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 ^H 
 
Preface. 
 
 The first edition of 'The Pilgrim's 
 -Progress, of which an exad repro- 
 du(5tion is now placed before the 
 public, was issued by "Nath. Ponder 
 at the Peacock in the Poultrey near 
 Cornbill, 1678." At the present 
 time, but one copy of that edition 
 is known to exist. It is in the 
 library of R. S. Holford, Esq., 
 through whose kindness the pub- 
 lisher has been enabled to produce 
 the present facsimile. The unique 
 and priceless original is a compafl: 
 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 full of material peculiarities as 
 any that ever taxed the corredness 
 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. 
 
 freiquei^tly both inaccurate and in- 
 consistent, from a niodern point of 
 view ; but to this, which is scai-cely 
 a peculiarity, we have to add a vefy 
 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 
 charadlers differing in form from 
 modern letters, and not commonly, 
 used in books of the seventeenth 
 century. The italic i and the a 
 which occur in , the Introduftion, 
 are examples of these obsolete 
 letters; and. the f, in the word 
 PlOgrg(0, 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. Ul 
 
 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- 
 English, and with other elements of 
 style which induced Bunyan to say 
 in his " Apology " : — 
 " This •Book, is writ in such a DialeSi 
 As mdy the minds of li files s men affeif." 
 
 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 reprodudion- 
 has been the one aim. Indeed, as 
 regards typography, the present 
 edition is stricftly 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 manufadured two 
 centuries ago. 
 
 The complete disappearance of 
 the first edition, all but one copy, 
 may not perhaps indicate the exaft 
 measure of avidity with which the 
 book was taken up ; but the subse- 
 quent history of the work leaves no 
 doubt as to the efFe&ual 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, 
 
 T O 
 
 That which is to come : 
 
 Delivered under the Similitude of a 
 
 DREAM 
 
 Wherein is Difcovered , 
 
 The mannerof hisfettingout, 
 
 His Dangerous Journey; Andfafe 
 
 Arrival at the Defired Counfrey. 
 
 / have ufed Similitudes., Hof. 12. 10. 
 
 By John Banyan. 
 
 iLiCEitred antiCCtitwti accojtiinfftoflDjaet, 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 Printed for Nat h. Ponder at the Peacock 
 in the Poultrey near Cornhil, 1678. 
 
THE 
 
 For his BOOK. 
 
 WHen at the fir ft I took my Pen in hand^ 
 Thus for to write ; I did not underjiand 
 That I at all Jhould make a little Book. 
 In fuch a mode ; Nay.^ I had undertook 
 To mah another ^.which when almoji done; 
 Before 1 was aware^ I this begun. 
 
 And thus it was ; I writing of the Way 
 And Race of Saints, in this our Gofpgl-Day, 
 Fell fuddenly into an Allegory - 
 About their Journey^ and the way to Glory^ 
 In more than twenty things, whi(h I fet down, ; 
 This done, I twenty more had in my QrowTi, 
 And they again began to multiply. 
 Like fporks that from the coals of fire do jty. 
 Nay then, thought I, if that you breed fo f aft, 
 I'll put you by your f elves, leji you at laji 
 Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out ' 
 The Book that I already am about. 
 
 IVell,fo I did ; but yet I did not think 
 To Jhew to all the World my Pen and Ink 
 In fuch a mode ; I only thought to make 
 1 kfevj not what : nor did 1 undertake 
 Thereby to pleafe my Neighbour j no not I ; 
 I did it mine own felfto gratifie. 
 
 Neither did I but vacant feafons fpend 
 In this my Scribble ; nor did I intend ' 
 
 A 3 But 
 
The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 But to divert my [elfin doing this., 
 
 From worjer thoughts, which make me do amijs 
 
 Thus I fet Pen to Paper with delight. 
 And quickly had my thoughts in black and white, 
 For having now my Method by the end. 
 Still as I puU'd, it came; and fo I penned 
 It down, until it came at lajl to be 
 For length and breadth 'the bignefs which you fee. 
 Well, when I had thus put mine ends together, 
 I fheW^d them others, that I might fee whether 
 They would condemn them, or them juflifie : 
 jind fome faid, let them live -jfome, let them die. 
 Some [aid, John, print it ; others faid. Not fo : 
 Some faid. It might do good; others faid. No. 
 
 Now was I in afiraight, and did not fee 
 Which was the befl thing to be done by me : 
 At lafi I thought. Since you are thus divided, 
 I print it will; andfo the cafe decided. 
 
 For, thought I; Some, Ifee,would have it done, 
 Though others in that Channel do not run ; 
 To prove then who advifed for the befl. 
 Thus I thought fit to put it ti) the teSt. 
 
 I further thought. If now I did deny 
 Thofe that would have it thus, to gratifie, 
 t 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 ; 
 Yet 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 read, Jet it alone,; ' 
 Some love the meat, fame love to pick, the hone : 
 Tea, that I might them better palliate, 
 I did too with them thus Expojlulate. 
 
 May I not write infuch ajiile as this ? 
 In fuch a method too, and yet not mijs 
 Mine end, thy good ? why may it not be done F 
 Dark Clouds bring Waters,whenthebright bring 
 Tea,dark,or bright, if they their Silverdropsinone 
 Caufe to defend, the Earth, byiyielding 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 difinguijh this from that, they fuit 
 I ^Her well, when hungry : but ifjhe be full, 
 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, 
 Yet Fijh there be, that neither Hook, nor Line, 
 Nor Snare, nor Net, nor Engin can make thine; 
 They rnufl be grop''t for, and be tickled too. 
 Or they will'not be catcht, what e're 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, lighi,andbell: 
 He creeps, he goes, he fiands; yea who can tell 
 Of all his pofiures, Tet there's none of thefe 
 Will make him mafler of what Fowls hepleafe. 
 A if Tea, 
 
The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 Tea, he mujl Pipe, and Whijlle to catch this ; 
 Yet if he does'fo, that Bird he will mifs. 
 
 If that a Pearl may in a Toads-head dwell, 
 And'tnay be found too in an Oijler-Jhell ; 
 If things that promife nothing, do contain 
 What 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 
 What do in brave, but empty notions dwell. 
 
 Well, yet I am nbt fully fatisfied. 
 That this your Bookwillfiand; when foundly try'd 
 
 Why, what's the matter! it is dark, what tho? 
 But it is feigned. What of that I tro? 
 Some men by feigning words as dark os mine. 
 Make truth to fpdngle,and its rayes to fhine. 
 
 But they wantfolidnefs : Speak man thy mind. 
 They drown' d the Iveitk'yMetaphors make its blind. 
 
 Solidity, indeed becomes the Pen 
 Of him that writeth thivgs Divine to men : 
 But muJl I needs want folidnefs, becaufe 
 By Metaphors I fpeaki Was not Gods Laws, 
 His Gofpel-Laws, in oldertime held forth 
 By Types', Shadows and Metaphors f Tet loth 
 Will any fiber man be to find fault 
 With them, leji he be found for to ajfault 
 The higheft Wifdom. No, he rather fioops, 
 Andfeeks to find out what by pins and loops., 
 
 By 
 
The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 By Calves iand Sheep; by Heifers^ and by Rams ; 
 By Birds, and Herbs, andbytheblood of Lambs, 
 G'od fpeaketh to him. 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 : 
 All things folid in Jhew, not folid be ; 
 All things in parables defpife not we. 
 Left things mojl hurtful lightly we receive. 
 And things that good are, of our fouls bereave. 
 
 My dark ond cloudy words they do but hold 
 The Truth , as Cabinets inclofi the Gold. 
 
 The Prophets ufed much by Metaphors 
 To fet forth Truth ; Ted, whofo conjider^ 
 Chrijli his Apojiles too, Jhall plainly fee. 
 That Truths to this day in fitch Mantles be. 
 
 Am I afraid to fay that holy Writ, \}Vit\ 
 Which for its Stile, and Phrafeputs down ail 
 Is every where fo full of all thefe things, 
 {Dark Figures,Allegories,) yet there fprings 
 From that fame Book that luffre, and thofe ra'yes 
 Of light, that turns our darkeji nights to days. 
 
 Come, let my Carper, to his Lifei now look}, ' 
 And find There darker lines then in my Book 
 Hefindeth any. Tea, and let him know. 
 That in his beji things there are worfe lines too. 
 
 May we but itand before impartial men. 
 To his poor One, I durft 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-ckuts, J fina 
 Informs the Judgement, reSiifies the Mind, 
 Pleafes the Vnderjianding, makes the Will 
 Submit ; the Memory too it doth fill 
 With what doth our Imagination pleafe ; 
 Likewife, it tends our troubles to appeafe. 
 
 Sound words I know Timothy, is to ufe; 
 And old Wives Fables he is to refufe. 
 But yet grave Paul, him no where doth forbid 
 The ufe of Parables; in which lay hid {were 
 That Goldythofe Pearls, and precious Jiones that 
 Worth digging for; and that with greateji care. 
 
 Let me add one word more, O man of God t 
 Arf thou offended f doit 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 fit.) 
 
 i. I find not that I am denied the ufe 
 Of this my method, fo I no abufe 
 Put on the Words, Things, Readers, er be 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. J 
 
TheAuthors Apology for his Book. 
 
 2. 1 find that men {as high as Trees) will write 
 Dialogue-wife ; yet no man doth them fiight 
 For writing fi) : Indeed if they abufe 
 Truth, curfedbe they, and, the craft they ufe 
 . To that intent ; But yet let Truth he free 
 To make her Salleys upon Thee, and Me, . 
 Which 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 TVrit 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 frnother 
 Truths golden Beams ; Nay, by this method may 
 Make it cafi forth its rayes as light as day. 
 
 And now, heforeldo put up my Pen, 
 Vie Jhew the profit of my Book 1 ond then 
 Commit both thee, and it unto that hand {/land. 
 That pulls thejirong down, and makes weak onei 
 
 This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes 
 The man that feeks the everlajiing Pri%e : 
 It fhews you whence he comes, whither he goes. 
 What he leaves undone ; alfo what he does: 
 It alfo fhews you how he runs, and runs 
 ' Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes. 
 
 It Jhew s too, whofets out for life amain. 
 As if the lafiing Crown they would attain : 
 Here alfo you may fee the reafon why 
 They loofe their 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 DireSiions understand : 
 Tea, it will make the Jloathful, aStive be ; 
 The Blind alfi, delightful things to fee. 
 
 Art thou for fomething rare, and profitable ? 
 Wouldeji thou fee a Truth within a Fable? 
 Art thou forgetful? wouldeji thou remember 
 From New-years-day to the laji a/'December? 
 Then read my fancies, they will flick like Burs, 
 And may be to the Helplefs, Comforters. 
 
 This Book is writ infuch a DialeSt, 
 As may the minds ofliftlefs men affeEt : 
 It feems a Novelty, and yet contains 
 Nothing but found, and honejl Gofpel-Jlrains.. 
 
 Would'Jl thou divert thy felf from Melancholly? 
 Would'Ji thou be pleafant, yet be far from folly ? 
 WouWJi thou read R.iddUs,i^ their Explanation? 
 Or elfe be drownded in thy Contemplation ? 
 Dojl thou love picking meat ? or would' ft thou fee 
 A man i'th Clouds, and hear himfpeak to thee? 
 Would' fl thou be in a Dream, and yet notfeep ? 
 Or wouldeji thou in a moment laugh, and weep ? 
 JVouldeJl thou loofe thy felf , and catch no harm? 
 And find thy felf again without a charm? {what 
 WoulSJl read thy felf, and read thou know'Ji not 
 And yet know whether thou art bleii or not. 
 By reading the fame lines ? then come hither. 
 And lay my Book, thy Head,and Heart together. 
 
 JOHN BUNYAN. 
 
THE 
 Pilgrims Progrefs: 
 
 In the fimilitude of a 
 
 DREAM. 
 
 ^S I walk'd through 
 the wildernefs of this 
 -world, I lighted on a 
 certain plaice, where 
 was a Denn ; And I 
 laid ine down in that 
 place to fleep : And as I flept I drea- 
 med a Dream. I dreamed , ^nd be- 
 hold I /aw a Man* cloatheA^with i^-^^^ ^ 
 Raggs, Jianding in a certain flace, e. 
 with his face from his own Houfe, a Lu.14. 33 
 Book in his hand, and a great burden Pf- 38. +. 
 upon his hack. I looked, and faw him a^ ' ^' * 
 open the Book, and Read therem ; j,^ 
 and as he Read, he wept and trem- 
 bled: and not being able longer to 
 
 contain. 
 
2 C&e Pilgrims p?ogrcfs» 
 
 contain, he brake out with a lamen 
 table cry ; faying, what Jhall I do? 
 
 I faw alfo that he looked this way, 
 anci that way, as if he would run; 
 yet he ftood ftill , becaufe as I per- 
 ceived, he could not tell which way 
 to go. I looked then, and faw a Man 
 X named Evanzelifl coming to him,and 
 asked. Wherefore dojl thou cry ? He 
 anfwered. Sir, I perceive, by the 
 Book in my hand , that I am Con- 
 
 * Heb. 9. demned to die, and *after that to 
 ^7-, come to Judgement ; and I find that 
 
 * Job 25. I am not * willing to do the firft, nor 
 
 * * *f' Ic *^^^^ *° ^° ^^ fecond. 
 
 zi ,." " Then faid Evangeliji , 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 
 finck me lower then the Grave ; and 
 
 * ifa. 30. I fhall fall into *Tophet. And Sir, if 
 33' I be not fit to go to Prifon, I am not 
 
 fit (I am fure) tb go to Judgement, 
 and from thence to Execution; And 
 the thoughts of thefe things make me 
 cry. 
 
 Then faid Evangeliji , If this be 
 thy condition, why ftandeft thou ftill? 
 He anfwered, Becaufe I know not 
 
 whither 
 
C&0 IPilgrims P?ogreK " 3 
 
 whither to go. Then he gave him 
 a Parchment-Roll , and there was 
 written within, * Fly from the wrath ^., 
 
 ' -^ ■' * Mat. 3.7 
 
 to come. 
 
 The Man therefore Read it, and 
 -looking upon Evangeliji very care- 
 fully ; faid,WhithermuftIfly? Then 
 faid Evangelifi , pointing with his 
 finger over a very wide Field, Do 
 you fee yonder ^IVicket-gate? The * Mat. 7. 
 Man faid. No. Then faid the other, P'"^'- " 9- 
 Do you fee yonder *fhining light ? ^p^' ^ 
 Hefaid, I think I do. Then faid Evan- * ^irj/Z sf 
 geliji. Keep that light in your eye, the way to 
 and go up diredly thereto, *{q him cannot 
 (halt thou fee the Gate ; at which >>'f<»'»d 
 when thou knocked:, it (hall be told ^'„^J" 
 thee what thou fhalt do. 
 
 So I faw in my Dream, that the 
 Man began to run; Now he had not 
 run far from his own door, but his 
 Wife and Childreri perceiving it, be- 
 gan to cry after him to return : *but * Luk. 14. 
 the Man put his fingers in his Ears, '^\- 
 and ran on crying. Life, Life, Eter- 
 nal Life : fo he looked ncrt behind ^ 
 him, *but fled towards the middle ^ ^" ''' 
 of the Plain. 
 
 The Neighbours alfo camd out to . /^' f 
 lee nim run, and as he ran, lome cuirath to 
 
 mocked, come, un 
 
4 C&e Pilgrims Piopefe. . 
 
 A Gazing: mocked. Others threatried; and fome 
 ^tock n j,j.jg^ ^fjgj. jjjjj^ jQ return : Now a- 
 
 Ve^Ta'^io "^o"g thofe that did fo, there were 
 ^ two that were fefolved to fetch him 
 back by force: The name of the one 
 was Obftinate, 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- 
 v'ed to purfue him ; which they did, 
 and in little time they over-took him. 
 Then faid the Man, Neighbours, 
 Wherefore areyoucome'i 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 
 DeJiruSlion (the place alfo where I 
 was born,) I 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- 
 ftone ; Be content good Neighbours, 
 and go along with me. 
 ^'' *What! {ax6. Objlinate, and leave 
 our Friends, and our comforts behind 
 us! 
 
 * Chri- * Yes, faid ChriJiian,(Jor that was 
 '^""- his name) becaufe that all is not 
 * I Cor. f worthy to be compared with a little 
 *• '^' of that that I am feeking to enjoy, 
 
 and 
 
 note. 
 
C6e Pilgrims p^ogcefg. 5 
 
 and if you will go along with me, 
 you fliall fare as I my felf ; for there , 
 where I go, is * enough, and to fpare; * Luk. 15. 
 Come aWay, and prove my words, 
 
 Obft. What are the things you Jeeky 
 finceyou leave all the World tofind them ? 
 
 Chr. I feek an * Inheritance, in-*i?et.,.^ 
 corruptible , undefiled, and that fadeth 
 not away ; and it is laid up in Heaven, 
 and faft there, to be befl;q,wed at the* Heb; u. 
 time appointed, on them that dili- 16. 
 gently feek it. 
 
 Ob. Tufl},MA.ObJiinate, away with 
 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 
 
 *Pl0W. *Luk9.62 
 
 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 wijer 
 in their own eyes thenfeven men that 
 can render a Reqfon. 
 
 Pit. Then faid Pliable, Don't re- 
 vile ; if what the good Chriftian fays 
 is true, the things he looks after, are 
 better then ours : my heart inclines 
 to go with my Neighbour. 
 
 B Obfi. 
 
6 CDe Pilffrim0 P^offtefs. ' 
 
 Obft. What ! more Fools flill ? he 
 ruled by me and go back ; who knows 
 whither fuch a brain-Jick 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 believe 
 
 not me, read here in this Book ; and 
 for the truth of what is exprefl: there- 
 in, behold all is confirmed by the 
 t rieb. > 3. -j. blood of him that made it. 
 "• "• Pli. Well NeighbourOh^^m^ttCJaid 
 
 Pliable) / begin to come to a -point ; / 
 intend to go along with this good man, 
 and^ to caft in my lot with him : But 
 my good Companion, do you know the 
 way to this dejired place ? 
 
 Ch. I am directed by a m.an whofe 
 name is Evangeliji, to fpeed me to a 
 little Gate that is before us, where 
 we fhall receive inftrudtion about the 
 way. 
 
 Pli. Come then good Neighbour, let 
 , us be going. 
 
 Then they went both together. 
 
 Obji. And I will go back to my 
 place, faid Obfiinjite. I will be no 
 Companion of fiich mifs-led fantafti- 
 cal Fellows. Now 
 
Cbe Piigtims Piogrefs. 7 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream , that 
 •when Oiijiinate was goti back, Chri- 
 Jiian and Pliable went * talking over * Talk he- 
 the Plain ; and thus they began their ''^^*" 
 difcourfe, ^^f^^: 
 
 Chri/t. Come Neighbour Pliable, tie. 
 how do you do ? I am glad you ai-e 
 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\iX\'XvAxvy 
 ftnce there is none biit us two here, tell 
 me now further^ what the things are, 
 and how to be enjoyed, whither we are 
 going ? 
 
 Ch. I dan 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 mv Book. 
 
 PlI. And do you think that the words 
 of your Book are certainly true? 
 
 Ch. Yes verily , for It was made 
 by him that fcannot lye. f Tit. i. z. 
 
 Plia ; Welljaid ; what things are 
 they? . 
 
 Ch. There is an * endlefs Kingdqm ^'■«-'''- 
 B 2 to 
 
8 Cfie Pilgrims P?ogref0. 
 
 John lo. to be Inhabited, and everlafting life 
 27. a8, a9- to be given us ; that we may Inhabit 
 that Kingdom for ever. 
 
 Pli. Welljaid; and what elje? 
 Chr. There ^re Crowns of Glory 
 1 2 Tim. 4. to be given us ; f and Garments that 
 ?• will make us fhine like the Sun in the 
 
 Matth i*^ Firmament of Heaven. 
 
 Plia. 'This is excellent ; And what 
 elJe? 
 
 Ch. There fhall be no more crying, 
 *lfa.25.8. * nor forrow; For he that is owner 
 Rev. 7.16. q£ the places, will wipe all tears 
 Cap. 2,. 4. from our eyes. 
 
 Pli. Andwhat company Jhallwehave 
 there ? 
 
 Ch. There we fhall be with Sera- 
 
 * Ifa 6. z.phims, *andC/&^ra^/«J, Creatures that 
 
 1 Thiff. 4. ^yiii dazle your eyes to look on them : 
 
 i^^- • 7- ^ Xhere alfo you fhall meet with thou- 
 
 'fands, and ten thoufands ■ that have 
 
 gone before us to that place ; none 
 
 of them are hurtful, but loving, and 
 
 holy : every one walking in the fight 
 
 of God; and ftanding in his prefence 
 
 with acceptance for ever: In a 
 
 f Rev. 4. 4. word, there we fhall fee the f Elders 
 
 with their Golden Crowns : There 
 
 ,* Cha. 14. we fhall fee the Holy * Virgins with 
 
 i.»>3,4.stheir Golden, Harps. There we 
 
 fhalJ 
 
Cfje Pilgrims P?ogtefs, 9 
 
 fhall fee =■ Men that by the World a Joh'. u. 
 were cut in pieces^ burned in flames, *s- 
 eaten of Beafts, drownded in the 
 SeaSj for the love that they bare to 
 the Lord of the place ; all well, and 
 clpathed with ■> Immortality, as withbzCor. 5. 
 a Garment. a, 3. s- 
 
 Pli. 'The hearing of this is enough to 
 ravijh fines 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 
 "m this Book: The fubftance of^if^-Si- 
 which is, U we be truly willing to "• 
 have it, he will beftow it upon us q^' '^^' 
 freely. Rev. 21. 6 
 
 Pli. Well, my good Companion, glad Cap. 2z. 1 7 
 am I to hear of thefe things : Come on, 
 let us mend our face. 
 
 Ch. I cannot go fo fafl: as I would, 
 by reafon of this burden that is upon 
 ray back. 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream, that juft 
 as they had ended this talk , they 
 drew near to a very Miry Slough, thzt 
 was in the midft of the Plain, and 
 they being heedlefs, did both fall 
 fuddenly into the" bogg. The name 
 of the Slow v/as Dijfond. Here there- 
 B 3 fore 
 
io cbc Pilgrims PioffteR 
 
 fore they wallowed for a time, be- 
 ing grievioufly bedaubed with the 
 dirt; And Chriflian, becaufe of the 
 burden that was on his back, began 
 to fink in the Mire. 
 
 Pli. Then/aid Pliable, Jh, Neigh- 
 bour Chriftian, where are you now ? 
 Ch. Truly, faid Chrijiian,! do not 
 know. 
 
 Pli. At that, Pliable began to be 
 
 offended; and angeHy faid to his 
 
 Fellow, Is this the happinefs you have 
 
 told me all this while of^. ifwehavejuch 
 
 ill /peed at our firft Jetting out, what 
 
 may we expeSi, 'iwixt this, and our 
 
 d It is not Journeys end? ^May I get out again 
 
 'bellilbu ^^^'^ '^^ Ufe,youJhallpoJ'efs the brave 
 
 ' 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 Chrijiian faw him no more. 
 
 WhereforeC'i&n}??««waslefttotum- 
 blein the Slough of Difpondency aione, 
 e Chriflian but ftill he endeavoured to ftruggle 
 in trouble, to that fide of the Slough, that was fti]l 
 feeks Jiill further ' from his own Houfe , and 
 togetjur- ^g^j. ^Q ^j^g Wicket-gate; the which 
 
 i6«0TO« "^ 'i^'^j ""t could not get out, be- 
 Houfe, caufe 
 
caufe of the burden that was upon 
 his back. But I beheld in my Dream, 
 that a Man canie to him , whofe 
 name was Helf^ and asked him,JVhat 
 be did there ? 
 
 Chr. Sir, faid Chrijiiany I was di- 
 refted this way by a Man called E- 
 vangelifti who diredted 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 
 
 ^thejiep'i i The Pro. 
 
 Ch. Fear followed me fo hard, that»«>- 
 I fled the next way, and fell in. 
 
 Help. Give me thy hand.So he gave 
 him his hand, and s he drew him out, g PC 40. a 
 and fet him upon found ground, and 
 bid him go on his way. 
 
 Then I flepped to him that pluckt 
 him out ; and faid ; Sir, Wherefore 
 (fince over this place,is the way from 
 the City of DeJlruSiion, 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 Miryjkugb is fuch 
 a place as cannot be mended : It is 
 the defcent whither the fcum and 
 filth that attends convidtion for fin, 
 B 4 doth 
 
3>4. 
 
 12 Cbe Pilgrims Piogrefg. 
 
 continually run, and therefore is it 
 called the Skugb ofDifpond: for ftill as 
 the firmer is awakened about his loft 
 condition, there arifeth in his foul 
 many fears, and doubts, and dif- 
 couraging apprehenfions, which all 
 of them get together, and fettle in 
 this place : And this is the reafon of 
 the badnefs of this ground, 
 h ifa. 3s. j(. ig not t}^e h pleafure of the King, 
 that this place fliould remain fo bad ; 
 his Labourers alfo, have by the di- 
 redion 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 Inftrufiions, that have at 
 all feafons been brought from all 
 places of 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 
 ofDi/pond ftill ; and fo will be, when 
 they have done what they can. 
 True, there are by the direftion of 
 
 the 
 
Cibe pilgrims #2ogccfs. ^3 
 
 the Law-giver, certain good and 
 fubftantiall ' Steps , placed even i The Pro- 
 through the verv midft of this Slough; '"^f" "f 
 but at fuch time as this place doth ^'"'f '^"'"''^ 
 
 , r ■ /-I 1 -11 and accep- 
 
 much ipue out its filth, as it doth a- ^^„^^ ^^ 
 gainft change of weather, thefe fteps lifeby faith 
 are hardly feen ; or if they be. Men ;« drift. 
 through the dizinefs of their heads, 
 ftep befides ; and then they are be- 
 mired to purpofe, notwithftanding 
 the fteps be there; but the ground is 
 ^ good when they arc once got in at k i Sa is< 
 , the Gate. as- 
 
 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 Chrijiian\ 
 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 concefning Pliable. 
 
 By 
 
14 C&e Pilgrims PiogreCs. 
 
 By this time, Chrijiian was got up 
 to the Gate. Now over the Gate 
 there was Written, Knock and it /hull 
 I Matt.7i8. ifg opened unto you. ' He knocked 
 therefore, more then once or twice, 
 faying, 
 
 Aiay I now enter here ? will he within 
 Open to ferry me, though I have bin 
 An undeferving Rebel P then Jhall I 
 Not fail tofing his lafting praife on high. 
 
 At laft there came a grave Perfon to 
 the Gate, named Good-will, who asked 
 Who was there? and whence he came ? 
 and what he would have ? 
 
 Ch. Hereisa poor burdenedfinner» 
 
 I come from the City of DeftruSion, 
 
 but am going to Mount Zion, that I 
 
 may be delivered from the wrath to 
 
 come ; I would therefore. Sir, fince 
 
 I am informed that by this Gate is the 
 
 way thither, know if you are willing 
 
 to let me in. 
 
 mTbeGate Good-will.'^ I am willing with all 
 
 luill be my heart, faid he ; and with that he 
 
 epeneii to opened the Gate. 
 
 iroien- g^ -^hen Chrijiian was ftepping in, 
 
 ^rte jm- ^^ other gave him a pull; Then faid 
 
 Chrijiian, what means that? The o- 
 
 ther 
 
Clie pilgrims IPjogrefs. 15 
 
 ther told him, A little diftance from 
 this Gate, there is erefted a ftrong 
 Caftle, of which" Beelzebub is t\\s riSatan m- 
 Captain : from thence both he, and "vies thofe 
 them. that are with him ihoot ^^-'''f/Tr 
 rows at thofe that come up to 'this q^^"^ 
 Gate ; if happily they may dye be- 
 fore they can enter in. Then faid 
 Chriftian, I rejoyce and tremble. So 
 when he was got in, the Man of the 
 Gate asked him. Who directed him 
 thither? 
 
 Ch, Evangelift bid me come hiti;cr 
 andknock,(asIdid;) Andhefaid,that 
 you. Sir, would tell me what I muft 
 do. ^ 
 
 Goodwill. An open Dsor is Jet be- 
 , 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 I faw mine. 
 
 Good Will. Did any of them know 
 cf your coming .? , 
 
 Ch. Yes, my Wife and Children 
 faw me at the firft, and called after ~ 
 me t;o turn again: Alfo fame of my 
 
 Neigh- 
 
Neighbours flood 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 perfwade you to go back? 
 
 Ch. Yes, both Objlinate, and Pli- 
 able : But when they faw that they 
 could not prevail, Obflinate went 
 railing back ; but Pliable came with 
 me a little way. 
 
