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T^E 
 
 PROGRESS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 
 
 IN 
 
 JACOBINICAL TIMES^ 
 
 <* Aad.he thefe juggling ftends no more beUcv^d, 
 ^* l^Ijat palter luith us in a double fenfc ; 
 *V That keep the ivord of pvomijc id our ear^ 
 " yiiid break it to > our hope.''^ 
 
 
 THE THIRD Ai-IERICAN, fSmi ■iU'E FIFTH '^^'GlISH SDITIOX' 
 
 SALEM : 
 PRINTED BT JOSHUA GUSHING, 
 
 FOR 
 
 GUSHING ^ APPLET ON. 
 
 1602. 
 
 ^ 
 

PREFACE. 
 
 ( A ^^^^ ^^^ vat'iotss caufes nvhtch may be cijjigned for the ix^ 
 r jfx. traordinary corruption of the human race^ one of the moji power" 
 ^ ful has, per haps f in all ages y been the perverjion of language. Did 
 Vtceflalh abroad unvelkd In her nathe dsformlty, f'^^ whofe minds ' 
 were not under the immediate Influence offome impetuous pajfton, ivould 
 have fujficient boldnefs to meet the terrors of her afpeEt ; few could 
 refolve to incur the infamy which would inevitably cover thofe who 
 appeared in hei^ train. To fuch^ therefore, as would fei%e the fatal 
 pkafures which fie boqfls her power to offer, no expedient can occur 
 by which they may more effectually evade the reproaches of their own 
 confcienccs, and the jufi cenfure of the world, than to invent a new 
 vocabulary; to call evil good, and good evil; and when, by the 
 vfe of thefe fafe terms, they have impofed falfe ideas on the credulity 
 of an. inconfiderate multitude, they find it eafy to f educe, into a parti- 
 cipation in their crimes ^ many a heart, hi ivhich, had virtue been fup^ 
 ported, by principle, it ivoiild have refified every, ajfault. 
 
 But, hoiu extenfive foever ^were the mif chiefs which in former 
 days proceeded from this four c^, it might have been hoped that time 
 would long fince have brought fome remedy for the evil* . // was 
 eafy to deceive men ivh of e faculties iv ere buried in that credulous ig- 
 norance which charaderl%ed the darker ages ; but noiv — ivhen civili- 
 zation has roufed us from our favage flate, and ^jjhen the glorious 
 light of the Gofpel of Truth has f pre ad the beams of the pur eft mora- 
 lity over our favoured hemifphere — who could fuppofe it pojfiblc that 
 Falfehood fijould not only maintain, but extend, her empire ? Un- 
 happily, as our means of obtaining knowledge have increafed, the fub- 
 tllty of our deceivers has increafed alfo / and it may be doubted, 
 whether the opinions of mankind, refpe&ing the true nature of virtue 
 a}id vice, w^re ever more lofi and confounded at any former period 
 
 than 
 
4v . PREFACE. 
 
 than we mnulehold them in ihefe latter Jays y amn^ fhofe -zu^ho ftiojf 
 corifidmtly hoajl the fupenor illumination of their mindf, 
 
 Oiir great progenitor j Adam^ could qffert^ of thofi ohje^s of the 
 vipbk creation 'which appeared in review before him^ 
 
 «• Inam'd them as they pafs'd* axvd uiiderftood 
 
 "Their natures :'*-^-- Milton. 
 
 iut *mhoy ** ofmenfince loruy his fonsy^ can affirm that h^ under' 
 flands the nature of any obje8 in the moral world y if it be only known- 
 to him hy the name ajjlgned to it in the fchool of Philosqphism A The- 
 language of Nimrod himfelf would not he hfs intelligible to our ears ^ 
 than the phrafeohgy introduced by thefe tnodern teachers^ is become 
 to our fenfe ; and the flate^ of fociety was not more compleitly changed 
 by the confufion. of tongues in his age, than w^e have already feen it in 
 cur owny by that univerfal confufion of ideas which prevails on the 
 contimnt of Europe ; where every f pedes cf tyranny and itnpiety 
 
 — — «< VuU libertss diet merai veraque virtus/' Hor. 
 
 In this more fortunate country y indeedy whiljl^ through the prO'- 
 teBion of a gracious Providence y the valour of our fleets and armlet 
 hat repelled all op:n offallants from ourfboresy maintaining tts fllil in 
 the poffejfion of our independence and freedomy the machinations of 
 thofe fecret and more dangerous enemies y who have fought to under- 
 mine our religion, have been refflcd hitherto with equal frmnefs ; and 
 we flill retain unfhaleu the Church and the Conflitutiony tranf rait ted 
 to us by the wlfdom of our anoeflors^ While other nations y thej-eforey 
 vainly pride themf elves in the fame they have acquiredy by giving birth 
 to thofe pernicious writers, who have d\Jfeminated infidelity , and ad^ 
 ded neiv attraBions to vice, let it be our more dignified boafly that' 
 in this landy no foe to our holy faith has queflioned the authority of 
 any of her doletrinesy nuhich fome champion of fuperior flrength has' 
 not arifen to dtfmd; thaty among usy the weight of talerUs is thrown 
 into the f cole of truth. 
 
 Convi^iouy hcwevery will rarely reclaim the wilful promoters of 
 §rror ; though confute dy they are not filenced ; though repulfedy they 
 return with redoubled corfidence to the affault : and while the teach- 
 ers of falfc morality are employing in this iflandy to confound our 
 principles y the fame arts by whichy in. other European kingdo}nsy they 
 have fo fai ally prevailed ; it becomes the duty of every many who Is 
 fcnftbls of the importance of thofe religious and political truths y which 
 united form ih^ gnat palladium of ourjiate^ to exert^kis utmojl efforts 
 
 iff 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 in rejiftlng the attach^ and expofing the wileSf of our arch enemy y 
 
 PniLOSQTlilSM, 
 
 -— *< Qaanto ille magis formas fe vertet in omnes» 
 <* Tanto, iiatc, magis contende tenacia vincla.** 
 
 Virgil. 
 
 While^ with the nvorjl defigns^ the name of e'very moral 'virtue zs 
 ejfigned to its oppojite vice^ the unwary are led into danger^ 
 even by the goodrufs. of their own intentions* RejTedtion on the arts 
 thus ufed to impofe on their credulity^ has fuggefled the idea of the 
 
 following pages, Mr. jfoHN Bunyan is an author fa generally 
 known, that it can fcarcely he necejfary to make any preliminary oh- 
 
 fernjations on the quaint allegory which is taken as the ground 'work 
 of the prefent performance. The pilgrim Christian was the com* 
 
 p anion of our childhood, till the refinement of modern education ha- 
 nijhed him from our nurferies. He flill retains his place on the 
 
 Jhelves of our grand-mothers ; from 'which high flation may he look 
 down <with paternal regard upon the labours of this his defendant ^ 
 who, by the careful ufe of his itinerary, has accomplijhcd a progrefs 
 
 fimilar iohis own, even in Jacobinical times! 
 
 A z- 
 
THE PROGRESS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT^ 
 Sec. Sec. Sec. 
 
 IT was lately my chance to walk alone in tne wilder- 
 nefs of this world, where I faw many things which were 
 grievous and doleful to my eyes, and where I heard of many 
 more whica did even make my hiir to (land on end ; for be- 
 hold ! the earth was filled with violence, and the number of 
 the faithlefs ones was increafed. Now, as I mufed thereon, 
 and was wearied through the length of my way, at the laft 
 my eyes grew heavy, and I laid me down to fleep ; and in 
 my fleep, I dreamed ; and methoiight 1 was in a wide 
 plain, where many were paffing to and fro; and after a 
 time there came towards me an old gentleman, whom, when 
 I faw him, 1 knew to be Mr. Sagacity ; the fame who had 
 formerly recounted to one who had vifi ted thofe parts the 
 adventures of certain pilgrims, in their road from the city of" 
 DeJiruUiGti to the Celejiial City : fo when he accofted me^ I was 
 glad; and, after the firft greetings were paft', I began to 
 fpeak with him of the pilgrim Chn^ianJ; alfo of Chrtf- 
 t'tana his wife, with her children and companions; and of 
 all the dangers and difficulties which had encountered them* 
 in their journey : and I found it fome folace to my thoughtSj 
 which had been occupied with the deeds of ungodly men-, to 
 turn them to the remembrance of the righteous of former 
 days, and of the glorious rew^ards which had attended fuch^ 
 at the laft. 
 
 Now, as 1 knew that Chrlfllan ?Lnd ChrlTtar.a had left be- 
 hind them four fons, and that to thofe fons alfo= children 
 had been born, I afked Mr. Sagacity whether any of their 
 lineage were yet remaining unto this day j and whether, if 
 
 there 
 
§ THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 there were, they were mindful of the good example which 
 their anceftors had fet them. 
 
 " The family hath multiplied exceedingly.'^ anfwered he ; 
 *^ and all who have belonged to it, ever fince the days of 
 Chriftian, have held themfelves obliged to fet out on the fame 
 pilgrimage, which was fo happily performed by that good 
 man : yea, though fome of them have perifhed by the way, yet 
 there have been many who h^ve accompliflied their appoint- 
 ed eourfe, and who are now partakers in thofe glorious re- 
 Wards which are laid up for all faithful pilgrims in the 
 Celejlial C'lty.^^ 
 
 <^ I am glad," quoth I, ^^ to hear of tlieir good fuccefs ; 
 yet it grieves me that there fliould have been any among the 
 defcendants of fuch a man 2iS Chr'iftian, who have not walked 
 worthy of the vocation whereunto they were called." 
 
 " Why truly," replied the old gentleman, " you have lefs 
 caufe to wonder that fome fhoald have forfakeiT the right 
 path, than that any fhould have kept on their eourfe in it un- 
 fhaken ; for though, in the time of Chrijlian^ the road of the , 
 pilgrims was both difficult and perilous, the dangers which 
 befet it now are much more numerous, and the allurements 
 to turn afide from it lefs eafy to be refilled." ^ 
 
 ** I can fcarcely think that poflible," anfwered I ; " for, 
 befides that the things which happened unto Chrtjltan muft 
 have ferved both for enfample and for warning to all fucceed- 
 ing pilgrims, I imagined that all the moft formidable ene- 
 mies of their way had long fmce been removed. Did not the 
 foul fiend, jipoilyon, fpread his wings, when he felt the ^d^Q^ 
 of Chrlflian^s fword, and flee to the place from which, he 
 came ? Did not Mr. Vallant-for'truth defeat the robbers \ And 
 were not the giants Grhn^ MauU and Slay-goody 2ind above all 
 that fierce and terrible giant, tHe giant Z>£;^^ir, cut o£F by the 
 hi^ind of Mr. Great-heart P Truly you will not eaiily perfuade 
 me that any new foes, who may in later times have arifen to 
 annoy the pilgrims, can have equal power with thofe I have 
 named to work their final deftrudion." 
 
 At that Mr. Sagacity fmiled, but v/ithal he fhook his; head*; 
 " There are many,'^ faid he, " even among the pilgrims them- 
 felves, who reafon as you do, and accordingly :fet out on their 
 eourfe with much confidence ; but fo much the lefs as they fear > 
 the dangers which await them, fo iuujckti^Le more- eafily ate 
 
 they 
 
HLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ^' 
 
 tbcy brought to perdition. If, however, yoB defire any proof of 
 what I fay, you may quickly fee and judge for youilelf : for 
 turn your eyes yoridcr ;*' — ^and as he fpoke, he pointed witb 
 his hand — " Do you perceive that young man, who is crof^ 
 fiug the plain witli fuch a cheerful demeanour, and is fpeed- 
 ing towards the luicket ^.ite P 
 
 '' Very platrfly,^' quoth I ; *^ there are many whofe fteps 
 tend the fanie way, but the youth in white garments fiir out- 
 goes the reft ; and, as I fee, he hath already fafely pailed the 
 llougli of D'fporuU and hath almofl reached ^A\q. gate." 
 
 " Keep him in your view, then," rejoined my companion,^ 
 and obferve what (hall befai him on kio pilgrimage. He is^ 
 of the family of Chr'ifrlan ; fo that for tlie fake of his fathers, 
 you will take the greater intereii in his adventures ; and when 
 next we meet, you Ihall tell me wliether th'^ way has proved 
 lefs perilous to hirn, than it did of old time to thofe who trod 
 it before him." 
 
 V/hen he had thus fpoken, Mr. Sagacity XQoik his leave of 
 me ; and I, pleaied wiclt the opportunity of beholding the' 
 progrefs of a youth, with whofe countenance and deportment 
 I was fo greatly taken, continued to watch him^ and that- 
 with m.ore attention than at Hrft. 
 
 Then I perceived that he had in his hand a book, like un- 
 to that which E'vangehji had given to the pilgrim Clr/ifttan ^ 
 and as he walked, ha fome times read therein, and fometiraes 
 he fixed his eyes on the Ihining lighfc which vvas over the gate, 
 towards which he bent his couTle: Alfo it was not long be- 
 fore he reached the gate ; and being at it, he put fortli his 
 hand and.knocked. Now 1 faw not that any arrows were 
 fhot at him from the eaftle oi Bcehehiih^ neither did the terri- 
 ble dog come forth to affault hhn ; but the porter, who was 
 named Good-ivill^ quickly opened the gate unto him, and de- 
 manded of him who he was, and whence he came^ * 
 
 " My name,." anfwered the young man, " is Good-hitent y I 
 am of the lineage oiChryiian^ being^ indeed the great-grandfoir- 
 of his firft-born, Matthi^v, who took Mercy to wife : I came 
 from the town of Sincerity , and I am on mv way towards the 
 CeJejTml CltyJ' 
 
 " Then," faid Good-wilU ^' thou oomefl of a good paren- 
 tage, and thy countenance agreeth thereto ; for 1 have feeii- 
 2»any of thy race, who have travelled this way before tliee ;- 
 
 *, ' and 
 
te THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 and truly thou doft much refemble them. Enter freely^ 
 young man, arid proceed on thy journey ; but v/alk warily, 
 left thy further progrefs prove not anfwerable to thy good be- 
 ginning/' ' ' ...:,■- 
 
 " I have little fear," faid the young pilgrim, "that I fhall 
 mlftiny road." 
 
 " Be not too confident/^ faid Good-tulU ; ^*.thou mayeft find 
 it more difficult to continue in the right way than thou. art 
 yet aware of.'* 
 
 Good'intenf. " But I have a map of the rog!d, the fame 
 t^^hlch was ufed by Mr. Great-heart in his journey ; and I 
 have alfo been further inftrudted by rny father Precept and my 
 mother Example^ who are themfelves both gone to the Celef" 
 teal City, and would gladly have taken me thither, with them, 
 but that the rneffenger who was fent to call them forbad them 
 to ftay for me.' • 
 
 Good-'wilL " That map is not without its ufe ; yet, is it ofi 
 lefs value now thati formerly it \^as, by rea:f0n of the chan- 
 ges w^^hich of late have taken place." 
 
 Gaod-lntent, '' Will you not tell me, Sir, what changes 
 have occurred, that I may learn to avoid fuch dangers as I 
 now am unprepared for ?" 
 
 Good-wilL ^^ 1 would gladly, young man, render thee the 
 fervice for which thou doft petition ; but it is not permitted 
 me to tell pilgrims beforehand what temptations are prepared 
 for them ; for where there is no conteft, there can be no vic- 
 tory ; and witlK)ut victory, there can be no reward." 
 
 Then the young m'an ftood mufmg for a while : but at laft 
 again breaking filence, " You have greatly terrified me, Sir," 
 faid he ; "I thought I had fufficiently prepared myfelf a- 
 gainft all the dangers 1 could encounter : but if there be 
 others in my way, v^hich are ftill unknown to me, I may be 
 enfnared when I am the leaft aware, and may fall, never to 
 rife agairu Is there no counfellor to whom 1 may refort, in 
 cafes of extreme perplexity?" 
 
 Then faid Gcod-^willy " Thctti needeft not feek for a coun- 
 fellor, when, as I fee, thou haft the beft of counfellors in 
 thine hand. Let that book be thy conftant ftudy and medi-^ 
 tation. Remem.ber what certain affurances thou haft that it 
 came to thee from Him who cannot lie : remember that it 
 contains every thing which it is n-eceffary for thee to know 
 ' for 
 
.PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ii 
 
 for thy foul's peace. Whenever thou findeft thyfelf in any 
 {lr?A, read In that book, and it fhall be taught thee what it 
 behoveth thee to do : for, though the things ^lich are come 
 upon the earth feem ftrange unto men, yet were they from the 
 beginning forefeen and provided againft by Him whofe eye 
 beholdeth at one glance all time and all fpace. Sifice His 
 ■will is not that any fheuld perilh, his mercy will at all times 
 uphold in 'his paths the goings of thofe w^ho fnicerely feek 
 to know and to perform his pleafure ; nor fhall any tempta- 
 tion befal fuch, but that with the temptation he will alfo 
 niake a way to efcape, that they may be able to bear it. 
 Whatever may happen to thee, therefore, preferve that book, 
 though it be at the hazard of thy life ; for if once tKou fuf- 
 fer It be taken from thee, thou art at the mercy of thine ene- 
 mies ; thou wilt lofe, not the force only, but even the incli- 
 nation, to repel their attacks ; and thou wilt have forfeited 
 all claim to the protedlion of him whofe laws thou haft defpi- 
 fed, and whofe covenant thou haft caft behind thy back." 
 
 Then I faw in my dream that the young man was much 
 comforted by the difcourfes of Good-will ; and, having thank- 
 ed him for his advice, and promifed alw^ays to bear it in his 
 mind, he proceeded on his way ; and as he went, he read in 
 his book ; and 'after a while, having clofed it, and put it in 
 his bofom, he began to meditate on its contents. His atten- 
 tion, however, was foon diverted ; for, as he ftill walked with 
 a very quick pace, he prefently overtook a company of pil- 
 grims, who were travelling more leifurely the fam.e way with 
 himfelf ; and, as it chanced, he knew^ moft of them by fight ; 
 for they had formerly been his neighbours, and indeed were 
 of the beft quality in all that country. There were Mr. /«- 
 conjtderate^ Mr. Party-fpirit^ and Mr. Love-change ; alfo Mr. 
 Curiojity^ Mr. Credulity^ Mr. Hot-head, yir. Jlate-controul, and 
 'Mr. Difcontent, Now Mr. Curiojity and Mr. Credulity^ m particu- 
 lar, had long been known to Good-Intent^ whofe townfmen they 
 Were ; and he was more glad of the meeting, becaufe it was 
 commonly reported that Mr. Credulity was akin to Faithful 
 vrho had fo bravely fuffered at Vanity Fair ; ♦" and," quoth 
 he to himfelf, " if our fathers found it fo pleafant and fo pro- 
 fitable to go on their pilgrimage together, why may not Mr, 
 Credulity and I be in no lefs a degree comforts to each other ?" 
 §o they went on their way together s and Good-intrnt flacken- 
 
 ei 
 
m THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 ^d his pace, becaufe his knew companions were unwiffing to 
 •:5A^alk io fciR. as he did. 
 
 So I faw in my dream that they fcll into much talk one 
 with the other concerning the country from which tbey came i 
 and after ^hat they proceeded to fpeak of the way wherein 
 >they were then walking. 
 
 Then faid Mr. Blfcontent^ ^^ I like not this way-; I iind it 
 rough, and very grievous unto me.." 
 
 *' That which oifendsmein it," faid yir. Hate-controul^ ^^iSf 
 that the walls on either fide are fahigh as quite to ihut out 
 from us all profpedl: of the country. I like to walk in an 
 open plain, where 1 may turn at pleafure to the right Hand 
 ^or to the left, and not to be confined within a narrow path 
 Jike this." 
 
 " Before we have proceeded miich further," faid Mr> 
 hove-change^ " we may chance to £nd fome ,other road, by 
 Vv^hich we may purfue our journey more plcafantly." 
 
 ** But it is dangerous,'^ faid GoodAntent^ " to turn afide ia- 
 to any ftrange path; feeing that the Lord of that Celejlial 
 Country ^\\iXX\tx we are bound, has exprefsly appointed unto 
 Hs this, in tlie which we are now walking, as the only on^ 
 ,by which we may reach his kingdom in fafety." 
 
 " It might indeed be dangerous," faid Mr. Curiofttyy " t© 
 proceed far into any other road ; but there could furely be 
 ino haim in venturing a little way in one which might ap- 
 pear to us more pieafant than this ; fmce, if we faw that af- 
 £€r a while it took any fivrong diredion, we m.ight io eafily 
 ^^Xurn back, aud regain the path we had forfaken.'^ 
 
 ♦^ You are in the right," faid Mr. Inconfiderate. 
 
 " For my part," faid Mr. Party-fplnt, " it is indifferent to 
 to,t in what kind of road 1 travel, io long as I can have the 
 company of my friends." 
 
 " It is alfo indiflerent to me,'* faid Good-intcnty " whether 
 my path be rough or fmooth ; for my thoughts are fo entirely 
 iixed on that glorious place which I hope will be the end of my 
 journey, that the littie ^nevenncffes oi the way can in no de?» 
 grtt diminiih the pleafure v/hich 1 take in meditating oa 
 fuch-a fubjed ; and as for the high walls, which oSend Mr. 
 Hacc^ontvouU I had not, till he fpoke, fo much as taken no- 
 tice of tliem ; nor can I conficicr them as any hardfhip, while 
 they do but confine me within that roadi in the which it \% 
 %^/ nioft earneft defire to contiuue/^^ fVEut,*' 
 
PILGRIM GOO-D-INTENT. 15, 
 
 " But,'* ^lii Mr. Inconfideratt^ " we cannot always be 
 •thinking olT the q.'\6. of our journey ; and, provided wc know 
 that \x\ the courfe of our pilgrimage we fliall be fure to get 
 there iit lafl, 1 fee no harm in feeking amufements by the 
 way.'^ 
 
 " I have not hitherto found myfelf in any want of amufe- 
 incnts," faid GoDd-inknt ; "for though my road is narrow, to 
 me it appears not dull ; and beiides the pleafant refleclions 
 which occupy my mind, I have a book w^hich was given 
 n\z by the good E-oangellfl, and in which, w^hen my fpirits are 
 wearied, it conilantly refreflies them to read.'^ 
 
 " We have all fuch books," faid Mr. Love-change ; " but I 
 truly have read mine till I am tired of it, and would gladly 
 read fomething new." 
 
 " I find in that book," faid Mr. Hate'ControuU ^^manv 
 things grievous to be borne. Wherefore ihould we be laden 
 w4th reilri(5lions from which other men are free ;" 
 
 " And from w4iat are we reitricted." annvered Good-Intent 
 with fome difpleafure, '' but from fuch things as would in 
 this world be dangerous to us, and in the next dciLrucdve ? 
 For my part, I find in my book no laws to vvhich, though 
 they came not to us from fuch high authority, a wife man 
 would not willir.gly fubject himfclf; but Vv^crc our yoke as 
 hard as it is eafy, who would not rejoice to bear it, that con- 
 fidered either the ilhmitab.le power of the King we ferve, the 
 infinite gratitude we cv/e him for all the fa%'ours which he 
 has already fo liberally conferred upon u^, or the value cf 
 the rewards with wiiich he has promifcd hereafter to crown 
 even OLir imperfect obedience V* 
 
 " It is a great pleafure tome," faid Mr. Credul'ity^ "to 
 hear you fpeak in, this manner. I can afihre you I have al- 
 ways been difpofed to believe that book to be true ; I Vv^vis 
 taught to believe fo when 1 was a little boy, and I think I 
 never fliould be ccmforLable out of that belief ; though I 
 confefs that fome things 1 have heard fmce I came into^ this 
 company have fo.mcwhat ftnggcred me. But I cim glad 
 that you are come, to confirm me in my former opinions." 
 
 " Can they require any further confiimation," faid Good- 
 intent^ " than the excellence of the book itfelf ?" 
 
 " As for that/' replied Mr. CrcduUiy, " I pretend not to 
 judge of it. 1 ahvays difiiked reading, and provided 1 im- 
 
 B phcitly 
 
14 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 plicitly believe all the book contams, why need I give my^ - 
 ielf the trouble to fearch what its contents may be ?'^ 
 
 " Truly/' laid Good-intent, "_ you profefs a faith which fur- 
 pafTes my comprehenfion. We are commanded to be able 
 to give to every man a reafon of the hope that is in us ; but 
 we cannot give a reafon, even to ourfelves, if w^e have never 
 examined what is the objecl of our hope, nor what the foun- 
 dation on v/hich it refls.'' 
 
 " I perceive that you are of the fame mind as I am,'* 
 faid Mr. Curtcfity. " I am not difpofed to take any thing on 
 truft ; and, as knowledge is my principal purlliit, I find great 
 pleafure in reading a book which treats of fo.jnany rare and 
 wonderful things. Thofe parts of it, therefore, wdiich are 
 the moil hard to be underftood, are my favourite ftudy." 
 
 *' Take heed," faid Good-intent, " that you wreft them not 
 to your ow^n deftruclion. There are fubjed:s which our fi- 
 nite underftandings cannot reach ; and, if wt feek too pre- 
 fumptuouily to penetrate into myfteries w^hich as yet are but 
 »n part revealed to us, tl:ofe diings, w^hich fhould have been 
 fgr our peacc^ may prov unto us an occafion of falling." 
 
 *' I have no fears on that head," faid Mr. Curiofrty ; ** 1 . 
 fhall therefore purfue my inquiries .without fcruple ; and if 
 the Interpreter^ to whofe houfe we muft by this time be draw- 
 ing near,^ cannot fatisfy me on certain points, refpe61Ing 
 ^*^'hich L mean to queflion him, I fliall either quit this road, 
 and feek elfewhere for a better teacher, or I lliall at once 
 conclude every doctrine falfe, in proportion as I find it un- 
 intelligible." 
 
 Good-intent would have returned fome anfwer to this dif- 
 courfe, w^hich in truth had much offended him ; but that, on 
 afcendirvg a little hill, they had fuddently a profpe^ft of the 
 road before them,4o a confiderable diftance. 
 
 *' Look yonder i" faid Mr. hiconfiderate ; ", fee before us 
 Mr. Interpreter's houf(^.'* 
 
 " How fliall we know," f^iid Good-'mtenty " which of thofe 
 two manfions it is that belongs to the Interpreter .^" For in- 
 deed they defcried from, the place two houfes, w^hereof that 
 to which they were then neareft h;;r a little way off the road 
 on the left hand ; but the other was farther on upon the 
 right hand, and flood clofe by the way fide. 
 
 Thi. 
 
PILGRiiM GOOD-INTENT.- 15 
 
 I'hls lail was an old and venerable building ; but its 
 walls, by realbn of llieir (Irength and thicknefs, had as yet 
 iulTcred none of the decays of time. Behind it lay a garden, 
 in the which were planted all fuch herbs as are ufeful either 
 for food or medicine ; and as many, even the moil profita- 
 ble amongil: them, bore goodly flowers withal, fo the w^hole 
 plot of ground, being well laid out and fitly kept, had a 
 fair appearance. But the houfe on the left fide of the road 
 V7as a new edifice, and feemed the palace of fome mighty 
 prince ; fo coflly were its materials, and fo rare its flirucfbure. 
 It rtood in the mid ft of an extenfive pleafure ground, curiouf- 
 ly difpoied into lawns, labyrinths, and wilderneffes, through 
 the inidft whereof did glide a ftream, which, though nar- 
 row, was fo deep, that 1 could not perceive that it had any 
 bottom ; moreover its courfe was fo crooked, that methought 
 it refembled a ferpent in its manifold turnings and windings. 
 In this pleafure ground I could not but obferve that there 
 were many more flowers^ and thofe fhining with more gor- 
 geous colours, than in the garden which belonged to the 
 other houfe : but I perceived not that any fruits grew there, 
 fave fome which refembled the fruits of the tree of know- 
 ledge of good and evil, v/hich grew m the midft of the gar- 
 den of Eden. 
 
 Now, as I fald before, I faw that the pilgrims were at a 
 lofs to determine v:^hich of thefe two was the houfe at which 
 they ought to feek for entertainment ; and as they v/alked 
 on, they difputed on the fubjed among themfelves. Yet 
 they were all mofi taken with the appearance of that on the 
 left hand, a^d inclined to petition there for a lodging, if 
 peradventure it might be afforded them. Only Good-intent 
 obje<5i:ed, becaufe the building feemed fo modern ; " and we 
 know,*' fald he, *^ that the Interpreter is no new refident in 
 thefe parts." 
 
 " But we know not," fald Mr. Inconfiderate^ " whether he 
 may not have built himfelf a new houfe." •^ 
 
 " What imports it to us in what houfe he dwells?" faid 
 Mr. Love-change ; " we are not obliged to choofe him for 
 cur hofi:, if we can be better entertained elfewhere ?" 
 
 " I am determined," faid Mr. Hot-heady to take up my 
 lodging at the houfe on the left hand." 
 
 "So will I," faid Mx. Party fpir it y « if my friends agree to 
 prefer it." At 
 
i6 THE PROGRjESS OF THE 
 
 At lezd,'* f^iid Mr: Curiojry, '« we may ftep afide lato tlie 
 pleafure ground, and take a neal-er view of it/* And witk 
 him agreed the others of his party. 
 
 But ftill Got)d^mteTity who was little Satisfied wth their coii- 
 verfation, doubted in his own mind whether it would be fafe 
 to turn at all out of the high ro^i^d^ clofe by the fide of which 
 he obferved the right hand houfe to be placed ; but while he 
 debated the matter with himfelf, he unluckily forgot the 
 words of the porter at the wicket gate, and thought not of 
 plucking his book out of his bofom, to fcek therein for coun- 
 fel. 
 
 So, as they went, they came to a bridge, built over that 
 ftream which ran through the pleafure grounds on the left 
 fide, and* which here croiled the great road ; and juft beyond 
 the bridge there was a gate^ through which was the way up 
 to the houfe. Now the pilgrims were faint and wt^ary wich 
 their journey, a^J, as they viewed the (Iream, the waters 
 thereof did feem to offer them a pleafant refrefnment ; fo 
 Mi\ Inconfiderate and Mr. Hot-head ^\d fo rthvvn'th ft cop down 
 and drink^ and the others were not How to follow their ex- 
 ample ; only Good-'intent doubted' whether it might not be 
 more expedient to forbear till he fnould come to the houfe, 
 ivhere, by the confimand of the Lord of tlie way, all tilings 
 that \^iere proper for the entertainment of pilgrims were plen- 
 tifully provided for them. But Mr. Cur'iofdy had a cup of 
 roftly WGvkmanihip, which pcfieiled the property of exciting 
 tliirft in all who held it near their lips j, and, having filled it 
 with m^'ater, he prefented it to Good-tnfsTif, who had no fooner 
 taken it in his hand, than its hidden power overcamie him, 
 and he was unable to forbear drinking at one draught all 
 that it contained ; nay, he afterwards filled it tVvice or thrice 
 himfelf, and drank again. 
 
 Now I faw in mLy dream tliat Lt ftUl wanted fome hours of 
 ni^ht, and the fun, though a x^^^ ^zH^mg clouds did fome- 
 times veil his brightnefs, did yet give fufficient light to. en- 
 lighten all who dwell upon the earth : but, as the pilgrims 
 drank of the water of that ftream, a black mift began to arife 
 from beneath the ground, aixd to fpread itfelf around them, 
 and prefentiy the face of the heavens was concealed frOm 
 their view, and they were left in total darknefs ; neither durll 
 any man venture to move from the pTace wherciti^ he ftood, 
 
 either 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. l; 
 
 either backwards or forwards, for he knew not where he 
 iliould fet hi.-^ foot. Then cried they all one to another, 
 ** What fhall we do ?" But no man Wiis able to be a guide 
 unto the reft. At laft they delcried, advancing towards 
 them, from the houfe on the left hand, one who bore a torch 
 in his hand ; fo they were glad when they faw him, and as 
 he drew near they made obeifance to him, and befought him 
 that he ^ would deliver them out of the darknefs which iur- 
 rounded them. 
 
