The Authors Apology for his Book.

If that a Pearl may in a Toads-head dwell,
And may be found too in an Oifter-fhell;
If things that promise nothing, do contain
What better is than Gold? who will disdain,
That have an inkling of it, there to look,
that they may find it? Now my little Book,
(Tho void of all those paintings that they make
It with, this, or the other man to take,)
Is not without those things that do excell,
What do in brave, but empty Notions dwell.

Well, yet I am not fully satisfy'd, (try'd.
That this your Book will stand, when foundly
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 as mine,
Make Truth to spangle, and its Rays to shine.
But they want solidness: speak man thy mind:
They drownd the weak; Metaphors make us
Solidity, indeed, becomes the Pen (blind.
Of him that writeth things Divine to Men:
But must I needs want solidness, because
By Metaphors I speak; was not Gods Laws,
His Gospel-laws in olden time held forth
By Types, Shadows and Metaphors? Yet loth
Will any sober Man be to find fault
With them, left he be found for to assault
The highest Wisdom: No, he rather stoops,
And seeks to find out what by Pins and Loops,
By Calves, and Sheep, by Heifers, and by Rams,
By Birds and Herbs, and by the blood of Lambs,
God

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got him to bed; but the night was
as troublesome to him as the day :
wherefore instead of sleeping, he
spent it in sighs and tears. So when
the morning was come, they would
know how he did; and he told
them worse and worse. He also set
to talking to them again, but they
began to be hardened * They also
thought to drive away his distem-
per by harsh andfurly carriages
to him Sometimes they would
deride, sometimes they would
chide, and sometimes they would
quite neglect him: wherefore he
began to retire himself to his
Chamber to pray for, and pity
them; and also to condole his own
misery he would also walk soli-
tarily in the Fields, sometimes rea-
ding, and sometimes praying; and
thus for some dayes he spent his
time.

Now, I saw upon a time, when he
was walking in the Fields, that he
was (as he was wont) reading in his
Book, and greatly distressed in his
mind; and as he read, he burst out,
as he had done before, crying, What
shall I do to be saved?

I saw

Cairnal
Phyfick for
a Sick Soul.

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I saw also that he looked this way, and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, (as I perceived) he could not tell which way to go. I looked then, and saw a man named Evangelist, coming to him, and asked, Wherefore dost thou cry? He answered, Sir, I perceive by the Book in my hand, that I am condemned to die, and * after that, to come to judgment; and I find that I am not † willing to do the first, nor * able to do the second.

* Heb. 9:27.

† Job 26:21, 22.

* Ezek. 22. 14.

Then faith Evangelist, Why not willing to die? Since this life is attended with so many evils? The Man answered, because I fear that this burden that is upon my back, will sink me lower than the Grave; and I shall fall into * Tophet. And Sir, if I be not fit to go to Prison, I am not fit to go to Judgment, and from thence to Execution; and the thoughts of these things make me cry.

Isa. 30:33.

Then faith Evangelist, If this be thy condition, why standest thou still? He answered, because I know not whether to go; Then he gave him

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him a * Parchment-Roll, and there
was written within, † Fly from the
wrath to come.

* Conviction of the necessity of flying.
† Mat. 3.7.

The Man therefore read it, and
looking upon Evangelist very care-
fully; said Whither must I fly? Then
said Evangelist, pointing with his
finger over a very wide field, Do
you see yonde * Wicket-gate? The
Man said, No. Then said the other,
Do you see yonder † shining light ?
He said, I think I do. Then said Evan-
gelist, Keep that light in your eye,
and go up directly there o, † so shall
thou see the Gate; at which when
thou knockest, it shall be told thee
what thou shall do.

* Mat. 7.
Psalm 119.
105.
2 Pet. 1. 29.
+ Corift, and
the way to
him cannot
be found
without the
Wird,

So I saw in my Dream, that the
Man began to run; now he had not
run far from his own door, but his
Wife and Children perceiving it, be-
gan to cry after him to return:* but
the Man put his fingers in his ears.
and ran on, crying, Life, Life, E-
ternal Life: so he looked not be-
hind him, † but fled towards the
middle of the Plain.

* Luke 14.
26.
† Gen. 19.
27.

The Neighbors also came out to
* see him run, and as he ran, some

some, are a Gazing-stock to the World.