 Good Will. But why did he not come 
 through ? 
 
 Ch. Weindeedcameboth together, 
 
 until we came at the Slow oiDiffondy 
 
 into the which, we alfo fuddenly fell. 
 
 And then was my Neighbour Pliable 
 
 difcouraged, and would not adven- 
 
 o A Man ture further." Wherefore getting out 
 
 may ha-ae again, On that fide next to his own 
 
 Company Houfe ; he told me, I fhould poflefs 
 
 '7. '" //• the brave Countrey alone for him : 
 rets out for r. , ^ , • "^ j t 
 
 Heaven, ^^ he went his way, and Icamemme. 
 (Syetgothi- He after Objiinate, and I to this Gate, 
 ther alone. Good Will. Then faid Good Will, 
 Alafs poor Man,is the Cceleftial Glory 
 of fo fmall efteem with him, that he 
 counteth it not worth running the 
 hazards of a few difficulties to ob- 
 tain it. Well good Chriftian, come 
 
C6e pilgrim0 p?ogref0. 17 
 
 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 caft up by the Patri- 
 archs, Prophets, Chrift, his Apoftles; 
 and it is as ftraight as a Rule can 
 make it:This is the way thou muft go. 
 
 Ch. But faid Chrijiian, 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, If 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 oiF 
 without help. 
 
 He told him ; As to the burden, be 
 content to bear it, untill thou coraeft p there U 
 to the place of p Deliverance ; for «» 'i^ii'v- 
 there it will fall from thy back it felf. 2""-Jr 
 _ Then Chrijiian began to gird up ^„XrL 
 his loins , and to addrefe himfelf to qf/m, but 
 
 his 
 
1 8 cije Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 
 
 bftbedeatb Journey. Sothe other told him, that 
 & blood of by that he was gone fome diftance 
 Chrifl. f-j.Qjj^ ^jjg Qg^^fg^ l^g ^ould come at 
 
 the Houfe of the Interpreter; at 
 whofe Door he ftiould knock; and he 
 would fhew him excellent things. 
 Then Chrifiian 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 ^ Interpreter , where 
 comes to he knocked over and over : at laft 
 the Houfe one came to the Door, and asked 
 VI' ^"' ^^0 '^''^ tbere} 
 erprt er. ^^^ gj^^ j^^^^ j^ ^ Travailer, who 
 
 was bid by an acquaintance of the 
 Good-man of this Hpufe, to call 
 here for my profit : I would therefore 
 fpeafc with the Mafter of the Houfe : 
 fo he called for the Mafter of the 
 Houfe ; who after a little time came 
 to Chriftian, and asked him what he 
 would have ? 
 
 Ch. Sir, faid Chriftian , I am a 
 Man that am come from the City of 
 DeftruSiion , 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 ftiew me excellent 
 
 things 
 
C&e Pilgrimis p^ogrcfs. 19 
 
 things , ' fuch as would be an help r He is en. 
 to me in my Journey. tertained. 
 
 Inter. Then faid the Interpreter , . 
 
 '"Come in,I will fhew thee that which ^^,^^^ 
 will be profitable to thee. So he com- 
 manded his Man to light the Candle, 
 and bid Chriftian follow him ; fo he 
 had him into a private Room, and 
 bid his Man open a Door ; the which 
 when he had done, ^Chriftian faw a* 2''^''*'^" 
 Pifture of a very graVe Perfon ^^^g bpa^g 
 up againft the Wall, and this was the pifiure. 
 fafhion of it. " // had eyes lift up to uThejajbi- 
 Heaven, the heft of Books in its hand, "" °/'*^ 
 the Lawoffruthwas written upon its ^^'*^'- 
 tips, the Worldwas behind his back; it 
 fiood as if it Pleaded with Men, and a 
 Crown of Gold did hangover itshead. 
 Ch. Then/aid Chn&ia.n,What means 
 this ? 
 
 Inter. The Man whofe Pifturethis xCor.4.15. 
 is, is one of a thoufand, he can * be- 
 get Children, Travel in birth with 
 Children, andy Nurfe them himfelf, yGaU-ig. 
 when they are born. And whereas 
 thou feeft ^ him with eyes lift up to » Thefs. 
 Heaven, the beftof Booksin 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 
 
20 c&e PHgtims Piogrefs. 
 
 3.Themea.^Q finners ; even as alfo thou feeft 
 
 "plaui*'" ' ^™ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ 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- 
 h Wh h ^^^' ^ have ftiewed thee this Pidlure, 
 Ibenuedhim ^''^i '' becaufe the Man whofe Pifture 
 the Piaure this is, is the only Man, whom the 
 firt- 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 
 fliewed thee, and bear well in thy 
 mind what thou haft feen; 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 
 
, C&e pilgrims l^jogrefs. 21 
 
 when he began to fweep, the duft be- 
 gan fo abundantly to fly aboyt, that 
 Chrijiian had almofl therewith been 
 .choaked : Then faid the Interpreter to 
 a Damfel that ftood by. Bring hither 
 Water,andfprinkle the Room; which 
 when fhe had done, was fwept and 
 cleanfed with pleafure. 
 
 Q\\.'thenJaidQ\)xW\3iT\.JVhat means 
 this? 
 
 In. The Interpreter anfwered ; 
 this Parlor is the heart of a Man 
 that was never fandtified 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, is the Law ; 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 fwedp,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 ftiew thee, that 
 the Law, inftead of cleanfing the 
 heart I'by its working) from fin, ^ dRom.7.6 
 doth revive, put ' ftrength into, and ^ ' Cor. 15 
 ''increafe it in the foul, as it doth ? ' 
 
 C dif-'^°-^"° 
 
22 ^u Pilgrims P^ogrcfs. 
 
 difcover and forbid it, but doth not 
 give power to fubdue. 
 
 Again, as thou faweft the Dam/el 
 fprinkle the Room with Water, upon 
 which it was cleanfed with pleafure : 
 This is to fliew thee, that when the 
 Gofpel comes in the fweet and pre- 
 cious influences thereof to the heart, 
 then I fay, even as thou faweft the 
 Damfel lay the duft by fprinkling 
 the Floor with> Water, fo is finvan- 
 gjoh.is.3. quiflied and fubdued , and the foul 
 Eph. 5.26. made clean, through the Faith of it; 
 Act. 159. ^^^ confequently e fit for the King of 
 25, 26 Glory to inhabit. 
 Joh. 15. I faw moreover in my Dream, J" 
 '3- that the Interpreter took him by the 
 
 \r" hand,and had him into a little Room; 
 P^Q„''^ where fat two little Children, each 
 Patience, one in his Chair : The name of the 
 eldeft was PaJ/ien, and of the other 
 Patience ; Paffion feemed to be much 
 difcontent, but Patience was very 
 quiet. Then Chrijiian asked. What 
 Paffion is the reafon of the difcontent of 
 TllilT ^^Jfi°^^ The Interpreter anfwered. 
 The Governour of them would have 
 him ftay for his beft things till the 
 i Patience beginning of the next year ; but he 
 is for tuai- will have all now : ' But Patience is 
 "■»^- willing to wait. Then 
 
Ciie Pilgrims Piogtefs. 23 
 
 Then I faw that one came to ^ Paf- k Paffion 
 /ion, and brought him a Bag of Trea- ^"' ^" '^f- 
 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 Uavifhed all a- '^"■^ 
 way , and had nothing left him but '^''t^^-^ '"- 
 
 •r, ■^ ^ ■ 'V'jhes all 
 
 Rags- ^ ^, .^. 
 
 Ch. Ti^OTy^/VChriftian/o/^i? Inter- rn The 
 prefer, ™ Expound this matter more matter ex- 
 fully to me. tounded. 
 
 ~ In. So he faid, Thefe two Lads are 
 , Figures ; Pajfton, of the Men of this 
 World ; and Patience, of the Men of 
 that which is to come : For as here 
 thou feeft, PaJJion will have all now, 
 this year ; thatistofay,in//&/j World; 
 So are the Men of this World : they 
 muft have all their good things now, 
 they cannot ftay till next Tear ; that 
 is, untill the fiext World, for their 
 Portion of good. That Proverb, A 
 "" Bird in the Hand is worth two in the jy^^^^i 
 Bujh , 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; 
 
24 C&e Ipilgnms p?ogrefs. 
 
 Raggs ; So wil] it be with all fuch 
 I ^ Men at the end of this World. 
 
 Ch. Then/aid Chnfkian, Now I/ee 
 
 o Patience thai Patience has the beft ° Wijdom ; 
 
 hadthebefl and that upoH many accounts, i. Be- 
 
 Wifdom. caujeheftaysfor the beft things. i.And 
 
 aljo becaufe he will have the Glory of 
 
 His, when the other hath nothing but 
 
 Raggs. 
 
 In. Nay , you may add another ; 
 to, witj The glory of the »f A'/ World 
 will never wear out ; but thefe are 
 fuddenlygone. Therefore PaJ/ionhad 
 not fo much reafon to laugh at Pa- 
 tience, becaufe he had his good things 
 firft, as Patience will have to laugh 
 Thingsihat ^^ P^ffion , P becaufe he had his beft 
 are firft things /«/?; for/ry?muft give place to 
 muflgiwe laft , becaufe lafl muft have his time 
 place, I but ^Q come, hut laft gives place to no- 
 t ingsua ^^- £qj. ti^ej-eis not another to fuc- 
 
 are lull %QTe ° ' . 
 
 lading. ceed : he therefore that hath his Por- 
 tion Jirft, muft needs have a time to 
 fpend it ; but he that has his Portion 
 laft, muft have it laftingly. There- 
 q Luk. i6. fore it is faid of i Dives, In thy life- 
 Dives bad time thou hadeft , or receivedeft thy 
 his good good things, and likewife Lazarus evil 
 t '"g'firji. f]rfi„g^ . ^j^f fjg^ jyg jj comforted, and 
 
 thou art tormented. 
 
 Ch. 
 
C&cpigrims p?ogcefs; 25 * 
 
 Ch. "Then 1 perceive, 'tis not beft to 
 covet things that are now ; but to wait 
 for things to come. 
 
 In. You fay the Truth ; ' For the 2Cor.4. ig 
 things that arefeen,are Temporal; but Thefirjl 
 the things that arenot/een,areKterna.l : things are 
 But though this be fo;yet fince things l"'t'r™po. 
 prefent, and our flefhly 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 diftance Is fo con- 
 tinued between the fecond. 
 
 Then I faw In my Dream, that the 
 Interpreter took Chriftian by the 
 hand , and led him into a place, 
 where was a Fire burning againfl; a 
 Wall, and one ftanding by it always, 
 cafting much Water upon It to quench 
 it : Yet did the Fire burn higher and 
 hotter. 
 
 Then/aid 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 extlnguifti and put 
 it out. Is the Devil: but in that thou 
 C 3 feeft 
 
26 , c&e Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 
 
 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 Veffel of 
 Oyl in his hand, of the which he did 
 alfo continually caft, but fecretly, in- 
 to the fire. Thenfaid Chrijiidn, What 
 means this ? The Interpreter anfwer- 
 ed. This is Chriji, 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 
 
 iCor.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 tobk 
 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- 
 ftian was greatly delighted ; he faw 
 alfo upon the , top thereof, certain 
 Pferfons walked, who were cloathed 
 all In Gold. Thenfaid Chrijiian, May 
 
 we 
 
Cf)e Pilgrims p?ogrefs. 27 
 
 we go in thither? Then the. Interpre- 
 ter took him , and led him up 107 
 ward the door of the Palace ; and 
 behold , at the door flood a great 
 
 ■,Comp?iny 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, flood 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- 
 j^w« fomwhat in a mufe : at lafl,when 
 every Man flarted back for fear of the 
 Armed Men ; Chrifiian faw a Man of 
 a very flout countenance come i|p to 
 the Man that fat there to write ; fay- 
 
 " ing,Set 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 
 doqr upon the Armed Men, who laid 
 upon him with deadly force; but the 
 Man, not at all difcouraged , fell to 
 cutting and hacking moft fiercely;fo, 
 after he had " received and given Aa. 14,22 
 many wounds to thofe that attempt- 
 C 4 ed 
 
28 ci^e Pilgrims i^?ogref0. 
 
 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 Chri- 
 ftian fmiled, and faid, I think verily I 
 know the meaning of this. 
 
 Now, faid Chrifiian , 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 eifair ^^^^ Room, where there fat a Man 
 Cage. ^^ ^" Iron " Cage. 
 
 l^ow 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 
 Chrijlian, What means this ? At which 
 the Interpreter bid him talk with the 
 Man. 
 
 Chr. Then faid Chrijlian to the 
 
 Man, 
 
Man, What art thou ? The Man an- 
 fwered, I am what I was not once. 
 
 Chr. What waft thou once ? 
 
 Man. The Man faid, I was once 
 a fair and flourifhing ProfefTor, 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 ihut up in it, as in this Iron 
 Cage. I cannot get out ; O now 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 finned 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 ; I have provoked 
 God to anger, and he has left me ; I 
 have fo hardened my heart, that I 
 cannot repent. 
 
 Then faid Chriftian to the, Interpre- 
 ter, But is there no hopes for such a 
 Man as this ? Ask him, faid the In- 
 ter- 
 
30 C&e l^ilgrimis Piogtcfs. 
 
 terpreier ? Nay, faid Chriftian, pray 
 Sir, do you. 
 
 Inter. TheA fajd the Interpreter , 
 Is there no hope but you mufi be kept in 
 this Iron Cage of Dejpair ? 
 Man. No, none at all. 
 Inter. Why} the Son of the Blejed 
 is very pitiful. 
 Heb 6 6 Man. I have y Crucified him to my 
 2 Luke 19. felf, a frefli. I have defpifed ^ his Per-, 
 "4r fon,I havedefpifed his Righteoufnefs,/' , 
 
 I have counted his Blood an unhoM- 
 a Heb. 10. thing, I have done defpite " to the 
 18,29. Spirit of Grace : Therefore I have 
 fhutmy felf out of all the Promifesj 
 and there now remains to me nothing 
 but threatnings, dreadful threatnings^' 
 faithful threatnings of certain Judges 
 ment, which fliall devour me as an 
 Adverfary. 
 
 Inter. For what didyou bring your 
 felf into this condition ? 
 
 Man. For the Lufts, 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- 
 
C&e pilgrims Piogrefs. . 31 
 
 Inter. But canfi thou not now refent 
 and turn ? 
 
 Man. God. hath denied me repen- 
 tance ; his Word gives me no encou- 
 ragement to believe ; yea, himfelf 
 hath fhut nie 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 
 Chrtftian, Let this mans mifery be 
 remembered by thee, and be an ever- 
 lafting caution to thee. 
 
 Chr. Well, faid Chrijiian, this is 
 fearful ; God help me to watch and 
 b.e 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 ftiall fhew thee 
 one thing more, and then thou fhalt 
 go on thy way. 
 
 So he took Chrifiian by the hand a- 
 gaiti, 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 
 Chrifiian, Why doth this Man thus , 
 tremble ? The Interpreter then bid 
 
 him 
 
32 C!)e Ipilgrimg, Piogrefs. 
 
 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. put me into an Agony. So I looked 
 1 Theff. 4.. up in my Dream, and faw the Clouds 
 Jude I s. rack at an unufual rate ; upon which 
 aThef.i.g. j j^gard a great found of a Trumpet, 
 Rev 20*1 1 ^^^ ^^^ ^^^° ^ Man fit upon a Cloud, 
 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, Arife ye 
 
 j^^^'^'^^ 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 I 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 iflusd out and 
 came from before him, a convenient 
 difliance betwixt him and them, as 
 betwixt the Judge and the Prifoners 
 at the Bar. I heard it alfo proclaimed 
 
 to 
 
C})e pilgrims P^ogrefs. 33 
 
 to them that attended on the Man cMat.3.ia 
 that iat on the Cloud; ^Gather toge- ^j'-'^- 3°- 
 ther the 'Tares, the Chaff, and Stubble, 
 and caft 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, j -ph r 
 And with that I faw many catch't up jg^ ,7 " " 
 ^ 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 Cloudjftill ^^ 
 kept his eye upon me : my fins alfo j^ 
 came-mto mind, and my Confcience 
 did accufe rhe dn every fide. Upon 
 this I awaked from my fleep. 
 
 Chr. But what was it that made you 
 fu fraid 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 fl:ood:my Confcience too 
 within afflided me; and as I thought, 
 
 the 
 
34 Cbe IPilgrims P2ogrcf]B!. 
 
 the Judge had always his eye u 
 me, fhewing indignation in his co 
 tenance. 
 
 Then faid the Interpreter to C 
 ftian. Haft thou confidered all t 
 things ? 
 
 Chri. Yes, and they put me 
 hope zndi fear. 
 
 Inter. Well, keepall things fo in 
 mind, that they may be as a Goa, 
 thy fides,to prick thee forward in 
 way thou muft go. Then ChriJ\ 
 began to gird up his loins, and to 
 drefs him'felf to his Journey. T 
 faid the Interpreter, The Conifo 
 be always with thee good Chrift 
 to guide thee in the way that If 
 to the City. 
 
 SoChrtftian wentoh his way,fay: 
 
 Here I have feen things rare, and 
 
 fitahle ; 
 Things plea font, dreadful, thing. 
 
 make me (iable 
 ' In what I have began to take in ham 
 Then let me think on them, and un 
 
 Stand 
 Wherefore they Jhewed me was, ant 
 
 me be 
 Thankful., O good Interpreter, to th 
 
Now I faw in my Dream , that 
 the high way up which Cbriftian was 
 to go, was fenced on either fide with 
 a Wall, and that Wall is called Sal- 
 vation. Up this way therefore did 
 burdened Ci&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 Crofs, and a little be- 
 low in the bottom, a Sepulcher. So 
 I faw in my Dream , that juft as 
 Chrijiian came up with the Crqfs, 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 Chrijiian glad •= and e When 
 lightfom,and faid with a merry heart, ^'"^ "' 
 . He bath given me reft, by his /or row ; ^"{."'"Jfif 
 and life, by his death. Then he flood and bur- 
 flill a while, to look and wonder ; for den,'weare 
 it was very furprizing to him, that ''^ tM^ 
 the fight of the Crofs fhould thus '*^'.^ ''"!' 
 eafe him of his burden. He looked 
 therefore , and looked again , even 
 till the fprings that were in his head 
 
 fent 
 
■ 3^ C&e Pilgrims Piogrcfs. 
 
 f Zech. 12. fent the ''waters down his cheeks. 
 
 JO. Now as he flood looking and weep- ? 
 
 ingi behold three fliining ones came 
 to him, and faluted him, with Peace \ 
 he to thee : fothefirftfaidtohim, T'^j 
 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 hfe fhould give it in at 
 the Cceleftial Gate:fo they went their 
 way. Then Chriftian gave three 
 leaps for joy, and went out finging, | 
 
 lan'rH''"' '^"^fi^ ^''^^ ""^^ ^""^'^ "^'^^ my fin; 
 2" aLe, ^°'' "^^ ""S^^ ""f^ *^" ^^"f ^^"'^ ^ 
 lAthen God waj ««, 
 
 doth gme Till I came hither : TVhat a place is 
 bim the joy this! 
 
 ojbhheart. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ beginning of my hUfs ! 
 Muft here the burden fall from off my 
 
 back ? 
 Muft here jhe firings that hound it t(t 
 
 me., crack, f" 
 'Bleji Crofs! blefi Sefulcher ! bleji ra- 
 ther be 
 The Man that there was put to Jhamefor 
 me. 
 
 I 
 
 ■>,n 
 
Cfje Pilgrims J)?ogtefs. 37 
 
 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 vjpon their 
 heels. The name of the one was 
 .^ Simple, another 67o//?;, and the third ^, f''^^''^; 
 
 n r \- ^loth, and 
 
 Prefumptton. ^ . , , . Prefumpti- 
 
 Chrijlian then feeing thepi lye m ,,„. 
 this cafe, went to them, if perad- 
 ventiire 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 your Irons. He 
 alfo told them. If he that goeth 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: 
 •' Simple faid, I fee no danger-. Sloth '' '^^'^^ " 
 kid, 7et alittle more fleep : and Pre- "°t^rf^'^- 
 Jumption faftl, hvery ratt muft ftand ^^^ jj-q^j 
 upon his own bottom, what is the an- openew 
 "* Jwer eljethat IJhouldgivethee'^ And fo nottheeyes, 
 they lay down to fleep again, and 
 Chriftian went on his way. 
 
 D Yet 
 
3^ Cbe Pilsrim0 Piogrefs. 
 
 Yet was he troubled to think, That 
 men in that danger fhould fo little 
 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 Formalift, and 
 the name of the, other Hyfocrijie. 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 bowi in 
 the Land of Vain-glory , and are go- 
 ing for praife to jMount Stan. 
 
 Chr. Why came you not in at the 
 Gate which ftandeth at the beginning 
 of the way ? Know you not that it is 
 io\.ic.,. ^yij-fgyi^ c <^}3at he that comet h not in '^ 
 by the door, but climbeth up fame o- 
 ther way , the fame is a thief and a 
 rohber ? 
 
 Form, and Hyp. They faid, That 
 
 to go to the Gate for entrance, was 
 
 1 by 
 
Cfje Pilgrims ip^ogrefs. 39 
 
 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. Buf will it not be counted a 
 I'refpqfs, againflthe Lord of the City 
 whither we are bound, thus to violate 
 his revealed will ? 
 
 Form, and Hyp. They told him, 
 
 ''That as for that, he needed not to 
 
 troublehis head thereabout : for what '^'^*''^ '''"^ 
 
 I come into 
 
 they did, they had cuftom for ; and ^^^ ^ 
 could produce, if need were, Tefti- hut not by 
 mony that would witnefs it, foribe(/oor, 
 more then a thoufand years. '^'"^ *'■"" 
 
 Chr. Butjaid Chrimzn, ^«^/jo«^ J^Z". 
 TraStice Jiand a Trial at Law ? tTiaeln 
 
 Form. & Hyp.Th&Y told him. That 'vindkati- 
 Cuftom, it being of fo long a ftand- on of their 
 ing , 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- 
 
40 > Cbe Pilgrims piogrcfs. 
 
 tumbling over thewall: Whereinnow 
 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 
 the way. You come in by your felves 
 without his direction, 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- 
 fiian,Tha.t,asto Laws and Ordinances, 
 they doubted not but they fhould as 
 confcientioufly do them as he. There- 
 fore faid they. We fee not wherein 
 thou differeft 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 ihame of 
 eGal.».i6.thy nakednefs. 
 
 Cbr. By-Laws and Ordinances,, 
 you will not be faved,fince yoii came 
 not in by the door. And as for this 
 Coat that is on my back, it was given 
 
 one 
 
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 
 befides, ^ thus I comfort my felf as I 
 go : Surely, think I, when I come to ^ ^hriftian 
 the Gate of the City, the Lord there- l'g^^°Q„'L 
 of will _ know me for good, fince I o„i;, ^^^^^ 
 have his Coat on my back'; a CozXandiscom- 
 that he gave me freely in the day that fo^'^d. 
 he ftript me of my rags. I have more- thereimth, 
 over a mark in my forehead, ^^ f't^airo 
 which perhaps you have taken no ^ith his 
 notice, which one of my Lords moft Mark, and 
 intimate Aflbciates, fixed there in the *" ^"^i- 
 day that my burden fell off my 
 flioulders, 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 Cceleftial 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 
 
 anfwei-, only they looked upon each , 
 
 othei" and laughed. Then I faw that 
 
 they went on all^ fave that Chriftian 
 
 D J kept 
 
42 C&e Pilgrims p^ogrcfs. 
 
 kept before, who had no more talk 
 but with himfelf, and that fomtimes 
 fighingly,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 an 
 Hill, s at the bottom of which was a 
 6 ^e comes Spring. There was alfo in the fame 
 "'.'***'" place two other ways befides that 
 '^'^" ■^' which came ftraight from the Gate ; 
 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 
 called Difficulty. J Chrifiiannow 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 difficulty th'right way to go. 
 Then wrong, though eafie, where the end 
 
 is wo. 
 
 The 
 
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 ajfoj 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 ways was 
 Hanger, and the name of the other 
 Dejiruition.') So •» the one took theh lie dan- 
 way which is called Danger , which ^^ of 
 led him into a great Wood ; and the'"''"'"^ 
 other took direftlyup the way to Be- ^ ° 
 firuSlion, which led him into a wide 
 field full of dark Mountains, where 
 he {tumbled 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, 
 was a pleafant ' yfir^(?«r , made byi^war^ 
 the Lord of the Hill, for the refrefh-?^'.?''''^^- 
 ment of weary Travailers. Thither 
 therefore Chriftian got, where alfo 
 D 4 he 
 
44 ct)e Pilgtims Piogrefg. 
 
 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 afrefli 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 flumber, and thence 
 into a faft fleep, which detained him 
 in that place untill it was almoft 
 
 ^^^ out of his hand. Now as he was fleep- 
 ing,there came one to him & awaked 
 him faying. Go to the Ant, thoujlug- 
 gard, conjider her ways and be wife : 
 and with that Chrijiian 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 Timorus, ■a.nA the name 
 of' the other Miftruji. To whom 
 Chrijiian faid. Sirs, what's the matter 
 you run the wrong way ? 'Timorus 
 anfweredi 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- 
 
Cbe Pilgrims PiogrcfS. ' 45 
 
 meet with, wherefore we turned, and 
 are going back again. ' 
 
 Yes, faid Mijlrujl, forjuft before 
 us lye a qouple 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 C/&r2/?//^«, You make 
 me afraid, but whither fhall I fly to 
 be fafe ? If I go back to mine own 
 Cbuntrey, That is prepared for fire 
 and Brimftone ; and I fliall certainly 
 perifli there. If I can get to the Coe- 
 leftial City, I am fure to be in fafety"^ 
 there. I muft venture : To go back 
 is npthing but death, to go forward 
 is fear of death, and life everlafting 
 beyond it. I will yet go forward. So 
 Miftruft and Timorus ran down 
 the Hill ; and Chriftian 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 atid be comforted ; but he 
 feltand '^ founditnot. ThenwasC^r/- kChriftian 
 ftian in great diftrefs , and knew not ""U^^^ *" 
 what to do,for he wanted that which *° ' . , 
 ufed to relieve him, and that which ^^^^ f„ 
 fhould have been his Pafs into the take Com- 
 
 Coeleftial/o'"'- 
 
46 c&e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 leftial City. Here therefore he be- 
 gan to be much perplexed, and knew 
 hot what to do ; at laft he bethought 
 himfelf that he had flept in the Ar- 
 bour that is on the fide of the Hill : 
 and falling down upon his knees, he 
 asked God forgivenefs for that his 
 foolifh Fadl: ; and then went back to 
 look for his Roll. But all the way 
 he went back, -vSrho can fufficientjy 
 fet forth the forrow of Chrijiimi 
 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 
 eredled 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 tnany 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- 
 Chriftlan cd ^his forrow the more, by bringing 
 be-wails again, even a frefli, his evil of fleep- 
 his foolifh ing into his mind. Thus therefore 
 Rev f 2 ^^ "°'"^ went on bewailing his finful 
 fleep, faying, O wretched man that T 
 
 am. 
 
C&c Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 47 
 
 am, that I fhould fleep in the day- 
 time ! that I fhould fleep in the midft 
 of difficulty ! that I fhould fo indulge 
 the flefh, as to ufe that reft for eafe 
 to my flefli , which the Lord of the 
 HUl hath ereded only for the relief 
 of the fpirits of Pilgrims ! How many 
 fteps have I took in vain ! (Thus it 
 happened to J/rael 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 (pent. 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 Chriftian 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 ! 
 
48 Cf)c Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 
 
 gain ! For this Roll was the affurat 
 of his life and acceptance at the ( 
 fired Haven. Therefore he laid 
 up in hisbofom, gave thanks to G 
 for direfting his eye to the pli 
 where it lay , and with joy and te; 
 betook him felf again to his Journ( 
 But Oh how nimbly now, did he 
 up the reft of the Hill ! Yet bef( 
 he got up, the Sun went down up 
 Chrijtian ; and this made him' ag; 
 recall the vanity of his fleeping to 
 remembrance, and thus he again I 
 gan to condole with himfelf : Ah tl 
 finfuljleepl how for thy fake am Ilikt 
 be benighted in my Journey ! I m 
 walk without the Sun , darknejsm 
 cover the fath of my feet, and I m 
 hear thenoife of doleful Creatures , , 
 cauje of my Jinful fleep ! Now alfo 
 remembered the ftory that Miflr 
 and Timorus told him of, how tt 
 were frighted, with the fight of 1 
 Lions. Then faid Chrijiian to hi: 
 felf again, Thefe Beafts range in 1 
 night for their prey,and if theyfhoi 
 meet with me in the dark,how fhoi 
 I fhift them ! how fliould I efcape 1 
 ing by them torn pieces ? Thus 
 went on his way, but while he v 
 
 tt 
 
C&e pilgrims li9?ogrefs. 49 
 
 thus bewaylirig his unhappy mifcar- 
 riage , he lift uphiseyes, and behold 
 there was a very ftately Palace be- 
 fore him , the name whereof was 
 Beautiful, and it flood juft by the 
 High-way fide. 
 
