can
to pofTefs all men with certain of his
difloyal notions, which he in the
general calls Principles of Faith and
Holinefs. And in particular, I heard
him once my felf affirm, That Chri-

fiianity

C6e pilgrims p^ogrefg. i6i

fiianity, and the Cujloms of our 'Tozvn
of Y^Lmtj ^were Diametrically oppofite J
and could not he reconciled. By which
faying, my Lord, he doth at once,
not only condemn all our laudable
doings, but us in the doing of them.

Judg. Then did the Judge fay to
him, Haft thou any more to fay ?

Env. My Lord I could fay much
more, only I would not be tedious
to the Court. Yet if need be, when
the other Gentlemen have given in
their Evidence , rather then any
thing fhall be wanting that will dif-
patch him , I will enlarge my Tefti-
mony againft him. So he was bid
ftand by. Then they called Swperfli-
tion, and bid him look upon the Pri-
foner ; they alfo asked , What he
could fay for their Lord the King a-
gainft him ? Then they fware him, fo
he began.

Super. My Lord, I have no great
acquaintance with this man, nor do
I defire to have further knowledge
of him ; However this I know, that
he is a very peftilent fellow, from
fome difcourfe that the other day I
had with him in this Town; for then
talking with him, I heard him fay.

That

1^2 cfje Pilgdms Piogitf^,

That our Religion was naught, and
fuch by which a man could by no
means pleafe God : which fayings of"
his, my Lord , your Lordfhip very
well knows, what necefTarily thence
will follow, tuoo zvity That vve ftill do
worfhip in vain, are yet in our Sins,
and finally fhall be damned ; and
this is that which I have to fay.

Then was Pickthank. fworn , and

bid fay what he knew, in behalf of

their Lord the King againfl: the Pri-

foner at the Bar.

Pick- Pick. My Lord, and you Gentle-

Teilirn ^^^^ ^^^' This fellow I have known of

a long time , and have heard him

fpeak things that ought not to be

fpoke. For he hath railed on our

noble Prince Beelzebub , and hath

Si?uareall^'9^^'^^ Contemptibly of his honoura-

Lords and ble Fricnds,whofe names are the Lord

Great ones. Qldmau^ the Lord Carnal delight ., the

Lord Luxurious^ the Lord Deftre of

Vain-glory , ray old Lord Lechery ^ Sir

Having Greedy , with all the reft

of our Nobility ; and he hath faid

moreover, that if all men were of

his mind , if pofTible , there is not

one of thefe noble Men fhould have

any longer a being in this Town.

Befides,

C6e IPilgrims PiogreC^, 163

Befides, he hath not been afraid
to rail on you, my Lord, who are
now appointed to be his Judge ,
calling you an ungodly Villian, with
many other fuch like vilifying terms,
by which he hath befpattered moft of
the Gentry of our Town. When
this Pickthank had told his tale, the
Judge direded his fpeech to thePri-
foner at the Bar, faying. Thou Runa-
gate, Heretick , and Traitor, haft ^ . , , ,

D ' ' J Faithfuls

thou heard what thefe honeft Gentle- ^J^„^g ^f
men have witnefTed againft thee ? hhn/elf.

Faith. M^y J/peak a few words in
my own defence ?

Judg. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou defer-
veft to live no longer, but to beflain
immediately upon the place; yet that
all men may fee our gentlenefs to-
wards thee , let us fee what thou
haft to fay.

i^«///^. 1. 1 fay then inanfwerto what
Mr. Envy hath fpoken, I never faid
ought but this, 'that what Ruky or
Laws, or Cuflom, or People, were flat
againft the Word of God, are diame-
trically oppoftte to Chriftianity . If I
have faid a mifs in this, convince me
of my errour, and I am ready here
before you to make my recantation.

2. As

164 C6e IPilgrims p^ogtefg.

2. As to the fecond, to wit, Mr.
Swperftition^ and his charge againfi:
me, I faid only this, Ihat in the wor-
jhip of God there is required a divine
Faith ; hut there can be no divine Faith^
without a divine Revelation of the will
of God : therefore whatever is thrufl
into the worfhip of Gody that is not a-
greeable to a divine Revelation, cannot
be done but by an humane Faith , which
Faith will not -profit to Eternal life.

3. As to what Mr. Pickthank hath

faid , I fay, (avoiding terms , as

that I am faid to rail, and the like)

That the Prince of this Town, with

all the Rablement his Attendants,

by this Gentlemen named, are more

fit for a being in Hell, then in this

Town and Countrey ; and Jo the

Lord have mercy upon me.

The Judge Then the Judge called to the Jury

bisfpeech ^^j^Q ^i[ this ^hile ftood by, to hear

' *'"' and obferve) Gentlemen of the Jury,

you fee this man about whom fo

great an uproar hath been made in

this Town: you have alfo heard what

thefe worthy Gentlemen have wit-

nefled againft him ; alfo you have

heard his reply and confefTion : It

lieth now in your brefls to hang him,

K or

C6e Pilgrims lg)2ogt0fsf. 165

or fave his life. But yet I think meet
to inftru(5l you into our Law,

There was an A6t made in the days
of Pharaoh the Great, Servant to our Exod.
Prince, That left thofe of a contrary
Religion fhould multiply and grow,
too ftrong for him, their Males Ihould
be thrown into the River. There was
alfo an A61 made in the days of Ne-
buchadnezzar the Great, another of Dan. 3.
his Servants, That whoever would
not fall down and worfhip his golden
Image , fhould be thrown into a
fiery Furnace. There was alfo an
A61 made in the days of Darii^s jThat Dan. 6,
who fo, for fome time , called upon
any God but his, fhould be caft in-
to the Lions Den. Now the fubftance
of thefe Laws this Rebel has broken,
not only in thought (which is not to
be born) but alfo in word and deed;
which muft therefore needs be intol-
iCrable.

For that of Pharaoh y his Law was
made upon a fuppofition, to prevent
mifchief, no Crime being yet ap-
parent ; but here is a Crime appa-
rent. For the fecond and third, you
fee he difputeth againft our Religion;
and for the Treafon he hath confefled,
he deferveth to die the death. Then

1 66 C6c Pilgrims p^ogrefs.

Then went the Jury out, whofe
names were, Mr. Blind-man, Mr. No-
good, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-lujl, Mr.
Live-loo/e, Nlr. Heady ^y\.r. High-mind,
Mr. Enmity, Mr. Lyar, Mr. Cruelty,
Mr. Hate-light , and Mr. Implacable,
who every one gave in his private
Verdid: againft him among them-
felves, and afterwards unanimoufly
concluded to bring him in guilty be-
fore the Judge. And firft Mr. Blind-
man, the foreman, faid , I Jee clearly
that this man is an Here tick. Then
faid Mr. No-good, Away withjuch a
fellow from the Earth. Ay, faid Mr.
Malice , for I hate the very looks of
him. Then faid Mr, Love-lufl, I could
never indure him . Nor /, faid M r . Z ive-
loofe,for he would alwayes be condem-
ning my way. Hang him, hang him,
faid Mr, Heady. Aforry Scrub, {2i\di
Mr. High-mind. My heart rifeth a-
gainji him, faid Mr. Enmity. He is a
Rogue, faid Mr, Lyar. Hanging is too
good for him, faid Mr. Cruelty. Lets
difpatch him out of the way, faid Mr.
Hate-light. Then faid Mr. Implacable,
Might I have all the World given me,
I could not be reconciled to him, there-
fore let us forthwith bring him in
K 2 guilty

Cfie Pilgrims p?og;rcC0» 167

guilty of death : Andfo they did,there-
fore he was prefently Condemned,
To be had from the place where he
was, to the place from whence he ^,

lit 1 n 'he cruel

came, and there to be put to the moft ^^^^^ ^j-
cruel death that could be invented. Faithful.

They therefore brought him out,to
do with him according to their Law;
and firft they Scourged him,then they
Buffetted him, then they Lanced his
flefh with Knives ; after that, they
Stoned him with Stones, then prickt
him with their Swords, and laft of all
they burned him to Afhes at the Stake.
Thuscame F<2//^/// to hisend. Now, I
faw that there ftood behind the multi-
tude,aChariotanda couple of Horfes,
waiting for Faithful^ who (fo foon as
his adverfaries had difpatched him)
was taken up into it , and ftraight-
way was carried up through the
Clouds, with found of Trumpet, the
neareft way to the Coeleftial Gate.
But as for Chrijlian , he had fome re- Chriftian
fpit, and was remanded back to pri- '-[/'^^ ^'
fon, fo he there remained for a fpace : '"^'^'
But he that over-rules all things,
having the power of their rage in his
own hand, fo wrought it about, that
Chrijlian for that time efcaped them,
and went his way. Well

1 68 Cf)e Pilgrims P^ogrefs^

Brave Faithful^ Bravely done in Word and Deed !
Judge, WitneiTes, and Jury, have inftead
Of overcoming thee, but Ihewn their Rage,
When thou art dead, thoul't live from Age to Age.

Cfje pilgrims lp?ogrcfs, 169

IFell^ YMt\\f\x\^thou haji faithfully profeji
Unto thy Lord : %vith him thou /halt be

hlejl ;
JFhen Faithlefs ones , with all their

vain delights^
Are crying out under their hetlijh plights
Sing^ Faithful, fmg ; and let thy name

furvive^
For though they kjU'd thee^ thou art yet

alive.

Now I faw in my Dream , that
Chriftian went not forth alone, for
there was one whofe name was Hope, chnftian
////, (being made fo by the beholdmg has am-
of Chriftian and Faithful in their '^'^^/^°'«-
words and behaviour, in their fufrer-'^^''"''''
ings at the/rt/r) who joyned himfelf
unto him, and entering into a bro-
therly covenant , told him that he
would be his Companion. Thus one
died to make Teftimony to the Truth,
and another rifes out of his Afhes to
be a Companion with Cir//?/*^;/. This
Hopeful alfo told Chriftian. that there ''^''5 ",
were many more or the men m the ^^^^^ ^y^^^
fair that would take their time and fair 'will
follow after. follow

So I faw that quickly after they

were got out of the/^/> , they over-

K 3 took

ijo C6e Pilgdms lP?agtefs;»

took one that was going before them,
They over- whofe name was By-ends \ fo they faid
take By- to him , What Countrey-man, Sir ?
ends. and how far go you this way ? He
told them , That he came from the
Town oi Fair-J-peech^ and he was go-
ing to the Ccsleftial City , (but told
them not his name.)

From Fair-fpeechj^^zWChriftian; is
there any that be good live there ?
By-ends. Yes, faid By-ends, \ hope.
Chr, Pray Sir, what may Icallyou?
g ^ ^j_^ By-ends. I am a Stranger to you,
loth to tell^^^ yo" to me; if you be going this
his name, way, I fhall be glad of your Com-
pany ; if not, I muft be content.

Chr. T^/j 'T'own of Fair-fpeech, /
have heard of it, and, as I remember,
they Jay its a Wealthy place.

By ends. Yes, I will afibre you that
it is , and I have very many Rich
Kindred there.

Chr. Pray who are your Kindred
there, if a man may be Jo bold?

By-ends. To tell you Truth, I am a
Gentleman of good Quality ; yet
my Great Grand- father was but a
Water-man , looking one way, and
Rowing another; and I got moft of
my Eftate by the fame occupation.

Chr.

Clje Pilgrims lP?ogref0, 171

Chr. Are you a Married man ?

By-ends. Yes , and my Wife is a The luife
very Virtuous woman, the Daughter ^^"^ ^^"-
of a Virtuous woman : She was my S^ "-^
Lady Fainings Daughter , therefore
fhe came of a very Honourable Fa-
mily, and is arrived to fuch a pitch
of Breeding, that fhe knows how to
carry it to all,even to Prince and Pea-
fant. 'Tis true, we fomewhat differ ^^'''^'^V-
m Relio;ion from thofe of the ftricfter ^" ^^ '■'"

r ° 1 . r 11 • fersfrom

lort, yet but in two Imall points : ^^^^^^ /„
Firft , we never ftrive againft Wind Religion,
and Tide. Secondly, we are alwayes
mofh zealous when Religion goes in
his Silver Slippers ; we love much to
walk with him in the Street , if the
Sun fhines, and the people applaud
it.

Then Chriftian ftept a little a to-
fide to his Fellow Hopeful , faying,
It runs in my mind that this is one
By-ends oi Fair-Jpeech;ax\6. if it be he,
we have as very a Knave in our Com-
pany, as dwelleth in all thefe parts.
Then faid Hopeful , Ask him , me-
thinks he fhould not be afhamed of his
name. SoC^r//?M;zcameupwith him
again, and faid , Sir, you talk as if
you knew fomething more then all
K 4 the

172 Cl)e pilgnmg P^ogtefs.

the World doth, and if I take not my
markamifsjldeem I have half aguefs
ofyou: Is not yournameMr. ^jv-^w<^i
of Fair-Jpeech ?

By-ends. Thatis not my name, but
indeed it is a Nick-name that is given
me by fome that cannot abide me,and
I muft be content to bear it as a re-
proach, as other good men have born
theirs before me.

Chr. But did you never give an oc-
cafion to men to call you by this name?

By -ends. Never, never ! The worft

endsp-o/ ^^^^ ^^^"^ ^ '^^^ ^° S^^^ them an oc-
bisname. cafion to give me this name, was,
That I had alwayes the luck to jump
in my Judgement with the prefent
way of the times, whatever it was,
and my chance was to get thereby ;
but if things are thus caft upon me,
let me count them a blefling, but let
not the malicious load me therefore
with reproach.

Chr. I thought indeed that you was
the man that I had heard of^ and to tell
you what I think jl fear this name belongs
to you more properly then you are wil-
ling we Jhould think it doth.

By-ends. Well, If you will thus ima-
gine, I cannot help it. You fhall find

me

^l)Z IPilgcims IP^ogrcf^. 173

me a fair Company-keeper, If you He defires
will ftill admit me your affociate. ^° ^^^P

Chr. If you will go withus^youmuft °^l^c\^ j
go againjl Wind and Tide , the which ^ ^jan^
I perceive y is againftyour opinion : Tou
muft aljo own Religion in his Rags , as
well as when in his Silver Slipper s^and
ft and by him too, when bound in Irons,
as well as whenhewalketh the Streets
with applauje.

By-ends. You muft not impofe, nor
Lord it over my Faith ; leave me to
my liberty, and let me go with you.

Chr. Not a ftep further , unlefs you
will do in what I propound^ as we.

Then faid By-ends , I fhall never
defert my old Principles , fince they
are harmlefs and profitable. If I may
not go with you , I muft do as I did
before you overtook me, even go by
my felf, untill fome overtake me
that will be glad of my Company.

Then Chriftian and Hopeful out-
went him, and went till they came "^^^ -?«/*'
at a delicate Plain, called Ea/e,whtre ^^^^ ^'^s-

, . , 1 ■ , rims have

they went with much content ; but ^^ ^^, y^^^^^
that plain was but narrow , fo they in this life.
were quickly got over it. Now at the
further fide of that plain, was a little ^ janeer-
Hill called Lucre , and in that Hill ous Hill.

^74 C6e pilgrims p?ogref0»

a Silver- Mine , which fome of them
that had formerly gone that way,
becaufe of the rarity of it, had turn-
ed afide to fee , but going too near
the brink of the pit, the ground being
deceitful under them, broke, and
they were flain ; fome alfo had been
maimed there, and could not to their
dying day be their own men again.

Then I faw in my Dream , that
a little off the road , over againft the
Silver-Mine^^oodiDemas,{GentleTnan-
like,) to call to PalTengers to come
and fee : Who faid to Chrijlian and
his Fellow; Ho,turn afide hither,and
I will fhew you a thing

Chr. What thing Jo de/ervingi as to
turn us out of the way ?

D^. Here is a Silver-MifW,andfome

digging in it for IVeafure; if you will

come, with a little paines, you may

richly provide for yourfelves.

Ho eful Ho-pef. Then faid Hopeful , Let us

tempted to Z^J^^'

go, but Chr. Not I, faid Chriftian\ I have

Chriiiian heard of this place before now , and
holds htm j^Q^ many have there been flain ; and
befides , that Treafure is a fnare to
thofe that feek it , for it hindreth
them in their Pilgrimage. Then Chri-
jlian

C6e IPilgtims p?ogrcf0» 175

flian called to DemaSy faying, Is not

the place dangerous ? hath it not hin- Hos.4. 18

dred many in their Pilgrimage ?

De. Not very dangerous, except
to thofe that are carelefs : but withal,
he blujhed as he fpake.

Chr. Then faid Chrijlian to Hope-
fuly Let us not ftir a ftep, but ftill
keep on our way.

Hope. / will zvarrant you, when
By-ends comes up, if he hath the fame
invitation as we, he will turnin thither
to fee.

Chr. No doubt, thereof, for his
principles lead him that way , and
a hundred to one but he dies tliere.

De. Then Demas called again ,
faying, But will you not come over
and fee ?

Chr. Then Chrijlian roundly an-

r ^ r • t\ t-'i . Chriftiaa

Iwered, laying, Demas, 1 hou art an ^^^^^^^^^
Enemy to the right ways of the „* Demas
Lord of this way, and haft been al- 7. Tim. +
ready condemned for thine own turn- ^°-
ing afide , by one of his Majefties
Judges ; and why feekeft thou to
bring us into the like condemnation ?
Befides, if we at all turn afide, our
Lord the King will certainly hear
thereof; and will there put us to

{hame.

176 C&e Pilgnm0 lg)?ogter0,

fhame, where we would ftand with
boldnefs before him.

DefJtas cried again, That he alfo
was one of their fraternity ; and
that if they would tarry a little,
he alfo himfelf would walk, with
them.

Cbr. Then {zidChriJlian, What is
thy name ? is it not it by the which I
have called thee?

Ce. Yes, my name is Demas^ I am
the fon of Abraham.

Chr. I know you , Gehazi was

your Great-Grandfather, and Judas

'"^"^ your Father, and you have trod their

Mat. 26. fteps. It is but a develifh prank that

14., 15. thou ufeft : Thy Father was hanged

chap. 27. for a Traitor, and thou deferveft no

»>2>3,4-5- better reward. AfTure thy felf, that

when we come to the King, we will

do him w^ord of this thy behaviour.

Thus they went their way.

By this time By-ends was come a-

By-ends gain within fight, and he at the firft

goes o-uer beckwentover to Demas. Now whe-

to Demas. ^^£1- ^g fgU I^^q ^-^g pif^ by looking

over the brink thereof; or whether
he went down to dig, or whether he
was fmothered in the bottom , by
the damps that commonly arife, of

thefe

Cfje IPilgrims iPiogrers- ^11

thefe things I am not certain : But
this I obferved, that he never was
feen again in the way.

By-ends and 6'//^'^r-Demas both agree ;

One callsj the other runs^ that he tnay
be,

A Jharer in his Lucre : fo thefe txvo

Take up in this world, and no fur-
ther go.

I faw then , that they went on a Ri-uer.
their way to a pleafant River, which PH ^5- 9-
David the King called the River of^^""'- ^^■
God; \y\jiX.jQhn, The River of the water ^^ '^'^'
of life: Now their way lay juft upon
the bank of the River : here there-
fore Chrifiian and his Companion
walked with great delight ; They
drank alfo of the water of the River,
which was pleafant and enlivening to
their weary Spirits : befides, on the
banks of this River on either fide
were green Trees, tha.t bore all m.anner
of Fruit; and the leaves of the Trees '^'"'^^•^ *^
were good for Medicine ; with the ^ ' ''^^^'
Fruit of thefe Trees they were alfo , ,
much delighted ; and the leaves they ojtheirees.
eat to prevent Surfeits , and other
Difeafes that are incident to thofe

that

in ivhich
they lie
tionvn to

17S C6c Pilgrims IPiogrefs.

that heat their blood by Travels. On
either fide of the River was aifo a
JMeadoiv Meadow , curioufly beautified with
Lilies ; And it was green all the year
long. In this Meadow they lay down
/l^^p and flept , for here they might lie

Pf. 22. <^cze';zy^/'^/y. When they awoke, they
Ifa. 14,30. gathered again of the Fruit of the
Trees, and drank again of the Water
of the River : and then lay down
again to fleep. Thus they did feveral
days and nights.

Behold ye how thefe Chr'ijial Jlr earns do
glide

(To comfort Pilgrims) by the High-
way Jide ;

The Meadows green, hejides their fra-
grant Jmell,

Yield dainties for them : And he that can
tell

What pleafant Fruit , yea Leaves^ thefe
Trees do yield^

Will foon fell all ^ that he may buy this
Field.

So when they were difpofed to go
on (for they were not, as yet, at
their Journeys end) they eat and
drank, and departed.

Now I beheld in my Dream, that

they

they had not journicd far, but the
River and the way, for a time par-
ted. At which they were not a httle
forry, yet they durft not go out of
the way. Now the way from the
River was rough, and their feet ten-
der by reafon of their Travels ; So
the Joul of the Pilgrims was much dij- Numb.
couraged^ hecaujeoftheway. Where- 21. 4.
fore ftill as they went on,they wifhed
for better way. Now a Httle before
them, there was on the left hand of
the Road,a Afd'^<^oix', and a Stile to go
over into it, and that Meadow is call-
ed By-Tath-Meadow.T\\tVL{'A.\^ Chri-
ftian to his fellow. If this Meadow li- By-Pafh-
eth along by our way fide, lets go over ^^^'^°'^-

i= / •' ' 1 Y> -I One temp-

into It. Then he went to the Stile to ,^^-^^ ^^^
fee, and behold a Path lay along by f„ake nvay
the way on the other fide of tht for another
fence. 'Tis according to my wifli
faid Chrijiian, here is the eafieft: go-
ing ; come good Hopeful^ and lets us
go over.

Hop. But how if this Pathfhould
lead us out of the way ? ^*!'°"S

Chr. That's not hke, faid the o- T"!
ther ; look, doth it not go along by ^.^^^ ^„,,
the way fide ? So Hopefulyh^mg per- cut of the
fwaded by his fellow, went after him '^•^•

over

i8o C!)e Pilgrims p?ogteC0,

over the Stile. When they were gone
over, and were got into the Path,
they found it very eafie for their
feet ; and withal, they looking be-
fore them, efpied a Man walking as
they did, (and his name ^2&Vain-con-
fidence) fo they called after him, and
asked him whither that way led ? he
faid, To the Cceleftial Gate. Look,
faid Chrijlian^ did not I tell you fo ?
by this you may fee we are right :
fo they followed, and he went be-
forethem. But beholdthe nightcame
on, and it grew very dark, fo that
they that were behind, loft the fight
of him that went before.

He therefore that went before

{Vain-confidence by name) not feeing

the way before him, fell into a deep

Ifa. 9 1 6. Y\i which was on purpofe there

A Pit to • r r *

catch the ^''^^^e by thePrince of thofe grounds,
'uain glo- to catch 'z;<^/;z-^/(9n(?^j fools withall ;
nous in. and was dafhed in pieces with his
fall.

Now Chrijlian and his fellow
heard him fall. So they called, to
know the matter , but there was
none to anfwer, only they heard a
groaning. Then faid Hopeful, V^htYQ
are we now ? Then was his fellow

filent

^l)Z Ipilgrims P?ogref0. i8i

filent, as miftrufting that he had led

him out of the way. And now it be- „ r ■

7 1 I 11-1 Reajomng

gan to rain, and thunder, and hghten between
in a very dreadful manner, and the chriftian
water rofe amain. «h^ Hope-

Then Hopeful groaned in himfelf, ^"^
faying, Oh that I had kept on my way!

C/r.Who could have thought that
this path fhould have led us out of
the way }

YioTpt.I was afraid on t at veryfirjiy
and therefore gave you that gentle cau-
tion. I would have fpoke plainer y but
that you are older then I.

Chr. Good Brother be not offend-
ed, I am forry I have brought thee ^^^'"ft'^"^
out of the way, and that I have put^^f ^^^^^J
thee into fuch eminent danger ; pray of his Bro-
my Brother forgive me, I did not do out oj the
it of an evil intent. '^^y-

Hope. Be comforted my Brother for
I forgive thee ; and believe too, that
this /hall be for our good.

Chr. I am glad 1 have with me a
merciful Brother : But we muft not
ftand thus, let's try to go back again.

Hope. But good Brother let me go be-
fore.

Chr. No, if you pleafe, let me go

firft ; that if there be any danger, I

L may

1 82 cfje pilgrims p^ogtcfs,

may be firft therein, becaufe by my
means we are both gone out of the
way.

Hope. No,Jaid}r{o'pth\\,youf/Dall
not go firft ^ for your mi7id being trou-
bled^ may lead you out of the way a-
gain. Then for their encouragement,
they heard the voice of one faying.
Let thine heart be towards the High-

Jer. 31.21. way J even the way that thouwenteft^
They are tum again .* But by this time theWa-

m danger ^^^^ were greatly rifen, by reafon of

oj droHAjn- , . , , *-" ^ (. . ^ , ,

hiff as which, the way or gomg back was
they go very dangerous. (Then I thought that
back. it is eafier going out of the way
when we are in, then going in when
we are out. J Yet they adventured to
go back ; but it was fo dark, and
the flood was fo high, that in their
going back, they had like to have
been drowned nine or ten times.

Neither could they, with all the
skill they had, get again to the Stile
that night. Wherefore, at laft, light-
ing under a little fhelter , they fat
down there till the day brake ; but
in the being weary, they fell afleep. Now
grounds of there was not far from the place
Giant where they lay,a C^7?/£',called Doubt-
Defpair. jj^g QaftU , the owner whereof was

Giant

Cfte IPilgcims p?og:ref0, 183

The Pilgrims now, to gratify the Flefh,
Will feelc its Eafe ; but oh how they afrefh
Do thereby plunge themfelves new Grief into !
Who feeks to pleafe the Flefh, themfelves undo.

184 Cf)e IPilgrimg ip?ogtef0»

Giant DeJ-pair, and it was in his
grounds they now were fleeping ;
wherefore he getting up in the morn-
ing early, and walking up and down
He finds in his Fields , caught Chriftian and
them in his Hg^eful aflecp in his grounds. Then
^^°^'^ ' . with a zyiin and furly voice he bid
them to them awak.e,and asked them whence
Doubting they were ? and what they did in his
Qajile. grounds ? They told him, they were
Pilgrims, and that they had loft their
way. Then faid the Giant, You have
this night trefpafted on me, by
trampling in , and lying on my
grounds, and therefore you muft go
along with me. So they were forced
to go, becaufe he was ftronger then
they. They alfo had but little to fay,
for they knew themfelves in a fault.
The Giant therefore drove them be-
TheGrie'v- forehim,and put them into his Caftle,
oufnefs of \^^q ^ vtrj dark Dungeon, nafty and

men : Here then they lay, from fFed-
Pf. 88. 18. ^^/''^'^J rnorning till Saturday night,
without one bit of bread, or drop of
drink, or any light, or any to ask how
they did. They were therefore here
in evil cafe, and were far from friends
and acquaintance. Now in this place,
L 2 Chri-

Chriftian had double forrow, becaufe
'twas through his unadvifed haftethat
they were brought into this diftrefs.

Well, on Saturday about midnight
they began to pray^ and continued in
Prayer till almoft break of day.

Now a little before it was day,
good Chrijlian, as one half amazed,
brake out in this paflionate Speech,
What a fool^ quoth he , am I thus to
lie in a Jiinking Dungeon, when I may ^ ^^y ^"
as well walk at liberty ? I have a ^^J^'^f '^'J'
Key in my bofom, called Promi/eythd.t /^^ p^^.
will, I am perfuaded, open any Lock mife, opens
in Doubting Caftle. Then faid Hopeful, ^"y ^ock
That's good News; good Brother ''' ^°"'''-
pluck it out of thy bofom and try : '"^ ^^Z^^-
Then Chriftian pulled it out of his
bofom, and began to try at the Dun-
gion door, whofe bolt fas he turned
the Key) gave back , and the door
flew open with eafe , and Chriftian
and Hopeful both came out. Then he
went to the outward door that leads
into the Caftle yard, and with his Key
opened the door alfo. After he went
to the Iron Gate, for that muft be
opened too , but that Lock went
damnable hard, yet the Key did open
it; then they thrufl open the Gate

to

1 86 cfje Pilgrims Piogtefg,

to make their efcape with fpeed, but
that Gate, as it opened, made fuch
a creaking, that it waked Giant De-
Jpair^ who haftily rifing to purfue his
Prironers,felt his Limbs to fail, fo that
he could by no means go after them.
Then they went on, and came to the
Kings high way again, and fo were
fafe , becaufe they were out of his
Jurifdidion.

Now when they were gone over
the Stile, they began to contrive with
themfelves what they fhould do at
that Stile,to prevent thofe that fhould
come after , from falling into the
hands of Giant De/pair. So they con-
fented to ered: there a Pillar , and to
engrave upon the fide thereof, Over
thisStileistheJVaytoT>ouhtmg'Cafile^
which is kept by Giant Defpair who^
dejpijeth the Kingofthe Cxlefiial Coun-
trey ^andjeeks to dejlroy his holy Pilgrims .
Many therefore that followed after,
read what was written, and efcaped
the danger. This done, they fang as
follows.
Out of the way we went, and then we

found
What 'twas to tread upon forbidden
ground :

L 3 Jnd

C6e IPilgrims ip^ogrefg, 187

Mountains dele£lable they now afcend,
Where Shepherds be, which to them do commend
Alluring things, and things that cautious are,
Pilgrims are steddy kept by Faith and Fear.

1 88 Cf)e Pilgrimg p^ogrefg.

And let them that come after have a

care,
Lejl heedlefnefs makes them^ as we, to

fare :
Left they, for trefpaffing, his prifoners

are,
fVhofe Cajile's Doubting, and whofe

name's Defpair.

They went then , till they came
Th de- ^° ^^ delegable Mountains, which
uaaile Mountains belong to the Lord of that
mountains. Hill, of which we have fpoken be-
fore ; fo they went up to the Moun-
tains, to behold the Gardens, and
rlfrlfhedin ^^^hards, the Vineyards, and Foun-
the moun- ^^^'^^ of Water, whcre alfo they drank,
tains. and wafhed themfelves, and did free-
ly eat of the Vineyards. Now there
was on the tops of thefe Mountains,
Shepherds feeding their flocks , and
they ftood by the high- way fide. The
Pilgrims therefore went to them, and
leaning upon their ftaves, (as is com-
mon with weary Pilgrims , when
they ftand to talk with any by the
way,) they asked , Whofe delegable
'• Mountains are thefe? and whofe be the

foeep that feed upon them ?

Shep.

Shep. Thefe Mountains are Imma-
nuels Landy and they are within fight
of his City , and the fheep alfo are
his, and he laid down his Hfe for
them. johnio.ii

Chr. Is this the way to the Ccelejiial
City ?

Shep. You are juft in your way.

Chr. How far is it thither ?

Shep. Too far for any , but thofe
that _/S^// get thither indeed.

Chr. Is thewayjafe^ or dangerous ?

Shep. Safe for thofe for whom it
is to be fafe, but tranjgrejfors Jh all fall
therein. ' ^' ^'

Chr. Is there in this place any re-
lief for Pilgrims that are weary and
faint in the way ?

Shep. The Lord of thefe Moun-
tains hath given us a charge, A'o/ to he
forgetful to entertain firaytgers-.ThtxQ- ^^^- ^'^'
fore the good of the place is even
before you.

I faw alfo in my Dream , that
when the Shepherds perceived that
they were way-fairing men, they alfo
put queftions to them, (to which they
made anfwer as in other places,) as.
Whence came you? and,How gotyou
into the way ? and. By what means
L 4 have

190 Cbe Pilgrnns p^ogrcK

have you (o perfevered therein ? For
but few of them that begin to come
hither , do fhew their face on thefe
Mountains. But when the Shep-
herds heard their anfwers , being
pleafed therewith , they looked very
lovingly upon them; and faid , PFel-
come to the dele liable Mountains.

The Shepherds, I fay,whofe names
were, Knowledge^ Experience^ Watch-
ful ^ and Sincere , took them by the
hand, and had them to their Tents,
and made them partake of that
which was ready at prefent. They
faid moreover. We would that you
fhould ftay here a while, to acquaint
with us, and yet more to folace your-
felves with the good of thefe de-
legable Mountains. They told them.
That they were content to ftay ; and
fo they went to their reft that night,
becaufe it was very late.

Then I faw in my Dream , that
in the morning, the Shepherds called
up Chrijlian and Hopeful to walk with
them upon the Mountains : So they
went forth with them, and walked a
while , having a pleafant profped on
every ftde. Then faid the Shepherds
one to another, Shall we fhew thefe

Pilgrims

C[)C Pilgrims p^ogcccs. 19^

Pilgrims fome wonders ? So when
they had concluded to do it, they
had them firft to the top of an Hill
called Erroiir^ which was very fteep The Moun-
on the furtheft fide, and bid them ^«''« "f
look down to the bottom. So Chri- "^°"'^'
Jiian and Hopeful lookt down, and
faw at the bottom feveral men dafh-
ed all to pieces by a fall that they
had from the top. Then faid Chri-
Jlian , What meaneth this ? The
Shepherds anfwered ; Have you
not heard of them that were made to
err , by barkening to Hymeneus^ and
PhiletuSy as concerning the Faith of
the Refurre6tionof the Body ? They
anfwered. Yes. Then faid the Shep-
herds , Thofe that you fee lie dafli-
ed in pieces at the bottom of this
Mountain, are they : and they have
continued to this day unburied (as
you fee) for an example to others to
take heed how they clamber too high,
or how they come too near the brink
of this Mountain.

Then I faw that they had them to
the top of another Mountain , and Mount
the name of that is Caution ; and bid Caution,
them look a far off". Which when
they did, they perceived as they

thought.

192 Cbe Pilgrims p^ogrefs,

thought, feveral men walking up and
down among the Tombs that were
there. And they perceived that the
men were blind , becaufe they (tum-
bled fometimes upon the Tombs, and
becaufe they could not get out from
among them. Then faid Chrijiiariy
What means this ?

The Shepherds then anfwered ,
Did you not fee a little below thefe
Mountains a Stile that led into a
Meadow on the left hand of this
way ? They anfwered, Yes, Then faid
the Shepherds, From that Stile there
goes a Path that leads diredily to
Doubting-Caftle , which is kept by
Giant T>ejpair\ and thefe men (point-
ing to them among the Tombs)
came once on Pilgrimage , as you do
now , even till they came to that
fame Stile. Kn^ becaufe the right way
was rough in that place, they choie
to go out of it into that Meadow,
and there were taken by Giant T)e-
Jpair , and caft into DoubtingCaJile\
■where, after they had a while been
kept in the Dungeon , he at laft did
put out their eyes, and led them a-
mong thofe Tombs, where he has
left them to wander to this very day;

that

Cbe IPilgnms Piogrefs. 193

that the faying of the wife Man
might be fulfilled, He that wandereth Prov2i.i6
out of the way of underjlanding , Jhall
remain in theCongregation of the dead.
Then Chrijiian and Hopeful looked
one upon another, with tears gufh-
ing out ; but yet faid nothing to the
Shepherds.

Then I faw in my Dream,that the
Shepherds had them to another place,
in a bottom, where was a door in
the fide of an Hill ; and they opened
the door,and bid them look in. They
looked in therefore, and faw that
within it was very dark,and fmoaky ;
they alfo thought that they heard
there a lumbringnoife as of fire, and
a cry of fome tormented, and that
they fmelt the fcent of Brimflone.
Then {a-idChrifian, What means this ?
The Shepherds told them , faying,
this is a By-way to Hell, a way that a byway
Hypocrites go in at ; namely, fuch as to Hell.
fell their Birthright, with E/au : fuch
as fell their Mafter, with Judas: fuch
as blafpheme the Gofpel with Alex-
ander : and that lie and diffemble,
with Ananias and Safhira his wife.

Hopef Then faid Hopeful to the
Shepherds , I perceive that thefe had

on

194 OTe Pilgnm0 Piogrefs.

on them, even every one, a/hew ofPil-
grimage as we have now ; had they
not ?

Shep. Yes, and held it a long time,
too.

Hopef. How far might they go on
Pilgrimage in their day ^fince they not-
withjianding were thus mijerably cafi
away ?

Shep. Some further, and fome not
fo far as thefe Mountains.

Then faid the Pilgrims one to ano-
ther, TVe had need cry to the Strong for
firength.

Shep. Ay, and you will have need
to ufe it when you have it, too.

By this time the Pilgrims had a
defire to go forwards, and the Shep-
herds a defire they fhould ; fo they
walked together towards the end of
the Mountains. Then faid the Shep-
herds one to another. Let us here
fhew to the Pilgrirtij^ the Gates of the
Cceleftial City, if they have skill
to look through our Perfpedlive
Glafs. The Pilgrims then lovingly
accepted the motion : So they had
them to the top of an high Hill cal-
led Clear, and gave them their Glafs
to look. Then they effayed to look,

but

Cfje pilgrims Piogtef0» 195

but the remembrance of that laft
thing that the Shepheards had (hew-
ed them, made their hand fhake,
by means of which impediment,
they could not look fteddily through ^j^^ ^^^.^
the Glafs; yet they thought they ^yy/^.^^y^
faw fomthing like the Gate, and alfo>«r.
fome of the Glory of the place,

Thus by the Shepherds, Secrets are
reveaPd ,

Which from all other men are kept con-
cealed :

Come to the Shepherds then^ if you
xvould fee

Things deep^ things hid ^ and that my-
iterious be.

When they were about to depart,
one of the Shepherds gave them a
note of the way. Another of them,
bid them beware of the flatterer^ The
third , bid them take heed that they
Jleep not upon the Inchanted Ground,
and the fourth, bid them God Jpeed.
So I awoke from my Dream.

And I flept, and Dreamed again,
and faw the fame two Pilgrims going
down the Mountains along the High-
way towards the City. Now a little

below

196 C6e Pilgrims lp?ogrcfs.

below thefe Mountains , on the left
The Coun- hand , lieth the Countrey of Conceit^
trey of from which Countrey there comes
Conceit, jj^^Q ^^ ^^y jj^ which the Pilgrims

wy&zV/^r«»?^ walked, a little crooked Lane. Here
Ignorance therefore they met with a very brisk
Lad, that came out of that Coun-
trey ; and his name was Ignorance.
So Chrijiian asked him, From what
parts he came ? and whither he was
going ?
Chriftian Jgn. Sir, I was born in the Coun-
and Igno- ^ j-gy ^]^^^ jjeth off there, a little on
ranee a ^^^ |^£^ hand : and I am eoing to the
CcelelTial City.

Chr. But how do you think to get in
at the Gateyfor you may find feme diffi-
culty there.

Ign. As other good People do, faid
he

Chr. But what have you to jhew at
that Gate, that may cauje that the
Gate fijould be opened unto you ?

Ign. I know my Lords will, and
I have been a good Liver,I pay every
man his own ; I Pray , Faft , pay
Tithes, and give Alms , and have
left my Countrey , for whither 1 am
going.

Chr. But thou cameji not in at the

Wicket-

Cf)e Pilgrims P?ogref0, 197

Wicket-gate , that is at the head of
this way ^ thou camejl in hither through
that Jufne crooked Lane^ and therefore
I fear , however thou mayefl think of
thy f elf ^ zvhen the reckoning day fo all
come^ thou zvilt have laid to thy charge^
that thou art a Theif and a Robber, i?i-
fiead of admit ance into the City.

Ignor. Gentlemen , ye be utter He faith
ftrangers to me , I know you not, be to e^very
content tofollowthe Religionof your one,thathe
Countrey, and I will follow the Re- "^>'-
ligion of mine. I hope all will be well.
And as for the Gate that you talk of,
all the World knows that that is a
great way off of our Countrey. I can-
not think that any man in all our
parts doth fo much as know the way
to it ; nor need they matter whether
they do or no, fince we have, as you
fee , a fine pleafant green Lane,
that comes down from our Countrey
the next way into it.

When Chriftian faw that the man
was wife in his own conceit , he faid ^^' *^* "
to Hopeful , whifperingly , Inhere is
more hopes of a fool then of him. And
faid moreover , When he that is a
fool walketh by the way , his wijdom Ecd.io. 3.
faileth him , and he faith to every one

that

198 Cfje Pilgrims P?og:refs»

Hoiv to that he is a fool. What, fhall we talk
carry it to further With him? or out-go him at
a fool prefent ? and fo leave him to think
of what he hath heard already ; and
then ftop again for him afterwards,
and fee if by degrees we can do any
good of him ?

Let Ignorance a little -while now mufe
On what is /aid y and let him not refufe
Good Counfel to imbrace^ lejl he remain
Still Ignorant of what'' s the chief eft gain.
God faithy Thofe that no underfianding

have^
{^Although he made them) them he will

not fave.

Hop. It is not good , I think , to
fay all to him at once, let us pafs him
by, if you will, and talk to him anon,
even as he is able to hear it.

So they both went on, and Igno-
rance he came after. Now when
they had pafTed him a little way,
they entered into a very dark Lane,
where they met a man whom {^vzw
Matt. 12. Devils had bound with feven ftrong
45. Prov. Cords , and were carrying of him
5- *^- back to the door that they faw in the
fide of the Hill. Now good Chriflian

began

C6e Pilgrims lg)?og:refg. 199

began to tremble, and fo did Hopeful
his Companion : Yet as the Devils led
away the man , Chrijlian looked to
fee if he knew him, and he thought
it might be one Turn-away that dwelt <jhe de-
in the Town of Apojiacy. But htjiruaion of
did not perfedily fee his face, for "»« Turn-
he did hang his head like a Thief ^^^^^y-
that is found : But being gone paft.
Hopeful looked after him, and efpied
on his back a Paper with this In-
fcription , WantonProfeJfor^ and dam-
nable Apofiate. Then faid Chrijlian chriftian
to his Fellow, Now I call to remem- telleth his
brance that which was told me o^ Companion
a thing that happened to a good man ^/'"'^ °j
hereabout. The name of the man ^^^^^
was Little-Faith , but a good man,
and he dwelt in the Town of Sincere.
The thing was this ; at the entering
in of this paflage there comes down
from Broad-way -zate a Lane called ^"f'^^'^y
Dead-mans-lane ; fo called, becaufe Dead?nans
of the Murders that are commonly Lane.
done there. And t]\\sLittle-Faithgo-
ing on Pilgrimage , as we do now,
chanced to fit down there and flept.
Now there happened, at that time,to
come down that Lane from Broad-
way-gate three Sturdy Rogues, and
M their

200 ^i)t Pilgrims Piogref0»

their names were Faint-heart , Mif-
trufi, a.nd Guilt, f three brothers J and
they efpy'mg Li ttie-faitbwherehe was
came galloping up with fpeed : Now
the good man was juft awaked from
his fleep, and was getting up to go on
Little- his Journey. So they came all up to
faith rob- him, and with threatning Language
bed by hidh\m^and.Atthis,Littiefaitb\ookt
r^'"*iuT ^^ white as a Clout, and had neither
truft w power to7?^^/nor_/?z>. Then faidi^^/^/-
Guilt. heart , Deliver thy Purfe ; but he
making no hafte to do it, f for he was
loth to lofe his Money , J MiJ-
trujl ran up to him, and thrufting his
hand into his Pocket , pull'd out
_, thence a bag of Silver. Then he cried
aiuay his out,Thieves,thieves. With that. Guilt
Silver, and ^\t}c\ a great Club that was in his
knockt hand , ftrook Little-Faith on the
him dorwn. he^j ^ and with that blow fell'd him
flat to the ground, were he lay bleed-
ing as one that would bleed to death.
All this while the Thieves ftood by :
But at laft, they hearing that fome
were upon the Road, and fearing left
it fhould be one Great-grace that
dwells in the City of Good-confidence,
they betook themfelves to their heels,
and left this good man to fhift for

him-

C&e Pilgnm0 p?og:ref0. 201

hlmfelf. Now after a while, Little-
faith came to himfelf, and getting
up, madefhiftto fcrabbleonhisway.
This was the flory.

Hopef. But did they take from him
all that ever he had ?

Chrifi. No: The place where his .. ,^;"^'"
Jewels were, they never ranfakt, lo „^^^y^ y^j^
thofe he kept ftill ; but as, I was told, things.
the good man was much affl idled for
his lofs. For the Thieves got moft of
his fpending Money. That which
they got not (as I faid) were Jewels,
alfo he had a little odd Money left,
but /i:^rr(? enough to bring him to ^g ^ ' ^'
his Journeys end ; nay , (if I was not
mis-informed) he was forced to beg LMe-
as he went, to keep himfelf alive, '^'^^^^f^^^d
(for his Jewels he might not fell.)But J,"^ ^^IJ°
beg, and do what he could, he went ^eys end.
(as we fay) with many a hungry belly ^
the moft part of the reft of the
way.

Hopef. 5^/ is it not awonder theygot
not from him hisCertificate,by whii.hhe
was to receive his admittance at the
Coeleftial gate ?

Chr. No , they got not that :

though thy mift it not through any

good cunning of his , for he being

M 2 dif.

202 Cbe lPilg:tim0 p^ogrefg.

He kept difmayed with their coming upon
not his beft him, had neither power nor skill to

cunnine: ^'^^'^ Providence then by his Indea-
2 Tim. I. vour, that they mift of that good
14. thing.

Hopef. But it muft needs be a com-
fort to him^ that they got not this Jewel
from him.

Chr. It might have been great
2 Pet, I. 9. comfort to him, had he ufed it as he
fhould ; but they that told me the
ftory, faid. That he made but little
ufe of it all the reil of the way ; and
that becaufe of the difmay that he
had in their taking away of hisMoney :
indeed he forgot it a great part of the
reft of the Journey ; and befides,
when at any time, it came into his
mind, and he began to be comforted
therewith, then would frefh thoughts
of his lofs come again upon him,
and thofe thoughts would fwallow
up all.

Hope. Alas poor Man ! this could
not but be a great grief unto him.
Chr. Grief! Ay, a grief indeed !
He IS pit- vvould it not a been fo to any of us,
"^ , ^ had we been ufed as he, to be Rob-
bed and wounded too , and that in a

ftrange

Cfie IPifgn'ms IP^opefg. 203

ftrange place, as he was? 'Tis a
wonder he did not die with grief,
poor heart ! I was told, that he fcat-
tered almoft all the reft of the way
with nothing but doleful and bitter
complaints. Telling alfo to all that
over-took him, or that he over-took
in the way as he went, where he was
Robbed , and how ; who they were
that did it, and what he loft ; how
he was wounded, and that he hardly
efcaped with life,

Hope. But 'tis a wonder that his

necejfities did not put him upon felling,

or pawning/c;»(? of his Jewels^ that he

might have wherewith to relieve him-

Jelf in his Journey.

Chr. Thou talkeft like one upon
whofe head is the Shell to this very chrlftlan
day : For what ftiould he: pawn th&m^ f»Meth
or to whom fhould he fell them ? In ^^^M"'^
all that Countrey where he ^2./'LT^'
Robbed, his Jewels were not accoun- ^^^f^''
ted of, nor did he want that relief
which could from thence be admini-
ftred to him ; befides, had his Jewels
been miffing at the Gate of the Cce-
leftial City, he had (and that he
knew well enough) been excluded
from an Inheritance there ; and that
M 3 would

Heb. 12.
J 6.

204 cf)e IPilgrimg p^ogrefs*

would have been worfe to him then
the appearance and villany of ten
thoufand Thieves.

Hope. Why art thou Jo tart my Bro-
ther ? EJau fold his Birth-right, and
that for a mejs of Pottage ; a7jd that
Birth-rightwashisgreateftjewehand
if he, why might not Little- Faith do Jo
too?
A dlfcourfe chr. EJau did fell his Birth-right

WLhtlt "'^^^'^' ^''^ ^° '^^ ""^"y befides; and
Faith. '^y ^° '^o^'igj exclude themfelves from
the chief blefPing, as alfo that Cay tiff
did. But you muft put a difference be-
twixt EJau and Little-Faith, and
alfo betwixt their Eftates. EJau's
Birth-right was Typical, but Little-
faith's}tv^t\s were not {o.EJau's belly
was his God, but Little Jaitb's belly
was not fo. EJau's want lay in his
flefhly appetite, Little-faith's did not
^t^T'"' ^°- '^e^^^es, EJau could fee no fur-
bis lulls ^'"'^^ ^^^'^ ^^ ^^^ fulfilling of his Lufts,
Gen. 25: For I am at the point to dye, faid he,
^^. and what goodwill this Birth-right do

me ? But Little faith, though it was
his lot to have but a littlefaith, was
by his littlefaith kept from fuch ex-
travagancies ; and made to fee and
^rize his Jewels more, then to fell

them.

Cfje pilgrims p?ogrcfs. 205

them, as EJau did his Birth-right. Efau^^aify
You read not any where that EJau ^'^'^M^k
\\?L<\ faith ^ no not fo much as a little-.
Therefore no marvel, if where the
flefh only bears fway (as it will in
that Man where no faith is to refift)
if he fells his Birth -right , and his
Soul and all, and that to the Devil of
Hell ; for it is with fuch, as it is with
the Afs, Who in her occafions cannot be Jer. 2. 24.
turned away. When their minds are
fet upon their Lulls, they will have
them what ever they coft. l^\it Little- . ^\^^^^-
faith was of another temper, his ^^'^^^^JJ"
mind was on things Divine; his „;,o« Efaus
lively hood was upon things that Pottage.
were Spiritual , and from above ;
Therefore to what end fhould he that
is of fuch a temper fell his Jewels,
(had there been any that would have
bought them) to fill his mind with
empty things? Will a man give a
penny to fill his belly with Hay ? or ^. "'^^'''
can you perfuade the 'Turtle-dove to''-^"" ^\

,. ^ ^ . ... , t^-ujeen the

live upon Carrion, like the Crow ? Turtle-
T\ion^ faithlefs ones, can for carnal dove and
Lufts, pawn,or morgage, or fell what '^^ Crow,
they have, and themfelves out right
to boot ; yet they that have faith ^
Javing faith, though but a little of it,
M 4 cannot

2o6 cf)e Pilgrims; p^ogrefs,

cannot do fo. Here therefore, my
Brother, is thy miftake.

Hopef. / acknowledge it ; but yet
your fever e reflection had almoft made
me angry

Chr. Why, I did but compare thee
to fome of the Birds that are of the
brisker fort , who will run to and
fro in troden paths with the ihell up-
on their heads ; but pafs by that, and
confider the matter under debate,
and all fhall be well betwixt thee and
me.

Hopef. But Chriftian, l^heje three
fellows^ lamper/wadedinmy heart , are
but a company of Cowards : would they
have run elfe^ think you, as they did,
at the noi/e of one that was coming on
Hopeful the road? Why did not Little-faith
fwaggers. pluck up a great heart? He might, me-
thinks, have flood one brufh with them,
and have yielded when there had been
no remedy.

Chr. That they are Cowards, many
have faid, but few have found it fo
No great ^^ ^^^ ^^"^^ °^ Trial. As for a great
heart for heart. Little-faith had none ; and I
God^here perceive by thee, my Brother, hadft
there is but t]^Q^ ^££^1 the Man concerned, thou
''' ^-^^'^ art but for a brufh, and then to yield.

And

C6e pflgrtms? Piogtef0» 207 '

And verily, fince this is the height of ffe hwve
thy Stomach now they are at a ^°^^ "^'
diftance from us, fhould they appear ^'^^^ T^ ^"
to thee, as they did to him , they ^},,„ ^g
might put thee to fecond thoughts, are in.

But confider again, they are but
Journey-men Thieves, they ferve un-
der the King of the Bottomlefs pit ;
who, if need be, will come to their
aid himfelf , and his voice is as the P^l. 5, %.
roaring of a Lion. I my felf have Chriftian
been In gaged as this Little-faith was, '^^^-^
and I found it a terrible thing. Thefe °^"
three Villains fet upon me, and I be- this cafe. /
ginning like a Chriftian to refift ,
they gave but a call, and in came
their iVIafter : I would as the fay-
ing is, have given my life for a pen-
ny ; but that, as God would have it,
I was cloathed with Armour of proof.
Ay, and yet though I was fo harnef-
fed, I found it hard work to quit my
felf like a man ; no man can tell what
in that Combat attends us , but he
that hath been in the Battle himfelf.

Hopef Well., but they ran youfeey
zvhen they did but fuppofe that one
Great-Grace was in the way.

Chr. True, they often fled, both
they and their Mafter, when Great-
grace

2o8 cfte Pilgrims p?ogteCs»

The Kinjj grace hath but appeared , and no
cha?npioH. i^arvel, for he \sthe Kings Champion:
But I tro, you will put fome diffe-
rence between Little-faith and the
Kings Champion ; all the Kings Sub-
je6ls are not his Champions: nor can
they , when tried, do fuch feats of
War as he. Is it meet to think that a
little child fhould handle Goliah as
David did ? or that there fhould be
the ftrength of an Ox in a Wren ?
Some are ftrong , fome are weak,
fome haYQ great faith, fome have lit-
tle', this man was one of the weak,
and therefore he went to the walls

Hopef. [would it had been Great-
grace, /or their Jakes.

Chr. If it had been he, he might
have had his hands full; For I muft
tell you. That though Great-grace is
excellent good at his Weapons, and
has and can, fo long as he keeps
them at Swords point, do well e-
nough with them : yet if they get
within him, even Faint-hearty Mi-
Jlrujl^ or the other, it fhall go hard
but they will throw up his heels. And
when a man is down,you know what
can he do.

Who fo looks well upon Great-
graces

• Cf)C Pilgrims ip^ogrefs* 209

grace's face, fhall fee thofe Scars and
Cuts there, that fhall eafily give de-
monftration of what I fay. Yea once
I heard he fhould fay, (and that when
he was in the Combat) IVe diffaired
even of life : How did thefe fturdy
Rogues and their Fellows make Da-
vid groan, mourn , and roar ? Yea
Heman , and Hezekiah too, though
Champions in their day, were forced
to beftir them, when by thefe af-
faulted ; and yet, that notwithftand-
ing , they had their Coats foundly
brufhed by them, Peter upon a time
would go try what he could do ; but,
though fome do fay of him that he
is the Prince of the Apoftles , they
handled him fo, that they made him
at lafl: afraid of a forry Girle.

Befides, their King is at their
Whiftle, he is never out of hearing;
and if at any time they be put to
the worft, he, if pofTible, comes in to
help them : And, of him it is faid,
^he Sword of him that layeth at him Job.41.26
cannot hold the Spear ^ the Dart, nor the
Habergeon \ he efteemeth Iron as Straw, .

and Brafs as rotten Wood. T'he Arrow thans /?«>•-
cannot make him flie , SUngfiones are dinefs.
turned with him intojiubbhy Darts are

counted

21 o c{)e Pilgrims Piogrefs. •

counted as ftuhble^ he laugheth at the

Jhaking of a Spear. What can a man

do in this cafe ? 'Tis true , if a man

could at every turn have Jobs Horfe,

and had skill and courage to ride

The excel- him, he might do notable things. For

lent mettle jyj^ ^^^^ /j- clothed With 'Th Under , he

f ^^ " '« ^jll yiQi i^g afraid as the Grafjoper , / he

Horfe glory of his Nojlrils is terrible ^ he

paweth in the Valley , rejoyceth in his

Jlrength^andgoethoutto meet the armed

men. He mocketh at fear , and is not

affrighted ^ neither turneth back from

the Sword. The quiver rattleth againft

him^ the glittering Spear , and the

Jhield. Hefwalloweth the ground with

Jiercenejs and rage, neither believeth he

that it is the found of the Trumpet. He

Job. 39. i^/aith among the Trumpets, Ha, ha ; and

he fmelleth the Battel a far off, the

thundring of the Captains , and the

fhoutings.