* They that fly from the wrath to Jer. 2.010.

mocked,

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mocked, others threatned, and some
cried after him to return: And a-
mong thofe that did so, there were
two that were resolved to fetch
him back by force. * The name of
the one was Obstinate, and the name
of the other Pliable. Now by this
time the Man was got a good diff-
ance from them; but however they
were resolved to purfue him; which
they did, and in a little time they
overtook him. Then faith the Man,
Neighbors, Wherefore are you come?
They faid, to perſwade you to go
back with us; but he faid, that can
by no means be: You dwell, (faid
he,) in the City of Desſtruction, (the
place alſo where I was born) I ſee
it to be so; and dying there, ſooner
or later, you will ſink lower than
the Grave, into a place that burns
with Fire and Brimſtone. be con-
tent good Neighbors, and go along
with me.

* Obſtinate.
and Pliable.
follow him.

* Obſtinate.

*What, said Obstinate, and leave
our Friends, and our Comforts behind
us!*

† Christian.

*Yes, said Christian, (for that was
his name) because, that all, which

*2 Cor.4.18, you shall forſake, is not * worthy to be

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be compared with a little of that
that I am seeking to enjoy, and if
you will go along with me, and
hold it, you shall fare as I my self;
for there where I go is * enough,
and to spare; Come away, and
prove my words.

* Luke 15

Obft. What are the things you seek,
since you leave all the world to find
them?

Chr. I seek an† Inheritance, in- †1 Pet.1.4.
corruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth
not away; and it is laid upin Heaven,
* and safe there, to be beftowed at
the time appointed, on them that
diligently seek it. Read it so, if you
will, in my Book.

* Heb. 11. 16.

Obft. Tush, said Obſtinante, away
with your Book; will you go back with
us, or no?

Chr. No, not I, faith the other;
becaufe I have laid my hand to the
† Plow.

† Luke 9. 62

Obſt. Come then, Neighbor Pliable,
let us turn again, and go home with-
out him; there is a companiy of these
Craz'd-headed Coxcombs, that when
they take a fancy by the end, are wiser
in their own eyes then seven men that
ean render a reaſon

Pli.

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Pli. Then said Pliable, don't re-
vile; if what the good Christian
fays, is true, the things he looks af-
ter are better then ours ; my heart
inclines to go with my Neighbour.

Obst. What! more fools still? be
ruled by me, and go back; who knows
whither such a brain-sick fellow will
lead you? go back, go back, and be wife.

Chr. *Come with thy Neighbor Pliable, there are such things to be had which I spoke of, and many more Glories besides; if you believe not me, read here in this Book; and for the truth of what is expreſt therein, behold, all is confirmed by the Blood of him that made it.

Pli. * Well Neighbor Obſtinate
(faith Pliable) I begin to come to a
point, I intend to go along with this
good man, and to cast in my lot with
him: But my good Companion, do you
know the way to this desired place ?

Chr. I am directed by a man
whose name is Evangelist, to speed
me to a little Gate that is before us,
where we shall receive inſtructions
about the way.

Pli. Come then good Neighbor, let
us be going, then they went both toge-
ther.

Obſt.

* Christian
and Obſti-
nate pull for
Pliable's
Soul.

* Pliable
concented
to go with
Christian.

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9

Obſt. And I will go back to my
place ſaid Obſtinate : I will be no
Companion of ſuch miſ-led ſantaſti-
cal Fellows.

Now I saw in my Dream, that
when Obſtinate was gone back, Chri-
ſtian and Pliable went *talking over
the Plain; and thus they began
their diſcourſe.

*Talk be-
tween Chri-
ſtian and
Pliable.*

Chr. Come Neighbour Pliable,
how do you do? I am glad you are
perſwaded to go along with me;
had even Obſtinate himſelf, but felt
what I have felt of the powers, and
terrors of what is yet ſunſen, he
would not thus lightly have given
us the back.

Pliable. Come Neighbor Chriſtian,
since there is none but us two here, tell
me now further, what the things are :
and how to be enjoyed, whither we are
going.

Chr. I can better conceive of
them with my mind, than ſpeak of
them with my Tongue: But yet
ſince you are defirous to know, I
will read of them in my Book.

Pli. And do you think that the
words of your Book, are certainly
true?