 So I faw in my Dream, that he 
 made hafte and went forward,that if 
 poffible he might get Lodging there ; 
 now before he had gone far, he en- 
 tered into a very narrow paflage, 
 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 
 Mifiruji 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 
 Chrifiian made a halt , as if he would 
 go back, cried ,unto him, faying, 
 Is thy ftrength fo fmalL? fear not the 
 Lions,for they are Chained : and are 
 placed there for trial of faith where it 
 is ; and for difcovery of thofe that 
 
 have 
 
Cfte Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 have none : keep in the midft of. 
 Path, and no hurt fhall come ui 
 thee. 
 
 Then I faw that he went on, tre 
 bling for fear of the Lions ; but 
 king good heed to the directions 
 the Porter ; he heard them roar, 1 
 they did him no harm. Then he cl; 
 his hands, and went on, till he ca 
 apd flood before the Gate where i 
 Porter was. Then faid Chrifliah 
 the Porter, Sir, What houfe is th 
 and may I lodge here to night ? 1 
 Porter anfwered. This Houfe m 
 built by the Lord of the Hill: and 
 built it for the relief and fecurity 
 Pilgrims. The Porter alfo asli 
 whence he was, and whither he \ 
 going ? 
 
 , Chr. I am! come from the City 
 DeftruSlion, and am going to Moi 
 Zion, but becaufe the Sun is now i 
 I defire, if I may, to lodge here 
 night. 
 
 Por. What is your name ? 
 
 Chr. My name is now Chrijik 
 but my name at the firft was Graceli 
 I came of the Race of Japhet, whc 
 God will perfwade to dwell in ( 
 Tents of Shem. 
 
 P. 
 
Cfjc Pilgrims Piogre©. 
 
 Por. But how doth it happen that you 
 comefo late, the Sun is Jet ? 
 
 Uar. I had been here fooner, but 
 that, wretched man that I am ! I flept 
 in the Arbour that ftands on the 
 Hill fide; nay, Ihad 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 1 found 
 it, and now I am come. 
 
 Por. Well, I will call out one of 
 the Virgins of this place , who will, 
 if ftie likes your talk, bring you in 
 to the reft of the Family, according 
 to the Rules of the Houfe. So Watch- 
 ful 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 flie was called. 
 
 The Por/i?ranfwered,This Man is 
 in a Journey from the City of De- 
 ftru5iion 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 
 
 dfter 
 
 V; 
 
s^ €U Pilgrims Piogrefj 
 
 after dllcourfe had with hirrii rn 
 do as feemeth thee good, ever 
 cording to the Law of the Hoi 
 Then flie asked him whenc 
 was, and whither he was going 
 he told her. She asked him alfo, 
 he got into the way, and he told 
 Then flie asked him , What he 
 feen, and met with in the way . 
 he told her ; and. laft, fhe aske{ 
 namfe, fo he faid. It is Chriftian ; 
 I have fo much the more a defi 
 lodge here to night, becaufe 
 what I perceive, this place 
 built by the Lord of the Hill, fc 
 relief and fecurity of Pilgrims, 
 fhe fmiled, but the water ftoc 
 her eyes : And after a little p 
 fhe faid, I will call forth two or 
 more of the Family. So fhe r; 
 the door, and called out Prua 
 Piety, and Charity, who after a 
 more difcourfe with him , had 
 in to the Family ; and man 
 them meeting him at the threl 
 of the Houfe , faid , Come in 
 blefTed of the Lord; this Houfi 
 built by the Lord of the Hill 
 purpofe to entertain fueh Pilgrln 
 Then he bowed his head, and fo 
 
C?)e Pilgrims iPiogrcfs. 53 
 
 ed them into the Houfe. So when he 
 was 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 fliould have fome particular 
 difcourfe with Chriftian, 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 , fmce 
 '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]^"^"*^" 
 unavoidable deftrudlion did attend ^^„ g„j„y 
 me, if I abode in that place where I his awn 
 
 was. Countrey. 
 
 Piety. But how did it happen that 
 
 youcame out of your Countrey this way? 
 
 E ' Chr. 
 
54 Clje Pilsrim0 P2ogref0. > 
 
 '' Chr. It was as God would have it, 
 for when I was under the fears of 
 deftruftion, 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 
 b How he^ Evangelift, ^.ndi he direded me to the 
 got into Wicket-Gate, which elfe I fliould 
 ^sLn"^ '"never have found ; and fo fet me into 
 the way that hath led me diredlly to 
 this Houfd 
 
 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 ftick by me as long as I live ; 
 
 cjlreher/aifpecially three = things, to wit, Hov/ 
 
 oj ■what he Chrift, in defpite of Satan, maintains 
 
 ja-w in t ?j^|g ^Qj.]^ Qf Grace in the heart; how 
 
 the Man had finned himfelf quite out 
 
 of hopes of Gods mercy ; and ialfo 
 
 the Dream of him that thought in 
 
 his fleep the day of Judgement was 
 
 come. 
 
 Piety. Why ? Did you 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. 
 
. Piety. Was that all that you Jaw at 
 the Houfe of the Interpreter ? 
 
 Chr. No, he took nle and had 
 me where he fliewed me a ftately 
 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 flood in the door to keep 
 him out; and how he was bid to come 
 in, and win eternal Glory. Methought 
 thofe 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 f aw 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 ftrange 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 fliining 
 ones came to me: one of them tefti- 
 ' fied that my fina were forgiven me ; 
 E 2 another' 
 
S6 C&e Piigcims P^ogrefs 
 
 another ftript me of my Rags 
 gavemethisBroidred Coat whicl 
 fee; and the third fet the mark \ 
 you fee, in my forehead , and 
 me this fealed Roll (and with 
 he plucked it out of his bofom 
 
 Piety. But you/aw more then 
 did you not? 
 
 Chr. The things that I have 
 you were the beft: yet fome ( 
 fmall matters I faw, as namely '. 
 three Men, Simple, Sloth, and 
 Jumption, lye a fleep a little oi 
 the way as I came , with Irons 
 their heels ; but do you think I ( 
 awake them! I alfo faw Formalij 
 Hyfocrijie come tumbling ove 
 wall , to gOj as they pretended 
 Sion, hut they were quickly 
 ?venaslmyfelf did tell them,bul 
 Y'ould not believe: but, above 
 founditi^ar^worktoget up this 
 and as hard to come by the I 
 mouths; andtruly if it hadnot 
 for the good Man, the Porter 
 ftands at the Gate, I do not k 
 but that after all, I might have 
 back again: but now I thank C 
 am here , and I thank you foi 
 ceiving of me. 
 
 1 
 
Then Prudence thought good to 
 ask him a few queftions, and defired 
 his anfwer to them. 
 
 Pru. Do you not think Jomtimes of 
 the Countrey from whence you came? 
 
 Chr. Yes/ but with much fhame 
 and deteftation; 'truly, if I had been ^, ''''"■ 
 mindful of that Countrey fromwhence I ^^'^^, ^ 
 came out, I might have had opportuni- 1,,^ Native 
 ty to have returned, but now I deftre a Cmntr^y. 
 better Countrey, that is, an Heavenly. Heb. n, 
 
 Pru. Do you not yet bear away with 'S» '^• 
 you Jome of the' things that then you 
 were converfant withal ? 
 
 Chr. Yes, but greatly againft my 
 will ; efpecially my inward and 
 " carnal cogitations ; with which all eCKi!- 
 my Countrey-men, as well as my feJf, ft'^" ''>J- 
 were delighted; but now all thofe ''?'?''' 
 things are my grief: and might I but '^\ 
 
 5 . . ; 8 , . & nal cogi- 
 
 chule mme own thmgs, 1 would /a/;o«j. 
 ^ chufe never to think of thofe things f chrl- 
 more ; but when I would be doing of ftians 
 that which is befi:,that which is worft '*'"^*- 
 is with me. 
 
 Pru. Do you not find fometimes, 
 as if thofe things were vanquifhed, 
 which at other times are your per- 
 plexity. 
 
 Chr. Yes, but that is but feldom ; 
 E 3 but 
 
5 8 C|3C pilffcims P.?ogcefs. 
 
 g Chri- but they are to me s Golden hours, 
 ftians^o/- jn which fuch things happens to 
 
 den hours. _,„ 
 
 me. 
 
 Pru. Can you remember by what 
 
 means you find your anoyances at times, 
 
 as if they were vanquijhed ? 
 
 h How Chr. Yes, when ''I think what I 
 
 Chriftian faw at the Crofsjthat will do it; and 
 
 ^'"JirTis ^^^^^ ^ ^°°^ "P°" ^^ Broidered 
 '^^rrupii- " Coat, that will do it ; alfo when I 
 ens. look into the Roll thlt I carry in my 
 
 bofom, that will do it ; and when 
 my thoughts wax warm about whi- 
 ther I am going , that will do it. 
 
 Pru. And what is it that makesyou 
 Jo dejirous to go to Mount Zion ? 
 i Why Chr. Why, 'there I hope to fee 
 
 Chnftian j^j^^ ^^^-^ ^^^^ ^j^ j^^j^ ^^^^ ^^ ^j^g 
 luould be r^ r ' 1 1- T 1 I 
 
 at Mount ^rois ; and there 1 hope to be 
 Zion, i'id of all thofe things , that to this 
 day are in me, an anoiance to me ; 
 there they fay there is no death, and 
 there I fhall dwell with fuch Com- 
 pany as I like beft. For to tell you 
 truth,! love him,becaufel wasby him 
 eafed of my burden , apd I am weary 
 of my inward ficknefs ; I would fain 
 be where I fhall die no more , and 
 with the Company that fhall continu- 
 ally cry Holy, Holy, Holy. 
 I Now I faw in my Dream,that thus 
 
 they 
 
€^f)t Pilffrims PiogteCs. 59 
 
 they fat talking together until Tap- 
 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 f^^'^^^l-^ 
 well refined ; and all their talk ' at j-^pp^^ 
 the Table, was about the Lord of the i 5j^,> 
 Hill: As namely, about what he had tali at 
 done , and wherefore he did what Yiefuppertime 
 did, and why he had builded that 
 Houfe : and by what they faid , I 
 perceived that he had been a great 
 Warriour, 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 Cbrijlian) 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 heisfuchaloverof poor Pilgrims, 
 E 4 that 
 
6o CD0 Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 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 ; and 
 
 that they heard him fay and affirm. 
 
 That he would not dwell in the 
 
 Mountain of Zion alone. They faid 
 
 moreover. That he had made many 
 
 a Chrift pilgrjnis * Princes, though by nature 
 
 J^. " ^they were Beggars born, and their 
 
 Begg'an. Original had been the Dunghil. 
 
 Thus they difcourfed together till 
 
 Jate at night, and after they had 
 
 committed themfelves to their Lord 
 
 for Proteftion , they betook them- 
 
 „. .„. felves to reft. The Pilgrim they laid 
 
 Chriftians . , , ^,° , J , 
 
 Bed-cham-'^'^,^ ^^rgc upper ''Chamber, whole 
 
 her. 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 dm 1 now ! is this the love and 
 care 
 
 Ofjefus^forthe men that Pilgrims are! 
 
 Thus to provide ! That I Jhould be for- 
 given ! 
 
 And dwell already the next door to 
 Heaven. So 
 
Cbe Ipilgrims ipJiogrefs, 6i 
 
 So in the Morning they all got up, 
 and after fome more difcourfe, they 
 told him that he fhould not depart , 
 till they had fhewed him the Rarities 
 of that place. And firft they had him 
 into the Study, = where they fhew- c Chrlftian 
 ed him Records of the greatefl: Anti- ^"'^ '""> 
 quity ; in which, as I remember my ' ^ '"f*^' 
 Dream , they fliewed him firft the ^^ y-^^ 
 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 Ads 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 diffolved 
 
 Then they read to him fome of 
 the worthy A6ls that fomfe of his Ser- 
 vants had done. As how they had 
 fubdued Kingdomsjwrought Righte- 
 oufnefs, obtained Promiles,'ftopped 
 the mouths of Lions, quenched the ^ jjg,^ ^^ 
 ■"violence of Fire, efcaped the edge 33, 3^' 
 of the Sword ; out of weaknefs 
 were made ftrong, waxed valiant 
 in fight, and tuirned to flight the Ar- 
 mies of the Aliens. Then 
 
62 c&e pilgrimg lg)?ogrers. 
 
 Then they read again in another" 
 part of the Records of the Houfe, 
 where it was fliewed 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 Hiftories of 
 many other famous things , of all 
 which Chriftian had a view. As of 
 things both Ancient and Modern ; 
 together with Prophecies and Pre- 
 diftions of things that have their 
 certain accomplifhment, both to the 
 dread and amazement of enemies, 
 and the comfort and folace of Pil- 
 grims. 
 
 The next day they took him and 
 e Chriftian had him into the « Armory ; where 
 ''tteArL *^^^ fliewed him all manner of Fur- 
 ' niture, which their Lord had pro- 
 vided for Pilgrims, as Sword, Shield, 
 Helmet, Breft plate, AU-Prayer^zni. 
 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. 
 
 They 
 
Cfie pilgrims Pjogrcfs. 63 
 
 They alfo fhewed him fome of the 
 Engines with which fome of his Ser- 
 vants had done wonderful things. 
 ''They Ihewed him Mo/es Rod, thefChriftian 
 Hammer and Nail with which Jael " ""'^'. '" 
 flew Si/era, the Pitchers, Trumpets, ■^^'^""*" 
 and Lamps too, with which Gideon 
 put to flight the Armies of Midian. 
 Then they fliewed him the Oxes goad 
 wherewith Shamger flew fix hundred 
 men. They fliewed him alfo the 
 Jaw bone with which Sam.'^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 ftiall rife up to the prey. 
 They fliewed him befides many ex- 
 cellent things, with which Chriftian 
 was much delighted. This done,they 
 went to their refl: again. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that on 
 the morrow he got up to go forwards, 
 but they defired him to' fl:ay till the 
 next day alfo and then faid they, we 
 will, if the day be clear, fliew you the 
 s delegable Mountains ; which they gChriftian 
 faid, would yet furtheradd to his com- A'^'*'^ '*" 
 fort: becaufe they were nearer th.^'^ff^"'''' 
 
 de- 
 
64 CSe Pilgrims P^ogrcCs. 
 
 defired Haven, then the place where 
 at prefent he was. So he confented 
 and ftaid. When the Morning was uf), 
 they had him to the top of the Houfe, 
 
 h li'a. 33. ^ ^^^ ^'^'^ 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 Immanuels 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 Coeleftial City, as the Shep- 
 heards that live there will make ap- 
 pear. 
 Chriftian ^q^ ^g bethought himfelf of fet- 
 
 ^'ard ^'"S forward, ' and they were will- 
 ing he fliould : but firft, faid they, let 
 us go again into the Armory, fo they 
 
 k Chriftian dj^ j and when he came there, they 
 
 -^^^^''J^J''' harneffed him from head to foot, 
 with what was of proof, left perhaps 
 he fhould meet with aflaults in the 
 way. He being therefore thus a- 
 coutred walketh out with his friends 
 
 to 
 
C|)e Pilgrims J^^ogcefs. 65 
 
 to the Gate, and there he asked the 
 Porter if he faw any Pilgrims pafs by. 
 Then the Porter anfwered. Yes. 
 
 Chr, Pray did you know him ? 
 
 Por. I asked his naijie, and he 
 told me it was Faithful. 
 
 Chr. O, faid Chriflian , I ki^ow 
 him, he is my To\yns-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 How 
 
 Chr. ' Well, faid Chrijiian , good Chriftian 
 Porter the Lord be with thee,and add ^^^J*^ 
 to all thy bleflings much increafe, for °JJ[ ^^ 
 the kindnefs that thou haft fhewed^^rtw^. 
 to me. / 
 
 Then he began to go forward, but 
 Bi/cretion, Piety, Charity, and Pru^ 
 dence, 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 So it is ; for it is an 
 hard matter for a man to go down 
 into the valley of Humiliation, as 
 
 thou 
 
66 Cfje lPiIgrim0 Pmtt^s, 
 
 thou art now, and to catch no flip by 
 the way; therefore, faid they, aire 
 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 clutter of 
 Raifins ; and then he went on his 
 way. 
 
 But now in this Valley of 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 Afollyon. Then did Chri- 
 ftian begin to be afraid, and to caft 
 in his mind whither to go back, or to 
 fl:and 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 
 Chriftians pierce him with his Darts ; there- 
 "fllf" fore he refolved k to venture, and 
 proach oyft^nd his ground. For thought he, 
 ^poUyon.had I no more in mine eye, then the 
 
 faving 
 
C&e Pilgrims P?ogref0. 67, 
 
 faving of my life, 'twould be the beft 
 way to ftand. 
 
 So he went on, and Afollyon met 
 him ; now the Monfter was hidious 
 to behold, he was cloathed with 
 fcales like a Fifh (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 quefliion with him. 
 
 Apol. Whence, come you and whi- 
 ther are you bound ? 
 
 Ckr. I come from the City of i Difiour/e 
 DefiruSlion, ^ which is the place oibetnuixt 
 kll evil, and am going to the City of *^'"''''^'*" 
 
 Zion. . Ttrt'°'' 
 
 Apol. By this I ■perceive thou art 
 one of my SubjeSis, 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 ho-pe thou maieft do me more 
 fervice, I would ftrike 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 
 
68 ^f)t Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 could not live on, for the Wages of Sin 
 is death ; therefore when I was come 
 to years , I did as other confiderate 
 perfons do , look out, if perhaps I' 
 might mend my felf, 
 
 Apol. 'there is no Prince that' will 
 
 thus lightly lofehisSubjeSls;neither will 
 
 T as yet lofe thee. Butfmce thou com- 
 
 ■plaineji of thy fervice and wages ™ be 
 
 m ApoUy- content to go back ; what our Countrey 
 
 o^^ Mtte-^lll afford, I do here ■promije 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 hafi done in this, accor- 
 
 nApollyor^/w^ to the Proverb, " changed a 
 
 undernji- had for a worjc I bttt it is ordinary for 
 
 lues chri/is^j^gjg ^^^^ have prof ejfedthemf elves his 
 
 Servants, after a •uihile to give him 
 
 the flip , and return again to me : do 
 
 thou Jo to, and allfhall he 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. 'Thtu didefl the fame to me, 
 
 "^f a!fr°" ° "'^'^y^^ ^ '^^ willing to pafs >hy all, if 
 
 bemerciful^"'^'^^'^'^ w/7//ar« again, and go back. 
 
 Chr. 
 
Chr. What I promifed thee was 
 in my n6n-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 
 follow him. 
 
 Apol. Conjider again when thou art 
 in cool blood, what thou art like to meet 
 with in the way that thou goeji. 'thou 
 knoweji that for the mojipart, his Ser- 
 vants come to an ill end,becaufe they are ApoUyon 
 tranfgrejjors againft me, and my ways: pleads the 
 How many of them have been put to grie'vous 
 fhameful deaths! and befides, thou coun- ^"^"f 
 
 -, telihis fervice better then mine, whereas !:' '*"! 
 
 , •' -^ - , , , to dtpwadt 
 
 he never came yet from the place where chriftian 
 he is, to' deliver any thatjerved him from per- 
 out of our hands: but as for me, howfiJUng in 
 many times, as all the World very well *" '^'^'>- 
 knows ,. have I delivered, either by 
 power or fraud, tho/e that have faithr 
 fully Jerved me, from him and his, 
 F though 
 
7° c&e Pilgrim0 p?ogref0. 
 
 though taken by them, and Jo I will 
 deliver thee. 
 
 Chr. His forbearing at prefent 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 
 ismofl: glorious in thiere account: For 
 for prefent deliverance, they do not 
 much expedt it; for they ftay fiDr 
 their Glory, and then they fliall 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 
 daft thou think to receive wages of 
 him ? 
 
 Chr. Wherein, O jipollyon, have 
 
 I been unfaithful to him. 
 
 , „ Apol. Thou didfl faint at firll 
 
 pleads jetting out, when thou waft almoft 
 
 cwiKims. choked in the Gulf of Difpond. Thou 
 
 infirmities diddeft attempt wrong ways to be rid of 
 
 agmnft fjyy hurden whereas thoufhouldeft have 
 
 flayed till thy Prince had taken it off: 
 
 Thou didft Jinfully fleep and looje thy 
 
 choice thing : thou waft alfo almoft per- 
 
 ■ fwaded to go back, at the fight of the 
 
 Lions ; and when thou talkeft of thy 
 
 'Journey, and oj what thou haft heard, 
 
 and 
 
S' , ■ • ■ - - - - :f^,\ -,' ■ ^ 
 
 ','-V ■ ' ' ■ ' ■ ^ '" '■' ' , 
 
 Cbe Pilgrims p^offrefs. 71 
 
 andfeen,- thou art inwardly dejirous of 
 vain-glory in all that thou Jayeft or 
 doeft. . 
 
 Chr. All 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 befides, thefe infirmities 
 poflefled me in thy Countrey , for 
 there I fuckt them in, and I have 
 groaned under them, been forry for 
 tiiem, and have obtained pardon of 
 my Prince. 
 
 Afol. Then Apollyon broke out in- Apollyon 
 to a grievous rage, faying, / am an in a rage 
 Enemy to this Prince : I hate his Per- falls upon 
 Jon, his Laws, and People : I am come Chnftian. 
 out on furfoje to withfland thee. 
 
 Chr. Apollyon beware what you 
 do, for I am in the Kings High-way, 
 the way of Holinefs ,, therefore take 
 heed to yqur felf. 
 
 Apol. Then Apollyon ftrodled quite 
 over the whole breadth of the way, 
 and faid, I am void of fear in this 
 matter, prepare thyfelf to dye, for 
 I fwear thou ftialt go no further, here 
 will I fpill thy foul; and with that, 
 he threw a flamir|g Dart at his breft, 
 but Chrijlianhzd a Shield in his hand, 
 F 2 with 
 
 \. 
 
72 Ctje Pilgrims P2Ogtcf0. 
 
 with which he caught it, and lo pre- 
 Chriftian vented the danger of that. Then 
 'wounded jijj Chriftian draw, for he faw 'twas 
 ^dernand"' ^™^ ^° bcftir him ; and A-pollyon as 
 ing, yaiih ^^ft made at him, throwing Darts as 
 and con- thick as Hail ; by the which, not- 
 iierfaHon. withftanding all that Chriftian could 
 do to, avoid it , /ipollyon wounded 
 him in his head, his hand and foot ; 
 this made Chriftian give a little back: 
 A'pollyon therefore followed his work 
 amain, and Chriftian again took cou- 
 rage, and refifted as manfully as he 
 could. This fore Combat lafted for 
 above half a day, even till Chriftian 
 was almoft quite fpent. Foryoumuft 
 know that Chriftian by reafon of his 
 wounds, muft needs grpw weaker 
 and weaker. 
 
 Then Apollyon efpying his oppor- 
 tunity, began to gather up clofe to 
 4 ,] Chriftian, and wreftling with , him, 
 caftetb g^ve him a dreadful fall ; and with 
 down to that, Chriftians Sword flew out of his 
 the ground'hsindi. Then faid Apollion, I am Jure 
 the Chn- gf tjjgg f,Q^ j and with that, he had al^ 
 moft prefl: him to death, fo that Chri- 
 ftian began to defpair of life. But as 
 God would have it , while Apollyon 
 was fetching of his laft blow , 
 
 , there- 
 

 C&e Pilgrims P?ogref0. 73 
 
 thereby to make a full end of this 
 good Man, Chrijiian nimbly reached Chriftians 
 out his hand for his Sword , and '"'^'^y °- 
 caught itj faying, Rejoyce not agatnjl '""'' P° " 
 me, O mine Enemy ! when IfaU,IJhaH 
 arife;a.nd with that,gave him a deadly 
 thruft, which made hitn give back, as 
 one that had received his mortal 
 wound: Chrijiian perceiving that, 
 made at him again,faying. Nay, in all 
 theje things we are niore then Conque- 
 rours. And with that, Apolly on {^rt^.di 
 forth his Dragons wings, and fped ^ 
 him away, that Chrijiian for a feafon 
 faw him no more. 
 
 In this combat no man can ima- 
 gine, unlefs he had feen and heard ^ '^"f 
 as I did, what yelling, and hideous '"ff "» ?^ 
 
 yi 11 J 11 ^1. ^- '*« Combat 
 
 roaring Apollyon made all the time • ^^^ 
 of the fight, he fpake like a Dragon r^^^a^r. 
 and on the other fide, what fighs and 
 groans braft from Chrijltans heart. 
 I never faw him all the while, give fo 
 much as one pleafant look, till he 
 perceived he had wounded Afollyon 
 with his two edged Sword, then in- 
 deed he did fmile, and look upward: 
 but 'twas the dreadfulleft fight that 
 ever I faw. 
 
 F3 So 
 
deli've- 
 ranee. 
 
 74 C6c Pilgtims J^?ogrefs. 
 
 Chriftian So when the Battel vvas over, 
 gives God Chriftian faid, I will here giv^e thanks 
 tbanhfor ^^ j^j^^ ^j^^^ j^^^j^ delivered me out of 
 
 the mouth of the Lion ; to him that 
 did help me againft Apollyon : arid fo 
 he did, faying. 
 
 Great Beelzebub, the Captain of this 
 
 Fiend, 
 t)efign'd my ruin ; therefore to this end 
 Hifent him, harneji out , a^d he with 
 
 rage 
 That HeUiJh was , did fiercely me In- 
 
 gage : 
 But blejfed Michael helped me, and I 
 By dint of Sword did quickly make him 
 
 fiyiy . - . - 
 
 Therefore to him let me give lasting 
 
 praife. 
 And thank and hlefs 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 B'rtead, and to 
 drink of the Bottle that was given 
 
 him 
 
C&e Pilgrims P^osrefs. 75 
 
 him a little before ; fo being refrefh- 
 ed, he addrefled himfelf to his Jour- 
 ney, with his " Sword drawn in his aChriftian 
 hand, for he faid , I know not but 5°^' "» *" 
 fome other Enemy may be at hand. J°f^"'y 
 But he met with no other affront s^^^d 
 from jipollypn , quite through this draiun in 
 
 Valley. his hand. ' 
 
 Now at the end of this Valley, was 
 another , called the Valley of the 
 Shadow of Death, and ChriJUan muft 
 needs go through it , becaufe the 
 way to the Cceleftial City lay 
 through the midfl: of it : Now this 
 Valley is a very folitary place. The 
 Prophet *> Jeremiah thus defcribes it, b jer.z. 6. 
 A Wildemejs, a Land of de/arts, and 
 of Tits, a Land of drought, and of the 
 fhadow of death, a Land that no Man 
 (but a Chriftian)' pajfeth through, and 
 where no man dwelt. 
 
 Now here- Chrifiian was worfe 
 put to it then in his fight with Apoll- 
 yon, as by the fequel you fliall fee. 
 
 I faw then in my Dream , , that 
 when C*/6n7?z«K was got to theBorders <= '^be MU 
 of the Shadow of Death, there '^''^» «'''*^ 
 met him two Men ,"= Children of^^^"'^" 
 them that brought up an evil report 
 of the good Land , making haft to 
 F4 go 
 
, 76 ' C&e pilgrims P?ogref0. 
 
 go back : to whom Chrijiian fpake 
 as follows. 
 
 Chr. Whither are you going ? 
 
 Men. They faid.Back, back ; and 
 would have you to do fo too, if either 
 life or peace is prized by you. 
 
 Chr. Why^. whats the matter? /aid 
 Chriftian. 
 
 Men. Matter! faidthey; we were 
 going that way as you are going, and 
 went as far as we durfl: ; 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. ^ut what have you met with, 
 V /aid Chriftian ? 
 
 Men. Why we were almoft in the 
 
 Pf.44.. 19. Valley of the ftiadow of death, but 
 
 Pf.107.10. ^jjg^f {jy good hap we looked before 
 
 us, and faw the danger before we 
 
 came to it. 
 