But for fuch footmen as thee and I
are, let us never defire to meet with
^ an enemy, nor vaunt as if we could do

better, when we hear of others that
they have been foiled, nor be tickled
at the thoughts of our own manhood,
for fuch commonly come by the worft
^ when tried. WitnefsP^/^r,of whom I

made

Cfte IPilgrims ip^ogrecs. 2 1 1

made mention before. He would
fwagger, Ay he would : He would, as
his vain mind prompted him to fay,
do better , and ftand more for his
Mafter , then all men : But who fo
foiled, and run down by thefe Vil.
lain s J as he ?

When therefore we hear that fuch
Robberies are done on the Kings
High-way , two things become us
to do ; iirft to go out HarnefTed, and
to be fure to take a Shield with us : For
it was for want of that, that he that
laid fo luftily at Leviathan could not
make him yield. For indeed, if that
be wanting, he fears us not at all.
Therefore he that had skill, hath faid.
Above all take the Shield of Faith, Eph. 6. 1 6.
wherewith ye jh all be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked.

'Tis good alfo that we defire of the ,^. .,

t>^ . I u good to

Kmg a Convoy, yea that he will go ha<ve a
with us himfelf. This made David Convoy.
rejoyce when in the Valley of the
fhaddows of death; and /V/o/^j- was -^^-^^ '5-
rather for dying where he flood, then
to go one ftep without his God. O
my Brother, if he will but go along ^' ^-*
with us, what need we be afraid of 'J'
ten thoufands that ihall fet them-, ' ' *

felves

212 CJe Pilgnm0 PiogrefiS,

felves againft us, but without him,
Ifa, lo. 4. the froud helpers fall under the Jlain.
1 for my part have been in the fray
before now, and though(through the
goodnefs of him that is beft) I am
as you fee alive : yet I cannot boaft
of my manhood. Glad fhall I be, if I
meet with no more fuch brunts,
though I fear we are not got beyond
all danger. However, fmce the Lion
and the Bear hath not as yet devou-
red me , I hope God will alfo deli-
ver us from the next uncircumcifed
Philijiine,

Poor Little-faith / Hajl been among the

Thieves!
Wajl robVd ! Remember thlsy IVho fo

believes
And gets more faith ^ fhall then a Vi-

£lor he
Over ten thoufand , elfe fcarce over

three.

So they went on, and Ignorance fol-
lowed. They went then till they
came at a place where they faw a
way put it felf into their way^ and
. feemed withal, to lie as ftraight as
anda^ay. the way which they fhould go ; and

here

Cfje IPilgnms }P?ogtcf0» 213

here they knew not which of the two
to take, for both feemed ftraight be-
fore them ; therefore here they ftood
ftill to confider. And as they were
thinking about the way, behold a
man black of flefh, but covered with
a very light Robe, came to them and
asked them. Why they ftood there ?
They anfwered, They were going to
the Coeleftial City , but knew not
which of thefe ways to take. Fol-
low me, faid the man, it is thither
that I am going . So they followed
him in the way that but now came Chriftian
into the road, which by degrees turn- «»^^"
ed, and turned them fo from thtfJ^J"^'-
City that they defired to go to,
that in little time their faces were
turned away from it ; yet they fol-
lowed him. But by and by, before
they were aware, he led them both
within the compafs of a Net, in
which they were both fo entangled
that they knew not what to do ; and , , ^^■^*''

.,,■', ' taken in a

with that, tne white Robe fell off the Net.
black mans back ; then they faw where
they were. Wherefore there they
lay crying fometime, for they could
not get themfelves out.

Chr. ThQn{!iid Chrijlian to his fel-
low.

214 Cf)e IPilpims Piogrcfs*

They he- low, Now do I fee my felf in an

ivaii their errour. Did not the Shepherds bid

conMons. ^^ bewarc of the flatterers ? As is

Pio. 29. 5. the faying of the Wife man, fo we

have found it this day : A man that

flattereth his Neighbour ^/preadeth a

Net for his feet.

Hopef. They alfo gave us a note
of diredlions about the way, for our
more fure finding thereof : but there-
in we have alfo forgotten to read,
and have not kept our felves from
the Paths of the deftroyer. Here
David was wifer than wee ; for faith
Pfal.17.4.. \^Q^ Concerning the works of men^ by
AJhimng ^^^ ^qy^ of thy Hpj^ J have kept me
to them from the Paths of the deftroyer. Thus
rivith a they lay bewailing themfelves in the
nvhipin Net. At laft they efpied a fhining
hand. One coming towards them , with a
whip of fmall cord in his hand. When
he was come to the place where they
were. He asked them whence they
came ? and what they did there ?
They told him. That they were poor
Pilgrims going to Sion , but were
led out of their way, by a black man,
cloathed in white, who bid us, faid
they, follow him ; for he was go-
ing thither too. Then faid he with the

Whip

Ci)0 IPilpimgf IP?ogte(0. 215

Whip; it is Flatterer, a falfe Apoftle, P'"o- ^9- 5
that hath transformed himfelf intoan ^^^^-^a-
Angel of light So he rent the Net ,, '

o o ^ 13, 14.

and let the men out. Then faid he
to them, Follow me, that I may fet
you in your way again ; fo he led
them back to the way, which they
had left to follow the Flatterer.Thtn
hb asked them, faying. Where did ^J^^JJ'
you lie the laft night ? They faid with ^,^^i ^^^_
the Shepherds upon the deledlable t;z>7^^ 0/
Mountains. He asked them x!vi.tr\^ forgetful
If they had not of them Shepherds '"^^•
a note of direElionfor the way ? They
anfwered, Yes. But did you, faid he
when you was at a ftand, pluck out
and read your note ? They anfwered,
No. He asked them why ? They faid Decei'vers
they forgot He asked moreover, \^fi»efpoken.
the Shepherds did not bid them be-^°''^'^-
ware of the Fiatterer^They anfwered.
Yes : But we did not imagine, faid
they, that this fine-fpoken man had
been he.

Then I faw in my Dream, that he
commanded them to lie down ; which Deu.25. 2.
when they did, he chaftized them ^Chron.r^.
fore, to teach them the good way ^'^' ^7-
wherein they fhould walk : and as „

11 1 r • 1 -/ Kev, 3. iQ

he chaltized them, hefaid. As many
N as

2i6 C60 IPilgnm.s }p?ogxef0*

They are CIS I love^ I rehuke and chajlen ; he

nx:hipt,and zcalous therefore^ and repent. This

fent on done, he bids them go on their way,

'^'^" and take good heed to the other di-

redlions of the Shepherds. So they

thanked him for all his kindnefs, and

went foftly along the right way.

Come hither^ you that walk along the

way \
See how the Pilgrims fare^ that go a-

ilray !
"They catched are in an intangling Net^
'Caufe they good Counjel lightly did

forget :
*Tis true^ they refcu'd w ere^ but yet

you fee
They're fcourg'd to boot : Let this your

caution be.

Now after a while, they perceived
afar off,one coming foftly and alone,
all along the High-way to meet
them. Then faid Chrifiian to his
fellow. Yonder is a man with his
back toward Sion^ and he is coming
to meet us.

Hopef I fee him, let us take heed
to our felves now, left he fhould
prove a Flatterer alfo. So he drew

nearer

C&e lS)iIgnm.5 IPiogreCs. 217

nearer and nearer, and at ]aft came
up unto them. His name was Atheiji, T-^^ Atheift
and he asked them whether th^j "'^^'^'^^"^■
were going.

Chr. JVe are going to the Mount
Sion.

Then Atheift fell Into a very great He Laughs
Laughter. at them.

Chr, What is the meaning of your
Laughter ?

Atheift. I laugh to fee what igno-
rant perfons you are , to take upon
you fo tedious a Journey ; and yet are
like to have nothing but your travel
for your paines.

Chr. Why man ? Do you think we They rea-
floall not be received ? f°» f°se-

yf/i'd'//?. Received! There is no fuch ^^^''•
place as you Dream of, in all this
World.

Chr. But there is in the World to
come.

Atheift. When I was at home in
mine own Countrey, I heard as you
now affirm , and from that hearing
went out to fee, and have been feek-
ing this City this twenty years : But jer.22. 13.
find no more of it, then I did the firft Ec. 10. 15,
day I fet out,

Chr. We have both heard and be-
N 2 lieve

2i8 cfie Pilgrims Piogrefs*

lieve that there is fuch a place to be
found.

Atheift. Had not I, when at home

believed, I had not come thus far to

Th Ath ^^^^ • ^^^ finding none , (and yet I

•ft . A ^ fhould, had there been fuch a place

lit takes up ^ 1 r T 1 r i

his content to be found, for I have gone to feek

in this it further then you J I am going back

World. again , and will feek to refrefh my

felf with the things that I then caft

away , for hopes of that which I now

fee is not.

Chriftian Chr. Then faid Chrijlian to Hope-

fro'ueth his fill his Fellow , Is it true which this

Brother, ^lan hath faid ?

Hopefuls Hopef Take heed, he is one of the

gracious Flatterers ; remember what it hath

anfwer Qoft US once already for ourharkning

to fuch kind of Fellows. What ! no

Mount Sion ! Did we not fee from

2.Cor.5.7. the delegable Mountains the Gate

of the City ? Alfo, are we not now

to walk by Faith ^. Let us go on, fnid

Hopeful J left the man with the Whip

overtakes us again.

You fhould have taught me that
p LefTon, which I will round you in the

j^ ' ' ears withall \Ceafe^ my Son, to hear the
Heb. 10, Inft ruction that caufeth to err from the
39- words of knowledge. I fay myBrother,

ceafe

^bc pilgrims lp?ogref0. 219

ceafe to hear him, and let us believe
to the faving of the Soul.

Chr. My Brother,! did not put the
quefiion to thee ^f or that Idouhted of the
'Truth of our belief myjelf: But to f rove ^ .-^ ^r-
thee^ and to fetch from thee a fruit of a,ihoneji
the honefty of thy heart. As for this heart,
man J know that he is blinded by the god
of this World : Let thee and I go on^
knowing that we have belief of the
Truth, and no lie is of the Truth. ijohnz.n

Hopef Now do I rejoyce in hope
of the Glory of God: So they turned
away from the man ; and he, Laugh-
ing at them, went his way.

I faw then in my Dream, that they Th^y are
went till they came into a certain '^°"'^ ^° ''^^
Countrey , whofe Air naturally ten- '^^^^
ded to make one drowfie , if he
came a firanger into it. And here
Hopeful began to be very dull and
heavy of fleep, wherefore he faid un-
to Chriflian, I do now begin to grow
fo drowfie , that I can fcarcely hold , • ^^ "

' r 1 1 begins to

up mme eyes ; let us lie down here (,g droivfu
and take one Nap.

Chr, By no tneans, faid the other, „, .^.
left fleeping, we never awake more, keeps him

Hopef. Why my Brother ? fleep is a-Make
fweet to the Labouring man ; we
N 3 may

220 cbe Pilg:nm0 ip?ogref0»

may be refrefhed if we take a Nap.
Chr. Do you not remember that one

of the Shepherds bid us beware of the

Inchanted ground? He meant by that,
iThef.c. 6 that we Jhould beware offleeping-^where-

forelet us notfleep as do others ^ but let

us watch and befober.
He is Hopef. I acknowledge my felf in

thankful, fault, and had I been here alone, I

had by fleeping run the danger of

of death. I fee it is true that the wife
Eccl. 4. 9. man faith , Two are better then one.

Hitherto hath thy Company been my

mercy ; and thou fhalt have a good

reward for thy labour.
Topre-vent Chr. Now then , faid Chrijliany
droufmefs ^q prevent drowfinejs in this place , let

dd'r. ° ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ S^^^ dijcourje.
^courfe Hopef With all my heart, faid the

other.
Good dif- C\\Y. Where fhall we begin ?
courfe pre- jj r Where God began with us.

I'entsdrow t, f -^ , . .;- 1 r

rr But do you begm, ir you pleale.

TVhen Saints do fleepy grow , let them

come hither.
And hear how thefe two Pilgrims talk.

together :
Tea, let them learn of them, in any wife,
T^hus to keep ope their drowfie fumbring

eyes. Saints

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Saints fellow/hip^ if it be managd we 11^
Keeps them awak.e-y and that in fpite of
hell.

Chr .ThtnChriJlian began andfaid,
1 will ask you aquejlion. How came you
to think at firfi of doing as you do now '^

Hopef. Do you mean, How came
I at firft to look after the good of my
Soul ?

Chr. 7'es, that is my meaning.

Hopef. I continued a great while
in the delight of thofe things which
were feen and fold at our fair ; things
which, as I believe now, would have
f had I continued in them ftill)drown-
ded me in perdition and deftrudlion.

Chr. What things were they ?

Hopef. All the Treafuresand Riches
of the World. Alfo I delighted much in
Rioting, Revelling, Drinking, Swear-
ing , Lying, Uncleannefs, Sabbath-
breaking, and what not , that tend-
ed to deftroy the Soul. But I found
at laft, by hearing and confidering of
things that are Divine, which indeed
I heard of you , as alfo of beloved
Faithful:, that was put to death for Rom. 6. 21
his Faith and good-living in Vanity- 22, 23.
fairy '^hat the end of theje things is Eph. 5. 6.
N 4 death.

22 2 cbc Pilgrims p?ogcef0.

death. And that for thefe things fake,
the wrath of God cometh upon the
children of difobedience.

Chr. Anddidyoufrefentlyfallunder
the power of this coyiviSiion ?

Hopef. No, I was not willing pre-
fently to know the evil of fin, nor the
damnation that follows upon the
commifTion of it , but endeavoured,
when my mind at firft began to be
fhaken with the word , to fhut mine
eyes againft the light thereof.

Chr. But what was the caufe of your
carry ingof it thus to thefiy'ft workings
of Gods blejfed Spirit upon you ?

Hopef. The caufes were, i . I was
ignorant that this was the work of
God upon me. I never thought that
by awaknings for fin, God at firfi: be-
gins the converfion of afinner. 2, Sin
was yet very fweet to my flefh, and
I was loth to leave it. 3. I could not
tell how to part with mine old Com-
panions, their prefence and aftions
were fo defirable unto me. 4. The
hours in which convicftions were up-
on me , were fuch troublefome and
fuch heart-affrighting hours , that
I could not bear,no not fo much as the
remembrance of them upon my heart.

Chr

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C h r . Then as it/eems, jometimes you
got rid of your trouble.

Hopef. Yes verily , but it would
come into my mind again, and then I
fhouLd be as bad, nay worfe, then 1
was before.

Chr. Why ^whafw as it that brought
your fins to mind again?

Hopef. Many things, As,

I. If I did but meet a goodmanin
the Streets ; or,

1. If I have heard any read in the
Bible ; or,

3. If mine Head did begin to Ake;
or,

4. I were told that fome of my
Neighbours were fick ; or,

5. If I heard the Bell Toull for
fome that were dead ; or,

6. Ifl thought of dying my felf; or,

7. If I heard that fuddain death
happened to others.

8. But efpecially , when I thought
of my felf, that I muft quickly come
to Judgement.

Chr. Andcouldyou at any time with
eaje get off the guilt of fm when by any
of theje wayes it came upon you ?

Hopef. No, not latterly, for then
they got fafter hold of my Confci-

ence

224 C&e Pifetimg P?ogref0.

ence. And then, if I did but think
of going back to fin (though my
mind was turned againfl: it J it would
be double torment to me.

Chr. ^nd bow did you do then ?

Hopef. I thought I muft endea-
vour to mend my life , for elfe
thought I, I am fure to be damned.

Chr. And did you indeavour to
mend ?

Hopef. Yes, and fled from , not
only my fins , but finful Company
too ; and betook me to Religious
Duties, as Praying, Reading, weep-
ing for Sin, fpeaking Truth to my
Neighbours, i^f. Thefe things I did
with many others, too much here to
relate.

Chr. Anddidyou think y our Jelf well
then ?

Hopef. Yes, for a while ; but at the
lafl: my trouble came tumbling upon
me again, and that over the neck of
all my Reformations.

Chr. How came that about , fince
you was now Reformed ?

Hopef. There were feveral things

brought it upon me, efpecially fuch

ifa. 64. 6. fayings as thefe \All our righteoufneffes

Gala.2. 1 6. are as filthy rags. By the works of the

Law

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Law no man/hall be juftified. When
youhave done all things Jay ^ We areun- Luk.i7.i(
profitable : with many more the like.
From whence I began to reafon with
my felf thus : If all my righteouf-
nefles are filthy rags , if by the deeds
of the Law, no man can be juftified ;
And if, when we have done ally we
are yet unprofitable : Then tis but a
folly to think of Heaven by the Law.
I further thought thus: If a Man runs
an 100/. into the Shop-keepers debt,
and after that fi:iall pay for all that he
fhall fetch , yet his old debt ftands
ftill in the Book uncrofled ; for the
which the Shop-keeper may fue him,
and caft him into Prifon till he fhall
pay the debt.

Chr. Welly and how did you apply
this toyour Jelf}

Hope/. Why, I thought thus with
my felf; I have by my fins run a great
way into Gods Book , and that my
now reforming will not pay off that
fcore ; therefore I fiiould think ftill
under all my prefent amendments ,
But how fhall I be freed from that
damnation that I have brought my
felf in danger of by my former tranf-
greflions ^

Chr.

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Chr. A very good application : but
pray go on.

Hope. Another thing that hath trou-
bled me, even fince my late amend-
ments, is, that if I look narrowly into
the beft of what I do now, I ftill fee fin,
new fin, mixing it felf with the beft
of that I do. So that now I am forced
to conclude , that notwithftanding
my former fond conceits of my felf
and duties , I have committed fin e-
nough in one duty to fend me to Hell,
though my former life had been
faultlefs.

Chr. And what did you do then ?

Hopef. Do ! I could not tell what
to do, till I brake my mind to Faith-
ful ; for he and I were well acquain-
ted : And he told me. That unlefs I
could obtain the righteoufnefs of a
man that never had finned , neither (
mine own, nor all the righteoufnefs
of the World could fave me.

Chr. And did you think he /pake
true ?

Hopef. Had he told me fo when
I was pleafed and fatisfied with
mine own amendments , I had cal-
led him Fool for his pains : but now,
fince I fee my own infirmity , and

the

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the fin that cleaves to my beft per-
formance , I have been forceed to
be of his opinion.

Chr. But did you think , ivhen at
firfi he Juggefted it to you , that there
"iVasJuch a man to be found^ of whom
it might jujlly be/aid^ That he never
committed fin ?

Hopef. I muft confefs the words at
firft founded ftrangely , but after a
little more talk and company with
him, I had full conviftion about it.

Chr. And did you ask him what
man this was^andhowyouynufibejufii-
fied by him ?

Hope. Yes , and he told me it was
the Lord Jefus, that dwelleth on the
right hand of the mofl High : And col
thus, faid he, you muft be juftified by i Pet.
him , even by trufting to what he
hath done by himfelf in the days of
his flefh, and fuffered when he did
hang on the Tree. I asked him fur-
ther , How that mans righteoufnefs
could be of that efficacy, to juftifie
another before God .-^ And he told
me, He was the mighty God, and did
what he did, and died the death alfo,
not for himfelf,but for us; to whom
his doings, and the worthineis of

them

Heb. 10.
Rom. 4.

228 C6e pilgrims Piogrefe*

them fhould be imputed, if I believed
on him.

Chr. And what did you do then ?
Hope.\ made my objedlions againft
my believing , for that I thought he
was not willing to fave me.

Chr. And what/aid Faithful to you
then ?

Hopef. He bid me go to him and

fee: Then I faid, It was prefumption:

Mat. 1 1.28 b^^ ^'^ ^^idj No: for I was invited to

come. Then he gave me a book ofje-

Jus his inditing, to incourage me the

more freely to come : And he faid

concerning that Book , That every

jot and tittle there of ftood firmer

Matt24.35 then Heaven andearth. Then I asked

him, What I mufl: do when I came?

p^ g and he told me , I muft intreat upon

Dan. 6. 10. ^^Y knees with all my heart and foul,

Jer. 29. 12, the Father to reveal him to me. Then

n- I asked him further. How I muft

make my fupplication to him } And

he faid , Go, and thou fhalt find him

Ex2c 22 upo^ 3. mercy-feat , where he fits all

Lev. 16. 2. the year long , to give pardon and

Nu. 7. 89. forgivenefs to them that come. I

Heb. 4.. 6. toi^ hjj^ ^2it I knew not what to

fay when I came : and he bid me fay

to this effeft, God be merciful to me a

finner^

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finnei\and make me to kfiozc a)id believe
hi Jej'us Cbrijl ; for I fee that if his
righteoufnef shad not been^or I have not
faith in that righteoufnefs,! am utterly
caj} azvay: L.ordjhave heard that thou
art a merciful God^ and hafl ordained
that thy Son Jefus Chrijl fhould be the
Saviour of the II 'or Id ; and moreover^
that thou art "willingtobeflow him upon
Juch a poor finner as I am, (^and I am
a finner indeed^ Lord take therefore
this opportunity, and magnifie thy grace
in the Salvation of my foul , through
thy Sen Jefus Chriji^ Amen.

Chr. And did you do as you were
bidden ?

Hopef. Yes, over, and over, and
over.

Chr. And did the Father reveal his
Son to you ?

Hopef. Not at the firft , nor fe-
cond, nor third, nor fourth, nor fifth,
no, nor at thefixth time neither.

Chr. JFhat did you do then?

Hopef. What ! why I could not
tell what to do.

Chr. Had you not thoughts of lea-
ving off praying ?

Hopef. Yes, an hundred times, twice
told.

Chr.

Habb.2.3.

230 ci)c Pilgnm0 ip^ogtcfs;.

Chr. And what was the re of on you
did not ?

Hopef. I believed that that was
true which had been told me, to wity
That without the righteoufnefs of
this Chrift , all the World could not
fave me: And therefore thought I with
my felf , if I leave off, I die ; and I
can but die at the Throne of Grace.
And withall , this came into my
mind, If it tarry ^ wait for it, becaufe
itwillfurely comeyandwillnot tarry. So
I continued Praying untill the Father
fhewed me his Son.

Chr. And how was he revealed unto
you ?

Hopef. I did not fee him with my

Eph.i. 18, bodily eyes , but with the eyes of

19- mine underftanding ; and thus it was.

One day I was very fad, I think fader

then at any one time in my life ; and

this fadness was through a frefh fight

of the greatnefs and vilenefs of my

fins : And as I was then looking for

nothing but Hell^ and the everlaft-

ing damnation of my Soul, fuddenly,

as I thought , I faw the Lord Jefus

look down from Heaven upon me,

Aasi6 %o ^"'^ faying. Believe on the Lord Jejus

31, Chrifl^ and thou fhalt bejaved.

But

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But I reply ed, Lord, I am a great,
a very great finner ; and he anfwered, ^q^^ ^^
My grace is sufficient fo7' thee. Then I
faidjBut Lord, whatis believing ? And
then I faw from that faying, [He that . ,
Cometh to mejhall never hunger^ and he
that believeth on mejhall never thirjf\
That believing and coming was all
one, and that he that came , that
is, run out in his heart and affedlions
after falvation by Chrift, he indeed
believed in Chrift. Then the water
ftood in mine eyes, and I asked fur-
ther , But Lord, may fuch a great
finner as I am, be indeed accepted
of thee, and be faved by thee ? And Joh. 6. 36.
I heard him fay, And him that cometh
to me^ I will in no wife cajl out. Then
I faid. But how. Lord, muft I confi-
der of thee in my coming to thee, that
my faith may be placed aright upon iTi.1.15
thee? Then he faid, Chrift J ejus came Rom. 10.4.
into the IVorldtoJave finner s. Heisthe ^^'^^?- ^^
end of the Law for righteoufnefs to e- ^^^' ''• ^"5"'
very one that believes. He died for ^^
our fins ^ and rofe again for our juftifi-
cation : He loved us, and wajhed us
from our fins in his own blood : He is
Mediator between God and us. He
ever liveth to make interceffion for us.
O From

23^ Cf)e Pilgrims IP?opef0,

From all which I gathered , that I
muft look for righteoufnefs in his
perfon, and for fatisfadlion for my
fins by his blood ; that what he did
in obedience to his Fathers Law,
and in fubmitting to the penalty
thereof, was not for himfelf, but for
him that will accept it for his Salva-
tion, and be thankful. And now was
my heart full of joy, mine eyes full
of tears, and mine affedlions running
over with Love to the Name, People,
and Ways of Jefus Chrift.
Chr. "Thiswas a Revelation of Chrijito
your foul indeed: But tellmeparticular-
lywhat effect this had upon yourfpirit.
Hopef. It made me fee that all the
World, notwithftanding all the
righteoufnefs thereof, is in a ftate
of condemnation. It made me fee
that God the Father, though he be
juft, can juftly juftifie the coming
finner : It made me greatly afhamed
of the vilenefs of my former life,
and confounded me with the fence of
mine own Ignorance ; for there never
came thought into mine heart before
now, that fhewed me fo the beauty
of Jefus Chrift, It made me love a
holy life, and long to do fomething

for

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for the Honour and Glory of the
name of the Lord Jefus. Yea I
thought, that had I now a thoufand
gallons of blood in my body, I could
fpill it all for the fake of the Lord
Jefus.

I then faw in my Dream , that
Hopeful looked back and faw Igno-
rance , whom they had left behind,
coming after. Look^ faid he to Chri-
Jiiany how far yonder loungfter loite-
reth behind.

Qhr. Ay, Ay, I fee him ; he careth
not for our Company.

Hopef ButltrOy itwouldnothave
hurt him J had he kept pace with us
hitherto.

Chr. That's true , but I warrant
you he thinketh otherwife

Hope. That I think he doth ^ hut
however let us tarry for him. So they ^^^^^^

dlQ. comes uf

Then Chrifiian faid to him. Come again.
away man^ why do you flay fo behind?

Ignor. I take my pleafure in walk- Their talk.
ing alone, even more a great deal
then in Company , unlefs I like it
the better.

Then faid Chrijlian to Hopeful f hut

foftly^ Did I not tell you, he cared not

O 2 for

234 C&e pilgrims p?ogte(0»

for our Company : But hozvever, come
up^ and let us talk azvay the time in this
Jolitary place. Then dire6ting his
Speech to Ignorance , he faid, Come^
how do you ? howjiands it between God
and your Soul now ?

Ignor. I hope well , for I am al-
ways full of good motions, that come
into my mind to comfort me as I
walk.

C h r. PVhat good motions ? pray tell
us.

Ignor. Why, I think of God and
Heaven.

Chr. So do the Devils and damned
Souls.

Ignor. But I think of them , and
defire them.

Chr. So do many that are never like
to come there : The Soul of the Sluggard
defires and hath nothing.

Ignor. But I think of them , and
leave all for them.

Chr. That I doubt ^ for leaving of
all is an hard matter , yea a harder
matter then many are aware of. But
why , or by what^ art thou perf waded
that thou hafi left all for God and
Heaven ?

Ignor. My heart tells me fo.

Chr.

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Chr. 'The wife man f ayes ^ He that
trufts his own heart is a fool. ''• ^ " ^^'

IgTior. This is fpoken of an evil
heart, but mine is a good one.^
Chr. But how dofi thou 'prove that ?
Ignor. It comforts me in the hopes
of Heaven.

Chr. 'That may he^through it s deceit-
fulnejs , for a mans heart may mini-
fler comfort to him in the hopes of that
thing J for which he yet has fio ground to
hope.

Ignor. Butmy heart and lifeagree
together , and therefore my hope is
well grounded.

Chr. IVho told thee that thy heart
and life agree together ?

Ignor. My heart tells me fo.
Chr. ylsk my fellow if Ibea'Thief:
Thy heart tells thee Jo ! Except the
wordofGodbeareth witnejs in thismat-
ter^ other Teflimony is of no value.

Ignor. But is it not a good heart
that has good thoughts? And is not
that a good life that is according to
Gods Commandments ?

Chr. Tes, that is a good heart that
hath good thoughts ^ and that is a good
life that is according to Gods Command-
ments: But it is one thing indeed to
O 3 have

236 C6e Pilgrims Piogrefs*

have thefe, and another thing only to
think Jo.

Ignor. Pray what count you good
thoughts , and a life according to
Gods Commandments ?

Chr. There are good thoughts of di-
vers kinds yjome rejpe£ling our Je Ives,
Jome Godyfome Chrijiy andjome other
things.

Ignor. What be good thoughts re-
fpedting our felves ?

Chr. Such as agree with the Word of
God.

Ignor. When does our thoughts of
our felves agree with the Word of
God?

Chr. When wepafs the fame Judge-
ment upon our felves which the Word
pajfes: 'To explain my Jelf. The Word
ofGodJaith ofperfons in a natural con-
dition. There is none Righteous,
Rom. 3. there is none that doth good. Itjaith
Gen. 6, 8. aljo, That every imagination of the
heart of man is only evil, and that
continually. And again. The imagi-
nation of mans heart is evil from his
Youth. Now then, when we think thus
ojourjelves, having Jenje thereof , then
are our thoughts good ones , becauje ac-
cording to the Word oj God,

Ignor.

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Ignor. I will never believe that my
heart is thus bad.

C h r. 'Therefore thou never hadft one
good thought concerning thy f elf in thy
life. But let me go on : As the Word
•pajfeth a Judgement upon our HEAR T*,
fo it -pajfeth a Judgement upon our
WATS\ and when our thoughts of our
HEARTS and WATS agree
with thejudgment which the Word giv-
eth of both^ then are both good^ becaufe
agreeing thereto.

Ignor. Make out your meaning.

Chr. Why y the Word of God faith.
That mans ways are crooked ways , not Pfl 125. 5.
goody but perverje: It faith y They are P'"°- ^- ^5-
naturally out of the good way , that they °"'' ^"
have not known it. Now when a man
thus thinketh of his ways, I fay when
he doth Jenfibly , and with heart-hu-
miliation thus think y then hath he good
thoughts of his own waySy becaufe his
thoughts now agree with thejudgment
of the Word of God.

Ignor. What are good thoughts
concerning God ?

Chr. Even {as I have f aid concern-
ing our Jelves) when our thoughts of
God do agree with what the Word/aith
of him. And that isy when we think of
O 4 his

238 Cf)e Pilgrims p?ogrefs»

his Behig and Attributes as the Word
hath taught : Of which I cannot now
dijcourje at large. But to /peak of him
with reference tous ^ T^henwehave right
thoughts of God ^ when we think that he
knows us better then we know our /elves,
and can fee fin in us , when and where
we can fee none in our /elves \ when we
think he knows our in-moji thoughts ,
and that our heart with all its depths
is alwayes open unto his eyes : Al/o
when we think that all our Righteoi/-
ne/s flinks in his Noftrils , and that
therefore he cannot abide to fee us ft and
before him in any confidence even of all
our be ft performances.

Ignor. Do you think that I am fuch
a fool , as to think God can fee no
further then I ? or that I would come
to God in the beft of my perfor-
mances ?

Chr. Why, how doft thou think in
this matter ?

Ignor. Why, to be fhort, I think
I mufl believe in Chrift for Juftifica-
tion.

Chr. How ! think thou muft believe
in Chrift, whenthou/eeft not thy need of
him I Thou neither /eeft thy original, or
a£iual infirmities , but haft /uch an

opinion

Cf)e Pilgrims P?ogref0» 239

opinion of thy Jelf ^ and of what thou
doefi^ as -plainly renders thee to be one
that did never fee a neceffity of Chrifis
-perfonal righteoufnejs to jufl'ifie thee
before God: How then dofi thou Jay y I
believe in Chrifl ?

Ignor. I believe well enough for
all that.

Chr. How do eft thou believe ?

Ignor. I believe that Chrifl: died
foriinners, and that I fhall be jufti-
ned before God from the curfe,
through his gracious acceptance of
my obedience to his Law : Or thus,
Chrift makes my Duties that are Re-
ligious, acceptable to his Father by
vertue of his Merits ; and fo fhall I
be jufhified.

Chr. Let me give an an/wer to this
confeffion of thy faith.

I . I^hou believefi with a Fantaftical
Faith y for this faith is no where de^
Jcribed in the Word.

1. Thou believefi with a¥d\(Q Faith^
becauje it taketh Jufiification from the
perjonal righteoufnejs of Chrifi , and
applies it to thy own.

3. This faith maketh not Chrifi a
fuflifier ofthyperjon^ but of thy a5lions\
and of thy per/on for thy a5i ions Jake ^
which is falje, 4. There-

240 Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogrefs?*

4. 'Therefore this faith is deceitful^
evenjuch as zvillleavethee under wrath ^
in the day of God Almighty. For true
Jujiifying Faith puts the foul (as Jen-
fible of its lofi condition by the Law) up-
on flying for refuge unto Chrifls righte-
oujnejs: (Which righteoufnefs (T/'his, is
not an a5t of grace ^ by which he maketh
for Juflification thy obedience accepted
with God^ but his perfonal obedience to
the Law in doing and Juffering for uSy
what that required at our hands') This
righteoufnefs Jf ay y true faith accept eth^
under the skirt of which ^ the foul being
fhroudedy and by itprejentedasjpotlejs
before God^ it is accepted , and acquit
from condemnation,

Ignor. What! would you have us
truft to what Chrift in his own per-
fon has done without us ! This con-
ceit would loofenthereinesof our luft,
and tollerate us to live as we lift : For
what matter how we live, if we may
be Juftified by Chrifts perfonal righ-
teoufnefs from all, when we believe
it?

Chr. Ignorance is thy name , and
as thy name isy Jo art thou ; even this
thy anjwer demonftrateth what I fay.
Ignorant thou art of what Juftifying

righ-

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right eoufne/s is, and as ignorant how to
Jecure thy Soul through the faith of it,
from the heavy zvrath of God. Tea^
thou aljo art ignorant of the true
effects of Javing faith in this righte-
oufnejs of Chrifl , which is , to bow
and win over the heart to God in
Chrifi, to love his Name, his Word,
Ways, and People ; and not as thou
ignorantly imaginefl.

Hop. Ask him if ever he had Chrift
revealed to him from Heaven ?

Ignor. What ! Tou are a man for re-
velations] I believe that what both you,
and all the reft of you fay about that
matter , is but the fruit of difira^led
braines.

Hop. Why man ! Chrift is fo hid
in God from the natural apprehen-
fions of all flefh, that he cannot by
any man be favingly known, unlefs
God the Father reveals him to them.

Ignor. T^hat is your faith, but not
mine ; yet mine I doubt not, is as good
as yours: Though I have not in my head
Jo many whimzies as you.

Chr. Give me leave to put in a
word : You ought not fo flightly to
fpeak of this matter : for this I will
boldlyaffirmj(even as my good Com-
panion

242 Cbc Pilgtims P^ogref0»

Mat.ii.i8 Companion hath donej that no man

E^r"i'8' ^^" ^*^°^ J^^"^ ^^"^ ^^^ ^y ^^^ ^^'
-P'-^-i ' velation of the Father: yea, and

faith too, by which the foul layeth
hold upon Chrift (if it be right) muft
be wrought by the exceeding great-
nefs of his mighty power; the work-
ing of which faith, I perceive, poor
Ignorance^ thou art ignorant of Be a-
wakened then, fee thine own wretch-
ednefs, and flie to the Lord Jefus ;
and by his righteoufnefs, which is
the righteoufnefs of God, (for he
himfeif is God) thou fhalt be deli-
vered from condemnation.

rhe talk ^g"°- "^^^ gofof^fi^ ^ cannot keep
broke up. ^^^^ With you ; do you go on before ^ I
muft Jl ay awhile behind,

^^// Ignorance, wilt thou yet foolijh he.^
To Jligbt good Counfel^ ten times given

thee ?
Jnd if thou yet refufe it , thou Jhalt

know
Ere long the evil of thy doing fo :
Remember man in time^Jloop^do not fear^
Good Counfel taken •well.f faves ; there-
fore hear :
But if thou yet Jhalt fight it, thou wilt he
The lofer [Ignorance) Pie warrant thee.

Chu

CBe Pilgnms P^ogreC^. 243

Chr. Well, come my good Hofe-
ful, J perceive that thou and I mud
walk by our felves again.

So I faw in my Dream, that they
went on a pace before, and Ignorance
he came hobling after. Then faid
Chriftian to his companion. It pities
me much for this poor man, it will cer-
tainly go ill with him at laji.

Hope. Alas, there are abundance
in our Town in his condition; whole
Families, yea, whole Streets, (and
that of Pilgrims too) and if there
be fo many in our parts, how many
think you, muft there be in the place
where he was born ?

Chr. Indeed the Word faith ^z hath
blinded their eyes,left they fhould fee,
&c. But now we are by our felves, what
do you think offuch men ? Have they
at no time, think you, convictions of fin,
andfo confequently fears that their fiat e
is dangerous t

Hopef. Nay, do you anfwer that
queftion your felf, for you are the
elder man.

Chr, Then I fay fome times (as I
think) they may, hut they being natu-
rally ignorant, underfiand not thatfuch
convi^ions tend to their good; and

there-

244 C6c Pilgrims p^ogrefs*

therefore they do dejpsrately Jeek to
ftifle them, and prejumptuoujly con-
tinue to flatter themj elves in the way of
their own hearts.
The Food Hopef I do believe as you fay, that
uje of fear fear tends much to Mens good, and
to make them right, attheir beginning
to go on Pilgrimage.
Job 28.29. Chr. Without all doubt it doth ^if it
Pf.iii.io. heright'.for/oJaysthewordyT\\Q{e:2i.rQi
Pro.17.ch. ^j^g Lord is the beginning of Wifdom.
^* °' Hopef How will you defcribe right

Chr. ^ruCy or right fear, is dif co-
vered by three things.

1. By its rife, it is caufed by fa-
ving convidiions for fin.

2. It driveth the foul to lay faft
hold of Chrift for Salvation.

3. It begetteth and continueth in
the foul a great reverence of God,
his words , and ways , keeping it
tender , ' and making it afraid to
turn from them, to the right hand,
or to the left , to any thing that may
difhonour God, break itspeace,grieve
the Spirit , or caufe the Enemy to
fpeak reproachfully.

Hopef. Well faid , I believe you
have faid the truth. Are we now

almoft

Cfte IPilgrims IP^ogreCs* 245

almofi: got pad the Inchan ted ground?

Chr. IVhy^ are you weary of this
dtjcourje ?

Hopef. No venly,but that I would
know where we are.

Chr. We have riot now above two
Miles further to go thereon. But let us
return to our matter. Now the Igno'
rant know not that Juch convictions
that tend to put them in fear , are for
their good, and therefore they feek to
flifle them.

Hopef. How do they feek to ftifle
them ?

Chr. I . They think that thofe fears
are wrought by the Devil (though
indeed they are wrought of God)and
thinking fo,they refift them, as things
that direftly tend to their over-
throw. 2. They alfo think that thefe
fears tend to the fpoiling of their
faith, (when alas for them, poor men
that they are! they have none at all)
and therefore they harden their
hearts againft them. 3. They pre-
fume they ought not to fear, and
therefore, in defpite of them, wax pre-
fumptuoufly confident 4. They fee
that thefe fears tend to take away
from them their pitiful old felf-holi-

nefs.

246 C6e piignmg IP^ogreCs.

nefs, and therefore they refift them
with all then- might.

Hope. I know fomething of this
my felf ; for before I knew my felf
it was fo with me.

Chr. IVelly we will leave at this
time our Neighbour Ignorance by him-
him/elf, and fall upon another profita-
ble quefiion.
Talk about Hoprf- With all my heart, but you
one Ttm- fhall ftill begin,
porary. Chr. Well then, did you not know

Where he ^Iiqh^ fgji years a7o. One Temporary in
your parts, who was a forward tnan in
Religion then ?

Hope. Know him ! Yes, he dwelt
in Gracelefs, a Town about two miles
off of //(3;?^_>',and he dwelt next door
to one 'Turn-back.

Chr. Right y he dwelt under the fame
roof with him. Well, that man was
much awakened once ; / believe that
then he had Jome fight of his fiins, and
of the wages that was due thereto.

Hope. I am of your mind, for f my
Houfe not being above three miles
from him) he would oft times come
to me, and that with many tears.
Truly I pitied the man, and was not
altogether without hope of him ;

but

C6e IPilgrims p^ogtefs^ 247

but one may fee it is not every one
that cries, Lord, Lord.

Chr. He told me at once J T^hathewas
refolved to go on Pilgrimage as we do
now ; but all of a fudden he grew ac~
quainted with one Save-felf, and then
he became ajiranger to me.

Hope. Now fince we are talking
about him, let us a littie enquire in-
to the reafon of the fuddain back-
fliding of him and fuch others.

Chr. // 7nay be very profitable ^ but
do you begin.

Hope. Well then, there are in my
judgement four reafons for it.

I . Though the Confciences of fuch
men are awakened, yet their minds
are not changed : therefore when
the power of guilt weareth away ,
that which provoked them to be Re-
ligious, ceafeth. Wherefore they na-
turally turn to their own courfe a-
gain : even as we fee the Dog that
is fick of what he hath eaten , fo
long as his ficknefs prevails, he vo-
mits and cafts up all ; not that he
doth this of a free mind (if we may
fay a Dog has a mind) but becaufe
it troubleth his Stomach ; but now
when his ficknefs is over, and fo his
P Stomach

248 Cbe pilgrims P?ogref0»

Stomach eafed, his defires being not
at all alienate from his vomit , he
turns him about and licksup all. And
fo it is true which is written, I'he Bog
is turned to his own vomit again. This
4 Pet. 2. J ^^y being hot for Heaven, by virtue
only of the fenfe and fear of the tor-
ments of Hell, as their fenfe of Hell,
and the fears of damnation chills
and cools, fo their defires for Hea-
ven and Salvation cool alfo. So
then it comes to pafs , that when
their guilt and fear is gone, their de-
fires for Heaven and Happinefs die;
Pro. z<).zs and they return to their courfe again.
ily. Another reafon is. They have
flavifh fears that do over-mafter
them. I fpeak now of the fears that
they have of men : For the fear of
men bringeth ajnare. So then, though
they feem to be hot for Heaven, fo
long as the flames of Hell are about
their ears , yet when that terrour is
a little over, they betake themfelves
to fecond thoughts; namely, that
'tis good to be wife, and not to run
(for they know not what) the ha-
zard of loofing all ; or at leafl:, of
bringing themfelves into unavoida-
ble and un-necefTary troubles ; and

fo-

C&e Pilgtimsi PiogreC^. 249

fo they fall in with the world again.

3/y. The fhame that attends Re-
ligion, lies alfo as a block in their
way ; they are proud and haughty,
and Religion in their eye is low
and contemptible : Therefore when
they have loft their fenfe of Hell
and wrath to come, they return a-
gain to their former courfe.

4/)'. Guilt, and to meditate ter-
rour , are grievous to them , they
like not to fee their mifery before
they come into it. Though perhaps
the fight of it firft, if they loved that
figjht, might make them flie whither
the righteous flie and are fafe ; but
becaufe they do, as I hinted before,
even fhun the thoughts of guilt and
terrour, therefore, when once they
are rid of their awakenings about
the terrors and wrath of God, they
harden their hearts gladly, and chufe
fuch ways as will harden them more
and more.

Chr. Tou are pretty near the bufinefSy
for the bottom of all is^ for want of
a change in their mind and will. And
therefore they are hut like the Fellon
that flandeth before the Judge , he
quakes and trembles , andjeems to re-
P 2 pent

250 Cf)e Pilgrims PiogreCs;,

pent mofi heartily ; but the bottom of
all iSy the fear of the Halter^ not of any
deteftation of the offence \ as is evident^
becaufe, let but this man have his li-
berty, and he will be a 'Thief ^ andfo
a Rogue fiill\ whereas ^if his mind was
change dy he would be other wife.

Hope. Now I have fhewed you
the reafons of their going back, do
you fhew me the manner thereof.
Ho--w the Chr. So I will willingly.
ApoQate I. They draw off their thoughts

goes back, all that they may, from the remem-
brance of God, Death, and Judge-
ment to come.

2. Then they caft off by degrees
private Duties , as Clofet-Prayer,
curbing their lufts, watching, for-
row for fin, and the like.

3. Then they fhun the company
of lively and warm Christians.

4. After that, they grow cold to
publick Duty, as Hearing, Reading,
Godly Conference, and the like.

5. Then they beginto pick holes,
as we fay, in the Coats of fome of
the Godly, and that devilifhly; that
they may have a feeming colour to
throw Religion (for the fake of fome
infirmity they have fpied in them) be-
hind their backs. 6. Then

C6e IPilgnms p?ogrcfs. 251

6. Then they begin to adhere to,
and afTociate themfelves with carnal
loofe and wanton men.

7. Then they give way to carnal
and wanton difcourfes infecret; and
glad are they if they can fee fuch
things in any that are counted ho-
neft, that they may the more boldly
do it through their example.

8. After this, they begin to play
with little fins openly.

9. And then, being hardened, they
fhew themfelves as they are. Thus
being lanched again into the gulf of
mifery , unlefs a Miracle of Grace
prevent it , they everlaftingly perifh
in their own deceivings.

Now I faw in my Dream, that by
this time the Pilgrims were got over
the Inchanted Ground, and entering
in the Countrey of Beulah , whofe j^^ g^ ^
Air was very fweet and pleafant, the cant.2.10,
way lying directly through it, they "> 12.
folaced themfelves there for a feafon.
Yea , here they heard continually
the finging of Birds , and faw every
day the flowers appear in the earth:
and heard the voice of the Turtle in
the Land. In this Countrey the Sun
fhineth night and day ; wherefore
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252 C6e Pilgrims lp?ogTef0»

this was beyond the Valley of the
Jhadow of death J and alfo out of the
reach of Giant Dejfair ; neither
could they from this place fo much
as fee Doubting-Cajlle. Here they
were within fight of the City they
were going to : alfo here met them
Angels fome of the Inhabitants thereof. For
in this Land the (hining Ones com-
monly walked, becaufe it was upon
the Borders of Heaven. In this Land
alfo the contrad between the Bride

Ifa 6a ^""^ ^^^ Bridgroom was renewed :
Yea here, as the Bridegroom rejoyceth
over the Bride ^ Jo did their God rejoice

ver 8. ^'^^^ them. Here they had no want of
Corn and Wine; for in this place they
met with abundance of what they
had fought in all their Pilgrimage.
Here they heard voices from out of
the City, loud voices ; faying. Say
ye to the daughter of Zion , Behold
thy Salvation cometh. behold his re-
ward is with him. Here all the Inha-
bitants of the Countrey called them,

ver. 12. c^^^ j,j^iy pgQpig^ 27,^ redeemed of the

Lordy Sought outy &:c.

Now as they walked in this Land,
they had more rejoicing then in
parts more remote from the King-
dom

Cf)e IPilgrims p?ogref0- 253

dom to which they were bound; and
drawing near to the City, they had
yet a more perfedl view thereof.
It was builded of Pearls and precious
Stones, alfo the Street thereof was
paved with Gold, fo that by reafon
of the natural glory of the City, and
the refledion of the Sun- beams
upon it , Chrijlian , with defire fell
fick, Hopeful alfo had a fit or two
of the fame Difeafe : Wherefore here
they lay by It a while, crying out be-
caufe of their pangs , If you fee my
Beloved , tell him that I am fick of
love.

But being a little flrengthened,and
better able to bear their ficknefs,
they walked on their way, and came
yet nearer and nearer, where were
Orchards, Vineyards and Gardens, and
their Gates opened into the High-
way. Now as they came up to thefe
places, behold the Gardener flood in -p^^^ ^
the way; to whom the Pilgrims faid, ^^
Whofe goodly Vineyards and Gar-
dens are thefe? He anfwered , They
are the Kings, and are planted here
for his own delights , and alfo for
the folace of Pilgrims. So the Gardi-
ner had them into the Vineyards,
P 4 and

254 Cf)e pilgtimg Piogrer0.

and bid them refrefh themfelves
with the Dainties ; He alfo fhewed
them //:?^rf the Kings walks, and the
Arbors where he delighted to be :
And here they tarried and flept.

Now I beheld in my Dream, that
they talked more in their fleep at
this time, then ever they did in all
their Journey ; and being in a mufe
there about, the Gardiner faid even
to me , Wherefore mufefl: thou at
the matter ? It is the nature of the
fruit of the Grapes of thefe Vine-
yards to go down fo fweetly, as to
caufe the lips of them that are afleep
to fpeak.

So I faw that when they awoke,
they addrefled themfelves to go up
to the City. But, as I faid, the re-
Revel. 21. fledions of the Sun upon the City
18 (for the City was pure Gold) was fo

extreamly glorious, that they could
^ ^^' ^" not, as yet, with open face behold
it , but through an Infiriiment made
for that purpofe. So I faw, that as
they went on, there met them two
men , in Raiment that fhone like
Gold , alfo their faces fhone as the
light.

Thefe men asked the Pilgrims

whence

C6e pilgrims Piogtcfs* 255

whence they came ? and they told
them ; they alfo asked them, Where
they had lodg'd, what difficulties, and
dangers , what comforts and plea-
fures they had met in the way? and
they told them. Then faid the men
that met them. You have but two
difficulties more to meet with, and
then you are in the City,

Chrijiian then and his Compa-
nion asked the men to go along
with them, fo they told them they
would ; but , faid they , you muft
obtain it by your own faith. So I
faw in my Dream that they went
on together till they came within
fight of the Gate.

Now I further faw that betwixt
them and the Gate was a River, but Death.
there was no Bridge to go over, the
River was very deep ; at the fight
therefore of this River, the Pilgrims
were much ftounded, but the men
that went with them, faid. You muft J^eath is
go through, or you cannot come at ""^ '^^^'
the Gate. ''"^'"'

T-i T>M • 1 1 nature,

1 he Pilgrims then, began to en- th,^^g|, y^
quire if there was no other way to it^je pafs
the Gate ; to which they anfwered, °^t of this
Yes, but there hath not any, fave ^^°''^'^ ''«"'

two/'"'"^-

1 Cor 15.
51 52.

256 CDe pilgrims P?og:ref0.

two, to wit, Enoch and Elijah, been
permitted to tread that path, fince
the foundation of the World , nor
fhall , untill the laft Trumpet fhall
found. The Pilgrims then , efpeci-
aliy Chriftian, began to difpond in his
mind, and looked this way and that,
but no way could be found by them,
by which they might efcape the
River. Then they asked the men,
if the Waters were all of a depth.
They faid. No ; yet they could not
heh"usnot ^^'P ^hem in that Cafe, for faid they:
comforta- Tou Jh all find it deeper or /hallow er,
biy through as you believe in the King of the place,
death. They then addreffed themfelves to

the Water; and entring, Chrijlian
began to fink, and crying out to his
good friend Hopeful \ he faid, I fink
in deep Waters , the Billows go over
my head, all his Waves go over me,
Selah.

Then faid the other , Be of good
chear, my Brother , I feel the bot-
tom, and it is good. Then faid Chri-
Chnftians jUan, Ah my friend , the forrows of
h\ /^/- death have compafi'ed me about,
^^^^^ ' I fhall not fee the Land that flows
with Milk and Honey. And with
that , a great darknefs and horror

fell

Cfte Pilgrims p?ogteK 257

fell upon Chrijlian^ fo that he could
not fee before him ; alfo here he
in great meafure loft his fenfes , io
that he could neither remember nor
orderly talk of any of thofe fweet
refrefhments that he had met with
in the way of his Pilgrimage. But
all the words that he fpake , ftiJl
tended to difcover that he had
horror of mind , and hearty fears
that he fhould die in that River , and
never obtain entrance in at the
Gate : here alfo, as they that ftood
by, perceived , he was much in
the troublefome thoughts of the
fins that he had committed, both
fince and before he began to be a
Pilgrim. 'Twas alfo obferved, that
he was troubled with apparitions of
Hobgoblinsand Evil Spirits. Forever
and anon he would intimate fo
much by words. Hopeful therefore
here had much adoe to keep his
Brothers head above water , yea
fometimes he would be quite gone
down, and then ere a while he would
rife up again half dead. Hopeful ■Silio
would endeavour to comfort him,
faying, Brother, I fee the Gate, and
men ftanding by it to receive us.

But

25 S C6e Pilgrims p^ogreCs^

ButChriJiian would anfwer; 'Tisyou,
'tis you they wait for, you have been
Hopeful ever fince I knew you ; and
fo have you, faid he to Chrijlian. Ah
Brother, faid he,furely if I was right,
he would now arife to help me ; but
for my fins he hath brought me into
the fnare, and hath left me. Then
faid Hopeful^ My Brother, you have
quite forgot the Text, where its faid
Pfal, 73. 4, of the wicked, I'here is no band in
s- their deaths but their fir ength is firm^

they are not troubled as other men, nei-
ther are they plagued like other men.
Thefe troubles and diftrefies that you
go through in thefe Waters, are no
fign that God hath forfaken you, but
are fent to try you, whether you will
call to mind that which heretofore
you have received of his goodnefs,
and live upon him in your diftreffes.

Then I faw In my Dream , that

Chrifiian was as in a mufe a while ;

To whom alfo Hopeful added this

word , Be of good chear , Jefus

Chrijlian Chrifi maketh thee whole : And with

delivered that, Chrifiian brake out with a loud

death ^'^^^ "^^ > When thou pajjefi through
Ilk- 43. 2. the waters , Iwill be with thee, and

through

€-U Pilgrims p?og:reCs» 259

through the Rivers , they Jh all not over-
flow thee. Then they both took
courage, and the enemy was after
that as ftlll as a ftone , untill they
were gone over. Chriftian therefore
prefently found ground to ftand up-
on ; and fo it followed that the reft
of the River was but fhallow. Thus
they got over. Now upon the bank
of the River, on the other fide, they
faw the two fhining men again,
who there waited for them. Where-
fore being come up out of the River,
thy faluted them faying, V/e are mi- ^he Angels
nijiring Spirits ^Jent forth to minifler do ivait
for tho/e that fjall be Heirs of Salva-M themfo
tion. Thus they went along towards^" ""^

_, •' n 1 ^ they are

the Gate, now you mult note that ^^^^^ ^^^
the City ftood upon a mighty hill, ofthh
but the Pilgrims went up that hill vjorld,
with eaje, becaufe they had thefe two
men to lead them up by the Arms; Theyhave
alfo they had left their Mortal Gd^r- put off
ments behind them in the River; for ^''"'^^^'■'^•
though they v/ent in v/ith them, they
came out without them. They there-
fore went up here with much agi-
lity and fpeed, though the founda-
tion upon which the City was fram-
ed was higher then the Clouds.

They

26o c&e Pilgnms PiogreK

They therefore went up through the
Regions of the Air, fweetly talking
as they went , being comforted, be-
caufe they fafely got over the River,
and had fuch glorious Companions
to attend them.