Chr.

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drew near to a very Miry Slough
that was in the midft of the Plain,
and they being heedlefs, did both
fall fandenly into the bog. The name
of the Slough was Dispond. Here
therefore they wallowed for a time,
being grievouſly bedaubed with the
dirt; And Chriſtian, becauſe of the
burden that was on his back, began
to sink in the Mire.

Pli. Then ſaid Pliable, Ah, Neigh-
bor Chriſtian, where are you now?

Chr. Truly, ſaid Chriſtian, I do
not know.

Pli. At that Pliable began to be
offended; and angerly, ſaid to his
fellow, Is this the happineſs you have
told me all this while of? if we have
such ill ſpeed at our first ſetting out,
What may we expect, twixt this and
our journeys end? May I get out a-
gain with my life, you ſhall poffeſs the
brave Country alone for me. And with
that he gave a desperate ſtruggle or
two, and got out of the Mire, on
that ſide of the Slough which was
next to his own house: So away he
went, and Chriſtian ſaw him no
more.

wherefore Chriſtian was left to
tum-

* It is not
enough to be
pliable.

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13

tumbled in the Slough of Dispond
alone; but still he endeavoured to
struggle to that side of the Slough,
that was still further * from his own
House, and next to the VVicket-
gate; the which he did, but could
not get out, because of the burden
that was upon his back: But I be-
held in my Dream, that a Man came
to him, whose Name was Help, and
asked him, What he did there?

Chr. Sir, said Christian, I was bid
go this way, by a Man called Evan-
gelist, who directed me also to yon-
der Gate, that I might escape the
wrath to come: And as I was going
thither, I fell in here.

Help. But why did not you look for
* the steps?

Chr. Fear followed me so hard,
that I fled the next way, and fell in.

Help. Then, said he, * Give me
thy hand; so he gave him his hand,
and * he drew him out, and fet him
upon found ground, and bid him go
on his way.

Then I stepped to him that pluckt
him out, and said; Sir, wherefore,
since over this place is the way from
the City of Destruction, to yonder

B

Gate,

* Christian
in trouble,
seeks still to
get further
from his
own House.

* The Pro-
mises.

* Help lifts
him out.

* Pfa.40.2.

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Gate, is it, that this Plat is not men-
ded, that poor Travellers might go
thither with more security? And he
said unto me, this *Miryflow*, is such
a place as cannot be mended : It is
the descent whither the * scum and
filth that attends conviction for sin
doth continually run, and therefore
is it called the *Slough of Dispond* :
for still as the finner is awakened a-
bout his loft condition, there ariseth
in his Soul many fears, and doubts,
and discouraging apprehensions,
which all of them get together, and
fettle in this place : And this is the
reason of the badneſs of this ground.

* What
makes the
Slough of
Dispond.

*Ia. 35. 3,*

It is not the * pleasure of the King
that this place should remain so bad;
his Labourers also, have by the dire-
ction of His Majesties Surveyors,
been for above this sixteen hundred
years, employed about this patch of
ground, if perhaps it might have
been mended : Yea, and to my
knowledge, said he, *Here* hath been
swallowed up, at least, twenty
thousand Cart-loads; yea, millions
of wholesome Instruptions, that
have at all seasons been brought
from all places of the King's Domi-
nions;

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nions; (and they that can tell, say,
they are the best materials to make
good ground of the place,) if so be
it might have been mended, but it
is the Slough of Dispond still; and so
will be, when they have done what
they can.

True, there are by the direction
of the Law-giver, certain good and
substantial * steps, placed even
through the very midft of this
Slough; but at such time as this
place doth much spue out its filth,
as it doth againft change of Wea-
ther, these steps are hardly seen; or
if they be, men through the dizzi-
neys of their Heads, step besides;
and then they are bemired to pur-
pose, notwithstanding the steps be
there; but the ground is * good
when they are once got in at the
Gate.

*The Pro-
mis of
forg venefs
and a cep-
tance to life
by Faith in
Christ.*

* 1 Sam 12
23.

Now I saw in my Dream, that by
this time * Pliable was got home to
his House again. * So his Neighbours
came to visit him; and some of them
called him wife Man for coming
back; and some called him Fool for
hazarding himself with Christian;
others again did mock at his Cow-

B 2

ardli-

* Pliable
got home, &
is visited by
his Neigh
bours.