 Then the man, whofe name was Falft-reafoning^ told them 
 that for that purpofe was he come ; " For,'' faid he, " my 
 maftcr has beheld your diftrefs from the windows of his pa- 
 lace ; and, as it is his efpecial oiiice to iuccour pilgrims w*ho 
 have loft their way in the mifts of Ignorance^ which hereabouts 
 are very common, he has fent me forth to give you light, and 
 guide you in fafety to his gates.'^ 
 
 " Then," faid Mr. Credulity^ '' we are much beholden to 
 thy mafter ; and though, before we received this mark of 
 kindnefs, we diiiered from each other hi opinion, we may all 
 now confidently affure ourfelves that he is oi a truth that 
 good Interpreter^ to whofe houfe Vv^e were dire(^led." 
 
 " But is he indeed the fame," faid Good-intenfy " who here- 
 tofore proved fo excellent a friend ta Chr'ijlian P^' 
 
 " He beareth the fame title," faid Faije-reafoningj " but 
 v»^ith much better claim to it ; for that old gentleman, o£ 
 whom you fpeak, even in his beft days, could do nothing 
 more for pilgrims than repeat to them a few trite fayings, 
 and give them a lodging at hfs houfe ; whereas my mafter 
 v;ili fhew you fuch wonders, as have never been feen before 
 fince the foundation of the world ; he will impart unto you 
 fuch wlfdom, as it is reported your firft parents thought it 
 worth their while to forfeit Paradlfe to obtain ; and he will 
 beftow upon you fach privileges, as no one but himfelf did 
 ever poifefs the power to confer." 
 
 " It is well for us that Vr^e have met v/ith fuch a fiiend/"' 
 fiid'Mr. Incorifukrafe. 
 
 ^* Let us inftantly accept his invitation," faid Mr. Hot- 
 heruL 
 
 " Any thing rather than continue in this darknefs," faid 
 Mr. D^Jcoutcni, 
 
 " The new Interpreter v.411 prove more ferviceable to us 
 than the old," faid Mr. ^oe-chatig:; « There 
 
 B2 
 
1 8 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 " There can be no doubt of that, " faid Mr. CreMity, 
 
 " 1 burn with impatience," faid Mr. Curiafity,'' to fee and 
 to hear thofe rare things which we are promifed at this 
 houfe.'^ 
 
 " And I," faid Mr. Hate-controul *' to enjoy thofe new 
 privileges of which. this man fpeaks." 
 
 " Gentlem.en," faid Mr. Party-fpirit, " whitherfoever you 
 go, I will go ; for I never defert my friends." 
 
 ^' I pray you," faid Good-Intent unto him Avho bcre the 
 torch, '' is the old Interpreter yet alive ?" 
 
 FoJ.fc-reafontng. ^^ It can fcarcely be faid that he is ; for 
 his extreme old age hath quite benumbed his faculties, and' 
 reduced him to a (late of abfolute dotage. He could not in- 
 deed have been kept out of his grave fo long, but by the 
 ftrong cordials which hiave been adminiftered to him by a 
 certain mountebank, named Prieji-craft, who finds his own ad- 
 vantage in ufarping the old gentleman'? autl^orit 7 ever the 
 bafer fort of pilgrims who travel this road." 
 
 Gocd'intent. **. But which is the houfe whereat Chr'ijTian 
 v/as fo hofpitably entertained ?" 
 
 Falfe'redfonlng. " He lodged at that old ruinous manfion, 
 which ftands a little beyond my mafter's, and on the oppo- 
 fite fide of the road." 
 
 Good-intent. '* And could not we alfo obtain a lodging 
 there ?" 
 
 FaJfe-reafonhig. ** You might probably be admitted to 
 fleep there, nay, and have a potion adminiftered unto you to 
 make your fleep the founder ; but you would find nor.e of 
 that delicious fare which my mafler colleds from every quar- 
 ter of the globe for the nourifliment of fuch travellers as come 
 vmto him ; of the' excellence whereof you may fpeedlly judge 
 for youvfelves, fmce the hour of his banguet draws near." 
 
 On hearing this, moft of the pilgrims quickened theit^ 
 pace ; bu" GGccUnlpit ftill hefitated ; for having been accuf- 
 tomed all his life to hear the praifes of the ancient Inierpretery 
 be could HOt lightly per fuade himfelf that any houfe could be 
 fitter than his v/as for the accommodation- of pilgrims. Yet 
 he feared to be left to wander alone in darknefs. He once 
 bethought himfelf of his book, and plucked it out of his bo- 
 fom and opened it ; but as he was v/alking, though flovvdy, 
 aftev the reft? the motion of bis going did render his hand 
 
 unfteady 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-SMTENT, t^ 
 
 njiiieadv to hold it : moreoA^'er the glare of the torch ot Fa/j}- 
 r^afonmg did much dazzle his eyes. 80 he fatisfied himfelf 
 that it was impofiilile to read at that juinSlui-e, and therefore 
 did not perfevere in the atterapt ; but, rcclofmg the volunxe, 
 he .put it back into his bofom, and faid to himfelf, ** If 1 like 
 not my entertainment to-nig-ht, I can but refume myjouniey 
 in the morning, and repair to the houfe at which my fathers 
 were lodged. The niift may be then di-iperfed, and I may- 
 be able to difcern my way ; but at prefent I Ihonld perifli in 
 the darknefs, if I imprudently refufed to avail myfelf of the 
 light which this man's torch imparts unto me.'' - So he 
 walked on more confidently ; and as ti>ey approached the- 
 palace, behold it was all illuminated, and the lamps Avhich 
 were Vv-ithin caft forth fuch a fplendour, tliiit the pilgrims ima- 
 gined the light of day refrored unto them. 
 
 Then Mr. CuAofity inquired of their guide, what were hi? 
 mafter's name and parentage. 
 
 Falfe'txafontng, " His name is Phihfophy : he is the fon of 
 Reafon and c>£ Nature, The plaoe of his birth is not certainly 
 known v but it is generally believed that his infancy was 
 fpent in Egypt, where he was nuried by Fable; and that he 
 afterwards palTed his youth in Greec^^, where the Scktues train- 
 ed him to maturity, /ifter that, various .misfort?:mes befel 
 him, and he lived many years in an obfcure-and tedious ex- 
 ile : but lately, having been invited by Learning to return m^' 
 lo Europe, he has been univerfally received with fuch honours 
 as have amply repaid him for the unmerited flights which had 
 formerly been fhcwn hi^n. There is one country, in paticli- 
 lar, of Vv'hich he has been appointed fovereign law-giver, and 
 where divine honours are paid him. Yet fuch is lits zeal for 
 the general intereft of mankind, that he does not reftricl his 
 fcrvices to any fingle nation, but has \>m\t this palace by the 
 fide of the high road, for the reception of pHgrims from all 
 regions of the earth ; ^and, as his knowledge is univerfal, he 
 readily imparts to all his gueils fuch inftr nations as thsy may 
 be either willing or able to receive," 
 
 By this time they drew very near unto^ the palace ; and 
 they could hear within its walls a confufed noife, like the 
 found of many voices : alio tliey could difcern through the 
 v/indows large companies of people in every department. 
 Then Mr. Curwfiiy afked, who all thofe perfons were; 
 
 Falfc-reafor.hg. 
 
2d THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Falfe-reafonmg* " All whom ypu fee within are my 
 mafter's pupils ; men, who, corning to lodge^at his houfe, as 
 you do now, have been fo.much taken with the wonders they 
 have feen there, that they have defired to remain with him 
 for a feafon, in order to have fufficient leifure to receive his 
 inftrudlions, and to contemplate his works ; and how well 
 fome of them have profited by his leffons, you will have an 
 opportunity of judging to-morrow by your own obfervations, 
 when you ihall be permitted to vifit the academy.'* 
 
 They now entered a fpacious and magnificent hall, where 
 many attendants were in waiting to receive them ; and, paf- 
 iing thence through feveral other rooms fuperbly decorated, 
 they were at laiT: ufhered into the banquet chamber, where 
 they found the mafter of the houfe, furrounded by a very nu- 
 merous company of his guefts, who all came forward to fa- 
 lute them. From the account which had been given them 
 by the way of the paft life of Mr. PhUofophy, the pilgrims had 
 expeded to tind him a very aged man ; they were therefore 
 fomewhat furprifed at his youthful appearance, which they 
 could not but remark, although, in order to difguife it, he 
 wore a Grecian mantle and a Roman veft. He welcomed 
 them with extraordinary courtefy, and made them a long 
 harangue, which aiforded them occafion to admire his fluency 
 of fpcech, and wonderful erudition ; neverthelefs, even thofe 
 among them who paid the greateft attention to what he faid, 
 could not take upon themfelves to affirm that they clearly 
 comprehended a fmgle fentence of it ; but they modeftly im- 
 puted this circumftance to iheir own incapacity, rather than 
 to any intentional obfcurity on has part ; and the feaft being^ 
 now brought in, they feated themfelv'es at the table, in the^ 
 order appointed by their hoft.- 
 
 It was the fortune of Good-Intent to Be placed Between two 
 of the gentlemen whom they had found with Mr. Philofophy 
 on their arrival, whofe names were Mr. Free-thought and Mr. 
 Plaufihle ; and. their converfation pleafed him fo well, that he 
 began to find himfelf in better fpirits than he had ever been 
 lince he had fibril confented to turn afide out of the gr^at 
 road. But, while he v/as talking with them, he chanced to 
 caft his eyes on a company of men who fat apart from the 
 reft. He could not fee thcir^faces, for they were all mufiled 
 up in thick cloaks^ and wore cnps of a grotefqiie Ihape, pul- 
 led 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 21 
 
 le J down over their eyes ; but there was fomethlng in their ap- 
 pearance which infpired him with an invohmtary terror ; and 
 he could not refrain, from inquiring of his two companions 
 who tliote men v.-cre. 
 
 " They are not worthy your attention, '^ faid Mr. Plnufilk ; 
 " they are fome of the vallkls of the lord oi tliis palace, and 
 never ad: but by his order." 
 
 " But wherefore are they armed V^ faid GoocUntcirt ; for 
 he perceived that they all wore daggers m their girdles. 
 
 " It is no more than necefLiry/' rei)Ued Mr. Plaujihk ; <* for 
 you muft knowth.it Mr. RLnlofophy, though a friend and well 
 Vvifher to all mankind; is yet fo unfortunate as to liave ma- 
 ny enemies, of whom the praicipal are two fierce giants, na- 
 med Sup::?jMon 'AVidiD^fpotif.iu By thefe, and by their fjbjedrs 
 and allies, hs is frequently affaulted ; and', being himfelf of 
 a difpoHtion averfq from' vhirfare, he is obKged, for tlie fake 
 of his own fecurity,^o keep in his fervic'e certain armed m.en, 
 who may be ready, in cafe of any fudden affault, to defend 
 him and his property from violence.'^ 
 
 " From what my friend has been fiying,*' interpofed Free^ 
 thought y ^* you may perceive, Mr. Good-intent^ how rlghtiy yoir 
 have addreffed yourfelf in coming to this hoiife ; for ycii can- 
 not be ignorant of the many injuries which your own kinf- 
 folkhave fuftained from thofe who are now the enemies of Mr. 
 PhUofophy, You will not, therefore, affuredly> refufe to unite 
 with us, as in one common caufe, and afliiVus to' exterminate 
 both Defpoflfm -axYd Superjlitlon. with all tlie minfters of their 
 violence^ frojn flie earth." 
 
 G JO d Anient indee{i recolle'cted, that befcre he had fet out 
 from his own country, he had heard many inrtanccs of the 
 cruelty and injuftfce of thofe two giants ; but as he underflood 
 that for many years pail they had been re lira i ne cf fi-om ma- 
 king any inroads into the regions through which the v/ay of 
 the pilgrims Liy, he was uncertain how far it might be expe- 
 dient for him to quit that way, in order to make war on 
 them in any diftant country. However, as it was then late, 
 he vrould not enter into a full drfcuffion of the^fubjed, but 
 told Mr. Free-fhoughi that he would talk further with him in 
 the morning ; and prefently afterwards the whole com.pany 
 retired to rell, 
 
 Gcod^.nterJ. 
 
22 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Good-intent, being tired with his journey, foon fell alleep ; 
 and though I never heard him relate his" jdreams, I could 
 perceive that they were very delightful unto him ; for fonie- 
 tlmes he fmiled in his fleep, and fometin^es 1 heard him ex- 
 claim, *' The golden age reftored ! The reign of Reafon I 
 Univerfal peace, and freedom uncontrolled !" Now 
 when it vv^as morning, he/ awoke, rofe from his bed, 
 and attired himfelf ; and taking his book from the table on 
 Xrhich he had laid it the night before, he was going, ac- 
 .cording to his ufual cuftom, to read a certain portion of 
 it before he quitted liis chamber ; but one named Im- 
 patience came to call him to attend Mr. PhUofophy^ who 
 v/as ready to iliew the pilgrims his fignificant rooms ; fc he 
 put the book unopened into his bofom, and wient haftily 
 down to the houfe. 
 
 . Now when all thofe who had arrived at the palace the 
 night before were met together, Mr. Philofopby, came forth 
 unto them ; and firfl: he had them into his academy, where 
 all his pupils were bufied in their feveral ftudies and occupa- 
 tions ', but their labours appeared fo unlike thofe of other 
 men, that the pilgrims were filled with wonder, an^T could 
 not help afking fome queftions, of their condudor, who 
 readily undertook to anfwer their inquiries. 
 
 " From the extraordinary works which are performed by 
 my pupils," faid he, " you may beft learn in what eftimatiou 
 to hold the inftrudtions which they have received from me. 
 Do you fee him who is arranging in fuch exacft order his 
 heaps of (lones and cockle fliells I I have taught him to de- 
 cypher charadlers untelligible to vulgar eyes ; fo that he is 
 able to read on every foffil the true date of the time at 
 w^hich it was firfl depofited in the bed of earth from which 
 he dug it ; by which meatis he can now fet at defiance all 
 other chronologifts and hiftorians, ancient and modern, and 
 add in one moment myriads of uncounted ages to the anti- 
 quity of the world which we inhabit. Not far from him^ 
 you may perceive, on a table,, a globe ofglafs. It is a fmall 
 fragment of tlie fun, lately ftruck off hy the tail of a comet. 
 As foon as I faw that by its rotatory motion it had obtained 
 a fpherical figure, I. feized it, and gave it to him, whom you 
 may fee fo intently watching it. In about forty thoufand 
 years, by which time it will be properly cooled, he will 
 
 have 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 23 
 
 have the fatiifadlion of feeing it covered with herbage and with 
 trees; foon afterwards all kinds of animals will fpontaneoufly 
 fpring from it ; and laftly it will bring forth men, who of 
 coiirfe will reafon and converfe as we do. He who fit^ next 
 is employed in changing flowers into butterflies ; which he 
 effedbs by infufmg into tlieir component parts a defire of loco- 
 motion. You may fee a projector of a lower order, who is fil- 
 ling bladders with air, for the purpofe of flying ; and another 
 who is bufied in the conftrudion of a boat, in which he propofes 
 to fail at the bottom of the fea. But a little farther on fits my 
 favourite fcholar, who is occupied in preparing the elixir of 
 Human Perfedihility ; of which if a man tafte, he fhall forth- 
 with become incapable of feeling the decays of age and fick- 
 nefs ; and, ceafmg to eat, drink, or fleep, he fhall fpend his 
 time chiefly in leaping or dancing ; till, by the virtue of this 
 medicine, death fhall be totally banifhed from the world, 
 and tlie human race, continuing daily to increafe, and fuftain- 
 ing no diminution, ihall cover the whole furface of the earth, 
 and the w^ant of local room fhall, to each happy individual, 
 preclude the power of motion." 
 
 Naw I faw in my dream, that afionifliment and admiration 
 at thefe wonderful things deprived the whole company of pil- 
 grims of all poflibillity of utterance, and induced them to 
 regard Mr. Phtlofophy with tenfold veneration ; ^' for," 
 thought they, " if thefe be the works of the fcholars, what 
 may not the power of the mailer achieve ?" 
 
 So he w^ent on w4th this difcourfe to them, and he faid, 
 *' There are many others among my pupils, w^hofe employ- 
 ments are no lefs worthy of your attention than what yen al- 
 ready have beheld ; and if you are willing, you may all be- 
 come partakers in the benefits which they derive from my in- 
 ftructions. But firil I mud Ihew you other fights, which will 
 be profitable^unto you, and /rem v/hich you ipay learn to 
 form a true eftimate of the value cf all the things which are 
 to be met with in this world." 
 
 Then he led them away to a room, in which there was a 
 window that looked out upon a wide comm^on ; and there 
 appeared on the comm^on a large company of naked men. 
 
 " Who are thofe men r" faid Mr. Curiofity. 
 
 */ They are brethren," anfwered Mr. Philofophy ; *< watch, 
 and fee w^hat fhall be done unto them.'^ 
 
 So 
 
-;24 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 So they locked, and beheld one come unto them ; and to 
 feme of drern he gave purple garments, and crowns of gold^ 
 and to others, changes of raiment, and fine linen ; but the 
 greater part he clothed in rag^, and, piltting fpades and pick- 
 axes into their hands, he compelled them to dig precious ore 
 and jewels out of the earth, and to give them unto thofe who 
 ftood by, idle, while for themfelves they, found but a few 
 roots whereon to feed, as a recompence for their fore la- 
 .bour. 
 
 Then faid all the pilgrims, " What meaneth this?'' 
 
 Anxi Mr. Ph:Ljcphy anfwered them, '• You fiiw that at'firft 
 the men were all idike, none of them w^as greater, and none 
 lefs, than his fellows ; lill he whom you faw come unto them, 
 "whofe name was Social-order^ did firil make a difference be- 
 tween them. And you. have beheld how unjuftly he has. 
 deal'o with them; how he has exalted a few, and given unto 
 tbem povrer to trample on the many. Such are the^ abufes 
 which ilirough him have been introduced into the world. 
 But follow me to another place, and you fhall fee greater 
 evils than thefe.'' 
 
 Then Mr. Difconienl gvoAutd \ but they all followed their 
 conduclor, who brought them v/here th?re was a view of a 
 black and gloomy tower. The narrow crevices which ferved 
 inrtead of windows were grated over ; but he bade them loojc 
 between the bars, and they defcried within certain prifoners, 
 who lay fettered in a damp and noifome dungeon. 
 
 Then faid the pilgrims, " What means tliis V* 
 
 '' You may have already heard," faid Mr. Phikfophyj " that 
 I have two mortal foes, who are alfo the foes of the whole 
 human race, and againft whom all who defire.to become my 
 difciples muil fwear eternal enmity. The tov/er v-diich you 
 behcki is the it rong hold of one of them, even of the giant 
 Dej'potifm ; and the captives whom you fee v/iihin are vidims 
 of his cruelty." 
 
 Tioen faid Mr. Hot-head. *• Let u^ inftantly ftorm the gate, 
 and fet them free i" 
 
 "Your zeal is commendable," faid Mr Phllofophy ; "but 
 wait a moment, and behold the event." 
 
 So they looked, and .prefently they £aw a woman gor- 
 geoufly attired, with a red cap on her head, who fuddenly^ 
 i:ofe out of the ground, bearing a lamp pail in her hand ; 
 
 and 
 
PILGRIM GOOB-INTENT. 25 
 
 and when (he had ftrickeii therewith the walls of the tower, 
 they funk with a mighty crafti, and became a heap of ruins. 
 Then the pilgrims rejoiced in the hope that thofe who bad 
 been imprifoned within would now recover their freedom ; 
 but Mr. Philofophy Was not willing that they fhould (lay to 
 fee what became of the captives ; but led them haftily away 
 to another apartment ; as they went, however, Mr. Curiqfity 
 inquired the name of her who had thrown down the tower, 
 and was told that fiie v>^as called Liberty. 
 
 So they came next to a place where they faw a throne 
 raifed high, and there fat on it a woman who was clothed 
 in white raiment, but it was deeply ftained with blood : alfo 
 on her breali Ihe wore a bloody crv)fs. And when ihe waved 
 her hand, a great multitude of men appeared before her. 
 Then Ihe blew forth from her lips a flame, which in a mo- 
 ment failened on their garments; and behold the men fell 
 together in a heap, and were all quickly confuraed to aihes. 
 
 Then were the pilgrims much difmayed, and they a£ked 
 trembling, " What meaneth this ?" 
 
 Then faid Mr. Philofophy^ I ihewed you at the laft place 
 the cruelty of Defpoi'ifniy one of the enemies by whom I and 
 my friends are continually perfecuted ; you now behold the 
 triumphs of th-j ftill more terrrible giant Superjiit'ion* Thefe 
 are the faciyfices in which he delighteth, and in executing 
 whi^h the miniiters of his will are continually employed." 
 
 "But who is flie,'' faid Mr. Curiojuyy who fits on the throne, 
 and by whom this deed of horror ha > been performed ?" 
 
 " She is the eldeft daughter of Siiperjlitwn^'^ faid Mr. PhU 
 lofophy^^*' and her name is Chriftiamty/^ 
 
 Good-Intent ftarted. He had hitherto followed loft in won- 
 der, and without confi deration had Ipartaken in the emotions 
 of the reft ; but now, though he wa:» ftill incapable of arrang- 
 ing the refleelions which crowded tiunultuouily op his mind, 
 yet he could no longer conceal froni himfelf, that he was in 
 the houfe of one who was an enemy to his king ; and the 
 confcioufnefs of this filled him with an; uneaftnefs, in which he 
 was aftoniftied to/ee that none of his companions appeared 
 ?to partake. They all followed Mr. PrMhfophy as complacent- 
 ly as at firft ; but Good-'mtent longed \|to difengage himfelf 
 from the company, though for the prei'jbnt he faw no good 
 opportunity of effeifling bis efcape, ,bec*kufe their condudlor 
 
 C r ^'^i 
 
26 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 had clofed behind them every door through which they had 
 paffed ; wherefore, fatisfying himfelf that no obftacle to his 
 departure could exift on their return, he yielded to the per- 
 fuafions of Mr. Cunofity^ and with the reft proceeded ftill 
 further, 
 
 Then Mr. Philofophy brought them to a place, where they 
 Taw an affemblage of men of all conditions. Some were era- 
 ployed in various works "of labour ; but as they worked, they 
 fung with merry hearts ; and, when their tafks were, ended, 
 they arofe, and danced upon die green : fome were counting 
 the profits they had gained by merchandife ; and fome, in 
 gayer clothing, were engaged in various fports, and feemed 
 to know no bufmefs but th*ir pleafure. Yet were the pil- 
 grims greatly aftonifhed at tlie air of cheerfulnefs which was 
 vifible on every countenance ; for the men were all linked to- 
 gether by two poadji ous iron chains, the ends of which were 
 grafped by two mif-fhaptn giants, who fat on a rock, and 
 viewed their captives with malignant exultation. 
 
 " Who are thofe hideous monfters," faid Mr. Curwfity^ 
 •* who hold enthralled fo many of our fellow creatures ?" 
 
 " You now behold my eneinies in perfon," faid Mr. Philo- 
 fophy ; " he who wields the fceptre in his hand is Defpoufm ; 
 yet, though the enfigns of royalty are his, even he is fubjecl: 
 to the controul of Siiperjliimh his ftill more imperious bro- 
 ther, who bears the flaming torch." 
 
 ** But thofe fools are worthy to wear their chains,*' faid 
 Mr. Hate-controuly " who purfue their fports and occupations 
 with fuch gay levity, making no effort to free thcmfelves.'' 
 
 " Condemn them not top haftily," faid lAx.Philofophyy <«kil 
 your cenfure fhould extend further than you as yet fuppofe ; 
 and know, that thofe men, of whom you thus contemptuouf- 
 \y fpeak, are themfelves infenfible of their own fervile condi- 
 ti on. For fuch is the magic power of thofe fell giants, that 
 they can render invifible the chains which they impofe, and 
 fo lull to fleep the faculties of thofe who wear them, that 
 they feel not the yoke, evea while it galls their necks. But 
 look again, and a new fceae of things will difclofe itfelf.'* 
 
 Then they looked, and beheld a perfon fmgularly attired ; 
 for his garments were made all of paper, and on €very fold 
 were printed in legible charaders the words Rights of Man, 
 He advanced towards t^€ crowd, bearing in his hand a large 
 
 mirroy, 
 
i>ILGRlM GOOD-INTENT. ii 
 
 mirror, which he held in fuch a manner as that every man 
 in his turn faw therein his own image ; and fuch was the vir- 
 tue of that glafs, that as he looked in it, his eyes were opened, 
 and he perceived his chains. In 3. moment the voice of 
 mirth ceafed ^.mong them ; and nothing now v/as to be heard 
 but groans and lamentations, intermixed wnth expreflions of 
 fury and revenge againft the tyrants w^ho had thus enflavcd 
 them. The pilgrims pitied them, ?.nd waited with fome an- 
 xiety to fee what would be the effeds of the new fpirit which 
 had been thus excited among them ; w^hen on a fudden he 
 who bare the glafs ftepped forward, and prefented it to the 
 guells of Mr. Philofophy. 
 
 Mr. Difcontent was the firft who clUght in it the refledic^n 
 bf his Q\\\\ iigure ; and what was his horror, v/hen he beheld 
 around his ow^n neck two chains, referhbling thofe with 
 which the ether captives oi Superjlittrm 7LX\d Defpotifm were 
 loaded ! He darted back aghaft, and Mr. Hate-controul caught 
 a fimilar view ; he gnailied his teeth with defpite ; and Mr. 
 Hot-head^ who came next, \vas altogether mad with fury. 
 Surprifed at their ravings, Mr. Curk/ity prelTed forward to 
 Jgnji* ^nri ii/hen he perceitsd at 6fiit Lis 6v?il ocndkioh, i\\6 
 that of his companions, he feized the arm oi Good-Intent ^ and 
 drew him towards the mirror. After them came the reft ; 
 and all, in like manner, difcovered wit^ aftonifhment their 
 ftate of bondage. All coo now felt themfelves even feowed 
 down by the weight of the chains, of which, but a few mo- 
 ments before, they had been unconfclous ; and w^hile fome ra- 
 ged, and others wept, at the thoughts of the captivity in 
 which they were holden, all were exerting their utmoft ef- 
 forts to break their bonds, or at leaft to loofen them from 
 their necks : but all in vain ; the more they ftruggled to free 
 themfelves, the tighter did the tyrants feem to draw the 
 chains. 
 
 At laft they addrefled themfelves to Mr. Phdo/ophy,- ^nd 
 befought him to deliver them. 
 
 " You afk of me more than 1 am able to do for you,*' an- 
 fwered he : "I have already rendered you the greateft fer- 
 vice in my power, by bringing you to a fenfe of your thral- 
 dom ; for, though till now you have been ignorant of it, 
 you have worn thefe chains even from your birth ; and they 
 are rivetted fo firmly on your necks, that, if you yourfelves 
 
 ihake 
 
28 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 I 
 
 fhake them not off, no ejcternal force will be able ta releafv 
 you from them." J 
 
 « Alas !'' faid Mr. Ifi/ccnienty " our ftrength is not fuffi- 
 cient to break them.'* 
 
 " Yet I would die," {Liid Mr. Hate-cojitrouU " rather than 
 lubmit to wear them any longer." 
 
 " Let us perifli glorioufly," faid Mr. Hot-head^ <* in rufli- 
 ing forward to attack the tyrants on their lofty feat I"' 
 
 " The time for adventurous daring may come here,after," 
 faid Mr. Philofophy : *^ till your ovvti necks fhall be freed 
 from the yoke of the tyrants, all attempts to overthrow their 
 power will be fruitlefs. There is but one way by which 
 your chains can be locfed ; and to fiiew you that way is the 
 only remaining fervice I can render you. If you know how 
 to value freedom as you ought, you will not think it dearly 
 purchafed hj the ujfe of the means I fhall point out to 
 you." 
 
 Mr. Credulity did not hefitate to exprefs his implicit confi- 
 dence in the dire<5rions of his conductor ; and all joined in re- 
 quefting him to confer on them v/ithout delay this promifed 
 -c.^roti-r pvror^tino- Good'tntent : who, indeed, continued to fol- 
 io v7 him ^'witirth^ reft, for he knew not wh?t other courfe to 
 Mke ; but, while his companions preffed forward with eager 
 impatience, he walked the laft, melancholy and filent. ^ 
 
 After they had defcended feveral flights of fteps, Mr. Ph> 
 lofophy then led them through many crooked fubterranean 
 paffages, now bending to the right hand, and now to the 
 left : fometimes proceeding for a ihort time ftraight forwards, 
 and then fuddenly turning in an oppofite diredion, and lead- 
 ing them backwards almoft to the point from which they 
 had fet out. I faw, moreover, that in thefe paffiges there was 
 no other light than that which was afforded by numerous 
 lamps, of various colours, fo difpofed as to caft alternately 
 different fliades' on all objedls within fight of the pilgrims : 
 infomuch that nothing whereon they looked appeared to 
 their eyes to wear its own proper and natural hue. At iait 
 they reached a brazen door ; which being opened unto them 
 by Mr. Philofophy, they entered a temple of black marble. 
 From it, as well as from the paffages which had led to it, 
 every beam of the light of heaven was excluded : nor did 
 the pilgrims find here even fuch lamps as had hitherto en- 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 29 
 
 lighteneJ their ftep s ; only in th^ midft of the temple, on an 
 altar, burned a pale and quivering flame. Even the boldeft 
 of the band, on his entrance, felt his blood congealed with a 
 fudden horror. Each turned to look on his companions ; 
 but, for fome moments, their eyes, unaccuftomed to the 
 gloom, were unable to diftinguifli objects ; and in all, the no- 
 bler powers of life feemed for a while fufpended. 
 
 By degrees they became more able to penetrate the obfcu^- 
 rity ; and they defcried, though dimly, two portentous 
 forms ; they fuppofed tliem the powers to whofe honour that 
 temple had been built. One fat on a pile of arms ; his gar- 
 ments dropped with gore ; and a flight of vultures, hovering 
 about his head, with hoarfe fcreams demanded of him their 
 accuftomed food. The other phantom was half veiled in a 
 mifty cloud ; for, had his whole form been difcovered, no 
 mortal eye could have endured the terrors of his afpe«fl. A 
 dragon's crefl appeared to crown his head ; his arm refted on 
 a broken anchor,' and the thunderbolt of Heaven was tram- 
 pled beneath his feet. 
 
 " Here feek, and here obtain, deliverance !'* faid Mr. 
 Phtlofophy : " Behold I have brought you into the prefence of 
 thofe who alone are able to give you perfedl libeity : Prcf- 
 trate youfelves before them ; and then, withfecurity of accep- 
 tance, ofl'er the facrifice which the Poivsrs of Freedom de- 
 mand." 
 
 At thefe words, the pilgrims bowed themfelves to the 
 ground : Good-Intent alone, aghaft and motionlefs, flood ftill 
 in his place, and obeyed not the voice of his condudlcr ; but 
 as he was behind the reft, it chanced that his omiffion was 
 not obferved. When the others. had performed their homage, 
 the fia ne on the altar rofe higher, and burned more brightly, 
 than before, as if to requite their worfhip with a favourable 
 omen. They now felt themfelves emboldened to look with 
 more confidence on the phantoms which their guides had en- 
 titled \}ci^ Foivers of Freedom ^ and by the increafed light 
 they could difcern, that over the head of him from whom 
 the ravenous birds expedled food was written Anarchy ; but 
 over that of his more terrific compeer, they decyphered the 
 name of Aihelfm, Good-intent ftiuddered, and his hair flood 
 ere61:, 
 
 C 2 Then 
 
30 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Then faid Mr. Philofophy, <* Thus far is well ; thefe awful 
 powers receive you as their votaries. Are you now ready 
 to join in the facrifice which alone is wanting to render them 
 propitious to your defires ?'' 
 
 " Inftantly,'^ faid Mr* Hot-head : " what have we to offer 
 which can be acceptable to them ?" 
 
 " Hiave you not each a book," faid Mr. Philofophy^ " which 
 was given unto you by a man who called himfelf Evange- 
 
 " We have," replied the pilgrims. 
 
 " That man," refumed their conduftor, " is the moft Iii- 
 Teterate foe of the powers who prefide in this temple ; and 
 in no lefs a degree is he your enemy alfo ; fmce the chains, 
 which you fo difgracefuUy wear, could not have been forged 
 without his affiftance. As a token, then, that you forever 
 renounce him and his do<5trines, lay your books on the altar 
 fcefore you, to be confumed in that felf-kindled flame, as an 
 offering to Atheifm ; and then let each ftep forward, and re- 
 ceive from Anarchy a fword which hath no fheath, endow- 
 ed with fo rare a virtue, that, in the fame moment that you 
 grafp it, your chains will fpontaneoufly fall from your 
 jiecks." 
 