The talk they had with the fhining
Ones , was about the Glory of the
place, who told them,that the beauty,
and glory of it was inexprefTible.
Heb. 12. There, faid they, is the Mount Sion^
"23. 24- the Heavenly Jerujalem , the inume-
j^gy' ' ''■ rable Company of Angels , and the
Spirits of Juft men made perfetfl :
You are going now , faid they,
to the Paradice of God , wherein
you (hall fee the Tree of Life , and
eat of the never-fading fruits there-
of: And when you come there you
fhall have white Robes given you,
and your walk and talk fhall be
every day with the King , even all
the days of Eternity. There you
Eev. 21.1. fhall not fee again , fuch things as
you faw when you were in the lower
Region upon the Earth, to wit, for-
row, ficknefs, affliftion, and death,
for the former things are faffed away .
Ifa.57.1.2. 'Xo\x are going now to Abraha?n , to
IfaaCy and Jacob y and to the Pro-
phets

Cfje Ipilgrims! p^ogrefof* 261

Prophets; men that God hath taken lfa.65.14.
away from the evil to come, and that
are now reftuig upon their Beds ,
each one walking in his righteoufnefs.
The men then asked, What muft we
do in the holy place ? To whom it
was anfwered, You muft there re-
ceive the comfort of all your toil,
and have joy for all your forrow ;
you muft reap what you have fown,
even the fruit of all your Prayers and
Tears, and fufFerings for the King by
the way. In that place you muft Gal. 6. 7.
wear Crowns of Gold , and enjoy
the perpetual fight and Vifions of the
Holy One ^ for there you fhall fee him as^ ' ^'*'
he is. There alfo you ftiall ferve him
continually with praife, with fhout-
ing and thankfgiving, whom you
defired to ferve in the World, though
with much difficulty, becaufe of the
infirmity of your filefii. There your
eyes ftiall be delighted with feeing,
and your ears with hearing , the
pleafant voice of the mighty One.
There you ftiall enjoy your friends
again, that are got thither before
you ; and there you ftiall with joy
receive, even every one that fol-
lows into the Holy Place after you.

There

262 Cf)e Pilgdmg IP^ogrefs^

iTheR^. Xhere alfo you fhall be cloathed

13,14, ^5, with Glory and Majefty, and put

Jude 14. ^"to an equipage fit to ride out with

Da.7.9,10. the King of Glory. When he fhall

I Cor, 6. come with found of Trumpet in the

^» 3- Clouds 5 as upon the wings of the

Wind, you fhall come with him; and

when he fhall fit upon the Throne of

Judgement , you fhall fit by him ;

yea, and when he fhall pafs Sentence

upon ail the workers of Iniquity, let

them be Angels or Men, you alfo

fhall have a voice in that Judgement,

becaufe they were his and your E-

nemies. Alfo when he fhall again

return to the City, you fhall go too,

with found of Trumpet, and be ever

with him.

Now while they were thus draw-
ing towards the Gate, behold a com-
pany of the Heavenly Hoft came
out to meet them: To whom it was
faid, by the other two fhining Ones,
Thefe are the men that have loved
our Lord, when they were in the
World ; and that have left all for
his holy Name, and he hath fent us
to fetch them, and we have brought
them thus far on their defired Jour-
ney ; that they may go in and look

their

Cbe Pilgrims P?ogref0» 263

their Redeemer in the face with joy.

Then the Heavenly Hoft gave a

great fhout, faying, BleJJed are they ^^^ " ^^'

that are called to the Marriage fup-per

cf the Lamb : and thus they came up

to the Gate.

Now when they were come up to
the Gate, there was written over
it, in Letters of Gold, Blejed are^^--^'"^-
they that do his commandments^ that
they may have right to the "Tree of life \
and may enter in through the Gates into
the City.

Then I faw in my Dream, that
the fhining men bid them call at the
Gate , the which when they did,
fome from above looked over the
Gate ; to wit , Enoch , Mo/es , and
Elijah J i^c. to whom it was faid,
Thefe Pilgrims, are come from the
City of Dejiru^fion^ for the love that
they bear to the King of this place :
and then the Pilgrims gave in unto
them each man his Certificate, which
they had received in the beginning ;
Thofe therefore were carried into the
King, who when he had read them,
faid, Where are the men ? To whom
it was anfwered. They are ftanding
without the Gate, the King then
Q com-

2^4 Cbe IPilgnms P^ogref^,

lia. 26 2. commanded to open the Gate; That
the righteous Nation , faid he, that
keepeth Truth may enter in.

Now I faw in my Dream, that
thefe two men went in at the Gate ;
and Joe, as they entered, they were
transfigured, and they had Raiment
put on that fhone hke Gold. There
was alfo that met them with Harps
and Crov/ns,and gave them to them;
the Harp to praife withal], and the
Crowns in token of honour ; Then
I heard in my Dream that all the Bells
in the City Rang for joy: and that
it was faid unto them, Enter ye into the
joy of your Lord. I alfo heard the men
Rev.5.13, themfelves , that they fang with a
'''• loud voice, faying, Blejfing^ Honour,

Glory and Power, be to him that fit teth
upon the Throne, and to the Lamb for
ever and ever.

Now juft as the Gates were open-
ed to let in the men, I looked in after
them ; and behold , the City fhone
like the Sun, the Streets alfo were
paved with Gold,and in them walked
many men, with Crowns on their
heads, Palms in their hands, and
golden Harps to fing praifes withall.
There were alfo of them that had

wings.

C6e Pilgnms p?ogrcfs. 265

wings, and they anfwered one ano-
ther without mtermiffion,raying,//o/y.
Holy, Holy, is the Lord. And after that,
they fhut up the Gates : which when
I had feen, I wifhed my felf among:
them.

Now while I was gazing upon all
thefe things , I turned my head to
look back, and faw Ignorance come
up to the River fide; but he foon got
over , and that without half that
difficulty which the other two men
met with. For it happened that there
was then in that place ontVain-hope a
Ferry-man, that with his Boat helped
him over : fo he, as the other I faw,
did afcend the Hill to come up to
the Gate, only he came alone ; nei-
ther did any man meet him with
the leaft incouragement. When he
was come up to the Gate, he looked
up to the writing that was above ;
and then began to knock, fuppofing
that entrance fhould have been
quickly adminiftred to him : But he
was asked by the men that lookt o-
ver the top of theGate, Whence came
you ? and what would you have ? He
anfwered, I have eat and drank in
the prefence of the King, and he has
Q 2 taught

266 c&e Pilgrims p^ogtcfs*

taught in our Streets. Then they
asked him for his Certificate , that
they might go in and fhew it to the
Kinsr. So he fumbled in his bofom
for one, and found none. Then faid
they, Have you none ? But the man
anfwered never a word So they
told the King, but he would not
come down to fee him ; but com-
manded the two fhining Ones that
conduced Chriftian and Hopeful to
the City, to go out and take Igno-
rance and bind him hand and foot,
and have him away. Then they took
him up, and carried him through the
air to the door that I faw in the fide of
the Hill, and puthimin there. Then I
faw that there was a way to Hell, e-
venfrom the Gates of Heaven, as well
as from the City of DeJlru£fion. So
I awoke, and behold it was a Dream.

FINIS.

The Concluiion.

' Ow Reader, I have told my Drea?n to thee ;
See if thou canji Interpret it to me j
Or to thy f elf , or Neighbour : but take heed
Of mif-interpretlng : for that, inftead
Of doing good, will but thy felf abufe :
By mif-interpreting evil infues.

Take heed alfo, that thou be not extream,
In playing with the out- fide of my Dream :
Nor let my figure, or fimilitude^
Put thee into a laughter or a feud;
Leave this for Boys and Fools; but as for thee,
Do thou the fubiiance of my matter fee.

Put by the Curtains, look within my Vail;
Turn up my Metaphors and do not fail :
There, if thou fe eke ^ them^fuch things to find^
As will be helpfull to an hone ft mind.

What of my drofs thou findeft there, be bold
To throw away^ but yet preferve the Gold.
What if my Gold be wrapped up in Ore ?
None throws away the Apple for the Core :
But if thou {halt caft all away as vain,
I know not but 'twill make me Dream a2;ain.

THE END.

*f<

THE

Pilgrim's Progrefs.

FROM

THIS WORLD

T O

That which is to come
The Second Part.

Delivered under the Similitude of a

DREAM

Wherein is fet forth

The manner of the fetting out of Chri

Jlians Wife and Children, their

Dangerous JOURNEY,

A. N D

Safe Arrival at the Defired Country.

By JOHN BUNT AN.

I have ufed Smilittides, Hof. 12. 10.

LONDON,

Printed for Nathaniel Ponder at the Peacock
in the Poultry j near the Church. 1684.

THE

Authors Way of Sending forth
HIS

Second Part

OF THE

PILGRIM.

GO, now my little Book-, to every place,,
Where my fir ft Pilgrim, has but /hewn his
Call at their door: If any fay ^ who^s there ? ( Face
Then anfwer thou., Chriftiana is here.
If they bid thee come in, then enter thou
With all thy boys. And then^as thou know' ft hoWy
Tell who they are^ alfo from whence they came^
Perhaps they^lknow them^by their looks <, or name
But if they Jhould not^ ask them yet again
If formerly they did not Entertain
One Chriftian a Pilgrim ; If they fay
They did : And was delighted in his way :
Then let them know that thofe related were
Unto him : Tea^ his Wife and Children are.
Tell them that they have left their Houfe and

(^Home^
Are turned Pilgrims^feek a World to come :

A 2 That

That they have met with hardjhips in the way^
That they do meet with troubles night and day ;
That they have trod on Serpents^ fought with
Have alfo overcome a many evils. (Devils^

Yea tell them alfo of the next^ who have
Of love to Pilgrimage been flout and brave
Defenders of that way, and how they ftill
Refufe this World, to do their Fathers will.

Go, tell them alfo of thofe dainty things.
That Pilgrimage unto the Pilgrim brings.
Let them acquainted be, too, how they are
Beloved of their King, under his care j
What goodly Manfionsyir them he provides,
Tho they meet with rough Winds, and fwelling
How brave a calm they will enjoy at laft,(Tides
Who to their Lord, and ty his ways holdfaft.

Perhaps with heart and hand they will imbrace
Thee, as they did my fr ft ling, and will Grace
Thee, and thy fellows with fuch chear and fair ^
As Jhew will, they of Pilgrims lovers are.

I . Obje5f,

But how if they will not believe of me
That I am truly thine, 'caufe fome there be
That Counterfeit the Pilgrim, and his name,
Seek by difguife to feem the very fame.
And by that means have wrought themfelves into
The Hands and Houfes of I know not who.

Anf.

Anfwer.

'Tis true^ feme have of late, to Counterfeit
My Pilgrim y to their oivn, my Title fet -y
yea others, half my Name and Title too ;
Have ftitched to their Book^ to make them do ;
But yet they by their Features do declare
Themfelves not mine to be, whofe ere they are.

Iffuch thou meetft with, then thine only ivay
Before them all, is, to fay out thy fay,
Jn thine own native Language, which no man
Now ufeth, nor with eafe dijfemhle can.

If after all, they ftill of you Jhall doubt.
Thinking that you like Gipfies go about.
In naughty-wife the Countrey to defile.
Or that you feek good Feople to beguile
JVith things unwarrantable : Send for me
And I will Temfie, you Pilgrims be j
Tea, I will Teflifie that only you
My Pilgrims are ; And that alone will do.
2. ObjeSl.
But yet, perhaps, I may enquire for him.
Of thofe that wifh him Damned life and limb.
What fhall I do, when I at fuch a door,
Y or Pilgrims ask, and they fhall rage the more ?

Anfwer.
Fright not thyfelfmy Book, for fuch Bugbears,
Are nothing elfe but ground for groundlefs fears ,
My Pilgrims Book has traveled Sea and Land,
Yet could I never come to underhand,

A o Tl^at

That it was jTighted^ or iurnd out of Djor
By any Kingdom^were they Rich or Poor, (other

In France and Flanders where men kiil each
My Pilgrim is efieeni'd a Friend^ a Brother.

In Holland too., 'tis faid^ as I am told^
]\dy Pilgrim is withfome^ worth more than Gold.

Highlanders, and Wild-Irifh can agree.
My VWgv'im. Jhould familiar with them be.

"Tis in New-England under fuch advance^
Receives there fo ?nuch loving Countenance^
As to be Trirn* d^new-Cloth'' d^^ deck"" t withGemSy
That it may /hew its Features ^ and its Limbs ^
Tet more; fo co?nely doth my Pilgrim walk-,
That of him thoufands daily Sing and talk..

If you draw nearer home., it will appear
My Pilgrim knows no ground^ of Jhatne, or fear ;
City., and Countrey will him Entertain.,
With welcome Pilgrim. Tea., they can^t refrain
From fmiling^ if my Pilgrim he but by.,
Or Jhews his head in any Company.

Brave G a hints do my Pilgrim hug and love,
Efteem it much, yea value it above
Things of a greater hulk-, yea., with delight.
Say my Larks leg is better then a Kite.

Toung Ladys, and young Gentle-women too.
Do no fmall kindnefs to my Pilgrim P^ew ;
Their Cabinets, their Bofoms, and their Hearts
My Pilgrim has, 'caufe he to them i?nparts.

His

His pretty riddles in Juch wholfome ftraints
As yields them profit double to their paines
Of reading. Tea^ I think I may be bold
To fay fo7ne prixe him far above their Gold

The very Children that do walk the ^reet^
If they do but iny holy Pilgrim jueet.,
Salute him will^ will wijh him well and fay .^
He is the only Stripling of the Day.

They that have never feen him^ yet admire
What they have heard of him^ and much defire
To have his Company^ and hear him tell
Thofe Pilgrim ftoryes which he knows fo well.

Tea^ fame who did not love hiin at the firft^
But caTd him Fool, and Noddy ,y^j/ they mufl
Noiu they have feen tff heard hi?n^ him commend^
And to thofe whom they love., they do hitn fend.

Wherefore 7ny Second Part, thou needft not be
Afraid to Jloew thy Head: None can hurt thee^
That wijl) but well to him^ that went before^
'Catfe thou coin ft after with a Second ftore^
Of things as good^ as rich as profitable.,
For Youngs for Old., for Stag ring andjor ftable.
3 Obje^.

But fome there bethat fay he laughstoo loud j
And fome do fay his Head is in a Cloud.
Some fay, his Words and Storys are fo dark,
They know not how, by them, to find his

(mark.
Anfwer.

Anfwer.

One may [I think) fay both his laughs l^ cryeSy
May well be gueft at by his ivatry Eyes.
Some things are of that Nature as to ?nake
Ones fancie Chechle while his Heart doth ahe^
When Jacob y^zw his Rachel with the Sheep,
He did at the fame time both hjfs and weep.

Whereas fame fay a Cloud is in his Head,
That doth but Jluw how Wifdom's covered
With its own mantles : And to ftir the mind
To a fearch after what it fain would find.
Things that feem to be hid in luords objcure.
Do but the Godly mind the more alure ;
To ftudy what thofe Sayings Jhould contaiHy
That fpeak_ to us in fuch a Cloudy ftrain. .

/ alfo know., a dark. Similitude
Will on the Fancie more it felf intrude.
And will flick fa^er in the Heart and Head,
Then things from Similies not borrowed.

Wherefore, my Book-, let no difcouragement
Hinder thy travels. Behold, thou art fent
To Friends, not foes : to Friends that will give place
To thee, thy Pilgrims, and thy words imbrace.

Befides. what tny firft Pilgrim left canceaTd,
Thou my brave Second Pilgrim haft reveal'd
What Chriftian left locket up and went his way ;
Sweet Chriftiana opens with her Key.

4. Obje5f,

4. Obje£f,
But fome love not the method of your firft,
Romance they count it, throw't away as dufir.
If I fhould meet with fuch, what, fhould I fay?
Muft I flight them as they flight me, or nay ?

Anfwer.
My Chrifl-iana, if with fuch thou tneet^
By all means in all Loving-wife^ them greet ;
Render them not reviling for revile :
But if they frown ^ I prethee on themfmile.
Perhaps 'tis Nature^ or fome ill report
Has made them thus difpife^ or thus retort.

Some love no Cheefe^fome love no Fijh^ ^ fome
Love not their Friends, nor their own Houfe or
Some ftart at Pigg-, fight Chicken^ love not (home
More than they love a Cuckpw or anOwl^ {Fowl,
Leave fuch, my Chriftiana, to their choice,
Andfeek thofe, who to find thee will rejoyce ;
By no means ffrive, but in all humble wife,
Vrefent thee to them in thy Pilgrims guife.

Go then, my little Book, and Jhew to all
That entertain, and bid thee welcome Jhall,
What thou Jhalt keep clofe, /hut up from the reft.
And wijh what thou Jhalt Jhew theju may be bleft
To them for good, may make the?n chufe to be
Pilgrims, better by far, then thee or me.

Go then, I fay, tell all men who thou art.
Say, I am Chriftiana, and my part.

Is

Is now with my four Sofis^ to tell you what
It is for men to take a Pilgrims lot ;

Go alfo tell them who, and what they bey
That now do go on Pilgrimage with thee ;
Say^ here's my neighbour Mercy, J}:)e is one,
That has long-time with me a Pilgrim gone ;
Come fee her in her Virgin Face, and learn
Twixt Idle ones, and Pilgrims to difcern.
Tea let young Da?nfels learn of her to prize.
The World which is to come, in any wife ;
When little Tripping Maidens follow God,
And leave old doting Sinners to his Rod;
^Tis like thofe Days wherein the young ones cry''d
Hofanah to whom old ones did deride.

Next teltthan of old Honeft, who you found
IVith hiswhithairs treading the Filgrims ground;
Tea, tell them how plain hearted this fnan was.
How after his good Lord he bare his Crofs :
Perhaps with fome gray Head this may prevail.
With Chrift to fall in Love, and Sin bewail.

Tell them alfo how Master Fearing went
On Pilgrimage, and how the time he fpent
In Solitarinefs, with Fears and Cries,
And how at la ft, he won the foyful Prize.
He was a good fnan, though much down in Spirit,
He is a good Man, and doth Life inherit.

Tell them of Mailer Feeblemind alfo.
Who, not before, but ftill behind would go ;

Show

Show them alfo how he had like been Jlain^
And how one Great-Heart did his life regain :
This man was true of Hearty tho weak in grace^
One might true Godlinefs read in his Face.

Then tell them of Mailer Ready-to-halt ,
A Man with Crutches^ but much without fault \
Tell them how Mafler Feeblemind, and he
Did love^ and in Opinions much agree.
And let all know^ tho weaknefs was their chance^
Tet fometimes one could Sing the other Dance.

Forget not Mafler Valiant-for-the-Truth,
That Man of courage^ tho a very Youth.
Tell every one his Spirit was fo flout ^
No Man could ever make him face about.
And how Great-Heart, and he could not forbear
But put down Doubting Caflle^ Jlay Defpair.

Overlook not Mafler Defpondancy.
Nor Much-a-fraid, his Daughter^ tho they ly
Under fuch Mantles as may make them look
{TVith fo?ne ) as if their God had them for fook.
They f oft ly went, but fur e, and at the end.
Found that the Lordof^Wgnvaswas their Friend.
When thou hail told the World of all thefe things.
Then turn about, my book-) cind touch thefe firings ,
Which, //"but touched will fuch Muftck make-^
TheyH make a Cripple dance, a Gyant quajie.
Thofe Riddles that lie couch^t within thy breaft.
Freely propound, expound : and for the reft

Of

Of thy m'lfterious lines ^ let them remain^

For thofe whofe nimble Fancies Jhall them gain.

Now may this little Booh, a blejjtng be^
To thofe that love this little Book andme^
And may its buyer have no caufe to fay .^
His M.oney is but loft or thrown away^
Yea may this Second Pilgrim yield that Fruit ,
As may with each good ^W'gnm's fancie fute^
And may it peifwade fome that go affray^
To turn their Foot and Heart to the right way.

Is the Hearty Prayer
of the Author

JOHN BUNTAN,

THE

Pilgrims Progrels

In the Similitude of a

DREAM.

CJ)e ^econti Part.

I Ourteous Companions , fome-
time fince, to tell you my
Dream that I had of Chriffi-
an the Pilgrim, and of his
dangerous Journey toward the
Celeftial Countrey; was pleafant to me,
and profitable to you. I told you then
alfo what T faw concerning his IVife and
Children^ and how unwilHng they were
to go with him on Pilgrimage : Info-
much that he was forced to go on his
Progrefs without them, for he durft not
run the danger of that deftruilion which
he feared would come by ftaying with
them,in theCityof Deftruflion : Where-
fore, as I then (hewed you, he lefc them
and departed.

Now it hath fo happened, thorough

the Multiplicity of Bufinefs, that I have

been much hindred, and kept back

B from

C6e ^econn Part of

from my wonted Travels into thofe
Parts whence he went , and fo could
not till now obtain an opportunity to
make farther enquiry after whom he
left behind, that 1 might give you an
account of them. But having had fome
concerns that way of late, I went down
again thitherward. Now, having taken
up my Lodgings in a Wood about a mile
off the Place , as I flept I dreamed
again.

And as I was in my Dream, behold,
an aged Gentleman came by where I
lay ; and becaufe he was to go fome
part of the way that I was travelling,
me thought I got up and went with
him. So as we walked, and as Travel-
lers ufually do, I was as if we fell into
difcourfe, and our talk happened to be
about Chrifiian and his Travels : For
thus I began with the Old-man.

Sir, faid I, what Town is that there
below^ that lieth on the left hand of our
way?

Then faid Mr. Sagafity^ for that was
his name, it is the Gity of Deflru£lion^
a populous place, but poffeffed with a
very ill conditioned, and idle fort of
People.

/ thought that was that City^ quoth I,
I went once my fef through that Town^ and
therefore kjiow that this report you give of it
is true.

Sag. Too true, I wifh I could fpeak
truth in fpeaking better of them that
dwell therein.

JFell,

Cf)C pilgrims P?og:ref0» 3

Well Sir, quoth I, Then I perceive you
to be a well meaning man : and fo one that
takes pleafure to hear and tell of thatwhich
is good ; pray did you never hear what hap-
pened to a man fometime ago in this Town
(whofe name was Chriftian) that went on
Pilgrimage up towards the higher Regi-
ons f

Sag. Hear of him ! Ay, and I alfo
heard of the Moleftations, Troubles,
Wars, Captivities, Cries, Groans, Frights
and Fears that he met with, and had
in his Journey, befides, I muft tell
you, all our Countrey rings of him,
there are but few Houfes that have
heard of him and his doings, but have
fought after and got the Records of his
Pilgrimage j yea, I think I may fay.
That that his hazzardous Journey, has Chriftlans
got a many wel-wifliers to his ways : are 'well
For though when he was here, he w^s/foken of
Fool in every mans mouth, yet now he ivheh gone^
is gon, he is highly commended of all. ^^o' ^^'^^^
For, 'tis faid he lives bravely where he P°°^' '^^'^^
is : Yea, many of them that are refol- ^^^y ^^^
ved never to run his hazzards, yet have "^^^'
their mouths water at his gains.

Th ey may ^(\\io\.\\\^w ell think-, if they think
any thing that is true, that he liveth well
where he is, for he now lives at, and in the
Fountain of Life, and has what he has
without Labour and Sorrow, for there is no
grief mixed therewith.

Sag. Talk! The People talk ftrange- Rev. 3. 4.
ly about him : Some fay, that he now ^ Chap. 6.
walks in White, thzx. he has a Chain of"*
B 2 Gold

4 Cl)c ^econn part of

Gold about his Neck, that he has a
Crown of Gold, befet with Pearls upon
his Head : Others fay, that the fhining
ones that fometimes fhevved themfelves
to him in his Journey , are become
his Companions, and that he is as fa-
miliar with them in the place where
he is, as here one Neighbour is with
another. Befides, 'tis confidently affir-

Zec. 3, 7. med concerning him, that the King of
the place where he is, has beftowed up-
on him already, a very rich and plea-

LukeiA m ^^^^ Dwelling at Court, and that he
every day eateth and drinketh, and
walketh, and talketh with him, and re-
ceiveth of the fmiles and favours of him
that is Judge of all there. Moreover, it
is expefted of fome that his Prince, the
Lord of that Countrey , will ftiortly
come into thefe parts, and will know

, , the reafon, if they can give any, why

his Neighbours fet fo little by him, and
had him fo much in derifion when
they perceived that he would be a Pil-
grim. For they fay, that now he is
fo in the AfFedtions of his Prince, and
that his Soveraign is fo much concerned
with the Indignities that were caft upon
Chrijiian when he became a Pilgrim,
that he will look upon all as if done
unto himfelf; and no marvel, for 'twas

Luke 10 ^"^^ ^^ \ovQ that he had to his Prince,

J 5^ that he ventured as he did.

C6e IPilgrims p^ogrefs?, $

I dare fay ^ quoth I, / am glad on't^ I Rev. 14.
am glad for the poor man's fa\e^ for that 1 3.
now he has reji from his Labour^ and for
that he now reapeth the benefit of his Tears
with foy ; and for that hehas got beyond the
Gun-Jhot of his Enemies^ and is out of the Pfal. 126.
reach of them that hate him. 1 alfo am 5. 6..
glad for that a Rumour of thefe things is
noifed abroad in this Countrey ; Who can tell
but that it may work, fome good effeSl on
fome that are left behind ? £«^, pray Sir^
while it is frejh in ?ny mind., do you hear
any thing of his JVife and Children? Poor
hearts., I wonder in my mind what they do.

Sag. Who! Chriffiana, and her Sons!
They are like to do as well as did Chri-
jiian himfelf, for though they all plaid
the Fool at the firft, and would by no
means be perfwaded by, either the Tears
or In treaties of Chrijlian.^ yet fecond
thoughts have wrought wonderfully with
them, fo they packt up and are al-
fo gone after him.

Better .,and better .^ quoth I, But What!
Wife and Children and all ?

Sag. 'Tis true, I can give you an ac-
count of the matter, for 1 was upon the
fpot at the inftant, and was thoroughly
acquainted with the whole affair.

TT'gWjfaid I, a man it feems may report
it for a truth ?

Sag. You need not fear to affirm it,
I mean that they are all gon on Pilgri-
mage, both the good Woman and her
four Boys. And being we are, as I per-
ceive, going fome confiderable way
B 3 together.

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255.

Cf)e Accent! Part of

together, 1 will give you an account of
the whole of the matter.

This Chr'ijiiana (for that was her
name from the day that fhe with her
Children betook themfelves to a Pil-
grims Life,) after her Husband was
gone over the River ^ and fhe could hear
of him no more, her thoughts began to
work in her mind ; Firfl:, for that fhe
had lofl her Husband, and for that the
loving bond of that Relation was utter-
ly broken betwixt them. For you
know, faid he to me, nature can do no
lefs but entertain the living with many
a heavy Cogitation in the remembrance
of the lofs of loving Relations, This
therefore of her Husband did cofl: her
many a Tear. But this was not all,
for Chrijiiana did alfo begin to confider
with her felf, whether her unbecoming
behaviour towards her Husband, was
not one caufe that fhe faw him no more,

,0,5 and that in fuch fort he was taken
ly Kelatt- r 1 a 1 1 •

a way from her. And upon this, came

into her mind by fivarms^ all her un-
kind, unnatural, and ungodly Carriages
to her dear Friend ; which alfo clog-
ged her Confcience, and did load her
with guilt. She was moreover much
broken with calling to remembrance
the refllefs Groans, brinifh Tears and
felf-bemoanings of her Husband, and
how fhe did harden her heart againft all
his entreaties, and loving perfwafions
(of her and her Sons) to go with him,
yea, there was not any thing that Chri-

Jiian

Mark this,
you that
are Churles

Cf)C ipngrim.0 p?ogref0. 7

fiian either faid to her, or did before

her, all the while that his burden did

hang on his back, but it returned upon

her like a flafti of lightning,and rent the

Caul of her Heart in funder. Specially ^ t^^Ufage

that bitter out-cry of his. What Jhall I ^- 5-

do to be faved^ did ring in her ears moft

dolefully.

Then faid fhe to her Children, Sons,
we are all undone. I have finned away
your Father , and he is gone ; he
would have had us with him ; but I
would not go my felf , I alfo have
hindred you of Life. With that the
Boys fell all into Tears, and cryed out
to go after their Father. Oh ! Said
Chrijfiana^ that it had been but our lot
to go with him , then had it fared
well with us beyond what 'tis like to
do now. For tho' I formerly foolifhly
imagin'd concerning the Troubles of
your Father, that they proceeded of a
foolifti Fancy that he had, or for that
he was over run with Melancholy Hu-
mours j yet now 'twill not out of my
mind, but that they fprang from ano-
ther caufe, to wit, for that the Light «
of Light was given him, by the help
of which, as I perceive, he has efcaped
the Snares of Death. Then they all
wept again, and cryed out : Oh, Wo,
worth the day.

The next night, Chr'ijiiana had a
Dream , and behold fhe law as if a Chriftfa-
broad Parchment was opened before her, na's Dream,
in which were recorded the fum of her
B 4 ways.

Tames i.
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8 Cf)e ^econD part of

Luke 1 8 ways, and the times, as fhe thought,
look'd very black, upon her. Then fhe
cried out aloud in her fleep, Lord have
mercy upon me a Sinner, and the little
Children heard her.

After this (he thought fhe faw two
very ill favoured ones Handing by her
Bed-fide, and faying, IVhat Jhall we do
with this Woman? For Jhe cryes out for
Mercy waking and Jleeping : If Jhe be
fuffered to go on as Jhe begins^ we Jhall
lofe her as we have loft her Husband.
Wherefore we muft by one way or
other, feelc to take her ofF from the
thoughts of what fhall be hereafter: elfe
all the World cannot help it, but fhe
* will become a Pilgrim.

Now fhe awoke in a great Sweat,
alfo a trembling was upon her, but after
a while fhe fell to fleeping again. And
then fhe thought fhe faw Christian her
Husband in a place of Blifs among ma-
ny Immortals^ with an Harp in his Hand,
Handing and playing upon it before one
that fate on a Throne with a Rainbow
about his Head. She faw alfo as if he
bowed his Head with his Face to the
Pav'd-work that was under the Princes
Feet, faying, / heartily thank rny Lord
and King^for bringing of me into this Place.
Then fhouted a company of them that
flood round about,and harped with their
Harps : but no man living could tell
what they faid, but Chrijiian and his
Companions.

Next

ii

C6e IPiigrims ip^ogrcrs.

Next Morning when flie was up, had
prayed to God, and talked with her
Children a while, one knocked hard
at the door ; to whom fhe fpake out
faying, If thou comeji in Gods name^ come
in. So he fald Amen, and opened the
Door, and faluted her with Peace be to
this Houfe. The which when he had
done, he faid, Chrijiiana, knoweft thou
wherefore I am come ? Then fhe
blufli'd and trembled, alfo her Heart
began to wax warm with defires to
know whence he came, and what was
his Errand to her. So he faid unto
her ; my name is Secret, I dwell with
thofe that are high. It is talked of
where I dwell, as if thou had'ft a de-
fire to go thither; alfo there is a re-
port that thou art aware of the evil
thou haft formerly done to thy Husband
in hardening of thy Heart againft his
way, and in keeping of thefe thy Babes
in their Ignorance. Chrijliana, the
merciful one has fent me to tell thee
that he is a God ready to forgive, and
that he taketh delight to multiply to
pardon offences. He alfo would have
thee know that he inviteth thee to
come into his prefence, to his Table,
and that he will feed thee with the
Fat of his Houfe, and with the Heritage
oi Jacob thy Father.

B 5 There

ro Cbe ^cconn Part of

There is Chrijiian thy Husband, that
was^ with Legions more his Compani-
ons, ever beholding that face that doth
minifter Life to beholders : and they
will all be glad when they fhall hear
the found of thy feet ftep over thy Fa-
thers Threfhold.

Chrijiiana at this was greatly abafhed
in her felf, and bowing her head to
the ground, this V'lfttor proceeded and
faid, Chrijiiana ! Here is alfo a Letter
for thee which I have brought from thy
Husband's King. So fhe took it and
opened it, but it fmelt after the man-
Song I. 3. ner of the beft Perfume, alfo it was
Written in Letters of Gold. The Con-
tents of the Letter was, That the King
would have her do as did Chriflian her
Husband: for that was the way to come
to his City^ and to dwell in his Prefence
with "Joy ^forever. At this the good Wo-
man was quite overcome. So fhe cried out
to her Vijitor. Sir^ will you carry me and
my children with you., that we alfo may go
and worfhip this King ?

Then faid the Vifitor, Chrijiiana !
The hitter is before the fweet: Thou muft
through troubles, as did he that went
before thee, enter this Celeftial City.
Wherefore I advife thee, to do as did
Chrijiian thy Husband: go to the Wick-
et Gate yonder, over the Plain, for
that Hands in the head of the way up
which thou muft go, and I wifh thee
all good fpeed. Alio I advife that thou
put this Letter in thy Bofome. That

thou

thou read therein to thy felf and to thy
Children , until you have got it by
root-of- Heart, For it is one of the
Songs that thou muft Sing while thou
art m this Houfe of thy Pilgrimage.
Alfo this thou muft deliver in at thePfal. 119.
further Gate. 54*

Now I faw in my Dream that this
Old Gentleman, as he told me this
Story, did himfelf feem to be greatly
affected therewith. He moreover pro-
ceeded and faid. So Chrijiiana called
her Sons together , and began thus to
Addrefs her felf unto them. My Sons,
I have as you may perceive, been of
late under much exercife in my Soul
about the Death of your Father ; not
for that I doubt at all of his Happinefs :
For I am fatisfied now that he is well.
I have alfo been much affedied with the
thoughts of mine own State and yours,
which I verily believe is by nature mi-
ferable : My Carriages alfo to your Fa-
ther in his diftrefs, is a great load to
my Confcience. For I hardened both
my own heart and yours againft him,
and refufed to go with him on Pilgri-
mage.

The thoughts of thefe things would
now kill me out-right ; but that for a
Dream which I had laft night, and but
that for the incouragement that this
Stranger has given me this Morning.
Come my Children, let us pack up,
and be gon to the Gate that leads to the
Celeftial Countrey , that we may fee

your

12 Cbe ^econti part of

your Father, and be with him, and his
Companions in Peace, according to the
Laws of that Land.

Then did her Children burft out into
Tears for Joy that the Heart of their
Mother was fo inclined : So their Vifitor
bid them farewel : and they began
to prepare to fet out for their Jour-
ney.

But while they were thus about to
be gon, two of the Women that were
Chri/iiana's Neighbours, came up to her
Houfe and knocked at her Dore. To
whom Ihe faid as before, If you come
in Gods name^ come in. At this the
Women were ftun'd, for this kind of
Language, they ufed not to hear, or to
perceive to drop from the lips of Chri-
Jiiana. Yet they came in ; but behold
they found the good Woman a prepa-
ring to be gon from her Houfe.

So they began and faid. Neighbour^
pray what is your meaning by this.

Chrijliana anfwered and faid to the
eldeft of them whofe name was Mrs.
Timorous^ I am preparing for a Jour-
p ney (This Timorous was daughter to

66 6 ^in^ ^h'^t met Chrijiian upon the Hill

Difficulty : and would a had him gone
back for fear of the Lyons.)

Timorous. For what Journey I pray
you ?

Chris. Even to go after my good Hus^
band ; and with that Ihe fell a weeping.

Timo,

C6e Ipilgnms p^ogrefu. 13

Timo. I hope not fo, good Neighbour,
prav for your poor Childrens fakes, do Timorous
not fo unwomanly caft away your- comes to
felf. 'vifit Chri-

Chrts. Nay^ my Children^Jhall go with ftiana, njoiih
me ; not one of them is willing to Hay he- Mercie, or.e
hind. of her

Timo. I wonder in my very heart, Neighbours.
what, or who has brought you into this
mind.

Chris. Oh, Neighbour, knew you but
as much as I do, I doubt not but that
you would go with me.

Timo. Prithee what new hnowledg
haft thou got that fo workfith off thy mind
from thy Friends^andthat tempteth thee to
go no body knows where ?

Chris. Then Chrifliana reply'd, I
have been forely afflidled fince my
Husbands departure from me ; but fpe- p^^^^
cially fmce he went over the River. But
that which troubleth me moft, is my
churlifh carriages to him when he was
under his diftrefs. Befides, I am now
as he was then ; nothing will ferve me
but going on Pilgrimage. I was a
dreaming laft night that I faw him.
O that my Soul was with him. He
dwelleth in the prefence of the King of
the Countrey, he fits and eats with him
at his Table, he is become a Compa-
nion of Immortals^ and has a Houfe now i Cor. 5.
given him to dwell in, tc which, the i, 2, 3, 4.
beft Palaces on Earth, if compared,
feem to me to be but as a Dunghil. The
Prince of the Place has alfo fent for me

with

7.8.9

14 CFje ^econn Ipart of

with promife of entertainment if I fhall
come to him ; his meflenger was here
even now, and has brought me a Letter,
which Invites me to come. And with
that {he pluck'd out her Letter, and read
it, and iaid to thern, what now will
you fay to this?

Timo. Oh the madnefs that has pof-
fejfed thee and thy Husband^ to run your
fehes upon fuch difficulties ! Tou have
heard^ I am fure^ -what your Husband did
meet with^ even in a manner at the jirft
Jiep^ that he took, on his way^ as our
Neighbour Obftinate can yet tejHfie^for he
Part tap "^^^^ along with him^ yea and Plyable too^
until they^ like wife men, were afraid to
go any further. IVe alfo heard over and
ahove^ how he met with the Lyons^ Jpol-
lion^ the Jhadoxv of death^ and ?nany
other things : Nor is the danger that he met
with at y zrixty fair to be forgotten by thee.
For if he^ tho" a man., was fo hard put to
it^ what canjl thou being but a poor IVo-
man.^ do ? Confider aljo that thefe four
fweet Babes are thy Children, thy Flejh
and thy Bones, Wherefore., though thou
Jhouldeji be fo rajh as to caji away thy
Jelf: Tet for the fake of the Fruit of thy
Body., keep thou at home.

But Chrifliana faid unto her, tempt
me not, my Neighbour : I have now
a price put into mine hand to get gain,
and I fhould be a Fool of the greateft
fize, if I fhould have no heart to ftrike
in with the opportunity. And for that
you tell me of all thefe Troubles that

I

Cf)e ipilgrims ip?ogrcf0» 15

I am like to meet with in the way,
they are fo far off from being to me
a difcouragement, that they fhew I am
in the right. The hitter mujl come before
the fweet^ and that alfo will make the
fweet the fweeter. Wherefore fince
you came not to my Houfe, in Gods
name^ as I faid, I pray you to be gon,
and not to dilquiet me further.

Then Timorous alfo revil'd her, and
faid to her P'ellow, come Neighbour
Mercie^ lets leave her in her own hands,
fince fhe fcorns our Counfel and Compa-
ny. But Mercie was at a ftand.and could . , .
not fo readily comply with her Neigh- ^ ^ ,
hour : and that for a two-fold reafon.
Firft, her Bowels yearned over Chrijiiana : (jijj-iftijna
fo fhe faid with in her felf, If my
Neighbour will needs be gon , I will
go a little way with her , and help her.
Secondly, her Bowels yearned over her
own Soul, ( for what Chrijiiana had
faid , had taken fome hold upon her
mind. ) Wherefore {he faid within
her felf again, I will yet have more
talk with this Chrijiiana , and if I find
Truth and Life in what fhe fhall fay,
my felf with my heart fhall alfo go
with her. Wherefore Mercy began thus
to reply to her neighbour Timo-
rous, r^-

, - • XT • 1 1 T 7- 7 • 7 7 Timorous

Mercie. \s eignbour , 1 did indeed come fg^r^^f^g^

with you .^ to fee Chriftiana this Morning., j^^^. ^^^
and fince fne is, as you fee, a taliing of Mercy
her lafi farewel of her Country, I thinly cleanjes to
to walk, this Sun-Jhine Mornings a little f,gr^

way

1 6 Cfte ^cconn part of

way with her to help her on the way.
But fhe told her not of her fecond Rea-
foii, but kept that to her felf.

Timo. Well, I fee you have a mind
to go a fooling too : but take heed in
time, and be wife : while we are out
of danger we are out ; but when we
are in, we are in. So Mrs. Timorous
returned to her Houfe, and Chriftiana
betook her felf to her Journey. But
Vv'hen Timorous was got home to her
Timorous Houfe, fhe fends for fome of her Neigh-
acquaints bours, to wit, Mrs. Bats-eyes^ Mrs. In-
ker Fr'unds confiderate^ Mrs. Light-mind^ and Mrs.
^johat the Know-nothing. So when they were come
good Chri- to her Houfe, flie falls to telling of the
ftiana in- ftory of Chrijiiana^ and of her intend-
tends to do. ed Journey. And thus fhe began her
Tale.

Timo. Neighbours, having had little
to do this morning, I went to give Chri-
Jliana a. vifit, and when I came at the
door, I knocked, as you know 'tis our
Cuftom : And fhe anfwered, jy you come
in Gods Name^ come in. So in I went,
thinking all was well : But when I came
in, I found her preparing her felf to de-
part the Town, (he and alfo her Chil-
dren. So I asked her what was her
meaning by that ? and fhe told me in
fhort, That fhe was now of a mind to go
on Pilgrimage, as did her Husband. She
told me alfo a Dream that fhe had,
and how the King of the Country where
her Husband was, had fent her an invi-
ting Letter to come thither.

Then

C6e IPilgrims IPiog;rcf0» 17

Then /aid Mrs. Know-nothing, Jnd Mrs.
what! do you think Jhe will go F Knowno-

Timo. Aye , go fhe will , whatever thing,
come on't ; and me thinks I know it by
this ; for that which was my great Ar-
gument to perfwade her to ftay at home,
(to wit, the Troubles Ihe was like to
meet with in the way) is one great
Argument with her to put her forward
on her Journey. For fhe told me in fo
many words, The bitter goes before the
fweet. Yea, and for as much as it fo
doth, it makes the fweet the fweeter.

Mrs. Bats-eyes. Oh this blind and fool- Mrs. Bats-
ifti woman, faid (he, Will (he not take eyes,
warning by her Husbands Afflidlions ?
For my part, I fee if he was here again
he would reft him content in a whole
Skin, and never run fo many hazards for
nothing.

Mrs. Inconjiderate^ alfo replyed, fay- ji/r/. In-
ing, away with fuch Fantaflical Fools confide-
from the Town ; a good Riddance, for rate,
my part, I fay , of her , Should fhe
ftay where fhe dwels, and retain this
her mind, who could live quietly by
her ? for fhe will either be dumpifh or
unneighbourly, or talk of fuch matters
as no wife Body can abide : Wherefore,
for my part I fhall never be forry for
her Departure ; let her go, and let bet-
ter come in her room : 'twas never a
good World fince thefe whimfical Fools
dwelt in it.

Then

Mrs.

Lightmind,
Madam
Wanton
Jhe that
had like
to a bin too
hard for
Faithful in
time paft,
I part. pag.
ii8.

Difcourfe
betivixt
Mercie
and good
Chrjftiana.

Mercie in-
clines to go.

Cbe ^econti part of

Then Mrs. Light-mind added as fol-
loweth. Come, put this kind of Talk
away. I was yefterday at Madam
TVantons., where we were as merry as the
Maids. For who do you think fhould
be there , but I, and Mrs, Love-the-
fiefl)^ and three or four more, with Mr.
Lechery^ Mrs. Filth , and fome others.
So there we had Mufick and Dancing,
and what elfe was meet to fill up the
pleafure. And I dare fay my Lady her
felf is an admirably well bred Gentle-
woman, and Mr. Lechery is as pretty a
Fellow.

By this time Chriftiana was got on
her way, and Mercie went along with
her. So as they went , her Children
being there alfo , Chriftiana began to
difcourfe. And Mercie^ faid Chriftiana.^
I take this as an unexpected favour,
that thou fhouldeft fet foot out of Doors
with me to accompany me a little in
my way.

Mercie. Then faid young }Aerc\c [for
Jhe was but young.,) If 1 thought it would
be to purpofe to go with you., 1 would never
go near the Town any more.

Chris. Well, Mercie., faid Chriffinna.,
caft in thy Lot with me. I well know
what will be the end of our Pilgri-
mage, my Husband is where he would
not but be, for all the Gold in the Spa-
nijh Mines. Nor fhalt thou be rejecSled
tho thou goeft but upon my Invitation.
The King who hath fent for me and my
Children , is one that delighteth in

Mercie

i

Mercie. Befides, if thou wilt, I will
hire thee, and thou (halt go along with
me as my fervant. Yet we will have all
things in Common betwixt thee and
me, only go along with me.

Mercie. But how Jhall I be afcertahied Mercy
that I alfo Jhall be entertained ? Had I doubts of
this hope ^but from one that can tell., I would acceptance,
make no ftick, at all., but would go being
helped by him that can help.y thd" the way
was never fo tedious.

Chriftiana. Well, loving Mercie., I Chriftlana
will tell thee what thou fhalt do, go ''^^"'''' ''"'
with me to the Wicket Gate^ and there ^° ^^' ^""^^
I will further enquire for thee, and jf^/^f^"
there thou {halt not meet with incou- ^"'■''^' '^"'^
ragement, I will be .content that thou r^°^^J^^
fhalt return to thy place. I alfo will ^^^ °f"'
pay thee for thy Kindnefs which thou ,
fhewert to me and my Children, in thy
accompanying of us in our way as thou
doeft.

Mercie. Then will I go thither^ and
will take what Jhall follow., and the Lord
grant that my Lot may there fall even as
the King of Heaven Jhall have his heart
upon me.

ChriJiiana^ then was glad at her heart,
not only that (he had a Companion,
but alfo for that fhe had prevailed with
this poor Maid to fall in love with
her own Salvation. So they went on to-
gether, and Mercie began to weep. Then
faid Chrijliana^ wherefore weepeth my
Sifter fo ?

Mer. • -

20 c&e ^econD part of

Mer. Alas! [aid Jhe^ who can but la-
ment that Jhall hut rightly conjider what a
State and Condition my poor Relations are
in^ that yet remain inourfinful Town : and
that which makes my grief the more heavy ^
is, becauje they have no InJiruSior^ nor any
to tell them what is to come.

Chris. BowelsbecomethPilgrims. And
thou doft for thy Friends as my good
Chrijlian did for me when he left me ;
he mourned for that I would not heed
nor regard him, but his Lord and ours
did gather up his Tears and put them
into his Bottle, and now both I, and
thou , and thefe my fweet Babes , are
reaping the Fruit and benefit of them.
I hope, Mercie^ thefe Tears of thine will
not be loft, for the Truth hath faid.
That they that fow in Tears Jhall reap in
'Joy, infinging. And he that goeth forth
and weepeth bearing precious feed., Jhall
Pfal 126. doubtlefs come again with rejoicingy bring
5. 6. ^"S ^" Sheaves with him

Then faid Mercie^

Let the moji bleffed be my guidcy
Ift be his bleffed PVill,
Unto his Gate, into his fouldy
Up to his Holy Hill.

And let him never fuffer me
To fwarve, or turn afide
From his free grace., and Holy ways,
JVhate^re Jhall me betide.

And let him gather them of mine ,
That I have left behind.
Lord ynakfi them pray they may be thine.
With all their heart and mind.

Now

Cfje Pilgrims IPiogrefs* 21

Now my old Friend proceeded, and ' Part page
faid, But when Chrijiiana came up to H- i4- i5-
the Slow of Defpond, fhe began to be at ^'^•
a ftand : for, faid flie, This is the place
in which my dear Husband had like to Their otvn
haveabeen fmuthered with Mud. She per- Carnal con-
ceived alfo, that notwithftanding the clufwns, in-
Command of the King t3 make thisA^'^"/''^'^
place for Pilgrims, g od j yet it viz.%'^°^^°fl'^fi-
rather worfe than formerly. So I asked
if that was true ? Yes, faid the Old Gen-
tleman, too true. For that many there
be that pretend to be the King's La-
bourers ; and that fay they are for mend-
ing the Kings High-ways, that bring
Dirt^ and Dung inftead of Stones, and fo
marr inftead of mending. Here Chri-
jiiana therefore , with her Boys did
make a ftand : but faid Mercie^ come
let us venture, only let us be wary.
Then they looked well to the Steps^ and
made a ftiift to get ftaggeringly over.

Yet Chrijiiana had like to a been in,
and that not once nor twice. Now they
had no foonergot over, but they thought
they heard words that faid unto them,
BleJJed is Jhe that believeth^ for there /hall L^ke i. 45.
be a perjonnance of the things that have
been told her from the Lord.

Then they went on again ; and faid
Mercie to Chri/iiana , Had I as good
ground to hope for a loving reception
at the Wicket-Gate^ as you, 1 think no
Slow of Defpond would difcourage
me.

Well,

22

Prayer

/hould he
made ivith
Conjidera-
tion, and
Fear : As
n.vell as in
Faith and
Hope.

The Dog,
the De'vil
an Enemy
Prayer.

C{)e ^econD part of

Well, faid the other, you know your
fore , and I know mine : and , good
friend, we fhall all have enough evil
before we come at our Journeys
end.

For can it be imagined, that the peo-
ple that defign to attain fuch excellent
Glories as we do, and that are fo envi-
ed that Happinefs as we are ; but that
we fhall meet with what Fears and
Scares, with what Troubles and Affli-
ctions they can poffibly aflault us with,
that hate us ?

And now Mr. Sagaciety left me to Dream
out my Dream by my felf. Wherefore
me-thought I faw Chrijitana^ and Mer-
cie and the Boys go all of them up to
the Gate. To which when they were
come , they betook themfelves to a
fhort debate about how they muft ma-
nage their calling at the Gate, and what
fhould be faid to him that did open to
them. So it was concluded, fince Chri-
Jliana was the eldeft, that fhe fhould
knock for entrance, and that fhe fhould
fpeak to him that did open , for the
refl. So Chriftiana began to knock,
and as her poor Husband did fhe knock-
ed., and knocked again. But inflead of
any that anfwered , they all thought
that they heard , as if a Dog came
barking upon them. A Dog and a
great one too, and this made the Wo-
man and Children afraid. Nor durft
they for a while to knock any
more for fear the Maftiff fhould fly

upon

C60 IPilgrfms IP^ogrefsf, 23

upon them. Now therefore they were
greatly tumbled up and down in their
minds, and knewnot what to do. Knock
they durft not, for fear of the Dog:
go back they durft not, for fear that
the Keeper of that Gate ftiould efpy
them, as they fo went, and fhould be
offended with them. At laft they
thought of knocking again, and knock-
ed more vehemently then they did at
the firft. Then faid the Keeper of the
Gate, who is there ? So the Dog left
off to bark , and he opened unto
them.

Then Chrijliana made lowobeyfance,
and faid. Let not our Lord be offended
with his Handmaidens, for that we have
knocked at his Princely Gate. Then
faid the Keeper, Whence come ye, and
what is that you would have ?

Chr'ijiiana anfwered , We are come
from whence Chrifiian did come, and
upon the fame Errand as he ; to wit,
to be, if it (hall pleafe you, gracioufly
admitted by this Gate , into the way
that leads to the Celeft-ial City.
And I anfwer , my Lord, in the next
place, that I am ChrijHana , once the
Wife of Chrlftian^ that now is gotten
above.

With that the Keeper of the Gate
did marvel, faying, What is Jhe become
now a Pilgrim, that but a while ago ab-
horred that Life ? Then (he bowed her
Head, and faid, yes ; and fo are thefe
my fweet Babes alfo.

Then

24 CF)e ^econD Part of

Then he took her by the hand, and
let her in and faid alfo, Suffer the lit-
tle Children to come unto me^ and with
Luke 15. 7. that he {hut up the Gate. This done,
he called to a trumpeter that was above
over the Gate, to entertain Chrtftiana
with fhouting and found of trumpet
for joy. So he obeyed and founded,
and filled the Air with his Melodious
Notes.

Now all this while, poor Merc'te did
fland without, trembling and crying for
fear that ihe was reje(3:ed. But when
Chrlftiana had gotten admittance for her
felf and her Boys: Then fhe began to
make Interceflion for Mercy.

Chris. And Jhe faid^ my Lord, I have a
Companion of mine that ftands yetivithout^
that is come hither upon the fame account as
my felf One that is much dejected in
her mindyfor that Jhe comes^ as ft)e thinks^
without fending for., whereas I was fent to^
by my MushatuV s King to come.

Now Mercie began to be very impa-
tient, for each Minute was as long to her
The Delays as an hour, wherefore fhe prevented
jnake the Chrijliana from a fuller interceding for
hungr'ing her, by knocking at the Gate her felf.
Soul the fer- And me knocked then fo loud, that fhe
•venter. made Chrisliana to ftart. Then faid the

Keeper of the Gate who is there ? And
faid Chrifiiana, it is my Friend.

So

Cf)0 IPilgrims P?ogref0. 25

So he opened the Gate, and looked
out ; but Mercie was fallen down with-
out in a Swoon, for (he fainted, and was
afraid, that no Gate (hould be opened
to her.

Then he took her by the hand, and
faid, Damfel, I bid thee arife.

O fir, (he faid, I am faint, there is
fcarce Life left in me. But he anfwer-
ed, that one once faid, When my Soul J°^^^ -• 7-
fainted within me, I remembered the Lord
and my prayer came in unto thee^ into thy
Holy Tetnple. Fear not, but ftand upon
thy Feet, and tell me wherefore thou
art come,

Mer. I am come, for that^ unto which
I was never invited as my Friend Chri-
ffiana was. Hers was from the King,
and mine was but from her: Wherefore
I fear I prefume.

Did Jhe defire thee to come with h?r to
this Place r

Mer. Yes, And as my Lord fees, I
am come. And if there is any Grace
or forgivenefs of Sins to fpare, I be-
feech that I thy poor Handmaid may
be partaker thereof.

Then he took her again by the Hand,
and led her gently in, and faid I pray
for all them that believe on me, by "what
means foever they come unto me. Then
faid he to thofe that ftood by : Fetch
fomething, and give it Mercie to fmell
on, thereby to ftay her fainting. So they
fetcht her a Bundle of Myrrh^ and a
while after fhe was revived.

C And

26 cae ^tjcontj pwct of

And now was Chriftiana and her
Boys and Mercie received of the Lord at
the head of the way, and fpoke kindly
unto by him.

Then faid they yet further unto him,
We are forry for our Sins, and beg of
our Lord his Pardon, and further infor-
mation, what we muft do.

I grant Pardon, faid he, by word,

and deed ; by word in the promife of

forgivenefs : by deed in the way I ob-

Song I. 2. tained it. Take the firft from my Lips

John 20. •with a kifs, and the other, as it (hall be

^°' revealed.

Now I faw in my Dream that he

fpake many good words unto them,

whereby they were greatly gladed.

He alfo had them up to the top of the

Gate and fhewed them by what deed

they were faved, and told them withall

Chr'ift Cru- that that fight they would have again

cifiedfeen as they went along in the way, to their

afar off. comfort.

So he left them a while in a Summer-
Parler below, where they entred into
talk by themfelves. And thus Chriftiana
began, O Lord! How glad am /, that
we are got in hither!

Mer. So you well may ; but ^ofall, have
caufe to leap for joy.

Chris. I thought, one timf^ as I Jlood
at the Gate (becaufe I had knocked and
none did anfwer) that all our Labour had
been loji : Specially when that ugly Curr
made Juch a heavy barking again)} us.