* His En-
le tainment
by them at
his return.

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ardlines; saying, Surely since you began to venture, I would not have been so base to have given out for a few difficulties. So Pliable sat sneaking among them. But at last he got more confidence, and then they all turned their tales, and began to deride poor Christian behind his back. And thus much concerning Pliable.

Now as Christian was walking so-litarily by himself, he espied one afar off, come crossing over the field * to meet him; and their hap was to meet just as they were crossing the way of each other. The Gentlemans Name that met him was, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, he dwelt in the Town of Carnal-Policy, a very great Town, and also hard by, from whence Christian came. This man then meeting with Christian, and having some inclicking of him, (for Christian's set-ting forth from the City of Deftrustion, was much noised abroad, not only in the Town where he dwelt, but also it began to be the Town-talk in some other places.) After Worldly-Wiseman therefore, having some guests of him, by beholding his laborious going, by observing his fights

Worldly-Wiseman meets with Christian.

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fights and groans, and the like; began thus to enter into some talk with Christian.

Vorl. How now, good fellow, whither away after this burdened manner?

Chr. A burdened manner indeed, as ever, I think, poor creature had. And whereas you ask me, Whither away, I tell you, Sir, I am going to yonder Vvicket-gate before me; for there, as I am informed, I shall be put into a way to be rid of my heavy burden.

Vorl. Haft thou a VVife and Children?

Chr. Yes, but I am so laden with this burden, that I cannot take that pleasure in them as formerly: me-thinks, I am as * if I had none.

Vorl. VVilt thou hearken to me, if I give thee Counsel?

Chr. If it be good, I will; for I stand in need of good Counsel.

Vorl. * I would advise thee then, that thou with all speed get thy self rid of thy burden; for thou wilt never be settled in thy mind till then : nor canst thou enjoy the benefits of the blessing which God hath beftowed upon thee, till then.

B 3 Chr.

talk be-twixt Mr. Worldly-Wiseman and Christian.

* 1 Cor. 7.

29.

* Worldly Witeman's counsel to Christian.

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Chr. That is that which I seek for, even to be rid of this heavy burden; but get it off my self I cannot: nor is there any man in our Countrey that can take it off my shoulders; therefore am I going this way, as I told you, that I may be rid of my burden.

Worl. Who bid you go this way to be rid of thy burden?

Chr. A man that appeared to me to be a very great and honourable person; his Name, as I remember, is Evangelist.

Worl. * I beseech him for his Coun-
sel; there is not a more dangerous and
troublesome way in the world, than is
that unto which he hath directed thee;
and that thou shall find, if thou wilt be
ruled by his Counsel: Thou hast met
with something (as I perceive) alrea-
dy; for I see the dirt of the Slough
of Dispond is upon thee, but that
Slough is the beginning of the sorrows
that do attend those that go on in that
way: hear me, I am older than thou'
thou art like to meet him in the way
which thou goest, Wearisomnes, Pain-
fulnes, Hunger, Perils, Nakednes,
Sword, Lions, Dragons, Darknes; and
in

*M. World-
ly- Wic-
man con-
demned E
vangelists
counsel.

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attend it, especially, since (hadst thou but patience to hear me) I could direct thee to the obtaining of what thou desist, without the dangers that thou in this way wilt run thy self into: yea, and the remedy is at hand. Besides, I will add, that instead of those dangers, thou shalt meet with much safety, friendship, and content.

Chr. Sir, pray open this secret to me.

Worl.* Why, in yonder Village, (the Village is named Morality) there dwells a Gentleman, whose Name is Legality, a very judicious man (and a man of a very good name) that has skill to help men off with such burdens as thine are, from their shoulders: yea, to my knowledge, he hath done a great deal of good this way: Ai, and besides, he hath skill to cure those that are somewhat crazed in their wits with their burdens. To him, as I said, thou mayest go, and be helped presently. His house is not quite a mile from this place; and if he should not be at home himself, he hath a pretty young man to his Son, whose name is Civility, that can do it (to speak on) as well as the old Gentleman himself:

There-

* Whether M. Worldly prefers Morality before the Straight Date.