 Mr. Hot-head xm-mt^vdX^y obeyed, and threw his book into 
 the midft of the flame : Mr. Inconjiderate followed his exam- 
 ple ; and Mr. Hate-controuU as he did the like, faid, " If I 
 Jioped for no further advantage, I fhould ftill thmk myfelf a 
 gainer, in being no longer obliged to burden myfelf with a 
 Tolume, filled with hard fayings, and ftatutes impoflible to 
 fce borne." 
 
 The reft not immediately advancing, Mr. Phllofophy pro- 
 ceeded in his difcourfe. 
 
 Phllofophy. " You will foon perceive that, by the deftruc- 
 tion of thefe books, theprefent fyftem of aflFairs throughout 
 the whole world will be annihilated." 
 
 Mr. Difcontent came forward, and committed his volume 
 to the flames. 
 
 Philofcphy. " A new order of things will every where ap- 
 pear." 
 
 Mr. Love-change joined in the facrifice. 
 
 Philofcphy. " And thofe, who now cordially unite with 
 e^cb otiier in llie purfui^ of their true interefts" — 
 
 Mr. 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 31 
 
 Mr. Party-fpirit prefented his book. 
 
 Philofophy. — ** Will fliare, in that renovated (late, the pure 
 delight which will be imparted to them, not only by the re- 
 covery of tlieir owTi freedom, but by the univerfal ^ftablifh- 
 ment of the rights and liberties of all mankind." 
 
 The latter part of this fpeech had been addreffed to Good- 
 intent ; but he neither advancing nor returning an anfwer,. 
 Mr. Curlojity prefled before him, and accofting Mr. Phtlofo- 
 phy^ " Sir," laid he, *' the extraordinary veneration, with 
 which the wonders I have feen at your houfe have infpired 
 me for your wifdonn, difpofes me to pay an implicit defer- 
 ence to all your counfels ; yet before I caft my book upon 
 that flaming pile, I would gladly be fatisfied by you on one 
 point. 1 am aware that to perfons who have the honour to 
 be inftrufted by you, thefe volumes are totally unneceffary; 
 but fince thofe of the meaner fort, who want that advantage, 
 ftill ftand in need of fome rules for the diredion of their con- 
 duct, where, if thofe are deftroyed to which tliey have hither- 
 to had recourfe, where are they to find a fubftitute ?" 
 
 " Nothing can be more eafily found," anfwered Mr. Phi- 
 lofophy. " Let them read the Koran of Mahomet^ or the Zen-^ 
 davefta of Zoroajler ; or let them feek a living example of hu- 
 man perfe(51ion, uadebafed by focial laws, uncontaminated 
 by civilization, unfettered by Chriftian prejudices, and con- 
 fequently unftained by any crime more black than occafion- 
 al rapine, fraud, and murder, in the virtuous hordes of ^- 
 r77^r/Vi5f;i favages." 
 
 " And are Mahomet SLnd Zoroajler then," faid Mr. Credulity^ 
 perfons of as great veracity as Mr. Emangelijl /" 
 
 "All my difciples are of that opinion," replied Mr. P>ii- 
 lofophy. 
 
 " You know thefe things better than I do," faid Mr. Cre- 
 dulity : and with that he followed the example of the reft. 
 
 Mr. Ciiriofity hefitated a moment longer ; but prefently 
 yeilding to his impatience to fee the wonderful efftds that 
 were to refult from the offering, he alfo caft his book into 
 the flames. 
 
 But the facrifice was not yet completed ; for the fpirit of 
 Good-intent was now roufed : he faw with horror the condu^ 
 of his companions, and the counfels of Good-iviU ruftied fud- 
 denly on his recolled:ioii. Though tfe^ things which he 
 
 had. 
 
it THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 had feen and heard had made a confiderable tmpreffion on 
 his mindj his former opinions were not fo far fliaken, but 
 that he felt within himfelf a determination to part rather 
 with his life than with his book, which he was fenfible none 
 but the enemies of his King would have required him to re- 
 fign ; and, remembering that he had been direded to confult 
 It whenever he fhould find himfelf under any difficulty, he 
 drew it forth from his bofom. Mr. Philofophyy difpleafed 
 that among the men who had followed him fo far there 
 fhould be any one who hefitated to obey his laft command, 
 extended his hand to feize it ; but Good-intentf recoiling from 
 his touch, opened the volume, and read therein, " Beware 
 left any man fpoil you through philofophy and vain de- 
 ceit." 
 
 *^ Alas \^* cried he, *^ had I fooner reforted to my book for 
 counfel, I fhould not have fuiFered myfelf to be led hither, 
 to view face to face thofe forms of perdition ! How great 
 muft have been my fm in turning afide from the right road ; 
 fince it has brought on me the punifiiment which I experience 
 even in the fight of that moft dire of fiends, before whofe af- 
 pedl 1 feel every high-raifed hope die away in my bofom ! 
 What will become of me ? What (hall I do !" 
 
 Then he again opened his book, and found written therein, 
 *< Efcape for thy life ; look not behind thee." Upon that, he 
 made towards the door, and would have gone forth ; 
 but thofe who had hitherto been his companions, unwilling 
 that by his example their own unrighteous deeds fhould be 
 I'eproved, fought to detain him, and to compel him to do 
 even as they had done ; but his eagernefs to efcape gave 
 him tenfold ftrength ; and while he was ftruggling with them, 
 Mr. Philofophy faid to his adverfari^s, with a malicious fmile, 
 " Trouble not yourfelves to withhold againfl his will that 
 weakfouled wretch, who is unfit to be with you admitted to 
 my higher myfteries. Suffer him to pafs forth, to meet the 
 fate which is prepared for all who prefume, without my gui- 
 dance, to tread the mazes of my palace*" 
 
 Then they ftood back, and Good-intent impetuoufly rufhed 
 oirt of the temple. But little caufe had he to rejoice, except- 
 ing in that he was delivered from the view of the hideous 
 form of Atheifni ; fOr the lamps, v/hich had enlightened his 
 fteps when he had paffedthat way atfirft, were all extinguifh- 
 
 ed) 
 
PILGRIM GOODJNTENT. • 33 
 
 \i ; and in the thick obfcurity which furrounded him, he 
 foon made a wrong turning, and loft himfelf.. His fpirit 
 now funk within him, as he wandered along dark and flippe- 
 \'j ways, where he proceeded few paces without flumbling 
 over a kind of rugged ftones, called in that place OhjeSions^ 
 which w<ere every where fcattered about. The air, moreover, 
 was filled with certain venomous winged creatures, fhaped 
 like bats, which were called DouhiSy and did oftentimes iiing 
 him forely. 
 
 At laft, he defcried at a diftance a fmall glimmering light, 
 towards which he joyfully hafiened \ and, entering a cham- 
 berfrom which It proceeded, he found there a man in a change- 
 able coloured garment, with a mafk on his face. Before 
 him lay a book, like that w^hich Gcod-hitent had fo zealoufly 
 preferved ; but he was employed in cutting cut half the leaves 
 of it with a knife which he held in his hand ; while from 
 tliofe which he fuiFered to remain, he had erafed fo many 
 words, that the reddue was no longer intelligible. When 
 Good-intent entered, the man raifed his head, and afkfed him 
 who he was, and what he fought there. 
 
 Good-intent, " My name is Good-intent : I am a pilgrim, 
 
 and was travelling towards the Celejnal City, till It was my 
 unhappy lot to be inveigled into this palace, where I have 
 beheld the dreadful face of Athe{fm, As I fled from him, 
 I loft my way in the^dark paffages ; and till I defcried the 
 beams of your lamp, I was hopelefs of ever efcaping from 
 this endlefs labyrinth.*' . . „ 
 
 Then faid the man, " If thou fiyeft from Athelfmy it is well 
 for thee that thou art come hither. 1 alfo am, his enemy ; and 
 befides myfelf than couldft not have found any one able to 
 affift thy efcape, and to guide thee in fafety through the^n^ 
 tricate mazes of this palace.'* 
 
 GoQd4ntmt heard with joy the difcourfe of the ftranger ; 
 yet, anxious to know him better before he entrufted himlelf 
 to his guidance, he inquired his name ; to which the man re-^ 
 plied, that he was called RaUoncd-Chrijllai^y ; " And I my- 
 felf," faid he, « am alfo a pilgrim as thou art ; only I like not to 
 walk with the herd of vulgar travellers ; and therefore, to 
 feparate myfelf from them, 1 came fometime fmce to take up 
 my abode under the roof of Mr. Philofophy. But now, if thou 
 ^rt willing to become my companion, and to conform thy 
 • "^ way 
 
^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 %vay to my dirediions, I will lead thee into a fafe and eafy 
 path, by which, fooner than thou naayeft exped, thou fhalt 
 arrive at the end of thy journey.'* 
 
 When Good-intent heard the ftranger^s namey- it infpired him 
 with great confidence ; and, not feeling any miftruft of his 
 new companion, he befought him immediately to lead the 
 w^ay. Then the man arofc, and taking his lamp in one hand, 
 and in the other the book but of which he had cut fo many 
 of the leaves, he condu(5led Good-uitent along paffages as in- 
 tricate as any of thofe through which he had pa/Ted before ; 
 and now they had proceeded fo far, that the pilgrim exped- 
 cd every moment to reach the end of his fubterranean way, 
 and to emerge from the darknefs in which he had wandered 
 fo long, when his ccndudlor fuddenly turned afide, and 
 brought bim into an apartment which was faintly enlighten- 
 ed by an imperfccl beam of clouded day {breaming through 
 a half-clofed fky-light. 
 
 He here beheld enfhrined a new phantom, whofe form re- 
 fembled that of the giant-brood, who were fabled to have 
 fprung from the earth ; yet, feated on a lofty throne, he 
 looked proudly dQwawards, as from the highefl heavens i 
 his countenance was fevere and louring ; and, haughty as it 
 was, it betrayed a fecret anguifh at his inability to break a 
 crofs, which he held in his hand, and was exerting his ut- 
 moft ftrength to demolilh. 
 
 " Whither have you brought me," i^iid Good-intent to his 
 condu^flor ; **" and what unknown form do I now behold ?"' 
 
 '' Happy mortal,*' faid the other, " who under my gui- 
 dance hall reached the dwelling place of Natural-religion ; 
 bow thyfelf at his fhrine, and rejoice that thy happy deiliny 
 has brought thee to vifit his pure abode !" 
 
 But while he fpoke, Good-intent^ eying the phantom more 
 heedfuUy, difcerned his true name written ,pver his head ; 
 and it was Delfm. Perceiving then that his condudor had 
 a deiign to deceive him, he delayed not to draw forth his 
 book. 
 
 ^< What dofl thou ?'* faid his guide. 
 
 ** I feek for counfel where it may be found,** replied 
 Good-intent, 
 
 " Thou meaneft well,** faid the other, " but how wilt thou 
 be deceived, if thou putted any truft in what thou mayeft find 
 w^rittea in that volume !'* -** Doth 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 35 
 
 <* Doth it not contain the words of truth ?'* faid the piU 
 , grim. 
 
 ' " It doth indeed contain fome truth," anfwere J his con- 
 
 jdudlor; ^* but fo intermixed with falfehood, that 
 
 'thy weak underftanding cannot know how to feparate 
 
 ithe one from the other. ' Read rather in my book . Mine, 
 
 I as thou feeft, was once the fame as thy own ; but I have 
 
 long employed myfelf in expunging fuch parts of it as weje 
 
 adverfe to my own opinions, and in difcovering in the pages 
 
 which I have fufFered to remain, fuch occuk meanings, as 
 
 had, for many ages, efcaped all vulgar and unlearned eyes ; 
 
 and I have at lall fo refined it from its drofs, that even he, 
 
 my great mafter, whom thou feeft before thee, permits his 
 
 votaries to ufe it, as a code of law^ for the regulation of 
 
 their moral condu<ft.*' 
 
 " But if," faid Good'tntsnt, " it was deHgned, as I have al- 
 ways been afFured it was, as a book of general inftrudlion for 
 all mankind, can we imagine that the true meaning of any 
 effential parts of it ihould be fo occult, as that it fhould have 
 remained for the inquiries of th^ prefent age to difcover ? 
 ' Methinks I could more willingly relinquiih my book entirely, 
 as I was required to do but juft now in the temple of 
 Athit/niy than think fo unworthy of hirp, who commanded us 
 to believe and to do all things which it ihould teach us, as 
 to fuppofe that he fufi'ered any pailages to be inferted there- 
 iin, for the exprefs purpofe of miileading fuch as with honeil 
 and true hearts fhould feek to know his wilL" 
 
 And with that, pufhing back the mutilated volume which 
 was offered him, he opened his own and read, " This is that 
 fpirit of Antlchr'tfi, whereof you have heard that it fhould 
 come ; and even now already is it in the wqrld.'' As he 
 read thefe words, the throne of Deifm funk, and the phantom 
 himfelf difappeared ; the fmall part of the iky-light that had 
 been open fuddenly clofed ; and he who bare the lamp fled 
 away ; but as he fled his mafk dropped off, and GooiLlniem 
 knew his face, that it was the face oi Herefy, 
 
 By the removal of his lamp, however, the pilgrim v/as not 
 left in darknefs as before ; for he perceived that from the 
 book which he ftill held in his hand a radiance proceeded, 
 and fhined round about it ; an affiftance which it had not hi- 
 therto afforded him, becaufe he had carried it hidden in his 
 
 ' ' bofom, 
 
36 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 bofom, without attempting to make any ufe of it. Then he 
 remembered that it was written, " Thy word is a lamp unto 
 my feet, and, a light unto my path;" and rejoicing in the 
 hope which was thus revived in his bofom, he haftened out 
 of that apartment, and proceeded on his way. Nor was he a- 
 ny longer in danger oflofmg himfelf ; for at every turning a 
 bright ray darted from his book, and pointed out to him the 
 way which he fliould take. Only he was ftill molelled by 
 thofe venomous flying creatures, which:, -though they flung 
 him lefs forely than before, did yet hover over his head, and 
 fill his ears with the noife of their flutterings ; and fometimes, 
 gathering round his book, they fhaded it with their wings, 
 and almoft hid the light from his eyes. Neverthelefs, he went 
 on with confidence ; and at laft, after climbing up a fteep af* 
 cent, he found himfelf in a veftibule, where the rays of the fun 
 in all their fplendour fuddenly broke upon his eyes ; the birds 
 of night, not able to endure the brightnefs, d\irft follow him 
 no farther, but flew back fcreaming to their murky abodes ; 
 and Good-intent, feeing before him an open door, rufhed through 
 it, and with joy perceived that he had efcaped out of the pa- 
 lace of Mr. Phtlofophy. 
 
 The frefli air was very pleafant to him, after his long fub- 
 teiTanean wanderings ; yet he ftaid not to amufe himfelf 
 with any inferior gratifications, but looked eagerly round 
 him to difcover where he was, and what way he muft go to 
 return to the high road, his departure from which he fo forely 
 repented. 
 
 While he was ftanding to take the view, he was defcried 
 by a party of Mr. Philofophy^s retainers, who, from a turret, 
 beheld the plain below. It was fo rare an occurrence to 
 them to fee any who fled from their mafter^s palace, after 
 having once confented to become his fcholars, (the raoft part 
 remaining there gladly to enjoy the pleafures of the place ; 
 and the few who were defirous to depart, finding no means 
 of effeding their efcape) that Good-intent was unto thefe men 
 an object of great amazement ; and fome of them reproached 
 him for quitting a houfe where he might meet with fo much 
 good company ; others called to him to return ; and others, 
 obferving the book which he ftill bore in his hand, mocked 
 at him for encumbering himfWf with a burden which they 
 called fo ufelefs, aadfpake jy^ny vain a^d blafphemous words 
 
 agaiaft 
 
HLGRIM GOODJNTENT. 37 
 
 -^.gainft Him whofe laws it contained. Among thefe lafl: was 
 
 one named Rhlicuk, who as it chanced had a bqw in his hand ; 
 
 and, obierving that GoodAutent heeded nothing that was faid. 
 
 unt-o hJTn, but was beginnincf to run acrcis the plain with all 
 
 fpeed, he vain-glorioully told his companions that he^ would 
 
 ^ive them a proof of his fkill in archery, by fending a dart> 
 
 which Ihould tlrike the boiik out of the young man's hand ; 
 
 and with that he prelently fitted an arrow to the ftring, and 
 
 drew the bow with all his might. The fliaft fiew through 
 
 the air, and, grazing the hand of Good-intefit^ it ftruck the 
 
 book ; but, bounding inliantly back from it, fell with a blunt-^ 
 
 ed point to the ground. Though the fcratch wiich the piU 
 
 grim had received was flight, yet, the dart haying been enve-» 
 
 iomed, it gave him extraordinary pain, and had almoil, at the 
 
 rft moment, obliged him to drop the book ; but happily 
 
 recollecting himfelf, he exerted lufficient refolution to grafp 
 
 the precious volume moi'e firmly than ever, and went pn his 
 
 vay, without fo much as turning to look behind him, Ne« 
 
 erthelefs, Ridicule, being fiiort-figTited, imagined that he had 
 
 cen his arrov/tranfix the book ; and when he boa^fted to his 
 
 companions of his fuccefs, even thofe among them Vv4io had 
 
 feen the event moft clearly, were afraid to contradid: him, 
 
 eft, being offended, he ilioiild turn the reft of his darts againft 
 
 j.iemfelves. 
 
 Meanwhile Good-hitenty having efcaped out of the pleafure* 
 grounds of Mr. Ph'dofjphy, had- at laft the fatisfaction" to find 
 himfelf once more in the high road, v/here he ran forward v/ith* 
 out ilackening his pace, till he reached the houfe of the good 
 old Interpreter. There he knocked with great violence at the 
 gate ; and it was prefently opened to him by the damfel whofe 
 name was Innocent, So fhe alked him who he was. 
 
 " Alas 1" faid Good-inttnt^ " 1 am one who can urge little 
 claim to be admitted here, fince I have fuitered myfelf to be 
 feduced from the jight way by the wiles of Mr. PhUofophy^ 
 and have beheld the dreadful myfteries of his palace. And 
 though 1 have been fo fortunate as to efcape from his la- 
 byrinths, yet I know iiot udiether I may ftill prefunie to pre- 
 fect myfelf at this portal, which I am well aware is only open- 
 ed to tlie faithful fubjecls of that king, from whofe paths I 
 'we traitoroully ftrayed.'' 
 
 D 
 
 Then 
 
38 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Then laid the damfel, " This gate is never clofcd again ft 
 penitent and reMirning fmners. Yet of all who have been 
 enticed by Mr. Fhilq/ophy^ I do not recollect that any one, 
 before you, has ever quitted him, ;ind come to feek adiliiffion 
 Jiere, But I pray you tell me your name, a^nd from what 
 place you fet forth on your pilgrimage, that 1 may go in, 
 and fcew it unto my matter ; and a will then quickly return, 
 and let you know his anfwer." 
 
 Then Good-intent told her who -he was, and whence he came ; 
 :%.nd v/hen fhe heard that lie was of the lineage ot Chrijimn^ 
 ihe fmiled, and made the gj-eater hafte to carry in his peti- 
 tion ; .and fbe prefently came back, to let him know that her 
 gmaikr vrould willingly receive him. Then ihe led birn in, 
 and brought him to a parlour where Mx? Interpreter was fit- 
 /ting. He was a venerable old man, with a long white beard^ 
 ithat reached down even to bis girdle ; but none of the infir- 
 ^jfnities of age were vifible upon him, as he who had conduct- 
 ed the pilgrim to the houfe of Mr. Khthfophy had falfely re- 
 ported; on the contrary, there was flili a youthful iire in bis 
 eyes, and his countenance vilibly expreffed a mind of undi- 
 .vniniihed vigour. 
 
 He received Good-intent with great benignity, and congra- 
 tulated him on his efcape from a place in which fo many had 
 found their ruin. *' But tell me, young man,'^ faid he, *' in 
 what manner didft thou firft com.e to a knowledee of thy dan- 
 ;€^er ? For the principal art of him who fo deceitfully affume^ 
 iriy .name and office, .confifis in concealmg his dc.figns frorn 
 fuch as he has undertaken to enfnare, till he has brought them 
 fo far in^ tlie v.^ay which ieadcth~to perdition, that all means 
 .of retreat are cut offirom them." 
 
 Goc^-i«/^:f then related to the Interpreter '^W that 1j ad befal- 
 len hmi in the palace of M^'. Philcjhphy ; declaring that, 
 ithouP'h the confcioufnefs that he had Quitted the rieht road 
 •had, irom the firft, otcaiioned him lome uncafinefs, he had 
 not been fully fenlible that he had put himfelf ^mder the gui- 
 dance of one who v/as an enemy to his Prin^ce-, tiU he had 
 heard hiir. affert that Chri/iianity vr<{?> die daughter of Superjll- 
 ti07i ; which v/asfo.contiary to all tliat had ever before been 
 told him of her, that he' afftired himfelf it anuft have been a 
 malicious calumny ; that afterv.^ards the fight of the dreadful 
 phantoms in the plack temple had fo greatly difmayed him, 
 ' ' that, 
 
PILGRIM G 3 3D -IN FEN f. 59 
 
 \U;\U iiad lie been obliged to make any longer ilay there, he 
 mull certainly have d\cd with terror ; and he concluded by ex- 
 prciling his grat^itude to his king, to whole merciful preferva- 
 tion of him he wholly attributed his efcape. 
 
 Then faid the Interpreter^ " You can never return him fuf-. 
 kient aefcnowledgmcnts for fo great ^and fignal a favour. 
 But while you are thus declaring the due fenfe you entertain 
 of it, what is the reafon that your conntenance io ill agrees 
 with vour words? For methinks y-ini look more hke a man 
 whc5is labouring under fome'prefent grievance, than like one 
 whofe mind is properly afFecled with a recent benefit// 
 
 Good-i}ft£nt. " Alas, Sir \ notwithftanding. my fatisfadlion 
 at having returned to the hi^i road, I cannot deny that my 
 fpirits are ftiil much deje'fted : Though I chofe rather to con- 
 tinue to wear the .chains with which I am laden, than to refort 
 to Athvfm K'^id Amrchy ior my releaie if, yet the Jight which has 
 o oen aiFor ded me of my own ilaviili condition, has rendered 
 my veiy life a burden to , me. Cannot you, Sir, tell me of 
 any means by which i may be delivered ? I am likewife in 
 ereat pain, from the rcings of thofe venomous creatures which 
 ibforeiy moleifed me as i was wiri'^-^-'no- \-^ ^^^ PtH^^'Wv's 
 dariv mazes, and frora the bruifes I received in the falls 1 
 there met with ; alfo I feel an intolerable firiart from the 
 wound, flight as it, appeared, which was inflicted on my hand 
 by the arrow of him who did ihoot at me from the turret as 
 I was rflaking my efcape.'' 
 
 Interprefer. " As for the ftings, and bruifes, and the 
 wound, ofu^ilch you complain, none do ever enter the houfe 
 of Mr. Ph'lofophy^ unlets they be clad in ai-mour of proof 
 frojn the armoury of our king, without receiving many fuch 
 hiirts as thofe, if nothing worfe befal them ; and at prefent 
 you mull: be Contented to bear them with pa.tience, though 
 hereafter I may be able to provide you fome remedy for 
 them. But as for the chains which fo greatly trouble you^ 
 I pray you ihew them to me." 
 
 '* I do not nov7 perceive them myfelf," faid Good-intent. 
 
 " You however feel them," laid the Interpreter, 
 
 " I cannot fay v.I do," anfwered the young man ; " yeC 
 methought their weight did mightily opprefs me, while I 
 viewed th^m in the mirror of him v/ho w:is called Ki^hs-of- 
 man, ^ 
 
 " You 
 
40 . THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 " You will probably be more fenfible of them when yon 
 move," fald the Inter^preter. Rife up and walk, and provs 
 whether there be any bonds which r(irirain your limbs." 
 
 Then Good-intent 2,xo{t ; but whether he turned himfelf to 
 the right hand or to the left, he could not obferve that any 
 thing drew him back, or deprived him of the liberty to walk 
 or move which way foever he chofe. 
 
 *' It is true, Sir,'' faid he at laft, " that I cannot now per- 
 ceive myfelf to be in any bondage ; but I remember Mr. 
 Fhtlqfophy told me that the two giants, who had enflaved the 
 whole world, were able alfo, by their magic art, to render 
 their captives infsnfible of their own condition; and I am 
 probably again imder the iniluence of that forcery, fmce I' 
 can no longer difcover the chains, which were fo plainly lliewn 
 me in^that wonderful mirror." 
 
 " And art thou ftill fo blind," faid the Inierpreier, "that 
 thou canft not difcern to whom the imputation of magic be- 
 longs ? If thou wert indeed chained, as thine enemy would 
 have perfuaded thee, yet while thy bends were invifible, and 
 did no v^ay reftrain tliy freedom \n adion, it would be difB- 
 cult to fay v/h^rein vh^ grievance did confiil ; but in fad this 
 is nothinp- more than one of thofe vain fhadows, with which 
 Fhllofophy, himfelf, the moft powerful of magicians, doth ufe 
 4;o delude thofe who have fallen into his fnares ; to the end 
 that, reforting to him for deliverance from an imgainary bon- 
 dage, they may fall into a real one, and fo become the inftru- 
 ments of the horrible defigns he has formed for the fubver- 
 fion of every thing which mankind hath hitherto been accuf- 
 tomed to hold in reverence. But the love thou haft fliewa. 
 for thy King, by refolutely quitting the abode of his enemy, 
 in defpite of all the obftacles- which were oppofed to thy ef- 
 cape, renders thee worthy that the falfe impreffions which 
 thefe forceries have made on thy mind fhould be removed, 
 and that thou {houldft be ihewn that thy temporal as well as 
 thy eternal intcrefts can be fecured only by a condud in eve- 
 ry refped the reverfe of that to Vv^hich Philofophy impels his 
 votaries. I will therefore explain to thee, in order, all that 
 did befal thee, from the time when thou was firft perfuaded, 
 -by thy dangerous companion Curiofity^ to tafte ©f the ftream 
 of Vain-refearchy which iffues from the fountain of Prefmnptlcn^ 
 and emp^es i'^felf into the boundlefs fea of EtTor, Mr. Phi-* 
 
 kfcphyj^ - 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 41 
 
 •^/4wfinJlngthatare.m pofTeffed fuch qualities as mi^ht 
 render ,t at confulerablc ufe to him, ia his attempts to miflead 
 p,lgnms was at a great expenfe in turning it acrofs the S 
 load; Ksongnial courib having lain very wide therefrom- 
 and the extraordinary darknefs, which came upon your Xk 
 company, ,s one of the efFefts which are ufually experirnced 
 by thoie who drink of its waters. You thus h^d /4 fSv' s 
 open to the attacks of your enemy; and, having btu a few 
 moments betore walked in fofety bv the li^h^ of he-vl !-. 
 became glad .to^ follow the d J tape/ wfech^l had I'.rto 
 g u.de you to your ruin. As for the account, which was giy! 
 wl'^iJvl "^^>' °^¥- ^':-V^/^^ Wmfelf, his very apiar- 
 anc. mignt havs convmced you of its falfehood ; for you 
 could not but lee that hrs face wore no trace, of thafJie 
 bS^' ;?: 'f ^"'•■•^^^ '- P-^--^^- I" ^™^J^. there wa olX' 
 hour, d/f-'^"""''' r"^ '"^? ^''""'^ ■■" Greece about thr e 
 
 en ; 4'!".'^°', T "■'* ^ *'^ Impoftor hath not 
 .a.., ..tU..A.y only he coveteth to wear robes of the fame 
 
 ~ tnts' ^t;t .- "■" ■''' T' ^^^'' ""'''■ ^'^^^- -'E 
 
 .rents uKa a. le prct.>nds. Req/b,i indeed will fometime- 
 
 •Tan he .s mtox.cated, call him hi Ton, but when helTfc: 
 
 ''■^^:M:^^lf'''''t'^' '^"'^ M.ay conn.aed wSa 
 
 -^ x..^ -r law^ him. His true father is no other than Lvr}/^- 
 
 -i^r .e ,. s o.nt mrtriifted m the dodrines which now he 
 
 afcours he commended to you ia his academv, they a-.^ 0^^ 
 'tj^'';,"^ "'''''' ''^■-homitkngfince^^4sfaid! 'that 
 
 the-"v^r ;o: I f "'"' ft^ff'"g out of the water and ia 
 the .t..i , wlxereby the world that then was, beine overfion- 
 
 i n'; V bft^' T'^''' ' 'r 'Y '^'^^•^^-^ ^^ the eith ^SJi 
 ai dp"l t V I '"'' r^''^ "'' '^'•''' '■" '^^°^^' --^^^r-^d «nto fire 
 nl' "-,':'" f^'i;°'^J''^'^S"^«nt' ^nd perdition of ungodlv men ' 
 
 di£: n:.tS?T""^'^'f^"' '-"'^ '^'>y thef^ pretended 
 £" ^ ^i;*^"; ^'ti'^^^ ^Mtradition of pail a^es could - 
 
 and life aS'J^ea^tf:j:?°?'',^^ ^^crki could be made, 
 -la A T.a.c.uv!e i .ul mmied into the creatures which 
 
 fhould 
 
42 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 fliould inhabit it, v/ithout tlie intervention of an Almighty 
 Agent ; and as if, by their counfels, this mortal could be 
 taught to put on immortality, without the affiftance of Him, 
 who only " hath power to change our vile bodies that they 
 may be fafhloned like unto his glorious body, according to the 
 w^orking whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto 
 himfelf." Bat I know that you now are weary and faint 
 in your fpirit, through the toils and terrors which you have 
 this day undergone ; and it will be expedient for you at pre- 
 fent to take fome refrefhment, by which jour flreilgth m^y 
 be revived. I will therefore defer expounding to you the true 
 meaning of the fights which you afterwards beheld, until to- 
 morrow morning ; when, as fome of my windows look the 
 fame way with thofe of Mr. Phihfophy^ I fliall be able to give 
 you a better viev/ of thole things which he deceivingly fiiewed 
 luito you." 
 
 With that, the Inlcrpreter arofe, and, takhig Good-huem by 
 the hand, he led him into another apartment, vrhere a 
 plentiful fupper was provided ; not indeed compofed of fuch 
 far-fetched dainties as the pilgrim had been regaled w4th at 
 the banquet of his former hoft, but of meats much more 
 ncurifhing and healthful ; and after he had eaten a fufB- 
 cicncy, he was, by the Interpreter^ s order, condu(5Ved to the 
 chamber appointed for his lodging, where he enjoyed a 
 comfortable repofe. 
 