Mer,

C!)e IPilgrims p^ogreCs. 27

Mer. But my worft Fears was after I
faw that you was taken in to his favour,
and that I was left behind : Now thought
I, 'tis fulfiled which is Written. 7wo ^^^^- '■^■
IVomen Jhall he Grinding together \ the one ''"'•
fnall be tak^^ and the other left. I had
much ado to forbear crying out Undone,
undone.

And afraid I was to knock any more ;
but when I looked up, to what was
Written over the Gate, I took Cou- , p^yf ^^p.
age. I alfo thought that I muft either ^q,
knock again or dye. So I knocked;
but I cannot tell how, for my fpirit now
Jiruggled betwixt life and death.

Chris. Canyon not tell how you knocked} Chriftlana.
/ am Cure your knocks were fo earnefl^ thinks her
that the very found of them made me ft art ^ Companion
1 thought I never heard fuch knocking inallP^'^y^ better
my Life. I thought you would a come in ^"^"J"^-
by violent hands^ or a took the Kingdom by ^^^^^- ^^•
form. '^•

Mer. Alas, to be in my Cafe, who
that fo was, could but a done fo ? You
faw that the Door was fhut upon me
and that there was a moft cruel Dog there
about. Who, I fay, that was fo faint
hearted as 1, that would not a knocked
with all their might ? But pray, what
faid my Lord to my rudenefs, was he
not angry with me ?

Chris. When he heard your lumbring
noifcy he gave a wonderful Innocent fmile.
I believe what you did pleafd him well
enough. Forhefhewednofign to the con-
trary^ But I marvel in my heart why he
C 2 ketpi

28 C{)e ^econn part of

If the SguI }(eep% fuch a dog \ had I known that afore ^

at fir (I did I fear Ifljouldnot have had heart enough to

knoiv all It a ventured my f elf in this manner. But

Jhould meet „^^ yjg ^yg jjj^ .^jg ^yg /;j^ Qfid I am glad

nvith in Its ^ijh all my heart.

Journey to j^^^^ j ^\\\ jjgjj. jf y^^ pj^^fg j^^^t time

Hea-uen tt j^^ comes down, why he keeps fuch a

nvouldharaly r^^^, q^^ -^^ j^j^ ^^j^ j .^ ^^ ^jjj
C'verfet out. ^^^ ^^^^ j^ ^^j^^^

j^y do., faid the Children.^ and perfwade
him to hang him.^for we are afraid he
will bite us when we go hence.

So at laft he came down to them a-
gain, and Mercie fell to the Ground on
her Face before him and worftiipped,
and faid, Let my Lord accept of the Sa-
crifice of praife which I now offer
unto him, with the calves of my
Lips.

So he Jaid unto her, Peace be to thee.,
Jiand up.

But {he continued upon her Face and
faid, Righteous art thou O Lord when I
pleaded with thee.,yet let me talk, with thee
of thy Judgments: IVh er ef or edojl thou keep
fo cruel a Dog in thy Yard, at the fight of
which fuch Women and Children as we, are
ready to fly from thy Gate for fearF

He anfwered, and faid ; That Dog
has another Owner, he alfo is kept
clofe in another man's ground ; only my
t Part, pag Pilgrims hear his barking. He belongs
3z. to the Caftle which you fee there at a

diftance : but can come up to the Walls
of this Place. He has frighted many
an honefl Pilgrim from worle to better,

by

C6e lpilgrim0 lP?ogTCf0. -s

by the great voice of his roaring. In-
deed he that owneth him, doth not
keep him of any good will to me or
mine ; but with intent to keep the Pil-
grims from coming to me, and that
they may be afraid to knock at this
Gate for entrance. Sometimes alfo he
has broken out, and has worried fome
that I love j but I take all at prefent
patiently, I alfo give my Pilgrims time-
ly help : So they are not delivered up
to his power to do to them what his
Dogifh nature would prompt him to.
But what ! My purchafed one, I tro,
hadft thou known never fo much be-
fore hand, thou wouldft not a bin afraid
of a Dog.

The Beggers that go from Door to Door,
will^ rather then they will lofe a Juppofed
Jlms^ run the haxvcard of the hauling^
barkings and biting too of a Dog : And
fhall a Dog, a Dog in another Mans
Yard : a Dog whofe barking [ turn to
the Profit of Pilgrims, keep any from
coming to me ? 1 deliver them from the
Lions^ their Darling from the power of
the Dog.

Mer. Then faid Mercie, I confefs my
Ignorance: 1 fpake what 1 under flood
not: I acknowledge thou doe ft all things
well.

Chris. Then Chrifliana began to talk
of their Journey, and to enquire after
the way. So he fed them, and
waflied their feet, and fet them in
the way of his Steps, according as

he

30 C[)e ^econn Part of

I Part, pag ^^ had dealt with her Husband be-
37. fore.

So I faw in my Dream, that they
wallet on their way, and had the wea-
ther very comfortable to them.

Then Chrijiiana began to fing,
faying.

Blejf't be the Day that I began,
A Pilgrim for to be \
/ind blejfed alfo be that man.
That thereto moved me.

*Tis true, 'twas long ere I began
Tofeek to live for ever:
But now I run fajl as I can,
"Tis better late then never.

Our Tears to joy ^ our fears to Faith
Are turned, as we fee \
Thus our beginning [as one faith,)
Shews what our end will be.

Now there was, on the other fide
of the Wall that fenced in the way up
which Chrijiiana and her Companions
was to go, a Garden ; and that Garden
belonged to him whofe was that Bark-
ing Dog of whom mention was made
before. And fome of the Fruit-Trees
that grew in that Garden (hot their
Branches over the Wall, and being
mellow, they that found them did ga-
ther them up and oft eat of them to
The Chll- their hurt. So Chrijiiana' s Boys, as
dren eat of Boys are apt to do, being pleaf'd with
the Enemies the Trees, and with the Fruit that did
Fruit. hang thereon, did Plajh them, and be-

gan

€-l)t Pilgrims p?ogrcf0, 31

gan to eat. Their Mother did alfb
chide them for (o doing; but flill the
Boys went on.

Well, faid fhe, my Sons, you Tranf^
grefs, for that Fruit is none of ours:
but fhe did not know that they did be-
long to the Enemy ; He warrant you if
fhe had, (he would a been ready to die
for fear. But that pafled, and they
went on their way. Now by that they
were gon about two Bows-fhot from the
place that let them into the way : they "^"^ "
efpyed two very ill-favoured ones coming-^'^"
down apace to meet them. With that '^'"^''^ "'"''
Chrijliana^ and Mercie her Friend, cove-
red themfelves with their Vails, and fo
kept on their Journey : The Children
alfo went on before, fo that atlaft they met
together. Then they that came down
to meet them, came juft up to the Wo-
men, as if they would imbrace them ;
but Chr'ijTiana faid. Stand back, or go They af-
peaceably by as you fhould. Yet xS\q{q fault Cliri-
two, as men that are deaf, regarded not ftiana.
Christiana's words ; but began to lay
hands upon them ; and that Chrijiiana
waxing very wroth, fpurned at them
with her feet. Mercie alfo, as well as fhe
could, did what fhe could to fhift them.
Chrijiiana again, faid to them, Stand
back and be gon, for we have no Money
to loofe being Pilgrims as ye fee, and
fuch to as live upon the Charity of our
Friends.

C 4 Ill-fa-

32 C6e ^econti part of

Ill-fa. Then faid one of the two of
the Men, we make no affault upon you
for Money, but are come out to tell
you, that if you will but grant one fmall
requeft which we (hall ask, we will
make Women of you for ever.

Chrijl. Now Chrijliana imagining
what they (hould mean, made anfwer a-
gain. We will neither hear nor regard^
nor yield to what you Jhall ask.-, We are
in hajie^ cannot ftay^ our Bujinefs is a
Bujinefs of Life and Death. So again fhe
and her Companions made a frefti aflay
to go paft them. But they letted them
in their way.

Illfa. And they faid, we intend no
hurt to your lives, 'tis an other thing we
would have.

Chrifi. Ay, quoth Chrijiiana^ you
, would have us Body and Soul, for I

■' know 'tis for that you are come ; but
we will die rather upon the fpot, then
fufFer our felves to be brought into fuch
Snares as ftiall hazzard our well being
hereafter. And with that they both
Shrieked out, and cried Murder, Mur-
der ; and fo put themfelves under thofe
Deut. 22, Laws that are provided for the Pro-
23, 26, 27. tedlion of Women. But the men ftill
made their approach upon them, with
defign to prevail againft them : They
therefore cryed out again.

Now they being, as I faid, not far
from the Gate in at which they came,
their voice was heard from where they
was, thither : Wherefore fome of the

Houfe

out

C6e Pilgrims p?opef0; 33

House came out, and knowing that it
was Chrijllanas Tongue: they made
hafte to her relief. But by that they
was got within fight of them, the Wo-
men was in a very great fcuifle, the
Children alfo ftood crying by. Then T^he Relie-
did he that came in for their relief, ver comes.
call out to the Ruffians faying, What is
that thing that you do? Would you
make my Lords People to tranfgrefs ?
He alfo attempted to take them ; but The Ill-ones
they did make their efcape over thcfly.
Wall into the Garden of the Man, to
whom the great Dog belonged, fo
the Dog became their Protestor. This
Reliever then came up to the Women,
and asked them how they did. So
they anfwered, we thank thy Prince,
pretty well, only we have been fome-
what affrighted, we thank thee alfo
for that thou cameft in to our help,
for ocherwife we had been over
come.

Reliever. So after a f&w more words, T/jf Relle-
this Reliever faid as followeth : / mar- ver talks to
veiled much when you was entertained at ^"^ I'Vomen.
the Gate above., being ye knew that ye
were but weak. IVomen.^ that you petitioned
not the Lord there for a Condu£ior : Then
might you have avoided theje Troubles^ and
Dangers : For he would have granted you
one.

Chrift. Alas faid Chriffiana., we were

fo taken with our prefent bleffing,

that Dangers to come were forgotten

by us J belide, who could have thought

C 5 that

34 Cbe ^econD Part of

that fo near the King's Palace there
Ihould have lurked fuch naughty ones :
Indeed it had been well for us had we
asked our Lord for one ; but fince
our Lord knew 'twould be for our pro-
fit, I wonder he fent not one along
with us.

irr 1 r r Relic. It IS HOt olwavs Tieceffary to

ant of S^^^t things not asked j or , left by Jo doing

I • r^^ they become of little efieem ; but when the

want of a thing is felt^ it then comes ^

under ^ in the Eyes of hi?n that feels it^

that eftimate., that properly is its due^ and

fo confequently willbe thereafter ufed. Had

my Lord granted you a Conduit or, you would

not neither^ fo have bewailed that over fight

of yours in not asking for one^ as now you

have occafion to do. So all things work

for good, and tend to make you more

wary,

Chrift. Shall we go back again to
my Lord, and confefs our folly and ask
one?

Relie. Tour confejjion of your folly ^ I
will pre fent him with: To go back, again^
you need not. For in all places where you
Jhall come^ you will find no want at all^
for in every of my hordes Lodgings which
he has prepared for the reception of his Pil-
grims^ there is fufficient tofurnijh them a- «
gain ft all attempts whatfoever. But as^ I
J faid^ he will be inquired of by them to do
it for them : and 'tis a poor thing that is not
worth asking for. When he had thus faid

Ezek. 36. he went back to his place, and the Pil-

37« grims went on their way.

Mer.

Mer. Then faid Mercie^ what a '^^e ^"-
fudden blank is here ? I made account Z?^^'"/
we had now been paft all danger, Mercie.
and that we fhould never fee forrow
more.

Chr'ift. Thy Innocency^ my Siiter,

faid Chr'iftiana to Mercie^ may excufe

thee much ; but as for me my fault is

fo much the greater, for that I faw ^, •„. •
. 1 ^ T r L Chnltia-

this danger before 1 came out or the ^- ^ n

Doors, and yet did not provide for it

where Provifion might a been had. I

am therefore much to be blamed.

Mer. Then faid yiexc'iQ^ how knew you
this before you came from home? pray open
to me this Riddle.

Chrift. Why, I will tell you. Be-
fore I fet Foot out of Doors, one Night,
as I lay in my Bed, I had a Dream a-
bout this. For methought I faw two
men, as like thefe as ever the World
they could look, ftand at my Beds-feet.,
plotting how they might prevent my Sal-
vation. I will tell you their very words.
They faid, ('twas when I was in my
Troubles,) What Jhall we do with this
JVoman ? For jhe cries out waking and c\.^-n'^,
Jleepingforforgivenef, if Jhe be fuffered to r,^.^ Dream
go on as Jhe begins., we JJjall lofe her as repeated
we have loft her Husband. This you know
might a made me take heed, and have
provided when Provifion might a been
had.

Mer^

36 Cl)e ^econD Part of

Mer. Well faid Mercie, c7s by this
negle^i^ we have an occafion mini fired un-
to us^ to behold our own i}nperfe6lions : So
our Lord has taken occafion thereby^ to
make manifeil the Riches of his Grace.
For hcy as we fee^ has followed us with
un-asked kindnejs^ and has delivered us
from their hands that were ftronger then
we ^ of his meer good pleafure.

Thus now when they had talked
away a little more time , they drew
nigh to an Houfe which ftood in the
way, which HouCe was built for the re-
lief of Pilgrims. As you will find more
fully related in the firft part of thefe Re-
I Partfpag. cords of the Pilgrim's Progrefs. So they
38. drew on towards the Houfe (the Houfe

of the Interpreter) and when they
came to the Door they heard a great
talk in the Houfe, they then gave ear,
and heard, as they thought, Chriftiana
mentioned by name. For you muft
know that there went along, even
before her, a talk of her and her Chil-
drens going on Pilgrimage. And this
thing was the more pleafing to them,
becaufe they had heard that fhe was
Chriflian's Wife ; that Woman who
was fometime ago, fo unwilling to hear
of going on Pilgrimage. Thus therefore
they Itood ftill and heard the good
people within commending her, who
they little thought ftood at the Door.
At laft Chriftiana knocked as fhe had
done at the Gate before. Now when
fhe had knocked, there came to the

Door

Cbc Ipilgrims l^^ogrcfs. 37

Door a yoiiDji; Damrd, aiul opened the
Door and looked, and behold two Wo-
men was there.

Dams. Then fa'id the Dawfel to them^
JVlth whom would you /peak '" (his
place ?

ChrisJ. Chrhiiana anfwcred, we un-
deritand that this is a Privileged place
for thofe that are become Pilgrims,
and we now at this Door are luch :
Wherefore we pray that we may be
partakers of that for which we at this
time are come ; for the day, as thou
il-ell, is very far fpent, and we are
loth to night to go any further.

Dams. Pray what may I call your
name, that I may tell it to my Lord
within r

Chrisl. Aly name is Chriftiana^ I was
the wife of that Pilgrim that fome
years ago did travel this way, and
thefe be his four children. This Mai-
den alfo is my Companion, and is going
on Pilgrimage too.

Innocefit. Then ran Innocent in (for
that was her name) and faid to thofe
within, Can you think who is at the
Door/ There is Christiana and her Chil-
dren, and her Companion, all waiting
for entertainment here. Then they
leaped for Joy, and went and told their
Alalter. So he came to the Door, and
looking upon her, he faid, Jrt thou
that Chriftiana, whom Chriftian, the
Good-man^ left behind him^ when he betook
hitnfelf to a Pilgrims Life?

Chriil,

Mat. 41.
19.

38 Cf)e ^econn Part of

Chrifl. I am that Woman that was fo
hard-hearted as to flight my Husbands
Troubles, and that left him to go on in
his Journey alone, and thefe are his
four Children ; but now I alfo am
come, for I am convinced that no way
is right but this.

Inter. Then is fulfilled that which alfo
is IVritten of the Man that faid to his
Son, go work, to day in my Vineyard^ and
he faid to his Father^ I will not ; but af-
terwards repented and went.

Chriit. Then faid Chrifiiana^ So be it,
Amen. God make it a true faying up-
on me, and grant that I may be found
at the laft, of him in peace without
fpot and blamelefs.

Inter. But why fiandeft thou thus at
the Door, come in thou Daughter of K-
braham, we was talking of thee but now :
For tidings have come to us before^ how
thou art become a Pihrim. Come Chi I-
dren.y come in \ Come Maiden^ come in\fo he
had them all in to the Houfe.

So when they were within, they

were bidden fit down and reft them,

the which when they had done, thofe

that attended upon the Pilgrims in the

Houfe, came into the Room to fee them.

Old Saints -^"^ ^'^^ fmiled, and another fmiled,

elad to fee ^^^ ^^^7 ^^^ fmiled for Joy that Chrifli-

theyoung ^^^^ was become a Pilgrim, They alfo

ones ^alk looked upon the Boys, they ftroaked

in Gods them over the Faces with the Hand,

njuayt. in token of their kind reception of

them J they alfo carried it lovingly to

lidercie

C6e IPilgrims p?ogref0» 39

Mercie^ and bid them all welcome into
their Mafters Houfe.

After a while, becaufe Supper was
not ready, the Interpreter took them
into his Significant Rooms and fhewed
them what Chriflian^ Chrifliana's Huf-
band had (een fometime before. Here
therefore they fuw the Alan in the
Cage, the Man and his Dream, the man
that cut his way thorough his Enemies,
and the Picture of the biggeft of them
all : together with the reft of thofe
things that were then fo profitable to
Chriflian.

This done, and after thefe things
had been fomewhat digefted by Chri^
fliana^ and her Company : the Inter-,
preter takes them apart again : and has
them firft into a Room, where was a
man that could look, no way but downwards^ _,
with a Muck-rake in bis hand. There flood . , ,
alfo one over his head with a Celeftial m l l
Crown in his Hand^ and proffered to give gxtounded
hi?n that Crown., for his Muck-rake \ but
the man did neither look up, nor regard ;
hut raked to himfelf the Straws^ the fmall
S ticks t and Duji of the Floar.

Then f^Jd Chriftiana., I perfwade my-
felf that I knew fomewhat the meaning of
this : For this is a Figure of a Man of this
IVorld : Is it not., good Sir F

Inter. Thou haft faid the right,
faid he, and his Muck-rake doth fhew
his Carnal mind. And whereas thou
feeft him rather give heed to rake up
Straws and Sticks, and the duft of the

Floar,

40 C})e ^eccnti ipatt of

Floar, then to what he fays that calls to
him from above with the Celeftial
Crov/n in his Hand ; it is to fhow, That
Heaven is but as a Fable to fome, and
that things here are counted the only
things fubltantial. Now whereas it was
alfo fhewed thee, that the man could
look no way but downwards : It is to
let thee know that earthly things when
they are with Power upon Mens minds,
quite carry their hearts away from
God.

Chris. 77;^w y^?W Chriftiana, O! deli-
ver me from this Muck-rake.

Inter. That Prayer, faid the Interpre-
ter^ has lain by till 'tis almoft rufly :
Give me not Riches., Is fcarce the Prayer
Prov. 30. 8. of one of ten thoufand. Straws, and
Sticks, and Duft, with moft, are the
great things now looked after.

With that, Mercie., and Chrijiiana
wept, and faid, It is alas ! too true.

When the Interpreter had Ihewed
them this, he has them into the very
befl Room in the Houfe, (a very brave
Room it was) fo he bid them look
round about, and fee if they could find
any thing profitable there. Then they
looked round and round : For there was
nothing there to be feen but a very
great Spider on the Wall ; and that they
overlookt.

Mer. Then faid }Aerc\c^ Sir^ I fee no-
thing ; but Chrifliana held her peace.

Inter,

C6e Ipilgtims Piogref0» 41

Inter. But laid the Interpreter^ look
again : ihe therefore lookt again and
faid, Here is not any thing, but an Of the Spi-
ugly Spider^ who hangs by her Hands up- der.
on the Wall. Then (aid he, Is there
but one Spider in all this fpacious
Room ? Then the water ftood in Chri-
flia7id'% Eyes, for fhe was a Woman
quick of apprehenfion : and fhe faid.
Yes, Lord, there is here more then one.
Yea, and Spiders whofe Venom is far
more deftru6live then that which is in
her. The Interpreter then looked plea-
fantly upon her, and faid, Thou haft
faid the Truth. This made Merc'ie
blufh, and the Boys to cover their Fa-
ces : For they all began now to under-
ftand the Riddle.

Then faid the Interpreter again, The Pro. 30. 28.
Spider taketh hold with her hands as you
fee., and is in Kitigs Palaces. And where-
fore is this recorded ; but to fhow you,
that how full of the Venome of Sin foever
you be, yet you may by the hand of
Faith lay hold of, and dwell in the
beft Room that belongs to the Kings
Houfe above ?

Chris. I thought, faid Chrifliana, of
fomething of this ; but I could not ima-
gin it all. I thought that we were like
Spiders^ and that we looked like ug-
ly Creatures, in what fine Room foe-
ver we were : But that by this Spider^
this venomous and ill favoured Creature,
we were to learn how to a£l Faith^
came not into mv mind. And yet fhe

has

\

42 C6e ^econtr part of

has taken hold with her hands, as I
fee, and dwells in the beft Room in
the Houfe. God has made nothing in
vain.

Then they feemed all to be glad ;
but the water flood in their Eyes :
Yet they looked one upon another,
and alfo bowed before the Interpre-
ter.

He had them then into another
Room where was a Hen and Chickens,
Of the Hen and bid them obferve a while. So one
and Chick- of the Chickens went to the Trough to
'«^ drink, and every time fhe drank fhe

lift up her head and her eyes towards
Heaven. See, faid he, what this little
Chick doth, and learn of her to ac-
knowledge whence your Mercies come,
by receiving them with looking up.
Yet again, faid he, obferve and look : So
they gave heed, and perceived that
the Hen did walk in a fourfold Method
towards her Chickens, i. She had a
common call^ and that fhe hath all day
long. 2. She had a fpecial call, and
that fhe had but fometimes. 3. She had
a brooding note^ and 4. fhe had an out-
cry.

Now, faid he, compare this Hen to
your King, and thefe Chickens to his
Matt.23.27. Obedient ones. For anfwerable to her,
himfelf has his Methods, which he
walketh in towards his People. By his
common call, he gives nothings by his
fpecial call, he always has fomething to
give^ he has alfo a brooding voice, fot

them

Cf)0 pilgrims p?ogreCs. 43

them that are^under his li^ ing. and he
has an out-cry, to give the Alarm
whett he feeth the Enemy come, I chofe,
my Darlings, to lead you into the
Room where fuch things are, bccaufe
you are Women, and they are eafie for
you.

Chris. And Sir, faid Chriitiana^ pr^y
let us fee fome more : So he had
them into the Slaughter-houfe, where
was a Butcher a killing of a Sheep : And
behold the Sheep was quiet, and took Of the
her Death patiently. Then faid the In- Butcher
terpreter : you muft learn of this Sheep, ^«^ ^^^
to fufFer ; And to put up wrongs with- ^^^^t'
out murmurings and complaints. Be-
hold how quietly fhe takes her Death,
and without objecting (he fuftereth her
Skin to be pulled over her Ears. Your
King doth call you his Sheep.

After this, he led them into his Gar- Of the Gar-
den, where was great variety of Flow- den.
ers : and he faid, do you fee all thefe ?
So Chriftiana faid, yes. Then faid he
again, Behold the Flowers are divers
in Stature^ in Quality, in Colour, and
Smelly and Virtue, and fome are better
then fome : Alfo where the Gardiner
has fet them, there they ftand, and
quarrel not one with another.

Again, he had them into his Field, Of the
which he had fown with Wheat, Field.
and Corn : but when they beheld the
tops of all was cut ofF, only the Straw
remained. He faid again. This Ground
was Dunged, and Plowed, and fowed ;

but

44 C6e ^econn Part of

but what fhall we do «ivith the Crop ?
Then faid Chriffiana^ burn foine and
make muck of the reft. Then faid the
Interpreter again, Fruit you fee is that
thing you look for, and for want of
that you condemn it to the Fire, and
to be trodden under foot of men : Be-
ware that in this you condemn not your-
felves.

Then, as they were coming in from

abroad, they efpied a little Robbin with

a great Spider in his mouth. So the

Of the Rob- Interpreter faid , look here. So they

bin and the looked, and Mercie wondred ; but Chri-

Spider. ftiana faid, what a difparagement is it

to fuch a little pretty Bird as the Roh-

bin-red-breaft is, he being alfo a Bird

above many, that loveth to maintain a

kind of Sociablenefs with Man ? I had

thought they had lived upon crums of

Bread , or upon other fuch harmlefs

matter. I like him worfe then I

did.

The Interpreter then replied , This
Robbin is an Emblem very apt to fet
forth fomeProfeflbrs by; for to fight they
are as this Robbin^ pretty of Note, Colour
and Carriages, they feem alfo to have a
very great Love for ProfefTors that are
fincere ; and above all other to defire
to fofciate with, and and to be in their
Company, as if they could live upon the
good i\4ans Crums. They pretend alfo
that therefore it is, that they frequent
the Houfe of the Godly, and the ap-
pointments of the Lord : but when they

are

Cf)e pilgrims IPiogrcf^, 45

are by themfelves as the Rohhin, they
can catch and gobble up Spiders^ they
can change their Diet, drink Iniqui-
ty^ and fwallow down Sin like Wa-
ter.

So when they were come again into
the Houfe, becaufe Supper as yet was Pray, and
not ready, Chrijhana again defired that jok luUlget
the Interpreter would either y^ijzf or tell at that
of fome other things that are Profita- '^^^'"^ F'
ble. lies unre-

Then the Interpreter began and faid, '^^(^^^d..
The fatter the Sow is^ the more Jhe dejires
the Mire ; the fatter the Ox is^ the more
gamefomly he goes to the Slaughter ; and
the more healthy the lufty man is^ the more
prone he is unto Evil.

There is a defre in Women^ to go neat
and fine^ and it is a comely thing to be a-
dorned with that, that in Gods fight is of
great price.

"Tis eafier watching a night or two., then
to fit up a whole year together : So *tis ea-
fier for one to begin to profefs well^ then to
hold out as he Jhould to the end.

Every Ship-Mafier., when in a Storm.,
will willingly caft that over Board that is
ofthefmalleft value in the Veffel ; but who
willthrow the be ft out Jir ft} none but he that
feareth not God.

One leak tv ill fink a Ship., and one Sifx
will dejlroy a Simier.

He that forgets his Friend., is ungrate-
ful unto him ; but he that forgets his Savi-
our is unmerciful to himfelf.

He

46 C{}e ^econn Part of

He that lives in Sin^andloohj for Hap-
fine fs hereafter^ is like him that foweth
Cockle^ and thinks to fill his Barn with
Wheat or Barley.

If a man would live well^ let him fetch
his la ft day to hi?n^ and make it always his
company-Keeper .

Whifpering and change of thoughts^
proves that Sin is in the World.

If the World^ which God fets light by.,
is counted a thing of that worth with
men : what is Heaven which God com-
mendeth ?

If the Life that is att ended with fo ma-
ny troubles., is fo loth to be let go by us j
What is the Life above P

Every Body will cry up the goodnefs of
Men; but who is there that is, as he
Jhould^ affeSled with the Goodnefs of
God}

We feldom fit down to Meat ; but we
eat^ and leave. So there is in fefus Chrisl
more Merit and Righteoufnefs then the whole
World has need of

When the Interpreter had done , he
takes them out into his Garden again,
and had them to a Tree whofe infide
was all Rotten, and gone, and yet it
Of the Tree grew and had Leaves. Then faid Mer-
that is rot- '•'^> what means this ? This Tree, faid
ten at heart, ^e, whofe out-fide is fair, and whofe in-
fide is Rotten ; it is to which many may
be compared that are in the Garden of
God : Who with their mouths fpeak
high in behalf of God, but indeed will
do nothing for him : whofe Leaves are

fair ;

C&e ipilgnm0 ip?ogtef0, 47

fair ;• but their heart Good for nothing,
but to be Tinder for the Devils Tinder-
Bo x.

Now Supper was ready, the Table
fpread, and all things fet on the Board ;
fo they fate down and did eat when ^tl
one had given thanks. And the inter- ^^j^*,^
preter did ufually entertain thofe that
lodged with him, with Mufick at Meals,
fo the Miniftrels played. There was
alfo one that did Sing. And a very
fine voice he had.

His Song was this.

Tloe Lord is only my Support,
And he that doth me feed :
How can I then want any things
Whereof I ftand in need ?

When the Song and Mufick was
ended, the Interpreter asked Chriftiana,
What it was that at firft did move her
to betake herfef to a Pilgrims Life F

Chrifliana anfwered. Firft, the lofs '^^^'^ '^^

of my Husband came into my mind, at ^^PP^*"-

which I heartily grieved : but all

that was but natural Affe6lion. Then

after that, came the Troubles, and Pil- 'fLl '."

,- TT L J • . . on of Chri-

grimage of my Husbands mto my mmd, ^^^^^^ g^,

and alfo how like a Churl I had carried f,grfg„(.g
it to him as to that. So guilt took
hold of my mind, and would have drawn
me into the Pond\ but that oppor-
tunely I had a Dream of the well-being
of my Husband, and a Letter fent me

by

48 C&e ^econD part of

by the King of that Country where my
Husband dwells, to come to him. The
Dream and the Letter together fo
wrought upon my mind, that they for-
ced me to this way.

Inter. But met you with no oppofition a-
fore you. fet out of Doors P

Chrif. Yes, a Neighbour of mine, one
Mrs. Timorous. (She was a kin to him
that would have perfwaded my Husband
to go back for fear of the Lions. ) She
all-to-be-fooled me ; for, as fhe called it,
my intended defperate adventure ; fhe
alfo urged what fhe could, to difhear-
ten me to it, the hardfhip and Trou-
bles that my Husband met with in the
way ; but all this I got over pretty
well. But a Dream that I had, of two
ill lookt-ones, that I thought did Plot
how to make me mifcarry in my Jour-
ney, that hath troubled me much :
Yea, it flill runs in my mind, and
makes me afraid of every one that I
meet, left they fhould meet me to do
me a mifchief, and to turn me out of
the way. Yea, I may tell my Lord,
tho' I would not have every body know
it, that between this and the Gate by
which we got into the way, we were
both fo forely afTauked, that we were
made to cry out Murder , and the
two that made this alTault upon us,
were like the two that I faw in my
Dream.

Th{

Then faid the Interpreter^ Thy be-
ginning_ is good, thy latter end' fhall ^ .-^^
greatly increafe. So he addrefled him- p^^ ^^ j^jgj._
felf to Merc'ie^ and faid unto her, And ^\^^
what tnoved thee to come hither Jweet-
heart ?

Merc'ie. Then Mercie bluflied and
trembled, and for a while continued fi-
lent.

Interpreter. Then faid he^ be not a-
fraid^ only believe^ and /peak, thy
mind.

Mer. So (he began and faid. Truly
Sir, my want of Experience, is that
that makes me covet to be in filence,
and that alfo that fills me with fears of
coming fhort at laft. I cannot tell of Vi-
fion.s,and Dreams as my friend Chrifiiana
can ; nor know I what it is to mourn
for my refufmg of the Counfel of thofe
that were good Relations.

Interpreter Jf^hat was it then^dearheart,
that hath prevailed with thee to do as thou
haft done f

Mer. Why, when our friend here,
was packing up to be gone from our
Town, I and another went accidentally
to fee her. So we knocked at the
Door and went in. When we were with-
in, and feeing what fhe was doing, we
asked what was her meaning. She
faid , (he was fent for to go to her Huf-
band, and then {he up and told us,
how fhe had feen him in a Dream,
dwelling in a curious place among Im-
mortals wearing a Crown, playing upon
D a

5° ^tje Seconti part of

a Harp, eating and drinking at his Prin-
ces Table, and finging Praifes to him
for bringing him thither, isfc. Now me-
thought, while fhe was telHng thefe
things unto us, my heart burned within
me. And I faid in my Heart, if this be
true, I will leave my Father and my
Mother, and the Land of my Nativity,
and will, if I may , go along with Chri-
fiiana.

So I asked her further of the truth of
thefe things, and if {he would let me go
with her: For I faw how that there was
no dwelling, but with the danger of
ruin, any longer in our Town. But yet I
came away with a heavy heart, not for
that I was unwilling to come away; but
for that fo many of my Relations were
left behind. And I am come with all the
defire of my heart, and will go if I may
with CZ>r/j?/tf«^untoher Husband, and his
King.

Infer. Thy fetting out is good, for
thou haft given credit to the truth. Thou
art a Ruth, who did for the love that fhe
Ruth bore to Naomi a.nd to the Lord her God,

ti 12. leave Father and Mother, and the land
of her Nativity to come out, and go with
a People that fhe knew not hereto-
fore. The Lord recompence thy work', and
a full reward be given thee of the Lord God
of lka.e\, under whofe Wings thou art come to
truft.

Now Supper was ended, and Prepa-
rations was made for Bed, the Wo-
men were laid fingly alone, and the

Boys

Boys by themfelves. Now when Afer-
cie was in Bed, fhe could not fleep for
joy, for that now her doubts of miffing
at laft, were removed further from her
than ever they were before. So fhe
lay bleffing and Praifing God who had
had fuch favour for her.

In the Morning they arofe with the
Sun^ and prepared themfelves for their
departure : But the Interpreter would
have them tarry a while, for, faid he,
you muft orderly go from hence. Then
faid he to the Damfel that at firft open-
ed unto them. Take them and have Tbe Bath
them into the Garden to the Bath^ and SaniEtifica-
there wafh them, and make them clean tion.
from the foil which they have gathered
by travelling. Then Innocent the Dam-
fel took them and had them into the
Garden, and brought them to the Bathj
fo fhe told them that there they muft
wafh and be clean, for fo her Mafler
would have the Women to do that
called at his Houfe as they were going
on Pilgrimage. They then went in and
wafhed, yea the.y and the Boys and all,
and they came out of that Bath not only
fweet, and clean ; but alfo much enli-
vened and flrengthened in their Joynts :
So when they came in,they looked fairer
a deal, then when they went out to the
wafhing.

When they were returned out of the

Garden from the Bath^ the Interpreter

took them and looked upon them and

faid unto them,y^/r as the Moon. Then

D 2 he

5^ %\it »»£Conli ^act of

he called for the Seal wherewith they
ufed to be Sealed that were waihed in
his Bath. So the Seal was brought, and
he fet his Mark upon them, that they
might be known in the Places whi-
ther they were yet to go ; Now the
feal was the contents and fum of the
Paflbver which the Children of Ifra el did
eat when they came out from the
Land of Egypt : and the mark was fet
betwixt their Eyes. This feal greatly
added to their Beauty, for it was an
Ornament to their Faces. It alfo ad-
ded to their gravity and made their
Countenances more like them of An-
gels.

Then faid the Interpreter again to the
Damfel that waited upon thefe Women,
Go into the Veftry and fetch out Gar-
ments for thefe People : So flie went
and fetched out white Raiment, and
laid it down before him; fo he com-
manded them to put it on. // was
They are fine Linnen^ white and clean. When the
clothed. Women were thus adorned they feem-

ed to be a Terror one to the other;
For that they could not fee that glory
each one on her felf, which they could
fee in each other. Now therefore they
began to efteem each other better then
True humi- themfelves. For you are fairer then I
Uty. am, faid one, and you are more comely

then I am, faid another. The Children
alfo flood amazed to fee into what fa-
(hion they were brought.

The

Behold here how the Jlothful are a figne
Hung up, caufe holy ways they did decline
See here too how the Child did play the man,
JndweakgroivJlrongfWhenGrezt-hennleadstheFan,

The Interpreter then called for a Man-
fervant of his, and bid him take
Sword., and Helmet., and Shield., and
take thefe my Daughters, faid he, and
conduct them to the Houfe called Beauti-
ful., at which place they will rell next. So
he took his Weapons, and went before
them, and the Interpreter faid, God fpeed.
Thofe alfo that belonged to the Family
fent them away with many a good
wifli . So they went on their way, and
Sung,

This place has been our fecond Stage.,
Mere we have heard and feen

Thofe good things that from Age to Age.,
To others hid have been.

The Dunghil-raker ., Spider., Hen.^

The Chicken too to me
Hath taught a Lefon, let me then
Conformed to it be.

The Butcher., Garden and the Field.,
The Robbin and his bait.^
Alfo the Rotten-tree doth yield
Me Argument of Weight

To move me for to watch and pray^
To ftrive to be fincere..

To take my Crofs up day by day^
Andferve the Lord with fear.

Now I faw in my Dream That they
went on, and Great-heart went before
them, fo they went and came to the
place where C6r/y?:a«jBurthen fellofFhis
Back, and tumbled into a Sepulchre. Here
then they made a paufe, and here alfo
D 3 they

56 ^\)z feeconn ^act of

they Wefled God. Nov/ faid Chrifttana^
it comes to my mind what was faid to
us at the Gate, to wit, that we fhould
have Pardon, by Word and Deed; by
word, that is, by the promife ; by Deedy
to wit, in the way it was obtained.
What the promife is, of that I know
fomething : But what is it to have Par-
don by deed, or in the way that it
was obtained, Mr. Great-heart, I fup-
pofe you know ; wherefore if you
pleafe let us hear you difcourfe there-
of.

Great-heart. Pardon by the deed

A comment done, is Pardon obtained by fome one,

vpon nxjhat for another that hath need thereof :

nvas [aid at Not by the Perfon pardoned, but in

the CatCy or the ^zj^ faith another, in which I have

a difcourfe of oht?i\\\td it. So then to fpeak to the

our being queltion more large, the pardon that

jiijiified by you and Mercie and thefe Boys have at-

Chriji. tained, was obtained by another, to wit,

by him that let you in at the Gate: And

he hath obtain'd it in this double way.

He has performed Righteoufnefs to

cover you, and fpilt blood to wafti you

in.

Chrif. But if he farts with his Righ-
teoufnefs to us ; What will he have for him'
felf.

Great-heart. He has more Righteouf-
nefs than you have need of, or then he
needeth himfelf.

Chris, Pray make that appear

Great-

Great-heart. With all my heart, but
firft I muft premife that he of whom
we are now about to fpeak, is one that
has not his Fellow. He has two Na-
tures in one Perfon, plain to be diffin-
gu'tjhed^ impojpble to be divided. Unto
each of thefe Natures a Righteoufnefs
belongeth, and each Righteoufnefs is
efl'ential to that Nature. So that one
may as eafily caufe the Nature to be
extindl, as to feparate its Juflice or Righ-
teoufnefs from it. Of thefe Righteouf-
neffes therefore, we are not made par-
takers, for as that they, any of them,
fhould be put upon us that we might be
made juft, and live thereby. Befides
thefe there is a Righteoufnefs which this
Perfon has, as thefe two Natures are
joyned in one. And this is not the
Righteoufnefs of the God-head^ as diftin-
guiftied from the Manhood ; nor the
Righteoufnefs of the Manhood, as di-
ftinguiflied from the Godhead y but a
Righteoufneft which ftandeth in the
Union of both Natures: and may pro-
perly be called, the Righteoufnefs that
is eflential to his being prepared of God
to the capacity of the Mediatory Of-
fice which he was to be intrufted with.
If he parts with his firft Righteoufnefs,
he parts with his God head -y if he parts
with his fecond Righteoufnefs, he parts
with the purity of his Manhood; if he
parts with this third, he parts with
that perfe(ftion that capacitates him to
the office of Mediation. He has thcre-
D 4 fore

58 %l)t feictonti ^art of

fore another Righteoufnefs which ftan-
deth in performance, or obedience to a
revealed Will; And that is it that he puts
upon Sinners, and that by which their
Sins are covered. Wherefore he faith, as
Rom. s. byonemansdlfobediencemanyweremadeSln-
j a, ners : So by the obedience ofonejhall many bt

made Righteous.

Chris. But are the Righteoufnejfes of
no ufe to us I

Great-heart. Yes, for though they
are eflential to his Natures and Office,
and fo cannot be communicated unto
another, yet it is by Virtue of them
that the Righteoufnefs that juftifies, is
for that purpofe efficacious. The Righ-
teoufnefs of his God-head gives Virtue to
his Obedience; the Righteoufnefs of his
Man-hood giveth capability to his obe-
dience to juftifie, and the Righteouf-
nefs that ftandeth in the Union of
thefe two Natures to his Office, giveth
Authority to that Righteoufnefs to
do the work of which it is ordain-
ed.

So then, here is a Righteoufnefs that
Chrift, as God, has no need of, for he
is God without it; here is a Righteouf-
nefs that Chrift, as Man, has no need
of to make him fo, for he is perfect
Man without it. Again, here is a Righ-
teoufnefs that Chrift as God man has
no need of, for he is perfectly fo with-
out it. Here then is a Righteoufnefs
that Chrift, as God, as Man, as God-man
has no need of, with Reference to him-

felf

felf, and therefore he can fpare it, a

juftifying Righteoufnefs, that he for

himfelf wanteth not, and therefore he

giveth it away. Hence 'tis called the

gift of Righteoufnefs. This Righteoufnefs,

fince Chrift Jefus the Lord, has made

himfelf under the Law, mufi be given

away : For the Law doth, not only „
I'll- 1 • I • ; • ; Rom. c.

bmd him that is under it, to do juftly ;

but to ufe Charity : Wherefore he muft^
he ought by the Law, if he hath two
Coats, to give one to him that hath
none. Now our Lord indeed hath two
Coats^ one for himfelf, and one to fpare;
Wherefore he freely beftows one up-
on thofe that have none. And thus
Chrifliana^ and Mercy , and the reft of
you that are here, doth your Pardon
come by deed^ or by the work of ano-
ther man ? Your Lord Chrift is he
that has worked, and has given away what
he wrought for, to the next poor Begger
he meets.

But again, in order to Pardon by
deed^ there muft fomething be paid to
God as a price, as well as fomething
prepared to cover us withal. Sin has
delivered us up to the juft Curfe of a
Righteous law ; Now from this Curfe
we muft be juftified by way of Redemp-
tion, a price being paid for the harms
we have done, and this is by the Blood
of your Lord ; Who came and ftood in
your place, and ftead, and died your
Death for your Tranfgreflions, Thus
has he ranfomed you from your Tranf- Rom. 4. 24^
D 5 greffions,

6o '^fie ^ecoiiti Pact of

greffions, by Blood, and covered your

poluted and deformed Souls with Righ-

teoufnefs : For the fake of which.

Gal. 3. God pafleth by you, and will not hurt

13. you, when he comes to Judge the

World.

Chriftiana Chris. This is brave. Now I fee that

affeSed there wasfomething to be learnt by our being

ivith this pardoned by word and deed. Good Mer-

nvay of Re- cie, let us labour to keep this in mind^

demption ond my Children do you remember it alfo.

But^ Sir^was not this it that made my good

Chriftians Burden fallfromoffhis Shoulder,

and that made him give three leaps for

Joy f

Great-heart. Yes, 'twas the belief or
this, that cut thofe Strings that could not
be cut by other means, and 'twas to give
him a proof of the Virtue of this, that
he was fufFered to carry his Burden to
the Crofs.

Chris. / thought foy for tho* my heart
was lightful and joyous before^ yet it is ten
times more lightfome and joyous now. And
1 am perfwaded by what I have felt ^ tho* I
have felt but little as yet, that if the moft
burdened Man in the World was here, and
did fee and believe, as I now do, 'twould
make his heart the more merry and
blithe.

Great-heart. There is not only com-
fort, and the eafe of a Burden, brought
to us, by the fight and Confideration of
thefe ; but an indeared Aft'eiStion begot
in us by it : For who can, if he doth
but once think that Pardon comes,

not

not only by promife, but thus ; but be
affected with the way and means of his
Redemption, and (o with the man that
hath wrought it for him ?

Chris. True^ methinh it makes ?ny
Heart bleed to think, that he Jhould bleed
for me. Oh ! thou loving one^ Oh ! thou
BleJJed one. Thou deferveft to have me.,
thou ha ft bought me: Thou deferveft to have i Part. pag.
me all^ thou haft paid for me ten thou- 78.
fand tirnes more than I am worth. No
marvel that this made the Water fland
in my Husbands Eyes., and that it made
him trudg fo nimbly on^ I am perfwaded
he wijhed me with him ; but vile Wretch .^
that I was., I let him come all alone, O
Mercy, that thy Father and Mother were
here., yea., and Mrs. Timorous alfo. Nay
I wijh now with all my Heart., that here
was Madam Wanton too. Surely., fur e-
ly.^ their Hearts would be affeSied., nor
could the fear of the one., nor the powerful
Lufts of the other ^prevail with them to go
home again^andto refufeto become good Pil-
grims.

Great-heart. You fpeak now in the
warmth of your Affections, will it,
think you, be always thus with you ?
Befides, this is not communicated to
every one, nor to every one that did
fee your Jefus bleed. There was that
ffood by, and that faw the Blood run
from his Heart to the Ground, and yet
was fo far off this, that inftead of lamen-
ting, they laughed at him, and inftead of
becoming his Difciples, did harden

their

62 %\)z ^ccontJ part of

their Hearts againft him. So that all
that you have my Daughters, you have
by a peculiar impreffion made by a Di-
vine contemplating upon what I have
fpoken to you. Remember that 'twas
told you, that the Hen by her com-
mon call, gives no meat to her C/nc-
hens. This you have therefore by a fpe-
cial Grace.

Now I faw ftill in my Dream, that they
went on until they were come to the
Simple, «»d' place, that .S/'w/)/^, and ^y/i?//;, and Prefu?np-
Sloth ajid tion, lay and fleptin,when Chriftian went
Prefumpti- by on Pilgrimage. And behold they were
onhamred, hanged up in Irons a little way ofF on
and -why. j^g other-fide.

Mercy. Then Jatd Mercy to him that
was their Guide^ and ConduSior^ What are
ihofethreemen} andforwhatarethey hanged
there?

Great-heart. Thefe three men, were
Men of very bad Qualities, they had no
mind to be Pilgrims themfelves, and
"whofoever they could they hindred ;
they were for Sloth and Folly themfelves,
and whoever they could perfwade with,
they made fo too, and withal taught
them to prefume that they fhould do well
at laft. They were afleep when Christi-
an went by, and now you go by they are
hanged.

Mercy. But couldthey perfwade any tobe
of their Opinion}
Their Crimes. Great-heart. Yes, they turned feve-
ral out of the way. There was Slow-
pace that they perfwaded to do as they.

They

They alfo prevailed with one Short-
w;;«^,with one No-heart^w\t\\ one Linger-
after-lufl^ and with one Sleepy-head^ and
with a young Woman her name was
Dull^ to turn out of the way and be-
come as they. Befides, they brought
up an ill-report of your Lord, perfwad-
ing others that he was a task-Mafter.
They alfo brought up an evil report of
the good Land, faying, 'twas not half
fo good as fome pretend it was : They
alfo began to vilifie his Servants, and
to count the very beft of them med-
dlefome , troublefome bufie-Bodies .•
Further, they would call the Bread of
Gods, Husks ; the Comforts of his Chil-
drens. Fancies^ the Travel and La-
bour of Pilgrims, things to no pur-
pofe.

Chris. Nay.^ fatd Chriftiana, if they
werefuch^they Jhall never be bewailedbyme^
they have but what theydeferve^and I think,
it is well that they hangfo near the High-
way that others may Jee and take warning.
But had it not been well if their Crimes
had been ingraven in fome Plate of Iron
or Brafs^ and left here, even where they
didtheirMif chiefs^ for a caution to other bad
Men?

Great-heart. So it is, as you well may
perceive if you will go a little to the
Wall.

Mercie. No^ no^ let them hang and
their Names Rot^ and their Crimes live for
ever again ft them ; / think it a high fa-
vour that they were hanged afore we ca?ne

hither.

64 '^Ije »>£Conti ^att of

hither ^who knows elfe what they might a done
to fuch poor Women was e are? Then fhe
turned it into a Song, faying,

Novo then you three ^ hang there and he a Sign
To all that /hall again ft the Truth combine ;
yind let him that comes after ^ fear this end.
If unto Pilgrims he is not a Friend.

And thou my Soul of all fuch men beware^
That unto Holinefs Oppofers are,

J Part pag. Thus they went on till they came at
63. the foot of the Hill Difficulty. Where

again their good Friend, Mr. Great-
heart took an occafion to tell them of
Ezek. 34. •what happened there when Chriffian
• himfelf went by. So he had them firft

to the Spring. Lo^ faith he. This is the
'Tis difficult Spring that Chriftian drank of before
getting of he went up this Hill, and then 'twas
good Do- clear, and good ; but now 'tis Dirty
^rine in with, the feet of fome that are not de-
erroneous firous that Pilgrims here (hould quench
rimes. their Thirft : Thereat Mercy faid. And

why fo envious tro ? But faid their Guide,
It will do, if taken up, and put into a
VefTel that is fweet and good ; for then
the Dirt will fmk to the bottom, and
the Water come out by it felf more
clear. Thus therefore Chriftiana and her
Companions were compelled to do. They
took it up, and put it into an Earthen-pot
and fo let it Hand till the Dirt was gone
to the bottom, and then they drank
thereof.

Next

Next he fhewed them the two by-ways
that were at the foot of the Hill, where
Formality and Hypocrifie^ loft themfelves.
And, faid he, thefe are dangerous
Paths : Two were here caft away when
Chrijiian came by. And although, as
you fee, thefe ways are fince ftopt up
with CW«i, Pfj/Zj and a Z)//f/> : Yet there ^ Part.pag.
are that will chufe to adventure here, ra- 64>
ther than take the pains to go up this
Hill.

Chriftiana. TheWayofTranfgreJforsis Pro. 15.
ha7-d. ' Tis a wonder that they can get into thofe 1 3 .
ways^ without danger of breaking their
Necks.

Greatheart. They will venture, yea,
if at any time any of the Kings Servants
doth happen to fee them, and doth call
unto them, and tell them that they are
in the wrong ways, and do bid them be-
ware the danger ; then they will railing-
ly return them anfwer and fay, As for
the Word that thou haftfpokenuntousinthe J^""- 44- i^>
name of the King^we will not hearken un~ *7«
to thee; but we will certainly do whatfoever
thing goeth out of our own Mouths^ Sec.
Nay if you look a little farther, you
ftiall fee that thefe ways, are made cau-
tionary enough, not only by thefe Pofis
and Ditch and Chain ; but alfo by bping
hedged up. Yet they will choofe to go
there.

Chriftiana. They are Idle^ they love not
to take Pains, up-hill-way is unpleafant to
them. So it is fulfilled unto them as it
is Written. The way of the Jlothful man

is

The mi
puts the Pil-
grims to it.

They fit in
the Arbour

66 %\)z ^ecoiiti ^act of

is a Hedge of Thorns. Tea, they will ra-
ther Chufe to walk upon a Snare, then to
go up this Hill,and the re^ of this way to the
City.

They then fet forward and began to
go up the Hill, and up the Hill they
went ; but before they got to the top,
Chrifiiana began to Pant, and faid, I
dare fay this is a breathing Hill, no mar-
vel if they that love their eafe more than
their Souls, chufe to themfelves a fmoo-
ther v/ay. Then faid Mercie, I muft fit
down, alfo the leaft of the Children be-
gan to cry. Come, come, faid Great-
heart, fit not down here, for a little a-
bove is the Princes-y^r^o«r. Then tookhe
the little Boy by the Hand, and led him
up thereto.

When they were come to the Arhour
they were very willing to fit down, for
they were all in a pelting heat. Then
faid Mercy, Howfweet is reff to them that
Labour ? And how good is the Prince of
Pilgrims, to provide fuch refting places
for them ? Of this Arbour I have heard
much ; but I never faw it before . But
here let us beware of fleeping; For as I
have heard, for that it coft poor Christian
dear.

Then faid Mr. Great-heart to the little
Ti^f little ones,* Come my preety Boys, how do you
Boys an/kver do f what think you now of going on
ti tbeguiile. Pilgrimage? Sir, faid the leaft, I was
and alfo to almoft beat out of heart ; but I thank
Mercy. you for lending me a hand at my need.
And I remember now what my Mo-
ther

I Part. p.
64.. 65.

Matt, II.
a8.

'^1)0 pilgrim 0 lajoffrerss. 67

ther has told me, namely, That the way
to Heaven is as up a Laddar, and the way
to Hell is as down a Hill. But I had ra-
ther go up the Ladder to Life, then down
the Hill to Death.

Then faid Adercie^ But the Proverb
is , To go down the Hill is eafie : But
James faid (for that was his Name)
The day is coming when in my Opinion,
going down Hilt will be the hardesl of all.
'Tis a Good Boy, faid his Mafler, thou
haft given her a right anfwer. Then
Mercy fmiled, but the little Boy did
bluih. ^^ ^ ^

Chrif. Come, faid Chriniana, will you ^^.^^T
eat a bit, a little to fweeten your '"^-^^ '^'
Mouths, while you fit here to reft your
Legs ? For I have here a piece of
Pomgranate which Mr. Interpreter put in
my Hand, juft when I came out of his
Doors ; he gave me alfo a piece of
an Honey-comb, and a little Bottle of
Spirits. I thought he gave you fome-
thing, faid Mercy^ becaufe he called you
a to-lide. Yes, fo he did, faid the o-
ther. But Mercy, it fhall ftiU be as I
faid it fhould, when at firft we came
from home : Thou fhalt be a (harer in
all the good that I have, becaufe thou
fo willingly didft become my Compa-
nion. Then {he gave to them, and they
did eat, both Mercy^ and the Boys.
And faid Chrifliana to Mr. Great-hearty
Sir, will you do as we ? But he anfwered.
You are going on Pilgrimage, and pre-
fently I Ihall return j much good may

what

68 %^t feieconft ^art of <?

what you have, do to you. At home
I eat the fame every day. Novv^ when
they had eaten and drank, and had
chatted a little longer, their guide
faid to them. The day wears away,
if you think good, let us prepare to
be going. So they got up to go, and
the little Boys went before ; but Chri-
ftiana forgat to take her Bottle of Spi-
rits with her, fo fhe fent her little
Boy back to fetch it. Then faid Mercy^
I think this is a lofing place. Here
Chriflian loft his Role^ and here Chri-
ftiana left her Bottle behind her ; Sir
what is the caufe of this ? fo their guide
made anfwer and faid. The caufe is
Jleep, or forgetfulnefs : fome Jleep^ when
they ftiould keep awake : and fomey^r-
get^ when they fhould remember ; and
this is the very caufe, why often at the
refting places, fome Pilgrims in fome

Mark this, things come ofF lofers. Pilgrims (hould
watch and remember what they have
already received under their greateft
enjoyments : But for want of doing fo,
oft times their rejoicing ends in
Tears, and their Sun-fhine in a Cloud :

^ part page Witnefs the ftory of Chriiiian at this

74. place.

When they were come to the place
where Miftriiji and Timorous met Chriili-
an to perfwade him to go back for fear
of the Lions, they perceived as it were
a Stage, and before it towards the
Head, a broad plate with a Copy of
Verfes Written thereon, and under-
neath

neath, the reafon of raifing up of that
Stage in that place, rendred. The Verfes
were thefe.

Let him that fees this Stage take heed
Unto his Heart and Tongue :
Left if he do not^ here he fpeed
jIs fome have long agone.