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There, I say, thou mayest be eased of thy burden, and if thou art not minded to go back to thy former habitation, as indeed I would not wish thee, thou mayest send for thy wife and Children to thee to this Village, where there are houses now stand empty, one of which thou mayest have at reasonable rates: Provision is there also cheap and good, and that which will make thy life the more happy, is, to be sure there thou shalt live by honest neighbors, in credit and good fashion.

* Now was Christian somewhat at a stand, but presently he concluded; if this be true which this Gentleman hath said, my wife's course is to take his advice, and with that he thus farther spoke.

Chr. Sir, which is my way to this honest man's house?

Wor. Do you see yonder *high hill*?

Chr. Yes, very well.

Wor. By that Hill you must go; and the first house you come at, is his.

So Christian turned out of his way to go to Mr. Legality's house for help: but behold, when he was got now hard by the Hill, it seemed

* Christian
Snared by
Mr. world-
ly wife-
mans word.

* Mount Sinai.

B 5

so

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* Christian
afraid that
Munt Si-
nai would
fall on his
heat.

*Exod. 19
18.

* Ver.16.

* Heb. 12.
11.

* Evangelist findeth Christian
under
Munt Si-
nai and
looketh se-
verely upon
Lim.

* Evangelist reasons afresh with Christian.

so high, and also, that fide of it that
was next the way fide, did hang so
much over, that Christian was * af-
fraid to venture further, left the
Hill should fall on his head : where-
fore there he ftood ftill, and wotted
not what to do. Also his burden,
now, feemed heavier to him, than
while he was in his way. There
came also * flashes of fire out of the
Hill, that made * Christian afraid
that he ftiould be burned : here
therefore he fwet, and did quake for
* fear. And now he began to be forry
that he had taken Mr. worldly-Wife-
mans Counsel ; and with that he faw
* Evangelift coming to meet him;
at the fight also of whom he began
to bluſh for ſhame. So Evangelift
drew nearer and nearer, and com-
ing up to him. he looked upon him
with a severe and dreadful counte-
nance : and thus began to reafon
with Christian.

Evan.* What doest thou here
* Christian ? said he, at which words
* Christian knew not what to anſwer :
wherefore, at preſent he ſtood ſpeech-
leſs before him. Then said Evangelift
further, Art not thou the man that I
found

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found crying, without the walls of the
City of Destruction ?

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

Evan Did not I direct thee the way
to the little wicket gate ?

Chr. Yes, dear Sir, said Christian.

Evan, How is it then that thou art
so quickly turned aside, for thou art
now out of the way.

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

Evan. What was he ?

Chr. He looked like a Gentleman,
and talked much to me, and got me
at last to yield ; so I came hither :
but when I beheld this Hill, and
how it hangs over the way, I fud-
denly made a stand, left it should fall
on my head.

Evan. What said that Gentle-
man to you ?

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

Evan. And what said he then ?

Chr. He asked me if I had a Fa-
mily, and I told him: but, said I,
I am

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I am so laden with the burden that
is on my back, that I cannot take
pleasure in them as formerly.

Evan. And what said he then ?

Chr. He bid me with speed get
rid of my burden, and I told him
'twas eafe that I fought: And said I,
I am therefore going to yonder Gate
to receive further direction how I
may get to the place of deliverance.
So he said that he would shew me a
better way, and short, not so at-
tended with difficulties, as the way,
Sir, that you let me : which way,
said he, will direct you to a Gen-
tleman's house that hath skill to
take off these burdens : So I be-
lieved him, and turned out of that
way into this, if haply I might be
soon eafed of my burden : but when
I came to this place, and beheld
things as they are. I stopped for
fear, ( as I said ) of danger : but I
now know not what to do.

Evan. Then ( said Evangelift )
stand still a little, that I may shew
thee the words of God. So he stood
trembling. Then (said Evangelift)

* See that ye refuse not him that speaketh; for if they escaped not who refused

He 12.
12.

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fed him that spake on Earth, * much
more shall not we escape, if we turn
away from him that speaketh from Hea-
ven. He said moreover, * Now the
just shall live by faith ; but if any
man draws back, my soul shall have
no pleasure in him. He also did thus
apply them, Thou art the man that art
running into this misery, thou hast be-
gan to reject the counsel of the most
high, and to draw back thy foot from
the way of peace, even almost to the
hazarding of my Perdition.