 In the morning, as fodn as he had breakfafted, Mr. Interpre* 
 ter took him to a window, from which he had a light of the 
 common, whereon flood the company of naked men ; but 
 Good-intent, being now much nearer to them than he had been 
 placed before, could difcern great mifery in their countenan- 
 ces ; for each man was more intent on obtaining the maftery 
 over the reft, than on providing for himfelf thcfe things 
 vrhercof he was the moft in need ; and if any one fuifered 
 wrong from another, he htid no better refource than to re- 
 turn that injury by a new one ; for they were governed by 
 no laws, neither was there any judge by whom the weak 
 could be protecled from him that was too ftrong for him ; 
 fo that every man's hand was again ft his neighbour, until he 
 who was called SociaUorder appeared amongft them. At his 
 approach, their difcord ceafed ; and, though he beftowed not 
 his favours equally, yet even thofe for whom he did the leaft 
 
 were 
 
riLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 45 
 
 were manifeftly in a better fituatlon than they had been be- 
 fore his arrival ; if he had clothed them but in rags, they had 
 reafon to be thankful, fmce before they had been naked ; and 
 if they were con drained to labour for the rich, that labour 
 fuppHed them with food for themfelves, for want of which 
 they had before been flarving. Moreover, GooclAntent fav/ 
 that many of thofe who had abundance, gave freely thereof 
 to fuch as were in need ; that no man durfl any more at- 
 tempt to do wrong unto another, becaufe Social-order was rea- 
 dy to take the part of every one ,who v/as opprefled ; and 
 that of thofe who at iirft haid been placed in the meaneix Na- 
 tions, there were many, who, by their induftry and prudent 
 condudl, obtained places, from time to time, among thofe 
 who held the higheil ranks ; while there were others, who 
 at iirft had been gorgeouily clothed, but who, as they w^ait- 
 €d their fubRance by riotous living, were obliged to exchange 
 their coftly garments for the rsgs which the others had caft 
 off: 
 
 "What thinkeft thou now," faid the Inierpreter to Good-iTc 
 ient ; " whether of the tv/o is preferable — the ftate of favage 
 man, where every individual, confcious of no dependence on 
 his fellow, lives but for himfelf ; where confequently he can 
 attain no advantages, but fuch as his own limited abilities can 
 procure him ; and where the conftant infecurity of property 
 confines all enjoyment wnthin the prefent moment, and fuifers 
 no bright profpecft of futurity .to enlarge or ennoble the mind~ 
 or that ftate of things, vvhich, under the dire d:i on of a benign 
 Providence, has been introduced by Social-order F Of perfec- 
 tion this world is not the feat ; of the wifefl human inftitu- 
 tions it is therefore eafy to difcover the defeds. Tlie only 
 fair method of judging is, to compare the benefits with the 
 inconveniences w^^ich refiiltfrom them ; but to that end, it 
 is neceifary to view them in all their parts ; and it is there- 
 fore one chief artifice of Mr. Philofophy^ to permit his pupils to 
 behold but on one fide the objedls which he prefents to them. 
 Where there is a gradation of ranks, the occafional exaltation 
 of the unworthy, and depreflion of the meritorious, muft, 
 among human^ creatures, be unavoidable ; y.t, even in the 
 mod corrupt times, fuch abufes will not be univerfal, fmce 
 mod of the groifer vices naturally lead to poverty and con- 
 tempt, while godhnefs hath " the promife of the life that now 
 
4.4 ^ TKE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 is, as well as of that which is to come ;'' and when this world 
 Ihall pafs away, and that which is perfe(5l fliall fucceed it, then 
 .fliall it evidently appear that all things, whether happy or ca- 
 lamitous in their prefent afpecl, ihall alike have w^orked to- 
 gether for good to thofe who have loved and obeyed their 
 celeftial Elins-/* 
 
 *' I am iniinitely beholden to you, Sir,'* faid Good-inient^ 
 *^ for having fet me right on a point fo important as this. I 
 now percei'/e hov/ much I was niifled by that imperfect view 
 which iSlr. PhilGJophy aiforded mxe ; and that Social-order^ 
 v/hom he reprefented as the author of all the evils of this 
 world, is, in facl:, rn^n's trueft benefador. But, I pray you, 
 let us proceed a h'ttle farther. I furely could not be equally 
 wrong in the judgment I formed refpedling the next fight 
 which was (hewn unto us ; in the abhorrence I felt at that 
 terrible prifon^ nor in my zealous admiration of her who 
 overthrew its walls.'' 
 
 '-'- li^do not blame yon," faid the Inlerprekr; "for the 
 .- yinions v'hich you were led to entertain on that fubjecft ; yet 
 1 will (hew you that even there you formed your judgm.ent 
 too hailily." 
 
 An^'Hth'that he led the pilgrim to another place, from 
 which they had a view of the tower. Good-intent again be- 
 lield it v/itli indignation ; but the Interpreter bade him look 
 around, and he faw on every fide good dvv'-elling-houfes, and 
 Fiourifhing lands ; till fne w^ho Was called Liberty came, and 
 overthrew, the tower ; v/hen behold, as it fell, the earth open- 
 .ed to receive it, and where it once had flood, xh^ pilgrim now 
 law a lake of blood, whence prefently flowed a ftream, which 
 deluged all the country round. The fruitful fields were no 
 longer to be fecn ; and as Liherty-j now rifen to a gigantic 
 height, lUlked proudly through the crimfon flood, every 
 h<^\\k. at her approadi chang^ecl it^ form, and became a dun- 
 geon, more black and more noifome than the tower had 
 been which ilie had overthrown ;. and inftead of the few pri- 
 fo7iers who had been confined in the tower, Good-Intent now 
 perceived that half the inhabitants of the land, with groans 
 wiiich pierced !i is foul, mourned their hoplefs captivity. 
 
 '* O, Sir 1" cried the piigrim, " what am I to underfiand 
 by tills ? Can this be the work of Liberty P'' 
 
 "Not, aiTuredly, of true /<i/'ir/>'," faid the hterprei.r^ 
 
 ** wlio 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 4j 
 
 \vl:o IS a very diiFerent perfonage from her wliom Mr. 
 
 hilofophy and his followers think proper to call fuch. True 
 
 iheriy is of celeftial origin ; fhe is the infeparable coinpan- 
 
 !i of Good'gcvfrnnmit^ and feme of her children are Property, 
 
 srttniyy and Puhilc-Lipplnefs ; but this falfe pretender to her 
 
 anie is the ilder of the fiend A?iar:hy^ by whom ihe is fent 
 
 _ jrth, to endeavour by her enticing words, and her magic 
 
 powei, to reduce the whole world under his dominion. And 
 
 ^.rough the whole folly and wickednefs of man, and liis reft- 
 
 is fplrit, ever given to change, her conquefts already have 
 
 ien great ; in fo much that we' have feen her, * as God, 
 
 Lting in the temple of God.^ Nay, though wherever fhe 
 
 is come the etlecls^of her prefence have been fuch as you 
 
 -.ave now beheld, the eyes of the fim pie ones are not yet 
 
 opened ; and there are even thofe who would gladly expel 
 
 from among them, the true and friendry Liberty ^ that they 
 
 might give her place to this pernicious ihadovv^. But be not 
 
 thou of their number ; remembering that of fuch it was 
 
 long fince written, " while they prcmife you L^iberty, they 
 
 themfelves are the fervants of corruption.'' 
 
 Good-intern aifured the Irderprder^ that what he had \^^\\ 
 ".vould fufficiently fecure him againft the perfuafion of all 
 v;ho fought to eftabliiii the empire of Anarchy^ through the 
 deceits of the forcerefs his fifter. ^' But, Sir,^'* added he, 
 " what you have fhewn me concerning thefe two. iaft fights 
 has rendered me fo much the miore impatient to hear v/hat 
 you will tell me of the next ; which was the firft thing, of 
 all that I met with in the palace of Mr. PhilofcpJyy. whence I 
 derived any fufpicion that I was^-am.ong thofe who were the 
 enemies of my king ; and though, from that moment, I 
 ceafed to give implicit credit to all he faid, yet do 1 feel that 
 your explanations are ve^V necefTary to fet my mind at eafe, 
 and to relieve it from the evil imprefiion which, contrary to 
 my v/ill, he made on it.'* 
 
 The InHrpreter^ gladly complying with his requeft, then 
 Xtdi him away to another place, v/hence they could fee the 
 Vv'oman v/ho v/ore on her breafl tlie bloody crofs, exulting 
 over the afhes of thofe who had been confumed by the flam^e 
 which proceeded olit of her m.outh. 
 
 " In this fcene," faid the Inter prcter^ '• more clearly th?.n 
 in any other, ma^ be traced the w^les of him 3vho fought 
 
 your 
 
THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 ! 
 
 your deftratTtlor. Ke could not have devifed more efFeflual 
 iTieans to engage you in that pretended war, which he pro- 
 fciTes to wage aganift Superjlltton and Defpotifniy than by fliew- 
 lug you, in all their horrors, the deeds of this execrable 
 . 'ie:ch, who is indeed, as he told you, the daughter oi Super- 
 Ji.iod^ gnd to whom D^fpotym has frequently delegated his 
 powei* ; bat whereas he wouM have -perfuaded you, that in 
 this deformed and cruel monfter you beheld the figure of 
 Chryllanity^ cait yout eyes upward, aiid fee whether there be 
 even any ihadow of rciemblanGe,fuch as could deceive the mod: 
 
 Then (jGod-inknt looked up, and I*e beheld, feated above 
 the clouds, another female figure, who in her appearance; 
 bore the afpecl of an angel of light, and the excellence of 
 whofe beauty ailonimed the eyes of all who were able fteadi- 
 ly to look upon her. Celeitial love, firm faith, and ecftatic 1 
 hope, b:^arned on her count-enance > and in her hvmd ihe wore 
 a banner, v/hereon was infcribed, " Glory to God in the 
 liighci, and on earth peace and good v\^ill towards men." 
 
 G''.W-i/2^V/?/ gazed ^enraptured on the glorious vifion ; and 
 the Interpreter again addreilirig him, '* She whom thou now ; 
 feeH:,'^ faid he, *• is ChrUliaruty ; and fuch as ihe now appears 
 to thee has ihe ever been ; for her heavenly fubftance is fuf- 
 ceptible of no change nor decay. ])ut fhe who fits below, 
 v/hofe true name is f*erfecutiony has ever been her mod invet- 
 erate foe. When Cbri/Iianity firft appeared to blefs niankind, 
 the v/hole race of Supcrjlition openly took arms againft her, 
 avA ftrove to drive her back to her native abodes; but 
 wlien, in defpite of fuch enemies, her power prevailed, they • 
 fcon feigned themfelves her fervants, affumed her enfigns, 
 and pretended her authority even for the flaughwCr of her ^ 
 own mod faithful friends ; and latterly, as thou haft, already 
 heard, her very name has bt'^n afcribed to this fiend Per/ecu- 
 tion, by thofe who fet their moutK againft the heavens, and 
 who hope, under that pretence, to accomplifii their treacher- 
 onrs defigns againfc her. But look a.ttentively, and fee what 
 follows.*^ . ' - , ^ 
 
 Then Good-int^nt looked, and behold 1 Chrijl'ianity fpread 
 her.y^ings, aud defcended towards them in all her. bright- 
 nefs : as Ihe approached, the earth feemed to feel her infiu- 
 ence^ aud all things that were on it to rejoice in her prefence. 
 
 Avertin.c: 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-: :. x- 
 
 Averting her eye?, left they iKould be polluted by the f^glit 
 '^^' her enemy's cruelties, (lie alighted on the ground ; anci as 
 J waved her banner, every veitige of horror quickly vanifh- 
 ed away ; and Perjecuiwn herfelf dropped the vs-Iiite gar- 
 ments which flie had worn but to defile them, and rh,e-iacred 
 enfign which her crimes had occaiioned the ignorant to biaf- 
 pheme, and, appearing in all her native defornfiity, Hed. ppJe 
 and trembling, from the face of tl.e offended power, I'heu 
 C^^od'hiteni looked, to fee whither Ihe would betake herfelf; 
 .:d much was he furprifed to perceive that fhe went ftraiglit 
 to the houfe of Mr. Phihfophy ; and behold ! Mr. Philofophy 
 himfelf came forth to meet her ; and, having comforted and"' 
 embraced her, he put into her hand a phial, of which when 
 fhe had drank *i:he contents, her Itrength and boldnefs were 
 renewed. Then he clothed her in other garments ; and^ 
 having put a fword into her hand, he fet her forth, to renevr 
 her oppreiiions over the face of all the woHd. 
 
 ^< What am I to think of this V faid' GoDd-htfent z " Is it 
 jflible that Mr. Philofophy caruhave entered into a league 
 ith her, whole bloody deeds appeared to have inipired ]-iru 
 < ith fo much horror r" 
 
 " He will reach her to reSne on all lier former cruieltlef,'' 
 
 replied the Interpreter / " for, however he .mJgnt inveigh 
 
 againil her, while he pretended to coniider her as the minif- 
 
 .r of your king, lie was all the time well aware how valua- 
 
 ■^ her affiftance might be rendered to his ov/n defi^ns. j.c;He 
 
 _ow, therefore, engaged her in his fervice ; and where 
 
 i arts fhall not avail, he Avili entrufb to her the advance^ 
 
 .lent of his caufe, and the propagation of his doclrinis.'' 
 
 " But furely they will not be permitted Icng to triumph,'^ 
 lid Gocd'hitetit. 
 " It is not my office," faid the Inter pretir^ " to declare tc 
 ou the times and the feafons, wdiich are not yet made known 
 into men. For the trial of the faitli of the righteous ?.re 
 hefe things permitted on the earth ; and he who fhall en- 
 ure unto tiie end, the fame ihall be faved. Wlierefore, be 
 liou vigilant ; and neither fuffer thyfelf to be again feduc- 
 d out of the right path by deceitful words, nor to be terri- 
 ied into a' wrong one through any apprehenfion of the cruel- 
 7 of Perfxutlon, fhould it fall to thy lot to be affaulted by 
 ,ier ; remembering by what authority thou haft been fore- 
 warned 
 
48 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 warned " not to be afraid of them that kill the body, and 
 afrcr that have no more that they can do :" feeing that He 
 only ought to be the objedl of thy fear, who, " after he hath 
 killed, hath power alfo'to cafl; ii^to hell." 
 
 Kow 1 faw in my dream, that though Good-intent was 
 grieved at the thought of the evils which were coming upon 
 the world, he was yet much comforted in his mind, by the 
 viev/ which had been afforded him of the true form of 
 Chriflianlty ; and? having followed his condudlor to another 
 place, the Interpreter there put a glafs into his hands, and 
 bade him view through that the fcene before him. 
 #' ci \i {s a glafs," laid he, " v/hich was made by no other 
 than Mn Ph'dofophy himfelf ; and throtigh fuch glaffes as 
 rhefe did you all behold that laft fcene, on which your ene- 
 my particularly depended for the accomplijQiment of his pur- 
 ioofe. It is true you .perceived them not ; for they were by 
 rnagic art fjifpended in^the air before you, and their tranfpar-? 
 /jeacy rendered them invifible to your eyes ; and it is in order 
 to enable you to judge of their deceitful effects, that 1 defire 
 vou nov/ to ufe one of the fame kind." 
 
 Good-intent^ then lookingtdirough the glafs, faw that nume^ 
 rous company of men who were feemingly fo happy in their 
 .captivity^ vvidi the two deformed giants, whofe chains they 
 wore. 
 
 ^« NoAV lay aude^that falfe glafs," faid the Interpreter^ 
 ^^ and look again." 
 
 So he looked again, and behold a different profped pre* 
 fented itfelf to his eyes. Inftead of the two giants, he now 
 faw tv/o grave and venerable perfonages, whofe whole re- 
 femblance to them confifted in that one wore a crown, and 
 the othe^;^a mitre ; moreover, the people no longer 'appeared 
 oppreffed witli a:ny bonds ; but wliile they lived in profperity 
 and peace, occupied with their farms and with their mer- 
 chandize, a certain number, fome deputed by their fellows, 
 ?.nd fome- called forward by their prince, affembled round 
 !ii|ii who wore the crown, and fat with him in council, to de-' 
 liberate on the meafureslfequifite to be taken for the benefit 
 of the whole community ; v/hile he who v/ore the mitre affu- 
 medno controul over the reft, but was occupied in inftrucl:- 
 ing them with brotherly kindnefs, in the duties they owed 
 to their Creator and to each other 5 fervently praying to Hin; ' 
 
 who 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 45 
 
 Avho evermore ruleth in the heavens, for his bleffing on them 
 all. 
 
 " Such as thou feeft," faid Mr. Interpreter^ *< is the ftate of 
 thofe who are fubjecl to Lawful-government and Church-order^ 
 thofe two venerable perfons, who, when viewed through Mr. 
 Philofophfs falfe glafs, appeared to thee in the gigantic forms 
 of Defpohfm and Superjlltirm ; monfters, who have indeed com- 
 mitted the moft deplorable ravages in the earth, and whofe 
 very names are therefore calculated to infpire horror ; but 
 who have long fiuce been driven far from the regions 
 through which thou and thv fellow pilgrims have to tra- 
 vel ; and if ever they refume their empire, they will owe it to 
 Mr. PhUofoJyhy himfelf ; who, by fubverting the authority of 
 thofe who now maintain order in the- world, will leave the 
 nations an eafy prey to thefe cruel invaders, who will fearce- 
 ly negleci: fuch an opportunity of attempting the re-eftabliih- 
 ment of their former power. The mirror of that phantom, 
 who bore the name of Rights -of -man^ was prepared with the 
 fame magical arts as the glailes, through which, unknown 
 to yourfelves, Mr. Phihfophy caufed you to view the fight 
 v\'hicli is now before you. The men who had been deluded 
 with the appearance of their imaginary chains, were on the 
 point of rebelling againfl their governors, and of involving* 
 themfelves with, them in one geri^eral deftrudion ; when for- 
 tunately a perfon, whofe name was Common-fenfe^ threw a 
 fione, which broke the mirror ; and immediately the fpell 
 was diiTolved, and public tranquillity was reftored." 
 
 " But hold," laid Gjod-}utcra\ " though you have fo clear* 
 ly fhcjwn n^e how falfely thefe things v/ere rep/efented to- me 
 by Mr. Phllcfophy, yet, on looking more attentively, I difcern 
 fome perfons yonder who are loaded with chains of no ima- 
 ginary weiglit. Who are diey ? and wherefore are they thus 
 opprefTed r 
 
 " Thofe/' faid the Interpreter, " are a few, v/ho did not, fo 
 fp.eedily as tiie reft , forget what Rights -ef man had taught 
 :hem. He lutd aiTared them, that of every fpecies of proper- 
 ty, which they beheld in the poffeilioh of others, they were 
 entitled 10 their refpedive fliares. That it ^as allowable 
 lor them to help themfelves to thofe fhares, was an infeience 
 obviowily deducible from fuch a maxim ; but, unluckily for 
 ■'i:heiT?. in the ancient archives of the ftate, a law v/as prefer- 
 
 i 
 
50 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 ved, which faiJ, * Thou ftialt not ftcal ;' and to the penalties 
 impofed by that law are they now .obliged to fubmit/' 
 , ^' Their bondage then is juft," faid Good-intent : " yet, if 
 rulers are entrulted with a power to infii<a captivity and 
 death, how can any man, who is fubjefl: to them, confider 
 himfelf as in a ftate of fccurity ?" 
 
 ** Thofe rulers whom thou feeft before thee," faid the /;2- 
 terpreter, " have no power to flay or to imprifon any, but 
 fuch a5 are condemned by juft laws and impartial judges ; 
 but were it otherwife, thy queftion was anfwercd long ago 
 by one whp lived under a worfe government than thou haft 
 ever fcen : " Wilt thou not be afraid of the pov/er ? Do that 
 which is good, and thou Ihalt have praife of the fame ; for 
 he is the minifter of Qod to thee for good : but, if thou doft 
 that which is evil^ be afraid : for he beareth not the fword in 
 vain. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the 
 evil." Wherefore, if fecurity be thy defire, let it be thy ftu- 
 Aj continually to follow after goodnefs, meeknefs, tempc*- 
 rance : ag^inft fuch in no country, unlefs it be vrhere F hi lo/o^ 
 ■phy hath eftabliihcd hi$ dominion, is there any law.*" 
 
 Good-ititent now declared himfelf entirely relieved from all 
 ihe uneafmcfs which his former Imperfed view of things had 
 left upon his mind ; and having moft gratefully thanked Mr. 
 Interpreter for having thus opened his eyes to the truth, and 
 ^iyen him fo many excellent counfels, he profeffeJ his readi- 
 Titk to fet forward again on his journey. 
 
 But the Inlerpreter invited him to ftay with him all the re- 
 xnainder of that day ; " For," imd he, you would at prefent 
 find yourfclf much nioleiled~by thofe who were lately your 
 companions, and who, about this time, are fetting forth on 
 the erpevjition to which Mr. Philvfcphy hath impelled them ; 
 .but they will foon turn into fi different road, and to-morroW 
 morning you may refume your journey in peace. I cannot,, 
 indeed^ promife you t]iat you vvill travel very far before you 
 fall in with fome of thofe who are enemies to your king, of 
 whom there are many band?, fpreading themfelves fiir and 
 wide over the whole country through which you are to pais ; 
 but, though it will be your duty firmly to refift fuch, when- 
 ever ;t]iey attempt either forcibly or fraudulently to turn you 
 from your way, it is yet ijinneceirary that you fhould volun- 
 taxily encounter the nrft fury of rhefoad troop wjiich Is now 
 
 about 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 5$ 
 
 ^h:'\i: to iflue forth, and of which, If it will gratif/you, I can 
 fFord you a fpeedy view." 
 Good-intent being defirous to fee them, the Interpreter led him 
 an upper chamber, from which they looked diredly to- 
 k'ards the houfe of Mr. Philofophy^ and could alfo defcry a 
 onfiderable portion of the high road. And prefently they 
 faw Mr. Ph'ilofophfs gates thro^^^n open, and a numerous com- 
 pany of men rulh foith. TJiere appeared among them per- 
 fons of all conditions : and Good-tntent foon diftinguifhed, in 
 the miUft of the band, thofe whom he had left behmd him 
 ;he day before in the black temple : he alfo obferved many 
 others whom he had feen among the guefts of Mr. Phllofoph^^ 
 at fupper ; and particularly he remarked the men w^ith the 
 .fierce couatenances, who had fat apart from the reft, and who 
 ore daggers in their girdles, Thefe were now mingled 
 with the others in one troop : there were, moreover, many 
 w^omen in the company ; but all bore in their hands fome in- 
 ftrnmcnt of death, which they waved above their heads with 
 lildeous ycllings ; frequently intermixing v/ith their cries the 
 moft horrid blafphemies againft Him who reigns on high, 
 and threats ngiinft all men on the earth, fuch only excepted 
 as ftiould, like themfelves, acknowledge no other lords than 
 ^ihei/m and Anarchy. Good-intcnt Was ailonifhed to fee thai , 
 hofe who had beea fo recently his own companions, were 
 animated by the fame frantic fpirit as the reft-5 and he could 
 not forbear expreffing to the Interpreter his furprife, that, in 
 fo fhort a time, they fhouid have made fo great a prcgrefs 
 in ferocity ; for though he had beheld w^ith abhorrence their 
 apoftacy from their King, he had yet thought fome of them 
 of too mild a nature to be perfuaded to join in the exceffes 
 of this defperate crew. 
 
 " When men have once abjured the protection of their 
 Creator," faid the Interpreter^ " they fall precipitately from^ 
 one wickednefs to another, while there is none to uphold 
 them. Thefe men, you may remember, were impatient to 
 receive from dinarchy the fwords, the very touch of which, 
 Mr. Philofophy aiTured them, would produce iiich wonderful" 
 efFeci-s ; and in fadl, with fuch powerful drugs were thofe 
 fwords charmed, that, inftantly on their grafping them, they 
 were all infpired with the moft outrageous fury ; infomuch that 
 Mr. Philofophy himfelf could fcarceiy reftrain them from fal- 
 ling 
 
tst THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 ling upon each other in his prefence. He foon however re- 
 covered his influence over them, and fucceeded in turning 
 their rage againft his enemies, whom they are now fallying 
 forth to attack.'' 
 
 " And whither will they go r" dQm^r\dQd GooAinterd. 
 
 " They will continually be led on by delufive Ihado.v/s,'' . 
 anfwered the Interpreter ; ** and, imagining that they fight 
 againft Defpotifm and Superjlitmiy <^hey will wage war againft 
 all who maintain the caufe oi Latoful-government T^nd Church- 
 crder^ and endeavour to overthrow their fway in all countries 
 where they are owned, ere^fting in their ftead that of Aiheifm 
 a^d Anarchy ; nay, fuch is their arrogance? that they think 
 even tp dethrone the King of the Gehjlial Clty^ to whom 
 heaven and earth are fubjcd:. But wait till thou ftialt enter 
 into the- iandtuary of God ; then wilt thou underftand the 
 end of thefe men.'^ 
 
 Then I beheld that the Interpreter bade Good^'mtent look 
 along the road, on the which he was to travel; and at a diftance^«.| 
 before them he faw a high hill. 'mm 
 
 . " That," faid the Interpreter, " is the hill B'ljiculty, which^^ 
 thou muft afcend ; but caft thine eyes to the kft, on thofe 
 dark mountains, to which the path leads which is called De- 
 Jirti^iofh^nd obferve that fteep and craggy one, which towers 
 above all the reft ; that is the mountain of Revolution. The 
 afcent of it is the firft enterprife which thofe mad men muft 
 achieve. ; and hence truly it may plainly appear, that the 
 children of this world are ever more regardlefs of toil, than 
 the children of light ; . for few labours await thee in thy 
 pilgrimage, worthy to be compared with this, which they 
 are about to undertake. All the paifes about the bottom of 
 the mountain are guarded by the troops of Lawful-gcvern- 
 ment^ who will fally forth, and grievoufly annoy them : if 
 they prevail againft thofe, they will afterwards climb up 
 llippery paths, by the edge of the terrible precipices, where 
 huge fragments of rock are continually giving way, and 
 overv/helming travellers with fudden ruin ; and even on 
 the very fummit of the mountain there are many dangerous 
 bogs, nay, and that where the grafs appears the greeneft, 
 where, if a man chance to tread, he fuddenly finks to rife no 
 jnore. Whereas thy path, though it be difficult, is fafe, and 
 thou haft the affurance that the end thereof will be everlaft- 
 
 ing 
 
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 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 53 
 
 II 
 
 mg life. Be not thoO, therefore, weary in well doing ;- 
 while thofc who do ill neither faint through fatigue, nor fuf- 
 fer themfelvcs to be turned back by the fear of any danger." 
 Good-intent promifcd the Intcrpa^eter he would never be un- 
 mindful of his counfels ; and then, defcending from the 
 houfe top, the old gentleman led his gueft into the parlour, 
 where by that time dinner was ready. After they had rifen 
 from the table, he fhewed him moft of thofe fights which he 
 had lieretofore fhewn to Chrt/Iiany and to Chnjiimia his wife, 
 that through them the pilgrim's refolution might be the 
 farther ftrengthened ; and, leading him into his garden, he 
 there caufed him to drink of the waters of the well, which 
 was called the well of Truth ; and after that draught, the 
 pain of the hurts which he had received in the palace of Mr. 
 Philofophyj which was already greatly abated, was entirely 
 removed, fo that he felt them no longer. 
 
 They ipent the reft of the evening in profitable converla- 
 tion ; with which Good-intent was fo greatly delighted, that, 
 had not the difcourfe of the Interpreter redoubled his im- 
 patience to proceed on his journey, he could have been well 
 contented to have pafled the remained of his life in his com- 
 pany. In the morning he arofe early ; and, gomg to take 
 leave of this kind hof!, he felt himfelf unable fiifEciently to 
 exprefs the gratitude he owed him j but the Interpreter told 
 him, that the moll certain evidence he could give him of it 
 would be by the con ft ant obfervance of his counfels ; and 
 then, bidding him God fpeed, he fuiFered him to depart. 
 
 Now I faw in my dream that the young man went forwards 
 with a good pace ; and for a little way he could plainly trace 
 the footfteps of Mr. PlAhfophfs furious followers, who hadpaft 
 by the day before : v/ho, as they went, had torn down the 
 fences on either fide of the road, and done what mifchief 
 they could in the lands adjoining ; but he perceived that 
 they had turned out of that road before they came to the 
 Crofiy and entered a lane on the left hand, which was their 
 , aeareft way to the mountain of Revolution c 
 it He was glid to lofe for a time all traces of them ; and, 
 'continuing to go on, he foon came to the place where Chrif- 
 tian's burden had fallen oiF his back. There he flopped ; 
 and, renewing at the foot of the crofs all his good refolutions, 
 be humbly implored for himfelf a participation in thofe 
 
 benefits, 
 E2 
 
5+ THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 benefits, which, through it, had been procured for all who 
 with true, penitent hearts, and a lively faith, were followers 
 of Him, by whoip only cometh falvation. After he had 
 thus continued a while in prayer, he rofe, feeling himfelf in- 
 wardly much ftrengthened, and proceeded on his journey. 
 
 He had not gone far, when he perceived before him a 
 youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who was 
 travelling the fame way with himfelf, but very leifurely ; 
 for he was bufied in making a garland of rofe buds, which 
 he haftened to gather before they v/ithered. to adorn his hair 
 withal ; and, thus employed, he paid httle attention to his 
 goings, but ftepped fometimes to the right, and fometimes: 
 to the left, v/ithout regarding where he fet his foot. When- 
 he faw Good-Intent i however, he was much rejoiced, and threw 
 away his flowers, hoping to find greater amufement in the 
 company of a young pilgrim of fo pleafant a countenance.. 
 ^Copd4ntent alfo greeted him fairly, and inquired whether he 
 were bound, like himfelf, to the Cehfttal City, 
 
 ** Certainly," anfwered the youth ; " for fmcc I find that 
 I mud needs, fome time or other, quit the pleafant land of 
 my nativity, I would rather go to that city than elfewhere. 
 Yet I have hitherto foupd the road fo dull, that I have been 
 many times in the mind to turn back.'* 
 
 " I hope not," faid Good-intent ; " I hope you are not fo 
 carelefs of your own eternal fafety, as to entertain any fiich. 
 perilous thoughts." . 
 
 ** O ! not now," faid the young man ; " not while I, 
 have you for a companion ; for, truly, I like your looks ; — 
 and I am perfuaded that we ihrJl foon become great friends, 
 and walk on very pleafantly together." 
 
 Good-intent was not altogether fo well \>\c?Std with Iris new 
 affociate^ as his new affociate was wi^h him ; yet, feeing thar 
 they were travelling the fame way, and that the young man ex- 
 preifed fo friendly a difpcfition towards him, he returned 
 him a fuitable anfwer, and was contented for the prefent to* 
 walk on in his company. Then they aiked each other o£: 
 their names and extradion : and the young man faid that 
 his name was Light-mind, and that he came from the town of^ 
 Thoiightkjfnefs, in the valley of Idlenefs. 
 
 Good-intent. ** And what adventures have you met with 
 fince you fct out from your country?" 
 
 Light-mind.. 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. S5 
 
 Light-mnd. " Adventure's ! TruJy notie ; unlefs you call 
 It an adventure to walk ftrait forwards by myfelf, and hear 
 the:croakings of the ravens in the hedges." 
 
 Good-intend. " How ! Did Mr. Ph'dofophy let you pall> 
 without making an attempt to inveigle you into his palace !" 
 
 Light-mind, " O ! You mean the large new houfe, that 
 ftands on the left fide of the way. Why, indeed, as I paffed 
 over a bridge near the gate, a man came forth to me, and 
 counfeiled me to drink of tl>e water of the ftream ; but I 
 was not thirfty, neither was the water inviting to mine eye, 
 fo 1 refufed ; however, he ftill went on perfuading me, if I 
 would not drink, yet to go to the houfe ; and, as he told me 
 1 Ihould be well entertained there, I might poffibly have 
 confented to follow *him, had I not feen a company of men 
 walking in the pleafure grounds, who, he faid, were fome of 
 his mailer's chief friends ; and a more fhabby? beggarly fet I 
 never beheld. So, affuring myfelf there could be no com- 
 pany there fit for a gentleman to affociate with, I would not 
 demean myfelf by going among them, but walk^ed on in my 
 own road. Then he who had been talking with me, reviled 
 me, and went his way." 
 
 GoodAntmt, *' I would I- had been as eafily cifended as 
 you were by the ill-favoured appearance of tkofe men ; for 
 by what metive foever I had been v/ithheld from entering 
 the palace of their mafter, it would in the end have fpared 
 me much uneafmefs. But I conclude you v/ent afterv/ards 
 to the houfe of the Interpreter ; for befides the profit to be. 
 reaped there, reft and refrefiament muft have been very necef- 
 fary to you on your journey." 
 
 Light-mind. ** Not I indeed I What ammement could'. 
 one of my years find in the comj^any of that old grey beard ? 
 Half a century hence, perhfips, fuch a companion may be 
 very fuitabie to me ; but, for the prefent, rather than give 
 myfelf the trouble of paying for my lodgings by patiently 
 liftening to his long ftories, I chofe to put up w^ith a green 
 bank for my pillow : and, as for a fupper, I was at no lofs 
 on that fcore, fmce I have, as you fee, this wallet ; which, 
 w^as plentifully filled with the moil dainty food by my 
 mother Indulgence^ before I fet out Upon my pilgrimage." 
 