The words underneath the Verfes
were, This Stage was built to punifh
fuch upon^ who through Timoroufnefs or
Miftruft, Jhall be afraid to go further on
Pilgrimage. Alfo on this Stage both Mi-
ftruft and Timorous were burned tho-
rough the Tongue with an hot Iron, for en-
deavouring to hinder Chriftian in his Jour-
ney.

Then faid Mercy. This is much like
to the faying of the beloved, What Jhall
be given unto thee ? or what Jhall be done p^-^i j ^q
unto thee thou falfeTongue ? Jharp Arrows , -^
of the mighty.^ with Coals of Juni-
per.

So they went on, till they came r Part pag.

within fight of the Lions. Now Mr. 71.

prefit-heart was a ftrong man, fo he was

not afraid of a Lion : But yet when / , ^ f"

they were come up to the place where ,

, ^ T • I T-i 1 po on bra-ve-

the Lions were, the coys that went^ ,

before, were glad to crinp;e behind, f

r u ^r-j ri_°r- .^ there is no

for they were arraid or the Lions, lo j^n^er ■ but
they ftept back and went behind. ^^ firink 'when
this their guide fmiled, and faid. How fruu-
now my Boys, do you love to go hies come
before when no danger doth approach,

and

yo '^^e feeconti part ot

and love to come behind (o foon as the
Lions appear ?

Now as they went up, Mr. Great-
heart drew his Sword with intent to make
a way for the Pilgrims in fpite of the Li-
ons. Then there appeared one, that it
Of Grim the feems, had taken upon him to back the
Giant, and Lions. And hefaid to the Pilgrims guide,
ofhishack- What is the caufe of your coming hither ?
big the Lions. Now the name of that man was
Bloody-man^ becaufe of his flaying of
Pilgrims, and he was of the race of the
Giants.

Great-heart Then faid the Pilgrims
guide, thefe Women and Children, are
going on Pilgrimage, and this is the way
they muft go, and go it they fhall in fpite
of thee and the Lions.

Grim. This is not their way, neither,
fhall they go therein. I am come forth to
with ftand them, and to that end will
back the Lions.

Now to fay truth, by reafon of the
fiercenefs of the Lions, and of the Grim-
Carriage of him that did back them, this
way had of late lain much un-occupied,
and was almoft all grown over with
Grafs.

Chrifliana. Then faid Chrlfiiana^ tho'
the Highways have a been un-occupied
heretofore, and tho' the Travellers have
been made in time paft, to walk tho-
Ju ge. 5. , j.Qyg}^ by-Paths, it muft not be fo now I
'^' am rifen, Now lamRifena Mother in If-

rael.

Grim,

Grim. Then he fwore by the Lionsy but
it fhould ; and therefore bid them turn
afide, for they fliould not have paflage
there.

Great-heart. But their guide made firft
his Approach unto Grim^ and laid fo hea-
vily at him with his Sword, that he forced
him to a retreat.

Grim. Then faid he ^that attempted
to back the Lions j will you flay me upon
mine own Ground ?

Great-heart. 'Tis the Kings High-way
that we are in, and in his way it is
that thou hafl: placed thy Lions ; but
thefe Women and thefe Children, tho'
weak, ftiall hold on their way in fpite of
thy Lions. And with that he gave him
again, a down-right blow, and brought
him upon his Knees. With this blow
he alfo broke his Helmet, and with the
next he cut off an Arm. Then did the
Giant Roar fo hideoufly, that his Voice
frighted the Women, and yet they were
glad to fee him lie fprawling upon the
Ground. Now the Lions were chained,
and fo of themfelves could do nothing.
Wherefore when old Gri?fi that intended
to back them was dead, M.v Great-heart
faid to the Pilgrims, Come now and fol-
low me, and no hurt fhall happen to you
from the Lions. They therefore went on;
but the Women trembled as they pafled
by them, the Boys alfo look't as if they
would die ; but they all got by without
further hurt.

Now

72 , CTfie ^ecouti ^art of

Now then they were within Sight of
the Porters Lodg, and they foon came
up unto it ; but they made the more
hafte after this to go thither, becaufe
'tis dangerous travelling there in the
Night. So when they were come to
the Gate, the guide knocked, and the
Porter cried, who is there ; but as foon
as the Guide had faid, it is /, he knew
his Voice and came down. (For the
Guide had oft before that, came thi-
ther as a Condu6tor of Pilgrims) when
he was came down, he opened the Gate,
and feeing the Guide {landing juft be-
fore it (for he faw not the Women,
for they were behind himj he faid un-
to him. How now, Mr. Great-hearty what
is your bufmefs here fo late to Night ?
I have brought, faid he, fome Pilgrims
hither, whereby my Lords Command-
ment they muft Lodg. I had been here
fomc time ago, had 1 not been op-
pofed by the Giant that did ufe to back
the Lyons. But I after a long and tedious
combate with him, have cut him off, and
have brought the Pilgrims hither in
fafety.

Porter. Will you not gain, and flay till
Morning ?

Great-heart. No, I will return to my
Lord to night,

Chrifiiana. Oh Sir, I know not how
to be willing you fhould leave us in our
Pilgrimage, you have been fo faithful,
and fo loving to us, you have fought fo
ftoutly for us, you have been fo hearty

in

^Ije ^ilffnntgf P?o5cer0* 73

in counfellingof us, that I fhall never for-
get your favour towards us.

Merc'ie. Then faid Mercie, O that we
might have thy Company to our Jour-
neys end ! How can fuch poor Women
as we, hold out in a way fo full of Trou-
bles as this way is, without a Friend, and
Defender ?

yames. Then faid JameSy the young-
eft of the Boys, Pray Sir be perfwaded
to go with us and help us, becaufe we
are fo weak, and the way fo dangerous
as it is.

Great-heart. I am at my Lords Com-
mandment. If he (hail allot me to be
your Guide quite thorough, I will wil-
lingly wait upon you ; but here you fail-
ed at firft ; for when he bid me come Helplojl
thus far with you, then you fhould have/or nuant of
begged me of him to have gon quite asking for.
thorough with you, and he would have
granted your requeft. However, at pre-
sent I muft withdraw, and fo good Chri-
ft'iana^ Mercy^ and my brave Children, j

Adieu. i

Then the Porter, Mr. Watchful ask- i Part pag. >

ed Chriftiana of her Country, and of 73.
her Kindred, and fhe faid, / came
from the City o/'Deftrudlion, I am a Wid-
dow IV Oman y and my Husband is dead^
his Name was Chriftian thePilgrim. How,
faid the Porter, was he your Husband ?
Yes, faid (he, and thefe are his Chil-
dren .* and this, pointing to Mercy ^ is
one of my Towns- Women. Then the
Porter rang his Bell, as at fuch times

he

74 ^^t ^econtr ^art of

he is wont and there came to the Door
one of the Damfels, whofe Name was
humble-mind. And to her the Porter faid.
Go tell it within that Chr'ijiiana the Wife
of Chrift'ian and her Children are come
hither on Pilgrimage. She went in there-
fore and told it. But Oh what a Noife
for gladnefs was there within, when the
Damfel did but drop that word out of
her Mouth ?

Chrlftians
love is kin-
dUd at the
fis,ht of one
another.

So they came with haft to the Por-
ter, for Chriftiana ftood ftill at the
Door J then fome of the moft grave, faid
unto her, Come in Chriftiana, come in
thou Wife of that Good Man.^ come in thou
Blejfed IVoman.^ come in with all that are
with thee. So flie went in, and they
followed her that were her Children,
and her Companions. Now when they
were gone in, they were had into a
very large Room, where they were
bidden to fit down : So they fat down,
and the chief of the Houfe was called to
fee and welcom the Guefts, Then
they came in, and, underftanding who
they were, did Salute each other with a
kifs, and faid, Welcom ye Veflels
of the Grace of God, welcom to us your
Friends.

Now becaufe it was fomewhat late,
and becaufe the Pilgrims were weary
with their Journey, and alfo made
faint with the fight of the Fight, and
of the terrible Lyons : Therefore they
defired as foon as might be, to pre-
pare

%^z ^ilgnm0 ^^^ogcECgf* 75

pare to go to Reft. Nay, faid thofe of Exp. 12.
the Family, refrefli your felves firft 3^.
with a morfel of Meat. For they had
prepared for them a Lamb, with the ac-
cuftomed Sauce belonging thereto. For j° • ^- ^^'
the Porter had heard before of their
comino-, and had told it to them within.
So when they had Supped, and ended
their Prayer with a Pfalm, they defired
they might go to reft. But let us, faid p
Chriffianay if we may be fo bold as to „,
chufe, be in that Chamber that was my
Husbands, when he was here So they
had them up thither, and they lay all
in a Room. When they were at Reft,
Chriftiana and Mercy entred into dif-
courfe about things that were conveni-
ent.

Chrif. Little did I think, once^ that when chrtfls Bo-
my Husband went on Pilgrimage I Jhould fomeisforall
ever a followed. Pilgrims.

Mercy. And you as little thought of ly-
ing in his Bed, and in his Chamber to
Reft, as you do now.

Chris. And much lefsdid I ever think, of
feeing his Face with Comfort ., and of Wor-
Jhipping the Lord the King with him.,and
yet now I believe IJhall.

Mercy. Hark, don't you hear a
Noife ?

Chriftiana. Yes, 'tis as I believe
a Noife of Mufick, for Joy that we are
here.

yl^^r. Wonderful ! Mufick in the Houfe, Mufick.
Mufick in the Heart, and Mufick alfo
in Heaven, for joy that we are here.

E Thus

76 ^1)0 feeconti ^act of

Thus they talked a while, and then
betook themfelves to fleep ; fo in the
Morning, when they were awake Christi-
ana faid to Mercy.

Chrif. Whatwasthematter that you did
laugh inyourjleep toNight? Ifuppofeyou was
in a Dream ?

Mercy. So I was, and a fweet Dream
it was ; but are you lure I laughed ?

Chriftiana, Tes^ you laughed heartily ;
hut prethee Mercy tell me thy Dream ?

Mercy. 1 was a Dreamed that I fat all
Mercys alone in a folitary place, and was be-
Dream. moaning of the hardnefs of my Heart.
Now I had not fat there long, but
methought many were gathered about
me to lee me, and to hear what it
was that I faid. So they barkened, and
I went on bemoaning the hardnefs of
my Heart. At this, fome of them
laughed at me, fome called me Fool,
and fome began to thruft me about.
With that, methought I looked up, and
faw one coming with Wings towards
, me. So he came directly to me, and
faid Mercy ^ what aileth theer* Now
when he had heard me make my com-
plaint ; he faid. Peace be to thee? he al-
fo wiped mine Eyes with his Hanker-
chief, and clad me in Silver and Gold \
Ezek. 1 6. he put a Chain about my Neck, and
8. 9, 10, II. Earrings in mine Ears, and a beauti-
ful Crown upon my Head. Then he
took me by the Hand, and faid Mercy^
come after me. So he went up, and I
followed, till we came at a Golden

Gate.

I

Gate. Then he knocked, and when
they within had opened, the man
went in and I followed him up to a
Throne, upon which one far, and he
faid to me, welcome Daughter. The place
looked bright, and twinkling like the
Stars, or rather like the Sun^ and I
thought that I faw your Husband there,
fo I awoke from my Dream. But did I
laugh ?

Chriftiana. Laugh ! Jy^ and well you
might to fee your felffo well. Foryoumuft
give me leave to tell you^ that 1 believe it
was a good Dream., and that as you have
begun to find the fir ft part true.,fo youjhall
find the fecond at laft. God fpeaks once, ..
yea twice, yet Man perceiveth it not,
in a Dream, in a Vifion of the Night,
when deep Sleep falleth upon men, in
flumbring upon the Bed. We need not.^
when a-Bed^ lie awake to talk with God ;
he can viftt us while we Jleep^ and caufe
us then to hear his Voice. Our Heart oft times
wakes when we fieep., and God can fpeak
to that, either by Words, by Proverbs, by
Signs, and Similitudes, aswellasifonewas
awake.

Mercy. Well I am glad of my Dream,
for I hope ere long to fee it fulfilled,
to the making of me laugh again.

Chriftiana, / thinkit is now high time to
rije, and to know what we muft do ?

Mercy. Pray, if they invite us to ftay

a while, let us willingly accept of the

proffer. I am the willinger to ftay a-

while here, to grow better acquainted

E 2 with

They ft ay
here fame
time.

78 %}^z fe»econti ^art of

with thefe Maids ; methinks Prudence^
Piety and Charity.^ have very comly and
fober Countenances.

Chris. Wejhallfee what they will do. So
when they were up and ready, they came
down. And they asked one another of
their reft, and if it was Comfortable, or
not.^

y\.&x.Very good^^faid Mercy, // zuas one
cfthebefl l^ights Lodging that ever 1 had in
my Life.

Then faid Prudence., and Piety., if you
will be perfwaded to ftay here a while,
you fhall have what the Houfe will af-
ford.

Charity, y/y, and that with a very good
will faid Charity. So they confented,
and ftayed there about a Month or a-
bove : And became very Profitable one
to another. And becaufe Prudence •would
fee how Chriffiana had brought up her
Children, {he asked leave of her to Ca-
techife them ; So (lie gave her free con-
fent. Then fhe began at the youngeft
whofe Name was fames.
James Cate- Pru. y^nd Jhe faid^ Come James, canft
chifed. thou tell who made thee P

fam. God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy-Ghoft.

Pru. Good ^oy. And canft thou tell who
faves thee ?

Jam. God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy-Ghoft.

Pru. Goad Boy flill. But how doth God
the Father fave thee ?

Jam. By his Grace.

Pru.

I

I

^Ijt ^iUsviim PiogrefS. 79

Pru. How djtb God the Son fave
thee ?

'Jdtn. By his Righteoufnefs, Death, and
Blood, and Life.

Pru. And how doth God the Holy Ghofl
fave thee?

fam. By his I/Iumination ^hy his Renova-
tion^ and by his Prefervation.

Then faid Prudence to Chrifliana^Y o\x
are to be commended for thus bringing
up your Children. I fuppofe I need not
ask the reft thefe Queftions, fince the
youngeft of them can anfwer them fo
well. I will therefore now apply my felf
to the Youngeft next.

Prudence. Then fhe faid. Come y^/)/',
(for his Name was yojeph) will you let jofeph Ca-
me Catechife you ? techifeJ.

Jofeph. with all my Heart.

Pru. JFhat is Man F

"Jofeph. A Reafonable Creature, fo made
by God, as my Brother faid.

Pru. What is fuppofed by this JVord.,fa-
ved ?

Jofeph. That man by Sin has brought
himlelf into a State of Captivity and Mi-
fery.

Pru. What is fuppofed hy his being faved
by the Trinity ?

Jofeph. That Sin is fo great and migh-
ty a Tyrant, that none can pull us out of
its clutches but God, and that God is fo
good and loving to man, as to pull him
indeed out of this Miferable State.

Pru. What is God's defign in faving of
poor Men ?

E 3 Jojeph.

8o ^$e ^etonU ^act of

'Jofeph. The glorifying of his Name,
of his Grace, and Juftice, l^c. And
the everlafting Happinefs of his Crea-
ture.

Pru. Who are they that muft he fa-
ved?

jofeph. Thofe who accept of his Salva-
tion.

Good Boy yofeph^ thy Mother has
taught thee well, and thou haft
harkened to what fhe has faid unto
thee.

Then faid PrudencetoSamuei,whoy/2LS
the eldeft but one.

Prudence. Come Samuel^ are you
willing that I fhould Catechife you
alfo.
Samuel Sam. Yes, forfooth, if you pleafe.

Catechijed. P^"' What is Heaven F

Sam. A place and State moft blefTed,
becaufe God dwelleth there.

Pru. What is Hell ?

Sam. A Place and State moft woful,
becaufe it is the dwelling place of Sin,
the Devil, and Death.

Prudence. Why wouldejl thou go to Hea-
ven f

Sam. That I may fee God, and ferve
him without wearinefs ; that I may fee
Chrift, and love him everlaftingly ;
that I may have that fulnefs of the Holy
Spirit in me, that I can by no means
here enjoy.

Pru. Avery good Boy alfo^ and one that
has learned well.

Then

i

Then (he addrefled her felf to the eld-
eft, whofe Name was Mathew^ and fhe
faid to him, Come Mathew^ (hall I alio
Catechife you ?

Mat. IVith a very good IV ill.

Pru. / ask then if there was ever any Matthew
thing that had a beings Antecedent to^ or be- '^ "'*■''
fore God.

Mat. No, for God is Eternal, nor is
there any thing excepting himfelf, that
had a being until the beginning of the
firft day. For in fix days the Lord made
Heaven and Earth, the Sea and all that in
them is.

Pru. JVhat do you think of the Bible ?

Mat. It is the Holy Word of God.

Pru. Is therenothing tVritten therein^but
what you understand ?

Mat. Yes, a great deal.

Pru. What do you dowhenyou meet with
fuch places therein, that you do not under-
stand F

Mat. I think God is wifer then I.
I pray alfo that he will pleafe to let me
know all therein that he knows will be
for my good.

Pru. How believe you as touching the Re-
furre£tion of the Dead ?

Mat. I believe they (hall rife, the
fame that was buried : the fame in A^^-
ture, tho' not in Corruption. And I be-
lieve this upon a double account. Firft,
becaufe God has promifed it. Se-
condly, becaufe he is able to perform
it.

£ 4 Then

82 %\)z ^econU ^art of

Then faid Prudence to the Boys, You
muft ftill harken to your Mother, for
fhe can learn you more. You muftalfo
diligently give ear to what good talk
you ftiall hear from others, for for your
fakes do they fpeak good things. Ob-
ferve alfo and that with carefulnefs,
what the Heavens and the Earth do
teach you ; but efpecially be much in
the Meditation of that Book that was the
caufe of your Fathers becoming a Pil-
grim. I for my part, my Children, will
teach you what I can while you are
here, and fhall be glad if you will ask
me Queftions that tend to Godly edify-
ing.

Now by that thefe Pilgrims had been
Mercy has at this place a week, Mercy had a Vifitor
afiveet that pretended fome good Will unto her,
heart. and his name was Mr. Brisk. ; A man of

fome breeding, and that pretended to
Religion ; but a man that ftuck very
clofe to the World. So he came once or
twice,or more to Mercy ^ and offered love
unto her. Now Mercy was of a fair
Countenance, and therefore the more al-
luring.

Her mind alfo was, to be always bu-
fying of her felf in doing, for when fhe
had nothing to do for her felf, fhe
would be making of Hofeand Garments
for others, and would beflow them upon
them that had need. And Mr. Brisk.
not knowing where or how fhe difpo-
fed of what fhe made, feemed to be
greatly taken, for that he found her

never

r

^^t pl^rimtf ^jogrcfsf. 83

never Idle. I will warrant her a
good Hufwife , quoth he to him-
lelf.

Mercy then revealed the bufmefs to
the A'laidens that were of the Houfe, and
enquired of them concerning him : for
they did know him better then flie. So
they told her that he was a very bufie
Young-Alan, and one that pretended to
Religion ; but was as they feared, a
ftranger to the Power of that which was
good.

Nay then^faid Mercy, I will look, no more
on him^for ] purpofe never to have a clog to my
Soul.

P/W^/zf^then replied, That there need-
ed no great matter of difcouragement to
be given to him, her continuing fo as fhe
had began to do for the Poor, would
quickly cool his Courage.

So the next time he comes, he finds
her at her old work, a making of things
for the Poor. Then faid he. What, al-
ways at it? Yes, faid fhe, either for my
felf, or for others. And what canfl thee
earn a day, quoth her' I do thefe things,
faid fhe, That I may be Rich in good
Works, laying up in ftore a good Founda- I'Tim. 6
tion again ft the ti?ne to corne^ that I may 17, 18, 19.
lay hold on Kternal Life : Why prethee
what doft thou with them ? faid he ;
Cloath the naked, faid fhe. With that
his Countenance fell. So he forbore to
come at her again. And when he was Heforfakes
asked the reafon why, he faid. That her, and
Mercy was a pretty Lafs j but troubled 'why.
E 5 with

84 TOe fe)ecouti fart of

with ill Conditions.

When he had left her. Prudence faid,

^\trcyinthe ^^^ ^ "°'- ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^' ^^''^^ would
PraSlice of ^°°" forfake thee ? yea, he will raife up
Mercy re- ^^ ^^^ report of thee j For notwithftan-
jeJied-ivhile^'^^ii ^'^ pretence to Religion, and his
Mercy mi/j<? ^"^^ming love to Mercy. Yet Mercy and
]<iame of ^^ ^re of tempers fo different, that I
Mercy // believe they will never come toge-
liked. ther.

Mercy. / might a had Husbands afore
now^ tho' I /pake not of it to any j but
they were fuch as did not like my Condi-
tions, tho* never did any of them find fault
with my Perfon : So they and I could not
agree.

Prudence. Mercy in our days is little fet
by, any further then as to its Name :
the Practice, which is fet forth by thy
Conditions, there are but few that can
abide.

Mercy. Well^ faid Mercy, if no body
will have me, I will dye a Maid, or ?ny
Conditions Jhall be to ?ne as a Husband.
For I cannot change 7ny Nature, and to have
one that lies crofs to me in this, that I pur-
pofe never to adtnit of, as long as I live. I
had a Si/ier named Bountiful, that was
married to one of thefe Churles ; but he
and Jhe could never agree ; but becaufe my
Si/ier was refolved to do as Jhe had began,
that is, to Jhew Kindnefs to the Poor, there-
fore her Husband firjl cried her down at
the Crofs and then turned her out of his
Doors.

Pru.

Pru. And yet he was a Profeflbr, I
warrant you ?

Mer. Tes, fuch n one as he was, and of
fuel) as he, the IVorldls now full -y but I am for
none of them all.

Now Mathnu the eldeft Son of Chri-
f'lana, fell Sick, and his Sicknefs was
fore upon him, for he was much pained
in his Bowels, fo that he was with it, at
times, pulled as 'twere both ends toge-
ther. There dwelt alfo not far from
thence, one Mr. Skill, an Antient, & well
approved Phyfician.So Chr'ifliana defired
it, and they fent for him, and he came.
When he was entred the Room, and
had a little obferved the Boy, he con-
cluded that he was fick of the Gripes, q^j^^^ ^r
Then he faid to his Mother, What coJfdcncr,
Diet has Matthew of late fed upon F Diet
faid Chri/iiana, nothing but that which
is wholfome. The Phyfician anfwered,
This Boy has been tampering withfomething
that lies in his Maw undigifled and
that will not away without means. And I
tell you he muft be purged or elfe he will
dye.

Samuel. Then faid Samuel, Mother,
Mother, what was that which 7ny Brother
did gather up and eat, fo foon as we were
come from the Gate, that is at the head of
this way? Tou know that there was an Or-
chard on the left hand, on the otherfide of
the Wall, and fome of the Trees hung over
the Wall, and my brother did plajh and did
eat,

Chrijli.

86 Clie fecconn f^aa of

Chriji'iana. True my Child, faid Chrl-
Jiiana, he did take thereof and did eat ;
naughty Boy as he was, I did chide
him, and yet he would eat there-
of.

Skill. / knew he had eaten fomethlng
that was not wholjome Food. And that
Food, to wit, that Fruit, is even the moft
hurtful of all. It is the Fruit o/'Beelze-
bubs Orchard. I do marvel that none
did warn you of it ; many have died
thereof.

Chrijliana. Then Chrlfiiana began to
cry, and fhe faid, O naughty Boy, and
O carelefs Mother what fhall I do for my
Son.

Skill. Come, do not be too much Deje£ied\
the Boy may do well again j but he muji purge
and Vomit.

Chrijliana. Pray Sir try the utmofl
of your Skill with him whatever it
cofts.

Skill. Nay, I hope I Jhall be reafonable:
So he made him a Purge; but it was too
' weak. 'Twas faid, it was made of the
2> 3> 4. Blood of a Goat, the Aflies of an Hei-
fer, and with fome of the Juice of Hyf-
fop, &c. When Mr. Skill had feen
that that Purge was too weak, he made
John 6. him one to the Purpofe, 'Twas made
54> 55> 5^> Ex Came & Sanguine Chrifli. ('You
57. know Phyficians give ftrange Medicines

to their PatientsJ and it was made up
Mark 9. 49. into Pills with a Promife or two, and
The Lattine a proportionable quantity of Salt. Now
I borrow, he was to take them three at a time

failing

fading in half a quarter of a Pint of
the T.'ears of Repentance. When this
potion was prepared, and brought to ^ • 9- *+•
the Boy, he was loth to take it, tho*
torn with the Gripes, as if he ftiould be
pulled in pieces. Come, come, faid the
Phyfician,you muft take it. It goes againft
my Stomach, fiiid the Boy. I muff have
you take it, /aid his Mother. I fhall V^omit 2ech. 12.
it up again, faid the Boy. Pray Sir, faid ,0.
Chrijiiana to Mr. Skill-, how does it
tafte ? It has no ill tafte, faid the Do-
ctor, and with that (he touched one of
the pills with the tip of her Tongue. Oh
MatheT.v, faid fhe, this potion is fweeter
then Hony. If thou loveft thy Mo-
ther, if thou loveft thy Brothers, if thou
loveft Mercy, if thou loveft thy Life,
take it. So with much ado, after a ihort
Prayer for the blefling of God upon
it, he took it ; and it wrought kindly
with him. It caufed him to purge,
it caufed him to fleep, and reft quietly,
it put him into a fine heat and breathing
fweat, and did quite rid him of his
Gripes.

So in little time he got up, and walked
about with a Staff, and would go from
Room to Room, and talk with Prudence,
Piety, and Charity of his Diftemper, and
how he was healed.

So when the Boy was healed, Chri/ii-
ana, asked Mr. Skill', faying, Sir, what
will content you for your pains andHeb. 13.
care to and of my Child? And he faid, 11,12, 13,
you muft pay the Mafter of the Colledge 14,15

of

88

•^Ije fe)econti ^art of

This Pill an

Uni-'uerfal

Remedy.

of Phyficians, according to rules made, in
that cafe, and provided.

Chris. But Sir, faid Jheywhat is this Pill
good for elje ?

Skill. It is an unlverfal Pill, 'tis good
againft all the Difeafes that Pilgrims are
incident to, and when it is well prepa-
red it will keep good, time out of
mind.

Chriftiana, Pray Sir, make me up
twelve Boxes of them : For if I can
get thefe, I will never take other Phy-
fick.

Shill. Thefe Pills are good to prevent
Difeafes, as well as to cure when one is
Sick. ]Yea, I dare fay it, and ftand to
it, that if a Man will but ufe this Phy-
fick as he fhould, it will rnak? him live
for ever. But, good Chrijiiana, thou muft
give thefe Pills, no other way ; but as I
of the 'fears have prefcribed : For if you do, they
ofRepen- will do no good. So he gave unto Chri-
tance. Jiiana Phyfick for her felf, and her Boys,

and for Mercy : and bid Mathew take
heed how he eat any more Green
Plums, and kift them and went his
way.

It was told you before that Prudence
bid the Boys , that if at any time they
would, they fhould ask her fome Quefti-
ons, that might be profitable, and fhe
would fay fomething to them.

Mat. Then Mathew who had been fick,
asked her, IVhyfor the moft part Phyfick,
Of Phyfick. fhould he hitter to our Palats \

Joh. 6. 50
In a Glafs

Pru,

Pru. To fhcw how unwelcome the Ofthehf-
word of God, and the Effedts thereof are Z^-"?-' ''f'^h-
to a Carnal Heart. A^'-

Alathew. Why docs Phyfick, if it
does good, Purge, and caufe that wc Vi>~
nut ?

Prudence. To fhcw that the Word
when it works efFc6tually , cleanfcth the
Heart and Alind. For look what the one
doth to the Body, the other doth to
the Soul.

Alathew. What Jhouldwe learn hy feeing Of Tire and
the Flame of our Fire go upwards? and by °f ^"^ •^"«-
Jeeing the Yearns, andfweet Infucnces of the
Sun slrikc downwards ?

Prudence. By the going up of the Fire,
we are taught to afcend to Heaven, by
fervent and hot defires. And by the Sun
his fending his Heat, Beams , and fweet
Influences downwards ; we are taught,
that the Saviour of the W^orld, tho' high,
reaches down with his Grace and Love
to us below.

Mathew. ^yhere have the Clouds their Of the
TVater F Clouds.

Pru. Out of the Sea.

Mathew. IVhat may we learn from
that ?

Pru. That Minifters fhould fetch their
Doctrine from God.

Mat. Why do they empty themfelves upon
the Earth ?

Pru. To fhew that Minifters fnould
give out what they know of God to the
World.

Mat.

go %liz »>cconti ^art of

Of the Rain- Mat. Why is the Rainbow caufedby the
boiv. Sun ?

Prudence. To fhew that the Covenant
of Gods Grace is confirmed to us in
Chrift.

Mathew. Why do the Springs come from
the Sea, to us, through the Y.arth.

Prudence. To fhew that the Grace of
God comes to us thorough the Body of
Chrift.
Of the Mat. Why do fame of the Springs rife out

Springs. of the tops of high Hills ?

Prudence. To fhew that the Spirit of
Grace fhall fpring up in fome that are
Great and Mighty, as well as in many that
are Poor and low.

Mat. Why doth the Ylre fajlen upon the
Of the Can- Candlewick?

die. Pru. To fhew that unlefs Grace doth

kindle upon the Heart, there will be no
true Light of Life in us.

Mathew. Why is the Wick and Tallow
and alljfpent to maintain the light of the
Candle F

Prudence. To fhew that Body and Soul
and all, fhould be at the fervice of, and
fpend themfelves to maintain in good
Condition that Grace of God that is in
us.
Of the Pel:- Mat. Why doth the Pellcanplerce her own
can. 'Qrefi with her Bill ?

Pru. To nourifh her young ones with
her Blood, and thereby to fhewthatChrift
the blefTed, fo loveth his Young, his
People , as to fave them from Death by his
Blood.

Mat.

Mat. ff^ hat may one learn hy hearing the Of tie Cock
Cock to Crow.

Prudence. Learn to remember Peters,
Sin, and Peter's Repentance. The Cocks
crowing , (hews alfo that day is coming
on, let then the crowing of the Cock
put thee in mind of that laft and terri-
ble Day of Jud<;mcnt.

Now about this time their Month was
out, wherefore they fignified to thofe of
theHoufe, that 'twas convenient for them
to up and be going. Then faid Jofeph The ivcak
to his Mother, It is convenient that may fame-
vou forget not to fend to the Houfe of '""'•"^'^^^'^^
Mr. Interpreter^ to pray him to granty^''"".? ''^
that Mr. Great-heart fliould be fent un- Prayers.
to us , that he may be our Conducl:or
the reft of our way. Good Boy^ faid fhe,
I had almoft forgot. So (he drew up a
Petition , and prayed Mr. IFatchful the
Porter to fend it by fome fit man to her
good Friend Mr. Interpreter; who when
it was come , and he had feen the con-
tents of the Petition, faid to the Mef-
fenger , Go tell them that I will fend
him.

When the Family where Chrijliana
was , faw that they had a purpofe to
go forward , they called the whole Hou(e
together to give thanks to their King,
for fending of them fuch profitable
Guefts as thefe. Which done, they faid
to Chr'ijiiana , And (hall we not ftiew
thee fomething, according as our Cu-
ftom is to do to Pilgrims, on which thou
mayeft meditate when thou art upon

the

92 Clje fe'ctonti ^act of

the way ? So they took Chr'iji'iana^ her

Children, and Merty into the Clofet, and

fliewed them one of the Apples that Eve

did eat of, and that fhe alfo did give

to her Husband , and that for the eating

of which they both were turned out of

Paradice, and asked her what fhe

A fight of thought that was ? Then Chr'ift'iana faid,

Sinis ama- "Tis Food, or Poyfon , 1 know not which ;

zing. fo they opened the matter to her , and

Gen. 3, 6. fhe held up her hands and wonder-

Ro. 7. 24. ed ?

Then they had her to a Place , and
fhewed her yacoFs Ladder. Now at
that time there were fome Angels af-
cending upon it. So Chrifliana looked
and looked, to fee the Angels go up,
and fo did the reft of the Company.
Then they were going into another place
to fhew them fomething elfe: But yames
faid to his Mother , Pray bid them ftay
A fi^ht of ^^'^^ ^ \\tt\Q longer, for this is a curious
Cbrili is ^^g^^' '^^ ^^^7 tumed again, and flood
taking. feeding their Eyes with this fo plea/ant

a ProfpeSf, After this they had them
Gen. 28. into a Place where did hang up a Gol-
12. den Anchor., fo they bid Chri^iana take

it down; for, faid they, you fhall have it
with you, for 'tis of abfolute neceflity
that you fhould , that you may lay hold
of that within the vail , and fland fted-
fafl , in cafe you fhould meet with tur-
bulent weather : So they were glad
Heb. 6. 19. thereof. Then they took them, and
had them to the mount upon which
Abraham our Father, had offered up

Jfaac

^[)t pilijn'md P:o5rcf^»

93

Ifaac his Son, and fhewed them \.\\^ Altar ^
the JVood^ the F/;v, and the Knife^ for Gen. aa. 9.
thcv remain to be feen to this very Day.
When they had feen it , they held up
their hands and bleft themfelves, and
faid. Oh ! What a man, for love to his
Mailer, and for denial to himfclf was
Abraham ? After they had fhewed them
all thefe things, Prudence took them in-
to the Dining-Room, where ftood a
pair of Excellent Virginals, fo (he played
upon them, and turned what fhe had
fhewed them into this excellent Song,
faying ;

Eve's Apple we have fhezved you y
Of that be you aware :
Ton havejeen Jacobs Ladder toOy
Upon which Angels are.

An Anchor you received have ;
But let not thejejuffice.
Until with Abra'm you have gave^

Tour bejt , a Sacrifice.

Now about this time one knocked at
the Door, So the Porter opened, and be-
hold Mr. Gn'^yN/^^^r/ was there; but when j[^r. Great-
he was come in, what Joy was there? For heart come
it came now frefh again into their minds, again.
how but a while ago he had flain old
Griyn B/55rt'j-;/w;z, the Giant, and had deli-
vered them from the Lions.

TTien

94 '(Ilje fecconti ^art oC

Then faid Mr. Great-heart to Chr'i-
ft'iana^ and to Mercy^ My Lord has
fent each of you a Bottle of Wine,
and alfo fome parched Corn, toge-
ther with a couple of Pomgranates.
He has alfo fent the Boys fome Figs,
and Raifins to refrefh you in your
way.

Then they addrelTed themfelves to
their Journey, and Prudence, and Piety
went along with them. When they
came at the Gate Chriftiana asked the
Porter if any of late went by. He
faid. No, only one fome time fince :
who alfo told me that of late there
had been a great Robbery committed
on the King's High-way, as you go :
But he faith, the Thieves are taken,
and will (hortly be Tryed for their
Lives. Then Chriftiana^ and Mercy^
was afraid ; but Mathew faid, Mo-
ther fear nothing , as long as Mr. Great-
heart is to go with us, and to be our Con-
dudlor.

Then faid Chriftiana to the Por-
ter, Sir, I am much obliged to you
for all the KindnefTes that you have
fhewed me fince I came hither, and
alfo for that you have been fo loving
and kind to my Children. I know
not how to gratifie your Kindnefs .•
Wherefore pray as a token of my re-
fpecEls to you, accept of this fmall
mite : So (he put a Gold Angel in

his

his Hand , and he made her a low obey-
r.mcc, and faid, Let thy Garments be
always \V'hite, and let thy Head want
no Ointment. Let Alercy live and
not die, and let not her Works be
i^w. And to the Boys he faid, Do
you fly Youthful lufts, and follow after
Godlinefs with them that are Grave,
and Wife, fo fhall you put Gladnefs
into your Mothers Heart, and obtain
Praife of all that are fober minded.
So they thanked the Porter and depart-
ed.

Now I faw in my Dream, that they
went forward until they were come to
the Hrow of the Hill , where Piety be-
thinking her felf cried but, Alas !
I have forgot what I intended to be-
ftow upon Chrijliana^ and her Compa-
nions. I will go back and fetch it.
So (he ran, and fetched it. While
fhe was gone, Chr'isi'iana thought fhe
heard in a Grove a little way off, on
the Right-hand, a moft curious Me-
lodious Note, with Words much like
thcfe,

'Through all my Life thy faz'our is
So frankly fhew'd to me,
That in thy Hoiije for evermore
My dwelling place fhall he.

And

96 'cllje fe)tconli part of

And liftningftill {he thought fhe heard
another anfwer it, faying.

For why, The Lord our God is goody
His Mercy is for ever Jure :
His 'Truth at all times firmly flood :
And flo all from Age to Age endure.

So Chrifliana asked Prudence^ what
'twas that made thofe curious Notes ?
They are, faid Ihe, our Counirey Birds :
Song 2. 11, They fing thefe Notes but feldom, except
12. it be at the Spring, when the Flowers

appear , and the Sun fhines warm, and
then you may hear them all day long. I
often, faid fhe, go out to hear them, we
alfo oft times keep them tame in our
Houfe. They are very fine Company
for us when we are Melancholy^ alfo
they make the Woods, and Groves , and
Solitary places , places defirous to be
in.

By this Time Piety was come again,
fo fhe faid to Chrijllana^ look here,
I have brought thee a Scheme of all thofe
things that thou haft feen at our
Houfe; Upon which thou mayeft
look when thou findeft thy felf for-
getful , and call thofe things again to re-
membrance for thy Edification, and
comfort.

Now

'Slje IDiIijriiiicJ piofjfcfcf. 97

Now they bci^an to u^o down the
Hill into the Valley of Humiliation. It » Port pag.
was a rteep Hill, .5c the wav was flippcry ; 9*«
but they were very careful, fo they got
down pretty well. When they were
down in the Valley, Piety idxd to Chrifti-
cin:i^ This is the place where Chrinian
your Husband met with the foul Fiend
JpoUion^ and where they had that dread-
ful tight that they had, I know you
cannot but have heard thereof. But be
of good Courage, as long as you have
here Air. Great-heart to be your Guide
and Condudtor, we hope you will fare the
better. So when thefe two had commit-
cd the Pilgrims unto the Conduit of their
Guide, he went forward and they went
after.

Great-heart. Then faid Mr, Great-
hearty We need not be io afraid of this
Valley ; For here is nothing to hurt us,
unlefs we procure it to our felves.
'Tis true, Chrislian did here meet with
y^poliion^ with whom he alfo had a fore
Combate ; but that frey, was the fruit
of thofe flips that he got in his going
down the Hill. For they that get Jlips
thcre^ muft look for Combats here. And
hence it is that this Valley has got
fo hard a name. For the common Peo- ' P'^^^ P'^S-
pie when they hear that fome frightful 9''
thing has befallen fuch an one in fuch
a place, are of an Opinion that that
place is haunted with fome foul Fiend,

or

93 ^Ije »>econti ^avt of

or evil Spirit ; when alas it is for the
fruit of their doing, that fuch things do
befal them there.

This Valley of Humiliation is of it
felf as fruitful a place, as any the Crow
flies over ; and I am perfwaded if we
could hit upon it, we might find
fomewhere here abouts fomething
that might give us an account why
Chriftian was fo hardly befet in this
place.

Then "James faid to his Mother,
Lo, yonder ftands a Pillar, and it looks
as if fomething was Written thereon ;
let us go and fee what it is. So they
went, and found there Written, Let
Q,\\x\S!{\7iVL s Jlips before he came hither, and
A Pillar the Battles that he met with in this place,
•with an In- be a warning to thofe that come after. Lo,
fcription on faid their Guide, did not I tell you,
it. that there was fomething here abouts

that would give Intimation of the rea-
fon why Chriftian was fo hard befet
in this place ? Then turning himfelf
to Chriftiana.^ he faid : No difparage-
ment to Chriftian more than to many
others, whofe Hap and Lot his was.
For 'tis eafier going up., than down this
Hill ; and that can be faid but of io.^
Hills in all thefe parts of the World.
But we will leave the good Man, he
is at reft , he alfo had a brave Victory
over his Enemy ; let him grant that
dwelleth above ; that we fare no

worie

I

^hc pilgrims lp?ogrcf5. 99

worlc when vvc ct)iiic to be trycd then
he.

Hut wc will come again to this Val-
Icv of Humiliation. It is the bcft, and
nioft fruitful piece of Ground in all
thofe parts. It is fat Ground, and
as you fee, confifteth much in Mcd-
dows : and if a man was to come here
in the Summer-time as we do now,
if he knew not any thing before there-
of and if he alio delighted himfelf
in the fight of his Eyes, he might fee
that that would be delightful to him.
Behold, how green this Valley is, al-
fo how beautified with LilUes. I have Song, i. i.
alfo known many labouring Men that jam. 4. 6.
have got good Eftates in this Valley i Pct. 5. 5,
of Humilicition. (For God refilteth
the Proud \ but gives more, more Grace to
the Humble ;) for indeed it is a wQvy Men thrive
fruitful Soil, and doth bring forth by in the Val-
handfuls. Some alfo have wiflied that /^^ o/Hu-
the next way to their Fathers Houfe mlliation.
were here, that they might be trou-
bled no more with either Hills or
Mountains to go over ; but the way is
the way, and theres an end.

Now as they were going along and
talking, they efpied a Boy feeding
his Fathers Sheep. The Boy was in
very mean Cloaths, but of a very
frefh and well favoured Countenance,
and as he (ate by himfelf he Sung.
Hark, faid Mr. Great-heart.^ to what the
Shepherds Boy faith. So they heark-
ened, and he laid,

F He

100 C6e ^econn part of

He that is down, needs fear no fall ,

He that is low, no Pride :
Philip 4, He that is hu?nble, ever Jhall
12, 13. Have God to be his Guide.

I am content with what 1 have^

Little be it, or much :

And, Lord, contentment fiill I crave,

Becaufe thou fav eft fuch.
Heb. 13. 5. Fulnefs to fuch a burden is

That go on Pilgrimage :

Here little, and hereafter Blifs,

L be fl from jige to Age.

Then faid their Guide., do you hear
him? I will dare to fay, that this
Boy lives a merrier Life, and wears
more of that Herb called Hearts-eafe in
his Bofom, then he that is clad in Silk,
and Velvet ; but we will proceed in our
Difcourfe.
Chrifl, In this Valley, our Lord formerly

ivhen in the had his Countrey-Houfe^ he loved much
Flejb, bad to be here. He loved alfo to walk thefe
his Ccun- Medows, for he found the Air was
trey-Houfe pleafant. Befides here a man Ihall be
in the Val- free from the Noife, and from the hur-
ley ofYiw- ryings of this Life, all States are full of
miliation. Noife and Confufion, only the Valley of
Humiliation., is that empty and Solita-
ry Place. Here a man fhall not be fo
let, and hindred in his Contemplation,
as in other places he is apt to be.
This is a Valley that no body walks in,
but thofe that love a Pilgrims Life.
And tho' Chriftian had the hard hap

to

Cfje Ipilgtimo Ip^ogixfs, loi

to meet here with Jpollioriy and to en-
ter with him a brisk encounter : Yet I
mull tell you, that in former times men Hof. ii,
have met with Angels here, have found ^, 5.
Pearls here, and have in this place
found the words of Life.

Did 1 fay, our Lord had here in
former Dtiys his Countrey-houfe, and
that he loved here to walk ? I will
add, in this Place, and to the People
that live, and trace tlicfe Grounds, he
has Jeft a yearly revenue to be faithfully Mat. 11
payed them at certain Seafons, for their 29.
maintenance by the way, and for their
further incouragcment to go on in their
Pilgrimage.

Simon. Now as they went on, 6"/-
mon faid to Mr. Great-heart : Sir, /perceive
that in this Falley, 7ny Father and Apol-
lyon had their Battel-^ but tvhereabout
was the Fight, for I perceive this Valley is
large?

Great-heart. Your Father had that
Battel with Apollyon at a place yonder,
before us, in a narrow Pafl'age juft be-
yond Forgetful-Green : And indeed that Forgetful
place is the moft dangerous place in Green.
all thefe Parts. For if at any time the
Pilgrims meet with any brunt, it is
when they forget what Favours they
have received, and how unworthy they
are of them. This is the Place alfo
where others have been hard put to it :
But more of the place when we are
come to it: for I perfwade my felf,
that to this day there remains either
F 2 fomc

I02 Cfje ^cconD Part of

fome fign of the Battel, or fome Mo-
nument to teftifie that fuch a Battle
there was foug-ht.

Mercy. Then faid Mercy., I think I

am as well in this Valley, as I have

been any where elfe in all our Jour-

Humility "^7 • ^^^ place methinks fuits with

afvueet "^7 Spirit. I love to be in fuch pla-

Grace, ^^^ where there is no ratling with

Coaches, nor rumbling with Wheels :

Methinks here one may without m\ich

Moleftation, be thinking what he is,

whence he came, what he has done,

and to what the King has called him :

Here one may think, and break at Heart,

and melt in ones Spirit until ones

Song 7. 4. Eyes become like the Fijh Pools of Hejh-

bon. They that go rightly thorow

Pfal. 84. this Valley of Bacha make it a Well,

5, 6. 7. the Rain that God fends down from

Heaven upon them that are here alfo

Jilleth the Pooh. This Valley is that

from whence alfo the King will give to

Hof. 2. 15. their Vineyards, and they that go

through it, fhall fmg, (as Chriflian did,

for all he met with Jpollyon.)

Great-heart. 'Tis true, faid their Guide,
An Expert- I have gon thorough this Valley many
ment oj it. a time, and never was better than
when here.

I have alfo been a Conduct to feve-
ral Pilgrims, and they have confefled
the fame ; To this man will I look., faith
the King, even to him that is Poor, and
of a contrite Spirit, and that trembles at
my Word.

Now

remain:

COc pilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 103

Now they were come to the placewhere

the afore mentioned Battel was fought.

Then laid the Ciuide to Chrifliatn/^ her

Children, and Al.rcy : This is the place,

on this Ground Chri/lian ftood, and up

therecame ///)i7//j'5« again ft him. And look,

did not I tell you, hear is fome ot your The place

Husbands Blood upon thefe Stones to this 'i'-'^^'"''

day : Behold alfo how here, and there, are Chnftian

yet to be feen upon the. place, fome of^"^'"'

the Shivers of Jpol/yons Broken Darts : F'i'^"^ rfVi

See alfo how they did beat the Ground -^i^ '

with their Feet as they founht, to nvdke-'^,^'^^^"^ "^

. , . t-v, . ^ v , , the battle

good their rlaces againlt each other, how

alfo with their by-blows, they did fplit
the very Stones in pieces. VerWyChrifiicm
did here play the Man, and fhovved him-
felf as ftout, as could, had he been there,
even//aT«A'ihimfeIf. VVheny//>(?//)(3«was
beat, he made his retreat to the next Val-
ley, that is called The Fallcy of the Jhctdow
of Deaths unto which we Ihall come anon.

Lo yonder alfo ftand^ a Monument on ji Monu-
which is Engraven this Battle, and 67)r/j7/- nent :/'
ans Victory to his Fame, throughout all Chriftians
Ages : So bccaufe it ftood jult on the yictcry.
way-fide before them, they ftept to it
and read the Writing, Which word for
word was this j

Hard by, here was a Battle fought ,
Mosl ftrange , and yet mofi true.
Chriftian and k^oWy on fought
Each other to fubdue.

The Man fo bravely plafd the Man,
He made the Fimd to fly:

F 3 Of

104 ^bt ^econD part of

Of which a Monument Iflandf
The fame to tejlifie.

When they had pafled by this place,
they came upon the Borders of the fha-
I Fart tJow of Death, and this Valley was long-

fag. 103. crthan the other, aplacealfomoft ftrange-
ly haunted with Evil things, as many are
able to teftifie : But thefe Women and
Children went the better thorough, it be-
caufethey had day-light, and becaufeMr.
Great-heart was their Conductor.

When they were entred upon this Val-
Groanings ley, they thought that they heard a groan-
heard. ing as of dead men : a very great groan-

ing. They thought alfo they did hear
Words of Lamentation fpoken, as offome
in extream Torment. Thefe things made
the Boys to quake, the Women alio look-
ed pale and wan ; but their Guide bid
them be of Good Comfort.

So they went on a little further, and
The Ground they thought that they felt the Ground be-
{hakes. gin to fhake under them, as if fome hol-

low Place was there ; they heard alfo a
kind of a hifling as of Serpents ; but no-
thing asyetappeared. Thenfaid theBoys,
Are we not yet at the end of this Doleful
place ? But the Guide alfo bid them be of
good Courage, and look well to their
Feet left haply, faid he, you be taken, in
fome Snare.
James yT'^t Now yames began to be Sick ; but I

'u.ith Fear, think the caufe thereof was Fear, fo his
Mother gave him fome of that Glafs of
Spirits that fhe had given her at the In-
terpreters

Cf)C Pilgrims ip^ogrcfs. 105

tt-rpreters Hourc,and thrceotthc Pillsthat
Mr. S/ii/l had prepared, and the Boy be-
gan to revive. Thus they went on till
they came to about the middle of the Val-
ley, and then Chrifi'uina faid, Alcthinks I
fre fomething yonder upon the Road be-
fore us, athiii2;offuch a fhapc fuchasl have
not feen. Then faid Jof.ph,Uoi\xcr, what '^^- ^''^"^
is it ? An ugly thing, Child ; an ugly thing, ^It'^'^''''
faid ftie. But Mother, what is it like, faid
he ? ^Tis like I cannot tell what, faid (he.
And now it was but alittle way off: 1 hen
faid (he, it is nigh.

WelI,well,fiiidMr.Grrfl/-/j^^7r/,letthem
that are moft afraid keep clofe to me. So
the //Vn^cameonjandtheCondudlormet
it ; but when itwasju{lccmetohim,itva-
nifhed to all their fights. Then remem-
bred they what had been faid fometime
ago ; Rcfifl the Devi I , and be will Jiy from
you.

They wenttherefore on, as beingalittle
refrefhed ; but they had not gone far, be-
fore Mercy looking behind her, faw as fhe
thought, fomething mofl like a Lyon, and
it came a great padding pace after ; and it °"'
hada hollowVoice ot Roaring, and ateve-
ry Roar that it gave, it made all the Val-
ley Eccho, and their Hearts to ake, fave
the Heart of him that was their Guide. So
it came up, and Mr. Great-heartwent be-
hind, and put the Pilgrims all before him.
The Lion alfo came on a pace, and
Air. Grcv/-/;£-«r/ addrefTed himfelf to give
him Battel : But when he faw that it was j p^^ ^
determined thatrefiftancelhould be made, 8, 9.
F 4 he

io6 c[)e ^econn part of

he alfo drew back and came no further.
Then they wentonagain,and their Con-
ductor did go before them, till they came
at a place where was caft up a pit, the
A fit and whole breadth of the way, and before they
darknejs. could be prepared to go over that, a great
niift and adarknefs fell upon them,fo that
they could not fee. Then faid the Pilgrims,
alas ! now what (hall we do ? But their
Guide made anfwer, fear not, ftand fl:ill
and fee what an end will be put to this alfo;
fo they ftayed there becaufe their Path was
marr'd. They then alfo thought that they
did hear more apparently the noife and
ruftiing of the Enemies, the fire alfo and
the fmokeofthepit was mucheafier to be
Chriftiana difcerned.Then faid Chrift'iana \.o Mercy,
nonxj knonus now I fee what my poor Husband went
mob at her through: I have heard much of this place.
Husband but I never was here afore now ; poor
Jelt. man, he went here allalone in the night;

he had night almoft quite through the way,
alfo thefe Fiends were bufie about }nm,as
if they would have torn him in pieces. Ma-
ny have Ipoke of it, but none can tell what
the Valley of the fhaddow of death (hould
mean,untiltheycomeinitthemfelves; The
heart knows hi own bitternefs, and a fir anger
intermedleth not with its joy: To be here
is a fearful thing.

Greath.TKxs is like doingbufmefs in great
Waters, orlikegoingdown intothe deep;
this is like being in the heart of the Sea,
and like going down to the Bottoms of the
Mountains : Now it feems as if the Earth
with its bars were about us forever. But

let

€l)C Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfsf. 107

/t-t them that xvalk. in darknrfs and have no
Us^ht, truflln the name of the Lord^ and flay
upon their God. For my Part,a s I have told
vou already, I have gone often through
this Vallcv,and have been much harder put
to it than now I am, and yet you fee I am
alive. I would not boaft, for that I am
notmineown Saviour. But Itruftwcfliall
have a good deliverance. Come let us
pray for light to him that can lighten our
darknefs, and that can rebuke, not only
thcfe, but all the Satans in Hell.

Sothevcryed and prayed, and God fent '^^^D P''"y-
li'rhtand deliverance, for there was nowno
lett in their way, no not there, where but
now they were ftopt with a pit :

Yet they were not got through the Val-
ley; fo they went on ftill, and behold great
ft inks and loathfomefmells, to the great an-
noya...ceof them. Then faid Mercy to Chri-
fliana^ there is not fuch pleafant being here
as at the Gate^ox at the Interpreters, or at
the Houie where we lay laft.

O buty faid one of the Boys,// is not fo
bad to go through here^ as it is to abide here
alway s , and for ought I know , one reafonvjhy
zve muff go this way to the Houfe preparedfor
us, is, that our home might be madethefwcct'
cr to us.

Well faid,5^w«f /, quoth the Guide^ thou
haft now fpoke like a man. Why, if ever
I get out here again, faid the^o)',! think 1
fhall prife light, and good way better than
ever! did in all my life. Then faid the
Guide^ we fhall be out by and by.

So on they went, and jofeph faid, can-
F 5 not

io8

Heedlefs is
flain, and
Takeheed
preferred.

I Partpag.
iiz, 113.

Maulla
Gjant.

Woz ^econti IPart of

not we fee to the endofthisValley as yet ? Then
faid the Guide^ Look to your feet, for you
fhall prefently be among the Snares. So
they looked to their feet and went on; but
they were troubled much with the Snares.
Now when they were come among the
Snares,theyefpied a man caft into theDitch
on theleft hand, with his flefti all rent and
torn. Then faid the Guide^ That is one
Heedlefs^ that was a going this way ; he
has lain there a great while. There was
one Takeheed with him, when he was ta-
ken, and flain, but Z?^ efcaped their hands.
You cannot imagine, how many are kill-
ed here about, and yet men are fo foolifh-
ly venturous, as to fet out lightly on Pil-
grimage, and to come without a Guide.
Poor Chriftiatty it was a wonder that he
here efcaped, but he was beloved of his
God,alfo he had a good heart of his own,
or elfe he could never a-done it. Now
they drew towards the end of the way, and
jufl there where Chr'iftian had feen the
Cave when he went by, out thence came
forth Maull a Gyant. ThisyM^z^/Zdid ufe
to fpoyl young Pilgrims with Sophiftry, and
he called Great-hear thyY^v^ name, and faid
unto him, how many times haveyoubeen
forbidden to do thefe things? Then faid
Mr. Gr^tf//:'^<?r^,what things? What things,
quoth the Gyant, you know what things;
but I will put an end to your trade. But
pray, faid Mr. Great-heart ^htiore we fall
to itjletus underfland wherefore wemuft
fight (now the Women and Children
flood trembling,and know not what to do)

quoth

I

CDc pilgrims IPiogxcrs, 109

quoth the Cjyant,yc)u roh the Countrcy,

and rob it with thcworlt ot'rhefts.Thcfe

are but Generals, laid Mr. Gnat-hearty

come to particuhirs, man :

Then (aid the Giant, Thou praflifes the

craftofa A /V//7fl/>/)fr thou gathered up Wo-

men, and Children, and carrielttheminto -^ ^ .