 Chr. But what have you/een,faid 
 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 
 
Cbe IPilgcims P?ogi-efs. 77 
 
 der unutterable mifery ; who there ^ 
 fat bound in afHidtion and Irons: and 
 over that Valley hangs the difcou- , 
 raging ■* Clouds of confufion, death (.],- j^ ^'^ 
 alfo doth ^.Iways fpread his wings 
 over it : in a word, it is every whit 
 dreadfuljbeing utterly without Order. 
 
 Chr. Then /aid ChriOisn , I per- 
 qeivenotyet, by what you have/aid,hut 
 : thai '^ this is my way to the defirede]er.z.6 
 Haven. 
 
 Men. Be it thy way, we will not 
 chufe it for ours; fo they parted, and 
 Chrijiidh went on his way , but ftill 
 with his Sword drawn in his hand, 
 for fear left he fhould be aflaulted. 
 
 I faw then in my Dream, fo far as . 
 this Valley reached, there was on ■5''* 
 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 periftied. 
 Again, behold on the left hand, there 
 was a very dangerous Quagg, into 
 which, if even a good Man falls, he 
 can find ho botttom for his foot to 
 ftand on ; Into that Quagg King Da- 
 vid once did fall, and had no doubt 
 therein been fmothered, had not He 
 that is able, pluckt him out. ' 
 
 The 
 
78 c&e l^ilgtims Pioftrefsi, 
 
 The path- way was here alfo ex- 
 ceeding narrow, and therefore good 
 Cbrijlian was the more put to it ; for 
 when he fought in the dark to Ihun 
 the ditch on the one hand, he was 
 ready to tip over into the mire on the 
 bther; alfo when he fought to ef<ilape 
 the mire, without great carefuinefs 
 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 flood alfo hard by t^e way 
 fide : Now thought Chrijiidn, what 
 fhall I do ? And ever and anon the 
 flame and fmoak would come out 
 in fuch abundance, with fparks and 
 hideousnoifes, (things that cared not ~ 
 for Chrijtians Sword, as did ^o/zjow 
 beforej that he was forced to put up 
 his Sword, and betake himfelf to a- 
 fE h6 i8 "°*h^*" weapon called ^ jill.prayer, 
 Ff n6 3 ^° he cried in nly hearing, s O Lord I 
 be/eech thee deliver my Soul. Thus he 
 
 went 
 
Cbe pilgrims Piogtefs, 79 
 
 ■wept on a great while, yet ftill the 
 
 flames would be reaching towards 
 
 him : alfo he heard doleful voices,and 
 
 rulhings too and fro, fo that fome- 
 
 tlmes he thought he Should 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- 
 
 ther : and coming to a place, where 
 
 1 1 1111 rpfittoa 
 
 he thought he heard a company or a^^^ i,^^ 
 
 Fiends coming forward to meet him, foraiuhik 
 he ftopt,and began to mufe what he 
 had bell to do. Somtimes he had 
 half a thought to go back. Then 
 again he thought he might be half 
 way through, the Valley; heremem- 
 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 almoft at him, he cried out 
 with a moft vehement voice , / will , 
 walk in theftren^th of the Lord God ; 
 fo they gave back, and came no fur- 
 ther. 
 
 One thing I would not let flip, I 
 
 took 
 
8o c&e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 took notice that now poor Chrifiian 
 was fo confounded, that he did not 
 know his own voice : and thus I per- 
 ceived it : Juft when he was come 
 over againft the mouth pf the burn- 
 ing Pit, one of the wicked ones g(?t 
 behind him, and ftept up foftly to 
 him, and whifperingly fuggefted ma- 
 ny grievous blasphemies to him, 
 aChnftian -^iijch he » verily thought had pro- 
 '""^ ' ,, ', ceeded from his own 'mind. This 
 
 he've that r-,i • n- • i 
 
 hefpahe P"* Lhrtfttafi more to it than any 
 blafphe- thing that he met with before, even 
 toVj.wAot to think that he fhould now blaf- 
 Unuas Sa- phgme him that he loved fo much be 
 fu eted ^°''^' y^* could he havc helped it, he 
 them into "Would not have done it : but he had 
 bis mind, not the difcretion neither to ftop his 
 ears, nor to know from whence thofe 
 blafphemies came. 
 
 When Chrijitan had travelled in 
 this difcorifolate condition fome con- 
 fiderable time, he thought he heard 
 the voice of a man, as going beforp 
 Pf. 23. 4, him^ faying, 'though I walk through/^ 
 the valley of the Jhaddow of death, 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. 
 
C&e pilgrims P?ogrefs» ^^ 
 
 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, 
 thought he,with me,though by reafonjob 9- 'o 
 of the impediment that attends this 
 place, I cannot perceive it. 
 
 Thirdly, For that he hoped (could 
 he over-take them) to have compa- 
 ny by and by. Sp he went on, and Amoss.s 
 Called to him that was before, but he 
 knew not what to anfwer, for that he 
 thought himfelf to be alone: And by 
 and biy,the day broke; then faid Chri- 
 ' Jiian, He hath turned the Jhadow of 
 death into the morning. Chriftian 
 
 Now morning being come, helook- s^"'^ "* 
 ed 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 perfeftly 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 
 
82 C5e Pilgrims Piogref?. 
 
 him, according to that which is writ- 
 ten, He difcovereth deep things out of 
 darknefs, and bringeth out to light the 
 Jhadow of death. 
 
 Now was Chrijiian much aiFefted, 
 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- 
 fiian : for you muft note, that th6 the 
 firft part of the Valley of the Shadow 
 of death was dangerous , yet this 
 fecohd part which he was yet to go, 
 was, if poflible, far more dangerous: 
 for from the place where he now 
 ftood, ' even to the end of the Valley, 
 the way was all along fet fb full of 
 Snares, Traps, Gins, and Nets here, 
 and fo full of Pits , Pitfalls , deep 
 Job 29. J. holes and fhelvings down there, that 
 had it now bepn 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 
 
Cbe Ipilgnms Piogrcfe. 83 
 
 head, and by his light I go through 
 'darknejs. 
 
 In thiis light therefore, he came to 
 the end of the Valley. Now I faw 
 in my Dream, that at th6 end of this 
 Valley lay blood, bones, aflies, and 
 mangled bodies of men, even of Pil- 
 grims that had gone this way for- 
 merly : And while I was mufing what 
 fliould 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 Cir/^WK went 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 fhrewd 
 bruflies that he met with in his 
 younger dayes, grown fo crazy, and 
 ftifFin 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 I faw that Chrijiian went on 
 
 his 
 
84 ^U Pilgrimg P?ogref0, 
 
 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, 2oa 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 Chrijiian, 
 
 O world of wonders! ( I can fay no 
 
 lefs) 
 That I fi)ould be preferu'd in that di- 
 /irefs 
 That I have met with here! O blejfed 
 
 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 .; 
 Yea, \nares,- and Pits, and Traps, and 
 
 Nets did lie 
 My path about, that worthlefs filly I 
 , lidight have been catch't, intangled,and 
 
 cafl down : 
 But fince I live, let JESUS wear the 
 
 Crown. 
 
 Now 
 
C|)e pilgrims Piopcfs. 85 
 
 Now as Chriftian Xvent on his way, 
 he came to a little afcent, which was 
 caft np on purpofe , that Pilgrims 
 might fee before them: up there 
 therefore Chriftian went, and look- 
 ing forward, he faw Faithful before 
 him, upon his Journey. Then faid 
 Chriftian aloud. Ho, ho, So-ho; ftay 
 and I will be your Companion. At 
 that Faithful looked behind him, to 
 whom Chriftian cried again. Stay, 
 ftay, till I come up to you : hut Faith- 
 ful an{wered. No, I am upon my life, 
 and the Avenger of Blood is behind 
 me." At this Chriftian was foniwhat 
 moved, and putting to all his ftrength, Chriftian 
 he quickly got up with Faithful, and pajtjifui 
 did alfo over-run him, fo the laft was 
 firft. Then did Chriftian vain-glo- 
 rioufly fmile, becaufe he had gotten 
 the ftart of his Brother; but not ta- 
 king good heed to his feet, he fud- 
 denly ftumbled and fell, and could ?;/'^^;^ 
 not rife again,untill Faithful came up paithfal" 
 to help him. and be go 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , they hmngly 
 went very lovingly on together; and *o&^ber, 
 had fweet difcourfe of all things that 
 had happened to them in their 
 Pilgrimage; and thus Chriftian be- 
 gan. G Chr. 
 
86 CDe IPilfftims p?offref0. 
 
 Chr. ^My honoured and well beloved 
 Brother Faithful, I am glad that I 
 have overtaken you \ and that God has 
 fotemperedour/piritSithatwe can walk 
 as Companions in this Jo plea/ant a 
 path. 
 
 Fai. I had thoxight 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 flay in the 
 ■ City of Deftrudion, before youfet out 
 after me on your Pilgrimage ? 
 
 Fai. Till I could fiay no longer; 
 for there \vas great talk prefently af- 
 ter you was gone out, that our City 
 would in fhort time with Fire from 
 Heaven be burned down to the 
 
 7heir talk ground. 
 
 about the chr_ What! Did your Neighbours 
 
 ';:;-y taikfo} , 
 
 luhenee Faith. Yes, 'twas for a while in 
 they came, every bodies mouth. 
 
 Chr. What, anddidno more of them 
 but you come out to efcape 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 
 
€.t)Z pUfftims Piogrefs. 87 
 
 courfe, I heardfome of them deri- 
 ,dingly- fpeak of you, and of your 
 defperate Journey, (for fp 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- i 
 
 •ftone froni above %: and therefore I 
 have made mine efcapfi. 
 
 Chr. Didyouhearno tal'k'of Neigh- 
 bour Pliable ? 
 
 Faith. Yes Chriftian, I heard that 
 he followed you till he came at the 
 Slough o^Difpond; 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 ? 
 
 Faith . He hath fince his goiiig back Ho<w Ply- 
 been had greatly in derifion^ and that ^'''^ '^"^ 
 among all forts of people : fonie do^}Zblni^ 
 mock and defpife him ,and fcarce ^^^^'goThome. 
 anyfethimonwork. Heis now feven 
 times worfe then if he had never gone 
 out of the City. 
 
 Chr. Butwhyjhouldtheybefofet 
 againfi him, fince they aljo ds/fife the 
 way that he forjook ? 
 
 G 2 Faith 
 
88 c6e Pilgrims jp^ogrcfsf. 
 
 Faith. Oh/ they fay. Hang him, 
 
 he is a Turn-Coat, he was not true to 
 
 his profeflion. I think God has ftired 
 
 up even his Enemies to hifs at him, 
 
 Jer.zg. ig, and make him a Proverb, becaufe he 
 
 19. hath forfaken the way. 
 
 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 aftiamed of what 
 he had done; fo I fpake not to him. 
 
 wlt°^ *^^''- ^'^^' "^ my firft Jetting out,. 
 I had hopes of that Man ; but nova I 
 fear he willperifi in the overthrowof 
 the City, for it is happened to him, ac- 
 cording to the true Proverb , 'the Dog 
 is turned to bis Vomit again, and the 
 Sow thatwas Wt^Jhedto berwallowitig 
 in the mire. 
 
 Faith. They are my fears of him 
 too : But who can hinder that which 
 will be? 
 
 Well Neighbour Faithful, faid 
 Chrijiian, let us leave him; and talk 
 of things that more immediately 
 concern our {elves. 'Tell me now, what; 
 you have met with in the way as you 
 came ; for I know you have met with 
 
 Jome 
 
€i)e pilgrims p^ogrefs. '^9 
 
 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 
 the Gate without that danger ; only Faithftill 
 I met with one whofe name' was Wan- aJJ'aulted 
 ton, that had like to have done me a *> ^^'"" 
 mifchief. 
 
 Chr. "Twas well you efca'ped her 
 
 Net; Jofeph was hard put to it by her, 
 
 and he e/caped her as you did, but it 
 
 , had like to have coft him his life. But 
 
 what didjhe ,do to you ? 
 
 Faith. You cannot think (but that 
 you know fomthing) what a flatter- 
 ing tongue fhe had , ftie lay at me 
 hard to turn afide with her, promi- 
 fing me all manner of content. 
 
 Chr. Nay, fhe did not promi/e you 
 the content of a good conjcience. 
 
 Faith. You know what I mean, all 
 carnal and flefhly content. 
 
 Chr. 'Thank God you have efcaped 
 her: 'ithe^ abhorred of the Lerdjhallf all a- Pro. S2. 
 into her Ditch, ■+ 
 
 Faith. Nay, I know not whether 
 I did wholly efcape her,or no. 
 
 Chr. Why, Itro you didnot conjent 
 to her dejires? 
 
 Faith. No, not to defile my felf; 
 G J for 
 
9° C&e Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 
 
 Pro. 5. 5; for I remembred an did writing that 
 Job. 31. i. J j^^^ fgg^^ ^j^ij,jj {^^th. Her fteps 
 
 take hold of Hell. So I fliut mine 
 eyes, becaufe I would not be bewitch- 
 ed with her looks: then Ihe railed 
 on me, and I went my way. 
 
 Chr. Did you meet with no other aj- 
 He is af-^anif ^s you Came ? 
 
 jf^fl of the Hill called Difficulty , I met 
 with a very aged Man, who asked 
 me, M^hat I was, and whither bound? 
 I told him. That I was a Pilgrim, go- 
 ing to the Coeleftial City : Then faid 
 the Old Man, Thou lookeji like an ho- 
 neji fellow ; Wilt thou he content to 
 dwell'with me y for the wages that IJhall 
 givethee? Thenlaskedhim his name, 
 and where he dwelt ? He faid his 
 name was Adam thefirji, and do dwell 
 b Eph. 4, in the Town of Deceit. I asked him 
 **• 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 hiittl. 
 What Houfe he kept, and what o- 
 ther Servants he had? fo he told me. 
 That his Houjewas maintainedwith all 
 the dainties in the worlds and that his 
 
 Ser- 
 
Servants were thofe of his own beget- 
 ting. Then I asked. If he had any 
 children ? He faid that he had but 
 three Daughters , The = lujis of the 
 flejh, thelufls of the eyes, and the -pride c i joh 
 of life, and that I ftiould marry them 2. 16. 
 all, if I Would. Then I asked. How 
 long time he would have me live 
 with him? And he told me, y^j /(?»§■ «j 
 he lived himjelf. 
 
 Chr. Well, and what conclujion 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 kow then ? 
 
 Faith. Then it came burning hot 
 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 
 
^ 92 C&e Pilgrims Piogrefi 
 
 to go away from him : But juft as I 
 turned my felf to go thence, I felt 
 hi;n take hold of my flefh, and give 
 me fuch a deadly twitch back, that I 
 thought he had pull'd part of me after 
 d Rom 7, himfelf ; This made me cry ^ G 
 24 wretched Man ! So I went on my way 
 
 up the Hill. 
 
 , Now when I had got about half 
 way upi 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 
 flrands. 
 
 Chr. Juft there, faid Chriftian, did 
 I Jit down to 'reft me ; but being over: 
 come wiihfleep, I there loft this Roll 
 out of my bofom. 
 
 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 feryed 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 
 
 whe» 
 
Cbe Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 93 
 
 when I came to my felf again, I cried 
 him mercy; but he faid, I know not 
 to fhow mercy, and with that knoclct 
 me down again. He had doubtlefs 
 made a hand of me , but that one 
 came by, and bid him forbear. 
 
 Chr. fVho was thai, 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. 
 
 _Chr. f hat Man that overtook you, ^ Ke 
 was Mqfes, "= he Jpareth none, neither temper of 
 knoweth he howtojhew mercy tothoje Mofcs. 
 that tranjgrejs his Law. 
 
 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 Mofeg 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 
 
94 \ C6e Pilgrimsf p?ogtefjf. 
 
 much of the day before me, I paffed' 
 by the Porter, and came down the 
 Hill. 
 
 Chr. He told me indeed that he Jaw 
 you go by, but I wijhyou had called at 
 the Hou/e-^for they •would have Jbewed 
 joujo 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 Humility i 
 Faithfttll Faith. Yes, I met with one Di/- 
 affaulted content, who would willingly have 
 by Difcon- pej-fypaded me to go back again with 
 hirn : 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 vei^y much offended , if I made 
 fuch a Fool of my felf, as to wade 
 through this Valley. 
 
 Chr. Well, and how didyouanfwer 
 
 Faithfuls him? 
 
 Mjyier it Faith. I told him. That although 
 all.thefe that he named might claim 
 kindred of me, and that rightly, f for 
 indeed they were my Relations, ac- 
 cording to theflejh) yet fince I became 
 
 Difcon- 
 tent. 
 
Cfee Pilgrims P?ogref0. gs 
 
 a Pijgrirti, 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 
 mife-reprefented the thing: ,/or l>e- 
 fore Honour is Humility, and a haughty 
 Jpirit 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 afFedllons. 
 
 Chr. Met you with nothing elfe in 
 that Valley? 
 
 Faith. Yes , I met with Shame ; He « 
 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, would ne- 
 ver have done. 
 
 Chr. Why, what didhe Jay to you? 
 
 Faith. What 1 why he objeded 
 againft 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 
 
96 Cfje PHgtims Piogrefe. 
 
 over his words and ways, fo as to 
 tye up. himfelf from that heftoring 
 liberty, that the brave fpirits of the 
 times accuftom themfelves unto, 
 I Cor. I would make me the Ridicule of the 
 z6. ch. 3. times. He objected alfo, that but few 
 '8- of the Mighty, Rich, or Wife, were 
 
 °verof my opinion; nor any of them, 
 pj^jj g before they were perfwaded to be 
 • ' Fools, and to be of a voluntary fond- 
 nefs, to venture the lofs of all, for 
 no body elfe knows what. He more- 
 over objefted the bafe and low 
 eftate and condition of thofe that 
 were chiefly the Pilgrims of the 
 time^ ; in which they lived, alfo their 
 ignorance, and want of underftand- 
 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 z.Jhame - 
 to fit whining and mourning under a 
 Sermon , and a Jhame to come figh- 
 ing and groaning home . That it was 
 a fhame 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 flrange to the great, be- 
 caufe of a few vices (which he call- 
 ed 
 
C6e pilfftims l^?ogrefs. 97' 
 
 ed by finer names) and made him 
 own and refpedt the bafe, becaufe 
 of the fame Religious fraternity. And 
 is not this , faid he, a fliame ? 
 
 Chr. And what did you fay 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 I began to confidef, 
 'That that which is highly efieemed a- 
 mong Men, 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 fhall 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 Higheft. 
 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 
 
98 <-■ ^i)t ipilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 poor that loveth Chrift, is richer then 
 the g'reateft Man in the world that 
 hates him; Shame deipzrt, thou art 
 an Enemy to my Salvation : fhall I 
 f entertain thee againft my Soveraign ' 
 Lord ? How then fhall I look him in 
 Mar.g.38.the face at his coming? Should I 
 now be ajhamed of his ways and Ser- 
 vants, how can I exped: 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 
 I 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 ; for thofe things 
 that he difdained, in thofe did I fee 
 moft glory : And fo at laft I got paft 
 this importunate one. ^ 
 
 The tryals that thofe men do meet withal 
 That are obedient to the Heavenly call,. 
 Are manifold, an^fuited to the Jlejh, 
 And come, and come, and come again 
 
 afrejh; 
 That now, or fomtime elfe, wc by them 
 
 may • ^4\>, 
 
 Be taken, overcome, and cajl away J 
 
 i:. O 
 
C&e Pilgrims pjogrcfs. 99 ' 
 
 Q let the Pilgrims , let the ^ Pilgrims 
 
 ihen^ 
 Be vigilant, and quit themfelves Uk.e 
 
 men. 
 
 Chr. / am glad, my Brother, that 
 thou didft withfland this Villain Jo 
 bravely; for ofall,as thou Jay ft ,1 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 tofhame before all men; 
 that is, to make us afhamed of that 
 which is good: but if he was not himfelf 
 audacious, he would never attempt to do 
 as he does, but let usftill rejift him: for 
 notwithftanding all his Bravadoes, he 
 promoteth the Fool, and none elje. The 
 Wife ihall Inherit Glory,y«f'i/ Solo- 
 mon, but fhame fliall be the promo- Prov.s.ss. 
 tion of Fools. 
 
 ¥aith.Ithinkwemuft cry to himfor • 
 help againft fhame, that would have us ' 
 be valiant for the "Truth upon the Earth. 
 
 Chr. Toufay true. But did you 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. I 
 
ioo cftc Pilgrims l^ioffrefs. 
 
 Chx. "Twas well for you, I amfure 
 it fared far otherwtfe 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 fure of me': 
 but I cried to God, and he heard me, 
 and delivered me out of all my troubles. 
 Then I entred into the Valley of the 
 fliadow of death, and had no light 
 for almoft half the way through it. 
 I thought I fhould a bpen 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 Talkative, walk- 
 ing at a diftance befides them, (for 
 in this place, there was room enough 
 Talkative for them all to walk) He was a tall 
 defcnbsd. ^an^ andjomthing more comely at a 
 
 diftance 
 
, Cfje l^ilgrims P^ogrefs. loi 
 
 d'lfiance 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. 
 
 ¥ait]\. That is well: Then I hope we 
 may have your good Company. 
 
 Talk. With a very good will, will 
 I be your Companion. 
 
 Faith. Come on then,^ and let us go Faithful 
 together, and let usjpend our time in andTalks.- 
 dijcourfing of things that are profitable. '■'* '"^^^ 
 
 Talk. To talk of things that are ''i'""*^^- 
 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 
 things to no profit, and this hath Talfcaives 
 been a trouble to me. diflike of 
 
 ., Faith. That is indeed a thing to be ^"'^ ^f- 
 lamented; for what things fo worthy of""''^'' 
 the ufe of the tongue and mouth of 
 men on Earth, as are the things of the 
 God of Heaven ? 
 
 H Talk. 
 
102 c&e pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 Talk. I like you wonderful well, 
 for your faying is full of convidlion,; 
 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 : If 
 a man doth delight to talk of the 
 Hiftory or the M yftery 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 ? 
 I Faith. TChafs true: but to be profi- 
 ted by /uch things in our talk,Jhould'be 
 that which we deftgn. 
 
 "Talk. That it is that I faid: for to 
 talk of fuch things is moft profitable, 
 forby fo'doirig,aManmay 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 
 jnay learn the neceflity of the New- 
 birth, the infufEciency of our works, 
 Talka- *^^ heed of Chrifts righteoufnefs, &?f. 
 tives/»*- Befides, by this a man may learn by 
 difnurfe. talk, what it is to repent, to believe, 
 
 to 
 
Cfje Pifgtims p^ogref^; 103 
 
 to pray, to fufFer, or the like : by this 
 alfo a Man may learn what are the 
 great promifes & confolations of the 
 Gofpeljto his own cornfort. Further, 
 by tiiis a Man may learn to refute 
 falfe opinions, to vindicate the truth, 
 and alfo to inftrudt 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 
 live 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 ofthefe,is the gift of God; 
 no manattainethto them by humane in- 
 duflry, 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, nqt of works: I could 
 give you an hundred Scriptures for o hra've 
 the confirmation of this. Talkative. 
 
 ' Faith. Well then _, Jaid Faithful, 
 what is that one thing, that wefhall at 
 this time found our difcourfe upon ? 
 H 2 Talk. 
 
I04 Cfje Pilgrims P?ogrefs« 
 
 o branje 'Talk. What you will : I will talk of 
 Talkative, things Heavenly, or things Earthly ; 
 things Moral, or things Evangelical ; 
 things Sacred, or things Prophanes ; 
 things paft, or things to come ; things 
 forraign, or things at home ; things 
 more EfTential , or things Circum- 
 ftantial : provided that all be done to 
 our profit. 
 
 Faith. Now did Faithful begin to 
 wonder; andfiepping to Chriftian,(/or 
 Faithful he walked all this while by him/elf^) he 
 beguiled by f aid to him, {butjoftly) What a brave 
 Talkative. Companion have we got ! Surely this 
 man will make a very excellent Pil- 
 grim. 
 Chriftlan Chr: At this Chrijiian modeftly 
 makes a fmiled, and faid. This man with whom 
 difitmery you are fo taken, will beguile with 
 "il^uu' ^^'^ tongue of his, twenty of them 
 f«? Vaith- that know him not. ' 
 ivXiuhobe Faith: Bo you know him then ? 
 ivas. Chr. Know him ! Yes,better then 
 
 he knows himfelf. 
 
 Faith. Pray what is he? 
 Chr. His name is Talkative, he 
 dwelleth in our Town ; I wonder that 
 you fhould be a ftranger to him, 
 only I confider that our Town is 
 large. 
 
 Faith. 
 
Cfje pilffrtmg Piogrefs. 105 
 
 Faith. WhoJeSonishe? Andwhere- 
 about doth he dwell F 
 
 Chr. He is the Son of one Say well, 
 he dwelt in Prating-row ; and he is 
 known of all that are acquainted 
 with himi by the name of Talkative 
 in Prating-row: and notwithftand-- 
 ing his fine tongue, he is but a forry 
 fellow. 
 
 Faith. IVell, hefeems to be 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 Pidures fheWs 
 beft at a diftance ; but very near, 
 more unpleafing. 
 
 Faith. But 1 am ready to think you 
 do but ']£&, becauje you fmiled. 
 
 Chr. God-forbid that Ifhouldy,?/?, 
 (though I fmiled) in this matter, or 
 - that I ftiould 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-bench: and the more 
 H 3 drink 
 
io6 cbE Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 
 
 drink he hath in his crown, the 
 more of thefe things he hath in his 
 mouth: Religion hath no place in his 
 heart, orhoufe, or converfatiori; all 
 he hath, lieth in his tongue, and his 
 Religion is to make a noife there- 
 with. 
 
 Faith. Sayyoufo! Thenlaminthis 
 
 man greatly deceived. 
 
 !,'*'■ Chr. Deceived 1 you may be fure 
 
 jQ " ' of it. Remember the Proverb, 'They 
 
 fay and do not : but the Kingdom of 
 
 Talkative God is not in word, hut in power. He 
 
 talks, but talketh of Prayer , of Repentance, 
 
 ■does not. of Faith, and of the New birth : but 
 
 he knows 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 empty oA'^ the truth. His houfeis as empty 
 
 Religion, of Religion, as the white of an Egg 
 
 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 fliame of 
 
 tiain '" " R^ligio" to ^^ t^at know him ; it can 
 
 Religion, hardly have a good word in all that 
 
 Rom. 2. end of the Town where he dwells, 
 
 2'4. »s. through him. Thus fay the common 
 
 People . 
 
un 
 
 ■ C!)e Pilgrims Piogrefs* 107 
 
 People that know him, A Saint a- The pro- 
 broad., and a Devil at home : His poor '"*''* '*''' 
 Family finds it fo, he is fuch a churl, ^°" '■f'''"' 
 fuch a railer at, and fo unreafonable 
 with his Servants , that they neither 
 know how to do for, or fpeak to him. 
 Men that have any dealings with jj^^„ a, 
 him, fay 'tis better to deal with a « deal 
 Turk then with him, for fairer deal- •uiith him. 
 ing they fhall have at their hands. 
 This Talkative, if it be poffible, will 
 go beyond them, defraud, beguilej 
 and over-reach them. Befides, he 
 brings up his Sons to follow his fteps; 
 and if he findeth in any of them a 
 foolijh timoroufnes (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 
 ftumble and fall; and will be, if 
 God prevent not, the ruine of many 
 more. 
 
 Faith, Well , my Brother , T am 
 
 hound to -believe you ; not only becaufe 
 
 you fay you know him, but aljp becaufe 
 
 like a Chrijlian you make your reports 
 
 H4 of 
 
io8 C6e IPilfftims p^ogrefs. 
 
 of men. For I cannot think that you 
 /peak theje things of ill will, but becaufe 
 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 beenaflander : (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, If ee that Saying and Do- 
 ing aretwothings,and hereafter Ifhall 
 better obferve this diftinSiion. 
 Tb Car- ^^^' "^^^7 ^""^ ^'^^ things irideed, 
 
 kajsqf Re-^'^^ are as diverfe as are the Soul. 
 
 Ugioa. and the Body: For as the Body with- 
 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 pradick part : Pure Reli- 
 gion 
 
C6e Pilgrims p^ogtefg. 109 
 
 gion and undefiled^ before God and the James i. 
 Father, is this. To vifit the Fatherlejs '■''J'" '""'■ 
 ^and Widows in their affliSlion, and to "' *g' ^'^' 
 keep himfelf unjpoted from the World. 
 This Talkative is not aware of, he 
 thinks that hearing 2ixA faying will 
 make a good Chriftian , and thus he 
 deceiveth hi? 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 aflure our felves , that at 
 the day of Doom, men fhall be judg^ 
 ed according to their fruits. It will ^^^ j^^^ 
 not he{a.idth.en,Didyou believe? but, ,3. andch. 
 were you Doers, or Talkers only? and «5. 
 accordingly fhall they be j udged. 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 
 that is not of Faith : But I fpeak this, 
 to fhew you how infignificant the 
 profeflion of Talkative will be at that 
 day. 
 