 Now, I faw in my dream, that Good-intent was much of-' 
 fended to hear his good friend, the Interpreter^ fpoken of thus 
 
 lightly : 
 
f^ THE PROGRESS 0¥ THE ! 
 
 lightly : fo he took his part with great warmth, and endea- 
 voured to convince his companion how much he had been in 
 the wrong in negleding to vifithim, as he had paft his houfc; 
 *^ And it is much to be feared,*' faid he, ** that if you now 
 avoid fuch company becaufe you are young, when you fliall 
 have lived through half the century which you fo confidently 
 promife yourfelf, you may no longer have it in your power 
 to obtain admilTion to it." He then went on to fpeak of the 
 great advantages which he himfelf had derived from his 
 A^ifit to the hiterpreter ; and Light-mmd heard him with fuch 
 ready acquiefcence, that Good-intent conceived great hopes that 
 he Ihould foon be able to prevail with him to adopt very dif- 
 ferent fentiments. So they went on, till they came to the 
 foot of the hill D'ljficulty^ the fight of which d\d. rather invig- 
 orate the fpirits of GoodAntent, who was eager to prefs for- 
 ward and gain the fummit ; but its fteepnefs did forely d[f- 
 may his companion, who profeff^d himfelf unable to attempt 
 the afcent. Good-wtent earneftly conjured him not to fuffer 
 himfelf to be fo eafily difcouraged, nor to give up all the 
 advantages, in the hope of which he had proceeded fo far 
 on his pilgrimage, rather than encounter a little difficulty ; 
 and he even offered to afllft him in climbing^ though his owii' 
 toil w^ould be thereby fo greatly increafedr 
 
 On this. Light-mind v/as afliamed to refufe atvy longer ; 
 *' But at leaft," faid he, " let me fit a while by this foun- 
 tain, to take a little reft, before I attempt an enterprife fo^ 
 troublefome ; for you ought to confider, that you have been 
 fpending thefe two laft nights at the houfe of the Interpreter^ 
 where you tell me you found yourfelf fo mightily at your 
 eafe j whereas I have had no better a bed than the bare 
 ground, fince I firft fct out from the houfe of my kind 
 mother. Since, therefore, I have not partaken of the fame 
 refreftments as you,- it is natural that 1 fnould feel myfelS 
 more overcome by the fatigues of the way : wherefore let 
 me reft myfelf a little, and afterwards I will go forward with 
 you." 
 
 Good-Intent made no objection to this propofal, though oit^ 
 his own account he felt little inclination for reft. So they 
 fat down by the fide of the fpring, and Z/fg/j/w/W opened his^ 
 wallet, and took out feme cakes ; but Good-intent had a 
 bunch of dried fruit, which bad been given to him by the 
 
 Interpreter ; 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 57 
 
 hterprekr ; and I faw that each did oj9Fer to the other part of 
 his fare, but each liked his own the heft ; fo they did eat and 
 refrefti themfelves, and they .rank of die water of the fpring; 
 
 While they were thus fitthig, on a fudden they heard on 
 their right hand a noife of melodious mufic, which was as 
 that of many inftruments, fkilfully played on, and well ac- 
 corded together, accompanying the voice of a finger, which' 
 in fweetnefs far furpaffed them all. By degrees the found 
 drew nearer ; and the pilgrims rifing, and advancing a few 
 paces towards it, they defcried^ coming down the path that 
 was called Danger^ a company of beautiful nymphs, of whona 
 fome were the muficians who formed this rare ccmcert, and 
 the reft, dancing to the meafilre, encircled one, who appear- 
 ed to be their miiirefs, and v/ho Avalked in the midft with a 
 more than (lately deportment. Light-mind was tranfported 
 "with joy at the the fight of this goodly company ; bnt Good- 
 inteni h3.d learned to truft lefs to appearances; and though 
 the nymphs feemed as fair in his eyes as they did in thofe of 
 his companion, yet the firll thought which arofe in his mind, 
 as he beheld them, was a refolution that he would not, for 
 their fakes, be perfuaded to turn afide from the way which 
 he knew to be the right one. 
 
 They foon came up to the fpot where the pilgrims flood ; 
 and tlie nymphs falling back, their miiirefs advanced, and 
 fairly accofted the two young men. She was a gentlewo- 
 man of a marvellous good mein, and though flie was not by 
 nature of a fair complexion, that defect was abundantly fup- 
 plied by art : fhe had a haughty air, yet withal a very enti- 
 cing fnjile : flie was, moreover, very fantaftically clad ; but 
 what feemed the ftrangeil to the pilgrims was, that, w^hile 
 they looked at her, they beheld her garments ailuming every 
 moment a new fbape or hue: even the colour of her hair 
 changed before their eyes; and, inftead of a lap-dog, ihe 
 carried a cameleon in her arms. '* 
 
 *' Gentlemen," faid fhe to the pilgrims, " I will not af- 
 front perfons of y©ur figure fo much, as to fuppofe you liave, 
 not heard of me ; though in regard that you are young, and 
 have but newly entered into the world, you have not yet pre- 
 fented yourfelves at my court, to pay me the homage wrhich 
 I claim from all. I am called the Lady Fafoion^ thefe 
 nymphs, whom you fee in my train, are the Pkafurcs : all 
 
 people 
 
58 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 people of condition acknowledge me as their fovereign lady 
 and miftr^fs : wherefore I doubt not but that you will re- 
 joice in the opportunity I now offer you of making me a- - 
 mends for your paft neglef^, and of fpeedily attaining the high 
 honours to which it is my cuftom to exalt my favourites.'' 
 
 '* We are beholden to youj madam/' anfwered Good-lntenfy 
 '* for the courtefy you defign us ; but before we accept it, we 
 mud know what homage it is that you expecSl from us j for 
 we cannot fcrve two rnafters ; neither will we leave him who 
 has bound us unto him by fo many benefits, and from whom 
 we look for our eTerlafting reward, to put ourfelves under 
 fuch fubjedclon to any other^ as may alienate us from that 
 undivided obedience which vv^e owe unto him." 
 
 " Are you mad," wjiifpered L^ght-mind lo Gcod-inienij "to 
 anfwer fo fine a lady fo uncivilly ?" 
 
 Then iliid the Lady Fajlnon^ " You need entertain no appre- 
 henfions that 1 Ihall engage you in any a'flions which can draw 
 upon you the anger of your prince ; for though I do not rigid- 
 ly infill that mj votaries ihall acknowledge his authority, yet, 
 if It pleafes themfelves to do fo, I fey no means object to it, but 
 permit them openly to profefs themfelves his fubjeds, and to 
 obey fuch of his injuusfrions as are reafonable, and not impro- 
 per to be obferved by pei-fons of a certain rank. All indeed 
 that I require of thofe whom I favour isr that they wear fuch 
 garments as 1 choofe for them, and conform to my diredions 
 in a few more trifles, equally indifferent \ and, in return, I ad- 
 mit them to my bower, and fhew them an eafy and pleafant 
 path through the groves of Z)i^j//c7?, whereby they may pro- 
 ceed on their journey, withottt giving themfelves the trouble 
 of climbing up this fteep and craggy hill, a labour only fit 
 to be undertaken by thofe vulgar pilgrims, whofe prefence 
 would difgrace my court." 
 
 Then I law in my dream, that Good4ntent beheld her with 
 indignation, and faid, " It is indeed true, O vain and deceit- 
 ful woman ! that the firft compliances which thou doft de- 
 mand appear light and harmlefs ; and as we defire to live 
 peaceably with all men, we would readily avail ourfelves of 
 tlie liberty which is given to us to confent to thy will in all 
 matters really indifferent ; but, in requiring us to turn afidr 
 from the way of our Lord, thou doft fufficiently difcover to 
 us thy evil purpofes ; for thofe who truly honour him efteem 
 
 none 
 
 I 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 59 
 
 none of his injunctions imrcalonable ; but remembering tbat 
 vith him is 110 refpedt ot perlbns, will never imagine .:hat a- 
 ny worldly rank can exempt its polleiFor frcm )he obligi^ilion, 
 to which all men are equally fubjsil, to keep the whole law. 
 
 Hiereiore it thou and thy train refulc to alcend this moiin- 
 lin with us, th} invitations to us are vaiuj for we can in no 
 '^Uq coofent to w^alk with thee/' 
 
 ** And why fhould you eiteem it Co pcceirary,'' replied the 
 Lady Fcijhton^ " to afccnd thit dreary mountain? Or, if you 
 are right at the lalV, wl.at can it Kgiiify which path you 
 take at the beginning of your journ*/? 'Fhc road which 1 
 fhall lliew you wiiids round the fcot of tlie hill D'jjiculfy j and., 
 avoiding that dangercus [\\'?.mr), the valley of Huniliaiktiy is 
 both the I'afefl:, and the pleaiar.tL^}. by which you can travel 
 to the town of Vanity^ through which, as it is knt.wn to eve- 
 ry body, you muft ne^effarily pafs ii? your way to the CehJIial 
 Country ; and having once reached thit town, and partaker 
 a while of its d elights, you will after wards be free to purine 
 your journey onv/ards, by whatfoever path you choofe." 
 
 Then Good-wtejit looked at the mountain, and it appeared 
 to him more dreary than at fiift ; for its umimil was clad 
 with icormy clouds, wliile below the air was clear, and no 
 wind was felt, fave a light breeze, which wafted the mofi: 
 deledable perfumes from the groves of D'iJJipatkn, Eut the 
 pilgrim betho^ight himfelf of his book ; and, when he open- 
 ed it, he found written therein, '^ The falhicn of this world 
 paffsth away ;" *> but he that doeth the will of God, abideth 
 forever." Then was his h^art fortified in his good refoiu- 
 '^ions, and he refufed to liilen any longer to the pv.rfuafions 
 .)f feducers ; but looking round for L'.ght-viiruU that he miglii: 
 lead him alfofciward 'm tiic v/ay wherein lie was purpofe^ 
 vo walk himfelf, he found him not ; for two damfels in the 
 rain of Fafmoiiy Pomp and Luxury by name, had enamoured 
 the fimple youth, who paid little attention to the arguments 
 cf his companion, and v/ere leading him in triumph towards 
 their miftrels's bov^^er* 
 
 When Good-intent at laft defcried him, in his eagernefs to 
 overtake him and call him back, he ran feme paces after him. 
 Then Fofcwn^ hoping that, though he had at fii ft reliftcd her 
 :*ilurements, he might nevertheiefs be vanquilhed as eafdy as 
 Light -mind had been by the charms of her nymphs, commiSion- 
 
 ed 
 
^'o THE PROGRESS OF tHE 
 
 ed them to ufe all their arts to enfnare him ; and I faW m 
 my dream that, obedient to their Queen's command, Amufe- 
 ment danced around him, and, feizing his hand, fportivcly 
 courted him to join her revels ; and Tojle^ approaching on 
 the other fid^, offered to lead him to thofe delicious groves, 
 which her fkill had adorned, where ftie would cull for him 
 the faireft flowers, and where delights, unknown to vulgar 
 fouls, invited his enjoyment. 
 
 Good-Intent v/as nearly overcome. He was now within 
 fight of the verdant walks of tiie groves of DiJJipahon^ which 
 were thronged with crowds of people in. the moft fplendid 
 drefies, and in which he beheld Light-mind furrounded by a 
 new company of damfels, not clad in the virgin robes which 
 were vvorn by thofe who had at firft appeared, but decked 
 with the jyaudv and ihamelefs attire of harlots : two of thefe, 
 obfcrving the approach or Good-inienty advanced to the en- 
 •trance of the grove, as ii ;.o receive him ; and he pe^'ceived 
 that they beckoned to his condud:reifes, who, anfv/ering the^ 
 lignal, quickened their pace, and drew him more forcibly 
 along. No?v fhe, whom Amnfcment thus haftened to meet, 
 v/as known by her haggard looks and fiufhed complexion, 
 her intemper^ite laugh, and her half frantic geftures, to be 
 Excefs ; while Prodhaliyy fcattering gold vAih both her 
 hands, and catching in its- (lead at a few baubles of imagina- 
 ry value, was the nymph to whom Tq/h was hurrying to 
 f>refent the pilgrim. 
 
 But the fight of thefe new aiTociates recalled refledion to 
 his boiom. *j-Ie perceived that Light-mmd had advanced too 
 far<o be reclaimed by his woining voice ; and he became 
 coi^cious that -he v/as no longer drawn forward by any hope 
 of faving his companion, hut by the chaims of the pleafures, 
 to which he had too eafily yielded. Then he remembered 
 that it was written, " He that refifteth pleafures crowneth 
 h\s life .;" and, inftantly breaking from the grafp of his fe- 
 ducers, he turned his back on the alluring groves, and ran 
 with 2.11 his fpeed tov/ards the place where the dangerous 
 company firft: Iiad m.et him ; nor, though Beauty KwdEU- 
 gance placed themfelves in die way to attrad his eye, and 
 Harmony chanted her fweetefc notes to charm his ear, would 
 he once flop or look hack till he had reached the foot of the 
 hill D'lfficuhyy which he immediately began to afcend ; while 
 
 Fafluon, 
 
^ 
 
 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 6i 
 
 Fajllon^ provoked that he had efcaped her fafcinations, con- 
 foled herfelf by making him her laughmg ftock, and declar- 
 ing that flie had herfelf expelled him from her boundaries, 
 as a perfon unworthy to a/Tociate with her chofen band. 
 
 Regardlefs of her feoffs, he purfued his way, and climbed 
 up the fteep mountain with great alacrity, till, panting with 
 fatigue, he was obliged to f^acken his pace that he might re- 
 cover breath. And he now found that the difficulty of his 
 way was greater than he had at nrfl imagined ; for, by rea- 
 fon of a long continuance of dry \veather, the grafs, where- 
 with the path he had chofen w^as overgrown, was become ve- 
 ry flippery ; fo that, as he endeavoured to climb, he frequent- 
 ly flid back, and could fcarcel}^ fave liimfelf from dangerous 
 falls. Then he began to lament himfelf, and even to doubt 
 whether it would not have been more fafe for him to have 
 remained in the valley where the Pkafures abode, than to 
 have attempted to climb a height too diiEcu:t for him to at- 
 tain : but, endeavouring to difmifs this thought from his 
 mind, he cried for help to Him, w^ho never rejects the pray- 
 ers of humble pilgrims ; and was about tq redouble his exer- 
 tions, when, raifuig his eyes, he faw before him a man, whofe 
 raiment was of fackcloth, and whofe fpare, thin body was 
 walled with long continued abftinence ; but his ilern and low- 
 ering afpedl infpired Good-intent with difmay. 
 
 " Young man," fai'd he, accofting tlie pilgrim, *' thy at- 
 tempt to afcend this mountain is lauda^ble ; but thy nerves 
 are relaxed by the air of the valley below, and without affift- 
 >iince thy labours vill be vain. To afford fupport to faint- 
 mg travellers is the office to which I am appointed by the 
 l^ord of this way. If, therefore, thou hafi the courage, lean 
 on diis ilaff, and follow me.*' 
 
 . Now the ftaff which he offered to Good-hitcnt was thickly 
 befet with thorns; and the path into which he led liim 
 was' Oive, vrhich indeed went ftraight towards the fummit of the 
 hill, but it was fo rugged, and fire wed with fuchihaq:) peb- 
 bles, that he could fcarcely endure to walk in it. Yet, fear- 
 ing to reject a guide whom his King had appointed- to con- 
 dud him, he obeyed him with little hefitation, only deiiring 
 to know his name ; and when the ftranger replied that it was 
 i^tJf'dtnirJj GGcd-intent remembered that he was one vrith whom 
 
 the 
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6i THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 the falthfBl fcrvants of -his Lord had €ver delighted to walk. 
 So he took the thorny ftafF; and, though he cpuld not lean 
 on it without pain, yet he found himfelf perceptibly ftrength- 
 cned by the hidden virtues with ^vhich it was endued; "and 
 he walked forward in the rugged path, where he was no lon- 
 ger in any danger of falling, but found firm fojDting for his 
 fteps. He had not proceeded far, before the fteep and diifi- 
 cuit^afcent was become as eafy to him as ever he had found 
 it to walk on level ground ; the thonis, which at firft had 
 pierced his hand, were blunted ; and as he viewed his guide^ 
 his harfli features appeared to foften, and to invite familiari- 
 ty, as much as at firft they had excited terror. 
 
 GoGii'tnttnt could not forbear expreffing his furprife at .the 
 alteration ; and Self- denial ^ -im Iling with an air of • benignity, 
 replied unto him, ** ^ is true that thofe who are ftrangersto 
 me do in general fuppo'e me their enemy ; and thofe only 
 difcover in m^- a friend, whofe zeaLfor their King induces 
 them to prefer the afcent of this rpountain to the flowery 
 paths of -the Pleafures.'^ 
 
 « Alas, Sir r' faid Good^intent, '< I fear that I have little 
 claim to the kindnefs which has been fhewn unto me, feeing 
 that 1 did myfelf wander from the ftraight roadjin the compa- 
 ny of thofe bewitching damfels ; and though I quitted them 
 at laft, I knew not what. degree. of guilt I may Imve contra<5t- 
 td, by fuixering them to lead me fo far/' 
 
 Fear not," replied. ihe guide ; *' the Pleafures are harmlcfs 
 companions, till fuch time as they introduce their votaries 
 to the Vices; who compofed that fecond female band which 
 you beheld in th^ grove of Dj/fipntion. Thofe of the firft 
 company, h^d you not quitted them when you did, v\^ould 
 foon have forfaken you ; for they feldom venture beyond the 
 outflclrts oi that dangerous grove, becaufe VexaHcn-of'/plrify 
 a fiend, vs^hofe very afpe<5l is fatal to them, is continually 
 fialking through its patJis. Though, therefore^ at the com- 
 mand of FaffAon^ they frequently condud unwary pilgrims 
 thither, they <^nter not themfelves j nor indeed, though they 
 tire now in alliance with tlie Vices^ do they take any delight 
 in their fociety ; for they v/ere criginally attendant on the 
 Vivtiits ; from whofe fervice though they have been feduced, 
 they ilill meet them with joy, and often affociate v/ith them.: 
 
 nay, 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTE^rr. 63 
 
 nay, fomctimes, difgufted with the caprices of Fti/Jj'iotiy who 
 vainly boafts her empire over them, tliey quit her train, and 
 W-alkVor a confiderable way with pilgrims who are tfavelling 
 towards die Cthjial City. But though, for a feafoti, it is not 
 forbidden to converfe with them, yet, in their prefent dege- 
 nerate ftate, they are compamons whom it is dangerous to 
 entertain without continual fufpicion and millruil 5- fmce he, 
 who, regardlefs of die prize of his high calling, becomes alover 
 of pleafurc more than a lover of GoD,foon learns to content him- 
 felf with earthly joys, and no longer feeks thofe nobler Pkafures 
 which are above ; but, following thefe blind and inconftant 
 guides, is fooner or later feduced into forbidden paths, where 
 he finally makes fliipwreck of his hopes, and becomes a mifera- 
 b!e caft-away/' \ 
 
 " But, I pxTcj yau," f lid Good-intmi^ fint^e yen have had 
 the kindnefs to impart fo m.uch unto me, tell me yet farther 
 who this Lady Fcjh'ion is, and what can be her motive for 
 defiring to entice fa many innocent pilgrims intb the path of 
 Danger ?'' ^ 
 
 " To refolve this queftion," aniwered Mf-dtmaU " I mufl 
 remind you, that, as flie herfelf did craftily urge unto you, 
 the road to the CekfSml City lies through the town of Vanity,' 
 Now, v.'hea your cmcellor Chi-yluzn paifed that way, he found 
 the whole town in fabjedlion to its prince Beelz^lubj and all 
 the men who dwelt there enemies unto thofe who ferved the 
 heavenly King ; but after that Faithful had, by his death, 
 glcriouily given teftimony to the truth, many were converted 
 unto it; info much, that when Chrl/Iiana and her company 
 came there, they met with very hofpitable entertainment at 
 the houfe of Mr. Man-fan, and found many good friend^?, 
 with whom they fpent pleafantly all the time which it was 
 meet they Ihould pafs at that place. Tlie jiumber of thefe 
 favourers of pilgrim!^ has ever fmce continued to increafe, to 
 the great injury of the fair which is held there, and of thofe 
 who traffic in the kind of merchandize which is expofed in it 
 for fale ; travellers, who are on their way to a better country, 
 not caring to encumber themfelves with fuch vain and perifh- 
 able commodities. Wherefore, upon a time Beelxehub himfelf 
 called together the chief men of his party in the town, and 
 bade them devifefome means of remedy ; andfome faid on 
 
 this 
 
^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 this Wife, and fome on that. But when none of them could 
 propofe any effedual expedient, this Lady Fa/bton appeared, 
 and prefented herfelf before the council. Now fiie was a per- 
 fon well known in the town, being the daughter of Madam 
 Bulhky (flie that had almoft been too hard for Stand-fafi xhc 
 pilgrim,) and morover nearly related to all the chief fami- 
 lies of the place : Beehebuh, therefore, did readily grant her 
 an audience ; and ftie reprefented that the moft proper feafon 
 to attack pilgrims, and to ftrive to feduce them from their 
 Lord, v/as not v/hen they had proceeded fo far on their jour- 
 ney as to have reached that place, but rather when they were 
 firft beginning to perceive the difficulty of the way they had 
 chofcn ; and The obferved that the path called i),:7«^^r, which 
 turned oif at the foot of this mountain, did indeed lead to the 
 tov/n of Vanity^ but to a quarter of it remote from thcfe 
 jflreets, through which lay the road to the CeJcfl'w.l City. She 
 therefore propofed to engage the Plcafurcs in her train, and 
 to lie in wait near the fpot where fhe met you, for young and 
 unwary pilgrims ; and her fcheme proving acceptable to her 
 prince, he im.mediately empowered her to execute it. And 
 her fuccefs has been anfwrable to her promifes : you ap- 
 proached i^ufficiently near to the grove ox D'rfipaticny to fee 
 how numerous a company was aflembled there. When thofe 
 whom flie has feduced firft enter it, every objed appears to 
 them as delightful as it feemed to you ; but the fcene foon 
 alters, as the Pkofures vanifh. Of thofe who are enticed 
 thither, fome, lofing fight of thofe gay nymphs, are met by 
 Vexation'Of-fpirity from whom though they fly, they find it 
 im.poflible to avoid him ; till, haraifed by his continual pur- 
 fuit, a few of them bethink themifelves of returning to the 
 right w^ay, and, having regained it, are even miore zealous in 
 walking therein, than thofe who never have forfaken it. But 
 the greater part of the votaries of Fajhion become an eafy 
 prey to that fecond company of damfels, fent forth by Beel^e- 
 bub himfelf to compafs their ruin. Thofe whom you faw at 
 the entrance of the grove, Vvere the kaft deformed of their 
 band: had you advanced further, you would have met \vith 
 Renjellhigy Drunkennefs^ Irreliglon^ Immorality^ Contempt -of -parents^ 
 Pride^ Contention^ Sabbath-breaking, Adidtery^ with many more, 
 whofe very names it is irkfome to report. Had you form.ed 
 
 any 
 
FILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 65 
 
 ahy felIo\vfhip with thefe, you would imiilediatdy have fal- 
 len under lubje(5>inn to the power of their infernal mafter, nor 
 would any pofiibility of efcape have remained for you, but 
 by climbing up the precipitous rock oi Repent ancey in compari- 
 fon with which, the afcent of this hill of Difficulty is eafy and 
 pleafant. Till in the fomitains of water which gulh f©rth 
 from its clefts, you had wafted away every (lain which yoU 
 had contracted from the Flees with whom you had aifociated, 
 the Furies i Gitllt, Remorfe, and Dcfpondencey wQiild have purfu- 
 ed you with their fnaky whips ; and even when you had gain- 
 ed the fummit, Ll-hahit would have aifaulted you, with the in- 
 tent to hurl yon backwards into the abyfs below. But great- 
 er terrors await thofe, who either want courage to tread the 
 path oi Repentance^ or v/ho, delighting in the company of the 
 Vices J blindly follow whitherfoever they lead. As they ad- 
 vance farther in the way oi Danger y ExtravagancehMTxi^s {oxn^ 
 into the pitfalls of i?^'i/7 y while Gam-ng fyxQ^ids her nets for 
 others, in which when they fhidthemfelves entangled, they 
 madly, f^ize the dagger of 5a;*^ii/^. Others, milled hj Faifi- 
 hc7i5ury are ^-i<id^nly cut oiF by the murderous hand of Duel- 
 Img ; and thofe who efcape thefe deaths, yet have' to encoun- 
 ter i)///'^?^'^' ; a many headed dragon, who open^ to devour 
 them his hundred mouths, each dropping a diiFe rent but mor- 
 tal poifonv The few who furvive and reach the town of 
 Vanity, are fti 11 followed by their- never- weary perfecutar, 
 Vexation- of -fpirlt ; they are eager' to efcape from him; yet, 
 finding in the part of the town which they have entered no 
 traces of the road" which they had formerly been told kd to 
 the CelejTiai Cityy they are deterred from any attempt to feek 
 for it, by Evil-ccmjcierc^i who whiipers to them, that i{ any fuch 
 road exifts, they will no longer be deemed woithy to walk in 
 it- They therefore gladly follow the guides, whom the 
 prince of that place provides, for them : by v^om they are 
 led back through bye ways, to the houfe of Mr. Phllofophy^ 
 which you pafled before you -arrived at the Interpreter's ; and 
 there Ignorance- and FoHy condudt- thefn blindfold into the 
 black temple of Aihnfmy where they remain till the period 
 when they are taken thence, to be leierved in everlafting 
 chains, under darknefs, unto the judgment of the great day. 
 Such' arc the fates which await thofe who follow earthly 
 
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66 THE PROGRESS O^F THE 
 
 Pleafures into forbidden paths ; while the voice of Joy and 
 Health is continually in the dwellings of the righteous ; who^ 
 ufing this world, but not abufmg it,, have alone the promife 
 of true happinefs in this life, as well as of evei'lafiing glory 
 in that which is to come." 
 
 Good-intent heard this difcourfe v;ith ftrong emotions of 
 horror at the dangers which he had efcaped, and alfo of 
 thankfulnefs to his King, who had appointed him fo excel- 
 lent a guide as Self-denial. Inftead of being wearied by the 
 difficulty of the way, he now found it became fo eafy to him, 
 that he would have been contented to afcend a fteeper m.oun* 
 tain,ibr the fake of the benefits which he v/as fenfible he de- 
 rived from the fociety of fuch a cornpaniou. When they 
 had proceeded together as far as it was at that time requifite 
 Self-denial fhould accompany him, they parted ; and I faw in 
 my dream that Good-intent went onwards alone, till it was al- 
 .mofl dark, vrhen he dinoly dcfcricd before him a houfe, at 
 no gi'eat diftance ; and while he was confidering v/ithin him- 
 felf whether or not it were the houfe Beautiful^ at which he 
 meant that night to lodge, the door of it was opened, and a 
 man came forth to meet him, inviting him to enter. Then 
 the pilgrim afked him whether the houfe to which he belong*^ 
 ed were indeed the fame as he fuppofed it to be. 
 
 ** Undoubtedly,'^ faid the man ; " this is no other than 
 the houfe Beautiful^ the habitation of the Virtues ; and it is 
 my ofEce, as their porter, to admit fuch guefls as are worthy 
 to be entertained by them.'' 
 
 When Good-Intent heard this, he gladly accompanied him 
 , tov/ards the houfe ; and as they went along, the pilgrim 
 looked for the lions, which he knew had formerly been kept 
 there. He perceived that there were indeed two animals 
 v/ho lay at no great diftance from the portal, one on either 
 iide : they did not appear to him fo large as any lions which 
 he had elfewhere feen ; but he could not by that light 
 diftindly -obferve their fnapes : however, he was careful not 
 to approach them too near, though- he concluded that they 
 were afleep, becaufe he did not hear them roar. 
 
 When he had entered the porch, he requefted the porter to 
 let his miftrelTes know that he was come there to aik for en- 
 tertainment and lodging, fuch as he had heard it was tlie 
 
 cuftom 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. C- 
 
 cuftom of that lioufe to afibrd to pilgrims ; and to prove 
 that he had good claims to the hofpitality he lought, he was 
 proceeding to tell of what parentage he came, and how he 
 had entered the way by the IVic/icJ-gate, according to the r^les 
 prefcribed for all pilgrims by the king of the country whither 
 he was bound ; but the porter interrupted him. 
 
 " It is indifferent to us,'' faid he, "-from what lineage you 
 ipring, and In what paths you have walked 5 we account it 
 foiiicient if your foul be poiTeffed with a deiire to behold and 
 to love the fair damfels who inhabit this manfion ; and, pro- 
 vided your heart beats in fympathctic concord with theirs, 
 you are free to regulate your conducl by whatfoevcr lav/s 
 your own natural temperament may lead you to prefer." 
 
 "I know," fa Id Good-Intent, that there are {qtciq, who 
 think w^orks of no avail, provided the faith be right ; 
 but I did not expecl to find that doclrine profeffed In this 
 houfe, in fo extenflve and dangerous a fenfe, as 1 underftand 
 your words to imply." 
 
 With that the porter fmiled. " Yon "will be as little q> f/f 
 tioned here," faid he, " about your faiah, as^ about your 
 Vr^orks. The a&dions of the heart are all that my jniftreilcs 
 regard : from what principles they fprlRg, or to what .actions 
 they impel, we, here confider as alike immaterial. There- 
 fore, w^hether thou -be a defcendant from Chrlftlati^ or a difci- 
 ple oi Bramahy w^hethcr thou be by profeiiion a robber, an 
 aflaffin,. or a faint — if thy heart glov/ with a facred entliu- 
 fiafm in the caufe of the Moral-virtue >, enter ! freely enter 
 their confecrated abode P' 
 
 The porter then rung the bell, and a damfel appeared, to 
 T^^hom he gave it in charge to condud Good-wtent to her 
 miftrefs. The darnfel was fair, and feem.ed very richly attir- 
 ed ; but her drefs was fo much covered with ornaments, that 
 its true texture could not be difctrned. The pilgrim v/as 
 not much pleafed with the difcourfe of the porter, which, 
 however, he did not very clearly comprehend ; but he felt 
 fo fecure- of receiving edification from the inftrudlions of the 
 venerable matrons within, that he did not hefitate to follow 
 her who offered herfelf as his conductrefs ; to whom, as they 
 paffed along, he exprefTed his impatience to join in the devo- 
 tions of P/V/v, to receive the lelTons of P/t^^?/^^, and to partici- 
 pate 
 
68 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 pate in the happinefs which the hand of Chanty difFufcd 
 around. 
 
 When he fpoke thus, the damfel who was with him flop- 
 ped, and, looking at him with fome furprife;^ <« You mull 
 certainly, Sir,'* laid (he, " know very little of the prefent 
 ftate of things in general^ and of this fomily in particular, if 
 you call my miftreffcs by fuch antiquated namesr'* 
 
 " Hovv !'' faid Good intent y " does this houfe belong to 
 any other raiftrefles than thofe I mentioned ?" 
 
 *< O no !" replied the damfel ; " thofe ladies are Rill the 
 owners of the manfion ; only they are now known by more 
 modern and 'expreffive appellations. She, whom you call 
 Charity^ has aifumed the name of Philanthropy ; ^nd Prudence 
 is dignified by the title of Mental -energy. As for their elder 
 fifter Piety J fl'^s, poor gentlewoman 1 was always fubjedl to 
 occaQonal diilraelions of mind, when the moon was at the 
 full ; and fome time lince, her judgment became fo much 
 ja|veakened, that fhe ran away from her fiftorsj and wandered 
 H')Out the country, to tabernacles and conventicles, whereup- 
 on her ffiends, willing to hide her failings fi'X)m the world, 
 {hut her up in a private mad-houfe. oince then, my 
 miftre/Tas have taken to live widi them a younger fifter of 
 theirs, wzxtitA Senfihllky^ a very, amiable pcrfon, whofe merits 
 were formerly little knowm, becaufe fhe had the misfortune in 
 her youth to Tcv3ixxj Common-fenfe ; a churl, w^ho mifufed, and 
 often confined her ; but at laR, Mentrd-cmrgy found means to 
 free her from the bondage in which he held her, and to bring 
 her hither ; and her hufoand, after nlaking a few inefFe<flual 
 attempts to perfuade her to return to hin>, has now ceafed to 
 moled her, or even, it is faid, to wiilv for her company." 
 