' „ ' If counted as

altrangeCountrey,tothewealcning of my j^|j„j_.

Mafters Kingdom. ]i\sx.uow Great-heart _.
replied,! am a Servantof the Godof Hea-
ven, my bufinefs is to pcrlvvade Tinners to
Repentance, I am commanded to do my
endeavour to turn Men, Women,andChil-
drcn, from darkncfs to light, and from
the power of Satan to God, and if this be
indeed the ground of thy quarrel, let us The Gyant.
fall to it as loon as thou wilt. and Mr.

Then the GiantjCame up, and Mr. Gr^tf^- Great-
heart went to meet him, and as he went, heart mull
he drew his Sivord^ but the Giant had 2. fight.
Club: So with out more ado they fell to it,
and at the firft blow the Giant ItrokeMr.
GrfrtZ-Z'tY/;/ down upon one of his knees ;
with that thewomen and children cried out.
So Mr. GrtY//-^t'«r^ recovering himfelf,laid nr.„h f.n,
about him in full lufty manner, and gave players Jo
the Giant a wound in his arm ; thus he ro,„gtimes
fought for the fpace of an hour, to that /.^/^i, /^^^,^p.
height of heat, that the breath came out /^z/.j Cries.
of the Giants noftrils,as the heat doth out
of a boiling Caldron.

Then they fat down to reft them, but
Mr. Gr^«/-/;<'^r/bctook him to prayer ; alfo
the Women and Children did nothinghut
fi2:h and cry all the time that the Battle did
lalt.

When

no Cf)e ^econD Part of

When they had refted them, and taken
breath, they both fell to it again, and iMr.
The Gyant Great-heartW\t\\ a full blow, fetchtthe Gi-
Jiruck ant down to the ground. Nay hold, and

do^n. let me recover, quoth he. So Mr. Great-

heart fairly let him get up ; io to it they
went again : and the Giant mift but little
of all-to-breaking Mr. Great-heart'^ Scull
with his Club.

yir. Great-heart feeing that, runs to him
in the full heat of his Spirit, and pierceth
him under the fifth rib ; with that the Gi-
ant began to faint, and could hold up his
Club no longer. Then Mr. Great-heart (e-
conded his blow, and fmit the head of the
Giant from his fhoulders. Then the Wo-
men and Children rejoyced,andMr. Gn'<7^-
heart alfo praifed God, for the deliverance
he had wrought.

When this was done, they amongft them
ere£led a Pillar, and faftned the Gyant' s
Heisjlain head thereon, and wrote underneath in
nndhis Letters that Paflengers might read.
head difpu-

fedof He that did wear this head, tvas one

That Pilgrims didmifufe ;
Hejiopt their way, he fparcd none^
But did thein all abufe ;
Until that I, Great-heart, arofe^
The Pilgrirns Guide to be ;
Until that I did him oppofe.
That was their Enemy.

T Parttatr NowIfaw,that they went to the Afcent

jj ' that was a little way oft' caft up to be a Pro-

iped: for Pilgrims. (That was the place

from

from whence Chrijiiun had the firft fight
oi' F jit hfi/ 1 h\s Brother.) Wherefore here
they fat down, and refted, they alfo here
did cat and drink, and make merry ; for
that they had gotten deliverance from this
fo dangerous an Enemy. As they fat thus
and did e:it^Chrl//ianij dskcdthc Gu.'^r^ If
he had caught no hurt in the battle. Then
faid Mr. G;vrt^-/;tv;-/,no, favealittleonmy
flefh; yet that alfofhall be fo far from being
to mv Determent, that it is at prefent a
proof of my love to my Mafter,and you,
and fhall be a means by Grace toencreafc
my reward at laft. ^ Cor. 4.

But was you tiot afraid, good Sir, when Dijcourfe of
you fee him come out with his Club F thejights.

It is my Duty, faid he, to diftrufl: mine
own ability, that I may have reliance on him
that is ftronger than all. Butwhat did you
thinliwhenhefetch^tyoudowntothegroundat
thefirji blow? Why I thought, quoth he,
that fo my mafter himfelf was fervcd,and
yet he it was that conquered at the laft. ^Izt.kere

Matt. When you all have thought what admires
yiuplcafe,IthinkGodhasbeenwonderfulgood Goodnefs.
unto us, both in bringing us out of this l" al-
ley, and in delivering us out of the hand of
this Enemy ; for my part I fee no reafonwby
w e fijould dijirujl our God any more, fncehehas
now, and in fuc h a place as this, given usfuch
tejhmony of his love as this.

Then they got up and went forward, now ^^-^ Honeft
a little before them Hood an Oak, and un- ^J^"l' ""^'^'*
der it when they came to it, they found an '^^ ^^ '
old Pilgrim faft alleep, they knew that he
was a Pilgrim by his Cloths^ and his Staff"
and his Girdle. bo

112 Cbe ^econti Part of

So the GuideM.v.GreatheartzvJz\i&6i him,
andtheoldGentleman,asheliftuphiseyes,
cried out; W hats the matter ? who are
you ? and what is your bufinefs here ?

Great. Come man be notfo hot, here is none

but Friends; yet the old man gets up and

ftands upon his guard , and will know of

them what they were. Then faid the Guide,

my name is Great-heart, I am the guide of

thefe Pilgrims which are going to the Cele-

ftial Countrey.

One Saint Honejl. Then faid Mr. Honeji, I cry you

Jimetimes mercy ; I fear'd that you had been of the

takesanother Company of thofe that fome time ago did

for his rob Little-faith of his money ; but now I

Enemy. look better about me, I perceive you are

honefter People.

Greath. IVhy what would, or could you
a done, to a helped your felf, if we indeed had
been of that Company ?

Hon. Done ! Why I would a fought
as long as Breath had been in mej and had
I fo done, I am fure you could never have
given me the worft on't, forzChriJiian can
never be overcome, unlefs he fhall yield of
himfelf.

Greath. Well faid, Father Honeft,yK(?fA
the Guide, for by this I know thou art a
Cock, of the right kind, for thou haji faid the
Truth.

Hon. And by this alfo I know that thou

knoweft what true Pilgrimage is ; for all

others do think that we are the fooneft

overcome of any.

Whence Mr. Greath. IVellnow we are fo happily met^

Honeft pray let me crave your Name , and the nameof

came. the Place you came from? Hon.

Cbe Ipilgn'ms l^^ogrcts. 113

Hon. My Name I cannot, but I came
from the Town of Stupidity ; it lieth about
four Degrees beyond the City oi Dc-JiruSfion,

Greath. Oh! ylr(- you that Country-mem
then? I deem 1 have half a guefs of you., your
name is old Honefty, is it not ? So the old
Gentleman blufhed, and faid, Not Honefty
in the Jlflraif., but Honejl is my Name, and
I wifli that my Nature Ihall agree to what I
am called,

Hon. But Sir, faid the old Gentleman,
how could you guefs that I am fuch a Man,
fince I came from luch a place i'

Greath. / had heard of you before, by my Stupified
Maj}er,for he knoius all things that are done ones are
on the Earth : But I have often wondred that 'worfe then
any Jhould come from your place \ for your Town ^^'^I' merely
is worfe th.in is the City a/'Deftruition itfelf. Carnal.

Hon. Yes, we lie more off from the Sun,
and fo are more cold and Senfelefs; but was
a Man in a Mountain of Ice, yet if the Sun
of Righteoufnefs will arife upon him, his
frozen Heart fhall feel a Thaw; and thus it
hach been with me.

Greath. I believe it, Father Honeff.^ I
believe it, for I know the thing is true.

Then the old Gentleman faluted all the
Pilgrims with a holy Kifs of Charity, and
asked them of their Names, and how they
had faired fmce they fet out on their Pil-
grimage.

Chriff. Then faid Chriiiiana^ my Name I
fuppofe you have heard of, good Chrijiian
was my Husband, and thefe tour were his
Children. But can you think how the old
Gentleman was taken, when fhe told them

who

114 C6e ^econn part of

who fhe was ! He sklp'd, he fmiled, and
blefled them with a thoufand good Wiflies,
faying,

Hon. I have heard much of your Husband,
and of his Travels and Wars which he under-
went in his days. Be it fpoken to your Comfort ,
the Name of your Husband rings all over thefe
parts of the World ; His Faith, his Courage,
his Enduring, and his Sincerity under all, has
made his Na?ne Famous. Then he turned him
to the Boys, and asked them of their Names,
which they told him : And then faid he
Old Mr. yj^fQ them, Matthew, be thou like Matthew
Honeft's ^j^^ Publican, not in Vice, but in Virtue. Sa-
^■"'"^ muel, faid he, be thou like Samuel the Pro-
^ ^"^' phet, a Man of Faith and Prayer. Jofeph,
' faid he, be thou like fofeph in Potiphar's
pj. - Houfe, Chaft, and one that flies from Tem-
Gen 1 ' P^^t^*^'^' And, James, be thou like fafues
^j,jg ' the Juji, and like James the Brother of our
Lord.

Then they told him of Mercy, and how
fhe had left her Town and her Kindred to
come along with Chrijiiana, and with her
Sons. At that the old Honeft Man (aid,
Mercy, is thy Name ? by Mercy fhalt thou
be fuftained, and carried thorough all thofe
Difficulties that (hall aflault thee in thy way;
till thou fhalt come thither where thou
fhalt look the Fountain of Mercy in the Face
with Comfort.

All this while the Guide Mr. Great-heart,

was very much pleafed, and fmiled upon

his Companion.

Talk of Now as they walked along together, the

one Mr. Guide asked the old Gentleman, //"Z*^ (s'/V^

Fearing. not

Cbc IPilgriniG p^ogrcfs. 115

not k.nnv one Air. Fearing thut came on Pil-
griftuige out of his Parts.

Hon. Yes, very well, faid he ; he was a
Man that had the Root of the Matter in
him, but he was one of the moft troublefom
Pilgrims that ever I met with in all my days.

Greath. I perceive you knew him^ for you
have given a very right chara6ier of him.

Hon. Knew him ! I was a great Compa-
nion of his, I was with him moft an end ;
when he firft began to think of what would
come upon us hereafter, 1 was with him.

Greath. I was his Guide from my Masler^s
Houfe, to the Gates of the Celrjlial City.

Hon. Then you knew him to be a trou-
blefom one ?

Greath. I did fo., but I could very well bear
it : for M.en of my calling., are oftentimes in-
trujied with the Condu5l offuch as he was.

Hon. Well then, pray let us hear a little
of him, and how he managed himfelf un-
der vour Conduil ?

Greath. Why he was always afraid that Mr. Fear-
he fhould come fhort of whither he had a ing's trou-
defire to go. Every thing frightned him blefom Pil-
that he heard any body fpeak of, that had grimage.
but the leaft appearance of Oppofition in it.
I hear that he lay roaring at the Slow of hIj y^i^a-
Difpond., for above a Month together, nor ^lour at the
durft he, for all he faw feveral go over be- slow of
fore him, venture, tho they, many of them, Dllpond.
offered to lend him their Hand. He would
not go back, again neither. The Celeftial
City, he faid he (hould die if he came not
to it, and yet was dejecfted at every Diffi-
culty, and ftumbled at every Straw that any

body

ii6

His behaiii-
our at the
Gate.

His hehcvi-
our at the
Interpreters
Dore,

C6e ^econn part of

body caft in his way. Well, after he had
layn at the Slow of Di/pond a greztwhWsy as
I have told you ; one funfliine Morning, I
do not know how, he ventured, and fo
got over. But when he was over, he would
fcarce believe it. He had, I think, a Slow of
Dlfpond in his Mind, a Slowx\\?x he carried
every where with him, or elfe he would ne-
ver have been as he was. So he came up
to the Gate, you know what I mean, that
ftands at the head of this way, and there
alfo he ftood a good while before he would
adventure to knock. When the Gate was
opened he would give back, and give place
to others, and fay that he was not worthy.
For, for all he gat before fome to the Gate,
yet many of them went in before him.
There the poor Man would ftand fhaking
and fhrinking : I dare fay it would have piti-
ed ones Heart to have feen him ; Nor would
hegobackagain. At lafthetook the Hammer
that hanged on the Gate in his hand, and gave
a fmall Rapp or two; then one opened to
him, but he fhrunk back as before. He that
opened ftept out after him, and faid, Thou
trembling one, what wanteft thou ? with
that he fell to the ground. He that
fpoke to him wondered to fee him fo faint.
So he faid to him, Peace he to thee^ up
for I have fet open the Door to thee ;
come in, for thou art bleft. With that
he gat up, and went in trembling, and when
he was in, he was afhamed to fhew his
Face. Well, after he had been entertained
there a while, as you know how the man-
ner is, he was bid go on his way, and alfo

told

CI)C Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfsf. 117

told the way he fliould take. So he came
till he came to our Houl'e, but as he beha-
ved himfelf at the Gate, fo he did at my
Mailer the Interprt-lers Door. He lay there-
about in the Cold a good while, before he
would adventure to call ; Tet he would not
go back.. And the Nights were long and
cold then. Nay he had a Note oi Nfcejpty
in his Bofom to my Mafter, to receive him,
and grant him the Comfort of his Houfe,
and alfo to allow him a ftout and valiant
Conduct, becaufe he was himfelf fo Chick'n-
hcarted a Man ; and yet for all that he was
afraid to call at the Door. So he lay up
and down there abouts till, poor man, he
was almoil ftarved ; yea fo great was his
Dejection, that tho he faw feveral others
for knocking got in, yet he was afraid to
venture. At laft, I think I looked out of
the Window, and perceiving a man to be
up and down about the Door, I went out
to him, and asked what he was ; but poor
man, the water ftood in his Eyes. So I
perceived what he wanted. I went there-
fore in, and told it in the Houfe, and we
fliewed the thing to our Lord ; So he fent
me out again, to entreat him to come in,
but I dare fay I had hard work to do it.
At laft he came in, and I will fay that for
my Lord, he carried it wonderful lovingly
to him. There were but a few good bits
at the Table, but fome of it was laid upon Hoiu he
his Trencher. Then he prefented the luas tnter-
Note^ and my Lord looked thereon and faid, taintd there.
his Defire fhould be granted. So when he
had bin there a good while, he feemed to

get

Ii8

He ivas
greatly a-
fraid 'when
he faiu the
Gibbit,
Cheary
ijohen he
fa-w the
Crojs.

Dumpijh at
the Houfe
Beautiful.

Cl)e ^econD Part of

get fome Heart, and to be a little more
Comfortable. For my Mafter, you muft
know, is one of very tender Bowels, fpe-
cially to them that are afraid, wherefore he
carried it fo towards him, as might tend
mofl to his Incouragement. Well, when
he had had a fight of the things of the
place, and was ready to take his Journey
to go to the City, my Lord, as he did to
Chrljlian before, gave him a Bottle of Spi-
rits, and fome comfortable things to eat.
Thus we fet forward, and I went before
him ; but the man was but of few Words,
only he would figh aloud.

When we were come to where the three
Fellows were hanged, he faid, that he
doubted that that would be his end alfo.
Only he feemed glad when he fawtheCrofs
and the Sepulcher. There I confefs he
defired to ftay a little to look ; and he
feemed for a while after to be a little Chea-
ry. When we came at the Hill Difficulty^
he made no ftick at that, nor did he much
fear the Lyons : For you muft know that
his Trouble was not about fuch things as
thofe^ his Fear was about his Acceptance
at laft.

I got him in at the Houfe Beautiful^ I
think before he was willing ; alfo when he
was in, I brought him acquainted with the
Damfels that were of the Place, but he was
afhamed to make himfelf much for Com-
pany, he defired much to be alone, yet he
always loved good talk, and often would
get behind the Skreen to hear it ; he alfo
loved much to fee antient Things, and to be

pondering

€bc Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 119

fondi-ring them in his Alinci. He told me
afterwards, that he loved to be in thoie
two Houfes from which he came laft, to
wit, at the Gate, and that of the Interpre-
ters^ but that he durft not be fo bold to
ask.

When we went alfo from the Houfe BeaU'
t'lful^ down the Hill, into the Valley of Hu-
miliation^ he went down as well as ever I
faw man in my Life, for he cared not how
mean he was, fo he might be happy at laft.
Yea, I think there was a kind of a Sympa-
thy betwixt that Valley and him. For I ne- P leaf ant in
vcr faw him better in all his Pilgrimage, the Valley of
then when he was in that Valley. Humiliat.

Here he would lie down, imbrace the Lam. 3. 27,
Ground, and kifs the very flowers that 28, 29.
grew in this Valley. He would now be up
every Morning by break of Day, tracing,
and walking to and fro in this Valley.

But when he was come to the entrance M'i^f' p^r-
of the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I /^''^^'^ '"
thought I (hould have loft my iMan ; not '*^ ^""^''J
for that he had any Inclination to go back, ^ ' ^ ^'^''
that he always abhorred, but he was rea- "'^ ^
dy to dy for Fear. O, the Hobgoblins
will have me, the Hobgoblins will have me,
cried he ; and I could not beat him out
on't. He made fuch a noyfe, and fuch an
outcry here, that, had they but heard him,
'twas enough to encourage them to come
and fall upon us.

But this I took very great notice of, that
this Valley was as quiet while he went tho-
row it, as ever I knew it before or fince. I
fuppofe, thofe Enemies here, had now a

ipecial

120 cfte ^econn part of

fpecial Check from our Lord, and a Com-
mand not to meddle until Mr. Fearing was
part over it.

It would be too tedious to tell you of
all ; we will therefore mention a Paf-
fage or two more. When he was come at
Fanity Fair^\ thought he would have fought
with all the men in the Fair, I feared there
we fhould both have been knock'do'th'Head,
fo hot was he againft their Fooleries ; upon
the inchanted Ground, he was alfo very
wakeful. But when he was come at the
River where was no Bridg, there again he
was in a heavy Cafe ; now, now he faid he
Ihould be drowned for ever, and fo never
fee that Face with Comfort, that he had
come fo many miles to behold.

And here alfo I took notice of what was
very remarkable, the Water of that River
was lower at this time, than ever I faw it
in all my Life ; fo he went over at laft, not
much above wet-fhod. When he was go-
ing up to the Gate, Mr. Greatheart began
to take his Leave of him, and to wifti him
a good Reception above ; So he faid, /
Jhall^ I Jhall, Then parted we afunder,
and I law him no more.

Honeft. Thenitfeemshewasivellatlaji.
Greath. Yes, yes, I never had doubt a-
bout him, he was a man of a choyce Spi-
rit, only he was alwayes kept very low,
Pfal 88. and that made his Life fo burthenfome to
Rom. 14. himfelf, and fo troublefom to others. He
2i_ was above many, tender of Sin ; he was fo

affraid of doing Injuries to others, that he
1 Cor. 8 often would deny himfelf of that which was
13, ' lawful.

^ht Ipilgn'mo ip^ogrcfs. 121

lawful, bccaufe he would not oft'ciui.

Hon. But what jhould be the reajon that
fuch a good .Man Jhould be all his dayes Jo
much in the dark. ?

Greath. There are two forts of Reafons
for it ; one is, The wife God will have it
lo, Some mull Pipe^ and fome muit JPeep :
Now Air. Fearing was one that played upon
this Baje. He and his Fellows found the Matt. ii.
Sac {but ywhofe Notes are more doleful, than 16, 17, 18.
the Notes of other Muficlc are. Tho in-
deed fome fay. The Bale is the Ground of
Muficic. And for my part I care not at
all for that Profeflion, that begins not in
heavinefs of Mind. The firft Ihing that
the Mufitian ufually touches, is the Baje^
when he intends to put all in tune ; God
alfo plays upon this firing firfl, when he
fets the Soul in tune for himfelf. Only here
was the imperfedlion of Mr. Fearing^ he
could play upon no other Mufick but this,
till towards his latter end.

I make bold to talk thus Metaphori-
cally, for the ripening of the Wits of young
Readers, and becaufe in the Book of the
Revelations, the Saved are compared to a Revel. 8. %
company of Muficians that play upon their Chap. 14.
Trumpets and Harps, and fing their Songs ^t 3-
before the Throne.

Hon. Fie was a very zealous man, as one
may fee by what Relationyou have given of him.
Difficulties^ Lyons^ or Vanity Fair, he feared
not at all : "Twas only Sin^ Death ^ and Helly
that was to him a Terror ; becaufe he had
fome Doubts about his Interell in that Ce-
Icflial Country.

Greath.

122 cfte ^econn part of

Greath. You fay right. Tljofe were the
things that were his Troublers, and they,
as you have well obferved, arofe from the
weaknefs of his Mind there about, not from
weaknefs of Spirit as to the pra6tical part
of a Pilgrims Life. I dare believe that as
the Proverb is, he could have bitt a Fire-
brand, had it flood in his Way : But the
things with which he was opprefled, no man
ever yet could fhake ofF with eafe.

Chriftiana. Thenfaid Chriftiana, This Re-
lation of Mr. Fearing has done me good. I
thought no body had been like me, but 1 Jee
therewas fome Semblance ^twixt thisgood man
and /, only we differed in two things. His
Troubles were fo great they brake out^but mine
I kept within. Hisalfolayfo hard upon him,
they made him that he could not knock at the
Houfes provided for Entertainment; but my
Trouble was always fuch^ as made ine k^ock.
the lowder.

Mer. If I might alfo fpeak my Heart,
I muft fay fomething of him has alfo
dwelt in me. For I have ever been more
afraid of the Lake and thelofs of a place in
Paradice^ then I have been of the lofs of
other things. Oh, thought I, may I have
the Happinefs to have a Habitation there,
'tis enough, though I part with all the
World to win it.

Matt. Then /aid Matthew, Fear was one
thing that made me think that I was far from
having that within me, that accompanies Sal-
vation, but if it was Jo with fuch a good man
as he, why may it not alfo go well with me?
Jam. No fears, no Grace, faid James.

Tho

\

Cfje Ipilgn'ms Ip^ogrcfs. 123

TI10 there is not always Grace where
there is the fear of Hell ; yet to be fure
there is no Grace where there is no fear of
God.

Greath. JVell faid^ James, thou baji hit
the Mark, for the fear of Goil is the begin-
ning of IViJdom ; and to be fure they that want
the beginning, have neither middle, nor end.
But we will here conclude our difcourfe of Mr.
Fearing after we have fent after him this
Farcwel.

ITell^ Majler Fearing, thou didfi fear

Thy God : and waji afraid

Of doing any things while here^

That would have thee betrayed.

Jnd didji thou fear the Lake and Pit ?

JVould others did fo too :

For, as for them that want thy JVit^

They do themfelves undo.

Now I faw, that they flill went on in
their Talk. For after Mr. Greatheart had
made an end with Air. Fearing^ Mr. Honeji
began to tell them of another, but his Of M-.
Name was Mr. Selfwil. He pretended Self-will,
himfelftobe a. Pilgrim^ faid Mr. Honejl \
But I perfwade my felf, he never came in
at the Gate that ftands at the head of the
way.

Greath. Had you ever any talk with him
about it ?

Hon. Yes, more than once or twice; but

he would always be like himfelf,yt'^if/7AY/.

He neither cared for man, nor Argument,

nor yet Example \ what his Mind prompt-

G ed

124 Cfje ^ccontJ part of

ed him to, that he would do, and nothing
elfe could he be got to.

Greath. Pray what Principles did he hold^
for I Juppofe you can tell?
Self-will's Hon. He held that a man might follow

Opinions. the Vices, as well as the Virtues of the Pil-
grims, and that if he did both, he fhould
be certainly faved.

Greath. How? If he had faid^ ^tis pojjible
for the beji to be guilty of the Vices^ as well as
to partake of the Virtues of Pilgrims^ he could
not much a been blamed. For indeed we are
exempted from no Vice abfolutely^ but on con-
dition that we Watch and Strive. But this I
perceive is not the thing. But if I underjiand
you right, your meaning is, that he was of that
Opinion, that it was allowable fo to be?

Hon. Ai, ai, fo I mean, and fo he be-
lieved and pradtifed.

Greath. But what ground had he for his
fo faying?

Hon. Why, he faid he had the Scripture
for his Warrant.

Greath. Prethee, Mr. Honei):, prefent us
with a few Particulars.

Hon. So I will, He faid To have to do
with other mens Wives, had been pra6li-
fed by David^ God's Beloved, and there-
fore he could do it. He faid to have more
Women than one, was a thing that Solo-
mon pra6lifed, and therefore he could do it.
He faid that Sarah^ and the godly Midwives
of Egypt lied, and fo did faved Rahab^ and
therefore he could do it. He faid that the
Difciples went at the biding of their Ma-
iler, and took away the Owners Jjs^ and

there-

therefore he could do I'o too. He faid that
Jacob got the Inheritance of his Father in
a way" of Guile and Diflimulation, and
therefore he could do fo loo.

Grcath. High bafe ! indeed^ and you are
Cure he vcas of this Opinion ?

Hon. I have heard him plead for it,
brino Scripture for it, bring Argument for

it, Sc.

Greath. y/« Opinion that is not fit to bCy
with any Alloxvance^ in the IVorld.

Hon. You muft underftand me rightly.
He did not fay that any man might do this;
but, that thofe that had the Virtues of thole
that did fuch things, might alfo do the
lame.

Greath. But what more falfe than fuch a
Conclufion? For this is as much as tofay.,that
because good men heretofore have finned of In-
firmity., therefore he had allowance to do it of
a prefumptuous Mind. Or if becaife a Childy
by the blajl of the l^ind, or for that itjlum-
bled at a Jlone.,fell down and defiled it felf
in Myre.,t!ferefore he might wilfully ly down
and wallow like a Bore therein. IVho could a
thought that anyone could fo far a bin blinded
by the power of Lujl? But what is written
muji be true. Theyjiumble at the JFord, be- , p^^ ^
ing difobedient, whereunto alfo they were ap-
pointed.

His fuppojfmg that fuch may have the godly
Mans Firtues.,who addiil themfelves to their
f'icesy is alfo a Dclufion asjirong as the other.
'Tisjujl as if the Dogjhouldfay, J have, or
may have the Qiialities of the Child, becauje I
lick up its /linking Excrements. To eat up the
^ G2 Sin

126 Cl)e Second Part of

Hoi. 4, 8. ^-^ of God's People^ is nofignofone that is pof-
feffedwith their Virtues. Nor can I believe that
one that is of this Opinion, can at prejent have
Faith or Love in him. But I know you have
made Jlrong Objections againji him^ prethee
what can he fay for hi7nfef?

Hon. Why, he fays, To do this by way
of Opinion, feems abundance more ho-
neft, then to do it, and yet hold contrary
to it in Opinion.

Greath. A very wicked Anfwer^for tho to
let loofe the Bridle to Lufis, while our Opini-
ons are againfl juch things., is bad; yet to fn
and plead a Toleration fo to do^ is worfe ; the
one flumbles Beholders accidentally , the other
pleads them into the Snare.

Hon. There are many of this mans mind,
that have not this mans mouth, and that
makes going on Pilgrimage of fo little efteem
as it is.

Greath. Ton have faid the Truthy and it
is to be lamented. But he that feareth the
King of Paradicey jhall come out of them all.

Chrijliana. There are ftrange Opinions
in the World, I know one that faid, 'twas
time enough to repent when they come to
die.

Greath. Such are not over Wife. That
man would a bin loth^ might he have had
a week to run twenty mile in for his Life^ to
have deferred that fourney to the laji hour of
that Week.

Hon. You fay right, and yet the gene-
rality of them that count themfelves Pil-
grims, do indeed do thus. I am, as you
fee, an old Man, and have bin a Travel-
ler

Cf)C IPiIgrimo P^oo:rcf5. 127

ler in this Rode many a day ; and I ha\e
taken notice of many things.

I have fccn (omc that have fet out as if
they would drive all the World afore them :
Who yet have in few dayes, dyed as they in
the Wilderncfs, and fo never gat fight of
the promifed Land.

I have fecn fome that have promifed no-
thing at thcfirflfcttingouttobe Pilgrims, and
that one would a thought could not have
lived a day, that have yet proved very good
Pilgrims.

I have feen fome, that have run haftily
forward, that again have after a little time,
run as faft juft back again.

I have feen fome who have fpoke very
well of a Pilgrims Life at firft, that after a
while, have fpoken as much againft it.

I have heard fome, when they firft fet
out for Paradice, fay pofitively, there is
fuch a place, who when they have been
almoft there, have come back again, and
faid there is none.

I have heard fome vaunt what they
would do in cafe they fhould be oppofed,
that have even at a falfe Alarm fled Faith,
the Pilgrims way, and all.

Now as they were thus in their way,
there came one runing to meet them, and
faid, (jentlemen, and you of the weaker
fort, if you love Life, fhift for your felves,
for the Robbers are before you.

Greath. Then faid Mr. Greatheart. They
be the three that fet upon Littlefaith here- ' ^art,
tofore. Well, faid he, we are readv forA^oo.
them \ So they went on their way. Now
G 3 they

128 ^i}z ^econn part of

they looked at every Turning when they
fhould a met M^ith the Villains. But whe-
ther they heard of Mr. Greatheart^ or whe-
ther they had fome other Game, they came
not up to the Pilgrims.

Chrif. Chrijiiana then wifhed for an Inn
Rom.i6. for her felf and her Children ; becaufe they
23. were weary. Then faid Mr. Honeji^ there

is one a little before us, where a very ho-
norable Difciple, one Gaim^ dwells. So
they all concluded to turn in thither ; and
Gaius the rather, becaufe the old Gentleman gave

him fo good a Report. So when they came
to the Door, they went in, not knocking,
for Folks ufe not to knock at the Door of an
Inn. Then they called for the Mafter of
the Houfe, and he came to them. So they
asked if they might lye there that Night?

Gaius. Yes Gentlemen, if you be true
Men, for my Houfe is for none but Pil-
grims. Then was Chrijiiana^ Mercy^ and
the Boys^ the more glad, for that the Inn-
keeper was a Lover of Pilgrims. So they
called for Rooms ; and he fhewed them
one for Chriffiana and her Children and
Mercy ^ andanother for Mr. Great-heart and
the old Gentleman.

Greath. Then faid Mr. Great-heart, ^W
Gaius, what haft thou for Supper? for thefe
Pilgrims have come far to day and are weary.
Gaius. It is late, faid Gaius; fo we can-
not conveniently go out to feek Food; but
fuch as we have you ftiall be welcome to,
if that will content.

Greath. IVe will he content with what
thou haft in the Houfe, for as much as I have

proved

I

prnved thee \ thou art never de/}itute of that
which is convenient.

Then he went down, and fpakc to the
cook, whole name was Tn/h-that-iuhich-is-
good, to get ready Supper for fo many Pil-
grims. This done, he comes up again,
laying, come my good PViends, you are
welcome to me, and I am glad that I have
an Houfe to entertain you; and while Sup-
per is making rcadv, if you plcafc, let us
entertain one another with fome good Dif-
courfe. So they all faid, content.

Gaius. Then faid Gaius, luhofe IVife is this
aged Matron, and ivhofe Daughter is this
young Damfel F

Greath. The Woman is the Wife of one
Chrislian^ a Pilgrim of former times, and
thefe are his four Children. The Maid is
one of her Acquaintance ; one that (he hath
perfwaded to come with her on Pilgrimage.
The Boys take all after their Father, and
covet to tread in his Steps. Yea, if they
do but fee any place where the old Pilgrim
hath lain, or any print of his Foot, it mi-
niftreth Joy to their Hearts, and they co-
vet to lye or tread in the fame.

Gaius. Then faid Gaius., Is this Chrijlian'%
Wife, and are thefe ChriJ}ians Children ? I
knew your Husband's Father, yea, alfo,
his Father's Father. Many have been good Pfal. n. 26.
of this flock, their Anceftors dwelt firlt at
Antioch. Chrijiians Progenitors (I fup-
pofe you have heard your Husband talk
of them) were very worthy men. They
have above any that I know, (hewed them-
felves men of great Virtue and Courage, for
G 4 the

130 C6e ^econU Part of

the Lord of the Pilgrims, his ways, and
them that loved him. I have heard of ma-
ny of your Husbands Relations that have
flood all Tryals for the fake of the Truth.
A£ls 7. Stephen that -wzs one of the firft of the Fami-

59, 60. \y from whence your Husband fprang, was
knocked o'th' Head with Stones. James^
another of this Generation, was flain with
the edge of the Sword. To fay nothing
of Paul and Peter^ men antiently of the
Family from whence your Husband came.
There was Ignatius^ who was caft to the
Lyons : Romanus^ whofe Flefh was cut by
pieces from his Bones ; and Policarp^ that
played the man in the Fire. There was he
that was hanged up in a Basket in the Sun,
for the Wafps to eat ; and he who they
put into a Sack and caft him into the Sea,
to be drowned. 'Twould be impoffible,
utterly to count up all of that Family that
have fuffered Injuries and Death, for the
love of a Pilgrims Life. Nor can 1, but
be glad, to fee that thy Husband has left
behind him four fuch Boys as thefe. I
hope they will bear up their Fathers Name,
and tread in their Fathers Steps, and come
to their Fathers End.

Greath. Indeed Sir, they are likely Lads,
they fe em to chufe heartily their Fathers Ways.
Gains. That is it that I faid, wherefore
Chrijiians Family is like ftill to fpread abroad
upon the face of the Ground, and yet to
be numerous upon the face of the Earth.
Wherefore let Chrijiiana look out fome
Damfels for her Sons, to whom they may
be Betroathed, tffc. that the Name of their

Father,

^f)C ipilgrims lp?og:rcC0. 131

Father, and the HouTc ot his Progenitors
may ivver be forgotten in the World,

Hon. "Tis pity this Family Jhould fall ^ and
he cxtin£f.

Gains. Fall it cannot, but be diminlfh-
ed it may ; but let Chrijl'tana take my Ad-
vice, and that's the way to uphold it.

And ChrijUcinay Said This Inkcepcr, I
am glad to fee thee and thy Friend Alcrcy
together here, a lovely Couple. And may
I adviie, take Mercy into a nearer Relation
to thee. Iffhe will, let her be given to
Alattheiv thy eldeft Son. 'Tis the way to
prefervc you a Pofterity in the Earth. So
this Match was concluded, and in proccfs
of time they were married. But more of
that hereafter.

Gains alfo proceeded, and faid, I will

now fpeak on the behalf of the Women, to

take away their Reproach. For as Death

and the Curfe came into the World by a

Woman, fo alfo did Life and Health ; God ^

. den. 1.

fent forth his Sony inadc of a IVoman. Yea, q i

to fliew how much thofe that came after,
did abhor the Ad of their Mother. This Why Women
Sex, in the old Teftament, coveted Chil- "^ '"''^/^
dren, if happily this or that Woman might ^"^'' '*'^'
be the Mother of the Saviour of the World. ''^'^ ^^"•
I will fay again, that when the Saviour was "'
come. Women rejoyced in him, before ei-
ther Man or Angel. I read not that ever " ^ *•
any man did give unto Chrift fo much as
one Groat, but the Women followed him, Chap. 8.
and miniftred to him of their Subftance. *» 3-
'Twas a Woman that wafhed his Feet with
Tears, and a \\'oman that anointed his Chap. 7.
G 5 Body 57 30.

13^ Cf5e ^econtJ part of

John 11. 2. Body to the Burial. They were Women
Chap. 12. 3. that wept, when he was going to the Crofs ;
Luk, 23. And Women that followed him from the
27- Crofs, and that fat by his Sepulcher when

Matt. 27. he Yv^as buried. They were Women that
5^. 56. 61. ^^s £j-{^ with him at his Refurre6lion-//2or«,
Ltike 24.. ^pj Women that brought Tiding firft to
^2. ^3- his Difciples that he was rifen from the
Dead. Women therefore are highly favou-
red, and (hew by thefe things that they are
fnarers with us in the Grace of Life.

Now the Cook fent up to fignifie that
Supper was almoft ready, and (ent one to
lay the Cloath, the Trenftiers, and to fet
the Salt and Bread in order.

Then faid Matthew, the fight of this

Cloath, and of this forerunner of a Supper,

begetteth in me a greater Appetite to my Food

-„, . than I had before.

' Gains. So let all miniftring Doftrines to

°. , . thee in this Life, beget in thee a greater de-
from laying ^ ^ ,0 r 1 t--

i'th B d ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ Supper or the great Kmg
^vith the ^^ ^'^ Kingdom ; for all Preaching, Books
Cloaih and '^^^^ Ordinances here, are but as the laying
Itenfhers ^^ ^^ Trenfhers, and as fetting of Salt up-
on the Board, when compared with the
Feaft that our Lord will make for us when
we come to his Houfe.
Lsvit. 7. So Supper came up, and firft a Heave-

32, 33, 34. Jhoulder^ and a wave-Breafi was fet on the
Cap. 10. Table before them. To fhew that they
i4> »5- muft begin their Meal with Prayer and
Pfal. 25. I. Praife to God. The heave-Jhoulder David
Heh. 13. lifted his Heart up to God with, and with
*5- the wave-Brcafl.^ where his Heart lay, with

that he ufed to lean upon his Harp when he

played

tEbc Ipilgrims p^ogicfo:. 133

played. Thclc two Difhcs were very frefh
and good, and they all eat heartily-weli
thereof.

The next they brought up, was a Bottle
of Wine, red as Blood. So Gains faid to Deut. 32.
them. Drink freely, this is the Juice of the 14.
true Vine, that makes glad the Heart ofjiKig9. 13.
God and Man. So they drank and were Joh. 15. i.
merry.

The next was a DifhofMilk well crumb- 1 Pet. i.
ed. But Giiius fdid, Let the Boys have that^ i, 2.
that they may grow thereby. ^ Dijb cf

Then they brought up in courfe a Difh ^^'^*-
oi Butter and Hony. Then faid Gaius^ Eat Of Hony,
freely of thls^ for this is good to chear up, ^Kd Butter.
and ftrengthen your Judgments and Under-
ftandings. This was our Lords Difh when
he was'a Child. Butter and Hony Jh all he Ifa. 7. 15.
eat, that he may know to refufe the Evil, and
chufe the Good.

Then they brought them up a difh of Ap-
ples, and they were very good taflied Fruit. ^ '^'f^ "/
Then fiiid Matthew., May we eat Apples, ^tP^<^^'
fince they were fuch, by, and with which,
the Serpent beguiled our firft Mother?

Then faid Gaius,

jfpples were they with which we zvere beguiPd,
Tet Sin, not yipples hath our Souls defil'd.
Apples forbid, if eat, corrupts the Blood:
To eat fuch, when commanded, docs us good.
Drink, of his Flagons then^ thou Church, his

Dove,
And eat his Apples, who are fick of Love.

Then faid Matthew, I made the Scruple,

I'tiaufe

134 Cf)e ^econn Part of

becaufe I a while fince, was ftck, with eating
of Fruit.

Gains. Forbidden Fruit will make you
fick, but not what our Lord has tolerated.
Song 6. II. While they were thus talking, they were
A dljh of prefented with an other Difh ; and 'twas a
Nuts. di{h of Nuts. Then faid fome at the Ta-

ble, Nuts fpoil tender Teeth ; fpecially the
Teeth of Children. Which when Gains
heard, he faid.

Hard Texts are Nuts [I will not call them

Cheaters,)
TVhoJe Shells do pjep their Kirnels f}-om the

Eaters.
Ope then the Shells, and you Jhall have the
~ . Meat^

They here brought are for you to crack of^d

Eat.

Then were they very Merry, and fate at
, . * the Table a long time, talking of many
Things. Then faid the Old Gentleman, My
good Landlord, while we are cracking your
N'uts, if you pleafe, do you open this
Riddle.

A Riddle. A man there was, tho fome did count him mad.
The 77iore he cafl away, the more he had.

Then they all gave good heed, wondr-
ing what good Gains would fay, fo he fat
ftill a while, and then thus replyed :

Gams opens He that he flows his Goods upon the Poor^
it. Shall have as much again, and ten times more.

Then

€hc pilgrims Ip^oorcfs. 135

Then laid Jofeph^ I dare lay Sir, I did
not think you could a found it out.

Oh! Said Gaius^ I have bin trained up
in this wav a great while. Nothinjr teach-
es like Experience ; I have learned of my
Lord to be kind, and have found by expe-
rience that I have gained thereby. There is
that Jcattereth, yet increajeth^ and there is
that luitholdeih mon then is meet, but it ^''°^- * *
tcndtth to Poverty. Tloere is that ma/o'th ^^
himjilf Rich^ yet hath nothing, There is that '"''' ''" ''
maketh himfclf poor^ yet hath great Riches.

Then Simon whifpercd to Chriftiana his
Mother, and faid. Mother, this is a very
good mans Houfe, let us flay here a
good while, and let my Brother Matthew
be married here to Mercy ^ before we go any
further.

The which Gaius the Hoft overhearing,
faid, luith a very good If^tH.^ my Child.

So they ftaid there more than a Month,
and Alercy was given to Matthew to Wife.

While they flayed here, Mercy as her
Cuflom was, would be making Coats and
Garments to give to the Poor, by which
fhe brought up a very good Report upon
the Pilgrims.

But to return again to our Story. After
Supper, the lads dcfircd a Bed, for that
they were weary with Travelling, Then
Gaius called to fhew them their Chamber,
but faid A'lercy^ I will have them to Bed.
So fhe had them to Bed, and they flept
well, but the reft fat up ail Night. For
Gaius and they were fuch futable Com-
pany, that they could not tell how to

part.

1^6 cfje %tmm part of

part. Then after much talk of their Lord,
OA/Honeft themfelves, and their Journey : old Mr.
Ao</r. Honefl, he that put forth the Riddle to Gai-

us^ began to nod. Then faid Great-hearty
What Sir, you begin to be drouzy, come
rub up, now here's a Riddle for you. Then
faid Mr. Hone/i^ let's hear it.

Then faid Mr. Great-heart.,

A RiMe. H^ i^^^t "^^^^ kill-) muji firft be overcome :

IVho live abroad would^ firft muft die at home.

Hahy faid Mr. Honeji^ it is a hard one,
hard to expound, and harder to pradtife.
But come Landlord, faid he, I will if you
pleafe, leave my part to you, do you ex-
pound it, and I will hear what you fay.

No faid Gains y 'twas put to you, and
'tis expecSled that you fhould anfwer it.
Then faid the Old Gentleman,

He fir it by Grace muJl conquer* d be..
That Sin would mortifie.
And zuhoy that lives., would convince me.
Unto himfelf mufi die.

It is right, faid Gains, good Doctrine
and Experience teaches this. For firft,
until Grace difplays it felf, and overcomes
the Soul with its Glory, it is altogether
without heart to oppofe Sin. Befides, if
Sin is Satan's Cords, by which the Soul lies
bound, how fhould it make Refiftance, be-
fore it is looied from that Infirmity ?

Secondly., Nor will any that knows either
Reafon or Grace, believe that fuch a man

can

Cbe IPilgrimo Jp^ogrcfs. 137

can be a living Aloniinicr.t of Grace, that
is a Slave to his own Corruptions.

And now it comes in my mind, I will
tell you a Story, worth the hearinij;. There
were two Men that went on Pilgrimage, the
one began when he was young, the other
when he was old. The young Man had
ftrong Corruptions to grapple with, the
old Alar.s were decayed with the decays of
Nature. The young man trod his fteps as
even as did the old one, and was every way
as light as he ; who now, or which ot them,
had their Graces Ihining cleareit, iince both
leemed to be alike ?

Honeft. The young Mans doubtlcfs. For
that which heads it against the greateft Oppo- A ComfU'
fttion^ gives hejl demonjlration that it isjhong- rifon.
est. Specially when it aljo hotdeth pace with
that that meets not with half Jo much \ as to
be fur e old Age does not.

Befides, 1 have obferved that old mea
have blelled themfclves with this miflalce ;
Namely, taking the decays of Nature, for
a gracious Conqueft over Corruptions, and
fo have been apt to beguile themlelves.
Indeed old men that are gracious, are bell
able to give Advice to them that are young,
becaufe they have feen moft of the empti-
nefs of things. But yet, for an old and a
young to fet out both together, the young
one has the advantage of the faireft dil-
covery of a work of Grace within him,
tho the old Mans Corruptions are naturally
the weakeft.

Thus they fat talking till break of Day.
Now when the Family was up, ChrijUana

bid

138 C&e %ccom Part of

bid her Son jfafnes that he fhould read a
Chapter ; (o he read the 53d of Ifaiah.
When he had done, Mr. Hone^ z%kQ^ why
it was faid, That the Savior is faid to come
out of a dry ground, and alfo that he had no
Form nor Comlirufs in him?

Greath. Then faid Mr. Great-hearty To
the firft I anfwer, becaufe, The Church of
the Jews, of which Chrift came, had then
loft almoft, all the Sap and Spirit of Religi-
on. To the fecond I fay, The Words are
fpoken in the Perfon of the Unbelievers,
who becaufe they want that Eye, that can
fee into our Princes Heart, therefore they
judg of him by the meannefs of his Out-
fide.

Juft like thofe that know not that pre-
cious Stones are covered over with a home-
ly Cruji ; who when they have found one,
becaufe they know not what they have
found, caft it again away as men do a com-
mon Stone.

Well, faid Gaius^ Now you are here,
and fmce, as I know, Mr. Great-heart is
good at his Weapons, if you pleafe, after
we have refrefhed our felves, we will walk
into the Fields, to fee if we can do any
Gyant Slay- good. About a mile from hence, there is
good af- one Slay-good^ a Gyant that doth much an-
faulted and noy the Kings Highway in thefe parts. And
Jlain. 1 know whereabout his Haunt is, he is Ma-

tter of a number of Thieves ; 'Twould be
well if we could clear thefe Parts of him.

So they confented and went, Mr. Great-
heart vf'ixh his Swordy Helmet, and Shield i
and the reft with Spears and Staves.

When

€i)C IpilgriniG lJ)?og:rcf5. 139

^Vhc^ they came to the place where he
was, they found him with one Fechle-mind in
his Hands, whom his Servants had brought
unto him, having taken him in the Way ;
now the Gyant was rifling of him, with a
purpofe after that to pick his Bones. For
he was of the nature of FleJJi-eaters.

Well, fo foon as he faw IVIr, Great-hearty
and his Friends, at the Mouth of his Cave
with their ^Veapons, he demanded what
they wanted ?

Greath. We want thee : for we are come
to revenge the Qiiarrel of the many that
thou hall flain of the Pilgrims, when thou
hall dragged them out of the King's High-
way ; wherefore come out of thy Cave. So
he armed himfelf and came out, and to a
J^attel they went, and fought for above an
Hour, and then ftood ftill to take Wind.

Slaygood. Thenfaidthe Gyant^why are you
here on my Ground?

Greath. To revenge the Blood of Pilgrims,
as I alfo told thee before \ fo they went to
it again, and the Gyant made Mr. Great-
heart give back, but he came up again, and
in the greatnefs of his Mind, he let fly with
fuch ftoutnefs at the Gyants Head and Sides,
that he made him let his Weapon fall out
of his Hand. So he fmote him and flew
him, and cut oft his Head, and brought it
away to the Inn. He alfo took Feeble-mind
the Pilgrim, and brought him with him to
his Lodgings. When they were come
home, they (hewed his Head to the Fa-
mily, and then fet it up as they had done
others before, for a Terror to thofe that

lliould

I40 Cfce ^ccontJ Part of

fhould attempt to do as he, hereafter.

Then they asked Mr. Feeble-m'ind how he
fell into his hands ?
Honu Fee- Feeblem. Then faid the poor man, I am
ble-mind a fickly man, as you fee, and becaufe Death
came to be did ufually once a day, knock at my Door^ I
a Pilgrim, thought I fhould never be well at home.
So I betook my felf to a Pilgrims Life ; and
have travelled hither from the Town of U7i-
certain^ where I and my Father were born.
I am a man of no ftrength at all, of Body,
nor yet of Mind, but would, if 1 could, tho
I can but craul^ fpend my Life in the Pil-
grims way. When I came at the Gate that
is at the head of the Way, the Lord of that
place did entertain me freely. Neither ob-
jected he againfl my weakly Looks, nor a-
gainft my feeble-Mind ; but gave me fuch
things that were neceflary for my Journey,
and bid me hope to the end. When I
came to the Houfe of the Interpreter^ I re-
ceived much Kindnefs there, and becaufe
the Hill Difficulty was jugded too hard for
me, I was carried up that by one of his
Servants. Indeed I have found iKuch Re-
lief from Pilgrims, tho none was willing
to go fo foftly as I am forced to do. Yet
ftill as they came on, they bid me be of
good Chear, and faid, that it was the will of
their Lord, that Comfort fhould be given
1 Thef; 5, to the feeble-minded^ and fo went on their
14. ozvn pace. When I was come up to afault-

Lane^ then this Gyant met with me, and
bid me prepare for an Incounter; but alas,
feeble one that I was, I had more need of a
Cordial. So he came up and took me, I

con-

conceited he fhould not kill mc ; alfo
when he had got me into his Den^ fince I
went not with him willingly^ I believed I
fhould come out alive again. ¥ox I have
heard, that not any Pilgrim that is taken
Captive by violent Hands, if he keeps
Heart-whole towards his Mafter, is by tlic
Laws of Providence to die by the Hand of
the Enemy. Rohhed^ I looked to be, and
Robbed to be fure I am ; but I am as you
fee efcaped with Life, for the which I thank
my King as Author, and you, as the Means.
Other Brunts I alfo look for, but this I have
refolved on, to wit, to ?•«« when I can, to
go when I cannot run, and to creep when I
cannot ^5. As to the main, I thank him
that loves me, I am fixed ; my way is be-
fore me, my Mind is beyond the River that
has no Bridg, tho I am, as you fee, but of a
feeble Mind.

Hon. Then /aid old Mr. Honetty Have not
you jome time agOy been acquainted with one
Air. Fearing, a Pilgrim ?

Feeble. Acquainted with him ; Yes. He
came from the Town of Stupidity^ which
Wtxhfour Degrees to the Northward of the
City of Dejiru^ion^ and as many off, of
where I was born ; Yet we were well ac- ,, „
quaintcd, for indeed he was mine Uncle, . ' ..
my Fathers Brother ; he and I have been pcclileniind^
much of a Temper, he was a little (hort- y^d^^
er than I, but yet we were much of a
Complexion. Feeble-

Hon. I perceive you kno^v him, and I am minj /,^j
apt to believe aljo that you were Yelatcd one to j^fjjg of ^i^^
an other ; for you have his whitcly Lookt a Ftaring's

L>ajl feature 3.

142 C6e ^econti Part of

Caji like his with your Eye^ and your Speech
is much alike-

Feehl. Moft have faid fo, that have known
us both, and befides, w^hat I have read in
him, I have for the moft part, tound in
my felf.
Gaius Com- Gaius. Come Sir^ faid good Gaius, be of
forts him. good Chear^ you are welcome to me^ and to my
Houfe ; and what thou hajl a mind to^ call
for freely j and what thou would^ ft have my
Servants do for thee^ they will do it with a
ready Mind.
Notice to Feehl. Then faid Mr. Feeble-mind. This is

be taken of unexpe6led Favor, and as the Sun, fhining
Pro'vidence. out of a very dark Cloud. Did Gyant Slay-
good intend me this Favor when he ftop'd
me, and refoived to let me go no further ?
Did he intend that after he had rifled my
Pockets, I ftiould go to Gaius mine Hoji !
Yet fo it is.
Tidings Now, juft as Mr. Feeble-mind^ and Gai-

ho^v one us was thus in talk ; there comes one run-
Not-right ning and called at the Door, and told,
ivasjlain Xhat about a Mile and an half ofF, there
luith a ^as one Mr, Not-right^ a Pilgrim, ftruck

Thunder- ^j^^j upon the place where he was, with
bolt, and ^ Thunder-bolt.

^'^■^•Cm ^''^^- ^^^^ ' ^'^^^ ^^' ^^^^^^-'"'""^» is he
min s om- ^^jjj^^ j^g overtook me fome days before
men upon u. j ^^^^^ (q f^j. ^g hJther, and would be my
Company-keeper. He alfo was with me
when Slay-good the Gyant took me, but
he was nimble of his Heels, and efcaped.
But it feems, he efcaped to die, and 1 was
took to live.

JVhat

irhat, one would think, doth feck to flay <^ul-

right.
Ofttimcs^ dc'Uvi-rs from the faddcfl Plight.
That very Providence, whofe Face is Death,
Doth oft times, to the Inuly^ Life bequeath.
/ was tak^rty he did efcape and flee ^
Hands Crofl^gives Death to him^andLifc tome.

Now about this time Afatthew and Mercy
was Married ; alio Gaius gave his Daugh-
ter Phebe to Jamcs^ Alatthcw's Brother to
Wife y after which time, they yet ftayed
above ten days, at Gaius^s Houfe, fpending
their time, and the Seafons, like as Pil-
grims ule to do.

When they were to depart, Gaius made

them a Fcaft, and they did cat and drink, '^^' ^'^-

and were merry. Now the Hour was come-^''""^ P^^'

that they muft be gon, wherefore Mr. Z',^'"' '"^^

Great-heart called for a Reckoning. But-^^'"'-^^'''

Gaius told him that at his Houfe, it was

not the Cuftom for Pilgrims to pay for their

Entertainment. He boarded them by the ^ukc lo.

year, but looked for his Pay from the good ^' ^^\',^^'

Samaritane^ who had promifed him at his °^ ' ^

return, whatfocver Charge he was at with'^'^'', " ,
' t5 ^..another at

them, faithfully to repay him. 1 hen laid .^^^y

Mr. Great-heart to him. ^ j^l^ ' g

QxtAxh. Belo-ved^thou doflfaithfully^^vhat-

focvcr thou dofly to the Brethren and to Stran-

gers^which have borne IVitnifs of thy Charity

before the Churchy whom if thou (yi't) bring

forward on their "Journey ^ after a Godly forty

thou Jhalt do well.

Then Gaius took his Leave of them all

and

144 Cf)e ^econn part of

Sains his and of his Children, and particularly of Mr.

laj} kind- Feebb-rn'ind. He alfo gave him fomething

nejs to Fee- to drink by the way.

ble-mind. Now Mr. FeebU-?nind^\v\\Qn they were go-

ing out of the Door, made as if he inLend-
ed to linger. The which, when Mr. Great-
heart efpied, he faid. Come, Mr. Feeble.^
Pray do you go along with us, I will be your
Condu£ioTy and you fhall fair as the reft.

Feebl. Alas^I want a jutable Companion^
you are all lujly and Jtrong^ but /, as you fee^
am weak > ■/ chuje therefore rather to come be-
hind^ left^ by reajon of my many Injir7nities^ I
jhould be both a Burthen to my felf and to
you. I am^ as I faid^ a man of a weak, and
feeble Mind^ and Jhall be offended and made
weak at that which others can bear. I Jhall
like no Laughing ; I Jhall like no gay Attire., I
Jhall like no unprofitable ^uefiions. Nay., I am
fo weak a Man., as to be offended with that
which others have a liberty to do. I do not yet
know all the T^ruth \ I am a very ignorant
Chriftian vn2.n.\ fometimes if I hear fame rejoice
in the Lord., it troubles me becaufe 1 cannot do
fo too. It is with me as it is with a weak
Jldan among the Jirong., or as with a jtck Man
among the healthy^ or as a Lamp dfpijed., [He
that is ready to flip wiih his Feet^is as a Lamp

Job I a. 5. dejpijed in the Thought of him that is at eaje.)
So that I know not what to do.