 Fa. This brings to my mind that of^^^^' "• 
 Mofes, by which he dejcribeth the beaft 
 that is clean. He isjuch an one that 
 farteth the Hoof, and chew'eth the Cud': 
 Not that farteth the Hoof only , or that 
 
 cheweth 
 
 Deut. 14. 
 
no cbe Pilffrims p^ogrgfg. 
 
 . ^cheweihthe Cudonly. 'The Uarechew- 
 
 clrminced ^^^ ''^^ ^^^ ' ^^^ ^^^ " uttckan, be- 
 ofthebad-t^^Hfs he parteth not the Hoof. And 
 nefsofTaX- this truly reJemUeth Talkative; he 
 kative. cheweth the Cud, he/eeketh knowledge, 
 he cheweth upon the Word, but he di- 
 vide th not the Hoof , he parteth not 
 withthewayoffinners; butastheHare,. . 
 retaineth the foot of a Dog, or Bear, 
 and therefore he is unclean. 
 
 Chr. You have fpoken, for ought 
 
 I knowj the true Gofpel fenfe of thofe 
 
 Texts, and I will add an other thing. 
 
 I. Cot. ^i. Paul calleth fome men, yea and 
 
 I, a, 3. cA. thofe great Talkers too, founding 
 
 "•■• 7- Brafs, and Tinckling Cymbals j that 
 
 live ^/!*«^®' ^ ^^ Expounds them in another 
 
 to things place. Things without life, giving found., 
 
 that found Things without life, that is, without 
 
 'Luithout the true Faith and Grace of the Go- 
 
 ■f'' fpel ; and confequently, things that 
 
 ftiall never be placed in the Kingdom 
 
 of Heaven among thofe that are the 
 
 Children of life: Though theiry2»»«/ 
 
 by their talk , be as if it were the 
 
 Tongue or voice of an Angel. 
 
 Fait. Well, I was not fofond.of his 
 company at firfi, but lamfick of it 
 now. What fhall we do to be rid of 
 
 Chr. 
 
C&c pilgrims Piogrofs. hi 
 
 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 ftiall touch his heart 
 and turn it. 
 
 Fait. Whatwouldyou have me to ddi 
 
 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 will^ 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 ftate the queflion, let be this : How 
 
 doth the faving grace of God dif cover it 
 
 felf, when it is in the heart of man ? 
 
 Talk. I perceive then that our 
 talk muft be about the power of things; 
 Well,'tis a very good queftion , and Talka- 
 I fhall be willing to anfwer you. And '1"'^''^" . 
 take my anfwer in brief thus. Firft, ^ ,ui<irk of 
 Where the Grace of God is in the heart, grace 
 
 it 
 
112 c&e Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 
 
 it caujeth there a great out-cry agairift 
 
 fin. Secondly • 
 
 Fait. Nay hold, let us confider of one 
 at once: I think you Jhould rather fay. 
 It fhows it f elf by inclining the Soul to 
 abhor its, fin. 
 
 "Talk. Why, what difFerence is 
 there between crying out againft, and 
 abhoring of fin ? 
 _ Fait. Oh I a^reat deal; a man may 
 
 ag'cdnftfm, ^^^ »«^ againjlftn, of policy; but hecan- 
 nofign of not abhor it, but by vertue of a Godly 
 Grace. antipathy againjiit: Ihaveheardmany 
 cry out againfl fin in the Pulpit , who 
 yet can abide it well enough in the heart, 
 and houfe, and converfation. Jofephs 
 Mifiris cried out with aloud voice, 
 as if Jhe had been very holy ; but Jhe 
 would willingly, notwithfianding that, 
 have committed uncleannefs with him. 
 Some cry out againfi fin , even as the 
 Mother cries out againfl her Child 
 in her lap , when Jhe 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, lam only for feting 
 things right. But what is thefecond 
 thing whereby you would prove a dij- 
 
 covery 
 
Clje jpilgtims lP?ogrefs. n^ 
 
 covery of a work of grace in the heart? 
 
 Talk. Great knowledge of Gofpel 
 Myfteries. Great 
 
 Fait. Thisfignejhouldhaveheenfirfi, kno'u>lei!ge 
 but fir ft or laft, it is alfo falfe ; for, nofign of 
 Knowledge, great knowledge ^may be ob- ^^"^ 
 tained in themyfterieiof theGofpel, and * ' ' ^' 
 yet no work of grace in the Soul. Tea, 
 ifaman have all knowledge, he may yet 
 be nothing , and fo confequently be no 
 child of God. When Chriftfaid,Do yon 
 know all thefe things? AndtheDifciples 
 hadanfwered. Yes : Headdeth, Blefled 
 are ye if ye do them. He doth not. lay 
 the blejjing in the knowing of them, but in 
 the doing of them. Forthereisaknow- 
 ledgethat is not attained with doing : He 
 that knoweth his Matters will, and 
 doth it not. Aman may know like an 
 Angel,andyetbeno Chriftian ; therefore 
 yourfignisnot true. Indeed toknow,is a 
 thingthatpleafethTalkersandBoafters; 
 but todo,is that whichpleajeth God. Not 
 that the heart can be good without 
 knowledge ,for without that the heart 
 isnaught: Thereisthereforeknowledge, ^^ ^^ . 
 andknowledge. Knowledge that refteth and knoio- 
 in the bare/peculation of things , and ledge, 
 knowledge that is accompanied with the 
 grace of faith and Imje, which puts a 
 
 man 
 
JH C5e Pilgrims P?ogtef0. 
 
 man upon doing even the will of God 
 from the heart: thefirji of thefe will 
 ferve the Talker ^ but without the other 
 the true Cbrijlian is not content. Give 
 me underftanding,and Ifhallkeep thy 
 
 'udg!'"7t. La^' y^* ^ ^^^ obferve it with my 
 tended whole heart, Pfal. 1 1 9. 34. 
 •untben- Talk. You lie at the catch again, 
 deavours. this is not for edification. 
 
 Fait. Well , if you f leaf e -propound 
 another Jign how this workof grace dif- 
 cffvereth 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 gracein the foul dtf- 
 One good cover eth it felf, either to him that hath 
 ^^"ff'"it, or toftanders by. 
 
 KornitL '^° ^^^ ^^'^^ ^'^^^ ^^> thus. It gives. 
 Job. 16. 9. him conviction offtn, efpecidlly of the 
 MdLi.i 6.16 defilement of his nature, and the Jin of 
 Pf. 38. ig. unbelief , {^for the fake of which he is 
 Jer.3i.i9-y"ari? to be damnei, if he findeth not 
 Act 1 12 ^^<^y '^i Gods hand ly faith in Jefus 
 Mat. s. 6. Chrift.) This fight and fenfe of things 
 Rev. 21. 6. workethinhimforrowandjhameforjin; 
 he findeth moreover revealed in him 
 the Saviour of the World, and the ab- 
 
 folute 
 
C5e Ipilgrims p?ogrefs. 115 
 
 Jolute necejfity 'of clojing with him for 
 ^ life, at the which he findeth hungrings 
 and thirfiings after him, to which hun- 
 grings, &c. thepromife is made. Now 
 according to the Jirength or weaknejs 
 of his Faith in his Saviour, Jo is his 
 joy and -peace, Jo is his love to holi- 
 nefs, Jo are his dejires to know him 
 more , 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 of Grace, becauje 
 his corruptions now, and his abujed rea- 
 Jon, makej his mind to mij-judge in this 
 matter; therefore inhim that hath this 
 work, there is required a very found 
 Judgement ^before he can withfleddinejs 
 conclude that this is a work of Grace. 
 
 To others it is thus dijcovered. Ro.io. lo. 
 
 I . By an experimental confefjion °f yi\''^^' 
 his Faith in Chrifi. i.Bya life anjwer- jg ' \ , 
 able to that confejjton, to wit, a lije of pf. 50. 23. 
 holinejs; heart-holinejs, family -holi-)f°- 42. 
 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 
 injecret, tojupprejs it in his Family, 
 and to promote holinejs in the World; 
 
 not 
 
II 6 c&e Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 
 
 not by talk only, as an Hypocrite or 
 
 "Talkative Per/on may do: butb^afra- 
 
 5iicalSubjeSiion in Faith, and hove, to 
 
 the power of the word: And now Sir, 
 
 as to this brief dejcription of the work 
 
 of Grace , and aljo the di/covery of it, 
 
 if you have ought to objeSi, object : if 
 
 not, then give me leave to propound to 
 
 you afecond quefiion. 
 
 Amther Talk. . Nay, my part is not now to 
 
 good fi%n objed:, but to hear, let me therefore 
 
 of Grace, j^g^^g y^^j. fgcond queftion. 
 
 Faith. It is thh. Do you experience 
 the firfi part of this description of it? 
 and dothyour life and converfationtefli- 
 fie the fame? or fiandeth your Religion 
 in Word or in Tongue , and not in 
 DeedandTruth? pray,ifyou incline to 
 anfwer me in this, fay no more then you 
 know the God above willfay Amen to; 
 and alfo, nothing but what your Con- 
 fcience can jujitfie you in. For, not he 
 that commendeth himfelf is appro- 
 ved, but whom the Lord commen- 
 deth. Befides, to fay I am thus, and 
 thus, when my Converfation, and all 
 
 ^ot^pUared '"y. ^"g^^o^f^ t^^l ^«i I b^i is great 
 
 Ziith"' ^ickednejs. 
 
 Faithfuls Talk. Then Talkative at firft be- 
 
 queftkn. gan to blufli, but recovering himfelf, 
 
 Thus 
 
C&e Pilgrims p?og;ref0» "V 
 
 Thus he replyedj 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 
 refufeto make you my Judge: But I 
 pray will you tell me, why you ask 
 me fuch queftions ? 
 
 Faith. Becaufe I fawyouforwardto ^, 
 talk, and becaufe I knew not that you ^^„Faith-^ 
 had ought elfe but notion. Bejides to fui put to 
 tell you all the Truth, I have heard of him that 
 you, that you are a Man whofe Reli-i'^M''"- 
 gion lies in talk, and that your Conver- j^^ithfuls 
 fation gives thisyour Mouth-frofeffion, i"'"^ 
 the lye. They Jay lou are a/pot a- XalkatUe. 
 mong Chrijlians , and thaP- Religion 
 fareth the worje for your ungodly con- 
 verfation, that fame already have flum- 
 hled at your wicked ways , and that 
 more are in danger of being deftroyed 
 thereby; your Religion, and an Ale- 
 Houfe, and Covetoufnejs, andunclean- 
 nefs, and/wearing, andlying,andvain 
 Company-keeping , &c. wiUfland to- 
 I gether. 
 
II 8 ci)e Pilgrimg Piogref0» 
 
 gether. 'The proverb is true of you, 
 which is/aidofa Whore; to wit ihat 
 /he is ajhame to all Women; Jo you, 
 are ajhame to all Profejfors. 
 
 Talk. Since you are ready to take 
 
 jK«'j!!"*"P reports, and to judge fo raftily 
 
 ijiayfrom ^^ 7°" ^'^ » ^ Cannot but conclude 
 
 Faithful, you are fome peevifh, or melancholly. 
 
 Man , not fit to be difcourfed with, 
 
 and fo adieu. 
 
 Chr. Then came up Chrijiian, 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 gbne as I faid, 
 . let him go ; the lofs is no mans but 
 ounce '' ^'^ 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, 
 Fromfuch withdraw thy/elf. 
 
 Faith. But lam glad we had this 
 little difcourje with him^ it may haf- 
 ■penthat he willthink of it again; how- 
 ever, I have dealt plainly with him, 
 and Jo am clear of his blood, if he 
 perijheth. 
 
 Chr. You did well to talk fo plain- 
 
Ctie Pilgrims P20grefs. 
 
 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 Religioij 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 I but fo 
 
 foon 
 As Faithful talks of Heart work, like 
 
 the Moon 
 Thafs pa/i the full, into the wain he 
 
 goes ; , 
 
 And fo will all, but he that Heart work 
 
 knows. 
 
 I 2 Thus 
 
 119 
 
120 C6e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 Thus they went on talking of what 
 they had feen 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, tha,t 
 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 
 Ifa. 40. 17 lighter then Vanity; and alfo, becaufe 
 Keel. i. all that is there fold, or that cometh 
 chap, a II thither, is Vanity. As is the faying 
 ' ''• of the wife. All that cometh is vanity. 
 
 This Fair is no new ered:ed bufi- 
 nefs, but a thing of Ancient Hand- 
 ing ; I will fhew you the original of it. 
 Almofl: five thoufand years a- 
 .■"^ "t"" gone, there were Pilgrims walking 
 ''Zs'Lir. *° *^^ Coeleftial City, as thefe two 
 honeft perfons are ; and Beelzebub, 
 ApoUyon , and Legion , with their 
 Companions, perceiving by the path 
 that the Pilgrims made , that their 
 way to the City lay through this 
 
 'Town 
 
C6e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 121 
 
 'Town of Vanity, they contrived here 
 to fet up a Fair ; a Fair wherein 
 fliould be fold of alljorts of Vanity, 
 and that it fhould lafl: all the year 
 long. Therefore at this Fair are ^. 
 all fuch Merchandize fold. As Houfes, cbaldizeof 
 Lands , Trades , Places , Honours, Ms Fair. 
 Preferments,Titles,Countreys,King- 
 doms. Lulls, Pleafures and Delights of 
 all forts, as Whores, Bauds, Wives, 
 Husbands, Children, Matters, 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 feen Juglings, Cheats, 
 Games, Plays, Fools, Apes, Knaves, 
 and Rdgues, and that of all forts. 
 
 Here are to be feen, and that for 
 nothing. Thefts, Murders, Adul- 
 tries, Falfe-lwearers , and that of a 
 blood-red colour. 
 
 And as in others fairs of lefs mo- 
 ment,there 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 
 1 3 fooneft 
 
122 Cfje Pilgrims IPiogrefs. 
 
 Th^ Streets fooneft to be found : Here is the Brit- 
 ofthisfa.tr. tain Row, the French Row," the Ita- 
 lian Row , the Sfanijh Row , the 
 German Row, where feveral forts of 
 Vanities are to be fold. But as in o- 
 ther fairs fome one Commodity is 
 as the chief of all the/«z>, fo the Ware 
 of Rome and her Merchandize is 
 greatly promoted in this fair : Only 
 our £k^///& Nation, with fome others, , 
 have taken a diflike thereat. 
 iCor.5.10. Now, aslfaid, the way to the 
 CArj/?<iw»/Coeleftial City lyes juft thorow this 
 *tbUfL ^^^■^J "f/y^txe. this lufty Fair is kept; 
 and he that will go to the City, and 
 yet not go thorow this Town , mujl 
 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 : 
 Mat. 4. 8.^^*^ ^"^^ ^^ ^ think, it was Beel- 
 Luke 4, s- zebub the chief Lord of this Fair, 
 6, 7. that invited him to buy of his Ca- 
 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 fuch a perfon of Honour , Beel-^ 
 zebub had him from Street to Street, 
 and fhewed him all the Kingdoms of 
 
 the 
 
C6e pilgrims Piogrefa. ^^3 
 
 the World in a little time, that he 
 might , if poflible, alure that Bleffed 
 One, to cheafen and buy fome of his ^^^^ 
 Vanities. But he had no mind to the bought m- 
 Merchandize, and therefore left th.eM»g '» 
 Town , without laying out fo much '*"/««'^ 
 as one Farthing upon thefe Vanities. 
 This Fair therefore is an. Ancient 
 thing J of long ftanding, and a very- 
 great Fair. 
 
 Now thefe Pilgrims, as I faid, muft ^^^ p-j 
 needs go thorow this/^zV : Well,fo they grims en- 
 did ; but behold, even as they entred ter the fair 
 intothe/«/r, all the people in the fair 
 were moved, and the Town it felf as it ^^^ ^^.^.^ 
 were in a Hubbub about them ; and ^ tubbub 
 that for feveral reafons : For, aboutthem, 
 
 Firft, The Pilgrims were cloathed 
 with fuch kind of Raiment, as was IT" firft 
 diverfe from the Raiment of any ^^"^'^f 
 that Traded in than. fair. 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 ^^ °'^' *" 
 at their Apparel, fo they did likewife a^. caufe 
 at their Speech , for few could un- of thehub- 
 derftand what they faid ; they natu- *«*• 
 rally fpoke the Language of Canaan 
 I 4 but 
 
124 Clje pilgrims p?ogrefs. 
 
 but they that kept the/«?r, were the 
 men of this World : So that from 
 one end of the/air to the other, they 
 feeraed Barbarians ea.ch.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, 
 
 Pfal. 119. J *^ cT- ^ ■ /• 
 
 and cry. Turn away mine eyes from 
 beholding vanity ; and look upwards, 
 
 Phil 19 fignifying that their Trade and Traf- 
 
 20. fick was in Heaven. 
 
 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, 
 
 Pf. 2« a 3 ^^ ^^y ^^^ 'Truth. At that, there was 
 
 an occafion taken to defpife the men 
 
 They are the more; fome mocking, fome taun- 
 
 mocked. ting, fome fpeaking reproachfully, 
 . and fome calling upon others to fmite 
 
 a hubbub" them. At laft things came to an hub- 
 bub and great ftir in the fair, in fo 
 much that all order was confounded. 
 Now was word prefently brought to 
 the great one of the fair, who quickly 
 came down , and deputed fome of 
 
 his 
 
C&c pilgrims Piogrcfg. 125 
 
 his moft trufty friends to take thefe 
 men into examination, about whom ^ey are 
 the 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 
 there in fuch an unufual Garb ? The 7^^^ f^n 
 men told them, that they were Pil- cwho they 
 grims and Strangers in the World, <^re and 
 and that they were going to their ™*^"''* 
 own Countrey, which was the Hea- ' ^-^ '^°'""' 
 venly Jerufalem ; and that they had 
 given none occafipn to the men of the 
 Town , nor yet to the Merchandi- 
 zers, thus to abufe them, and to let 
 them in their Journey. Except itwas, 
 for that, when one asked them what 
 they would buy,they faid they would 
 buy the 'Truth. But they that were ?'*<)' "re 
 appointed to examine them, did not ""^ Mie'u- 
 believe them to be any other then ^ ' 
 Bedlams and Mad , or elfe fuch as 
 came to put all things into a confufion 
 mth&fair. Therefore theytook them ^^^ ^ 
 and' beat them, and befmeared them^^^^^ ^^^ ^ 
 with dirt , and then put them into Cage. 
 theCage, that they might be made 
 a Speftacle to all the men of thtfair. 
 There therefore they lay for fome 
 
 time, 
 
126 C6e Pilgrims P^ogrers. 
 
 time, and were made the objefts of 
 
 any mans fport , or malice , or re- 
 
 neir. be- ^^^ yj^g -j.^^^ One of the fair 
 
 the Cage, laughmg ftiU at all that betel 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/»/r 
 The men of thzt Were more obferving, and lefs 
 '*«/''''■ '^"prejudiced then the reft, began to 
 
 fel-ues a- their continual abufes done by them 
 bout tbefe to the men : They therefore in angry 
 two 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 fliould 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/aiV , 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 paffed on both 
 fides, (the men themfelves behaving 
 themfelves all the while very wifely 
 
 ' and' 
 
C6e Pilgrims p^ogrefs; 127 
 
 and foberly before them,) they fell 
 to fome Blows , and did harm one to _ 
 another. Then were thefe two poor made the 
 men brought before their Examiners Authors ef 
 again , and there charged as being this sjiur- 
 guilty of the late Hubbub that had '"'"'^'■ 
 been in the fair. So they beat them They are 
 pitifully , and hanged Irons upon '"^ "P «»'' 
 them, and led theni in Chaines, up ^T" '*^ 
 and down the fair , for an example-^^^^"^^^^ 
 and a terror to others, left any ftiould ^ terror to 
 further fpeak in their behalf, or joyn others. 
 themfelves unto them. But Chrijlian 
 and Faithful behaved themfelves yet 
 more wifely, and received the igno- 
 miny and fhame that was caft upon 
 them, with fo much meeknefs ahd 
 patience, that it won to their fide ^««* e/"'**' 
 (though but few in comparifon of the '"^" °-^*^^ 
 reft)feveral of the men mtht. f air. TKis^'^^°" ^° 
 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 -"^rfiries 
 Irons fhouldferve their turn, but that "j'^J^l^ 
 they ftiould 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 ftiould 
 
 be 
 
12 8 cfje Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 taken with them. So they put them. 
 Tbey are in, and made their feet faft in the 
 again fut Stoclcs. Then a Convenient time be- 
 ^'° ' * ing appointed , they brought them 
 offer "" 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- 
 diftment was one and the fame in fub- 
 ftance,. though fomewhat varying 
 in form; the Contents whereof was 
 this. 
 rheir In- That they were enemies to, and diftur- 
 iiiament. bers of their Trade; that they hadmade 
 Commotions andDiviJions in theTown, 
 and had won a party to their own mofi 
 dangerous opinions, in contempt of the 
 Law of their Prince. 
 Faithfuls Then Faithful began to anfwer, 
 anfwerfor That he had only fet himfelf againft 
 himfelf. 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 
 
 Beelzeiub 
 
, Cfte Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 Beelzekub, 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 WitnefTes, to wit, Envy, Su- 
 perjiition, 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 flood forth Envy, and faid to 
 this efFedt ; 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 hirn. Then he faid. My 
 Lord, This man, notwithftanding his 
 plaufible name, is one of the vilefl: 
 men in our Countrey ; He neither 
 regardeth Prince nor People, Law 
 nor Cuftom : but doth all that "he can 
 to poffefs 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- 
 
 Jiianity 
 
 12c 
 
I.30 c&e Pilgrims Piogrefs* 
 
 ftianity, and the Cujioms of our Towr, 
 <?/■ Vanity, were Diametrically oppojite.^ 
 and could not be 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 Superjii- 
 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 fwarehim, fo 
 he began. 
 
 Super. My Lord, I have no great 
 acquaintance with this man, nor do 
 Idefire 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 
 
C6e Pilgrimis p?ogrefs. 131 
 
 That our Religion was naught, and 
 fuch by which a man could by no 
 neans pleafe God : which fayings of 
 !hisj my Lord , your Lordfliip very 
 well knows, 'what neceflarily thence 
 will follow, two wiiy That we ftill do 
 worlhip In vain, are yet in our Sins, 
 and finally fliall 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 againft the Pri- 
 foner at the Bar. 
 
 Pick. My Lord, and you Gentle- P'^k- 
 men all. This fellow I have known ox^^^^^"" 
 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 
 fpoke conteniptibly of his honoura- sinsarealt 
 ble Friends, whofe names are the Lord /.u^^j. and 
 Oldman, the Lord Carnal delight, the Great ones. 
 Lord Luxurious, the Lord Dejire of " 
 Vain-glory, m.Y old l^ovA. 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 poffible , there Is not 
 one of thefe noble Men fhould have 
 any longer a being In this Town. 
 
 Befides, 
 
^3^ Cije Piigrims Piogrefs* 
 
 BefideSj he hath, not been afraid 
 
 to rail on you, my Lord, who are 
 
 now appointed to be his Judge , 
 
 calling 70U an ungodly ^Villian, with 
 
 many other fuch like vilifying terms, 
 
 by which he hath befpattered moft of 
 
 the Gentry of our Town.' When 
 
 this Picktipank had told his tale, the 
 
 Judge direded his fpeech to the Pri- 
 
 foner atthe Bar, faying. Thou Runa- 
 
 Faitlifuls g^'^^j Heretick, and Traitor, haft 
 
 defence of thou heard what thefe honeft Gentle- 
 
 himjelf. men have witnefled againft thee ? 
 
 Faith. May Ifpeak 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. 
 
 jpfl/V^.i.Ifaythen inanfwerto what 
 Mr. Envy hath fpoken, I never faid 
 ought but this, 'that what Rule, or 
 Laws, or Cufiom, or People, were flat 
 againft the Word of God, are diame- 
 trically oppojite 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 
 
C6e Pilgirims Piogrefs. 133 
 
 2. As to the fecond, to wit, Mr. 
 Superftition, and his charge againfl: 
 me, I faid only this. That in the wor- 
 fhip 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 worfhif of God, that is not a- 
 greeahle 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. Pickthahk 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. 
 
 Then the Judge called to the Jury The Judg 
 (who all this while flood by, to hear bisffeech 
 and obferve) Gentlemen of the Jury, *° '*' 3'» 
 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 againfl: him ; alfo you have 
 heard his reply and confefllon: It 
 lieth now in your brefts to hang him, 
 K or 
 
134 C&e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 or fave his life. But yet I think meet 
 to inftrud: you into our Lawi' 
 There was an Adb made in the days 
 
 Exod. . . of Pharaoh the Great, Servant to our 
 Prince, That left thofe of a contrary 
 Religion ihould multiply and grow, 
 too ftrong for him, their Males ftiould 
 be thrown into the River. There was 
 alfo an Ad: made in the days of ]Se- 
 
 Dan. 3. buchadnezzar the Great, another of 
 his Servants, That .whoever would 
 not fall down and worfhip his golden 
 Image , fhould be thrown into a 
 fiery Furnace. There was aifo an 
 
 Dan. 6. Ad made in the days of Darius, That 
 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- 
 /erable. 
 
 For that of Pharaoh, his Law was 
 made upon a fuppofition, to prevent 
 mifchief, no Crime being yet ap- 
 parent ; biit hei:e is ^ Crime appa- 
 rent. For the fecond and third, you 
 fee he difputeth againft our Religion; 
 and for theTreafon he hath confeffed, 
 he defervetii to die the death. Then 
 
C&e Pilgrims l^^ogtcfs. 135 
 
 Then went the Jury out, whofe 
 names were, Mr. Blind-man, Mr. No- 
 good, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-luji, Mr. 
 Live-loo/e, Mr. Heady, M.T. High-mind, 
 Mr. Enmity, Mr. Lyar, Mr. Cruelty, 
 Mr. Hate-light, and Mr. Implacable, 
 who every one gave in his private 
 Verdidl againft him among them- 
 felves, and afterwards unapimoufly 
 concluded to bring him in guilty be- 
 fore the Judge. And firft Mr. 5//Ki- 
 man, the foreman, faid , I fee clearly 
 that this man is an Heretick. Then 
 faid Mr. No-good, Away withjuch a 
 fellow from the Earth. Ay, faid Mr. 
 Malice , for I hate th^ very looks of 
 him. Then faid Mr. Love-lufi, I could . 
 never indurehim. iVor/jfaidMr. Live- 
 looJe,for he would alwayes be condem- 
 ning my way. Hang him, hang him, 
 faid Mr. Heady. Aforry Scrub, faid 
 Mr. High-mind. My heart rifeth a- 
 gainfi him, faid Mr. Enmity. He is a 
 Rogue, faid Mr. Lyar. Hanging is too ^ 
 good for him, {■aiA.M.v. Cruelty. Lets 
 difpatch him out of the way, faid Mr. 
 Hate-light. Then{a.ldMr. 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 
 
1^6 C6e Pilgtims Piogrefs. 
 
 guilty of death : And fo, they did, there- 
 fore he was prefently Condemned, 
 To be had from the place where he 
 _ , was, to the place from whence he 
 death of came, and there to be put to the moft 
 RaithfuL cruel death that could be invented. 
 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 Faithful tohisend. Now, I 
 faw that there flood behind the multi- 
 tude,a Chariot and a couple of Horfes, 
 waiting for Faithful, who (fo foon as 
 his adverfaries had difpatched him) 
 was takeii up into it , and ftraight- 
 way was carried up through the 
 Clouds, with found of Trumpet, the 
 neareft way to the Coeleftial Gate. 
 Chriftian But as for Chrijliati , he had fome re- 
 tsftiUa- fpjt^ 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 
 Chriftian for that time efcaped them, 
 and went his way. Well 
 
C|)e Pil0;rim0 p^ogrefs. 137 
 
 TFell, Faithful,^A«K haft faithfully profeft 
 Unto thy Lord : with him thou Jhalt be 
 
 hleft; 
 When Faithlefs ones , with all their 
 
 vain delights. 
 Are crying out under their hellijh plights 
 Sing, Faithful, ftng ; and let thy name 
 
 furvive. 
 For thoug]} they kfll'd thee, thou art yet 
 
 alive. 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream , that 
 Chrijiian went not forth alone, for 
 there was one whofe name was Hope- chriftian 
 ful, (being made fo by the beholding *«j "no- 
 of Chrijiian and Faithful in their 'her Com- 
 words and behaviour, in their fufFer- *"'""'"• 
 ings at the /air) 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 tothe Truth, 
 and another rifes out of his Afhes to 
 bea Companion with Chriftian. This 
 Hopeful 2S£o told Chriftian, that there 2rl7f''L 
 were many more of the men in the „,„ ^,^^ 
 fair that would take their time and fair wi// 
 follow after. /otfow 
 
 So I faw that quickly after they 
 
 were got out of the fair , they over- 
 
 K 3 took 
 
138 Cfje Pilgnms Piogrcfg. 
 
 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-Jpeech, and he was go- 
 ing to the Coeleftial City , (but told 
 them not his name.) 
 