 Good-intent expreifed much aftoniihment at this recital.-^ 
 " Since fo many alterations," faid he, " have taken pla<:e in 
 a family where I fo littk expedledto meet with any change, 
 I need no longer think it extraordinary thait your porter 
 {hould be fo unlike the defcription I had heard of him who 
 W3.S called IVatchfuI J who formerly lived here i. nor that your 
 appearance fbould^ fo little refembk that of the damfels Di/- 
 cretlon and. Humb'.e'7nindj ^who received tnyanceftorsfo kindly." 
 
 " Thofe three perfons dieda long while' fince," replied 
 {he J the prefent porter is called ^S'^/m'/w^;?^, and my name is 
 
 Rejinemcnt ^ 
 
PILGRIxVi GOOD-INTENT. 69 
 
 JR.eJ:ii€mcnt ; we bdth came here juft about the time v/hen 
 Piety eloped*^* 
 
 As fhe ended thefe words, (he threw open the doors of a 
 fpacious falon, in v/hich her miflrefles were Atrirg. Their 
 employments occafioned new furprife to Good-hhtetit- Phllan- 
 ihropyi^t in the window witli a tele/cope, looking through the 
 Ihades of night, which had now totally overfpread the earth, 
 for invifible objedls of benevolence, in unknown regions. — 
 Madalcntrgy held in her hands a Hint and fteei, and flruck 
 out fparks, which, when her foftering breath had blow-n them 
 into fiame, had power to caufe tiie heart to beat with ten- 
 fold violence ; while the fumes of the fmoke, afcending to 
 the head, occafioned adizzinefs of the brain, and a fulpcn- 
 fion of theS'eafoning faculties. .S'i.-z/?/////)' lay on a fofa, half 
 bending herfelf over a young afs's colt, whicli fne tenderly 
 care/Ted, and bedewed with a copious fiiower of tears. 
 
 The entrance of the pilgrim, however, interrupted their 
 occupations ; and they all rofe to receive him, though withr^ 
 different demeanours. Phllanthrophy had fo much weakenecl 
 her eyes by die continual ufe of her telefcope, thPct flie vras 
 now become unable to difcern any but diilant objedts ; ad- 
 vancing, therefore, haftily, to receive the gneft, whom Rcfine- 
 meni announced to her, Ihe ran full againft him, not perceiv- 
 ing where he flood, and almcft pufned him dcv/n : Mental^ 
 energy^ difdaining common formis, took little notice of him ; 
 but foft 6*^^W//i?j eagerly threw her arms around the youth, 
 and, gazing on his comely form, forgot her afs, and wepc over 
 him. 
 
 Good'tntent \vas a little difconcerted by the condufc of each 
 of the fillers ; but when he had at lact difengaged himfelf 
 from the unexpected embrace of the younger, he fat dov/n bf 
 them, and attempted to converfe with them. Their m.odcf. 
 of expreffion vrere, however, fo new to him, that he profited 
 much lefs from their difcourfe than he had hoped to do. — 
 When fa pper was ferved up, he w^as glad ; for he felj^him- 
 feif in need of fome refreihment, after the fatigue of tha<: 
 day's pilgrimage ; but, though the banquet appeared very 
 plentiful, yet, when the flowers which had garnifhed tli:^ 
 dilhes were removed, he could fnd no ibod ftifticiently lub- 
 ftantial to fatisfy his hunger^ 
 
 However, 
 
70 THE PHOGRESS OF THE 
 
 However, after the meal 'was endec^, his three hofteih^^ 
 feemed to take more puins than they had done before to ren- 
 der their conrerfation intelligible to him ; and Mental-energy ^ 
 addreffing herfelf to him, entered into a long harangue 
 againO: the various prejudices which had fo long enflaved 
 the human mind, and the manifold abufes which cultom had 
 Introduced into the world. It was now time, fiie afferted, 
 that men Ihould tirink for themfelves ; and, inftead of refpeift- 
 ing any opinion bccaufe, forfooth, they had received ft from 
 their fathers, they ought to require no other proof of itj5 
 fallacy, than that perions fo credulous and fo ignorant had 
 believed it to be true. 
 
 She would have expatiated longer on this fubje«fl, had not 
 Se?ifihUi^y interrupted her by a frefli fhower of tears, vrhich 
 flowed at the recollection of the fufferings of the many hap- 
 lefs vidims of thofe prejudices and cuftoms, againft which 
 hei filler was dechiiming. When her voice could find a 
 5)a{rage, fhe recounted to Good-hittnt many a doleful tale of 
 fons of Gmlus-t v/hofe great and elevated fouls had fcorned 
 to be confined within the narrow rules of juilice ; and of 
 daughters of Ttndernpfs^ who had yielded to the didlates of 
 nature, and of their own amiably frJceptible hearts, but who, 
 in confequence, had been branded with obliquy by civilized 
 fociety ; while fome of their number, ftill more unfortunate, 
 had been configned by the mercilefs laws of their country to 
 prifons, banifhment, and death. 
 
 To divert the melancholy which narratives like thefe were 
 nicely to infpire, Philanthropy next took up the dlfcourfe, and 
 began to detail her plans for the general felicity of all man* 
 kind. Of the prefent generation fhe faid little ; onlyreSbm- 
 mending afT objefe of the rnoft particular benevolence, thofc 
 whom narrow minded zealots, reprobated as tranfgreifors of 
 every law, divine and human ; but fut'ire ages claimed her 
 greateft attention ;" and, how;„difEcult foever it might be to 
 judge what the intereft and ♦inclinations of men yet unborn 
 might lead them to defire or to fliun, (lie contended that the 
 flicrifice of myriads of the prefent race, and even the xmiver- 
 fal temporary fubftitution of mifery for happinefs, were eligi- 
 ble means, if through them the mod remote poffibility of any 
 future Gontliigcnt good might be attained. 
 
 The 
 
PILGRIM .GOOD-INTENT. 71 
 
 The capacity of Good-hiicnt was not fufikiently clear to 
 comprehend the arguments by . which ILe fupported her 
 opmions-; and though he laboured to attend, yet, the toils 
 the day .contributing to overpower him, he at laft found 
 himfdf miable to rcfift the drowfmefs which came upon him. 
 Wherefore, taking the opportunity of a paufe in herdifcourfe, 
 he requeft^d leave to retire to his chamber ; and his three 
 hoftefles confented to his petition, though not without expreff- 
 ingfome difpleafure atthe coldnefsAnd wantof enthuliafm with 
 which he had heard their difcourfe. 
 
 He did not, however, fall afieep io foon as lio. had exped- 
 ed ; for when he was alone, tlie recQllcftion of what had 
 paffed occupied his mind, c.c\d afforded him much fabjedl for 
 reflexion. He confidered that the opinions of Mental- energy 
 and of Fhilan^^rBpy led io many conclufions, no lefs abfurd 
 than dangerous ; and as for the perfons whofe misfortunes 
 had called forth the tears of to/T^iAVy, howe^ver their condud 
 might h^ve been gloffed over in her difcourfe, he did not 
 hefitate to determine, that all the calamities whicii had be- 
 fallen them had 'been the natural confequence, and the juft 
 reward, of their own evil deeds. ** O that Piety ftiil dwelt 
 in this houfe !" fard he ; ** for I perceive that, while fiie is ab- 
 fent, her Sifter-'vlrtues merit no confidence, let them diltin- 
 guifli themfelves by what new names they may.-' 
 
 Being impatient to quit a fociety in which he «ras much 
 difappointed to find him^felf fo liitle edified, he refolved to 
 purfue his journey, as foon as he fliouid have obtained a 
 fight of thofe rarities which he remembered it had always 
 been the cuftom cf that houft to ihew unto the pilgrims. — 
 In ll^e m.ornmg, therefore, he tcjd the three iiftcrsthat he 
 undcrftood there were laid up in their poflelTion m.any curious 
 records ; alfo many famous weapons, v/herewith the mighty 
 men of old tim^e had achieved notable expl-oits ; and he fignifi- 
 ed withal his defire of being admitted to a fight of thefe. — • 
 So they readily confented to iliew him the room in which all 
 their rarities were kept ; but, as they were on their way 
 thither, Phllanthi'opy ami SerifihUity informed him that they had 
 difcarded from their colledlion thofe ancient weapons, con- 
 cerning vv^iich he had inquired, becaufe the ufes which had 
 b-v^en made of tliem by their former owners, namely, by 
 
72 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Jofljita^ Samfifony Gideon, and the reft, had been too favage 
 and Amguinary, ^'^ch as no friend to humanity could reflect 
 on without the moft painful fenfations ; the very idea of war 
 exciting horror in a feeling mind ; and every foldier who 
 bore arms in (what he was pleafed to ftyle in mockery) the 
 iC- vice of his country, defei'.ing to be reprobated by univer- 
 fai nature, as the bafe tool of barbarous defpots, and the 
 hired afllulin of his fellow men. , 
 
 Having received this previous notice, Gocd-tnient vr2.s con- 
 fiderably furprifed, on entering the room, that the firft ob- 
 ject on which he caft his eyes (hould be a heap of cannon 
 balls and grape fiiot, and befide it a pile of fwcrds and pikes, 
 dropping with recent blood. He could not forbear aiking 
 how ladies of fuch companionate difpoutions could have af- 
 forded, a place in their repofitory to tliofe inftruments of 
 death. 
 
 " We honour thefe," faid Mmial-energy^ "as inftruments of 
 inftrudion ; and as fuch, fome of our moft valued friends 
 liave made a glorious ufe of them, in fubverting the preju- 
 dices of infatuated nations, who could no otherv/ife be taught 
 to pi'efer light to darknefs,, and emancipation to bondage." 
 
 '* ¥/hat light, or what emancipation," cried the pilgrim, 
 can have been communicated to the perfons, whofe blood is 
 Ilill reeking on thofe fatal blades r" 
 
 '' The fufferings of individuals are of no importance,'* 
 anfwered Mental-energy^ " when put in competition v/ith the 
 univerlal good of the human fp^cies. A mind truly great 
 will rife above the paltry conii deration of the deftruiihon of 
 a few quiet, but mean -fpiri ted nations, by fire and fword, if 
 by fuch means the power ox the guardians of Z./T'^r/); cr4i be 
 extended." 
 
 Now GoQilintcnt^ during tins time, had fixed his eyes on an 
 cn.oine which was new to him. In its form it refembled an 
 axe ; but it was fufpended by ropes v^ithin a wooden frame ; 
 and he ailced his condudreffes for what ufe it was intended. 
 
 " That," faid Philanthropy^ ^^ is an inftrument dear to hu- 
 manity ; for by it more than a. million of the enemies of the 
 human race have been fwept from the earth*" 
 
 " What enemies ?" faid the pilgrim ; " Is it defigned as a 
 gin for the delhux^tion of wolves or of ferpents ?" 
 
 I 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 73 
 
 ** Of monfters more deteftable than either,'' replied 
 Philaruhropy ; ** of defpots and their minions." 
 
 While (he fpoke, Good-intent looked into a baiket which 
 flood behind the axe; and behold ! it was full of human 
 heads. " What do 1 fee !'' cried he ; " do you, who call your- 
 felves the friends of humanity, authorife fuch a {laughter as 
 this ? 1 perceive the heads of men, of women, nay, of chil- 
 dren ; where fhall we feek for the enemies of the human 
 ipecies, if not among thofe who have perpetrated this execra- 
 ble maffacre V^ 
 
 " In giving my fan<5lion to it,'' faid Phiia?iihropyy " I con- 
 fider not the prefent race of men, which might probably 
 have enjoyed greater tranquillity, had the ancient order of 
 things been fufFered to continue 5 but my enlarged view 
 comprehends, at one glance, all future ages. The human 
 fpecies, thus purged of its drofs, will gradually refine itfelf, 
 till it ihall have attained univerfal perfection ; and when no 
 trace even of the polierity of the foes of Liberty inall be left 
 upon the earth, her friends will feait undifturbed on tlie 
 fruits of her glorious tree, w^hicli fhall flourifli in no foil, 
 where its roots are not moiitened with the blood of traitors." 
 
 GoodHntent now turned from Philaiuhropy with horror ; 
 and, obferving a bottle placed on a fiielf above, he demand" 
 /ed of SenfihUky v/hat were its contents. 
 
 " The tears of captive princes and then* orphan children," 
 replied fhe. 
 
 .. " Doubtlefs," faid he, "your ov.ti, which flow fo freely/ 
 are mixed with them." 
 
 ** O no," faid fhe ; " during the filling of that bottle, I 
 Was engaged as chief mourner at the funeral of an affailin ^ 
 and all my tears were fhed for him." 
 
 Now I faw in my dream, that the pilgrim was filled with 
 great amazement ; and he cait in his mind who thefe perfons 
 . fliould be, whofe natures agreed fo ill w^ith the excellent 
 names they bore. tSo he bethought himfelf of his book, 
 which had ever been his faithful eounfellor in times of need ; 
 but, as he drew it out of his bofom, they who flood by mock- 
 ed at him ; and Mental-energy affured him that it was unfit 
 to engage the attention of a wife man : Philanthropy afferted 
 
 that 
 G 
 
74 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 .that all the mlferies of mankind had originated in the deCr 
 trines which it contained : and Senfihtlity recoiled with horror 
 from the puniihments which it denounced againft fuffering 
 guilt. Neverthelefs, Good-intent grafped the book fir^ily, not 
 heeding their idle clamours ; and, when he had opened it, he 
 found written therein, " Ev'ery good tree brifigeth forth 
 good fruit, but a corrupt tree evil fruit ; wherefore, by their 
 fruits ye fhali know them." 
 
 Then he faid to himfelf, " When I behold the fruits which 
 thefe bring forth, can 1 pciTibly hefitate to believe, that their 
 root is a root of deceit, and of all ungodlinefs ?" So he pi^t 
 the book into his bofom, and turned himfelf about to de- 
 part. 
 
 Bitt they^ not willing fo to lofe him, fought to detain him, 
 and afked him whither he was going. 
 
 *' 1 am going," faid he, " to pbey the commands of my 
 Heavenly Father, who hath warned me to fiee from all 
 who defpife hi;s covenant, and rebel againfl: his laws j and if, 
 to an earthly parent, obedience be an inviolable duty"- — 
 
 " An inviolable duty !" iaid Mental-en^r^y^ with a.fcornful 
 fmiie ; *' it >vas indeed imagined fixch in the ages of darknefs ; 
 hut fo grievous an obftacle to the natural rights of free-born 
 infants, it was one of our firfl: achievments to overthrow." 
 
 " Wl^at !" faid Good-intent ^^ *' would you teach a child he 
 X)wes no gratitude"— 
 
 *' .Gratitude is an unpardonable weaknefs In the bofom of 
 a wife man,'* returned Mental-energy ; " wc hold it to be no 
 part either of jufllce or of virtue ; and an enlarged mind will 
 fcorn to narrow itfelf to the fenfe of any perfonal benefit 
 ^vhich an individual may have confep-ed." 
 
 Good-intent "s^TiS K\\ more aftonillicd at this maxim, than he 
 had been at any of thofe which had preceded it; and indig- 
 nantly replied, " It would be lofi;ig time to dcmonftrate the 
 abfurdity of your doctrineis, while the heart of every man, to 
 whom nature hath not d^^nied the common feelings of hurnn- 
 nity, muft rev.olt at tlie conieqncnc&s neccifarily deducible 
 from them. Heaven grant to me, that I may never receive 
 any benefit from the meaneft of my fellow creatures, without 
 a due and thankful fenfe of the obligation under which it lays 
 aic; while I conftantly cherifli, as the nobleft principle of my 
 • ' condu(5l. 
 
I^ILGRIM GOOD-INt'ENT. 75 
 
 ^ondii^, that boiindlefs gratitude which I owe to him, of 
 whom my life, and all the blelTmgs which endear it to me, 
 Jlre the gifts, and from whofe future bour-ty his own graciotis" 
 word enc)»nraq^cs me to hope for that more excellent recom- 
 penfe of reward, which he has promlfed to all thofe wh6 
 feithfully keep his flatutes unto the end.'^ 
 
 . ^' And' does thy mercenary fpirit,'^ faid Menial-energy ^ *^ i*e- 
 quire Cat . hope of vecompenfe as aA incentive to virtue ? 
 Liarn, rather, from us, the more dignified fenlifnent, that 
 virtue is its own reward ; and, inftead of travelling througfr 
 defolate regions inf^arch of a country, w^hich, certain friends 
 of ours can afford thee fufficieilt proof, exiles only in thy own 
 imagination, be content to remain with us, the reprefenta- 
 tives of Virtue upon earth. Our inftriKftioiis fliall gradually 
 difengage thy foul from the hid"eous bonds of prejudice, and 
 elevate it to thofe liberal principles, by which the heart is re- 
 JBned, and the energy oF fhe mind increafed ; and, as a tender 
 relaxation from feverer ftudies, behold our fifter, Senjflilityy 
 v.'ho, from thy firft entrance, has regarded thee with the eyes 
 ©f affe^ion, and who pants to form with thee that fympathy 
 of fouls, vvhich is pointed out by reafon and by nature as af- 
 fording the' faircft profpcift' of human happinefs/' 
 
 While Mental-energy was fpeaking thus, the countenance 
 aad gcAurcs of *S*^7i/i/'i47.^', exprcficd her aeuuicfcencc in ibe^ 
 propofah At firft, fte looked pafHonately at the pilgrim, 
 and fighed, and wept, and fmiled ; and when her fifter had 
 erid^d, and he flood aftonifhed, and hefitating what to reply, 
 fte fuddenly fprang forwards and threw herfelf into his 
 arms. 
 
 Gtod'inUnt^ difpleafed and difgufled, fhook off her embrace 
 as foon as he was able. " 1 pray you, madam,'' faid he, " re- 
 colle<5t yourfelf a little : I had been told that you were the' 
 wnfe of another man.'' 
 
 " And if I am," faid fhe, " my conduft is not the lefs re- 
 concileable to the ftri<fleft reditude. I experienced, in my 
 former connexion, the abfurdity of expecting that the inclina- 
 tions and wifhes of tv/o human beings Ihould concide through 
 any long period of time ; but though my tyrant may imagine 
 that the few vain ceremonies, w^hich paifed betv/een tts, have 
 indiffolubly bound me to him for the whole of my -wretched 
 
 life, 
 
76 THE PUOGRESff OF THE 
 
 life, what natural right can he plead to fhacklc my free foul, 
 or to condemn my perfon to that vlfionary (late of col3 celi- 
 bacy which nature herfelf abhors ? If, therefore, 'my heart no 
 longer acknowledges any fympathy with his, wherefore may 
 it not be both prafticable and eligible for me to offer it tvO ano- 
 ther, in whofe reciprocation of kindnefs it may find feme in- 
 demnification for its former unmerited fufferings ?'' 
 
 " Undoubtedly,'' faid Philanthropy^ *' our fifter is in the 
 Tight. All things are lawful, when taken in their proper 
 connexion ; and Nature his implanted no.defires, of which it 
 is not our primary duty to feek the gratification. Since, 
 therefore, happinefs is the ultimate end which thatunerruig 
 guide impeh us to purfue, no friend to reafon, humanity, and 
 toleration, can cenfure thofe who feek to attain that end, by 
 the ufe of any means which may appear to themfelves the 
 beft calculated to enfure their fuccefs." 
 
 " There could exift no degree of atrocity," fiiid G cod-intent^ 
 " of which the perpetration might not be juftl fied, if argu- 
 ments like thefe could juftify it ; but happily, their futility i^ 
 as evident, as their tendency is pernicious. Wherefore, away 
 from me, ye wicked ! I will keep tlie commandments of my 
 God!'' 
 
 And fo^faying* he haften«d out of the houftj g'^ving no 
 other heed to all their vain difcourfes ; neither had they pow- 
 er to detain him againd his will, though they made him fair 
 promifes, that, if he muft needs proceed upon his journey, 
 thisy would ihow him a better road, and qondud him to a 
 pleafanter valley than the valley oi Hum'dia^iony through which 
 he meant to pafs. 
 
 Now I faw in my dream, that,, as he went out of the houf^, 
 he obferved it more particularly than he had been able to do 
 at the late hour at which he had entered it the night before ; 
 and behold ! th^ walls were not built of brick or ftone, or of 
 any other fuch common and durable materials, but altoge- 
 ther of books, piled in order one on another, without any ap- 
 parent cement, fo that the whole edifice was ihaken by every 
 blaft from heaven which blew againft it. When the pilgrim 
 perceived this, he made the more hafte, left it Ihould prefent- 
 ly fall, and crulli thofe who flood nigh in its ruins ; and paf- 
 fing by the two beafts, which at night he bad taken for lions, 
 
 he 
 
i^m^^^ 
 
 MLGRAiM GOOD-K^JTENl*. 77 
 
 he now {stvr they were only apes, which fat on the oppofite 
 fides of the porch, and grinned and chattered at him as' he 
 paffed along. 
 
 So when lie had gotten out of their reach, he flopped to 
 look about hinri ; and he perceived that he had not yet, as he 
 had fuppofed, attained the higheft: fummit of the hill Difficult 
 ty ; for a rocky afcent ftill remained for him to climb ; on 
 the top of which hedefcried a houfe, built all of hewn ftone, 
 and of the mofi: admirable architedlure ; but he obferved fuch 
 a refemblanc^ between it and the other which ftood on the 
 fardy- ground below it, that he immediately concluded it to 
 hrrve been the m.odel, iit imitatron ^thereof that which he had 
 juft quitted had been ere^^cd. 
 
 Then he reafoned within Himfelf, faying, *^ I have furely 
 been deceived ; the frail edifice which I have left behind mc, 
 and which feems built but to lad for a day, can never be the 
 houfe at which my anceftbrs were entertained fo long ago, 
 aitd whidh in their time, it v/.as well-known, ha3 flood for 
 ages. Tliis, rather, which X fee ab'ove me, muft be it ; and, 
 doubtlefs,- on m}' arrival there, I lliall learn who thofe im- 
 poflors are who have fought to miflead me." 
 
 So he haflened to climb ^p the rock, fupporting his fteps 
 tvith the trufty llafF whicli had been given to Iiim by Self-denU 
 al; and as he again experienced it^ ufe, he congratulated 
 himfelf on the cape with which he had prefervcd it ; remem- 
 bering th it i^i"/?,///'////);, as fhe embraced him, had made feve- 
 ral attempts to draw it out of his hand. When he had reach- 
 ed- the top, he beheld the two lions ; but they were chained^ 
 aTxd made n\T' effort to mioleft, him; as- he joyfully paiTed be- 
 tween them, and rang the bell at the gate, "w^iich was pre- 
 fently opened un^ohim by the ancient porter. Watchful. 
 
 While -the pilgrim wasfpeaking with him, the three virgins, 
 ^ho were called Pieiy<^ Prudmcey and Chanty^ and who had 
 never relinquiihed thofe venerable names, themfelves came 
 forth from an inner chamber, and received their gueft with 
 woids of kind^efs ;" and Piety faid unto hirn^ " Welcome, 
 young rrian, welcome to our dwelling ! Thou haft neither been 
 ib foolifh as to be deluded by the pretences of thofe "v^-ho falfe- 
 ly call themfelves the Moral-virtues^ nor fo wicked as to de- 
 light in the deeds which they vainly fan^lion. Thou art 
 th*r^fore worthy to be admitted into the habitation of ;the 
 
 G 2 Chrlfiian-virtuei s 
 
78 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Chrlftian-virtties ; with whom none d^vell biit fiich^a^ 60 
 fmcerely believe and faithfully practife all the words which 
 are written in the book of life, which; thou beareft in thy 
 hand, and by which thou haft been taught to .efchew falfe* 
 hood, and, to feek truth." 
 
 If Then Good-intent bowed himfelf before the damfels, and re- 
 joiced that he had at laft been fo fortunate as to fin^- them ; 
 efpecially he v/as glad to behold Jher concerning whom her 
 enemies had reported fuch calumnies ; even Piety j v»^ho was 
 the, eldeft of the fifter^, and for whom the other two, who • 
 leaned on her on eitlier fide, Teamed in e^ry look and gef-^ 
 tare to exprefs their veneration and regard. Good-mknt hQ^ 
 lield.with awe her faintly countenance \ wEile the fob^r, but 
 not auftere, look* of Pt-ndence Qngagzd his cortfidence, and tUe 
 benignant fmile and dove-like eye erf Chariiy filled his whole 
 foul with p^ace, joy, and holy love. 
 
 When they had led him into their gueft chamber, they 
 queftioned him concerning his pilgrimage ; fo he told them 
 all that had hither to. befallen him therein ; and when he havi 
 ended the account of his lail adyent^^re, ** It is well for you,^' 
 kcidPrudencCi " that you have fov/ell kariit from that book, 
 %vhere alone true wifdom is to be found, to difr^gard fpccioiTS 
 words, and to reject falfe principles, viewivig with ablioiTcnce 
 t]>^ unrighteous deeds which fpring from them." 
 
 " There are but too many,'^ faid Charity^ •* even among 
 thofe who are the beft difpofed to love us, and to receive our- 
 precepts within their hearts, who, mifled by tlie aits of the im- 
 poftprs, who affume our charavflers cv^n while they afFed to 
 defpife our names, have been filled by their pernicious ccutt- 
 fels with all unrighteoufnefs \^ becoming haters »f God, de- 
 fpiteful, proud, boarters, inventors of evil things, difobedient 
 to parents, without underftanding, covenant-breakers^ with- 
 out natural afFedion, implacable, unmerciful; and though 
 out .of their own mouths they might be condemned, feeing 
 that: the -words of peace are ever on their lips, yet, ' even as 
 they did not likcto retain Goi> in their knowledge,' He-ha^ 
 given < them over to a reprob ate- mind ;^ fo that thofe fame / 
 tilings, for which they account others moft inexcufafcle,. they 
 do.themfel-ves commit without renlorfe/' 
 
 «I 
 
MLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 75 
 
 *• I pray you,'' faid GdoJ-int^nfy " \v\\b are thefe deceivers? 
 and haw long have they .dwelt in thefe -parts V^ 
 
 Z*^ They fpring/' faid Prudence^ "from- an evil race ; and 
 you (Will not wonder at their eagernefs to feduce pilgrirns 
 from the right road, when I tell you that they are the daugh- 
 ters of Mr. Pkilcfophyj with whom yffn met in thefbn^ier part 
 of your journey, to the great endangering of your fafety ^ and 
 who, being hiinfelf occupied in confufmg the h'e.^ds of pil- 
 grims, has fent fcn-th'thefe, a progeny worthy of fuch a fiv 
 ther,. to feduce their hearts. When they firfl: came into thi.^ 
 country^, they -offered ^themfelves to u«^, with great feemlng' 
 humility,^ as our fervants-; and we, being ple'afed v/Ith their 
 appearance and fair fpe£ches, Vv'ere contented tio receive them 
 is fuch ; .and'for.a while, they behaved "themfelves to our Hl> 
 ihg : but it yras not long befi^re they began tojaew them- 
 felyes. in their prosper cblo^j vi. For my iiiler Charily y indeed; • 
 tKey conftantly expreifed ' extraordinary refpecl-; praiiing hcf 
 upon.all cceafions^ and even feeking to exalt, her, by diipara- 
 ging 'all her 'neareft- kindred; yet even to her they paid no 
 obedience; and frequently ihe fov^^.d that they had buiied 
 themfelves in derneli/hing the works which flie had ordered^ 
 tfiem. to. -affiil in- completing. ^ As for me, they came iitde in 
 ray .vv'ay, being deflrous,- if it v/ere poffible, wholly to efcape 
 my-obfervation ; but to my fifter P.y/jv they daily offered the 
 mc^il- unprovoked and offenfve infults. I believe, indeed, 
 that their plan Was to e5:cite.her to quit us, as they have 
 fince .thought proper to affert flie has done ; fcr they even 
 then had th^ . affurance to. raife calumnies againi^ her, and ' 
 iifed their utm oft endeavours to excite fonie diffention be- 
 twixt -her and Chdrtty ; but^fricndfllip fo indiffoluble as theirs 
 vras proof, again ft all fuch v/iles ; and the attempt was even 
 f or tupate ;' fince it unv,eiled the defigns of thefe imporcr^rs to 
 the eye^-of Gharity^ who Would not otherwife have been fo foon 
 induced to rctrad her favourable opinion of them ; and fhe ac- 
 quiefced in my counfels, that they fhould be expelled from 
 among: us. During the time that they had been with us, 
 however, they had acquired a facility in-imitating our man- 
 ners, and had learnt to repeat by rote niany of our fayings.; 
 and thus qualified, they formed the fcheme to peri<)nate us,' 
 that fa they might inveigle out of the right way fuch pil- 
 
 ■^ grims 
 
%^ THE PROGRESS Oi' THE 
 
 grims as came v/ith the defign to take up their lodgmg with 
 us. In this enterprise they were chiefly aflifted by him who 
 accofted you in the charadier of their porter, and who is cA^ 
 ltd Senitmefit. He was the archite<5t w^ho ereded their houfc, 
 which, as you might obferve, is built m irnitation of ours-; 
 though the difference of the materials prevents any great re- 
 femblance between them Their edifice, indeed, being* fra- 
 med of fuch perifhable ful3ftan€e, wx>uld not have ftood till 
 now, wepe not its inhabitants continually employed in repair- 
 ing its avails ^ fo that as. through time and ftrefs of weather^ 
 cae row^ of bocks decays and moulders away, the place is im^ 
 Ijflediately filled up with a dauhk quantity of new onesy ^zuhh 
 *tuhie/j thy are continually fxipplkd from a manufatforyy which ^ under 
 the direBlon of their father ^ Mr, Philofophy, tJxy have^ e/9abll/hed 
 in the ttetghbcurho'jd. Since they have refided in this their new 
 habitation, their ai'ts have beefi but too fuccefsful ; and q{^^- 
 eially? they ^ lead captive many lilly women, laden with fms, 
 and led away with divers lufts,' who, though they are ever 
 imagining they learn, are yet nejv^er able to come to the know- 
 ledge of the truth.* For, as Ivir. Fhthfophy^s houfe is chiefly 
 frequented by men, fo is this of his daughters mcft "coilimon- 
 ly vifited by women. Neverthelefs, at both* guefts cf either 
 fex are equally welcome ;. and while the male pupils of thefe 
 deceivers are taught, when their hands are embrued in mur- 
 der, toaffojfl in their converfation the moft effemitiate ^xpref- 
 fions of tendernefs and morbid ferifibility, their female difci- 
 ples learn to eonfider as the difgrace of w^^manhood '\^hat 
 has hitherto been its mioft invaluable privilege, ^ evei^ its mo- 
 deily J and cafting oir, with that, * the ornament of a meek 
 * and quiet fpirit,' wherewith,^ in the old time, the holy wo- 
 men who trutied in Got^; adorned themfelves,' they think that 
 they fuffi,ctentlyeJldhTifh their claim to equality 'Ti)':ih' men, *whik they 
 rival even' the mofi reprobate among ^irhemy no hfs i^ ferocity thaq in 
 vohptuoufnefs,^^ 
 
 " I could not but ebferv?," faid- Good-iiifeni^ '* that th^- 
 Janguage wliich w^is held to me ia the houfe which 1 have 
 juft quitted, borea fcron?: r^ifemblance to that which I heard' 
 mUr. PhUvfhphfs^Tihiizc,'' 
 
 ** The oftice which he chieiiyentrufts to thefe his daughters," 
 refumed Prudence, *' is that cf reeoftdling to the moft atro- 
 cious' 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. Mi 
 
 clous deeds the minds of thofe who ftlU refped the name of 
 f^triu^i by araufing them with empty and delufive founds ; — 
 and as foon as any man has learnt, after thefr example, to 
 call ^vil good, and good evil, he is then fufficiently prepared 
 to join Mr. Phihfuphfs great anny,>)^ which ycu faw the firft 
 frantic troop fet out from this palac^, and take the road 
 which led to the mountain of F.evQluU\n, Had you, there- 
 fore, hearkened to their enticements, they would have led you 
 down into the valley, which lies between that mountain and 
 the hill of D'iffioihy, which was the fame that they extolled 
 to you, as fo far preferable to the valley of HuniUtatlon ; and 
 there would you have found yourfclf furrounded by tl^e 
 votaries of Athe\fm and Anarchy^ from whom you had lately 
 3ed ; infomuch tliat, unable a fecond time ta efcape, you 
 would have been borne along by the crowd, and even com- 
 pelled to become fuch an one as themfelves. But our houfe 
 ftands fo high, that, from my apartment, we have a view of 
 all the country round ;' fo that you may, if you pleafe, look 
 out and behold the prcgrefs of thefe enemies of your King." 
 Then Good-intent gladly foUovyed her, and fhe led him to a 
 window, from which hs had a full prcfped of the mountain 
 of Re^oluttony with its precipitous {xd^s, and its frowning brow. 
 And behold ! Mr. PlHhfdphfiXXQQ^s had now gained the 
 iiimmit, and were exulting in their fuccefs with molU^ t^f 
 triumph. The eyes of the pilgrim fought among thtir ranks 
 for his old companions, but he could not difcern them all ; 
 for Mx. IncotifideratZy finding tlie moiint?.'n ileeper than he 
 liked, had not chofen to attempt the afcent ; b;it. not kno^v-" 
 ing his w;ay back to the road he had quitted, He had loil 
 himfelf, and perifhed miferably : Mr. Party-fplylt had follow- 
 ed' his friends into a quagmire ;= where, though they had 
 foon got out of it, he had fluck faft in the deep mud, and 
 had found none who would give him any help : Mr. Cwr/^/;/)', 
 venturing too near the. edge of a precipice, to take a visw of 
 the valley below, -had fallen, over, and had been dafhedto 
 pieces ; and. Mr. Mate-cotitroul h2.d been ilain by the hand of 
 Mr. Hot-head, who was offended that he boafted of having as' 
 good alight as himfelf to choofe in what path he would 
 walk. Many others of thofe who had fet out with, them from 
 ^e palace of Mr. Philojbphyy lyAd^ki^kO perilhed-by diiFerent 
 
 cafualties \ 
 
§2 THE PROGRESS OF rME 
 
 cafulalties ; and at the head of all who ftill furvived, there 
 now marched the men with the fierce countenances, who wore 
 the daggers In their girdles. Then Good-intent inquired of 
 Pruderies who thofe men were ; for from the firft he had felt a 
 defire to know fomewhat more particularly about them. 
 