Greath. But Brother, faid Mr. Great-heart,
I have it in Co?nmiJfion^ to comfort th^feeble-

iThef.s.15. jninded^ and to fupport the weak. You

Rom. 14^ muft needs go along with us; we will wait

1 Cor. 8. fQj- yQu^ Yve will lend you our help, we will
deny ourfelves of feme things, both Opi-

nionative

Cfjc Ipilgn'ms l??ogrcf0. 145

nionative and Pracl'uiil^ for your lake ; we Chap. 9. 11.
will not enter into Doubtful Difputations
bL-fore you, we will be maile all things to
you rather than you (hall be left behind.

Now, all this while they were at Gaius's
Door ; and behold as they were thus in the
heat of tlieir Difcourfe, Mr. Ready-to-hauli Pfalm^S.iy.
came by, with his Crutches in his hand, and Promija.
hf* alfo was going on Pilgrimage.

Feebl. Then faid Air. Feeblemind to him^
Alan! HnvcameJ} thou hither? Imas butjuji
now compldining that I had not ajutahle Com-
panion^ but thou art according to my JVijh.
IP'elcome^welcome, good Air. Ready-to-hault,
J hope thee and I may be jome help.

Readyto. I {hall be glad of thy Company,
faid the other ; and good Mr. Feeblemind^
rather than we will part, fmce we are thus
happily met, I will lend thee one of my
Crutches.

Feebl. Nay.^ faid he., tho I thank thee for
thy good IVilly 1 am not inclined to hault afore
1 am Lame. How be it., I think "when occaji-
on isy it may help me againjt a Dog.

Readyto. If either my f elf or my Crutches
can do thee a pleafure, we are both at thy
Command, good Mr. Feeblemind.

Thus therefore they went on, Mr. Great-
heart^znd Mr. Honeji went before, Chrijiia-
r.a and her Children went next, and Mr.
Feeble-mind., and Wx .Ready-to-hauit came be-
hind with his Crutches. Then faid Mr. Honefl.^

Hon. Pray Sir^ now we are upon the Road.^
tell us fome profitable things of Jome that have
gen on Pilgrimage before us.

Greath. With a good Will. I fuppofe

you

146 C&e ^econD part of

you have heard how Chriji'ian of old, did
meet with Apollyon in the Valley of Humili-
ation^ and alfo what hard work he had to go
I Part thorow the Valley of the Shadow of Death,

from pag. Alfo I think you cannot but have heard
105. to how Faithfulw2LS put to it w\x}nMaclamJVan-
pag. 112, ton^ with Adam the firft, with one Difcon-
tent^ and Shame ; four as deceitful Villains,
as a man can meet with upon the Road.

Hon. Tes.^ I have heard of all this j but in-
deed^ good Faithful, was hardeji put to it
with Shame, he was an unwearied one.

Greath. Ai, for as the Pilgrim well faid.
He of all men had the wrong name.
1 part Hon. But pray Sir where was it that Chri-

pag. 129. ftian and Faithful met Talkative ? that fame
pag. 133, was alfo a notable one.

Greath. He was a confident Fool, yet

many followed his wayes.

Hon. He had like to a beguiled Faithful ?

Greath. Ai, but Chrijiian put him into a

way quickly to find him out. Thus they

I part went on till they came at the place where

pag. 144. Evangelift met with Chrijiian and Faithful^

and prophecyed to them of what Ihould

befal them at Vanity-Fair.

Greath. Then faid their Guide, here-
abouts did Chrijiian and Faithful meet with
Evangelift^ who prophecyed to them of
what Troubles they fhould meet with at
Vanity-Fair.

Hon. Say youfo ! I dare fay it was a hard

Chapter that then he did read unto them ?

Greath. 'Twas fo, but he gave them In-

1 Part couragement withall. But what do we talk

pag. 157 of them, they were a couple of Lyon-like

feff.' Men

^hc l?ilgrim5 lP?og:rcf0. 147

Men ; they had Tct their Faces like Fh'nt.
Don't you remember how undaunted they
were when they Hood betorc the Judg ?

Hon. ff^ell Faithful bravfiy Sufcred?

Gnath. So he did, and as brave things
came on't ; For Hopeful and fome others,
as the Story relates it, were Converted by
his Death.

Hon. //^W/, hut pray go on ; for you are
•well acquainted with things.

Greath. Above all that Chrifiian metwith
after he had paft thorow Fanity-Fair^
one By-ends was the arch one.

Hon. By-Ends ; /A7w/ ivas he ? ' ^^^

Greath. A very arch Fellow, a down- ^^^' '^°'
right Hypocrite; one that would be Religi-
ous, which way ever the World went, but
fo cunning, that he would be fure neither
to lofe, nor fufFer for it.

He had his Mode of Religion for every
frefli Occafion, and his Wife was as good
at it as he. He would turn and change
from Opinion to Opinion ; yea, and plead
for fo doing too. Butfo far as I could learn,
he came to an ill End with his By-Ends^
nor did I ever hear that any of his Chil-
dren was ever of any Efteem with any that
truly feared God.

Now by this time they were come with-
in fight of the Town of Vanity., where Va-
nity-Fair is kept. So when they faw that '^ '"''
they were fo near the Town, they confult- "^cT^^^f
ed with one another how they fhould pafs IJ .
thorow the Town, and fome faid one thiite, or i ^

and iome an other. At ialt Mr, Great-heart.,
faid, I have, as you may underftand, often
H been

148 Ct)e ^econu Part of

been a ConduSfor of Pilgrims thorow this
Town ; Now I am acquainted with one
Mr. Mnajon^ a Cyprufian by Nation, an old

lihey enter Difciple, at whofe Houfe we may Lodg.

into one Mr. If you think good, faid he, we will turn in

Mnalbns to there ?

^o^S- Content, faid Old Honejl ; Content, faid

Chrifliana ; Content, faid Mr. Feeble mind',
and fo they faid all. Now you muft think
it was Even-tide^ by that they got to the
outfide of the Town, but Mr. Great-heart
knew the way to the Old Man's Houfe. So
thither they came ; and he called at the
Door, and the old Man within knew his
Tongue fo foon as ever he heard it ; fo
he opened, and they all came in. Then
faid Mnafon their Hoft, How far have ye
come to day ? fo they faid, from the
Houfe of Gains our Friend. I promife
you, faid he, you have gone a good ftitch,
you may well be a weary ; fit down. So
they lat down.

They are Greath. Then faid their Guide ^ Come, what

glad of en- Chear Sirs, I dare fay you are welcome to my

lertain- Friend.

ment. Mna. I alfo, faid Mr. Mnafon^ do bid you

Welcome ; and what ever you want, do
but fay, and we will do what we can to get
it for you.

Hon. Our great Want a while ftnce, was
Harbor^ and good Company, and now I hope
we have both.

Mna. For Harbor you fee what it is,
but for good Company, that will appear
in the Tryal.

Greath. Well^faid Mr. Great-heart, will

you

Cbc Ipilgnms Ip^ogrcfs. H9

you have the Pilgrims up into their Lodg-
ing ?

AIna. I will, (liid Mr. Mnafon. So he had
them to their refpe«Slive Places ; and alfo
{hewed them a very fair Diiiing-Room
where they might be and fup together, un-
til time was come to go to Rell.

Now when they were fet in their places,
and were a little cheary after their Journey,
Mr. Honeji asked his Landlord if there were
any ftore of good People in the Town ?

Alna. We have a few, for indeed they
are but a few, when compared with them
on the other Side.

Hon. But hotu Jhall ive do to fee feme of They drfire
thein? for the Sight of good Men to them that to fee fotr.e
are going on Pilgrimage^ is like to the ap- "J '^^ 5'^°d
pearing of the Moon and the Stars to them that P'°P^^ '" ^^'
are failing upon the Seas. Toivn.

Mna. Then Air. AInaJcn ftamped wich
his Foot, and his Daughter Gr^a- came up; Somefetit
i'o he faid unto her, Grace go you, tell my for.
Friends, Mr. Contrite.^ Mr. Holy-man^ Mr.
Love -faint ^ Mr. Dare-not-ly.^ and Mr. Peni-
tent \ That I have a Friend or two at my
Houfe, that have a mind this evening to
fee them.

So Grace went to call them, and they
came, and after Salutation made, they fat
down together at the Table.

Then faid Mr. Alnafon.^ their Landlord,
My Neighbours, I have, as you fee, a
company of Strangers come to my Houfe,
they are Pilgrims : They come from a
far, and are going to Mount Sion. But
who, quoth he, do you think this is ?
H 2 point-

150 Cfte ^econn part of

pointing with his Finger to Chrijiiana. It
is Chrijiiana^ the wife of Chrijiian^ that
famous Pilgrim, who with Faith ful\\\% Bro-
ther were fo fhamefully handled in our
Town. At that they ftood amazed, fay-
ing, we little thought to fee Chriftiana^
when Grace came to call us, wherefore
this is a very comfortable Surprize. Then
they asked her of her wellfare, and if
thefe young Men were her Husbands Sons.
And when (he had told them they were;
they faid, The King whom you love, and
ferve, make you as your Father, and bring
you where he is in Peace.
Some Talk Hon. Then Mr. Honeft [when they were
betivixt all fat down) asked Mr. Contrite and the
Mr. Honeft reji., in what pofture their Town was at pre-
and Con- fent.

t"te. Cont. You may be fure we are full of

Hurry, in Fair time. 'Tis hard keeping
our Hearts and Spirits in any good Order,
when we are in a cumbred Condition. He
that lives in fuch a place as this is, and
that has to do with fuch as we have, has
Need of an Itum, to caution him to take
heed, every Moment of the Day.

Hon. But how are your Neighbors for qui-

etnefs ?

Perfecution Cont. They are much more moderate

notfo hot at now than formerly. You know how Chri-

Vanity-?air Jiian and Faithful were ufed at our Town;

as formerly, but of late, I fay, they have been far more

moderate. I think the Blood of Faithful

lieth with load upon them till now ; for

fince they burned him, they have been

afliamed to burn any more : In thofe Days

we

Cbc Ipilgn'ms IP^oorcfs. 151

we were afraid to walk, the Streets, but riotv
we can fhew our Heads. Then the Name
of a Profeflbr was odious, rioiu fpecially in
fome parts of our I'own (tor you know
our Town is large) Religion is counted
Honourable.

Tht-n faid Air. Contrite to them^ Pray how
faireth it with you in your Pilgrimage^ hnu
Jlands the Country affedled towards you ?

Hon. It happens to us, as it happcneth
to Wayfairing men ; fometimes our way
is clean, fometimes foul ; fometimes up hill,
fometimes down hill ; We are feldom at a
Certainty. The Wind is not always on
our Backs, nor is every one a Friend that
we meet with in the Way. \Ve have met
with (ome notable Rubs already ; and what
are yet behind we know not, but for the
moft part we find it true, that has been
talked of of old : A good Man inujl fuffer
Trouble.

Contrit. You talk of Rubs, what Rubs have
you met withal F

Hon. Nay, ask Mr. Great-heart our Guide,
for he can give the belt Account of that,

Greath. We have been befet three or
four times already: Firft Chrifflana and
her Children were befet with two Ruffians,
that they feared would a took away their
Lives ; We was befet with Gyant Bloody^
man^ Gyant Maul^ and (jyant Slay-good.
Indeed we did rather befet the lall, than
were befet of him. And thus it was: After
we had been fome time at the Houfe of
Gaius^ mine Hoft and of the whole Churchy
we were minded upon a time to take our
H 3 Weapons

152 C6e ^econn Part of

Weapons with us, and fo go fee if we could
light upon any of thofe that were Enemies
to Pilgrims ; (for we heard that there was
a notable one thereabouts.) Now Gaius
knew his Haunt better than I, becaufe he
dwelt thereabout, fo we looked and look-
ed, till at laft we difcerned the Mouth of
his Cave ; then we were glad and pluck'd
up our Spirits. So we approached up to
his Den^ and lo when we came there, he
had dragged by meer force into his Net,
this poor man^ Mr. Feeble-mind^ and was
about to bring him to his End. But when
he faw us, fuppofing, as we thought, he had
had an other Prey, he left the poor man
■ in his Hole, and came out. So we fell to it
full fore, and he luftily laid about him; but,
in conclufion, he was brought down to the
Ground, and his Head cut off, and fet up
by the Way fide for a Terror to fuch as
fbouid after praclife fuch Ungodlinefs. That
I tell you the Truth, here is the man him-
felf to affirm it, who was as a Lamb taken
out of the Mouth of the Lyon.

Feebl. Then /aid Mr. Feeble-mind, 1
found this true to my Coji, and Comfort \ to
my Coji^ when he ihreatned to pick, my Bones
every Moment^ and to my Comfort^ when I
faw Mr. Great-heart and his Friends with
their fVeapons approach fo neer for my Deli-
verance.
Mr. Holy- Holym. Thenfaid Mr. Holy-man., there are
Iran's two things that they have need to be pof-

Steecb, feffed with that go on Pilgrimage, Courage.,

and an unfpotted Life, if they have not
Courage^ they can never hold on their way ;

and

Cl)C Ipilfcnms Ip^ogrcfs. 153

and if their Lives be l::ft-^ they will make
the very Name of a Pilgrim llinlc.

Lovef. Then faid Mr. Love-faint ; I hope Mr. Love-
this Caution is not needful amongft you. '^'"t'-f
But truly there are many that go upon the ^ptftb.
Road, that rather declare themfclves Stran-
gers, to Pilgrimage, than Strangers and
Pilgrims in the Earth.

Dareno. Then /aid Mr. Dare-not-ly, 'Tis Mr. Dare-
true ; they neither have the Pilgrims Weed, not-ly his
nor the Pilgrims Courage; they go not upright- Speech,
ly, hut all awrie with their Feet^ one Jhoo
goes inward, an other outward, and their
Hofen out behind ; there a Rog^ and there a
Rent^ to the difparagement of their Lord.

Penit. Thefe things faid Mr. Penitent^ Mr. Peni-
thcy ought to be troubled for, nor are the tent bis
Pilgrims like to have that Grace put upon Speech.
them and their pilgrims Progrefs, as they
dcfirc, until the way is cleared of fuch Spots
and Blemifhes.

Thus they fat talking and fpending the
time, until Supper was fet upon the Table.
Unto which they went and refrefhed their
weary Bodys, fo they went to Refl. Now
they ftayed in this Fair a great while, at the
Houfc of this Mr. Ahiafon^ who in procefs of
time, gave his Daughter Grace unto Simon^
Chrijiiana\ Son, to Wife, and his Daughter
Alartha to Jofeph.

The time as I faid, that they lay here,
was long (for it was not now as in former
times.) VVherefore the Pilgrims grew ac-
quainted with many of the good people of
the Town, and did them what Service they
could. Mercy^ as fhe was wont, laboured
H 4 much

154 Ct)e ^econn Ipatt of

much for the Poor, wherefore their Bellyes
and Backs blefled her, and (he was there
an Ornament to her Profellion. And to
fay the truth, for Grace^ Phebe^ and Martha^
they were all of a very good Nature, and
did much good in their place. They were
all alfo of them very fruitful, fo that Chrl-
ft'iarC^ Name, as was faid before, was like
lo live in the World.
A Monfler. While they lay here,there came a Monjier
out of the Woods, and flew many of the
People of the Town. It would alfo carry
away their Children, and teach them to
suck its Whelps. Now no Man in the Town
durft fo much as face this Monjier ; but all
Men fled when they heard of the noife of
his coming.
Rev 17. 5. The Monjier was like unto no one Beaft
His Shape, upon the Earth. Its Body was like a Dra-
His Nature. Ro^i, and it had feven Heads and ten Horns.
It made great havoc of Children, and yet it
was governed by a Woman. This Monjier
propounded Conditions to men ; and fuch
men as loved their Lives more then their
Souls, accepted of thofe Conditions. So
they came under.

Now this Mr. Great-hearty together with
thefe that came to vifit the Pilgrims at Mr.
Mnafon's Ploufe, entred into a Covenant to
go and ingage this Beail, if perhaps they
might deliver the People of this Town,
from the Paw and Mouths of this fo de-
vouring a Serpent.

Then did Mr. Great-heart.^ Mr. Contrite^
Hoiv he is Mr. Holyman., Mr. Dare-not-ly^ and Mr. Pe-
ingaged. nitenty with their Weapons go forth to meet

him

C6e IpiTgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 155

him. Now the Alonjhr at firft was very
Rampant, and looked upon thcfe Enemies
with great Diidain, but they fo belabored
him, being fturdy men at Arms, that they
made him make a Retreat ; fo they came
home to Mr. Mnajon% Houfe again.

The Afonflfr^yo^i muft know, had his cer-
tain Seafons to come out in, and to make
his attempts upon the Children of the Peo-
pleof the Town ; alfo thefe Seafons did thefe
valiant Worthies watch him in, and did
Itill continually aflault him ; in fo much,
that in proccfs of time, he became not only
wounded, but lame ; alfo he has not made
that havock of the Towns mens Children,
as formerly he has done. And it is verily
believed by fome, that this Beaft will die of
his Wounds.

This therefore m:ideM.r. Great -heart and
his Fellows, of great Fame in this Town,
fo that many of the People that wanted
their taft of things, yet had a reverend
Kfteem and Refpedt for them. Upon this
account therefore it was that thefe Pilgrims
got not much hurt here. True, there were
fome of the bafer fort that could fee no
more then a Alole^ nor underftand more
than a Beaft, thefe had no reverence for
thefe men, nor took they notice of their
Valour or Adventures.

Well, the lime grew on that the Pil-
grims muft go on their way, wherefore they
prepared for their Journey. They fent for
their Friends, they conferred with them,
they had fome time fet apart ; therein to
commit each other to the Protection of
H 5 their

156 CF)e ^econn part of

their Prince. There was again, that
brought them of fuch things as they had,
that was fit for the weak, and the ftrong,
Acts 28. 10. for the Women, and the men; and fo
laded them with fuch things as was ne-
cefTary.

Then they fet forwards on their way,
and their Friends accompanying them fo
far as was convenient ; they again commit-
ted each other to the Protection of their
King, and parted.

They therefore that were of the Pilgrims
Company went on, and Mr. Great-heart
went before them ; now the Women and
Children being weakly, they were forced
to go as they could bear, by this means
Alr.Ready-to-hault^2inAMr. Feeble-mind^hzd
more to fympathize with their Condition.

When they were gone from the Townf-
men, and when their Friends had bid
them farewel, they quickly came to the
place where Faithful was put to Death.
There therefore they made a ftand, and
thanked him that had enabled him to bear
his Crofs fo well, and the rather, becaufe
they now found that they had a benefit by
fuch a Manly Suffering as his was.

They went on therefore after this, a good
way further, talking of Chrijiian and Faith-
ful^ and how Hopefur]oyvi^A himfelf to Chri-
jiian after that Faithful was dead.
I Part Now they were come up with the Hill

p. 174.. Lucre y where the Silver-mine was, which

took Demas off from his Pilgrimage, and
into which, as fome think, By-ends fell and
pcrilhed j wherefore they confidered that.

But

^\)C pilQtims lp?0QtcC5. 157

But when they were conic to the old Mo-
nument that ftood over againll the Hiil
Ltnrt'y to wit, to the Pillar of Salt that
ftood alfo within view of Sodom^ and its
linking Lake ; they marvelled, as did Chr't-
jl'ian before, that men of that Knovvledg
and ripenefs of Wit as they was, fhould be
fo blinciL'd as to turn afidc here. Only they
confidcred again, that Nature is not afteiSl-
ed with the Harms that others have met
with, fpccially if that thing upon which
they look, has an attrading Virtue upon
the foolifli Eye.

I faw now that they went on till they ' Part
came at the River that was on this Side of P^g- >77.
the delectable Mountains. To the River
where the fine Trees grow on both fides,
and whofe Leaves, if taken inwardly, are

eood acrainft Surfits ; where the Medows^. ,

° o ,, , , , , , rial. 23.

are green all the year long, and where they

might lie down fafely.

By this River fide in the medow, there
were Cotes and Folds for Sheep, an Houfe
built for the nour'ijh'mg^ and bringing up of
thofe Lambs, the Babes of thofe Women
that go on Pilgrimage. Alfo there was Heb. 5. 2.
here one that was intruded with them, ifa. 40. n.
who could have compaflion, and that could
gather thefc Lambs with his Arm, and car-
ry them in his Bofom, and that could gent-
ly lead thofe that were with young. Now
to the Care of this Alan, Chrifliana admo-
nifhed her four Daughters to commit their
little ones ; that by thefe Waters they
might be houfed, harbored, suckered, and
nourifhed, and that none of them miij;ht

15^ Clje ^econn part of

Jer. 23. 4. l)e lacking in time to come. This man^ if
Ezek. 34. any of them go aftray, or be loft, he will
II, 12. 13. bring them again, he will alfo bind up
14.. 15, 16, that; which was broken, and will ftrength-
en them that are fick. Here they will ne-
ver want Meat and Drink and Cloathing,
here they will be kept from Thieves and
Robbers, for this man will die before one
of thofe committed to his Truft, fliall be
loft. Befides, here they fliall befure to
have good Nutriture and Admonition, and
fliall be taught to walk in right Paths,
and that you know is a Favour of no fmall
account. Alfo here, as you fee, are de-
licate Waters, pleafant Medows, dainty
FlowerSy Variety of Trees^ and fuch as bear
wholfom Fruit. Fruit, not like that that
Matthew eat of, that fell over the Wall
out of Belxebubs Garden, but Fruit that
procureth Health where there is none,
and that continueth and increafeth it
where it is.

So they were content to commit their

little Ones to him ; and that which was

alfo an Incouragement to them fo to do,

was, for that ail this was to be at the

Charge of the King, and fo was as an Hofpi--

tal to young Children, and Orphans.

They being ^ow they went on: And when they

come to were come to By-path Medow, to the otile

By-path ^^^^ which Chrijiian went with his Fellow

Stile have Hopeful^ when they were taken by Gyant

a mind to Difpair^ and put into doubting Caftle :

baveapluck They fat down and confulted what was

njuith Gyant beft to be done, to wit, now they were

Dilpalr. fo ftrong, and had got fuch a man as Mr.

Great'

Cbc IPiloTims Ip^ogrcfs. 159

Gr,-at-heart for their Condudor ; whether ' P^^rt. pag
they had not belt to make an Attempt »79» '^i.
upon the Gyant, demolifh his Caftle, and
if there were any Pilgrims in it, to feC
them at liberty before they went any fur-
ther. Jio one laid one thini;, and an other
faid the <.<.ntrary. One oucflioncd if it
was lawful to go upon unconjccrated Cjround,
an other faid ihey might, provided their
end was good ; but Mr, Great-heart faid.
Though that AflcrtiNn offered laff, cannot
be univcrfally true, yet I have a Comand-
mcnt to refift Sin, to overcome P.vil, to
fight the good Fight of Faith. And I pray,
with whom fhould I fight this good Fight,
if not with Gyant difpair ? I will therefore
attempt the talcing away of his Life, and
the demolifhing of Doubting Caftle. Then
faid he, who will go with me ? Then faid
old Honeft^ I will, and fo will we too, faid j t^j^^^ ^
Chrijiian's four Sons, Matthnv^ Simon^ ,. ,.
"James^ and Jofeph^ for they were young
men and ftrong.

So they left the Women in the Road,
and with them Mr. Feeble-mind^ and Mr.
Ready-to-halt ^ with his Crutches, to be
their Guard, until they came back, for in
that place tho Gyant- Difpair dwelt fo near,
they keeping in the Road, A little Child i^^ 11.6.
might lead them.

So Mr. Great-hearty old Honefl, and the
four young men, went to go up to Douht-
i?7^-Caftle,tolook U^r Gyant- Difpair. When
they came at the Caftle Gate they knock-
ed for Entrance with an unufual Noyfe.
At that the old Gyant comes to the Gate,

and

i6o

Difpair has

overcome

Angels

Difpair is
lotb to die.

Doubting-
Caftle de-
moliihed.

C&e ^econti part of

and Diffidence his Wife follows, Then faid
he, Who, and what is he, that is fo hardy,
as after this manner to moleft the Gyant-
Difpair P Mr. Great-heart replyed. It is I,
Great-hearty one of the King of the Cele-
ftial Countries Conductors of Pilgrims to
their Place. And I demand of thee that
thou open thy Gates for my Entrance, pre-
pare thyfelf alfo to Fight, for I am come
to take away thy head, and to demolifti
Doubting Caftle.

Now Gyant-Difpair^ becaufe he was a
Gyant^ thought no man could overcome
him, and again, thought he, fince here-
tofore I have made a Conqueft of Angels,
fhall Great-heart make me afraid ? So he
harnefTed himfelf and went out. He had
a Cap of Steel upon his Head, a Breft-plate
of Fire girded to him, and he came out
in Iron-Shoos, with a great Club in his
Hand. Then thefe fix men made up to
him, and befet him behind and before ;
alfo when Diffidence ^ the Gyantefs, came
up to help him, old Mr. Honeji cut her
down at one Blow. Then they fought for
their Lives, and Gyant Difpair was brought
down to the Ground, hut was very loth to
dye. He ftrugled hard, and had, as they
fay, as many Lives as a Cat, but Great-
heart was his death, for he left him not
till he had fevered his Head from his ftioul-
ders.

Then they fell to demolifhing Doubting-
Caftle, and that you know might with
eafe be done, fmce Gyant-Difpair was
dead. They was feven days in deftroy-

ins:

ing of that ; and in it of Pilizrims, they
found one Mr. Difpondencu\ almoll (tarvcd
to Death, and one Much-afraid his Daugh-
ter ; thcfe two they faved alive. But it
would a made you a wondered to have
feen the dead Bodies that lay here and
there in the Caftle Yard, and how full of
dead mens Bones the Dungeon was.

When Mr. Great-heart and his Compa-
nions had performed this Exploit, they
took Mr. Difpondenae^ and his Daughter
A^uch-afraid^ into their Prote£^ion, for
they were honeft People, tho they wer
Prifoners in Doiihting-Cajile to that Ty-
rant Gyant Difpair. They therefore I fay,
took with them the Head of the Gyant
(for his Body they had buried under a
heap of Stones) and down to the Road
and to their Companions they came, and
fhewed them what they had done. Now
when Feeble-mind and Ready-to-halt faw
that it was the Head of Gyant-Difpair in*
deed, they were very jocond and merry.
Now Chrijiiana^ if need was, could play
upon the Vial^ and her Daughter Mercy
upon the Lute : So, fince they were
fo merrj' difpofed, fhe plaid them a Lef-
fon, and Ready-to-halt would dance. So ^, . ,
he took Difpondencies Daughter, named ^:,^^lj
Much-afraid, by the Hand, and to Dan- ,, ^^- ,„ ,„_
cine; they went m the Road. True he j^ .
could not Dance without one Crutch in
his Hand, but I promife you, he footed it
well ; alfo the Girl was to be commend-
ed, for (he anfwered the Mufick han-
fomely.

As

1 62 C6e ^econn ipart of

As for Mr. Defpondencie^ the Mufick was
not much to him, he was for feeding ra-
ther than dancing, for that he was almoft
ftarved. So Chrijiiana gave him fome of
her Bottle of Spirits for prefent Relief, and
then prepared him fomething to eat ; and
in little time the old Gentleman came to
himfelf, and began to be finely revived.

Now I faw in my Dream, when all thefe
things were finifhed, Mr. Great-heart took
the Head of Gyant-Dijpair^ and fet it upon
a Pole by the Highway fide, right over a-
gainft the Filler that Chrijiian ereiled for a
Caution to Pilgrims that came after, to take
heed of entering into his Grounds.

Then he writ under it upon a Marble-
ftone, thefe Verfes following.

A Monu- This is the Head of him, Whoje Name only
mentof De- In former times^ did Pilgrims terrify.
liverance. His Caftle'5 down^ and Diffidence his Wife^

Brave Majier Great-heart has bereft of Life.

Defpondencie, his Daughter^ Much-afraid ;

Gvtzt-\\Q?irt^ for them^alfo the Man has plaid.

Who hereof doubts^ if heU but ca/i his Eye^

Up hither^ may his Scruples fat isfy.

This Head^ alfowhen doubting Cripples dance^

Doth Jhew from Fears they have Deliverance.

When thefe men had thus bravely fhew-
ed themfelves againft Doubting Caflle^ and
had flain Gyant Difpair^ they went forward,
and went on till they came to the DeleSiable
Mountains, where Chrijiian and Hopeful re.-
frelhed themfelves with the Varieties of the
Place. They alfo acquainted themfelves

with

77; 9 doubting Cajile be demolijhed
And the Gyant difpair hath loji his head
Sin can rebuild the Cajlle^ mak/t remaine,
And make defpair the Gyant live againe.

with the Shepherds there, who welcomed
them as they had done Chrisiian before, un-
to the delectable Mountains.

Now the Shepherds feeing fo great a train
follow iMr. Great-heart (for with him they
were well acquainted ; ) they faid unto
him, Good Sir, you have got a goodly
Company here j pray where did you find
all thefe?

Then Mr. Great-heart replyed.

Fij-Ji here^s Chriftiana and her tra'in^ The GuiJrs

Her Sons^and her Sons IFives^vjho like the Speech to ihe

If^ain^ Shepherds.

Keep h the Pole^ and do by Compafs flere^
From Sin to Grace ^ elfe they had not been here.
Next here^s old Honeft come on Pilgrimage^
Ready-to-halt /^5, who I dare ingage^
True hearted island Jo is Peeble-mind,
ff^ho tvilling zcas^ not to be left behind.
Difpondencie, good-mantis coming after .^
And fo alfo is Much-afraid, his Daughter.
A/ay we have Entertainment here^ or mujl
JVe further go ? leVs know whereon to trufi ?

Then faid the Shepherds ; This is a Thtir Enter-
comfortable Company, you are welcome to tainment.
us, for we have for the Feeble.^ as for the ^'^^ ^5-
Strong ; our Prince has an Eye to what is 4o-
done to the leaft of thefe. Therefore Infirmi-
ty muft not be a block to our Entertainment.
So they had them to the Palace Door, and
then faid unto them, come in Mr. Feeble-
mind., come in Air. Ready-to-halt., come in
Air . Difpondencie zuA Airs. Afuch-a/'raid^his
Daughter. Thtfe Air. Great-heart faid the
Shepherds to the Guide, we call in by name

for

1 66 Cbe ^econn ipatt of

for that they are moft fubje6t to draw back :

but as for you, and the reft that arey?ro«^,

we leave you to your wonted Liberty.

Then faid Mr. Greatheart^ This day I fee

that Grace doth Ihine in your Faces, and

A Defcrlp- j^^f yQ^ ^^g j^y Lords Shepherds indeed ;

tion offalfe f^j. j-j^^^ yQ^ j^^^g ^^^ pujhed thefe Difeafed

Shepherds, neither with Side nor Shoulder, but have

Ezek. 34. rather ftrewed their way into the Palace

^^' with Flowers, as you fhould.

So the Feeble and weak went in, and
Mr. Greathearty and the reft did follow.
When they were alfo fet down, the Shep-
herds faid to thofe of the weakeft fort,
what is it that you would have ? For faid
they, all things muft be managed here, to
the fupporting of the weak, as well as the
warning of the Unruly.

So they made them a Feaft of things,
eafy of Digeftion, and that were pleafant
to the Palate and nouriftiing ; the which
when they had received, they went to
their reft, each one refpeftively unto his
proper place. When Morning was come,
becaufe the mountains were high, and the
day clear ; and becaufe it was the Cuftom,
of the Shepherds to ftiew to the Pilgrims,
before their Departure, fome Rarities;
therefore after they were ready, and had
refreflied themfelves, the Shepherds took
them out into the Fields, and fhewed them
firft, what they had ftiewed to Chriftian be-
fore.

Then they had them to fome new places.
Mount Mar- The firft was to Mount-MarvelyWhere they
tvel. looked, and beheld a man at a Diftance,

that

Cfje Ipilgtims Ip^ogrcfs. 167

thi2t tumbled the Hills ahout with I fords.
• Then thcv asked the Shepherds what that
Oiould mean ? So they told him that that > Part,
man was the Son of one Great-grace^ of P^g *°°-
whom you read in the firft part of the Re-
cords of the Pilgrims Progrejs. And he is
let there to teach Pilgrims how to believe
down, or to tumble out of their ways, ^'^rk ii.
what Difficulties they fhall meet with, by 23. ^4-
faith. Then faid Air. Great-heart I know
him, he is a man above many.

Then they had them to another place, Mount In-
calk-d Mount Innocent. And there they faw nocent.
a man cloathed all in White ; and two men.
Prejudice., and Ill-willy continually carting
Dirt upon him. Now behold the Dirt,
whatfoever they caft at him, would in lit-
tle time fall off again, and his Garment
would look as clear as if no Dirt had been
caft thereat.

Then faid the Pilgrims what means this ?
The Shepherds anfwered , This Man is
named Godly man., and this Garment is to
fhew the Innocency of liis Life. Now
thofe that throw Dirt at him, are fuch as
hate his IVell-doing., but as you fee the Dirt
will not ftick upon his Cloths, fo it fliall
be with him that liveth truly Innocently in
the World. Whoever they be that would
make fuch men dirty, they labor all in
vain ; for God, by that a little time is fpent
will caufe that their Innocence fhall break
forth as the Light, and their Righteoufncfs
as the Noon day.

Then they took them, and had them to Mount
Mount-Charity .^ where they fhewed them a Charity,

man

1 68 Cf)e ^econD Part of

man that had a bundle of Cloth lying before
him, out of which he cut Coats and Gar-
ments, for the Poor that ftood about him ;
yet his Bundle or Role of Cloth was never
the lefs.

Then faid they, what fhould this be?
This is, faid the Shepherds, to fhew you,
That he that has a Heart to give of his La-
bor to the Poor, fhall never want where-
withal. He that watereth ihall be watered
himfclf. And the Cake that the Widdow
gave to the Prophet, did not caufe that fhe
had ever the lefs in her Barrel.

They had them alfo to a place where
they faw one Fool^ and one Want-wit^wzih-
ing of an Ethiopian with intention to make
hun white, but the more they wafhed him,
the blacker he was. They then asked the
Shepherds what that fhould mean. So they
told them, faying, Thus {hall it be with the
vile Perfon ; all means ufed to get fuch an
one a good Name, fhall in Conclufion tend
but to make hnn more abominable. Thus
it was with the Pharifes^ and fo fliall be
with all Hypocrites.
1 Part, Then iaxd Mercy the Wife oi Matthetv to

pag. 193. Cbriftiana her Mother, Mother, I would,
if it might be, fee the Hole in the Hill; or
that, commonly called, the By-way to Hell.
So her Mother brake her mind to the Shep-
herds. Then they went to the Door ; it
was in the fide of an Hill, and they opened
Mercy has it, and bid Mercy hearken awhile. So {he
a mind to barkened, and heard one idiy'mg^ Cu7-fed be
fee the hole my Father for holding of my Feet back from the
in the Hill, -way of Peace and Life j and an other faid, O

that

thcit I had been torn in pieces before I hod^ to
fave my Life,, loji my Soul ; and an other faid,
//' / were to live again., how would I deny my-
jelf rather then come to this place. Then
there was as if the very Earth had groaned,
and quaked under the Feet of this young
Woman for fear j fo fhe looked white, and
came trembling away, faying, Blefled be
he and fhe that is delivered from this Place.

Now when the Shepherds had fhewed
them all thefe things, then they had them
back to the Palace, and entertained them
with what the Houfe would afford ; But
Mercy being a young, and breeding Woman,
Longed for fomething that fhe faw there,
but was afhamed to ask. Her Mother-in-
law then asked her what fhe ailed, for fhe
looked as one not well. Then faid il^ercy., Mercy
There is a Looking glafs hangs up in the Dining- longeth, and
room,, off of which I cannot take my mind \J°'' "^'b^'-
if therefore I have it not, I think I fhall
Mifcarry. Then faid her Mother, I will
mention thy Wants to the Shepherds ,
and they will not deny it thee. But
fhe faid, I am afhamed that thefe men
fhould know that I longed. Nay, my
Daughter, faid fhe, it is no Shame, but
a Virtue, to long for fuch a thing as
that ; fo Mercy faid. Then Mother , if
you pleafe , ask the Shepherds if they
are willing to fell it.

Now the Glafs was one of a thou- it nj^-as tht
fand. It would prefent a man, one way IVorjoj
with his own Feature exactly, and turn God.
it but another way, and it would fhew
one the very Face and Similitude of

the

I70 C6e ^econu Ipatt of

James i. 32. the Prince of Pilgrims himfelf. Yea I
have talked with them that can tell, and
they have faid, that they have feen the

1 Cor. 13. very Crown of Thorns upon his Head,
12. by looking in that Glafs, they have there-
in alfo feen the holes in his Hands, in

2 Cor. 3. 18. his Feet, and his Side. Yea fuch an

excellency is there in that Glafs, that
it will fhew him to one where they have
a mind to fee him; whether living or
dead, whether in Earth or Heaven, whe-
ther in a State of Humiliation, or in his
Exaltation, whether coming to Suffer, or
coming to Reign.
1 Part, Chrijiiana therefore went to the Shep-

pag. 188. herds apart. (Now the Names of the
Shepherds are Knowledge , Experience ,
Watchful , and Sincere ) and faid unto
them. There is one of my Daughters a
breeding Woman, that, I think doth
long for fomething that fhe hath feen
in this Houfe, and fhe thinks fhe fhall
mifcarry if fhe fbould by you be de-
nyed.
She doth Experience. Call her , call her, She

not lofe her fhall alfuredly have what we can help
Longing. her to. So they called her, and faid
to her, Mercy^ what is that thing thou
wouldefl have \ Then fhe blufhed and
faid. The great Glafs that hangs up in
the Dining-room : fo Sincere ran and
fetched it, and with a joyful Confent
it was given her. Then fhe bowed her
Head and gave Thanks, and faid, by
this I know that I have obtained Favor
in your Eyes.

They

They alio ga\c to the other young
Women fuch things as they defined, and
to their Husbands great Commendations
for that they joyned with Mr. Great-
heart to the (laying of Gyant-Di/pair^:ind
the demolifhing oi Doubting-Cajih-.

About Chrijfiana's^ eck,the Shepherds
put a Bracelet, and fo they did about
the Necksof her four Daughters, alfo they
put Ear-rings in their Ears, and Jewels
on their Fore-heads.

When they were minded to go hence.
They let them go in Peace, but gave not
to them thofe certain Cautions which
before was given to Chrijiian and his
Companion. The Reafon was, for that i Part,
thefe had Great-heart to be their Guide, pag. 195.
who was one that was well acquainted
with things, and fo could give them
their Cautions more feafonably, to wit,
even then when the Danger was nigh the
approaching.

W hat Cautions CAr//?/fl« and his Com-
panions had received of the Shepherds,
they had alfo loft ; by that the time was ' ^^ '
come that they had need to put them P^^' ^
in pradlife. Wherefore here was the
Advantage that this Company had over
the other.

From hence they went on Singing,
and they faid,

Behold^ how fitly are the Stages fet !
For their Reliefs that Pilgrims are become \
Jnd how they us receive without one let^
That make the other Life^ our Mark and
Home. What

172 C6e ^cconti part of

What Novelties they have ^tom they give ^
Thatwe^tho Pilgrims joyful lives may Live,
They do upon us too fuch things bejlow^
That Jhew we Pilgrims are, where e're
we go.

When they were gone from the Shep-
herds, they quickly came to the Place
where Chri/lian met with one Turn-a-
way, that dwelt in the Town of Apo-
Jiacy. Wherefore of him Mr. Great-
I Part, heart their Guide did now put them in
pag. 199, mind ; faying. This is the place where
Chrijiian met with one Turn-a-way, who
carried with him, the Character of his
Rebellion at his Back. And this I have
to fay concerning this man. He would

rr harken to no Counfel, but once afal-

Ho^ one .. . . , ' n 1 •

Turn a- ^'"S ' perlwaiion could not Itop him.
way man- '^^^^^ ^^ came to the place where the
a^edhisA- Crofs and the Sepulcher was, he did
poflacy. meet with one that did bid him look,
heb. 10. z6 there, hut he gnaftied with his Teeth,
27, 28, 29. ^nd flamped, and faid , he was refol-
ved to go back to his own Town. Be-
fore he came to the Gate, he met with
Evangelifl, who offered to lay Hands on
him, to turn him into the way again. But
this Turn-a-way reflated him, and having
done much defpite unto him, he got a-
way over the Wall, and fo efcaped his
Hand.

Then they went on, and juft at the
place where Little-Faith formerly was
Eobbed, there flood a man with his
Sword drawn, and his Face all Bloody.
Then faid Mr. Great-heart, What art

thou ?

Cbc Ipilgrims p^ogrcfs. 173

thou ? The niau made Aulvvcr, laying,
I am one whofe Name is Valiant-for-
Truth^ I am a Pil<:;rim, and am going to
the Cclcilial City. Now as I was in my
way, there was three men did befet me,
and propounded unto me thei-' three
things. I. Whether I would become one
of them ? 2. Or go back from whence I
came? 3. Or die upon the place? To the
firft I anfwered, I had been a true Man
a long Seafon, and therefore, it could Prov. i.
not be expected that I now (hould caft 10, n, 12,
in my Lot with Thieves. Then they U. H-
demanded what I would fay to the Se-
cond, So I told them that the Place
from whence I came, had I not found
Incommodicy there, I had not forfaken it
at all, but finding it altogether unfutable
to me, and very unprofitable for me,
I forfook it for this Way. Then they
asked me what I faid to the third. And
I told them, my Life coft more dear
far, than that I Ihould lightly give it a-
way. Befides, you have nothing to do
thus to put things to my Choice; where-
fore at your Peril be it, if you meddle.
Then thefe three, to wit, JVild-head^ In-
conftderate^ and Pragmatickt drew upon
me, and I alfo drew upon them.

So we fell to it, one againfl: three,
for the fpace of above three Hours. They
have left upon me, as you lee, fome of
the Marks of their Valour, and have al-
fo carried away with them fome of
mine. They are but juft now gone. I
fuppofe they might, as the faying is,
I hear

174 Cf)e ^econD Part of

hear your Horfe dafh, and fo they be-
took them to flight.

Greath. But here was great Odds^ three
againjl one.

Valiant. 'Tis true, but little and
more^ are nothing to him that has the
Pfalm 27. 3. Truth on his fide. Though an Hoitjhould
encamp againft me^ faid one^ My Heart
Jhall not fear. Tioo War Jhould rife againft
me^ in this will I be Confident^ Sec. Be-
iides, faid he, I have read in fome Re-
cords, that one man has fought an Army ;
and how many did Sampfon flay with the
Jaw-Bone of an Afs !

Greath. Then faid the Guide^ Why did
you not cry out., that fome might a came in
for your Succour.

Valiant. So I did, fo my King, who
I knew could hear, and afford invifible
Help, and that was fufficient for me.

Greath. Then faid Great-heart to Mr.
Valiant-for-truth, Thou haft, worthily be-
haved thy f elf \ Let me fee thy Sword; fo
he Jhewedit him.

When he had taken it in his Hand,
Ifa. 2. 3. and looked thereon a while, he faid,
Ha ! // is a right Jerufalem Blade.

Valiant. It is fo. Let a man have

Ephes. 6. one of thefe Blades., with a Hand to wield

12, 13, 14, it, and skill to ufe it, and he may ven-

iSi 16, 17. ture upon an Angel with it. He need

not fear its holding, if he can but tell

Heb. 4. 12. how to lay on. Its Edges will never

blunt. It will cut Flejh., and BoneSy and

Souly and Spirit^ and all.

Greath. But you fought a great while.,

^bt Ipilgrims IP^ogrcfs. 175

/ wonder you ivas not weary ?

Faliant. I fought till my fvvord did * Sam 23.
cleave to my Hand, and when they 'o-
were joyncd together, as if a Sword ^^-^ ff^crJ.
grew out of my Arm, and when the '^'^' Fait/:.
Blood run thorow my Fingers, then I ^•°-'^-
fought with moft Courage.

Greath. Thou ban done well^ thou hail
refifled unto Blood .^ J} riving againjl Sin.
Thou Jh a It abide by us^ come in^ and go out
with us ; for we are thy Companions.

Then they took him and wafhed his
Wounds, and gave him of what they
had, to refrefh him, and fo they went on
together. Now as they went on, becaufe
Mr. Great-heart was delighted in him
(for he loved one greatly that he found
to be a man of his Hands) and becaufe
there was with his Company, them that
was feeble and weak ; Therefore he
queftioned with him about many things;
as firft, what Country-man he was ?

Valiant. I am of Dark-land.^ for there
I was born, and there my Father and
Mother are flill.

Greath. Dark-land.^ faid the Guide,
Doth not that ly upon the jame Coafl with the
C/'O'o/Deftruaion?

Valiant. Yes it doth. Now that which
caufed me to come on Pilgrimage, was H(rw Mr.
this. We had one Mr. Tell-true came in Valiant
to our parts, and he told it about, what came to go
Chrijlian had done, that went from the on Pilgri-
City of DeslruHion. Namely, how he "tag'-
had forfaken his IVife and Children^ and
had betaken himfelf to a Pilgrim's Life.
1 2 It

17^ Cfie ^econD part of

It was alfo confidently reported how he
had killed a Serpent that did come out to
refift him in his Journey, and how he
got thorow to whither he intended. It
was alfo told what Welcome he had at
all his Lords Lodgings ; fpecially when
he came to the Gates of the Celeftial
City. For there, faid the man. He was
received with found of Trumpet, by a
company of fhining ones. He told it
alfo, how all the Bells in the City did
ring for Joy at his Reception, and what
Golden Garments he was cloathed with ;
with many other things that now I ftiall
forbear to relate. In a word, that man
fo told the Story of Chrijl'ian and his
Travels, that my Heart fell into a burn-
ing haft to be gone after him, nor could
Father or Mother ftay me, fo I got
from -them, and am come thus far on
my Way.

Greath. Tou came in at the Gate., did
you not F
He begins Valiant. Yes, yes. For the fame man

right. alfo told us, that all would be nothing,

if we did not begin to enter this way at
the Gate.
ChriftianV Greath. Look, you^ faid the Guide., to
Natrefa- Chriftiana, The Pilgrimage of your Hus-
rnous. hand., and xuhat he has gotten thereby., is

fpread abroad far and near.

Valiant. Why, is this Chri^ian^s
Wife ?

Greath. Tes., That it is, and thefe are
alfo her four Sons.

Valiant.

C^c Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 177

Valiant. \Vhat ! and going on Pil-
grimage too ?

Greath. Yes., verily they are following
after.

Valiant. It glads me at Heart ! ^<' " '"a^A
Good man! How Joyful will he \iQ..^re'joyced to
when he fhall fee them that would not/'^ Chrifti-
go with him, yet to enter afcer him, in ^" -^ ^^'J*-
at the Gates into the City ?

Greath. IVithout doubt it will be a Com-
fort to him -y For next to the Joy of feeing
himfelf there^ it will be a Joy to meet there
his iVife and his Children.

Valiant. But now you are upon that,
pray let me hear your Opinion about it.
Some make a Qiieftion whether we
fhall know one another when we are
there r

Greath. Do they think they fhall know
themf elves then ? Or that they fhall rcjoyce
to fee themfelves in that Blifs F And if they
think they fhall k^toiv and do thefe ; JVhy
not know otherSy and rejoyee in their JV el-
fare alfo ?

Again.^ Since Relations are our fecond
felf tho that State zvill be di/folved there,
yet why may it not be rationally concluded
that we fhall be more glad to fee them there,
then to fee they are wanting?

Valiant. Well, I perceive whereabouts
you are as to this. Have you any more
things to ask me about my beginning to
come on Pilgrimage ?

Greath. Yes, IVas your Father and Mo-
ther willing that you fJjould become a Pil~
grim ?

I 3 Valiant.

178

The great
Jiumbling-
Blocks that
by his
Friends
ijoere 1 aid-
in his luay.

The Firji

S tumbling-
Block.

Cfje ^econD part of

Valiant, Oh, no. They ufed all means
imaginable to perfwade me to ftay at
Home.

Greath. Why^ what could they fay a~
gain ft it F

Valiant, They faid it was an idle Life,
and if I my felf were not inclined to
Sloath and Lazinefs,! would never coun-
tenance a Pilgrim's Condition.

Greath. jind what did they fay elfe F

Valiant. Why, They told me, That it
was a dangerous Way, yea the moft
dangerous Way in the World, faid they,
is that which the Pilgrims go.

Greath. Did they Jhowwherein this way
is fo dangerous f

Valiant, Yes. And that in many Par-
ticulars.

Greath. Name fome of them.

Valiant. They told me of the Slow
of Z)//^<7W, where CAr/V7/^« was well-nigh
fmuthered. They told me that there
were Archers ftanding ready in Belze-
huh-CaJile.^ to fhoot them that Ihould
knock at the Wicket-G2X^ for Entrance.
They told me alfo of the Wood, and
dark Mountains, of the Hill Difficulty., of
the Lyons, and alfo of the three Gy-
ants. Bloody-man., Maul., and Slay-good,
They faid moreover, that there was a
foul Fiend \iz\xnte6 the VzWey of Humili-
ation, and that Chriffian was, by him,
almoll bereft of Life. Befides, faid
they, You muft go over the Valley of
the Shadow of Death., where the Hobgob-
lins are, where the Light is Darknefs,

where

CI)C Ipilgrims P^ogrcfs. 179

where the Way is full of Snares, Pits,
7>aps, and Ciinns. They told me alfo
of Gydnt-Difpair^ oi Doubting-Canle^ and
of the Ruins that the Pilgrims met with
there. Further, they faid, I muft go
over the enchanted Ground, which
was dangerous. And that after all this,
I fhould find a River, over which I
fhould find no Bridg, and that that
River did lye betwixt me and the Cele-
IHal Country.

Greath. And was this all?

Valiant. No, they alfo told me that the Second.
this way was full of Deceivers^ and of
Perfons that laid await there, to turn
good men out of the Path.

Greath. But how did they make that
out?

Valiant. They told me that Mr. IVorld-
ly-wifeman did there lye in wait to de- '^'^^ Second.
ceive. They alfo faid that there was
Formality and Hypocrlfte continually on
the Road. They faid alfo that By-ends^
Talkative^ or Demas^ would go near to
gather me up ; That the Flatterer would
catch me in his Net, or that with green-
headed Ignorance I would prefume to go
on to the Gate, from whence he always
was fent back to the Hole that was in
the fide of the Hill, and made to go the
By-way to Hell.

Greath. I promife you^ This was enough
to difcourage. But did they make an end
here ?

Valiant. No, ftay. They told me alfo The Third.
of many that had tryed that way of
I 4 old^

i8o C6e ^econD Part of

old, and that had gone a great way
therein, to fee if they could find fome-
thing of the Glory there, that fo many
had fo much talked of from time to
time ; and how they came back again,
and befooled themfelves for fetting a
Foot out of Doors in that Path, to the
Satisfaction of all the Country. And
they named feveral that did fo, as Ob-
ftlnate and Plyahle^ Miftruft^ and Timo-
rous^ Turn-a-way^ and old Jtheifi^ with
feveral more ; who, they faid, had, fome
of them, gone far to fee if they could
find, but not one of them found fo much
Advantage by going, as amounted to the
weight of a Fether.

Greath. Said they anything more to
difcourage you ?
The Fourth. Valiant, Yes, they told me of one
Mi. Fearing^ who was a Pilgrim, and
how he found this way fo Solitary, that
he never had comfortable Hour therein,
alfo that Mr. Defpondency had like to
been ftarved therein j Yea, and alfo,
which 1 had almoft forgot, that Chrifii-
an himfelf, about whom there has been
fuch a Noife, after all his Ventures for
a Celeftial Crown, was certainly drown-
ed in the black River, and never went
foot further, how ever it was fmuther-
ed up.

Greath. jind did none of thefe things
difcourage you ?

Valiant. No. They feemed but as fo
many Nothings to me.

Greath. How came that about ?

Valiant.

Cfjc l^ilgnms ip^ogrcfs. iSi

Valiant. \Vhv, I ftill believed what ''ft*' ^i:<"
Mr. Tell-true had faid, and that carried ^-^'^ t^'f'
nic beyond them all. i^tumhlin^.

Greath. Then this was your Victory, ^^°'^^'
even your Faith.

Valiant. It was fo, I believed and
therefore came out, got into the Way,
fought all that fet themfclves againft
me, and by believing am come to this
Place.

IVho would true Valour fee^
Let him come hither;
One here will Conffant he^
Come IVind., come IVeather,
Tlure's no Difcouragcment,
Shall ma/lie him once Relent,
His firfl avowed Intent,
To be a Pilgrim.

JVho fo bcfet him round y
IVith difmal Storys,
Do hut themfelves confound;
His ftrength the more is,
No Lyon can htm fright^
He' I with a Gyant Fight^
But he will have a '''ght^
To be a Pilgrim.

Hobgoblin, nor foul Fiend,
Can daunt his Spirit :
He knotvs^ he at the end.

Shall Life Inherit.
Then Fancies fy away^
He" I fear not what men fay ^
He' I labor Night and Day^
To be a Pilgrim.

Is

1 82 Cfte ^econn part of

I Part, By this time they were got to the

pag. 220. enchanted-Ground^ where the Air natu-
rally tended to make one Droivzy. And
that place was all grown over with Bry-
ers and Thorns ; excepting here and
//j^r^, where was an inchanted Arbor ^ up-
on which, if a man fits, or in which
if a man fleeps, 'tis a queftion, fay fome,
whether ever they Ihall rife or wake a-
gain in this World. Over this Forreft
therefore they went, both one with an
other, and Mr. Great-heart went before,
for that he was the Guide, and Mr. Va-
liant-for-truth ^ he came behind, being
there a Guard, for fear left paradventure
fome Fiend^ or Dragon^ or Gyant^ or
Th'ief^ fhould fall upon their Rere, and
fo do Mifchief. They went on here each
man with his Sword drawn in his Handj
for they knew it was a dangerous place.
Alfo they cheared up one another as
well as they could. Feeble-mind^ Mr.
Great-heart commanded fhould come up
after him, and Mr. Dlfpondency was un-
der the Eye of Mr. Fallant.

Now they had not gone far, but a
great Mift and a Darknefs fell upon
them all ; fo that they could fcarfe, for
a great while, fee the one the other.
Wherefore they were forced for fome
time, to feel for one another, by Words;
for they walked not by Sight.

But any one muft think, that here
was but forry going for the beft of them
all, but how much worfe for the Wo-
men and Children, who both of Feet

and

and H^art were but tender. Yet fo it
was, that, thorow the incouraging
Weirds of he that led in the Front, and
of him that brought them up behind,
they made a pretty good fhitt to wagg
along.

The Way alfo was here very weary-
fom thorow Dirt and Slabbinefs. Nor
was there on al/ this Ground, fo much
as one Inn or f^i£iualling-Houfe^ there-
in to refrcfti the feebler fort. Here
therefore was grunting^ and puffings and
fighing : While one tumbleth over a
Bufh, another fticics faft in the Dirt, and
the Children, fome of them, loft their
Shoos in the Mire. While one cr)'s out,
1 am down, and another, Ho, VVhere
are you ? and a third, the Buflies have
got fuch faft hold on me, I think I
cannot get away from them.