 From Fair^fpeech,_/^/^Chrifl:ian; is 
 there any that be good live there ? 
 By-ends. Yes, faid'^j-^wdfjjlhope. 
 Chr. Pray Sir, whatmay Icallyou? 
 g , By-ends. I am a Stranger to you, 
 hth to tell and you to me; if you be going this 
 bis name, way, I fhall be glad of your Com- 
 pany ; if not, I muft be content. 
 
 Chr. I^his 'Town of Fair-fpeech, I 
 have heard of it, and, as I remember, 
 they Jay its a Wealthy place. 
 
 Bye^ds. Yes, I will aflure 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. 
 
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 ^" "-^ 
 Lady Fainings Daughter , therefore 
 fhe came of a very Honourable Fa- 
 mily, and is arrived to fuch a pitch 
 of Breeding, that flie knows how to 
 carry it to all,even to Prince and Pea- 
 fant. 'Tis true, we fomewhat differ ^'"''' ^'' 
 in Religion from thofe of the ftridlier '"''V ''^- 
 lort, yet but m two Imall pomts : ^^^^^^ ^.^ 
 Firft , we never ftrive againft Wind Religion. 
 and Tide. Secondly, we arealwayes 
 moft zealous when Religion goes in 
 his Silver Slippers ; we love much to 
 walk with him in the Street , if the 
 Sun fliines, 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 of Fair-Jpeech,znd. 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 lie ajhamed of his 
 name. SoC/&r//?/«KCameupwith him 
 again, and faid , Sir, you talk as if 
 you knew fomething more then all 
 K 4 the 
 
I40 c&e Pilgrims p?ogrefs. 
 
 the World doth, and if I take not my 
 mark amifs, I deem I have half a guefs 
 ofyou: IsnotyournameMr. ^jy-^Ki/j 
 of Fair-Jpeech ? 
 
 By-ends. That is 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 didyou never give an oc- 
 cafion to men to call you by this name? 
 
 By-ends. Never, never ! The worft 
 
 endsp-o/ *^^' ^^^'" ^ ^^^ *° §^^^ them an oc- 
 kis name, 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 bleffing, 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 whatlthinkjfear this name belongs 
 to you more properly then you are wil- 
 ling we Jhould think it doth. 
 
 By-ends. Well,Ifyou will thus ima- 
 gine, I cannot help it. You fhall find 
 
 me 
 
me a fair Company- keeper , if you He defires 
 will ftill admit me your aflbciate. '" ^"P 
 
 Chr. Ifyouwillgowithus,youmuft °^f^^- 
 go againft Wind and 'Tide , the which, ^^^^ 
 I perceive, is againji your opinion : Tou 
 muft aljo own Religion in his Rags, as 
 well as when in his Silver Slipper s,and 
 Jiand 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 Jiep 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 Chrijiian and Hopeful out- 
 went him, and went till they came Tbe eafi 
 at a delicate Plain, called ^a^^, where |*^^^*'^ 
 they went with much content ; but ;^ /^^^ ^^^^ 
 that plain was but narrow , fo th^ ;„ this life. 
 were quickly got over it. Now at the 
 further fide of that plain, was a little ^ janger- 
 Hill called Lucre , and in that Hill aus HUl. 
 
1+2 C6e Pilgrims P^ogrefis. 
 
 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,AoodDemas,{Genileman^ 
 like,) to call to PaAengersto come 
 and fee : Who faid to Chrifiian and 
 his Fellow ; Ho, turn afide hither,and 
 I will fhew you a thing 
 
 Chr. What thing f dejerving, as to 
 turn us out of the way ? 
 
 D^. Here is a Silver- Af/»<?,and fome 
 
 digging in it for Treafure; if you will 
 
 come, with a little paines, you may 
 
 richly provide for yourfelves. 
 
 Hopeful tiopef. Then faid Hopeful , Let us 
 
 tempted to go fee. 
 
 go, but Chr. Not I, faid Chrijiian; I have 
 
 Chrjftiari heard of this place before now , and 
 boUi him j^Q^ many have there been flain ; and 
 befides , that Treafure is a fnare to 
 thofe that feek it , for it hindreth 
 them intheir Pilgrimage. Then Chri- 
 fiian 
 
C6e Pilgrims PjOfjTcfs. 14.-? 
 
 jiian called to Demas, faying, Is not. 
 
 the place dangerous ? hath it not hin- Hos.4. iS 
 
 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 Chrijiian to Hope- 
 ful, Let us not ftir a ftep, but ftill 
 keep on our way. 
 
 Hope. / will warrant you, when 
 By-ends comes up, if he hath thefame 
 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 there. 
 
 De. Then Demas called again, 
 faying. But will you not come over 
 and fee ? 
 
 Chr. Then Chrijiian roundly an- 
 fwered, faying, Demas, Thou art an ^.^^J^,^^ 
 Enemy to the right ways of the „^ Demas 
 Lord of this way, and haft been al- 2 Tim. 4 
 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 
 
 fhame. 
 
144 €-liZ Pilgrim? Jp?ogrefs» 
 
 fhame, where we would ftand with 
 boldnefs before h™. 
 
 Demas 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. 
 
 Chr. ThenfaidChrifiian, What is 
 thy name ? is it not it by the which I 
 have called thee? 
 
 jCe. Yes, ray name is Demas, I am 
 the fon of Abraham. 
 
 Chr. I know you , Gehazi was 
 
 your Great-Grandfather, and Judas 
 
 * '"S* your Father, and you have trod their 
 
 Mat. i6. fteps. It is but a develifti prank that 
 
 14., 15. thou ufefl: : Thy Father was hanged 
 
 c^ap. 27. for a Traitor, and 'thou deferveft no 
 
 1.2.3, 4>5- better reward. AfTure thy felf, that 
 
 when we come to the King, we will 
 
 do him word of this thy behaviour. 
 
 Thus they went their way, ' 
 
 By this time By-en^s was come a- 
 
 By-ends gain within fight, and he at the firft 
 
 goes o'ver beckwentover to Demas. Now whe- 
 
 to Demas. tjjgr he fell into the Pit, 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 
 
C6e Pilgtims Piogrefg. 145 
 
 thefe things I am not certain : But 
 this I obferved, that he never was 
 feen again in the way. 
 
 By-ends and Silver-T)emzs both agree ; 
 One calls, the other runs, that he may 
 
 be, 
 A Jharer in his Lucre : fo thefe two 
 Take up in this world, and no fur~ 
 ■ ther go. 
 
 I faw then , that they went on a Ri-ver. 
 their way to a pleafant River, which Pf. 65- 9- 
 David the King called the River of^^"- ^*- 
 God;hutJohn,TheRiverofthewater ^ '^^' 
 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 manner 
 of Fruit; and the leaves of the Trees ^'''" *>" 
 were good for Medicine; with the ' '^"^' 
 Fruit of thefe Trees they were alfo ^^^ /^^wx 
 much delighted ; and the leaves they oftbeTreei. 
 eat to prevent Surfeits , and other 
 Difeafes that are incident to thofe 
 
 that 
 
146 €.l)z JPilgrims Piogrefg. ' 
 
 that heat their blood by Travels. On 
 
 either fide of the River was alfo a 
 
 AMeadoiv Meadow , curioufly beautified with 
 
 t» •which Lilies ; And it was green all the year^ 
 
 *dol!nto ^°"S- In this Meadow they lay down 
 
 gggp and flept , for here they might lie 
 
 Pf. 2z. ^owwy^/^/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 hrvo thefe Chrijial Jlreams do 
 glide 
 
 (To comfort Pilgrims) by the High- 
 way Jide J 
 
 The Meado/uis green, heftdes their fra- 
 grant fmell, 
 
 Tield dainties for them : And he that can 
 tell 
 
 What pleafant Fruit , yea Leaves, thefe 
 Trees do yield, 
 
 Willfoon 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 journied far, but the 
 River and the way, for a time par- 
 ted. At which they were not a little 
 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 
 thejoul of the Pilgrims was much dif- Numb. 
 couraged, becaufeoftheway. Where- 21. 4. 
 fore ftill as they went on,they wifhed 
 for better way. Now a little before 
 them, there was on the left hand of 
 the ^ozd,z Meadow, and a Stile to go 
 over into it, and that Meadow is call- 
 ed By- Path- Meadow . Then faid Chri- 
 ftian to his fellow. If this Meadow li- By-Patb- 
 eth along by our way fide,lets go over ^"''^°^- 
 into it. Then he went to the Stile to fation^s 
 fee, and behold a Path lay along by make way 
 the way on the other fide of the for another 
 fence. 'Tis according to my wilh 
 faid Chrijiian, here is the eafieft' go- 
 ing ; come good Hopeful, and lets us 
 go over. 
 
 Hop. But how if this Path Jhould 
 lead us out of the way ? ch-yr'"^ 
 
 Chr. That's not like, faid the o- ^^ ^^^■' 
 ther ; look, doth it not go along by ^^^k ones 
 the way fide ? So Hopeful, being per- out oftbe 
 fwaded by his fellow, went after him '«-•«)'■ 
 
 over 
 
148 C&e Pilgrims P?offrefs, 
 
 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 wasFain-con- 
 jidence) fo they called after him, and 
 asked him whither that way led ? he 
 faid. To the Coeleftial Gate. Look, 
 faid Chrijiian, did not I tell you fo ? 
 by this you may fee we are right : 
 fo they followed, and he went be- 
 fore them.' But behold the night came 
 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. 16. pjj.^ which was on purpofe there 
 
 catch the "^^^6 by thePrince of thofe grounds, 
 
 •vain glo- to catch vain-gloHous fools withall ; 
 
 riousia. and was daflied in pieces with his 
 
 fall. 
 
 Now Chriflian 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 Hope/ul,WhQre 
 are we now ? Then was his fellow 
 
 filent 
 
Cfte pilgrims Piogrefg. 149 
 
 filentj as miftrufting that he had led 
 him out of the way. And now it be- „ r ■ 
 gan to rain, and thunderj and lighten between 
 in a very dreadful manner, and the chriftian 
 water rofe amain. aarf Hope- 
 
 Then Hopeful groaned in himfelf, ^"^ 
 faying, Oh that I had kept on my way! 
 Ci'r. Who could have thought that 
 this path ihould have led us out of 
 the way ? 
 
 Yi.o^e.Iwasafraiidon'tat veryfirft, 
 and therefore gave you that gentle cau- 
 tion. I would have fpoke plainer, but 
 that you are older then I. 
 
 Chr. Good Brotheriie not oiFend- 
 ed, I am forty I have brought thee ^•>"*'^°' 
 
 - , ' , , -1 repentance 
 
 out or the way, and that 1 have puty-^^ leadmg 
 ,thee into fuch eminent danger ; pray of Ms Bra- 
 my Brother forgive me, I did not do out of the 
 it of an evil intent. ™'9'- 
 
 Hope. Be comforted my Brother for 
 I forgive thee; and believe too, that 
 this fhall be for our good. 
 
 Chr. I am glad I 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 
 
15° C6e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 may be firft therein, becaufe by my 
 means we are both gone out of the 
 way. 
 
 Hope. No,Jaid}!rio'pe.{\x\,youJhaU 
 not go firft, for your mind 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, even the way that thouwentefi, 
 They are fum again : But by this time theWa- 
 
 in danger j^j.^ were greatly rifen, by jreafon of 
 
 ofdronun- ,., ,° '^ .',•, 
 
 • ^^ which, the way or going 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 flielter, they fat 
 down there till the day brake ; but 
 in the being weary, they fell afleep. Now 
 grounds of there was not far frorri the place 
 Giant where they lay,a C«y?^i?,called Doubt- 
 Defpair. jjig Gq/lk , the owner whereof was 
 
 Giant 
 
Cfie Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 151 
 
 Giant Defpair, and it was in his 
 grounds they now were fleeping ; 
 wherefore he getting up in the morn- 
 ing early, and walking up and down 
 in his Fields , caught Chriftian and He finds 
 Hopeful afleep in his grounds. Then *^^"' '" ^'^ 
 with a grim and/urly voice he bid S''"""'^' 
 them awak.e,and asked them when'ce ^/.^^ ,„ 
 they Tyere ? and what they did in his Doubting 
 grounds ? They told him, 'they were Cafiie. 
 Pilgrims, and that they had loft their 
 way. Then faid the Giant, You have 
 this night trefpafled 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- 
 fore him,and put them into his Caftle, TheGHe'v- 
 into a very dark Dungeon, naft_y and '"J"'!' "f 
 ftinking to the fpirit of thefe two ''^"^^'^^"^^ 
 men : Here then they lay, from Wed- 
 nefday morning till Saturday night, pf. gg. is. 
 without one bit of bread, or drop of 
 drink, or any light, or any to ask how 
 they did. They were therefore here 
 io evil cafe, and vitx^ far/rom friends 
 --i-nd acquaintance. Now in this place, 
 L 2 ' Chri- 
 
152 ^f)c Pilgrims P?ogre©. 
 
 Chrijiian 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 almofl: break of day. 
 
 Now a little before it was day, 
 
 good Chrijiian, as one half amazed, 
 
 brake out in this paflionate Speech, 
 
 What a fool, quoth he , am I thus to 
 
 A Key m ^^ ^-^ a fiinking Dungeon, when I may 
 
 ,iri ian>. ^^ ^^^ walk at liberty ? I have a 
 
 led Pro- Key in my bofom, called Fromi/e,that 
 
 mife, opent^ will> I am petfuadcd, open any Lock 
 
 any Lock jn Boubting Caftle. Then faid Hopeful, 
 
 in ^cSu '^^^^'^ Sood News ; good Brother 
 '"g "J. '• piy(.jj it Qyt Qf jjjy bofom atid try : 
 
 Then Chrijiian pulled it out of his 
 bofom, and began to try at the Dun- 
 gion door, whofe bolt ('as he turned - 
 the Key) gave back , and the door 
 flew open with eafe, and Chrijiian 
 and Hopeful both came out. Then he 
 went to the outward door that leads 
 into the Cajileyard, and with his Key 
 opened the door alfo. After he went 
 to the Iron Gate^ for that mufl: be 
 opened too , but that Lock went 
 damnable hard, yet the Key did open 
 it; then they thruft open the Gate 
 
 to 
 
Cf)e PilgnmiS p?ogrefs. 153 
 
 to make their efcape with fpeed, but 
 that Gate, as it opened, made fuch 
 a creaking, that it waked Giant De- 
 /pair, who haftily rifing to purfue his 
 Prifoners, felt his Limbs to fail, fp 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 , becaiife they were out of his 
 J urifdiftion. 
 
 Now when they were gone over 
 the Stile, they began to contrive with 
 themfelves what they fhould do at 
 that Stile,to prevent th'ofe that fhould 
 come after , from falling into the 
 hands of Giant Dejpair. So they con- 
 feated to ere6t there a Pillar , and to 
 engrave upon the fide thereof. Over 
 thisStile is theWaytoDonhtmg-Cafile, 
 which is kept by Giant Defpair who, 
 defpifeth theKingofthe Ccelejiial Coun- 
 trey^andfeeks to dejlroyhis 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 
 
154 ^bt Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 jind let them that come after have a 
 
 care, 
 Leji heedlefnefs mah.es them, as we, to 
 
 fare: 
 Le/i they, for trefpaffmg, his prifoners 
 
 are, 
 Whofe Cajile's Doubting, and whofe 
 
 name^s Defpair. 
 
 They went then , till they came 
 Tbe de- *° ^^^ delegable Mountains, which 
 leBalu Mountains belong to the Lordof that 
 mountains. Hill, of which we have fpoken be- 
 fore ; Co they went up to the Moun- 
 tains, to behold the Gal-dens, and 
 f ^7 Orchards, the Vineyards, and Foun- 
 
 refrejhedtn . ^ ' i i /- i i 
 
 tbe moun- ^'^'"^^ °i Water, where alio 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 flood 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 fl:and to talk with any by the 
 way,) they asked , IVho/e delectable 
 Mountains are thefe? and whofe be the 
 fheep that feed upon them ? 
 
 Shep. 
 
Cbe Pilgrims P2ogrefi8i. 155 
 
 Shep. Thefe Mountains are Imma- 
 nuels Land, and they are within fight 
 of his City , and the fheep alfo are 
 his, and he laid down his life for 
 
 them. 
 
 
 John 10. 
 
 Chr. 
 
 Is this the 
 
 way to the Ccslejlial 
 
 City ? 
 
 
 
 Shep. 
 
 You are 
 
 juft in your way. 
 
 Chr. 
 
 How far is it thither ? 
 
 Shep. 
 
 Too far 
 
 for any , but thofe 
 
 that ;^fl// get thither indeed. 
 
 chr. Isthewayfafe, or dangerous? 
 
 Shep. Safe for thofe for whom it 
 is to be fafe, but tranjgrejfors Jhallfall 
 therein. Hof..4o. 
 
 Chr. Is there in this place any re- 
 lief for Pilgrims that are weary ana 
 faint in the way ? 
 
 Shep. The Lord of thefe Moun- 
 tains hath given us a charge. Not to be 
 forgetful to entertain Jirangers-.Thtre.- ^'''- '3- 
 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 
 
156 C8e Pilffrims P?ogref0. 
 
 have you fo 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 
 plegfed therewith , they looked very 
 lovingly upon them ; and faid , Wel- 
 come to the delegable 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 Chrijiian 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 fide. Then faid the Shepherds 
 one to another, Shall we (hew thefe 
 
 Pilgrims 
 
C&e Pilgrims IPiogrefs. 157 
 
 Pilgrims fome wonders ? - So when 
 they had concladed to do it, they 
 had them firft to the top of an Hill 
 called Errour, which was very fteep The Mom- 
 on the furtheft fide, and bid them ''"'» 'f 
 look down to the bottom. So Chri- ^""°"''- 
 ftian and Hopeful lookt down, and ' 
 faw at the bottom feveral men dalli- 
 ed all to pieces by a fall that they 
 had from the top. Then faid Chri- 
 ftian , What meaneth this ? The 
 Shepherds anfwered ; Have you 
 not heard of them that were made to 
 err , by harkening to Hymeneus, and 
 Phtktus, as concerning the Faith of - 
 the Refurreftion of 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 kn 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 Mmnt 
 the name of that is Caution ; and bid Caution, 
 them look a far off. Which when 
 they did, they perceived as they 
 
 thought. 
 
158 C6e Pilgtims P2Offref0. 
 
 thought, feveral men walking up and 
 down among the Tombs that were 
 there. And they perceived that the 
 men were blind , becaufe they ftum- 
 bled fometimes upon the Tombs, and 
 becaufe they could not get out from 
 among them. Then faid Chriftiatiy 
 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 tliis 
 way ? They anfwered. Yes, Then faid 
 the Shepherds, From that Stile there 
 goes a Path that leads direftly to 
 Doubting-Caftle , which is kept by 
 Giant Defpair; 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. And becaufe the right way 
 was rough In that place, they chofe 
 to go out of it into that Meadow, 
 and there were taken by Giant De- 
 Jpair , and caft into DoubtingCaftle; 
 where, after they had a while been 
 kept in the Dungeon , he at laft did 
 put out their eyes, and led them a- 
 rrtong thofe Tombs, where he has 
 left them to wander to this very day; 
 
 that 
 
Cbe Pilgrims Piogrefs. 159 
 
 that the faying of the wife Man 
 might be fulfilled. He that wandereth Provzi.ie 
 out of the way of under ft anding , fhall 
 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 Dreain,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,andfmoaky; 
 they alfo thought that they heard 
 there a lumbring noife as of fire, and 
 a cry of fome tormented, and that 
 they fmelt the fcent of Brimflone. 
 Then isXA-Chriftian, What means this ? 
 The Shepherds told them, faying, 
 this is a By-way to Hell, a way that j by-ivay 
 Hypocrites go in at ; namely, fuch as to Hell. 
 fell their Birthright,, with Efau: fuch 
 as fell their Mafler, with Judas : fuch 
 as blafpheme the Gofpel with Alex- 
 ander: and that lie and difTemble, 
 with Ananias and Saphira his wife. 
 
 Hopef Then faid Hopeful to the ' 
 Shepherds , I perceive that theje had 
 
 on 
 
i6o c&e pilgtints lP?ogrefs. 
 
 on them, even every one, ajhew of Pi. 
 grimage as we have now ; had tht 
 not ? 
 
 Shep. Yes, and held it a long-timi 
 too. 
 
 Hopef. How far might they go c 
 Pilgrimage in their day ,ftnce they' no, 
 withftanding were thus mifefably ca_ 
 away ? 
 
 Shep. Some further, and feme nc 
 fo far as thefe'Mountains. 
 
 Then faid the Pilgrims one to anc 
 ther, tVe had need cry to the Strong fc 
 firength. 
 
 Shep. Ay, and you will have nee 
 to ufe It when you have it, too. 
 
 By this time the Pilgrims had 
 defire to go forwards, and the Shej 
 herds a defire they.fhould ; fo the 
 Walked together towards the end c 
 the Mountains. Then faid the Shej 
 herds one to another, Let us hei 
 fhew to the Pilgrims the Gates of th 
 Coeleftial City, if they have ski 
 to look through our Perfpedhiv 
 Glafs. , The Pilgrims then lovingl 
 accepted, the motion: So they ha 
 them to the top of an high Hill ca 
 led Clear, and gave them their Gla 
 to look. Then they eflayed to lool 
 
 bi 
 
Cbe Ipilgrims Piogrcfs* i6i 
 
 but the remembrance of that laft 
 thing that the Shepheards had (hew- 
 ed them, made their hand (hake, 
 by means of which impediment, 
 they could not look fteddily through ^j^^ ^^^-^ 
 the Glafs ; yet they thought they ofjia^tjb 
 faw fomthing like the Gate, and alfojear. 
 fome of the Glory of the place. 
 
 Thus by the Shepherds, Secrets are 
 reveaFd , 
 
 Which-from all other men are kept con- 
 ceal' d : 
 
 Come to the Shepherds then, if you 
 •would fee 
 
 Things deep, thitigs hid , and that my- 
 fterious be. 
 
 When they were about to depart, 
 one of the Shepherds gave therri a 
 note of the way , Another of them, 
 hid them beware' of the flatterer, The 
 third , hid them take heed ^that they 
 Jleef not upon the Inchant-ed Ground, 
 and the fourth, bid them God fpeed. 
 So I awoke froju 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 
 
i62 c&e Pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 below thefe Mountains , on the leff 
 The Caun- hand , lieth the Countrey of Conceit, 
 trey of ffom which Countrey there comes 
 Conceit, jj^^Q ^^ ^^y jj^ which the Pilgrims 
 
 nuhlchcame'^^^^^'^' 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 Chriftian asked him, From what 
 parts he came ? and whither he was 
 going ? 
 Chriftian Jgn. Sir, I was born in the Coun- 
 and Igno- jj-ey that lieth off" there, a little on . 
 r"*^^* Ik *^^ ^^^' hand ; and I am going to. the 
 Cceleftial City. 
 
 Chr. But how do you think to get in 
 at the Gate, for you may find fome 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 Jhould. 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 I am 
 going. 
 
 Chr. But thou camejl not in at the 
 
 Wicket- 
 
C5e Pilgrims P^ogrefs, 163 
 
 Wicket-gate - that is at the head of 
 this way, thou cameji in hither through 
 that fame crooked Lane, and therefore 
 I fear , however thou mayefi think of 
 thy f elf, when the reckoning day jhall 
 come, thou wilt have laid to thy charge, 
 that thou art a Theifanda Robber, in- 
 Jtead of admitance into the City. 
 
 Ignor. Gentlemen , ye be utter He faith 
 ftrangers to me , I know you not, be u emery . 
 content to follow the Religion of your ""^j <*«' *' 
 Countrey, and I will follow the Re- ""■f"'''- 
 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 Chrijiian {a.w that the man 
 was wife in his own conceit , he faid ^'- **• " 
 to Hopeful , whifperingly , There is 
 more hopes of a fool then of him. And 
 faid moreover , When he that is a 
 fool walketh by the way , his wifdom Eccl.io. 3. 
 faileth him , and he faith to every one 
 
 that 
 
i64 Cfie pilgrims p^ogreCs. 
 
 Himi to that he is a fool. What, fhall we talk 
 carry it to further With him? or out-go him at 
 "'■' prefent ? and fo leave him to think 
 
 of what he hath heard already ; and 
 then flop 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 faid ^ and let him not refufe 
 Good Counfel to imb^ce, leji he remain 
 Still Ignorant of what's the chief ejl gain, 
 God faith ^ Thofe that no underfiandin^ 
 
 have, 
 (Although he made them) them he will 
 
 not fave. 
 
 Hof. It is not good , I think , to 
 fay all to him at once, let us pafs him 
 by, if you will, and talk to hiin'anon, 
 even as he is able to bear it. 
 
 So they both went on, and Igno- 
 rance he came after. Now when 
 they had pafled him a little way, 
 they entered intoa very dark Lane, 
 where they met a man whom {tv&n 
 Matt. II. Devils had bound with feven ftrong 
 45. Prov. Cords , and were carrying of him 
 5. 2z. back to the door that they faw in .the 
 fide of the Hill. Now good Chriflian 
 
 began 
 
Cbe Pilgrims P?ogcef5. 165 
 
 began to tremble, and fo did Hopeful 
 his Companion : Yet as the Devils led 
 away the man , Chriftian looked to 
 fee if he knew him, and he thought 
 it might be one Turn-away that dwelt 7^^ jg. 
 in the Town of Apofiacy. But hejiruaim of 
 did not perfecftly , fee his face, for °"e Tum- 
 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 Chriftian chriftlan 
 to his Fellow, Now I call to remem- telUth his 
 brance that which was told me oi Companion 
 a thing that happened to a good man "fi'"'y "' 
 hereabout. The name of the man p^jjjj" 
 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 "'"^ 
 
 o put 6, 
 
 Dead-mans-lane ; fo called, becaufe oeadmans 
 of the Murders that are commonly Lane. 
 done there. And thi^ Little-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 
 
i66 c&e Pilgrims P?ogr^i^s'» , 
 
 their names were Faint-heart , Mif- 
 trufi, znd Guilt, (three brothers J and 
 they efpy'ingLittle-faith wherehe 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 threatnihg Language 
 bed by hidhixnfiand.Atth.is,LittlefaitMookt 
 r^""'ivrT ^^ white as a Clout, and had neither 
 (ruft and powertoj^|'/?'/nor//i?.Thenfaidi^fli«/- 
 Guilt. heart. Deliver thy Purfe ; but he 
 making no hafte to do it, (ior he was 
 loth to lofe his Money , ) Mif- 
 , truji ran up to him, and thrufting his 
 hand into his Pocket , pull'd out 
 „ thence a bag of Silver. Then he cried 
 atxiay his out,'rhieves,thieves. With that. Guilt 
 Sii'ver.and v/ith a great Club that was in his 
 knockt hand , ftrook Little-Faith on the 
 him do'wn. head , 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 flood by : 
 But at laft, they hearing that fome 
 were upon the Road, and fearing left 
 it fhould be one Great-grace that 
 dvvells in the City of Good-confidence, 
 they betook themfelves to their heels, 
 and left this good man to fhift for 
 
 him- 
 
C&e Pilgtims P^ogtcf?. 167 
 
 himfelf. Now after a vihile^ Litile- 
 faith came to himfelf, and getting 
 up, madelhiftto fcrabbleonhisway. 
 This was the ftory. 
 
 Hppef. But did they take from him 
 all that ever he had ? 
 
 Chrili. No : The place v/here his r .,, ," „ '' 
 Jewels were, they never ranlak t, lo „iiti,ij beft 
 thofe he kept ftill ; but as, I was told, tUnss. 
 the good man was much afH 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, 
 hnt fear ce enough to bring him to ^^ ' ''"■ 
 his Journeys end ; nay ,• (if I was not 
 mis-informed) he was forced to beg L;/tle- 
 as he went , to keep himfelf alive, f^'th/srf^^ 
 (for his Jewels he might not fell.) But ^"^ jour-" 
 beg, and do what he could, he went „gyj c„^_ 
 (as we fay) with many a hungry belly, 
 the moft part of the reft of the 
 way. 
 