 ** Thofe/' faid ilie, \' are not, like the reft, thedifciples or 
 the vaffals of Mr, Phllofopby, They are a band of Blood-men ; 
 the countrymen of thofe who, in former times, compofed the 
 chief ftrength of the iirmy o{ Dlaholus, in his war^ againft 
 K'm^ Shadda}. Remembering the prowefs which they then 
 ^ difplayed in battle, Mr. Ph'dojophy has formed an alliance 
 with their nation ; but they concern not themfelves, like the 
 reft of thofe men v-hom 3^on law In his palace, with his 
 opinions, neither are their minds perverted by his fophiftical 
 arguments : to them it were uimeceflary to clothe evil in the 
 garb of gnoilnefs ; for they love and defire evil for its own 
 fake ; and it is becaufe they have drfco'^ered in Mr. PhUofo- 
 fhy the irreconcileable" enemy of juftice and of holinefs, that 
 they have fo readily joined his forces, ^\\6, are content to 
 march under his banners. It is true that at firft, left their 
 appearance on his fide ihoold too much countera<fl the art;> 
 widi v^'hich he fought to liide Ivis purpofes from the world, 
 they hid their faces, and fuife red others of .his followers to 
 imagine themfelves the Icadciis of his army ; but now thac 
 they have reached the fiimmit of thi? mountain, they no lon- 
 ger think diftimulation neceffary, but openly avow them- 
 felves, and terrify into fubjedtion even thofe, who, at the be- 
 ginning, would have been the kaft difpofed to form any 
 league of amiity with them. The name of him who marches 
 at the head of this terrible band is yacollwfm^ and in h^m is 
 vefted the fupreme command f thofe whom he has appointed 
 to be his principal captains are Rapine, Perfidy^ Extortion, Op* 
 frejjton, Trcafon, Sacrilege, and Murder, Henceforward, 
 though, when it may fi#: their purpofes, they will continue 
 to ufe the name of Mr. Phihfophy, you will perceive that they 
 will fubmit to no controul ,even from his authority ; and that 
 they will continue in alliance with him from no other m©tive^ 
 than that all the mx»ft atrocious of their deeds may find in 
 him a moft unwearied panegyrift and advocate. But the 
 whole compiiiiy is no^' about defcend into the valley, wJhither 
 
 your 
 
riLGR-.. ..-..>- [NTENT. Sj 
 
 yowr late hofteues would have condufed you. It is called 
 the valley o{ Equality. Obrervc»how jfteep and dangerous is 
 the path which leads down to it from the mountain of Revolu- 
 iion ; infomuch that thofe who attempt the defcent are obli- 
 ged to throw away all the baggage ihey have hitherto carried 
 with them, nay, even to lirip otF the beil part of their clothes, 
 left, being laden with any v/eight or incumbrance, they fliouid 
 ^ the more liable to fall." 
 
 Then Good-lnteni beheld all thofc " o Lad money or any 
 .other kind ofprovifion for their futaie wants on their journey, 
 -throw it from them ; fome were conurained to lay ailde their 
 gorgeous robes ; Mr. Love-change caii: away his coronet, and 
 ihc like did many others; nay, iom^ who ware crowns, 
 though themfelves unwilling to refign them, could not pre- 
 vent otlicrs of the company, in which they hp.d travelled fo far, 
 from taking them off their peads, and throwing them down 
 the precipice. Thuj> lightened, they all began to defcend ; — 
 hxxx. Mr. Hothead, S^^i^K ^^^ haftih> fdon fell, and broke his 
 neck ; many of the reij alfo, either flipped, or were pufhed 
 jdo\Ma by others ; and I faw not that any of thoie who fell ev€r 
 Tofe^up again. When they had reached the foot of the moun- 
 tain, Mr. Lov^'changv was fuddenly fwallowed up in the fvvamp 
 X)f Fa^e^acciifatlofh into which he was led by Pcrjidy, at the in- 
 ftigation of i^rt/>///f- ; and 1 obferved that all who had worn 
 coronets or coftly robes, met with a fate fimilar to his. As 
 for Mr. Credulity^ and fome others who walked with him, a 
 phantom, ciJ^Ued FrcUemlty, m.et them at the entrance of the 
 valley, and, making a femblance to embrace them, ftified 
 them in his arms. Of thoie who had; once httn the com- 
 panions of Good-intent, Mr. Difconlent therefore now only fur- 
 yived : he ftill followed Jacohhufm and his troop with a fuller 
 pace ; and, as I afterwards learned, he continued to follow 
 them through every different region into which they entered, 
 even to the end of their appointed courfe ; nor, though they 
 would often gladly have been rid of fuch an affociate, could 
 they ever fmd means to perfuade hini to turn back, or to drive 
 him from their company. 
 
 The miferable end of fo many of the original followers of 
 Mr. Plilofophy feemed to afford to the Blood-men a ca"ufe for re- 
 joicing, Tl^ey employed themfelves with eagern^sf in gather- 
 
 in|^ 
 
^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 ing up the precious things, which, having been caft away at 
 the top of the mountain, had rolled down its fides into the 
 valley; and while they were thus occupied, many quarrels 
 arofe among them for the treafures they had found ; fo they 
 ftrove with each other, and many who had coUeded the richeli 
 fpoils, were flain by their fellows, envious of their good for- 
 tune. But at laft their contentions ceafed for a time ; and 
 tliey all went forwards together, and foon were out of fight. 
 
 Then Good-inienty addrefllng himfelf again to Prudence^ " At 
 leaft there is hope,'' faid he, "that the evils which have been 
 brought upon the earth by this band of ruffians, will not be ©f 
 long continuance ; for if they thus madly rufh on every dan- 
 ger, and are befides fo ill difpofed towards each other, that on 
 the flighted grounds they fhed the blood of their fellows, 
 their force mull quickly perilh,and the very memorial of them 
 be i wept away from the earth.'' 
 
 " I am not furprifed," fiid Trudence^ "that you entertain 
 fuch a hope ; but you do riot coufider tift continual reinforce- 
 meutJi v/hich this army receives. Mr. Philojophy is ever at 
 work in enticing unwary travellers to enlift under his ftandard ; 
 the nation of the Blood-men is, moreover, very numerous ; and 
 large companies are even now on their road, from all parts of 
 it, to join their countrymen ; and befides all this, in every 
 land through which the army pafles, they oblige the natives 
 thereof to take up arms, and follow them : alluring fdme 
 with the profpedl of fliaring in the plunder of their neigh*' 
 hours ; and, by ftripes and ill ufage, compelling thofe who 
 cannot be perfuaded, to forfake their homes, and afilft, how- 
 ever unwillingly, in fpreading defolation over the whole 
 habitable furface of the globe. When you reach the town 
 -yf Vanity y you will again fall in with them ; but, in tlie mean 
 v/hile, you fii2.Il for a, time take up your abode with us, as it 
 has been the cuftom of your family to do, whenever any of 
 them have pa/Ted this way. Our inftrudions fliall fortify 
 your mind againft the deceits of future impoftors ; and, at 
 your departure, we will arm you in the armour of light, 
 v/herewith your anceftor Chriji'ian was cla<l, that fo you may 
 . be enabled to withftand all fuch aflailants as ftiall hereafter 
 feek to moleft you, during the remaining part of your piigrim- 
 
 So 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 
 
 ^'5 
 
 ^0 1 law in my dream, that Good-intent was well pleafed 
 111 the propofal, and that he continued many days at the 
 lioiife of Beautiful ; v/here he became too well acquainted 
 with the true chaiadler and excellency of the Chrijimn-wrtuts^ 
 to be in any danger of again fuffering himfelf to be iiflpofed 
 on by their counterfeits. 
 
 Moreover, they took great pains in inftrufling him ; and 
 Fiety taught him to love the Lord his Goo with all his heart, 
 with all his foul, and with all his mind ; to purify himfelf 
 <:ven as He is pure ; to do heartily whatfoever he did, as to 
 the Lord, and not unto men ; not being conformed to this 
 .world, but being transformed by tlie renewii;g of his mind, 
 that he might prove what is that good, and acceptable and 
 perfed will of God ; holding fail the myftery of the faith in 
 a pure ccnfcience ; and defiring nothing in comparifon of the 
 ■glory that thall be revealed, when the Lord cometh with 
 thoufands of his frJnts, to judge the world in righteoufnefs. 
 
 When Ihe had thus trained him in the firft and great com- 
 mandment <:ii the law. Charity taught hTm the fecond, which 
 was like unto it; even that he Ihould love his neighbour aiJ 
 jbimfelf. But f]ie exhorted him not to love in word, neither 
 in tongue, after the manner of falfe pretenders to philanthro- 
 ,py, bi^.t in deed, and in truth ; not faying to the naked and 
 the hungry, " Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled,^' 
 ,but giving them thofe things whereof they ftand in need* 
 And while Ihe perfuaded him, as he had opportunity, to do 
 good unto ail men, ihe taught him that thofe of the koufe- 
 iold of faith were more particularly to be confidered as en- 
 titled to his bene.Hcence \ feeing that it is fitting that the 
 members of that body, whereof Christ is the head, ihouid 
 ■have care one for another- She charged him alio to learn 
 tirll to Ihew kindnefs at home ; lince, if any provide not for 
 iiTS own, and efpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath 
 denied the faith, and is wcrfe than an infidel. Moreover, 
 {hp taught him that he would exercife more true compaffion 
 towards thole whofe reprobate minds receive not the know- 
 ledge of the truth, by converting one fmner from the error of 
 his ways, than by crying, " Peace ! peace 1/^ to all to whom 
 there was no peace ; vainly driving with the ftrength of man 
 to reverie the irj^vpcable judgments of God, which ftanr! 
 
 ' H fixed 
 
86 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 fixed as the great mountains for ever, and fhall manifeflly 
 appear to all men, at th-e lail day, to have been founded in 
 truth and righteoufnefs. And to every work of love ilie ex- 
 horted her difciple, in the name of Hjm who gave even his 
 life for us miferable finners, and who hath promifed tp reward 
 the kindneifes w^hich have been fhewn unto the leaft of his 
 brethren upon earth, as if they had been done unto himfelf. 
 
 Now, that he might be the more readily difpofed to attend 
 to the inftniclions of Piety and Charity^ Prudence taught him 
 that the fear of the Lord is wifdom, and to depart from evil 
 is underftanding ; th^at the precepts of the Lord are right, 
 rejoicing the heart ; that the commandment of the Lord is 
 pure, enlightening the eyes ; that thofe who keep his precepts 
 have more underftanding than the ^nxrients, and enfure ta 
 themfelves ^ glorious inheritance, eternal in the heavens. She 
 exhorted him, therefore, that, avoiding all pppofitions of 
 fcience, falfely fo called, with that worldly w^ifdom, which is 
 earthly, fcnfual; devililh, where envying and ftrife is, with 
 confuf^on and every evil w^ork, he fliould feek the wifdom that 
 is from abpve ; which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, 
 full of mercy and good fruits ; which cometh down from the 
 Father of Lights, and therefore, like himfelf, hath no vari- 
 ablenefs ; and which, if any man aik, in faith, of Gop, it Ihall 
 be given him. 
 
 Now 1 faw in my dream, that Good'tntent received with joy 
 tbe w*ords of thefe three wife virgins, and was not albrgetful 
 hearer of thofe dofirines of his Lo;<p, which they thus declar- 
 ed unto him, but ftrove daily to become more zealoufiy a 
 doer of the fame. So vvlien the time drew near that he 
 Ihould proceed further .on his journey, they led him into the 
 armoury of their King, whereof they are entrulled with the 
 charge, and there they clad him in the anriour of proof, fuch 
 as had been given to ChnJVimh his anceftor, and to all 
 others of his family in fucceeding generations, who had ar- 
 rived at that lioufe in the courfe of tb^ir pilgrimage. More- 
 over, they f hewed him all tlieir records, and other rare and 
 profitable things which it v/as their cuftom to ihew unto pil- 
 grims^ ; and when they had done this, they had furth.er the 
 kiiidnefs to walk forward \vidi him a little way on his jour- 
 liCy ; ieil, while hjs miud w^as occupied with the exceeding 
 
 great 
 
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 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 87 
 
 ^reat value of his late acquirements, he fhould take the road 
 which led to the tower of Spiritual-pride^ inllead of that which 
 defcended into the Valley of HumUlationj through which lay 
 the only way to the CelejUal-Clty, 
 
 So I faw that, heing heedful to his 9itvis^ as they adnioniili- 
 ed him to be, he went down the hill without making any flip, 
 which might have given the foul ^cnd ApoUyon an advantage 
 over him ; and as he Went along, in talk with his companions, 
 they warned him to be continually careful left he iliould be 
 again deceived by any of thofe who aifumed their name or 
 likenefs, for the purpofe of leading pilgrims aftray. " For,'' 
 faid they, " there are many other impoftors, befides thofe you 
 have already feen, who have recourfe to that artifice^ and 
 thereby miflead the moft zealous of our pupils." 
 
 " I flatter myfelf,'^ faid Good-intent ^ " that I have now lived 
 too long in your houfe, and have acquainted myfelf too per- 
 fectly with your features, to be henceforward liable to any 
 inipofitions of that nature." 
 
 " Be not too confident," faid Prudence ; for, <^ if Satan him- 
 felf be fdmetimes transformed into an angel of light, it is 
 therefore no great thing if his minifters be alfo transformed 
 as the minifters of righreoufnels." 
 
 " But can you not give me fome certain rule," faid he, 
 " whereby I may be enabled to detecl fuch deceivers 1 
 
 *' There is no rule," faid Prudence^ " by which v/e may at 
 all times be more certainly diftinguifhed froni thofe who 
 would pafs for us, than by the harmony which conftantly and 
 indilTolubly fobiifts between us. Each of us has feparately 
 many counterfeits ; but, while we uiiiformly agree together 
 in one mind, thofe counterfeits are ever at variance with each 
 other. Thus, for example, my name and office are fome- 
 times afTun^ed by Avarice^ and fometimes by Simulation; but 
 A'uarice betrays herfelf by the hatred which llie cannot con- 
 ceal againrt my fifter Charity, from whom fhe flies, as from a 
 robber who would fpoil her of her goods ; while Simulation 
 may be knov/n by her refufal to liften to the voice of Piety ^ 
 who vainly attempts to recal her from the crooked paths in 
 which iKe leads her followers to their deftruction." 
 
 ** You may alfo ^nd me perfonated in the world," faid 
 Chanty i " by two no lefs dangerous deceivers. OJlentatlon 
 
 and 
 
S8 l^E PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 and Profufon both defire to be taken for me ; but Profujon 
 openly cxprefTes her contempt of Prudence ; and OJlentaiion, 
 defirous only to be feen by men, has no fellowfliip with 
 Piety ^ who would teach her to approve herfelf to God.'' 
 
 *' And in like manner," faid Piety ^ " is Hiy charader often 
 nfurped by Hypocrlfy, who can imitate my voice, and the 
 fafliion of my garments ; but urge her to prove by any a^ion- 
 lier kindred with Charity ^ and ilie will ftand felf-deteded be- 
 fore you ; v/hilft if you meet Fanaticlfm affuming my likenefs, 
 and addrefs her in the name of Prudmce^ fhe will arrogantly 
 profefs unto you that fte never knew her. Remember, there- 
 fore, that v/e always are confiftent with ourf elves, with each 
 other, and with the immutable law of our King ; and that, 
 wherefoever you find inconfiftency, you have good reafon to 
 conclude that no Chrifdan-vlrtue truly dwells." 
 
 So, after fome more profitable difcourfe, I faw in my 
 dream, that Prudence^ Piely^ and Charity^ thought it timq to 
 return to their own dwelling ; fo they bade the pilgrim flire- 
 well, and he went forv/ards on his way, through the midfl of 
 the valley of Humiliation^ in which, as I judged from his coun- 
 tenance, he took great dehght. And I obferved that it bore 
 no referablance to the valley of Equality^ though it feemed to 
 be on the fame level ; for the valley*of Equality was full of 
 dilngerous pitfalls, v/as vifited by continual ftorms, and was 
 flrewed with the bones of thofe who in former ages had - 
 peri filed therein ; whereas this of Humiliation was fafe and 
 pieafant^to all pilgrims, who knew riglitly how to defcend 
 the hili which led to it ; and the Aveet airs of heaven did per- 
 ][>etually vifit it, and r^frefti, w^ith their kind influence, the 
 fpirits of thofe who were paffing through it. 
 
 Only I faw that when Good-intent had reached the lowefl 
 part of it, he v/as fomewhat troubled, by fuddenly hearing on 
 each fide voices, which pronounced his name, and derided 
 his labours : fo he looked to fee who were the mockers, of 
 whofe vain mirth he v/as thus the fubjed ; and behold 1 on 
 the right hand, on a rifirg ground, which overlooked his 
 path, he defcried fome of thofe who had followed the train 
 of the Lady Fajhlon, and among them his former companion 
 Llght-mtnd, with Laughter and Folly ; and on the left hand, on 
 a fimiiar height; fome of Mr. Phllofophy^: troop, among 
 
 whom 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 89 
 
 whom he diflingiiillied his ancient enemy, Ridkuk by name : 
 and thefe two parties^ though on other points they agreed 
 not, yet, happening at the iame time, from their refpeiffeive 
 paths, to obtain a iight of the pilgrim, and bing equally of- 
 fended that he had refuted to quit his road for theirs, they 
 vied with each other in thus laughing him to fcorn. For a 
 few moments Good-intt^nt was vexed at their idle feoffs ; but 
 foon recolleding that they might more juMy be the objed of 
 his compariion, than he of their raillery, he walked on his 
 \vay without regarding them, and was foon out of their fight. 
 
 But by degrees his road became more gloomy, as he drew 
 near to that horrible valley, the valley of the Shadozv of 
 Dniih, When he firft defcried, though yet at adiftance, the 
 fmoke of the pit, his heart funk vriihin him ; and when he 
 became able to diilinguiili the groans and fearful cries of 
 thofe who dwell therein, he trembled exceedingly, and was 
 ready to turn back through fear; but remembering that he 
 mull neccffarily pafs through that valley and Shadoiu of 
 Deathy before he could hope to arrive at the Cdejltal CAty^ his 
 courage revivedj and he felt himfelf able to encounter every 
 terror, through Him who ilrengtheneth his fainting fervants. 
 
 So he quickened \\\s, pace, and foon entering the valley, he 
 proceeded along the narrow path, on the one fjde of which 
 the ditch licih, and on the other the quagmire. And now I 
 beheld tl;fat his Urength was brought very low, and that the 
 dragons of the deep, exulcing in his weaknefs, rulhed forth 
 upon him, and fought by violence to prevail againft him ; but 
 he covered himfelf with the flieild of Faith, which had been 
 giv^en unto him out of the armoury of his King, and did 
 alio for a while make a manful ufe of his fword, the edge of 
 which they duril not encounter. But in a ihort time, the 
 noifome air which furrounded him, and of which it is the or- 
 dinary nature to mingle icfelf wiih every latent poifon which 
 lurks in the blood of thofe Xvho breathe k, had fo pernicious 
 ^1 effect on him, that it caufed the Uings oi thofe venomous 
 creatures, which had faftened on him in the palace of Mr. 
 Philofophy, to eniiame afreih ; and though he had fuppofed 
 them long fince healed, yet he now felt th^m more painful 
 than even at the moment when he had firft received them. 
 A mil! foon fprcad itfelf before his eyes, fo that he could not 
 
 H 2 difcern 
 
j9o the progress of the 
 
 dlfcern the way before him ; and by degrees his arm {welled, 
 and loft its ftrength ; infomuch that, unable to fupport the 
 weight of his fhield, he could no longer cover himfelf with 
 It, but was obliged to drag it behind him, as an ufelefs bur- 
 den, upon the ground. The fiends, who before had retreat- 
 ed, when they fpied their advantage, clofed with him ; and, 
 while fome grafped his ihield, expecting to be able quickly to 
 wrench it from him, others from behind, the more' to diilrad 
 him, did whifper in his ear all the blafphernies which he had 
 formerly heard uttered by Mr. Phtlofophy and his retainers. 
 
 But while I was looking every moment for his overthrQV/, 
 behold ! he fuddenly recoUeded how,^ when his forefather 
 Chrtfttan had the fame enem.ies to contend withal, and had 
 been even fo far reduced as to miftake their whifperings for 
 the evil imaginations of his own heart, he had recourfe to 
 another weapon called All-Prayer^ and had been delivered. 
 Then Good-intent immediately availed himfelf of that exam- 
 ple ; and a^ he cried with great fervency unto Him, to whom 
 the prince of the power of the air, with all his hoft of evil 
 ones, is fubjed, his adverfaries were compelled to give back ; 
 and from a bright cloud which paifed over his head, a few 
 drops of cryftal dew were fprinkled on him, which partaking 
 of the nature of the waters of the well of Truths did forthwith 
 repiove the intolerable anguilh of the ftings, and reftore to 
 his arm its former llrength ; fo that he became able, as at 
 the firft, to raife the fhicid of Faith. Secure beneath its am- 
 p^ orb, he walked onwards rejoicing ; and even the fmoke 
 and ftench of the pit had no longer pov/er to annoy him, 
 l^ithcr did any of the dragons and hobgoblins thereof dare 
 ^ny more to approach him. And I faw that he went on 
 with equal fafety through that other part of the valley, which 
 is full of fnares and pitfalls ; remembering the counfels of 
 Prudence^ who had initruded him that he who walketh up- 
 rightly walketh fu^ely. 
 
 ;So at laft he came to the cave, in which the two giants 
 Pagan and Popt had formerly dwelt, to the great moleiiation 
 cf the pilgrims who travelled that way ; but when Ch/Jiian 
 had paiied by, he had found Pagan dead, and Pope decrepid 
 with age. Good-inlcHtj remembering this, had not expecled 
 to find there any enemy, who fnould have power to offer 
 
 him 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 91 
 
 Mm offence ; but behold ! he now defcried in the mouth of 
 the cave a tliird giant, more horrible * than the former two, 
 who was called Infidel ; and, juft as the pilgrim came up, 
 this mifcreant had throwni a dart at the old and fteble Pope, 
 who, unable to defend hinifelf againft his young and vigo- 
 rous foe, had fallen down, to all appearance flain ; yet, as 
 Good-Intent drew nearer, he could dircern that there were ftill 
 in liim fome faint figns of life ; infomuch that it appeared . 
 uncertain whether the wound were mortal. 
 
 Infidel^ however, proud of bis eafy vicl:ory, turned to the 
 remains of Pagan, whofe carcafs now, through length of time, 
 was reduced altogether to a fkeleton, Nevertheiefs, the 
 grim giant raifed it from the ground, and employed one na- 
 med Allegory to caft around it an embroidered veli, that fo 
 its ghaftlinefs and deformity might be concealed ; and this 
 he did, with the intent to call that fiefhlefs and fpiritiefs bo- 
 dy by the name of Mythological-^ i/doniy and to force all fuch 
 as became his captives in battle to fall down and worfhip it. 
 J^ow the embroidered veil had been woven by the pupils of 
 Mr. Philofophy. 
 
 The ground before the mouth cf the cave was already 
 
 fireuTi with the dead bodies of the niIo:rims, whom this third 
 
 .10' 
 
 and moft cruel giant iad ilain, becaufe oi their adherence to 
 t-he^way in which their fathers had walked; and when he 
 faw Good-intent pafling by, he feized his darts, clipped in dead- 
 ly paifon, and caft one of them at him ; but the youth fear- 
 ed him not, becaufe he knew himfeif to be clad in armour 
 of proof ; fo he covered himfeif with his fnield, and the dart 
 i€^ harmlefs on the ground. 
 
 Then hifidel raged, and fpake many words cf reproach and 
 blafphemy ; and, iffuing forth from his cave, he ruilitd upon , 
 the pilgrim, with his mace of Violence, exp€«5ling, aiinrediy, , 
 to have flain him outright; betj beheld ! a fudden and. 
 mighty whirlwind arofe, befijre the force of which the giant 
 was fcarcely able to ftand ; and, while he reached forth his 
 hands to catch at any thing which 'might fave him from fal- 
 ling, his weapon, which he no longer firmly grafped, was 
 caught by the temped, and blown away quite out of his fight. 
 So he ftcod for a moment dilmayed ; and when his pride re- 
 turned to him^ and he would have fought other weapons for 
 
 the 
 
gt THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 the afftalt, he perceived that the pilgrim had already pa/Ted 
 too far on his way to be overtaken by him. Then he return- 
 ed to his cavCj dh'lippointed of his prey ; and Good-mte?it pro- . 
 ceeded on his journey, full of thankfulnefs for the fignal de- 
 liverance which hud been afforded Iiim. 
 
 So I beheld that he went on, till he came to a hill, from 
 ^vhich he had a view of the town of Vaiuiyy and pereeived 
 that he drew very nigh unto it. Nov\^, w hile he ftood ftill 
 for a moment, to look about him, he v.^as accofted by a very 
 fair fpoken gentleman, who made him many proieilions of 
 cxtrao^-dinary kindnefs. " And lince,'' faid the ftranger, 
 ^^ you, Sir, appear to be travelling, as well as myfelf, to the 
 town whieh lies* yonder before us, we v/ill, if you pleafe^ 
 walk forward together." 
 
 '* I thank you for your offer, Sir/' faid Good-Intent ; " are 
 you, I pray, a nalive of the town towards which we are 
 going ?'' 
 
 " You muft pardon me, Sir,'' returned his iiew Gompanion,. 
 '* if I queitiou the propriety and the reafonablenefs of your 
 inquiry. It ought to be enough for us to know that we are 
 inhabitants of the fame planet ; for lince the divifions of em- 
 pires, and the boundaries of proviiKies, aie arbitrarily impofed, 
 and continually fubjecl to be changed by the ever- varying 
 caprice of man, of what avail can it be to any individual to 
 alk \xi what village, or even m what hemifphere, himfelf or 
 his fellow firll chmiced to draw breath ? Are we not all equal- 
 ly citizens of that great city the world V^ 
 
 ** You addrefs me, Sir,'* faid Good-intenty ^^ with the 
 air of one v;'ho imagines he communicates an important 
 difcovery, firil made by his own fuperior wifdom. Yet the 
 very doubt which you exprefs of the reafonablenefs of m/ 
 queilion, ailords me a fuffieient proof thjit you have never 
 yourfelf confidtred how mu^h it may imply. Ey inquiring; 
 of what country you were a native,. I meant not to aik for 
 geographical definitions ; but 1 expe(fled to learn by your 
 anAver whether you belonged to a civilized or 51 barbarous 
 community ; whether 1 might hope to find your opinions, 
 religious and political, agreeing with thofe m which I my- 
 felf was educated ; and though, had 1 found you a native 
 of realmii the moll remote from mine, I Ihould flill have 
 
 felt 
 
PILGRIM GOOr>.INTENT. 9-r 
 
 fek myfelf bcunden to you by that tie cf unh'^erfal lovcy 
 which our great Mafter is willing fhould fubfift between ail 
 his creatures ; yet I fliould with pleafiire have avowed a 
 nearer connexion with you, had you decLired yourfclf a 
 member of fome nation united with my ov»^n, by any obhga- 
 lions of ancient amity, or any now^ e^vitHng league of mutual' 
 advantage ; and had I dlfcovered in you a fellow country-- 
 man, I Ihould ftill more gladly have greeted you, and fhould 
 have rejoiced to have had for my companion, in this my 
 pilgrim.age to the regions of eternity, cue who had a comm.on 
 intereft with myfelf in every thing which in the prefent world 
 I hold moft dear/' 
 
 Then the ftranger,«- whofe nam^e was Mr. CofmopcTitany 
 mocked at the words of Good-intent, and ufed many argu- 
 ments to convince him of his folly in preferring his own 
 country to the other regions of the w^orld ; feeing that it wag 
 formed but of earth and water, as they were, and was inferior 
 to many among them in pleafantnefs and fertility. 
 
 *' Were it even lefspleafant and iefs fertile than you re- 
 prefcnt it,'' fald GGod-inttni, ** I am willing to hope that my 
 attachment to it vv^ould not be on that account the weaker. 
 Wherefore do not all men covet alike to dwell in thcfe few 
 and narrow difcricls of our w^rld, vvhere the ^.afons are moll 
 temperate, and w^here the choiceft of the fruits of the earth 
 rife fpontaneouxly to perfection ? And wherefore, from this 
 caufe, does not unlverfal warfare continually fub/ift among 
 us ? Wherefore, but becaufe Providence has gracioufly im- 
 planted in the breaft of every individual, not corrupted by 
 vain fophiftry, that attachment to the fo'I which gave hinx 
 birth, w^hich renders him contented with the lot which ha?, 
 fallen to him, aud induces him to ccnfider^ven the barren 
 rock as a goodly heritage, if he can dv/ell thereon with thofe. 
 of his own kindred, and of his father's houfe." 
 
 ** By what 1 perceive," faid Mr. Cofmopolkan, " you prefer 
 die diredion of inftin<5t to that of reafoa. You will not, how- 
 ever, I hope, be fo misjudging as to refufe^ for the fake of a 
 few old fafhioned prejudices, to feek in the town of Vanity^ 
 whither we are going, for the moil agreeable lodgings ; and 
 in this queft you cannot do better than to tuVe me for your 
 guide; for I have friends in every Rreet of the fair ; and 
 
 while 
 
54 THE PROGRESS OF TfJE 
 
 while I wander, without any illiberal preference, from oil^ 
 to the other, 1 am furc to find myfelf equally welcome to 
 all" 
 
 " You make me fair promifes, Sir," fald Good- intent ; ^* but 
 in truth I have already determined where I fliall lodge : even 
 where my anceilors have been hofpitably entertained before 
 me ; where 1 know that the laws of my Prince are more re- 
 fpecled than in any other qu;irter of the town ; where his 
 ftatutes are preferved in their greatetl purity ; and where the 
 moft vif]ble marks of his flivour have for ages been beftowedv 
 If ail places are as indifferent to you as you aflertthem to 
 be, you will do better to accompany me to the lodging which 
 I have chofen, than to wander idly about in fearch of ano- 
 ther, without any preference to direct your choice." 
 