Then Christian fell down at his
foot as dead, crying, Wo is me, for
I am undone : at the fight of which
Evangelist caught him by the right
hand, saying, all manner of sin and
blasphemies shall be forgiven unto
men; be not faithles, but believing ;
then did Christian again a little re-
vive, and stood up trembling, as at
firft, before Evangelist.

Then Evangelist proceeded, say-
ing, Give more earneſt heed to the
things that I ſhall tell thee of. I will
now ſhow thee who it was that de-
luded thee, and who it 'twas also to
whom he ſent thee. * The man that
met thee, is one VWorldly-wiseſam,
and

* Evangelist converses Christian of his Error.
chap. 10.
38.*

Match. 12.

Mark 3.

*Mr. world
ly Wife.
man defers
bed by E-
vangelist

26 The Pilgrims Progrſs.

* 1 John 4.
5.

* Col.6.12

* Evangelist, COCOA, vers the de-
ceit of Mr.
Worldly-
Wifeman.

* Luke 13.
24.
Mat. 7. 13,
14.

and rightly is he so called; partly,
* because he favoureth only the Do-
etrine of this World (therefore he
always goes to the Town of Morta-
lity to Church) and partly * because
he loveth that Doctrine beſt, for it
faveth him from the Croſs; and be-
caufe he is of this carnal temper,
therefore he seeketh to pervert my
ways, though right. * Now there
are three things in this man's counsel
that thon muſt utterly abhor.

1. His turning thee out of the
way.

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

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

First, Thou muſt abhor his turn-
ing thee out of the way; yea, and
thine own conſenting thereto : be-
cauſe this is to reject the counsel of
God, for the ſake of the counsel of
a worldly-wiſeman. The Lord ſays,
* Strive to enter into the ſtrait gate,
the gate to which I ſend thee ;
* for ſtrait is the gate that leadeth un-
to life, and few there be that find it.
From this little wicket-gate, and
from

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from the way thereto, hath this
wicked man turned thee, to the
bringing of thee almost to destru-
ction; hate therefore his turning
thee out of the way, and abhor thy
self for hearkning to him.

Secondly, Thou muſt abhor his
labouring to render the Croſs odi-
ous unto thee; for thou art to *pre-
fer it before the treaſures in Egypt:
besides the King of Glory hath told
thee, * that he that will fave his
life, ſhall loſe it: and * he that comes
after him, and hates not his father and
mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren, and ſisters; yea, and his
own life also, he cannot be my Disciple.
I ſay therefore, for man to labour
to perſwade thee, that that ſhall be
thy death, without which, the truth
hath ſaid, thou canſt not have eter-
nal life. This DoCTRine thou muſt
abhor.

Thirdly, thou muſt hate his fet-
ting of thy feet in the way that lead-
eth to the ministratiou of death. And
for this thou muſt confider to whom
he ſent thee, and alſo how unable
that perſon was to deliver thee from
thy burden.

He

* Heb. 11.
25, 26.

* Mark 8.
34.

Joh. 13. 25.

Mat. 10. 39.

* Luke 14.
16.

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* Gal. 4:21,
22, 23, 24
25, 26, 27.

* The Bond-
Woman.

He to whom thou waft sent for
eafe, being by name *Legality*, is the
Son of the * Bond-woman which
now is, and is in bondage with her
children, and is in a myſtery this
* Mount *Sinai*, which thou haſt fea-
red will fall on thy head. Now if the
with her children are in bondage,
how canſt thou expect by them to
be made free? This *Legality* there-
fore is not able to let thee free from
thy burden. No man was as yet
ever rid of his burden to him, no,
nor ever is like to be: ye cannot be
juſtified by the works of the Law;
for by the deeds of the Law no man
living can be rid of his burden: there-
fore Mr. *worldly wifeman* is an alien,
and Mr. *Legality* is a cheat: and
for his Son *Civility*, notwithstanding
his ſimpering looks, he is but an
Hypocrite, and cannot help thee,
Believe me, there is nothing in all
this noife, that thou haſt heard of
this ſottish men, but a deſign to be-
guile thee of thy Salvation, by turn-
ing thee from the way in which I
had let thee. After this *Evangelift*
called aloud to the Heavens for
confirmation of what he had ſaid ;
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and with that there came words
and fire out of the Mountain under
which poor Christian ftood, that
made the hair of the flefh stand up.
The words were thus pronounced,
As Many as are of the works of the
Law, are under the curse, for it is writ-
ten, Cursed is everyone that continueth
not in all things which are written in
the Book of the Law to do them.