 Hopef.But is itnotawonder they got 
 notfromhim hisCertificate,by which he 
 was to receive his admittance at the 
 Ccelefiial gate ? 
 
 Chr. No , they got not that : 
 
 though thy mift it not through any 
 
 good cunning of his , for he being 
 
 M 2 dif- 
 
1 68 cije Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 
 
 Hr *^/ difmayed with their coming upon 
 not bis btft him, had neither power nor skill to 
 £T1*' hide any thing; fo 'twas' more by 
 cunnine §0°'^ Providcnce then by his Indea- 
 1 Tim. .. vour, that they mifl: of that good 
 14. thing. 
 
 Hopef. But it muft needs he a com- 
 fort to him, that they got not this Jewel 
 from him. 
 
 Chr. It might have been great 
 2 Pet 1. 9. comfort to him, had he ufed it as he 
 fliould ; but they that told me the 
 - ftory, faid. That he made but little 
 ufe of "it all the reft of the way ; and 
 that becaufe of the difrtiay 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 frefti 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 1 
 Hi IS pit- Yvould 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 
 
 ftrangc 
 
C&e Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 169 
 
 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/o»?(? 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 chriftian 
 day : For what fhould h^pawn them ? fribbeth 
 or to whom fhould he fell them ? Tn ^•'>''''"«' 
 all that Countrey where he was^^^^^l" 
 Robbed, his Jewels were not accoun- ,-„^. 
 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 Coe- 
 leftial City, he had (and that he 
 knew well enough) been excluded 
 from an Inheritance there j and that 
 M 3 would 
 
17° Cfie Pilgcims Piogrefs. 
 
 ■would have been worfe to him then 
 the appearance and villany of ten 
 thoufand Thieves. 
 
 Hope. Why art thou Jo fart my Bro- 
 ther ? Efau fold his Birth-right, and 
 jg ■ '*■ that for a mejs of Pottage ; and that 
 Birth-right was his greateji Jewel: and 
 if he, why might not Little- Faith dojo 
 too? 
 Adifcourfe Qhr. EJau did fell his Birth-right 
 " ""* . .^" indeed, and fo do many befides; and 
 Faith. by fo doing, exclude themfelves from 
 the chief bleffing, as alfo that Caytiff 
 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}e.v^e[s were not {o.Efau's belly 
 was his God, but Litilefaith's belly 
 was not fo. EJau's want lay in his 
 flefhly appetite, Little-Jaith's did not 
 f«S r"' ^°- Befides, EJau could fee no fur- 
 bis lufts. th^*" 'h^*^ t° *he fulfilling of his Lufts, 
 Gen. 15: For I am at the ■point to dye, faid he, 
 3». and what good will 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 
 prize his Jewels more, then to fell 
 
 them. 
 
theiHj as Efau did his Birth-right. Efau»<"i;CT- 
 You read not any where that Efau '^'^ /"'*!> 
 had faifh, no not fo much as a little: 
 Therefore no marvel, if where the 
 flefti only bears fway (as it will in 
 that Man where no faith is to refift) 
 if he fells his Birth-right , an,d his 
 Soul and all, and that to the Devil of 
 Hell ; for it is with fuch, as it is with 
 the Afs, fFho in her occajions cannot be Jer. a. 24.. 
 turned away. When their minds are 
 fet upon their Lufts, they will have 
 them what ever they coft. But Little- , . ,-^'"'^' 
 
 y. . , 7 ,- , , . faith could 
 
 faith was or another temper, Dis,„atli-ve 
 mind was On things Divine ; his upon Efaus 
 livelyhood 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 i^l"^ 
 can you perfuade the 'Turtle-dove to t^gg„ ti^g 
 live upon Carrion, like the Crow ? Xurtle- 
 ThoM^ faithlejs ones, caafor carnal dove and 
 Lufts, pawn,or morgage, or fell what '*^ Crow, 
 they have, and themfelves out right 
 to boot ; yet they that have faith, 
 
 faving faith, though but a little of it, 
 M 4 cannot 
 
172 Cfje Pilgrims ip?ogref0. 
 
 cannot do fo. Here therefore, mjr 
 Brother, is thy miftake. 
 
 Hopef. / acknowledge it ; but yet 
 your Jevere reflexion had almoji 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 fliell up- 
 on their heads : but pafs by that, and 
 confider the matter under debate, 
 and all fliall be well betwixt thee and 
 me. 
 
 Hopef. 5a/.Chrifl:ian, T!heje three 
 fellows i lamferfwadedinmy heart, are 
 but a company of Cowards: would they 
 have run elfe, think you, as they did, 
 at the noife of one that Huas coming on 
 Hopeful the road ? Why 'did not Little-faith 
 fivaggers. pi^^k up a great heart? He might, me- 
 thinks, have flood one brujh 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 
 
 1^0 great i" the time of Trial. As for a great 
 
 heart far heart. Little-faith had none ; and I 
 
 Gff</au*fr* perceive by thee, my Brother, hadft 
 
 *l^tie'faib *^°" ^^^^ *^^ ^^" concerned, thou 
 art but for a brufh, and then to yield. 
 
 And 
 
C6e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 173 
 
 And verily, fince this is the height of »V ba've 
 thy Stomach now they are at a,morecou- 
 diftance from us, fliould they appear ^fZt"" 
 to_ thee, as they did to him, they^.^"^, 
 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 Pft'- ,5- *• 
 roaring of a Lion. I my felf have Chriftian 
 been Ingaged as this Little-faith was, *'^^' *" 
 and I found it a terrible thing. Thefe "T"" "'■^" 
 three Vulams let upon me, and I be- ,i/j cafe. 
 ginning like a Chriftian to refift , 
 they gave but a call, and in came 
 their Mafter: 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 you fee, 
 when, 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 
 
^74 cije Pilffrimis Piogrefs. 
 
 The Kings grace hath but appeared , and no 
 Champion, marvel, for he \%the Kings Champion: 
 But I tro, you will put fome difFe- 
 rence between Little-faith and the 
 Kings Champion; all the Kings Su b- 
 jedts 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 hzye, 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 GrtzX- 
 grace, for their fakes: 
 
 Chr. If it had been he, he might 
 have had his hands full;' For I muft 
 tell you. That though Great-grac;e is 
 excellent good at his Weapdns, 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-heart, Mi- 
 fltuft, or the other, it Ihall 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 
 
Cbe Pilgrims p^ogrefs, 175 
 
 grace's face, fhall fee thofe Scars and 
 Cuts there, that fliall eafily give de- 
 monftration of what I fay. Yea once 
 I heard he fhould fay, (and that when 
 he was in the Combat) We^dejfaired 
 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 
 bruftied 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 ithey made him 
 at laft afraid of a forry Girle. 
 
 Befides, their King is at their 
 Whittle, he is never out of hearing; 
 and if at any time they be put to 
 the worft, he, if poffible, comes in to 
 help them : And, of him it is faid, 
 "The Sword of him. that layeth at him Job.4i.«6 
 cannot hold the Spear, the Dart, nor the 
 Habergeon; he efleemeth Iron as Straw, . 
 
 and Brafs as rotten Wood. l!he Arrow (jj^^j ^^^, 
 cannot make him flie , Slingfiones are dinefs. 
 turned with him intoftubble. Darts are 
 
 counted 
 
176 C&e Pilgtim0 P?ogrefs. 
 
 counted as Jiubble, he laugheth at the. 
 
 Jhaking of a Spear. What can a man 
 
 do iri 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 niettie ^/j f^gQ]^ j^ clothed With Thunder , he 
 
 tbat IS tn ^^1 ^g^ y^ afraid as the Grafhofer , the 
 
 Horfe S^°U "f ^^^ Nofirils is terrible , he 
 
 paweth in the Valley , rejoyceth in his 
 
 Jirength,andgoethoutto meet the armed 
 
 men. He mocketh at fear , and is not 
 
 affrighted , neither turneth back from 
 
 the Skvord. The quiver rattleth againfl 
 
 him, the glittering Spear , and the 
 
 fhield. Hejwalloweth the ground with 
 
 Jiercenefs and rage, neither believeth he 
 
 that it is the found of the Trumpet. He 
 
 Tob. 39. ig faith among theTrumfets, 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. WitnefsPf/^r,ofwhomI 
 
 made 
 
C&e Pilgrims Piogtefs. 177 
 
 made mention before. He would 
 fwagger. Ay hewould: Hewould,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 
 lains, as he ? 
 
 When therefore we hear that fuch 
 Robberies are done on the Kings 
 High-way, two things become us 
 to do ; firft to go out Harnefled, 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, '^v^-^-^^- 
 wherewith ye Jhall be able to quench all 
 the fiery darts of the wicked. 
 
 'Tis good alfo that we defire of the ,^^.^ ^^^^^ 
 King a Convoy, yea that he will go hanje a 
 with us himfelf. This made David Con-voy. 
 rejoyce when in the Valley of the 
 fhaddows of death; and Afg/^j was ^^-^s'^- 
 rather for dying where he flood, then 
 to go one ftep without his God. O 
 mv Brother, if he will but go along , ^ ' ?' *" 
 with us, what need we be afraid of ' ,' 
 
 1 /• 1 n II /• rial, 27.1 , 
 
 ten thoufands that Ihall let them- ^^ 3 
 
 felves 
 
178 C6e Pil0rim0 Piogrefs. 
 
 felves againft us, but without him, 
 ifs, JO. ^. the proud helpers fall under the Jlain. , 
 I 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 aKve : yet I cannot boaft 
 of my manhood. Glad ftiall I be, if I 
 meet with no more fuch brunts, 
 though I fear we are not got beyond 
 all danger. However, fince 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 / Ifaji been among the 
 
 Thieves! . ' 
 
 JVaJi rohb'd ! Remember this, IVho fo 
 
 believes 
 And gets more faith, Jhall then a Vi- 
 
 £tor be 
 Over ten thoufand, elfe .fcarce aver 
 
 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 
 A "uia ^^^"^^'i withal, to lie as ftraight as 
 cmdcmiay. the way which they fliould go ; and 
 
 here 
 
Cbe pilgrim0 p^ogrefs. 179 
 
 here they knew not which of the two 
 to take, for both feemed ftraight be- 
 fore them ; therefore here they flood 
 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 flood there ? 
 They anfwered. They were going to 
 the Cceleflial 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 Chrlftlan 
 into the road,which by degrees turn- "^'^ *" 
 ed, and turned them fo from thtj""^ 
 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, the 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. Th&nidixdi Chrijlian to YixsM- 
 
 low. 
 
i8o cjje Pilgrims P^ogrefSv 
 
 Theybt- low, Now do I fee my felf in an 
 
 nuail their errour. Did tjot the Shepherds bid 
 
 conditions. ^^ beware of the flatterers ? As is 
 
 Pjo. 29. 5. the faying of the Wife man, fo we 
 
 have found it this day : A man that 
 
 flatter eth his Neighbour ,fpreadeth a 
 
 Net for his feet. 
 
 Hopef. They alfo gave us a note 
 of diredtions 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. he, Concerning the works of men, by 
 
 AJhimng ^^^ ^^^^ r ^? ^^ j ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 
 
 »ne comes r l -r^ l A l l n >r<l 
 
 to them fr"^ f'^^ Paths of the dejtroyer. Thus 
 luith a they lay bewailing themfelves in the 
 ijohipin Net. At laft they efpied a fhining 
 band. 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 
 
Whip; it Is Flatterer, a falfe Apoflle, P'o-'^?. 5 
 that hath transformed himfelf into an ■°^"- 3*- 
 Angel of light So he rent the Net \ °^ "' 
 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.Then 
 He asked them, faying. Where did ^J^^^^7 
 yoiflie the laft night ? They faid with „„^ ^j,„. 
 the Shepherds upon the deledable -i//<ff«^ 0/ 
 Mountains. He asked them then, forgetful 
 If they had not of them Shepherds "^• 
 a note of direSiion for 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 Deceivers 
 they forgot He asked moreover, \i fine Jpoken. 
 the Shepherds did not bid them be- ^°' '*•'*• 
 ware of the Flatterer^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.as. 2. 
 when they did, he chaftized them * Chron. 6. 
 fore, to teach them the good way ''*' *''• 
 wherein they fhould walk ; and as ^^^ ^ 
 he chaftized them, hefaid. As many 
 N as 
 
1 82 ci^c Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 Thev are as I love, I vebukc and chaften\ he 
 
 •wbipttand zealous therefore, and repent. This 
 
 jtnt on done, he bids them go on their way, 
 
 '^'^' and take good heed to the other, di- 
 
 re6tions 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- 
 
 ftray ! 
 They catched are in an intangling Net, 
 'Caufe they good Counjel lightly did 
 
 forget : 
 "Tis true, they refund were, 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 
 
Cfie Pilgrims Pioffrefs. iSj 
 
 nearer and nearer, and at laft came 
 up unto them. His namewas Atheiji, TAf Atheift 
 and he asked them whether they meets them. 
 were going. 
 
 Chr. We are going to the Mount 
 Sion. 
 
 Then Atheiji fell into a very great Ue Laughs 
 Laughter. at them. 
 
 Chr. What is the, meaning of your 
 Laughter ? 
 
 Atheiji. 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- 
 Jhall not be received ? f"" '"S^- 
 
 AtheiJi.'R.ecdveA}. There is no fuch '''"'■ 
 place as you Dream of, in all this 
 World. 
 
 Chr. But there is in the World to 
 come. 
 
 Atheiji. When I was at home in 
 mine own Countrey, I heard as you 
 now affirm , and from that hearing 
 went out t'o fee, and have been feek- 
 ing this City this twenty years : But jer. „. , j. 
 find no more of it, then I did the firft ec. jo. 15. 
 day I fet out. 
 
 Chr^ We have both heard and he- 
 N 2 lieve 
 
1 84 C&e Pilgrims P2Offref0. 
 
 lieve that there is Juch a place to be 
 found. 
 
 Atheift. Had not I, when at home 
 
 believed, I had not come thus far to 
 
 ne Ath ^^^^ ■ ^"' fi'i'i^^g none , (and yet I 
 
 ift takes ui> A^ould, had there been fuch a place 
 
 his content to be found, for I have gone to feek 
 
 in this it further then yoti J I am going back. 
 
 fferld. again , and will feek to refrefti my 
 
 felf with the things that I then caft 
 
 away , for hopes of that which I now 
 
 fee is not. 
 
 Chriftian Chr. Then faid Chriftian to Hope- 
 
 proveth hisful his Fellow , Is it true which this 
 
 Brother, ^an hath Jaid ? 
 
 Hopefuls Hopef. Take heed, he is one of the 
 
 gracious Flatterers ; remember what it hath 
 
 anfiuer > coft US yonce already for our harkning 
 
 to fuch kind of Fellows. What ! no 
 
 Mount Sion I Did we not fee from 
 
 2 Cor. s. 7. the delegable Mountains the Gate 
 
 of the City ? Alfo, are we not now 
 
 to walk by Faith ? Let us go on, faid 
 
 Hopeful, left the man with the Whip 
 
 overtakes us again. 
 
 You fhould have taught me that 
 _ LefTon, which I will round you in the 
 
 Prov. 19. • 1 11 ^ /■ r, 1 I 
 
 ,y ears withall -fCeafe, my Son, to hear the 
 
 Heb. 10. InJlruSiion that caufeth to err from the 
 39- words of knowledge. I fay my Brother, 
 
 ceafe 
 
CDe Pilgrims Pjogrefs. 185 
 
 ceafe to hear him, and let us believe 
 to the faving of the Soul. 
 
 Chr. My Brother J did not -put the ■ 
 queftion to thee, for that Idoubtedofthe 
 Truth of our belief my Jelf: But to prove ^ ^^^-^ ^f. 
 thee, and to fetch from thee a fruit of an honeji 
 the honefiy of thy heart. As for this heart, 
 man, I know that he is blinded hy 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. ijohn2.ir 
 
 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 V>iy are 
 went till they came into a certain """' '" '** 
 Countrey , whofe Air naturally ten- ^^ ^^ 
 ded to make one drowfie, if he 
 came a ftranger into it. And here 
 Hopeful began to be very dull and 
 hea,vy of fleep, wherefore he faid un- 
 to Chrifiian, I do now begin to grow 
 fo drowfie , that I can fcarcely hold ^ °]'^„" 
 up mine eyes ; let us lie down here ^e drowfit 
 and take one Nap. 
 
 Chr. By no means, faid the other, cjjj.;(ji^„ 
 left Jleeping, we never awake more, yep him 
 
 Hopef. Why my Brother ? fleep is a^jnake 
 fwect to the Labouring man; we 
 N J may 
 
1 86 Cfie pilgrims Piogrefg. 
 
 may be refreflied if we take a Nap. 
 Chr. Do you not remember tha!t one 
 
 of the Shepherds bid us beware of the 
 
 Inchanted ground? He meant by that, 
 iThef.5. 6 thatw.ejhouldbewareoffleeping^here- 
 
 f ore let us notfleep as do others, but let 
 
 us watch and befober. 
 jie 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. min faith , Two are better then one. 
 
 Hitherto hath thy Company been my 
 
 mercy ; and thou fhalt have a good 
 
 reward for thy labour. 
 Topre'uent Chr. Now then , faid Chrifiian, 
 drow/inefs fg tr event drowfinefs in this -place, let 
 they fall to , f r n • ^ j j-r r 
 
 'j,.^ let us jail into good dijcourje. 
 
 courfe. Hopef. With all my heart, faid the 
 
 other. 
 Gooddif- Chr. Where fhall we begin? 
 ZntsdrZ ^°f^f- Where Godbegan with us. 
 Rnefs ■^"*- ^° y°^ begin^ if you pleafe. 
 
 When 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, 
 Thus to keep ope their drowfie flumbring 
 
 eyes. Saints 
 
Cfje Pilgrims Piogrefs. 187 
 
 Saints fellowjhip^ if it be manag'd well. 
 Keeps them atvahy and that in fpite of 
 hell. 
 
 Chr . Then Chrijiian began and faid, 
 IwillaskyouaqUeftion. Howcameyou 
 to think at firft of doing as you donow? 
 
 Hopef. Do you mean. How came 
 I at firft to look after the good of my 
 Soul ? 
 
 Chr, TeSy 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 
 ('had I continued inthemftill)drown- 
 ded me in perdition and deftrudlion. 
 
 Chr. What things were they ? 
 ■ ii&pis/'. All the Treafures and Riches 
 of the World. Alfo I delighted much in 
 Rioting, Revelling, Driliking, Swear- • 
 ing , Lying, Unclearjnefs, 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.e.n 
 his Faith and good-living in Vanity- 22, 23. 
 fair J 'That the end of thefi things is Eph. 5. 6 
 N 4 death. 
 
1 88 Cfje pilgrimis piogrefs. 
 
 death. And that for thefe things fa 
 the wrath of God cometh upon 
 children of difobedlence. 
 
 Chr. Anddidyowprejentlyfallun 
 the -power of this conviStion I • 
 
 Hopef. No, I was not, willing p 
 fently to know the evil of fin, nor 
 damnation that follows upon 
 commiffion of it , but endeavour 
 when my mind at firft began! to 
 fhaken with the word , to fliut m 
 eyes againft the light thereof. 
 
 Chr. But what was the caufe ofy> 
 carryingofit thus to the firft worki. 
 of Gods blejfed Spirit upon you ? 
 
 Hopef. The caufes were, i . I \ 
 ignorant that this was the work 
 God upon me. I never thought t 
 by awaknings for fin, God at firft 
 gins the converfion of a finner . i.\ 
 was yet very fweet to my flefti, i 
 I was loth to leave it. 3 . I could : 
 tell how to part with mine old Co 
 panions, their prefence and adii 
 were fo defirable unto me. 4. T 
 hours in which convidtions were 1 
 on me , were fuch troublefome : 
 fuch heart-affrighting hours , t 
 I could not bear,no not fo much as 
 remembrance of them upon my he: 
 
 C 
 
Chr. 1'henasit/eems,Jometimes you 
 got rid of your trouble. 
 
 Hofef. Yes verily , but It would 
 come into my^ mind again, and then I 
 fliould be as bad, nay worfe, then I 
 was before. 
 
 Chr. Why, whativas it that brought 
 your fins to mind again? 
 
 Ho-pefi Many things. As, 
 
 1. If I did but meet a good man In 
 the Streets ; or, 
 
 2. 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 TouU for 
 fome that were dead ; or, 
 
 6. -Iflthoughtofdyingmyfelf; 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. Andcouldyouat any time with 
 eaje get off the guilt of fin when by any 
 of thefe wayes it came upon you ? 
 
 Hopef. No, not latterly, for then 
 they got fafter hold of my Confci- 
 
 ence 
 
190 C6e Pilgrims P?ogref0. 
 
 ence. And then, if I did but think 
 of going back to fin (though my 
 mind was turned againft it^ it would 
 • be double torment to me. 
 
 Chr. And how 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 fijis , but finful Company 
 too ; and betook me to Religious 
 Duties, as Praying, Reading, weep- 
 ing for Sin, fpeaking Truth to my 
 Neighbours, ^c. Thefe things I did 
 with many others, too much here to 
 relate. 
 
 Chr. And didyouthinky our Jelf well 
 then ? 
 
 Hopef. Yes, for a while ; but at the 
 laft 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 
 
 rfa. 64. 6. ivj\rv'^-asxh.'dk.\All our righteoufneffts 
 
 Gala.i.i6. are as filthy rags. By the works of the 
 
 Law 
 
C&e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 191 
 
 Law no manjhall hejufiified. When 
 youhave done allthings, Jay, Weareun- Luk.17.10 
 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 all, we 
 I 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 fliall pay for all that he 
 fhiall fetch , yet his old debt' ftands 
 ftill in the Book uncroffed ; for the 
 which the Shop-keeper may fue him, 
 and caift him into Prifon till he {hall 
 pay the debt. 
 
 Chr. Well, and bow did you apply 
 this toyour Jelfl 
 
 Hopef. 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 flioiild think ftill 
 . under all my prefent amendments , 
 But how fliall I be freed from that 
 damnation that I have brought my 
 felf in danger of by my former tranl- 
 greflions ^ 
 
 Chr. 
 
192 c&e Pilgtims P?ogrefs. 
 
 Chr. A very good amplication : 
 fray go on. 
 
 Hope. Another thing that hath ti 
 bled me, even fince my late am( 
 ments, is, that if I look narrowly 
 the beft of what I do now, I ftill fee 
 new fin, mixing it felf with the 
 of that I do. So that now I am foi 
 to conclude, that notwithftanc 
 my former fond conceits of my 
 and duties , I have committed fi 
 nough in one duty to fend me to t 
 though my former life had 1 
 faultlefs. 
 
 Chr. And what did you do the 
 
 Hopef. Do ! I could not tell v 
 to do, till I brake my mind to F^ 
 ful ; for he and I were well acqu 
 ted : And he told me. That unl( 
 could obtain the righteoufnefe ( 
 man that never had finned , nei 
 mine own, nor all the righteoui 
 of the World could fave me. 
 
 Chr. And did you think he Ji 
 true ? 
 
 Hopef. Had he told me fo w 
 I was pleafed and fatisfied i 
 mine own amendments , I had 
 led him Fool for his pains : but n 
 fince I fee my own infirmity , 
 
C!)e Pil0rims P?ogrefs. 193 
 
 the fin that cleaves to my beft per- 
 formance, I have beep forceed to 
 be of his opinion. 
 
 Chr. But did you think , when at 
 firft hejuggefied it to you , that there 
 wasjuch a man to be fo.und, of whom 
 it might juftly be /aid, 'that he never 
 committed Jin ? 
 
 Hopef. I muft confefs the words at 
 firft founded ftrangely , but after a 
 little more talk and company with 
 him, I had full convidion about it. 
 
 Chr. And did you ask him what 
 man this was,and howyoumufi bejufti- 
 fied by him ? 
 
 Hope. Yes , and he told me it was 
 the Lord Jefus, that dwelleth on the r,^ ' '°" 
 
 , K,om. A, 
 
 right hand of the moft High ; And col. i. 
 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 himfelfjbut for us ; to whom 
 his doings, and the worthinefs of 
 
 them 
 
'94 Cl)e Pilpims lP?ogrefs. 
 
 them ihould be imputed, if 1 believed 
 on him. 
 
 Chr. ylnd what did you do then ? 
 / Hope.l made my objedions againft 
 
 my befieving , for that I thought he 
 was not willing to fave me. 
 
 Chr. And whqtjaid Faithful to you. 
 then ? 
 
 Hopef. He bid me go to him and 
 
 fee: Then I faid. It was prefumption: 
 
 Mat.11.28 but he faid. No: for I was invited to 
 
 come. Then he gave me a book oije- 
 
 Jus his inditing, to incourage me the 
 
 more freely to come : And he faid 
 
 concerning that Book , That every 
 
 jot and tittle there of flood firmer 
 
 Ma«i4.3s then Heaven and earth. > Then I asked 
 
 him. What I muft do when I came? 
 
 p^ g and he told me , I muft intreat upon 
 
 Dan. 6.10. "ly knees with all my heart and foul, 
 
 jer. 29. iz, the Father to reveal him to me. Then 
 
 »3. I asked him further, How I muft 
 
 make my fupplication to him ? And 
 
 he faid , Go, and thou fhalt find him 
 
 Exiciz "P°n a mercy-feat, where he fits all 
 
 Lev. 16. 2. the year long , to give pardon and 
 
 Nu. 7. sg. forgivenefs to them that come. I 
 
 Heb. 4. 6. (.qI^ JjJjjj that I knew not what to 
 
 fay when I came : and he bid me fay 
 
 to this efFed, God be merciful to me a 
 
 Jinner, 
 
C6e Pilgrims ^vj^ttts: 195 
 
 fmner^and make me to know and believe 
 in Jejus Chriji ; for I Jee that if his 
 righteoujnefshadnot been^or I have not 
 faith in that righteoufnejs, I am utterly 
 caji awny: Lord,Ihave heard that thou 
 art a merciful God, and haft ordained 
 that thy Son Jefus Chriftfhould be the 
 Saviour of the World ; and moreover, 
 that thou art willing to beftow him upon 
 fuch a poor Jinner as I am, (and I am 
 ajinner indeed) Lord take therefore 
 this opportunity , and magnifie thy grace 
 in the Salvation of my foul , through 
 thy Son. Jefus Chrift, 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 the fixth time neither. 
 
 Chr. What 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. 
 
196 CDe Pilgrims p?ogtcfs. 
 
 Chr. And what was the reafon you 
 did not ? 
 
 Hopef, I believed that that was 
 true which had been told me, to wit. 
 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, becavje 
 Habb.«.3. itt]oillJurelycQme.,andwillmt tarry. So 
 I continued Praying untill the Father 
 fliewed me his Son. 
 
 Chr. And'how was he revealed unto 
 you ? 
 
 Hopef. I did not fee him with my 
 
 Eph.i.i8, bodily eyes, but with the eyes of 
 
 '9- 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 frefti 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, 
 
 Aasi6.3o ^^'^ ^*yi"g> Believe on the Lprd Jefus 
 
 3 , . Chrift, and thou fhalt bejaved. 
 
 But 
 
Cf)c Pilgrims Piogrefg. 197 
 
 But I replyedj Lord, I am a great, 
 a very great finner ; and he anfwered, ^^^^ ^^ 
 My grace is sufficient for thee. Then I ' '' 
 faid,But Lord, whatis believing ? And 
 then I faw from that faying, [He that ^ , 
 cometh to mejhall never hunger, and he ' '^ ' 
 that believeth on me Jhall never thirft~\ 
 That believing and coming was all 
 one, and that he that came , that 
 is, run out in his heart and affeftions 
 after falvation by Chrift, he indeed 
 believed in Chrift. Then the water 
 flood in mine eyes, and I asked fur- 
 ther , But Lord, may fuch a greit 
 finner as I am, be indeed accepted 
 of thee, and be faved by thee ? And Jo''- S- 3 6. 
 I heard him fay. And him that cometh 
 tome, I will inno wife caft out . Then 
 I faid. But how. Lord, muft I confi- 
 der of thee in my comingto thee^that 
 my faith may be placed aright upon iTi.1.15 
 thee ? Then he faid, Chrift Je/us came Rom. 1 0.4. 
 into the Worldtojave finner s. He is the chap. 4- 
 end of the Law for righteoufnefs to e- ^''^' ''• *'*■' 
 very one that believes. He 'died for ** 
 our fins, and roje again for ourjuftifi- 
 cation : He loved us, and wafhed 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 
 
198 Cijc Pilg:tim.s P?ogrefs. 
 
 From all which I gathered , that I 
 muft look for .rightebufnefs in his 
 perfon, and for fatisfadtion 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 afFeftions running 
 over with Love to the Name, People, 
 and Ways of Jefus Chrift, 
 Chr . 'This was a Revelation of Chrift to 
 yourjoulindeed: Buttellmeparticular- 
 lywhat effeEithis had upon yourjpirit. 
 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 
 carne thought into mine heart before 
 now, that fliewed me fo the beauty 
 of Jefus Chrift, It made me love a 
 holy life, and long to do fomething 
 
 for 
 
Cfte Ipilgrims Piogrefsi. 199 
 
 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- 
 fiian, how far yonder lounglier loite- 
 reth behind. 
 