Then they came at an Arbor^ warm, An Arbor
and promifing much Refreftiing to the on the In-
Pilgrims; for it was finely wrought a- <"^««/"'^
bove-head, beautified with Greens^ fur- Ground.
nifhed with Benches and Settles. It alfo
had in it a foft Couch whereon the wea-
ry might lean. This, you muft think,
all things confidered, was tempting;
for the Pilgrims already began to be
foyled with the badnefs of the way ; but
there was not one of them that made (o
much as a motion to ftop there. Yea,
for ought I could perceive, they con-
tinually gave fo good heed to the Ad-
vice of their Guide, and he did fo faith-
fully tell them of Dangers^ and of the

I^ature

•I 84

Ihe Name of
the Arbor.

The 'way
difficult to
find.

The Guide
has a Map
of all -ways
leading to
or from the
City.

God's Book.

€^z ^econn Part of

Nature of Dangers when they were at
them, that ufually when they were near-
eft to them, they did moft pluck up
their Spirits, and hearten one another
to deny the Flefh. This Jrbor-WAS call-
ed The Jloathfuh Friend.^ on purpofe to
allure, if it might be, fome of the Pil-
grims there, to take up their Reft, when
weary.

I faw then in my Dream, that they
went on in this their foUtary Ground,
till they came to a place at which a man
is apt to lofe his Way. Now., tho when
it was light, their Guide could well e-
nough tell how to mifs thofe ways that
led wrong, yet in the dark he was put
to a ftand : But he had in his Pocket a
Map of all ways leading to, or from the
Celeftial City ; wherefore he ftrook a
Light (for he never goes alfo without
his Tinder-box) and takes a view of
his Book or Map ; which bids him be
careful in that place to turn to the right-
hand-way. And had he not here been
careful to look in his Map, they had all,
in probability, been fmuthered in the
Mud, for juft a little before them, and
that at the end of the cleaneft Way too,
was a Pit, none knows how deep, full
of nothing but Mud, there made on pur-
pofe to deftroy the Pilgrims in.

Then thought I with my felf, who,
that goeth on Pilgrimage, but would
have one of thefe Maps about him, that
he may look when he is at a Handy
which is the way he muft take.

They

C1)C lif)ilo^im5 Ip^og^crs. 1S5

They went on then in this inchanted
Ground, till they came to where was an
other Jrhor^ and it was built by the
High-way-fide. And in that ylrbor there '^" ^'''""'
lay two men whofe Names were Heed- ""' ^ ■'
leji and Tco-hold. Thcfe two went thus'''^''^
far on Pilgrimage ; but here being wea-
ried with their Journy, they fat down
to reft themfelves, and fo fell faft afleep.
^Vhcn the Pilgrims faw them, they ftood
ftill and ftioolc their Heads ; for they
knew that v.he Sleepers were in a pitiful
Cafe. Then they confulted what to do,
whether to go on and leave them in
their Sleep, or to ftep to them and try
to wake them. So they concluded to
go to them and wake them ; that is, \( The Pil-
they could; but with this Caution, ^rz'/7T/ /ry /o
namely, to take heed that themfelves ivaie them.
did not fit down nor imbrace the offe-
red Benefit of that Arbor.

So they went in and fpake to the
men, and called each by his Name, (for
the Guide, it feems, did know them)
but there was no Voice nor Anfwer.
Then the Guide did fhake them, and do
what he could to difturb them. Then
faid one of them, / ivill pay you when
1 take my Many ; At which the Guide
fhook his Head. / will fight fo long as
I can hold my Sword in my Hand., faid the
other. At that, one of the Children Th^ir Er.-
laughed. deaijour is

Then Hiid Chrifliana, what is thc/ruitUfs.
meaning of this ? The Ciuide faid. They Pror. 23.
ialli in their Sleep. If you ftrikc them, 34- 3S-

beat

1 86 C6e Attorn pact of

beat them, or what ever elfe you do to
them, they will anfwer you after this
faftiion ; or as one of them faid in old
time, when the Waves of the Sea did
beat upon him, and he fleptas one upon
the Maft of a Ship, ffhen I awake I will
feek it again. You know when men talk
in their Sleeps, they fay any thing ; but
their Words are not governed, either
by Faith or Reafon. There is an Inco-
herencie in their Words now., as there was
before betwixt their going on Pilgri-
mage, and fitting down here. This
then is the Mifchief on't, when heedlefs
ones go on Pilgrimage, 'tis twenty to
one, but they are ferved thus. For this
inchanted Ground is one of the laft Re-
fuges that the Enemy to Pilgrims has ;
wherefore it is as you fee, placed almoft
at the end of the Way, and fo it ftand-
eth againft us with the more Advantage.
For when, thinks the Enemy, will thefe
Fools be fo defirous to fit down, as when
they are weary ; and when fo like to be
weary, as when almoft at their Journys
end ? Therefore it is, I fay, that the
inchanted Ground is placed fo nigh to
the Land Beulah., and fo neer the end
of their Race. Wherefore let Pilgrims
look to themfelves, left it happen to
them as it has done to thefe, that, as
you fee, are fallen afleep, and none can
wake them.

Then the Pilgrims defired with trem-
bling to go forward, only they prayed
their Guide to ftrike a Light, that they

might

€bc Ipilgrimo Ip^ogrcfs. 187

mi<:ht go the rclt of their way by the
help of the light of a Lamhoni. So he Th light cf
itrook a light, and thcv went by the help the SVord.
o\ that thorow the reft of this way, tho 2 Pet. 1. 19,
the Darknefs was very great.

But the Children began to be forely The Ckil-
weary, and they cryed out unto W\m <^''"' ^n fir
that lovcth Pilgrims, to make their way ivearinefs.
more Comfortable. So by that they
had gone a little further, a Wind arofe
that drove away the Fog, (o the Air
became more clear.

Yet they were not off (by much)
of the inchanted Ground ; only now they
could fee one another better, and the
way wherein they fhould walk.

Now when they were almoft at the
end of this Ground, they perceived
that a little before them, was a Jolemn
Noife, as of one that was much concern-
ed. So they went on and looked be-
fore them, and behold, they favv, as
they thought, a Alun upon his KneeSy
with Hands and Eves lift up, and fpeak-
ing, as they thought, earneftly to one
that was above. They drew nigh, but
could not tell what he faid ; To rhey
went foftly till he had done. When he
had done, he got up and began to run
towards the Celeftial City. Then Mr.
Great-heart called after him, faying, So-
ho. Friend, let us have your Company
if you go, as I fuppofe you do, to the
Celeftial City. So the man ftopped, and
they came up to him. But fo foon as
Mr. Hone ft faw him, he faid, I know

1 88 C&e %)CConD part of

this man. Then faid Mr. Valiant-for-
truth^ Prethee, who is it ? 'Tis one, faid
Ths Story of \\Q^ that comes from where-abouts I
Standfaft. dwelt, his Name is Stand-fa fl^ he is cer-
tainly a right good Pilgrim.

So they came up one to another and
prefently Stand-fafl faid to old Honefl^
Ho, Father Honeft^ are,you there ? Ai,
faid he, that I am, as lure as you are
there. Right glad am I, faid Mr. Stand-
fafl^ that 1 have found you on this Road.
And as glad am I, faid the other, that I
efpied you upon your Knees. Then Mr.
Standfast bluflied, and faid. But why,
did you fee me ? Yes, that I did, quoth
the other, and with my Heart was glad
at the Sight. Why, what did you think,
faid Standfaft F Think, faid old Honefl^
what fhould I think ? I thought we had
an honeft Man upon the Road, and there-
fore fhould have his Company by and
by. If you thought not amifs,how hap-
py am I ? But if I be not as I fhould, I
alone mufl bear it. That is true, faid
the other ; But your fear doth further
confirm me that things are right betwixt
the Prince of Pilgrims and your Soul.
For he (aith^BkJ/edis the Man that fear-
eth always.

Valiant. Well, But Brother, I pray
thee tell us what was it that was the
caufe of thy being upon thy Knees, even
now ? Was it for that fome fpecial Mer-
cy laid Obligations upon thee, or how ?
Stand. Why we are as you fee, upon
the inchanted Ground^ and as I was com-
ing

lalli be-
iixjixt him
and Mr.
Honeft.

They found
him at
Prayer.

inf» along, I was mufing with my fclf of
what a dangerous Road, the Road in
this place was, and how many that had ff'^at it
come even thus (av on Pilgrimage, had <itai that
here been ftopt, and been deftroyed. \ fetched bim
thought alfo of the manner of the Death, upon his
with which this place deftroyeth Men. Knees.
Thofe that die hcrc% die of no violent
Diftemper ; the Death which fuch die,
is not grievous to them. For he that
goeth away in a Sleep^ begins that Jour-
ney with Defire and Plcafure. Yea fuch
acquiefce in the Will of that Difeafe.

Hon. Then Air. Honeft Interrupting of
him faid^ did you Jee the two Men ajUcp
in the Arbor ?

Stand. Ai, Ai, I faw Heedlefs^ and Too-
bold there ; and for ought I know, there
they will ly till they Rot. But let me Prov. lo. 7.
go on in my Tale ? As I was thusMu-
nng, as I faid, there was one in very
pleafant Attire, but old., that prefented
herfelf unto me, and offered me three
things, to wit, her Body., her Purfe., and
her Bed. Now the Truth is, I was both
aweary and fleepy, I am alfo as poor as
a Howlet., and that, perhaps, the IVitch
knew. Well, I repulfed her once and
twice, but fhe put by my Repulfes, and
fmiled. Then I began to be angry, but
fhe mattered that nothing at all. Then
Die made Offers again, and faid, if I
would be ruled by her, fhe would make
me great and happy. For, faid (he, I
am the Miftrifs of the World, and men
are made happy by me. Then I asked

her

ipo

Madam
Buble, or
this 'vain
World:

^\)t ^econD part of

her Name, and fhe told me it was Ma-
dam Bubble. This fet me further from
her ; but fhe ftill followed me with In-
ticements. Then I betook me, as you
fee, to my Knees, and with Hands lift
up, and crys, I pray'd to him that had
faid, he would help. So juft as you
came up, the Gentlewoman went her
way. Then I continued to give thanks
for this my great Deliverance ; for I ve-
rily believe fhe intended no good, but
rather fought to make flop of me in my
Journey.

Hon. IVithout doubt her Defignswere
bad. But ftay^ now you talk of her ^ me-
thinks I either have feen her^ or have read
fonw ftory of her.

Standf Perhaps you have done both.

Hon. Madam Buble I Is Jloe not a tall
comely Dame.,fomething ofafwarthy Com-
plexion ?

Standf. Right, you hit it, fhe is jufl
fuch an one.

Hon. Doth fhe not fpeak. veryfmoothly^
and give you a Smile at the end of a Sen-
tence ?

Standf. You fall right upon it again,
for thefe are her very Adfions.

Hon. Doth Jhe not wear a great Purfe
by her Side^ and is not her Hand often in ity
fingering her Mony^ as if that was her
Hearts delight F

Standf. 'Tis jufl fo. Had fhe flood by
all this while, you could not more amply
have fet her forth before me, nor have
better defcribed her Features.

Hon,

Hon. Then he that drew her PitSture
was a cjood Limner^ and he that wrote of
her, faid true.

Grt-ath. This Woman is a Il^itch^ and Ibe H'orU.
it is by \'irtue of her Sorciries that this
Ground is enchantai ; whoever doth lay
their Head down in her Z<r//), had as good
lay it down upon that Block over which
the Ax doth hang; and whoever lay
their Eyes upon her Beauty, are counted
the Enemies of God. This is fhe that jam. +. 4.
maintaineth in their Splendor, all thofe i John 2.
that are the Enemies of Pilgrims. Yea, 15.
This is fhe that has bought off many a
man from a Pilgrims Life. She is a
great Gojftper^ fhe is always, both (he
and her Daughters, at one Pilgrim's
Heels or other, now Commending, and
then preferring the excellencies of this
Life. She is a bold and impudent Slut j
She will talk with any Alan. She always
laugheth poor Pilgrims to fcorn, but
highly commends the Rich. If there be
one cunning to get iMony in a Place, fhe
will fpeak well of him, from Houle to
Houie. She loveth Banqueting , and
Feaftuig, mainly well ; (he is always at
one full Table or another. She has given
it out in fome places, that fhe is a God-
defs, and therefore fome do Worfhip
her. She has her times and open places
of Cheating, and fhe will fay and avow
it, that none can fhew a Good compa-
rable to hers. She promifeth to dwell
with Childrens Children, if they will but
love aiid make much of her. She will

caft

192 C6e ^econn pact of

caft out of her Purfe, Gold like Duft, in
feme places, and to fome Perfons. She
loves to be fought after, fpoken well of,
and to ly in the Bofoms of Men. She is
never weary of commending her Com-
modities, and (he loves them moft that
think beft of her. She will promife to
fome Crowns, and Kingdoms, if they
will but take her Advice, yet many has
fhe brought to the Halter, and ten thou-
fand times more to Hell.

Standf. O ! /aid Stand-falt, What a
Mercy is it that I did refi ft her \ for whither
might Jl)e a drawn 7ne ?

Greath. Whither ! Nay, none but

God knows whither. But in general to

be fure, fhe would a drawn thee into ma-

1 Tim. 6. 9. ny foolijh and hurtful Lufis^ which drown

tnen in DeftruSlion and Perdition.

'Twas fhe that fet Abfalom againfl his
Father, and Jeroboa?n againft his Mafter.
'Twas fhe that perfuaded fudas to fell
his Lord, and that prevailed with De?nas
to forfake the Godly Pilgrims Life ; none
can tell of the Mifchief that fhe doth.
She makes Variance betwixt Rulers and
Subjedls, betwixt Parents and Children,
*twixt Neighbor and Neighbor, 'twixt
a Man and his Wife, 'twixt a Man and
himfelf, 'twixt the Flefh and the Heart.

Wherefore good Mafter *S'/fl«i^3/^y? , be
as your Name is, and when you have
done all ftand.

At this Difcourfe there was among the
Pilgrims a mixture of Joy and Trembling,
but at length they brake out and Sang.

What

Jt^hat Danger is the Pilgrim in^

How many are his Foes ?

How many ways there are to Siriy

No living Mortal {noivs.

Some oy the Ditch Jhy are ^ yet can

Lie tumbling on the My re :

Some tho they Jhun the Frying-pan^

Do leap into the Fire.

After this I beheld, until they were
come unto the Land of Beulah, where
the Sun (hincth Night and Day. Here,
bccaufe they was weary, they betook
thenifclves a while to Reft. And be-
caufc this Country was common for Pil-
grims, and bccaufe the Orchards and
Vinyards that were here, belonged to ' P^'■^
the King of the Celeftial Country ; P^S- ^5'»
therefore they were licenfcd to make ^5-«
bold with any of his things.

But a little while foon refrefhed them
here, for the Bells did fo ring, and
the Trumpets continually found fo Me-
lodioufly , that they could not fleep,
and yet they received as much refrefh-
ing, as if they had flcpt their Sleep
never fo foundly. Here alfo all the noife
of them that walked the Streets, was,
Afore Pilgrims are come to Town. And
an other would anfwer , faying, And
fo many went over the Water, and were
let in at the Golden Gates to Day. They
would cry again, There is now a Legi-
on of Shining ones, juft come to Town ;
hy which we know that there are more

Pilgrims

194

Death bit-
ter to the
HeJ}}, but
fuueet to the
Soul.

Death has
its Ebhings
and Floiv-
ings like
the Tide.

CJje ^econD IPatt of

Pilgrims upon the Road, for here they
come to wait for them, and to comfort
them after all their Sorrow. Then the
Pilgrims got up and walked to and fro :
But how were their Ears now filled with
heavenly Noifes, and their Eyes de-
lighted with Celeftial Vifions ? In this
Land, they heard nothing, faw nothing,
felt nothing, fmelt nothing, tafted no-
thing, that was ofFenfive to their Sto-
mach or Mind ; only when they tafted
of the Water of the River, over which
they were to go, they thought that tafted
a little Bitterifli to the Palat, but it
proved fweeter when 'twas down.

In this place there was a Record
kept of the Names of them that had
been Pilgrims of old, and a Hiftory of
all the famous Adts that they had done.
It was here alfo much difcourfed how
the River to fome had had its JiowingSy
and what ebbings it has had while others
have gone over. It has been in a man-
ner dry for fome, while it has overflow-
ed its Banks for others.

In this place, the Children of the
Town would go into the Kings Gardens
and gather Nofe-gaies for the Pilgrims,
and bring them to them with much
Affection. Here alfo grew Camph'ire^
with Spicknardf and Saffron^ Calamus^
and Cinamon , with all its Trees of
Franhincenfe^ Myrrhe^ and Aloes^ with all
chief Spices. With thefe the Pilgrims
Chambers were perfumed, while they
flayed here ; and with thefe were their

Bodys

ilZtc Ipilgrims Ip^cgrcfs?. 195

Bodys anointed to prepare them to go
over the River when the time appointed
was come.

Now, while they lay here, and wai:-
ed for the good Hour j there was a ^ Mcffenger
Noyfe in the Town, that there was a "f Death
Pofl come from the Ccleftial City, with /<"«' /»
Matter of great Importance, to one Chnftiana.
ChrijUana^ the Wife of Chrifiian the
Pilgrim. So Enquiry was made for her,
and the Houfc was found out where flic
was, fo the Pofl prefcnted her with a
Letter; The Contents whereof was. Hail,
GcodWoman, I bring theeTidirigs that the His Mef-
Mafler calleth for thee, and expeSlcth that /age.
thoujhouldefl flandin his Pre/ence,in deaths
of Immortality, within this ten Days.

When he had read this Letter to her, ^^^ ^^y_
he gave her therewith a fure Token ^^^ ^-^
that he was a true Mefl^enger, and was ^^^^^ ^^
come to bid her make haft to be gone. ,^^^ th^t
The Token was. An Arrow with a Point ^^^^ „g,
jharpened with Love, let eafily into her thing to do
Heart, which by degr ees wrought fo cffeSfu- f,ut to dye.
ally with her, that at the time appointed Jhe
mufl be gone.

When Chrifliana faw that her time
was come, and that {he was the flrft of
this Company that was to go over : She
called for Mr. Great-heart her Guide, and ^'^ ^^"'^
told him how Matters were. So he told ^ .^
her he was heartily glad of the News,
and could a been glad had the Poft came
for him. Then fhe bid that he fliould
give Advice how all things Ihould be
prepared for her Journey.

So

196 Cf)e ^econn part of

So he told her, faying, Thus and thus
it muft be, and we that Survive will ac-
company you to the River-fide.

Then fhe called for her Children,
To her Chil- and gave them her Blejfing ; and told
dren. them that fhe yet read with Comfort

the Mark that was fet in their Fore-
heads, and was glad to fee them with
her there, and that they had kept their
Garments fo white. Laftly, She be-
queathed to the Poor that little fhe had,
and commanded her Sons and her
Daughters to be ready againft the Mef-
fenger fhould come for them.

When fhe had fpoken thefe Words
to her Guide and to her Children, fhe
7b Mr. Va- called for Mr. Vallant-for-truth^ and faid
liant. unto him, Sir, You have in all places

fliewed your felf true-hearted, be Faith-
ful unto Death, and my King will give
you a Crown of Life. I woukl alfo in-
treat you to have an Eye to my Chil-
dren, and if at any time you fee them
faint, fpeak comfortably to them. For
my Daughters, my Sons Wives, they
have been Faithful, and a fulfilling of
To Mr. the Promife upon them, will be their

Standfaft. end. But fhe gave Mr. Stand-fail a

Ring.
To Old Ho- Then fhe called for old Mr. Honeft^
neft. and faid of him, Behold an Ifraelite in-

deed, in whom is no Guile. Then faid
he^ I wifh you a fair Day when you fet
out for Mount Sion., and fhall be glad to
fee that you go over the River dry-fhod.
But Ihe anfwered, Come Wet., come

Dry^

'cljc piliyn'mcf piotyrcCcf* 197

Dry^ I long to be gone ; for however the
Weather is in my Journey, I fh;ill have
time enough when I come there to fiC
down and reft me, and dry me.

Then came in that good Alan Mr. To Mr. Rea-
Ready-to-halt to fee her. So {he f.iid to dy-to-halt.
him. Thy Travel hither has been with
Difficulty, but that will make thv Reft
the Iwceter. But watch, and be ready,
for at an Hour v/hen you think not, the
Meflenger may come.

After him, came in Mr. Defpondencie^ To Difpon-
andhisDaughterA/«t/>-tf^v7/W.Towhom dciuie ant
fhe fiid, You ought with Thankfulncfs his Daugh-
for ever, to remember your Deliverance ter,
from the Hands of Gyant D'lfpair^ and
out of Douhting-Ca file. The eftedl of that
Mercy is, that you are brought with
Safety hither. Be ye watchful, and caft
awav Fcar;be foberand hope to theEnd.

Then fhe faid to Mr. Feeble-Mind, To Feeble-
Thou was delivered from the Mouth of """''•
Gvant Slay-goody that thou mighteft live
in the Light of the Living for ever, and
fee thy King with Comfort. Only I ad-
vife thee to repent thee of thy aptnefs
to fear and doubt of his Goodncfs before
he fends for thee, left thou fliouldeft ^f'' /-V'
when he comes, be forced to ftand be- Day, and
fore him for that Fault with Blufhing. fnanmr of

Now the day drew on that Chrifjiana Departure.
muft be gone. So the Road was full of
People to fee her take her Journey. But
behold all the Banks beyond the River
were full of Horfes and Chariots, which
were come down from above to accom-
K pany

iq8 '^f)^ »>£conti part of

pany her to the City-Gate. So ftie came
forth and entered the River ^ with a Becl^n
of Fare well, to thofe that followed her
to the River fide. The laft word fhe was
heard to fay here, was, I come Lord^ to he
with thee and blefs thee.

So her Children and Friends return-
ed to their Place, for that thofe that
waited for Chriffiana, had carried her out
of their Sight. So fhe went, and called,
and entered in at the Gate with all the
Ceremonies ofjoy that her Husband C^r/-
^ian had done before her.

At her Departure her Children wept,
but Mr. Great-heart, and Mr. Faliant,
played upon the well tuned Cymbal and
Harp for Joy. So all departed to their re-
fpedtive Places.

In procefs of time there came a Poft
to the Town again, and his Buflnefs was
with Mr. Ready-to-halt. So he enquired
him out, and faid to him, I am come
to thee in the Name of him whom thou
haft Loved and Followed, tho upon
Crutches. And my MefTage is to tell thee,
that he experts thee at his Table to Sup
with him in his Kingdom the next Day
after Easier. Wherefore prepare thy felf
for this Journey.

Then he alfo gave him a Token that
Eccles, 12, he was a true MefTenger, faying, I have
6. broken thy golden Bowl, and loofed thyfil-

ver Cord.

After this, Mr. Ready-to-halt called for
his Fellow Pilgrims, and told them, fay-
ing, I am fent for, and God ftiall furely

vifit

Ready-to-
halt Sum-
moned.

^\)t iDiIffriniij Pjogrcfcf. 199

vifityou alfo. So he defired Mr Faliant
to make his JFill. And bccaufe he had
nothing to bequeath to them that fhould
Survive him, but his Crutches^ and his
good IVifnes^ therefore thus he faid. Thcfc Promifes
Crutches^ I bequeath to my Son that J])ail His If ill.
tread in my Steps ; with an hundred warm
IViJhes thai he may prove better than I have
done.

Then he thanked Mr. Great-heart for
his Condudl, and Kindnefs, and fo ad-
drefled himfelf to his Journey. When he
came at the brink of the River, he faid.
Now I fhall have no more need of thcfe
Crutches^ fmce yonder are Chariots and
Horfesfor me to rideon. The laft Words ^/^ /^^^
he was heard to f ;y, was, JF'clcome Life. So iVords.
he went his Way.

After thiSjMr. /V^^/^-m;W had Tidings peeble-
brought him, that the Poft founded his ^\^^ ^-j,^.
Horn at his Chamber Door. Then he momd.
came in and told him, faying. I am come
to tell thee that thy Mafter has need of
thee, and that in very little time thou
muft behold his Face in Brightnefs. And
take this as a Token of the Truth of my
MefTagc. Thofe that lookout at the IVindows .
Jhall be darhjied.

Then Mr. Feeble-mind called for his
Friends, and told them what Errand had
been brought unto him, and what Token
he had received of the truth of the Mef-
fage. Then he faid, Since I have nothing
to bequeath to any, to what purpofe ^^ jlf^^j^j^
fhould I make a Will ? As for my feeble „o /^,v/.
ATind^ that I willleave behind me, for that
K 2 I

200 f^Tlje feeconti ^art of

I have no need of that in the place
whither I go : nor is it worth beftowing
upon the pooreft Pilgrim : Wherefore
whenlamgon, I defire,that you, M.r.Va-
Uant^vfovXd bury it ina dunghil.This done
and the Day being come, in which he
was to depart ; he entered the River as
His laft the reft. His laft Words were, Hold out
'vjords. Faith and Patience. So he went over to

the other Side.

When Days, had many of them paflec'
. , away; Mr. Difpondencie was fent for. For

^Summ"^'^ ' ^ ^°^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ brought this MefTage
to him. TreiublingAIan^Thefe are tofummon
thee to be ready with thy King^ by the next
Lords Day^ to jhoiitfor "Joy for thy Delive-
rance from all thy Doubtings.

And faid the Meflenger, That my
Meflage is true, take this for a Proof. So
he gavehim7 heGrafshopper tobeaBurthen
Ecclesi2, 5. untohim. N ov/ Mr. D if pondencie' s Dzugh-
His Daugh- ter whofe Name was Much-a-fraid^ faid,
ter goes too. when fhe heard what was done, that (he
would go with herFather. Then Mr. Dif-
pondencie faid to his Friends ; Myfelf, and
my Daughter, you know what we have
been, and how troublefomly we have be-
haved our felves in every Company. My
His Will. will and my Daughters is, That our Dif-
ponds^ and flavifh Fears, be by no man
ever received, from the day of our De-
parture^ for ever; For I know that after
my Death they will offer themfelves to
others. For, to be plain with you, they
are Ghofts, the which we entertained
when we firft began to be Pilgrims, and

could

^Ijc iDi'lpimtf piogfcfc?* 201

could never fliake them off after. And
they will walk about and feek Entertain-
ment of the Pilgrims, but for our Sakes,
{hut ye the Doors upon them.

^Vhcn the time was come for them to H'n hji
depart, they went to the Brink of the f^'orJs.
River. Thelaft Wordsof Mr. D'lfpomlen.
cie^ wcreyFarewt-I Night, If^e/comcDay. His
Daughterwent thorow the River fmging,
but none could underftand what fhe
faid.

Then it came to pafs, a while after, that ^''- Honeil
there was a PofI in the Town thatcnquir- Summoned,
cd for Mr. HanrJ^. So he came to his Houfe
where he was, and delivered to his Hand
thefe Lines. TT'Stt art Commanded to be ready
againfl this Day [even Nighty to prefent thy
fe If before thy Lord., at his Fathers Houfe.
And for a Token that my Meflageis true,
y/// thy Daughters ofMufickfhallbe brought
low. Then Mr. //ont-/7 called for his Eccles.12.4.
Friends, and faid unto them, I Die, but
fhall make no Will. As for my Honefty,
it (hall go with me ; let him that comes ^^ "^"^"
after be told of this. When the Day that '''" "'''^^■
he was to be gone, was come, he ad-
dreffed himfelf to go over the River.
Now thcRiver at that time overflowed the
Banks in fome places. But Mr. Honefl'xn
his Life time had fpoken to one Good-con-
cience to meet him there, the which he Good-con-
alfo did, and lent him his Hand, and fo JJ!;'' Hon/ft'
helped him over. The laft Words of '^' ,° 1-

Mr. Hone/ivfexQ.. Grace Reigns. So he left
i_ TXT 11 'vcr.

the World.

After this, it was noifed abroad that

K 3 Mr.

202

Mr. Valiant
Summoned.

Eccles. 12.6,

His Will.

His laft

ixjords.

Mr. Stand-
faft is Sum-
moned.

%^z ^jconti fart of

Mr. Val'iant-for-truth was taken with a
Summons, by the fame Poft as the other;
and had this for a Token that the Sum-
mons was true, That his Pitcher was brO'
ken at the Fountain. When he underftood
it, he called for his Friends, and told them
of it. Then faid he, I am going to rrty Fa-
thers, and tho with great Difficulty I am
got hither, yet now I do not repent me
of all the Trouble I have been at to arrive
where I am. My Sword.^ I give to him
that fliall fucceed me in my Pilgrimage,
and my Courage and Skilly to him that
can get it. My Marks and Scarrs I carry
with me, to be a Witnefs for me, that I
have fought his Battels, who now will be
my Rewarder. When the Day that he
muft go hence, was come, many accom-
panied him to the River fide, into which,
as he went, he faid. Death ^ where is thy
Sting ? And as he went down deeper, he
faid. Grave .^ where is thyVi^ory? So he paf-
fed over, and all the Trumpets founded for
him on the other fide.

Then there came forth a Summons for
Mr. Stand-faji^ (This Mr. Stand-/aff,wzs
he that the reft of the Pilgrims found up-
on his Knees in the inchanted Ground.)
For the Poft brought it him open in his
Hands.The Contents whereof were,T'/'a?
he muft prepare for a Change of Life .^ for
hisMafier was not willing that hejhouldbefo
far from him any longer. AtthisMr.<S/««^-
fail was put into a Mufe ; Nay, faid the
MefTenger, you need not doubt of the
Truth of my Meflage ; for here is a To-
ken

ken of the Truth thereof, TJjy JFheel is
broken at the Ciflern. Then he called to ^^ /J/ - ^'
him Mr. Gr^fl//>far^whowas their Guide, ,f '"^ Jyor
I r -1 L- o- AIL- Mr. Great-

and faid unto him, bir, Allho it was not „

mv hap to be much in your good Com-
pany in the Days of my Pilgrimage, yet
fince thetime I knew you, you have been
profitable to me. When I came from
home, I left behind me a Wife, and five ^" -^/"^^
fmall Children. Let me entreat you, at '" *""•
your Return, ('for I know that you will
go, and return to your Maftcrs Houfe, in
Hopes that you may yet be a Condudlor
to more of the Holy Pilgrims,) that you
lend to my Family, and let them be ac-
quainted with all that hath, and fhall hap-
pen unto me. Tell them moreovcr,of my
happy Arrival to this Place, and of the
prefent late blcfled Condition that I am
in. Tell them alfo oi Chriftian and Chri-
fliana his Wife, and how She and her
Children came after her Husband. Tell ^" ^'•''^'"^•
them alfo of what a happy End fhe made, '" '" **"
and whither fhe is gone. I have little or ""^'
nothing to fend to my Family,exceptit be
Praicrs, and Tears for them; of which it
will fuffice, if thou acquaint them, if per-
adventure they may prevail. When
Mr. i'/^W-y^/Z had thus fct things in order,
and the time being come for him to
haft him away ; he alfo went down to
the River. Now there was a great Calm
at that time in the River, wherefore Mr.
5'/fl«^-/i7/7,whcnhe was about halfway in,
he flood a while and talked-tohis Com-
panions that had waited upon him thi-
ther. And he faid. This

204 Cte »>£conti ^art of

His la[i This River has been a Terror to ma-

iMords. ny, yea the thoughts of it alfo have often

Jof. 3. 17. frighted me. But now methinks I ftand
eafie, my Foot is fixed upon that, upon
which the Feet of the Priefts that bare
the Ark of the Covenant, flood while If-
raelwent over this jfordan. The Waters
indeed are to the Palate Bitter, and to
the Stomack cold ; yet the thoughts of
what I am going to, and of the Condu6l
that waits for me on the other fide, doth
lie as a glowing Coal at my Heart.

I fee my felf now at the ^w^of myjour-
ney,my toilefom Days are ended. I am go-
ing now to fee that Head that wasCrown-
ed with Thorns, and that Face that was
fpit upon, for me.

I have formerly lived by Hear-fay, and
Faith, but now I go where I fhall live by
fight, and fhall be with him, in whofe
Company I delight my felf.

I have loved to hear my Lord fpoken
of, and wherever I have feen the print of
his Shooe in the Earth, there I have co-
veted to fet my Foot too.

His Name has been to me as a Chit-
Box, yea, fweeter than all Perfumes. His
Voice to me has been mofl fweet, and
his Countenance, I have more defired
then they that have mofl defired the
Light of the Sun. His Word I did ufe to
gather for my Food , and for Antidotes
againflmyFaintings. He has held me, and
I have kept me from mine Iniquities:
Yea, my Heps hath he flrengthened in
his Way.

Nov»

Now while he was thus in Difcourfc,
his Countenance changed, hh firong-men
bowed under him, and after he had faid,
Take me ^ for Icomeuntothce,\\c ceafed to be
feen of them.

But Glorious it was, to fee how theo-
pen Region was filled with Horfes and
Chariots, with Trumpeters and Pipers,
with Singers, and Players on ftringed In-
ftruments, to welcome the Pilgrims as
they went up, and followed one another
in at the beautiful Gate of the City.

As for Chriflians children, the four Boys
that Cbrifliana brought with her, with
their Wives and Children, I did not ftay
where I was, till they were gone over.
Alfo fince I came away, I heard one fay,
that they were yet alive, and fo would be
for the Jncreafe of the Church in that
Place where they were for a time.

Shall it be my Lot to go that way a-
gain, I may give thofe that defire it, an
Account of what I here am filent about ;
mean time I bid my Reader Adieu.

FINIS.

7 /

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I I.e a.toni.sliing '• record " of £6.800 paid h^«
uantd. at .Sotl.eL.y. on Monday week for Mr.

oiitL o'l'''^' ""■ T^ '"''"'' ^•^">- °^ »''- «>-^^

onii on of Bunyan-s " Pilp.rinr.s Pro-res'^ '* ifiT^
i copy V ; '■'^v^'^'^''^'"^ wondering wl.at othor

or .'•^^*' P'**"^ «t t''^ Burdott-Coutts sale in 1922
for ho First Folio Sl.alco.spoarP, 1623, which

:VT 71^^'"^"^' " ^^^«^'» ^^ 682 gninel

So for;;"" n"t ''""'"•^ "^ ^'"-^f-^i p-^i

men of »„.i ' "'°' ^^''' '> niagnihcent .'jpeci-
1 rogress ,s certaudy not ; hut that " record -
'";>.§h U« chum was for generations unchallenged
'!> long .n.ce. and fre,.uenflv. been outdistanced.

rtugul
TlionI

" .a

.u-i^^:

V - : •

ft.n recniiMl.v b.Miitv with goo.lnc^s, und iliawi
,,,?.!!.i^/ "'^' "itliout any compulsion, a moral
: 1 f iY' "\t''f^ P^^'"i oi.lilJ,.,! •• Tlie Felled Oak."
'1 ^^lm•)l the dijnuty of the fallen tree ^^utgests the
d'gnity o( the areei.tihfr spirit— fcK i^i"e|

Thus a noble heart itjj loss
liean^. n.ethinks, by heavy cross
Smitten to the Rmund,
lakes! it.s soirow bravely, stoutly.
Yea by heaxi nly prace, devou'tl'v,
And hath h.aling of its wound.

^^VIv?.t « ^VISH-YOI-ILL. By R.th

nl.T'*'' f-a and the j^lk are the two most constant
elements m Mjs.s Manning-Sandei^'s vei^se, and
Innm" . /''"?.'■ '^"' '^''-^ characteristics of her
soJT^ •/" "T-- ''*''• ^"♦^^ ^^'<h a charming
h'';"!.u" >■ r '"■.*? "" "'•'"•'•• -^I'l'^hod, and beneath
hr,»,n "'".'''""• ■'"'•■' "■ ''^«' understanding of sunj.le
human naturo. ,ts spifofuh.ess and its power of
(ndurance. its vanities a.id its elemental loyalties.
r\tl ♦?'" w '*''■ ''^'' ''^ '"•'''''y ''^y from Mhi'ch sh.-
nnr^.r •"*^*"7'^' «^ the old sailor with hands no
Jonc-er scorched and stained, or of the old woman

>.\lc in London of the First Edition
of **The Pilgrim's Progress."

A roniiirkublo fvoni In tJn- L>' <ik-<'<>ll'tliiiK
knrld will occur during the week of May
to It In Ix)ndon. when Sotheby. Wilkinson
: Hodge will sell the unique copy of the
•xc sslvely rare first ••ditlon of Hunyan's
Pilgrims Progres-s." which The Nrw
oiiK TiMKS SATrRPAY ItKviKW described
t few weeks ago. The history of this copy
is interesting. At one time It was owned
by the Fleetwood family, and was given
to Ann Palmer, great-grandmother of the
hite owner, T. A. Nash. On the death of
Ann Palmer's husband, ^Vllllam Nash of
I pton Court. Slough. In ISOS, it was pre-
sented to his only child William Nash, of
I^jingley. Later It parsed Into the posses-
sion of the late Rev. Z. Nash, vicar of
Christ Churcii, Hants, and shortly before
Ws death he gave It to the late owner.

Until recent years, as this paper pointed
out in its ii>sue of March 30, the Holford
copy was thought to be unique, and in 1875
Eliot Stock issued a fac simile of ih That
copy, however, does not possess the frontis-
piece, in which the author is depicted as
asleep. This plate, engraved by R. White,
v.as long supposed to have been issued only
with the third edition, and usually has the
view of the city In the Lackground labeled
" Destruction." The Naeh copy Is ren-
dered unique by the possession of this plate
111 an early state, with the city labeled
" Vanity," and, as R. E. Graves discov-
ered in the British Museum copy of the
third edition some slight remains of the
original " v " and " y," the importance of
the copy now to be sold will be seen.
Though the " Vanity " plate, which was
examined in 188G, (see Notes and Queries,
seventh series, Nos. lU, 14, 17, and 10,) is
not really a part of the first printed sheet
of sixteen pages of the book, the nan»f
■i.-/*^ firr tiifi mie page Is exactly similar
in make and appearance, and It is undoubt-
yedly an integral portion of the volume. Mr.
lOraves is of the opinion that the word
111 Vanity ' was altered to " Destruction,"
at; being more in conformity with the alle-
gory. The Nash x-opy of " Pilgrims Prog-
ress " Is on© of five known examples of
the first edition of 1«78, (three of the five,
one of them in the Lenox Library, are im-
per/ect.) and it is the first copy that has
teen off. red at public auction, to any one's
kno.viodg^. It Is in the original calf and
iiieaHures r> 15-lC by .^*i inches, being the
largest known. In 1S7:: the llolforj copy
V .i.-i valued at £■»(>, a price, one need hardly
i»a>-. bearing .vlight relation to what it would
now realize. The Na.^h copy will .s.ll for
a large sum. and if it brings $i'..-0<» It will
'jl^f be ami.zlng. Jr should come to this
'ry. .Tnd it prob.ibly will.

"tWWI ■ ■ I I

I th«'lr strength, he lilorally v/ovv liitiu
out for .ithtTs In a »ht>li'-h<-!irtfd v'f""'t|
irnkr life brli^httT nnd fii.er for the gr^
mas.M of vMirkiiiKrm.-n. Thf writer of
artlclo sa'

•' Morris friuiui.'d ihc S'lcicij- for tht- V
trction of Anol<nt HiilhliiiKs. that the
chlt«ctur«' In whirh hi- dilVhteJ might
prrservftl un<lff«)rmeU for futuro genoj
tlon.s. B> his u\A II titles un<l poctn.-j and I
ris translations lu- won hunJr>-'lH of n|
lovers for th«* spirit of old romance,
vholo life was siM'nt In making beaiiti
things for other poonle, with but lit
thouBht of profit lor nlmsolf. and It wl
perhapj, at least In the first Insti-nco. chl|
ly as the models and tools necessary
him In his own work as a deslRner of be;
tiful ornament for tht- books he printed til
he bepun late in life to gather around );|
In his own home rrasleriilec os of illuml
tlon and early printing. But when he
gan thus to rollect he brcught to nls
suih gifts of judgment and eye as no otJ
English collector has ever possessed. "

Even In MoriHs's undergraduate days |
Oxford, he »i)ent many happy hours am<.
the manuscripts in the Bodleian, and wl
he settled In lyondun, he was a const;
visitor to the British Museum, not slmj
studying manuscripts, but literally livi
among them. The thirteenth and
teenth centuries was the grreat period I
illumination, both in England and Pranl
and this period, with its literature, was
Morris the most satisfactory of all ag
Us art forming the natural complement
its poetry and romance.

Other collectors, the writer says, t
their way to successful collecting fhrou
many mistakes, but to Morris mistal
were impossible, because of his close sj'
pathy with and intimate knowledge of 1
men who did the finest work.

Of the hundred manuscripts Morris c

Jected. some W'fcn;'icVo".1.';!.'L*l'.t ***"" '^^^''

because containing less decoration I

whatever the amount of decoration, it «

always good, and every manu.script. eltl

I from its writing, illumination, or bind^,

was within its own limits an example

the finest workmanship. It is. Indeed M

[ riss wonderful ta.ste and thorough kno^

edge that entitles him to high rank amo

collectors, and .^mall as was his collecti.

competent judges fail to understand how

was possible, with comparaUvely^maU (

■ 4

ed a« normal, and so far as it is non,
it has brought profit to the libraries J
"loney as well a.s in r*^putation. Bra '

iUMi^ :j(4I[«»'^

ii^:4£p ¥.t.t

2o66

The Publishers' Jf'eekh

Romantic Stories of Books

John T. Wintericli

Author of "A Primer of Book Collecting" and "Collector's Choice"

The

XIll
/'/V(//- ()/■ W'akclicld

WHEN a cat and a dou whose re-
spective kitten and puppy days are
some distance in the past are thrust
into a family circle, the attitude of the one
to the other hecomes merely one of watch-
ful and armed neutrality. Each is suffi-
ciently domesticable to be willing to avoiii.
for the continuance of board and lodj^int;,
any suimestion of actual hostdities save for
an exchange of growls on the occasion of
unexpected meetings at corners. But how
palpably thin is the veneer of civilized
conformity! At less than skin depth
smoulders the fire that would send each
flying at the other's throat or eyes in a
grand effort at annihilation! Restraining
each is merely the greater fear of the head
of the house.

Most metaphors taken fioni the animal
kingdom and applied to the human are
likely to do a severe injustice to one of the
groups concerned ; in tiie present instance
the comparison may not be altogether fair
to the memories of James Boswell. Es(]uire,
of Auchinlcck, and of Mrs. Hester Lynch
Thrale Piozzi. The fact remains, how-
ever, that the relations between the Scots-
man and the Englishwoman never came
within several chilling degrees of cordial-
ity, and that the reason for this condition
was the jealousy engendered by the sincere
veneration in which each held Dr. Samuel
Johnson.

Boswell. for example, is discussing
Oliver Goldsmith and the discovery of the
manuscript of "The \'icar of Wakefield' :

"Mrs. Piozzi and Sir John Hawkins
have strangely mis-stated the history of
Goldsmith's situation and Johnson's friend-
ly interference, when this novel was sold.
I shall give it authentically from Johnson's
own exact narration :

" 'I received one morning a message

from poor Cjoldsmith that he was in great
distress, and as it was not in his power to
come to me, begging that I would come to
him as soon as possible. 1 sent him a
guinea, and promised to come to him di-
rectl\. 1 accordingly went as soon as I
was drest, and found that his landlady had
arrested him for his rent, at which he was
in a violent passion. I perceived that he
had already changed my guinea, and had
got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before
him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired
he would be calm, and began to talk to him
of the means by which he nuglit be ex-
tricated. He then told me that he had a
novel ready for the press, which he pro-
duced to me. I looked into it, and saw its
merit; told the landlady I should soon re-
turn, and having gone to a bookseller, sold
It for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsnuth
the money, and he discharged his rent, not
without rating hf- lan-Mady in a high tone
for having used him so ill.' "

'I'hus Boswell. and thus Boswell's foot-
note to this same passage:

"It may not be improper to annex here
Mis. Piozzi's account of this transaction,
in her own words, as a specimen of the
extreme inaccuracy with which all her
anecdotes of Dr. Johnson are related, or
rather tliscolored and distorted.* 'I have
forgotten the year, but it could scarcely, I
think, be later than 1765 or 1766, that he
was called abruptly from our house after
dinner, and returning /;; about three hours.
said he had been with an enraged author,
whose landlady pressed him for payment
within doors, while the bailif+s beset him
without; that he was drinking himself
drunk with Madeira, to drown care, and
fretting over a novel, which, when finished.
was to be his whole fortune, but he could

* Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, p. 119.

n%nt''i'

November 17, 1928

seventh scries of \otts and (Jutries. It
was given to Jane Fleetwood by her uncle;
later it passed to the possession of Anne
Palmer, who was adopted by the sisters of
Dr. Fleetwood, Bishop of Asaph, and later
passed to the ownership of William Nash.
It is a perfect copy, iiaving also the en-
graved portrait of the third edition. It
was sold at Sotheby's May 16, 1901, for
£1,475, to Mr. Cockerill, and later passed
to Edwin Dwight Church of Brooklyn,
and thru the purchase of his library to
Henry E. Huntington.

6. This copy is in the library of J.
Pierpont Morgan, and was purchased at
Sotheby's, June 2b, 1907. for £520. Ap-
parently little was known of it before its
purchase. It had originally a few leaves in
facsimile, some of w^hich have been sup-
plied by Dr. Rosenbach.

7. and 8. On June 30, 1921, these two
copies, the property of the late Rev. N. C.
S. Poyntz of Dorchester-on-the-Thames,
were sold at Sotheb\ 's. for £2,500. One of
these copies first appeared at Sotheby's,
March 17, 1902, and was bought by Mr.
Tregaskis, the London bookseller. It con-
tained the name of its original owner on
the fly leaf: "Thomas Kingsford, his book,
1678 April 8." The other copy also had
the name of the original owner on the fly
leaf: "William Readding, His Book,
1678." Both of these copies are in their
original calf binding and were owned by
Dr. Rosenbach of this city. One is now
perfect, including all blank leaves, the
other lacks a title-page and trwcnty-cight
leaves. The perfect copv is owned bv
Charles W. Clark.

9. Tliis copy was sold at Sotheby's,
July 25, and was the third to be sold at
public sale at this famous auction room
that year. It is in contemporary calf bind-
ing and had a note pasted on the cover
stating that it once belonged to Thomas
Marsom, who was in jail with Bunyan,
and that it was bought from the Marsom
family in 1866. Interesting details of this
copy and the Marsom family are given in
Booklore, November, 1886. This copy is
now owned by Dr. Rosenbach and since
its purchase it has been discovered that it
is a unique issue of the first edition, with
errata on the last leaf and with other
textual changes. This copy lacks five
leaves.

THE

Pilgrim s Progrcfs

FROM

THIS WORLD,

T O

That which is to come:

Delivered under the Similitude of a

DREAM

Wherein is Difcovertd ,

The manner of his fetting out,

His Dangerous Journeys Andfafe

Arrival at the Dcfired Counircy.

1 have ufcdSimiliiMdes, Hof. 12. 10.

By John Btinjan.

HicfnffDnnDQDntccD iccojning taO^Dtr.

JL 0 N O 0 N,

Printed for Nath. Ponder at the Peacock^

in the Poulircy near Cornhtl, 1678.

Titli-paye of the first edition of "The
Pilgrim's Progress," 1678

10. This copy, about which details are
lacking, is owned by Sir R. Leicester
Harmsworth, of London, and had three
leaves missing which have been supplied by
Dr. Rosenbach.

11. This copy was sold at Sotheby's in
1927 for the record price of £6,500 and
is now owned by Sir R. Leicester Harms-
worth. It is a complete copy with errata.

Of the eleven known copies six are per-
fect and five imperfect. Of the five copies
that have come into the market during the
last decade Dr. Rosenbach has owned four.
Just what a perfect copy, like the Holford
copy, would bring in a New York auction
room is an interesting speculation. Un-
doubtedly it would bring $50,000, and pos-
sibly much more. It will be remembered
that the Melk copy of the Gutenberg
Bible was expected to bring $75,000 and
fetched 5 106,000.

n%t-nn '-mi-i'

^•M»

A oil iiilnr 17, 1 w^''^

(Jrli{zhtcd that 1 liaii niiulc a tiiitl in his
store, but not to for^ii't that he had ht)U^ht
chcaplx aiui hail soKI cheapK and had
thriftoif made a profit.

The ;;rfat inajoritv ot our colK-ctum has
Ix'fii purchased from the rc;:ular hook-
trade ill America and Europe, yet some ot
our choicest items have conu- from the
most unlikely places. Our hest pen and
ink sketch came from a n.u-.c shop in
Hammersmith and twenty of the rarest
chap-hooks from the cellar of a print shop.
One of the rarest hooks was houjiht in a
miscellaneous lot of modern novels at pub-
lic auction in New ^ ork. The pen sketch
for the illustration in this work was
bought at auction also in New ^'ork as an
unidentified drawinji. One could remi-
niscence indefinitely on the romance of col-
lecting!, but these few examples are suffi-
cient to illustrate my point.

But m summiiifi; up what docs it all
amount to? To me our Cruikshank Col-
lection means recreation, a broaden irvj edu-
cation and infinite amusement. What
more can one ask ?

20O

Irmii Ciriniiii's "(iitinaii Paf^nlar Stories,'
f>uhlhlii(l III l.oiuloii III 1824

First Editions of John Bunyan's
'Tilgrim's Progress"

4 4rT-M4E PILGRIM'S PROGRKSS,"

I i> the most famous allejzory in the
En;:lish lanjiuajie. It ranks with
the Hible and Thomas a Kempis's "Imita-
tion of Christ " as one of the most uni\ersal
of all books, and has been translated into
almost every tonjiue and dialect. John
Hun\an, the author, was born at Elstow.
Bedford, P^n^land. November 28th, 1628.
and died in London. Aujzust 12th. 1688.
The first edition of "I'he Pilgrim's Prog-
ress" was published in London, in 1678,
and a second part was published in 1684.
Eleven editions appeared during the au-
thor's life. The work grew, and each
edition contains variations and additions.
The most important addition made to the
second issue was the introduction of Mr.
Worldly Wiseman; and to the third, the
addition of the story of Mr. Ry-Ends. and
also the portrait of Bunyan sleeping over
a den in which there is a lion, while above

him his pilgrim. Christian, w irh book, staff,
and burden, is toiling up fr«)m the City of
Destruction.

"The Pilgrim's Progress," as well in-
formed collectors know, is one of the rarest
books in the English language — many times
rarer than the Eirst Eolio of Shakespeare
or of many issues of the press of William
Ca.vton, England's first printer. Until to-
wards the ^ud of the last century ojily one
perfect copy could be located, ami George
Ofter, the famous English collector of
Bun\an. could get nothing earlier than the
third edition of 1679. and even that had
the title page and frontispiece in facsimile.

The tercentenary of the birth of Bunyan
has been commemorated all over the
English speaking world. Scores of articles
have appeared in the press and magazines.
There has been but one discordant note,
that of Alfred Noyes who has tried to
write down the fair fame of "The Pil-

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l»> af fr (V •*

mt'f'nnn'f'nn'i'i-

^O04

glims Progress," but his n-valuatioii of
Huiiyaii has only served to provoke stronger
endorsements of the accepted verdict in rc-
l^anl to this book made by Dr. Samuel
Johnson, when he said "the best evidence
of tlie merit of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is
the general and continued approbation of
mankind." As one ilefender expresses it,
"The book lives by the story, like 'Gul-
liver's Travels,' and the story lives by the
art with which it is told, and that sort of
aura which surrounds work of genius. It
has ceased to be merely a book, and has
become part of the language and spirit of
the people . . . and this could not have
happened to a piece of 'artistic worthless-
ness.

There are many reasons why Bunyan's
great allegory should be popular with the
collector. Its unique place in English
literature, its immediate acceptance by the
common people of England when it was
published, its popularity thruout the world
since, the supreme rarity of the first and
many early editions, altogether make a
strong appeal. "The Pilgrim's Progress"
was one of the favorite books of James
Lenox, founder of the Lenox Library, and
he undertook to collect all editions and
translations of it. In this he was partic-
ularly successful. Henry Stevens, writing
in 1886, said: "No collection can compare
with that of Mr. Lenox, that of Mr. Offer
being in no way equal to it. Indeed, for
nearly twenty years I carried in my pocket
lists of the editions of P. P. he had and the
known ones that he wanted, and in that
way catered earnestly, allowing nothing to
slip thru my fingers that was possible to
secure for him."

In our own day, Dr. A. S. W. Rosen-
bach has had singular success with this
great rarity. This is in evidence in the
wonderful collection now on exhibition in
the Free Public Library in Philadelphia,
and his house. The Rosenbach Company
has handled every copy that has come into
the market in recent years, with one excep-
tion. It speaks well for the perseverance
and resources of American collectors and
dealers that a majority of the known copies
of this great rarity is owned in this coun-
try and the New York Public Library and
Dr. Rosenbach should have two of the most
complete and valuable collections in the
world.

The Pub/is furs' n'eekly

There are eleven known copies of the
first edition of "The Pilgrim's Progress" —
perfect and imperfect — located as follows:
I. The first of these, the Sir George
Holford copy, long regarded as uiuque,
was appraised by Lowndes in the revised
edition of his "Manual," 1858, at £50.
This perfect copy in the original sheep
biiuiing appears to have been purchased by
Robert Lindsey Holford, father of Sir
George Holford, about 1840, with other
books from the library of Lord V'ernon,
where it is believed to have been since it
was first published. It has been said that
this is the finest copy in existence. The
facsimile reprint made by the late Eliot
Stock, printed from type cast in moulds
made in 1720, copies from Dutch type used
in the first issue, was reset from this
volume. This copy was purchased by Dr.
Rosenbach in 1925 when he secured the
Holford library. It is now in the library
of a western collector.

2. The next copy to be discovered was
acquired by William Pickering, the Lon-
don bookseller, who sold it in 1851 to
James Lenox, founder of the Lenox Li-
brary, and is now in the New "V'ork Public
Library. This copy has three leaves in
facsimile, but is otherwise large and clean,
preserved in a polished calf binding by
Francis Bedford. William Pickering has
written on the fly leaf: "This is the first
edition of "The Pilgrim's Progress," one
of the rarest books in English literature.
One copy is known beside the present,
which was formerly in the librarv of Lnrii
Vernon, now R. S. Holford. Esq."

3. This copy was purchased by Eliot
Stock from a Mr. Coombs, a Worcester
bookseller, who is said to have bought it
for a few pence. It was exhibited in the
Caxton celebration \n i^-j-j and was in-
cluded in the sale of Mr. Stock's books in
1 9 10. This copy is said to be perfect and
is now in the John Rylands Library m
Manchester.

4. The British Museum owns a copv
purchased \n 1884 from the Rev. Ernest
Thies. a Wesleyan minister. According to
Dr. John Brown, this copy had been in the
possession of the owner's brother-in-law for
many years, it having come to him from a
kinsman who was a collector. This copy
is classed as perfect.

5. This copy is fully described in the