Solom. 3.
1

Now Christian looked for no-
thing but death, and began to cry
out lamentably, even curling the
time in which he met with Mr.
Worldly-Wiseman, still calling him-
felf a thousand fools for hearkning
to his counsel : he also was greatly
afhamed to think that this Gentle-
mans arguments, flowing only from
the flesh, fshould have that prevalen-
cy with him as to caufe him to for-
fake the right way. This done, he
applied himself again to Evangelist
in words and fenfe as follows.

Chr. * Sir, What think you? is
there hopes? may I now go back;
and go up to the VVicket-gate, shall
I not be abandoned for this, and sent
back from thence afhamed. I am
forry I have hearkened to this man's

* Christian
Enquired if
he may yet
be Happy.

COUR-

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counsel, but may my fin be forgi-
ven ?

Evang. Then said Evangelist to
him, Thy fin is very great, for by it
thou haft committed two evils;
thou haft forfaken thy way that is
good, to tread in forbidden paths :

* yet will the man at the Gate receive thee, for he has good will for men; only, said he, take heed that thou turn not aside again, left thou perish from the way when his wrath is * kindled but a little. Then did Christian addreſs himself to go back, and Evangelift, after he had kifft him gav e him one ſmile, and bid him God ſpeed: so he went on with haſt, neither ſpake he to any man by the way ; nor if any man asked him, would he vouchsafe them an anſwer. He went like one that was all the while treading on forbidden ground, and could by no means think himself ſafe, till again he was got into the way which he left to follow Mr. Worldwide Wifeman's counsel : so in proceſs of time Christian got up to the Gate. Now over the Gate there was written, *Knock and it ſhall be opened unto you.* He knock-

* Evange-lift. com-forts him.

* Pf. 2 laſt.

* Mat. 7 8

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knocked therefore more than once
or twice, faying,

May I now enter here ? will he within
Open to sorry me, though I have been
An undeferving Rebel? then shall I
Not fail to sing his lasting praise on
(high.

At last there came a grave person to
the Gate, named Good-will, vwho
asked, VVho was there? and whence he
came, and what he would have ?

Chr. Here is a poor burdened fin-
ner, I come from the City of De-
fstruction, but am going to Mount
Zion, that I may be delivered from
the wrath to come; I would there-
fore, Sir, since I am informed that
by this Gate is the way thither,
knovv if you are willing to let me in.

Good-will. * I am willing vvith all
my heart, faid he ; and vvith that
he opened the Gate.

So vvhen Christian vvas stepping
in, the other gave him a pull: Then
faid Christian, vvhat means that ?
The other told him, A little distance
from this Gate, there is erected a
ftrong Caftle, of vvhich * Belzebub
is the Captain : from thence both
he,

* The Gate
will be open-
ced to broken-
hearted fin-
ers.

* Satan en-
vies those
that enter
the straight
Gate.

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he, and them that are vvith him,
shoot arrovvs are thofe that come up
to this Gate; if happily they may
die before they can enter in. Then,
faid Christian, * I rejoice and trem-
ble. So vvhen he vvas got in, the man
of the Gate asked him, vwho di-
rected him thither?

Chr.* Evangelist bid me come hi-
ther and knock, (as I did ; ) And he
faid, that you, Sir, vvould tell me
vvhat I muſt do.

Good-vvill. An open door is fet be-
fore thee, and no man can ſhit it.

Chr. Novv I begin to reap the
benefits of my hazards.

Good-Will, But how is it that
you came alone ?

Chr. Because none of my Neigh-
bors favv their danger as I favv
mine.

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

Chr. Yes, my Wife and Children
favv me at the firſt, and called after
me to turn a gain : Also some of my
Neighbours ſtood crying, and calling
after me to return ; but I put my
Fingers in my Ears, and ſo came on
my vvay.

Good-

*chriftian
Enired the
Gate with
ſoy and
trembling.

*Talk be-
tween good
will and
chriftian.