 Chr. Ay, Ay, I fee him; he careth 
 not for our Company. 
 
 Hopef. Butltro, it wouldnothave 
 hurt him, had he kept pace with us 
 hitherto. 
 
 Chr. That's true , but I warrant 
 you he thinketh otherwife 
 
 Hope. "That I think he doth, but 
 however let us tarry for him. So they norafce ^ 
 
 did. comej up 
 
 Then Chriftian faid to him. Come again, 
 away man, why doyoufiayfo 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 Chriftian to Hopef ulChut 
 
 foftlyj Did I not tell you, he cared not 
 
 O 2 for 
 
200 c&e Pilgrims lp?ogre(0. 
 
 for our Company: But however, come 
 up, andlet us talk away the time in this 
 Jolitary place. Then direfting his 
 Speech to Ignorance , he faid. Come, 
 how do you ? howftands 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. 
 
 Chr. What 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 perfwaded 
 that ,thou haji left all for God and 
 Heaven ? 
 
 Ignor. My heart tells me fo. 
 
 Chr. 
 
C&e Pilgrims PiogreCs. 201 
 
 Chr. 'The wife man Jayes , He that 
 trufts his own heart is a fool. ^'■- *^' *9 
 
 Ignor. This is fpoken of an evil 
 heart, but mine is a good one. 
 
 Chr. But how doji thou prove that ? 
 
 Ignor. It comforts me in the hopes 
 of Heaven. 
 
 Chr. That may be, through its deceit- 
 fulnejs , for a mans heart may mini- 
 Jier comfort to him in the hopes of that 
 thing, for which he yet hasnogroundto 
 hope. 
 
 Ignor. But my heart, and lifeagree 
 together , and therefore my hope is 
 well grounded. 
 
 Chr. .Who told thee that thy heart 
 and life agree together ? 
 
 Ignor. My heart tells me fo. 
 
 Chr. Askmy fellow if IbeaThief'. 
 Thy heart tells theefo ! Except the 
 wordofGodbeareth "Voitnefs in thismat- 
 ter, other Tejlimony is of no value, 
 
 Ignor. But is it not a good , heart 
 that has good thoughts? Andisnot 
 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 
 
202 ctie pugrimg p?ogrcfs. 
 
 haHie theje, 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, Jome r effecting our /elves, 
 Jome God, Jome Chr ifti and Jome other 
 things. 
 
 Ignor. What be good thoughts re- 
 fpeding our felves ? 
 
 Chr. Suchas agree with the Word of 
 God. , 
 
 Jgnor. When does our thoughts of 
 our felves agree with the Word of 
 God? 
 
 Chr. When ivepqfsthejame Judge- 
 ment upon our felves which the Word 
 pajfes: To explain myjelf. The Word 
 ofGodJaith ofperfons in a natural con- 
 dition. There is none Righteous, 
 Rom. 3. there is none that doth good. Itjaitb 
 Gen. 6. 8. alfo. 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, 
 
C&e Pilgrims Piogrefs. 203 
 
 Ignor. I will never believe that my 
 heart is thus bad. 
 
 Chr. I'herefore thou never hadfl one 
 good thought concerning thy/elfin thy 
 life. But let me go on : As the Word 
 pajfeth ajudgement upon our HEAR 'T, 
 Jo it fajfeth a Judgement upon our , 
 WATS; and when our thoughts ojour 
 HEARTS and WATS agree 
 with thejudgment which the Wordgiv- 
 eth of both, then are both good, becauje 
 agreeing thereto. 
 
 Ignor. Make out your meaning. 
 
 Chr. Why , the Word oj God Jaith, 
 That mans ways tire crooked ways, not Pf. 125- 
 good, but perverje: It Jaith, They are ^'°-'^- 
 naturally out ojthe good way, that they °'"' ^ 
 have not known it. Now when a man 
 thus thinketh of his ways, I Jay when 
 he dothjenjtbiy , and with heart-hu-, 
 miliation thus think, then hath he good 
 thoughts of his own ways, becaufehis ' 
 thoughts now agree with the Judgment 
 of the Word of God. 
 
 Ignor. What are good thoughts 
 concerning God ? 
 
 Chr. Even. {as I have Jaid concern- 
 ing our Jelves) when our thoughts oJ 
 God do agree with what the Word Jaith 
 ojhim. And that is, when we think of 
 O 4 his 
 
204 Ctie pilgrims p?ogrefiS. 
 
 his Being and Attributes as the Word 
 hath taught: Of ivhiih I cannot now 
 difcour/e at, large. But to /peak of him 
 with reference to us, Then we have right 
 thoughts of God , whenwe thinkthathe 
 knows us better then we know our f elves, 
 and can fee fin in us, when and where 
 we can fee none in our f elves ; when we 
 think he knows our in-moft thoughts, 
 and that our heart with all its depths 
 is alwayes open unto his eyes : Alfo 
 when we think that all our Righteouf- 
 nefs ftinks in his Noftrils , and that 
 therefore he cannot abide to fee usftand 
 before him in any confidence even of all 
 our beft performances. 
 
 Ignor. Do you think that I am fuch 
 a fool , as to think God can fee no 
 further then I ? or that I wguld come 
 to God in the beft of my perfor- 
 mances ? 
 
 Chr. tVhy, bow dofi thou think in 
 this matter ? 
 
 Ignor. Why, to be fhort, I think 
 I muft believe in Chrift for Juftifica- 
 tion. 
 
 'Chr. How! think thoumufl believe 
 in Chrifi, when thou feefi not thy need of 
 him ! Thou neither Jeeft thy original, or 
 aSlual infirmities, but haft fuch an 
 
 opinion 
 
CJje IPilgnms Piogrcfs. 205 
 
 opinion of thy/elfy and of whpA thou 
 doeji, as plainly renders thee to be one 
 that did never fee a neceffity of Chrijis 
 perfonal righteoufnefs to juftifie thee ■ 
 before God: How then dofi thou fay, I 
 believe in Chrift ? 
 
 Ignor. I believe well enough for 
 all that. 
 
 Chr. How doefl, thou believe ? 
 
 Ignor'. I believe that Chrift died 
 forfinners, and that I fhall be jufti- 
 fied 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 Jiis Father by 
 vertue of his Merits ; and fo ftiall I 
 be juftified. 
 
 Chr. Let me give an anfwer to this 
 confejjion of thy faith. 
 
 1 . 'thou believejl with a Fantaftical 
 Faith, for this faith is no where de- 
 
 fcribed in the Word. 
 
 2. Thou believeji with a'PdXk Faith, 
 becaufe it taketh Juftification from the 
 ■perfonal righteoufnefs of Chriji , and 
 applies it to thy own. 
 
 3. 'This faith maketh not Chriji a 
 Jufiifierofthyperfon, but of thy anions; 
 and of thy perfon for thy a£iionsfake, 
 which isfalfe. 4. "There- 
 
2o6 cbe Ipflgrims PiogteCs. ' 
 
 4. Therefore this faith is deceitful^ 
 even/ttch aswillleteuetheeunder wrath ^ 
 in the day of God Almighty. For true 
 Juftifying Faith puts the foul (asjen- 
 fible of its left condition by the Law) up- 
 on flying for refuge unto Cbrifts righte- 
 oujnejs: (Which righteoufnefs o^his, is 
 not an aS of grace, by which he maketh 
 for fuftification thy obedience accepted 
 with God, but Kis perfonal obedience to 
 , the Law in doing and Juffering for us, 
 what that required at our hands) This 
 righteoufnefs, I fay, true faith acceptetb, 
 under the skirt of which, the foul being 
 fliroaied, andbyitprefentedasfpotlefs 
 before God, it is accepted, and acquit 
 from condemnation. 
 
 Jgnor. 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 , aitd 
 as thy name is, fa art thou ; even this 
 thy anfwer demonftrateth what J fay. 
 Ignorant thou art of what Juftifying 
 
 rigb- 
 
Ci)e Pilgrims Picgrcfs. 207 
 
 righteoufnefs is, and as ignorant how to 
 Jecure thy Soul through the faith of it, 
 from the heavy wrath of God. Tea, 
 thou alfo art ignorant of the true 
 effeSfs of faving faith in this righte- 
 oufnefs of Chriji , which is , to bow 
 and win over the heart to God in 
 Chriji, to love his Name, his Word, 
 Ways, and People ; and not as thou 
 ignorantly imaginefi. 
 
 Hop. Ask him if ever he had Chrift 
 revealed to him from Heaven ? 
 
 Ignor. Whatl You are a man for re- 
 velations] I believe that what both you, 
 and all the reft of you fay about that 
 matter , is buf the fruit of dijiralied 
 braines. 
 
 Hop. Why man ! Chrift is fo hid 
 in God from the natural apprehen- 
 iions of all fle()i, that he cannot by 
 any man be favingly known, unlefs 
 God the Father reveals him to them. 
 
 Ignor. l!h at is your faith, but not 
 mine ; yet mine I doubt not, is as good 
 as yours: Though I have not in my head 
 fo 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 y/ill 
 boldlyaffirm,(even as my good Com- 
 panion 
 
2o8 c&e Pilgrims lP?og:refs. 
 
 Mat.ii.ig Companion hath done^ that no man 
 
 "eI'Vis '^^^ ^^°'" J^^"® ^^"^ ^^^ ^^ *^^ ^^' 
 J" ■'■' 'velation of the Father: yea, and 
 
 faith too, by which the foul layeth 
 hold upon Chrift (if it be right) rauft 
 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 
 himfelf is God) thou flialt be deli- 
 vered from condemnation. 
 The talk ■fg"^* Tou go fo f aft, I cannot keep 
 broke up. f^i^e with you ; do you go on before, 1 
 muft ftay awhile behind. 
 
 Well Ignorance, wilt thou yet fooUjh be. 
 To Jlight good Counfel, ten times given 
 
 thee ? 
 And if thou yet refufe it , thou Jhalt 
 
 know 
 Ere long the evil of thy doing fo : 
 Remember man in time,Jioop,do not fear^ 
 Good Counfel taken well, faves j there- 
 fore hear : 
 But if thou yet Jhalt flight it,thou wilt be 
 The lofer {^Ignorance) Tie warrant thee. 
 
 Chr. 
 
C&e pilgrimis Piogcefs. 209 
 
 Chr. Well, come my good Hope- 
 ful, I perceive that thou and I muft 
 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 
 Chrifiian to his companion. It pities 
 me much for this poor man, it will cer- 
 tainly go ill with him at lajl. 
 
 Hope. Alas, there are abundaVice 
 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 W^ord/aith, Hehath 
 blinded their eyes,left theyfhould fee, 
 &c. But nowwe are ly our/elves, what 
 do you think ofjuch men ? Have they 
 at no time, think you, conviElions of fin, 
 and Jo conjequently fears that their Jl ate 
 is dangerous ? 
 
 Hopef. Nay, do you anfwer that 
 queftion your felf, for you are the 
 elder man. 
 
 Chr. 'Then I Jay Jometimes (as I 
 think) they may, but they being natu- 
 rally ignorant, underjtand not thatjuch 
 conviSiions tend to their good; and 
 
 there- 
 
21 o Cf)c Pilgrims p?ogrefs. 
 
 therefore they do defperately feek to 
 ftifie them, and prejumptuoujly con- 
 tinue to flatter them/elves in the way of 
 . their own hearts. 
 7be good 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.i 1 1. 10. lieHght:forJofaystheword,Thekiro( 
 Pro.17.ch. jjjg Lordisthebeginningof Wifdom. 
 '■ °' Hopef. How will you defcribe right 
 
 ig ear. Q^j.^ True, or right fear, is difco- 
 vered by three things. 
 
 1. By its rife. It is caufed by fa- 
 ying conviftions 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 
 ipeak reproachfully. 
 
 Hopef. Well faid , I believe you 
 have faid the truth. Are we now 
 
 almoft 
 
C6e Pilgrim0 p^ogrefs. 211 
 
 almoft got paft the Inchanted ground? 
 
 Chr. Why, are you weary of this 
 dijcourje ? 
 
 Hopef. No verily,but that I would 
 know where we are. 
 
 Chr. fVe have not now above two 
 Milesfurther to go thereon. But let us 
 return to our matter. Now the Igno' 
 rant know not that Juch conviSions 
 that tend to put them in fear , are for 
 their good, and therefore they feek to 
 Jlifle 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 diredly 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. T^ey pre- 
 fume they ought not to fear, and 
 therefore, in defpite of them, wax prc- 
 iumptuoufly confident 4. They fee 
 that thefe fears tend to take away 
 from them their pitiful old felf-holi- 
 
212 C[)e pilgrimg lP?ogrcf0. 
 
 nefs, and therefore they refift them 
 with all their might. 
 
 Hope. I know fomething of this 
 my felf ; for before I knew my felf 
 it was fo with me, 
 
 Chr. fVell, we will leave at this 
 time our Neighbour Ignorance by him- 
 himjelf, and fall upon another profita- 
 ble quejiion. 
 Ta/t about Hopef. With all my heart, but you 
 one Tem- fliall ftiU begin, 
 porary. Qhr. Well then, did you not know 
 
 (There be about ten years ago, one Temporary in 
 ™* ■ your parts, who was a forward man in 
 Religion then ? 
 
 Hope. Know him ! Yes, he dwelt 
 in Gracelefs, a Town about two miles 
 off of Honefiy, and he dwelt next door 
 to one Turn-back. 
 
 Chr. Right, he dwelt under the fame 
 roof with him. Well, that man was 
 much awakened once ; I believe that 
 then he had fome fight of his fins, and 
 of the wages that was due thereto. 
 
 Hope. I am of your mind, for ('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 
 siltogether without hope of him; 
 
 but 
 
C6e Pilgrims P?ogrcf;s. 213 
 
 but one may fee it is not every one 
 that cries, Lord, Lord. 
 
 Chr. He told me at once. That he was 
 rejolved 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 aftranger to me. 
 
 Hope. Now fince we are talking 
 about him, let us a little enquire in- 
 to the reafon of the fuddain back- 
 fliding of him and fuch others. 
 
 Chr, // may be very prjojitable, 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 
 
214 Cfje pilgrims p?ogrefs. 
 
 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 Dog 
 is turned to his own vomit again. This 
 
 ^^ '. ' \ fay being hot for Hfeaven, 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. 29.15 and they return to their courfe again. 
 lly. 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 bringetb 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 leaft, of 
 bringing themfelves into unavoida- 
 ble and un-neceflary troubles; and 
 
 fo 
 
Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogrefs. 215 
 
 fo they fall In with the world again. 
 
 2ly. 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/y. Guilt, and to meditate ter- 
 rour , are grievous to them , they 
 like not to fee their mifery before 
 they come into it. Though perhaps 
 thefightofit firft, if they loved that 
 fight, might make them flie whither 
 the righteous flie andarefefe; 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. Touarepretty near thebufinefs, 
 for the bottom of all is, for want of 
 a change in their mind and will. And 
 therefore they are but like the Fellon 
 that flandeth before the Judge . he 
 quakes and trembles , andfeems to re- 
 P 2 pent 
 
21 6 Cbe Pilgrim0 Piogrcfs. 
 
 ■pent mofi heartily ; but the bottom of 
 all is, the fear of the Halter, not of any 
 detejiation of the offence; as is evident, 
 becaufe, let but this man have his li- 
 berty, and he will be a Thief, and fa 
 a Rogue ftill; whereas , if his mind was 
 changed, he would be otherwife. 
 
 Hope. Now I have fhewecj you 
 the reafons of their going back, do 
 you fhew me the manner thereof. 
 Hoia the Chr. So I will willingly. 
 Apotiate I . They draw oiF 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, watchihg, for- 
 row for fin, and the like. 
 
 3. Then they ftiun the company 
 of lively and warm Chriftians. 
 
 4. After that, they grow cold to 
 pujjlick 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 deviliftily; 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 
 
CJe Pilgrims P^ogrefs. 217 
 
 6. Then they begin to adhere to, 
 and aflbciate 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. ^fter 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 periih 
 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.i.io, 
 way lying direftly through it, they ", i*- 
 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 o{ the Turtle in 
 the Land. In this Countrey the Sun 
 fhineth night and day; wherefore 
 P 3 this 
 
21 8 cbe Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 this was beyond the Valley of the 
 Jhadow of death, and alfo out of the 
 reach of Giant Dejfair ; neither 
 could they from this place fo much 
 as fee Doubting-Cajile. , Here they 
 were within fight of the City they 
 were going to : alfo here met them 
 Jngeh fome of the Inhabitants thereof. For 
 in this Land the fhining Ones com- 
 monly walked, becaufe it was upon 
 ' the Borders of Heaven. In this Land 
 alfo the contrad: between the Bride 
 
 Ifa 62 e ^"'^ ^^^ Bridgroom was renewed : 
 Yea here, as the Bridegroom rejoyceth 
 over the Bride, fo did their God rejoice 
 
 ver 8. over 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 
 
 ver II ^^y Salvation cometh, behold his re- 
 ward is with hiin. Here all the Inha- 
 bitants of the Countrey called them, 
 
 ver. IX. cfj^g jj^iy pggpig^ c[-jjg redeemed of the 
 
 Lord, Sought out, &c. 
 
 Now^s they walked in this Land, 
 , they had more rejoicing then in 
 parts more remote from the King- 
 dom 
 
C|)e IPilgrimg P2ogref0. 219. 
 
 dom to which they were bound ; and 
 drawing near to the City, they had 
 yet a more perfed: 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 refledtion of the Sun-beams 
 upon it , Chriftian , 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 Jick of 
 hve. 
 
 But being a little fl:rengthened,and 
 better able to bear their fiqknefe, 
 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 ^^^^ ^ 
 the way; to whom the Pilgrims faid, 2^ 
 Whofe goodly Vineyards and Gar- 
 dens are thefe? He anfwered , They 
 are the Kings, and are planted here 
 for his own dehghts, and alfo for 
 the folace of Pilgrims. So the Gardi- 
 ner had them into the Vineyards, 
 P 4 and 
 
220 cije Pilgrims P^opefs. 
 
 and bid them refrefh themfelves 
 with the Dainties ; He-»alfo fhewed 
 them there 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, thea ever they did in all 
 their Journey ; and being in a mufe 
 there about, the Gardiner faid even 
 to me , Wherefore mufeft 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 
 caiife 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 11. 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 Inftrument made 
 
 for that purpofe. So I faw, that as 
 
 they went on, there met them two 
 
 men, in Raiment that. Ihone like 
 
 Gold , alfo their faces fliohe as the 
 
 light. 
 
 Thefe men asked the Pilgrims 
 
 whence 
 
Cfje Pilgrims P^osrefst. 221 
 
 whence they came ? and they told 
 them ; they alfo asked them. Where 
 they had lodg'd, what difficultieSjand 
 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. 
 
 Chriftian 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 l>eatb is 
 go through, or you cannot come at ""' ™^'' 
 the Gate. '^^Jl^ 
 
 The Pilgrims then, began to en- though by 
 quire if there was no other way to itnuepafs 
 the Gate ; to which they anfwered, "»' rfti''' 
 Yes, but there hath not any, fave '^f''^ '"" 
 
222 , cf)0 Pilgrims p?ogrefs. 
 
 two, to wit, Enoch and Elijah, been 
 
 permitted to tread that path, fince 
 
 the foundatioii of the World , nor 
 
 fhall , untill the laft Trumpet fhall 
 
 51 52 '* found. The Pilgrims then , efpeci- 
 
 ally Chrifiian, began to difpond in his 
 
 niind, 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 
 
 belp"usnot ^^'p them in that Cafe, for faid they: 
 
 comfort a- ^ou Jh all find it deeper or Jhallower, 
 
 bly through as you believe in the King of the place. 
 
 death. They then addrefled themfelves to 
 
 the Water; andentring, Chrifiian 
 
 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- 
 Chriftians J^ian, Ah my friend , the forrows of 
 ea^fit a (jgg^^-jj have compafled me about, 
 
 the hour of ^ n n r IX 11 /I 
 
 ^g^fl,^ 1 ihall not lee the Land that flows 
 with Milk and Honey. And with 
 that , a great darknefs and horror 
 
 fell 
 
fell upon Chrijlian, fo that he could 
 not fee before hirn ; alfo here he 
 in great meafure loft his fenfes , fo 
 that he could neither remember nor 
 orderly talk of any of thofe fweet 
 refreftiments that he had met with 
 in the way of his Pilgrimage. But 
 -all the words that he fpake , ftill 
 tended to difcover that he had 
 horror of mind , and hearty .fears 
 that he ftiould 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 
 Hobgoblins and EvilSpirits.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 iie would . 
 rife up again half dead. Hopeful alfo 
 'Would endeavour to comfort him, 
 faying. Brother, I fee the Gate, and 
 men ftanding by it to receive us. 
 
 But 
 
224 C&e Pilgrims P?ogrefs. 
 
 But Chriftian would anfwer: 'Tis y ou, 
 'tis you they wait for, you have been 
 Hopeful ever fince I knew you ; and 
 fo have you, faid he to Chrijiian. 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 h,ave 
 quite forgot the Text, where its faid 
 Pfal73.4, of the wicked. There is no band in 
 5- their death, but their ftrength is firm, 
 
 they are not troubled as other men, nei- 
 ther are they plagued like other men. 
 Thefe troubles and diftrefles 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 liveupon him in your diftrefles. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , that 
 
 Chrijiian was as in a mufe a while ; 
 
 To whom alfo Hopeful added this 
 
 word , Be of good chear , Jefus 
 
 Cbrijiian Chrift maketh thee whole : And with 
 
 deli'vered that, Chriftian brake out with a loud 
 
 fromhu yQjj.g ^ Oh I fee him again ! and he 
 
 death ^^^ "^^ ' When thou pajfeft through 
 
 ifa- 43. 2. the waters , I will be with thee, and 
 
 through 
 
C6e Pilgtims p?og;ref!Sf. 225 
 
 through the Rivers, they Jhallnot 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 ypon the bank 
 of the River, on the other fide, they . 
 faw the two Ihining men again, 
 who there waited for them. Where- 
 fore being come up out of the River, 
 thy faluted them faying. We are mi- TheAageh 
 ntftring Spirits , font forth to minijier do kuait 
 for thoje that pall be Heirs of Salva-f'>rtbemfo 
 tion. Thus they went along to,wards-^''" "' 
 the Gate, now you muft note that ' '-J T^ , 
 
 1' ^ , , paljea out 
 
 the City ftood upon a mighty hill, jy^^/j 
 but the Pilgrims went up that hill 'world, 
 with eaje, bficaufe they had thefe two 
 men to lead them up by the Arms; iheyha'ue 
 alfo they had left their Mortal GviX- put off 
 ments behind them in the River; iot f^rtcdity, 
 though they went in with 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 
 
226 t-U Pilgrimg p?ogrefs. 
 
 They therefore went up through the 
 Regions of, the Air , fweetly talking 
 as they went , being comforted, he- 
 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 inexpreffible. 
 Heb. 12. There, faid they, is the Mount Sion, 
 ^^ *3. 24- the Heavenly Jeru/akm , theinume- 
 Rev •! I rable Company of Angels , and the 
 Spirits of juft men made perfect : 
 You are going now , faid they, 
 to the Paradice of God , wherein 
 you fhall 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 
 Bev. 2i.i. fliall not fee again , fuch things as 
 you faw when you were in the lower 
 Region upon the Earth, to wit, for- 
 row, ficknefs, afflidtion, and death, 
 for the former things are pajjed away . 
 Ifa.57.1.2. Yqjj g^g going now to Abraham ,• to 
 IJaac, and Jacob , and to the Pro- 
 phets 
 
C&e Pilgrim0 P^ogrefs. 227 
 
 Prophets; men that God hath taken Ifa-^SH 
 away from the evil to come, and that 
 are now refting 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 toU, 
 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 y on Jhalifee him as ■'° • ^' * 
 he is. There alfo you fhall 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 flelh. " There your 
 eyes fhall be delighted with feeing, 
 and your ears with hearing, the 
 pleafant voice of the mighty One. 
 There you fhall enjoy your friends 
 again, that are got thither before 
 you; and there you fhall with joy 
 receive, even every one that fol- 
 lows into the Holy Place after you. 
 
 There 
 
2i8 cfte pilgrims P?O0:refs. 
 
 Theft. 4. There alfo* you fhall be cloathed 
 
 13,14, '5. with Glory and Majefty, and put 
 
 jude 14. '"•^o ^^ 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 , as upon the wings of the 
 
 Windj'you fhall come with him; and 
 
 when he fh^ll ftt upon the Throne of 
 
 Judgement , you fhall fit by him ; 
 
 yea, and when he fhall pafs Sentence 
 
 upon all 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 Hofl 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 
 
C|)e Pilgrims Pjogtefs. 229 
 
 their Redeemer in the face with joy. 
 
 Then the Heavenly Hoft gave a 
 
 great fhout, faying, Blejed are they '^^''^'- ''» 
 
 that are called to the Marriage /upper 
 
 of 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^^-""k 
 they that do his commandments, that 
 they may have right to the 'Tree of life; 
 andmay 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, i^c. to whom it was faid, 
 Thefe Pilgrims, are come from the 
 City of DeflruSlion, 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 |iad read them, 
 faid. Where are the men ? To whom 
 it was anfwered. They are ftanding 
 without the Gate , the King then 
 Q com- 
 
230 dje Pilgrims p^ogrefg. 
 
 Ifa. a6 2. commanded to open the Gate; "That 
 t]?e righteous Nation , faid he, that 
 keepeth Truth may enter in. 
 
 Now 1 faw in my Dream, that 
 thefe two men went in at the Gate ; 
 and ]oe, as they entered, they were 
 transfigured, and they had Raiment 
 put on that flione like Gold. There 
 was alfo that met them with Harps 
 and Crowns,and gave them to them; 
 the Harp to praife withall, 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.s.13, themfelves ^ that they fang with a 
 '■*• loud voice,' faying, Blejfirig, Honour, 
 
 Glory and Power, be to him thatfitteth 
 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 GoId,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 pilgrims Piogrefis. 231 
 
 wings, and they anfwered one ano- 
 ther withoutintermiffion,faying,//o/y, 
 Holy, Holy, is the Lord. Andafterthat, 
 they fhi^t 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 
 inet with. For it happened that there 
 was then in that place oneVain-hope a 
 Ferry-man, that wijth 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 
 
232 Cfje i)il0;rims fegrefg. / 
 
 taught in our Streets. Then theiy 
 asked him for his Certificafe , that 
 they might go in and fhew it to the 
 King. 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 fhihirig Ones that 
 conduced Chrijiian and Hopeful to 
 the City, to go out and take Igno- 
 rance and bind him hand and foot, 
 and ha:ve him away. Then they took 
 him up, and carried him through the 
 air to the door that I faw in the fide of 
 thetlill,andputhiminthere. Then I 
 faw that there was a way to Helj, e- 
 v^h from the Gates of Heaven, as well 
 as from the City of DeftruSiion. So 
 I awoke, and behold it was a Dream. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
The Conclufion. 
 
 NOw Reader, I have told my Dream to thee ; 
 See if thou canjl Interpret it to me ; 
 Or to thy f elf , or Neighbour: hut take heed 
 Of mif-interpreting : for that, instead 
 Of doing good, will but thy felf abufe : 
 By mif-interpreting evil infu'es. 
 
 Take heed alfo, that thou he not extream. 
 In playing with the out-iide of my Dream : 
 Nor let my figure, or femilitude. 
 Put thee into a laughter or a feud ; 
 Leave this for Boys and Fools; but as for thee. 
 Do thou the fubflance of my matt^er fee. 
 
 Put by the Curtains, look ijoithin my Vail; 
 Turn up my Metaphors and do not fail: 
 There, if thou feekeft them.,fuch things to find., 
 j4j will he helpfull to an hone ft mind. 
 
 What of my drofs thou findeft there, be bold 
 To throw away., hut yet preferve the Gold. 
 What if my Gold he wrapped up in Ore ? , 
 None throws away the Apple fir the Core : 
 But if thou fhalt caft all away as vain, 
 I know not but 'twill make me Dream again. 
 
 THE END. 
 
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