 But to this Mr. CafmopoUtan made no reply ; fo, as they 
 were now come to the entrance of the town, they parted ; 
 and Good'ttitent went to Bntam-roiay where he was received 
 and entertained by feme of the -defcendants of him with 
 whom, in former ages, Chrlfllatuiy by the recommendation of 
 her guidej Mr. G real-hearty had taken Up her abode. But as 
 for Mr. Cfjfmopolitan^ he wandered about from one ftreet to 
 another, not occupying himfelf with any bulinefs, and meet- 
 ing with none who cared to hold any converfe with him ; till 
 at laft the men of the fair, fufpe<5ling that he was come among 
 them with fome mifchicvcus defign, had hun taken up, and 
 would have fent him to prubn as a vagrant, had he not con- 
 feiled that he belonged to French-row : fo thither they fent 
 him, and there he was glad to remain. 
 
 Now 1 favv' in my dream, that Good-intent found it to be 
 the pleafare of his King that he fhould make fome ftay in 
 this town of Vanity ; to the end that, through the continual 
 opportunities which would here occur, to him of refilling evil, 
 and overcoming the wicked one, he might perfed himfelf in 
 that true righteoufnefs and holinefs, without which it was 
 not poilible he Ihould be adm.itted into the prefence of his 
 Lord. And here did he daily. experience the benefit of the 
 leifons. which he had received from Mr. Jnterpreter, and from 
 the damfeis of the houfe Beautiful ; for, as the governor of 
 this town is the prince Beehebub^ the great enemy of Pilgrims,, 
 fo arc thci-e continually afTembled here all things, great and 
 
 fmall. 
 
r 
 
 PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ,^s 
 
 fmall, which may prove temptations to feduce them out of 
 the way wherchi they hitherto have walked, and finally to ^ 
 diiappoint them of the heritage which they have travelled fo 
 far in the hope to obtain. VN^hercfore, lliough Cood-hitejii 
 would gladly have haftened forward towards the end of his 
 journey, yet did he fubmit to his Lord's will, as it behoved 
 Iiim, and only fought how he might employ himfelf, during 
 his appointed time, in the manner moft fuitablc for one whofc 
 profeifion was pilgrimage. 
 
 Now the town was at that time in a notable confufion ; in« 
 Xomuch that, the tumult which had prevailed in it, when 
 Chrlfiian and Fatthfitl had paffed that way, was as nothing in 
 comparifon with the pjrefent commotion. For the v hole ar- 
 my fent forth by hlv, Phllofophy. and led on by Jacohhiifm^ its 
 chief, had entered it from the mountain of Re'volution and the 
 valley of Equality ; and though moft of the men of the fair 
 had received, with open arms, thefe terrible invaders, yet had 
 not their friendly dealing fecured them from the ruin and 
 defolation Avhich were fpread by the Blood-men wherever they 
 turned their courfe. The firil occafion they fo.' id of quar- 
 rel with the townfmen was concernirig the falliion of their 
 houfes, which they required them to pull down, and build up 
 again on a new model ; taking for the lower wall the tiles 
 which covered the roofs, and laying the heavieil of the pre- 
 fent foundation-ftones on the top of all. Thofe who coni'cnt- 
 ed to this propofal were- for the moft part buried in the ruins 
 'which cnfued ; and thofe who declined it, hovv'tver civilly, 
 were mafTacred without mercy. Neither did the Prince Bcd-^ 
 %ehtib take any compaflion on the miferies- of his fubje<fts ; for 
 he ^vell knew that the extenfion of his empire was the ulti- 
 mate end of the labours of Mr. Philofophy ; with whofe at- 
 tachm^ent to his interefts he h:\i long been acquainted, and 
 whom he vras therefore well fatistied to appoint his vicegerent 
 upon ear til. 
 
 Now I faw that Jucohimfm, the general, had eftablifhcd his 
 head quarters in the great and wide ftreet which vras called 
 French-rotv, whither he had been particularly invited by cer- 
 tain of the inhabuants, with whom he had been long in cor- 
 refpondence ; and he had diftributed his troops in the lanes 
 and alleys immediately adjoining. They next took jpoiTcihGn 
 
 of 
 
^6 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 of Dutch-ro^w^ and, after that, of many of the other principal 
 ilreets : fome of the townfmen yielding to them without op- 
 pofition, by reafon of the terror which w?.5 fpread by their 
 approach ; and others, who imagined tbemfelves fafe becaufe 
 tliey dwelt at a greater diftance, omitting to take fuch reafon- 
 able precautions as might probably have fecured them. 
 
 Yet, aniidft all the ravages of the Blood-men^ the ufual 
 trafiic of the fair was in no degree interrupted. The kind of 
 rnerchandife indeed was changed, mod of the commodities 
 which had formerly been in requeft there being totally deftroy- 
 ed, together with the fliops in which they had been expofed 
 for Me ; but new^ merchants arrived, who opened new Ihops, 
 plentifully ftocked with wares cf another fafhion, for whicU 
 tliey had quickly more cuitom than ever their predeceffors 
 Had been able to obtain. Yet ftill there was nothing either 
 .bought or fold in the town but Vanity y and, in my judgmen"?:, 
 the new fhvpes into wtich it was manufactured were not \i 
 -^^^hit better than the old. 
 
 Of all who were attacked by the invaders, thofe only of 
 the Rreet in which Gr^od-uUcnt had taken up his lodging made 
 any effedual refiftance. As foon as they heard of their ap- 
 proach, they erected barriers, and flationed guards to defend 
 them ; arid when they found that French-rozu was become the 
 chief ilrong hold of the enemy, they demolifhed a bridge, 
 wiiich had formed the communication between that quarter 
 of the town and their own, and fortified the banks of the 
 •rivTr over which it had been thrown, fo ftrongly,that even the 
 Biood'Uicn thcmfelvcs, though they continually threatened it, 
 ^durft not attempt the pa/fage. Moreover, many of the moil 
 daring of the men of Britahi'ronv w-ould often adventure 
 tKemfelv^s in boats acr^^fs the river, and attack the advanced 
 guards of -the foe : and fo fui^cef^ful were they in this kind 
 of warfare, tHat their name became terrible abroad, and their 
 riches v/ere increafed by the fpoils of their enemies. 
 
 Neverthelefs, I faw with furprife, that even in Britan-ro^jj 
 there were fome who had privately entered into correfpon- 
 dence with Mr, Phifofophy ; -who had accepted, as a gift, his 
 magical gLiiTe^, and who waited only for a fit opportunity 
 to betray iherr r ynn-v/.v r-ri^yacoNrr/m^ the captain of the 
 
 ' ' holl. 
 
^ TILGRni GOOD-INTENT. 57 
 
 fcciL But I truft that the Cekjlial King, ^vhofe fuhjecJls all 
 the better fort among them do waririly piofefs themfelves, 
 and who has already offered them, on feveral occafions, moll 
 gracious and feafonable affiftance, will continue to vouckfafc 
 unto them his pretedion ; that fo they may be delivered out 
 x)£ the dangers which thus clofe them in on every fide ; and 
 that, afci-ibing their fafety not to their own ftrength, but to 
 his favour, they may apply thcmfelves more heartily thau 
 they ever •hnherto have dene to root out all miquity from 
 , among tfiem, and to purify themfelv^s unto him as a peculiar 
 .people, zealous of good works. 
 
 While (?rw^/-/«/^?// contin lied with them, it appeared to him 
 that he could in no better manner iignalize his zeal for his 
 King, than by affilHng them to repel thofe who were at once 
 his enemies and theirs. He accordingly bore arms among 
 them in many delperate brittle s, in which he diiplayed no 
 lefs ,valour.than his great-grandfather Matthenv had fliewn, 
 r^hea he had fallied forth with Mr« Great-heart and the reft, 
 ^(5 attack the beaft, which, in their time, had committed fuch 
 ;havock in the town. And as, in thcfe encounters, it waj hii 
 fortune to efcape all dangerous wounds, fo alfo did he av/)id 
 falling into any of tJfc fnares which vv'ere laid for him by 
 thofe more dangerous deceivers, who are every w-here, but 
 more efpeciaily in this .place, lying in wait for pilgrims 5— 
 infomucfci that he v/ould neither liften to the eiaiffaries fent 
 forth hy }ilx. Fhtk/ophyy nor to the Ficesr'^^o walked in the 
 train of • the Lady Frfiion^ nor to any of the impoftors, 
 .againil whom he had been warned by the virgins Piety, Pru- 
 dence and Charity ^ .neither couictiie be perfuaded to purchafe 
 -any of the commodities of the place ; which no man can pof- 
 iefs unlefs he confent \.^ do Jiomage for them unto Bed^ehiib^ 
 the prince and mailer oi the fair. 
 
 At laft tlie tir^e arrived, when it •;^as permittedf -him to fet 
 ibrwards on 'his journey : fo, having taken leave of the iriends 
 •with whom he bad fojonrned, he proceeded on his way, and 
 :foon came to tlie hill Lucrcy wi^re one Sclf-intci'eji fat, in the 
 j)lace of Dem^.u to terapt paffengers bo dig therein for forbid- 
 iien treafure ; hMtGood-mtentj^-^xdiViO attention to his words, 
 |-gl?ie2}:ibering the mijCerable fate of thofe who had perifhed in 
 . X : . the 
 
:S^ T? IE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 the fliver njine, m tne days of Chrlftian; and^rpaflingon, lie 
 next reached the pleafant ftream, the .waters of \Tbich 
 , were fo refrefting to weary pilgrims : the^ ihade alfo of the fruit- 
 ful trees, which, were, plan ted. o;i^its banks,, was very delightful 
 ;iinto,him:; and.hevWas very /orry, when he found ^himfelf 
 .obliged to quit thof^ fields, an;i t.Q proceed along a very rug- 
 ged road, until he. came tp tho itile which led inlo Bye-paiL 
 ineadoy/. 
 
 He, w^sxajTiefuI not to ti^irn afide to go oyer Jt j but, look- 
 ing toy/ards,jP6;^^f^«^.ca,ftlei. which exp,e«S:ed to find in 
 ruins, he was furprifed, and withal grieved, to iee it rebuilt, 
 ^nd garriionedby a 4:ompany of Mr. JPhilo/ophy's mtw^ who 
 had feized it as a. citadel, whence they might th.e more con- 
 veniently annoy the fhepherds of the Dtk^ahh Mountains ; 
 whom they bated with peculiar malice, becaufe they wer^ 
 .j:he cjiofen fervants of the Cekfaal King. . 
 
 As GW-/W^«/ puffed along, a few ^Jarts were ,i}iot at him 
 from the caftle.walls ; .but when they' that were within i<\;f{ 
 that he received them on the fhield of i^^/Vi, they we're uware 
 that.no power Vvas given .unto themao harm. him 5 fo he went 
 on, without further moleftatipn, and foon after arrived at the 
 .foot of the ptkBahle Mountains, But hei^as much,agl;iafi:, to 
 perceive what fearful ra,\' ages the 2irmy of Jnfohini/rn had 
 ' made in the outfkirts of the "pleafant land ; and he oblirved 
 that one of , the hills was.ftre.wed with the dead bodies of the 
 Shepherds, who had been ufed there to pafture their flocks, 
 ^A^hile the fheep were fcattered as a prey to ravening, wolves. 
 
 His! ro^d, however, leading him a different way, he foon 
 , tame ta the green and cuiti*w?ted mcvmtain, on "\\iiich abode 
 the four ihepherds, Kno'wkdgey Experience^ IVaichfuIy and Sincere ; 
 who, flill dwelling in the fame peace ajid fecurity as in former 
 times, received and greeted him kindly ; and, as it was late, 
 he gladly accepted the lodging they offered him. In the 
 .morning he told them all that had JiitJi^rto befr.llcn him on 
 his journey, and inquired of them concerning the remainder 
 of his way, in which they beft Inew how to diredl him. 
 
 Then 1 faw in my dream, that, before, they would fuffer 
 hirn to depart, they were defirous to llitw him fome of the 
 rare things which were to be fccn in thofc mountains : fo they 
 
 le^. 
 
?ILGRINf GOOD-INTENT. 99 
 
 led' Kim to mount Cauiioti, mount ATar-velf mount Innocencey and 
 fundry of the other places whither they had for mely conduct' 
 ed Chrif^'ui.i and Chri/liana : after which, as, while they walk- 
 ed, they had been talking of the enemies who now threatened ^ 
 deftrudion to all the faithful fervants of the King, to whom 
 thofe mountains belonged as his peculiar inheritance, the 
 Ihepherds faid unto the pilgrim, " Though v/e know ourfelves ' 
 to be, above all others, the objects of the fury of thofe mif- 
 creants, yet do wc entertain no fear of their pre vswling againft 
 us. We are, indeed, as you fee by our profelllon, peaceable 
 men, unpractifed in the ufe of fuch= \yeapons as they wield 
 againfl us ; but the King, who is our mailer and yoursi has 
 creded for our defence a flrong tower, which is built on the 
 higheft of our mountains, and commands all the country 
 round ; and, as it is plentifully fupplied with ^ all manner of 
 warlike (lores-, an^i garrifo-ned befides with the King's beft'^ 
 troops, our enemies^ however they may boaft at a diftance, 
 dare not fhew themfelves in battle array within arrow ihot of: 
 its walls; and we therefore dwell in fecurity under its protec- 
 tion : neither have we yet fuftained any injury frOm tlienl^ 
 feve the lofs of a few of our hirelings ; who, difregarding our 
 cautions, have ftrayed too far from the tower, and who fe 
 .iheep, being, through their negl|p, at liberty to wander from 
 their folds, have been miferably devoured by thofe grievous 
 wolves, which, at unawares^, do frorn time to time creep ixi 
 among us." 
 
 " But who, then, were thofe fhepherds,'* faid Good'tntent^^ 
 ** v/hofe dwellings I beheld, as I came along, fo miferably 
 deftroyed, while their own dead bodies, mingled w^ith the 
 carcafles of their fhewp, lay ftrewed in h^aps on the 
 ground ?'* 
 
 ^^ Thofe were men," faid Experience^ " who formerly were 
 ouV comrades ; but who had long fmce cjnittcd the paftures 
 in v/hich ourmafter commanded, them to {^td his fneep, and 
 built for tliemfelves other folds, and other habitations, on the 
 - hill of jSrrar. For a time, indeed, they ufurped authority 
 over us '^ and we were weak enough to forfake our own dwel- 
 lings at their bidding, and to fuffer them to lead aftray the 
 flocks which were committed to our care, even as they had 
 
 led 
 
too THE PKOaRESS OF 'IfeE 
 
 led their own ; but one of our nimiber, who was called .. >. - 
 matlon^ happening lo light on the ftatute book of our King, 
 which had long been hidden under a heap of rubbifh, cam^j 
 to the knowkdge of the fault we had incc^.fiderately comm: ^ 
 ted, and brought us back, with as many as were wiiiing lo 
 follow him, to thefe Deleilalh Mountainsy on v/hich our King 
 himfelf load originally eftablifned us, and where we have ever 
 fince dwelt in fafety under His mighty protedlion ;, whil^ 
 thofe from whom we. feparated ourfelves have perifhed by the 
 hands of the Blood-men^ in the miferable manner you have 
 ieen. We have heartily pitied their misfortunes, and have 
 afforded what affiftance we co"ald to the few, who,, efcaping 
 the cruelty of our common' enemy, have reforted to us for 
 ihelter 5 neither have we borne in mind the fnjurious treat •► 
 2iient which we formerly experienced from them, nor reward- 
 iti them as they in old time ferved us ; and we Iiope that, iii 
 thus doing, we have fulfilled the commands, of our great 
 Mafter, who has enjoined us to Hie w hofpitality to the ftran- 
 ger, and to do good to thofe who i'iave defpitefuUy ufed. us 
 ^nd perfecuted us.'' , 
 
 Then I fav/ that the fliepherds propofed to condu(5l Good^ 
 intent to the tower of which they had fpcken \ and he gladly 
 followed them thither. N#v it was called the tov^er of Re* 
 'veakd-rdtigmi, and it flood on the mountain of Evidence, So, 
 ■when they brought him to the place, he exceedingly admired 
 the flrength of i^s walls, and the wonderful manner oi its ar* 
 chite;5ture. Then they made him obferve, that, though the 
 foundations were fuch as- Could on no fide be fhaken, yet the 
 whole fuperflrudure of the building was fupported by two 
 rriighty pillars, each confifl:ing of one folid piece of adamants 
 One of thefe, which fronted the country through which he 
 had pafTed, was called the pillar of Hijiory ; and the other, 
 which flood on the fide that looked towards the Celejltal C'ltyy 
 was called the pillar of Prophecy, Each of thefe was curi» 
 oufly engraven from the top to the bottom ; and the ftepherds 
 having deiired the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he 
 followed their diredlions, and thereby received much cdiiica- 
 tioa. 
 
 The 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. lot 
 
 F 
 
 IS The infcriptions on the pillar o£ Hi/lory wefe very legible ; 
 
 * and Goo^-'mtent ic;id thereon the ilory of all thofe events which 
 were recorded \\\ the book which he carried in his bofom, in 
 various chaj*a<5tcrs, and in many different languages ; but all 
 agreeing together in the fame purport. Nay, fome of thofe 
 infcriptions, which fct out with queftioning or denying the au- 
 tliority of that book, did hnilK by recounting, fuch facls as 
 did the moit clearly eftablilli its authenticity; thereby con- 
 firming what it appeared the intention of their writers to con- 
 fute. As this feemed ftrange-to Good-Intent^ he afked the fhep- 
 herds to explain it to him. 
 
 " Our King has promifed us,*'' anfwerexl tlicy, " that, while 
 heaven and earth- endure, this fortrefs ih all never be over- 
 thrown* Yet do our enemies feed themfelves w-ith the imagi- 
 ' nation that they -fhall finally be able- to prevail againil: it ; and 
 of late, mkily. of ^thofev/ho have beeii inftrucled in the fchool 
 of Mr." PhiiofopJ?y.\\<\vQ com.e hither by iiight, wliile they have 
 f(ippofcd We^lepty hoping to efpY fome weak place in the walk, 
 or at lead to findmeans to deilroy the beauty and uniformity 
 of the buiidlng.- 8onie'of 'thef<f have attempted to efface the 
 itifcriptions on this pH jar, and to' '\vtitie on it, in their ftead, 
 ftich ' odiers as Inould be moil to the difhonour of our 
 King,'^n<f for the furtherance of their own wicked defigns ; 
 but it is 'the pecaliaf nature of the adamant of which it is 
 made, that the words of Truth ckn never be erafed from its 
 furface, not* ihofe of /"(^.^^/^^jis^r/ permanently engraven thereon : ' 
 w'heref6re,"ali fuch as have hitheftathus \\T:ought, have deri- 
 ved no other fruit from their labours, than that of exhibiting, 
 to all who rightly examine, the malice of their own hearts, 
 and their irtability to refiife their teftimony to the very truths, 
 the memorial of which they defire the mod earneftly to de- 
 ftroy. Unconfcious, however, of the fecret power whi eh ha:s 
 thus difai'pcinted their evil purpofes, they have departed, 
 boafling as though -they had obtained foriie mighty advan- 
 .tage ; butmoft of them, in their retreat, have been ftritck by 
 darts, xiifcharged at them from the garrifon appointed to de- 
 fend the tower, whereby they have been caft down, and huvs 
 no more been able to iland." After - 
 
102 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 After this, the fliepherds led the pilgrim roimd to the pil- 
 lar of Prophecy^ which they told him was confiderably the 
 moft ancient of the two, though it- appeared ercded on the 
 foundation of the other. When firft he cafl; his eye upon it^ 
 he defpaired of being able to comprehend v/h at was engraven 
 thereon ; for that pillar was not, like the former, inS:ribed 
 %:ith legible characters, but was covered with ftrange hiero- 
 glyphics, and the likenefFes of many things which belonged 
 both to the heavens above, and ta the earth beneath. How- 
 ever, when he had confidered it a whrle, he plainly perceived 
 that many of thefe figures were reprefentations of the events 
 which he had feen recorded on the pillar of Hijlory ; and^ 
 continuing to examine them, with the affiftance of the fhep* 
 herds, he foon underftood the teftimony which that pillar al- 
 fo bore to the life and doctrines of Him to whom all the- 
 prophets gave witnefs, from the foundation of the world. He 
 alfo beheld there, vifibly depidlured, the great revolutions of 
 fuch ftates and empires as had, from the earlieft ages, beeni 
 employed, though they themfelves knew not of it, as inftru- 
 ments in the hand of the Great King of all the univerfe for 
 the accomplifhment of fuch things as he would have done oa 
 earth. Yet could not Good-intent trace all the figures witb 
 ivhich the pillar of Prophecy was adorned ; for» from above a'^ 
 certain height, they were {o indiftind, and confufed one with, 
 the other, that he could not with any certainty difc over what 
 they were defigned to reprcfent ; and the top of the pillar it- 
 felf was entirely veiled from his fight, by a cloud which reft^ 
 cd on it, and on which he could not fteadily fix his eyes, by 
 reafon of its brightnefs. 
 
 So he inquired of the (hepherds why the upper part of the 
 pillar fhould be covered with fuch figures as he found it im- 
 poffible to decypher, and its fummit be altogetlier hidden 
 froni his view, Vv'hen all that was engraven on the lower part 
 ■>vas become, through their affiftance, fo intelligible to him. 
 
 " The reafon of it is, replied they, " that the images o^ 
 things as yet not feen, which are thofe on the upper part of 
 the pillar, are encrufted with a thick varnifh, which is 
 purpofely laid over them, and with which even thofe which 
 now appear moft plain to you were once overfpread j but, 
 
 you 
 
PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. tof 
 
 you may cbferve, though no man can at prefent difceni 
 their full form and proportion, yet many of their ftronger* 
 Imes may be clearly traced by the eye which fixedly regards 
 them ; and more it is not intended that any fliall diftinguilh^ 
 till the period vnicn or^e who is called Time^ by whom=tlV 
 cruft has been already cleared iiway from the lower part of 
 the pillar, fliall in like manner remove it from the Irlgher ;— »- 
 and in this work we have reafon to believe that he is eveni^ 
 now engaged ; for we have lately been able to difcover the 
 true fliapes of many of the figures, which, within the memory 
 of this generation, were no lefs indlftlnd than thofe beyond 
 them ftili remain : even of fuch as reprefent to us the dif^refs 
 cf nations, and perplexity, whic!b are new come upon the~ 
 earth. As^r the cloud which rcils on the fummit of the 
 pillar, that muft continue- to veil it until- the confummation* 
 of all things ; when heaven and eartL fltall pafs away, and- 
 death be fwallowed up in vi'flory. And whereas you can- 
 not rtow ftedfaftly behold it, by reafon of its brightnefs, that 
 is beca^ufe it is illuminated by the rays of the glory of the 
 Celeftla! Ciiyy to which we are now exacflly oppofite. The 
 mlfts, which continually afcend from the earth, prevent us 
 from diftinguifhing it while we ftand fo low, except by the 
 perfpeflive glafs of J^^'^t^ through which we ihev^ed it to 
 ChrtJIlan^ and will now afford a view of it to you ; but at the 
 height to whish that pillar afcends, the atmofphere is clear, 
 and admits the paffi>ige of thole glorious beams, which > even 
 reflected by the cloud, your mortal fight is too weak to fup- 
 portV' 
 
 Then Good-infettt eagerly allied for that perfpeftlve glafs, 
 the virtue of which he hadlong fince heard ; fo they brought 
 it to him ; and, teaching him to reft it on the bafe of the 
 pillar of Prophecy^ that it might be kept the more fteady, they 
 bade him look ; when, though the mifts of the earth did ftill 
 much obfcure his view, he was able fo far to penetrate them 
 as to difcern through the glafs, and darkly, the Heavenly 
 City, with that innumerable company of faints and angels 
 who dwell therein. Then did his heart burn within him 
 through eagemefs to be there : while the fear, left he fhould 
 not be accounted worthy to become a partaker of fo glorious 
 
 an 
 
ic^.= THE PROGRESS OF TME 
 
 an inheritance arifirig in -hisvmiild, he almoft fainted with life 
 ftruggic, and his Ivind could no longer iupport- the glafs in 
 the requiiite direcftion. 
 
 But the- il\eph?rds fbppcrted him, and comforted him with 
 the exarrXples of many, now- inhabitants of that blelTed^city, 
 who, with the ilime fear and trembling which had fallen up- 
 on himfelfj had finally v/orked out their own falvation ; their 
 Weaknefshaving been made ilrcJng' through faith in Him 
 -wdiofe jrorrtifes had been the rock of their inre confidence ;— 
 and when, by fuch difcourfes, they had- revived the fpirits of 
 Good-intent^ they exhorted hfm to 'bear -contmually in mind 
 the heavenly things which tine/ had fhcwn unto him *, and, 
 remembering 'idiat all earthly things ihould be diffolved, to 
 confider what manner of perfon he ought to bl#f in all hcly 
 converfation and. godlinefs, through the remainder- of the 
 pilgrimage, to the end t)f which he was now faft approach-^- 
 ing. Then, feeing that he v/as impatient to fct ferward, iiv ' 
 fomuch that, in his eagdrnef>^ to reach the city of hrS King-y - 
 he had even loft -all apprchenfionof thjtt d(?^p and "terrible 
 river which he vv^as firfl to cvofsx, they fullered him to pro- 
 ceed upon his joarney 5 conduibl^g him thcmfelves, by thi5 
 beft paths, to the tnd 'of their teirvtof y:-'- 
 
 Now, as they vv-ent along, their ears were ftddenly a^ule^J • 
 by the Ihouts of w^ar ;' and G^6<:J-/«/rwfji looking on that fid^ 
 on which he heard -the noife, obferved" a hill, which coiii-^ 
 manded -one of the prhicipal pafTes of thofe mountains, on ' 
 the top of Wiiich there Iteod ^ fmall fort, very ancitrnt ; and • 
 this hill was befet around by the forces of all thofe who were 
 enemies to the Kfng of that country-; in front it was at- ^ 
 tacked by the ^ixmy o? Blood-men^ ledx)n4>y ^acohlm/mj thcrr 
 chief captain, who brought battering ram^s and fcaling lad- 
 ders to take it by ftorm ; 011' one fide a- troop. of the follow- 
 ers oi'Fafblon aifailed it fi^m a greater diftance with miffile 
 weapons ; and on the other, Mr,' Philofophy himfelf^ at the 
 head of a company of pioneers, was at vv^ork on-a mine<, - 
 where he hoped «to fap the foundation, and overthi*ow the 
 Walls. Then G/></^-/Tif^/2/ inquired of the flicpherds what fort 
 this was', and why fo many . foes did thus rancouroufly com- 
 blue together agginft iu< 
 
 «B€caufe,'V 
 
ilLGRfM POOD-INTENT. to^- 
 
 ** Becnuie/* replied Kmiuhd^e, " they are aware, that, 
 <o\x\d they once ibrce that pafs, a confiderable tra(5^ of the 
 beft part of our land would lie open to their ravages, and- 
 our llicef^hearing no more the voice of the {]Kphcrd> \roi^ld- 
 ftray from their folds into the wiidcrnefs. I'he hill on uhich^ 
 this fort (lands is called mount SaHath ; and we have cer- 
 tain evidence, that, amidft all the conviilfioBs of nature, it 
 has continued unmoved, in its prelent foim, f^hce tlte crea- 
 tion of the v/orld. Yet, though from the firft it was confe- 
 crated ground, men had forgotton the refpe<5l which it be- 
 hoved them to- pay to it, and had gricvoTiily defiled it by 
 their continual trefpafies ; when, corA"fidei:ayy above three 
 ihoufand years ago, tlie fort v/hich rou* now behold was^ 
 eredted on itr being built with the fame ftone which was ufec^ 
 in making the tables of the law ; and lince* tfmt time na 
 enemies have been able to prevail againft it. Once, it is 
 tiTie, a former governor of the fcrt prefuniptuoufly raifed 
 other walls, with ft(mes hev/n out of the quan ref-pf Tradkionr 
 nnd enclofcti a much wider fpace of ground, ensroaching ot^ 
 the property of his neighbours ; but our Prince himfelf 
 tlirew'- down thoiH walls, and placed in the fort another 
 governor, whofe office it is to give reft imto the weary, to^ 
 inftru6t the ignorant, to exhort the unftable, to affiil the de-' 
 Totidtis of the pious, and to (hew mercy and kindnefs, not to^^ 
 men only, but even to beafts. Though, therefore, our adver* 
 faries cannot fhake the wails which our King has cftablifhed,. 
 yet, whenever by their aflaults they interrupt the exercife ot 
 thefe good works, they grkvouSy injure the werld, and on^ 
 
 • their heads does the evil of their deiign unaliy recoil ; and 
 fuch you will percer\^e to be, in fome meafure, the event of 
 their prefent attem.pt, if you obferve a little longer. 
 
 Then Good-intenrii^Qd his eyes upon ^Le affailants of the^ 
 fort ; and he faw that tKe troops of jac^f i/m, not being al- 
 lowed to take that reft of which their exhaufted ftrength had 
 need, many among them fainted and expired through excefs 
 
 'of wearineis ; and their general himfelf was obliged to re- 
 tire, and feek repofe at the houfe of one Mr. DccaJe^ v/ho had 
 flolen from the governor of the fort thofe refrofhments which, 
 he offered for the entextaiumeut of his giieii,. Mr. Phihfa^ 
 
loo THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 phy^^ chief pioneer, wliofe name was Expediency, not h^xn^l 
 able to carry on his works without difturbing fonie beafts c£ 
 burden, who were lying undext the walls of the fort to reft 
 thcmfelves after fix days labour, an ox turned found, and 
 ^red hlra with his horn : fo he perifhied ; and the eartk 
 Jailing m upon his companions, the mine could not, at that 
 time, be continued any farther. And as for the votaries of 
 Fajhion^ xht'vc dxvts were quickly exhauftad : fo' they, turned^ 
 their backs at once upon the hill,- and upon the GeleJihPCtty-r 
 ivhich lay beyond it, and haftened back- with- ^ niufic^ and- 
 revelry to the town of Vav.Hy^ from' whence they came ; re- 
 joicing in their idle mirth, that, if^they could 'not deftroy the 
 fort, they at lead had no longer* a^ profpcdl of it ; and 
 imagining tfaey had procured for'th^emfelves fomc excellent 
 advantage, m renouncing all fhare in the benefits which the 
 governor thereof perpetually/ extend sd to'tiiofe who were 
 within his reach. 
 
 The enentit^s on alF fides Heihg tKas difjJei-fed, GW-/W.V 
 entered the fort, and; partook of fuch entertainment as is con- 
 ftantly provided there at the appointed times for all faithful 
 pilgrims ; andhavingft^id'there a day to refrefii" himfelf, he 
 took a friendly leave of the governor, and of the fhepherds 
 (who gave htm; at partirig tih^ir cuflomary cautions) and 4s- 
 fcended into tlie plain v/Hich lies on the further fide (ff the 
 Deli:&ahle Movnia'ins r where he had not walked far, before lie 
 entered. the is^t/wi/^^ Graujid'; in the which if a man fleep, 
 he ne V cr wakes agai n . ^ 
 
 The thick aroi' foggy air of that' place having continually 
 the quaRty of e:^*citing drowfincfs, Good-irUent foon began to 
 feel its influence ; but he rem.embered that the (hephei^ds had 
 exprcfsly forbidden him to fleep upon that ground ; and 
 therefore, thougli'be faw the arbours and benches, which the 
 enemy .of pilgrinVs has ere<5lcd there on every fide to entice 
 them to lie down and repofe them.felves, he would by no 
 ineans yield to the temptation, but went on, though fome- 
 wl rat with a^ heavier "pace ; and as he walked, he ftrove to 
 fix his thoughts upon the glorious view which he had be- 
 held through the glafs of the Ihepherds \ the recolledion of 
 which.foon enlivened his dull'fpirits, and filled" him witli an 
 ardour, v/liicU. neither the mifts, the darknefs, nor the miry 
 
 pathsi 
 
3PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. J07 
 
 •'patiis, though which he pafTed, had any larger power t© 
 .quench or abate ; and he had now reached the middle of the 
 Enchanted Ground, when the obfcurity of tlie air was fuddenly 
 broken by a beam of livid light, which call a glare on every 
 objed, yet feemed moi*e difmal to the eyes of Good-intent tha« 
 eyen darknefs itfelf. , 
 
 He now per<:eived immediately before him a vaft and 
 'gloomy edifice, adorned on all fides with fepulchral emblems, 
 with fkulls, and bones, and implements of death ; a cadave- 
 rous flench proceeded from it, as from a eharnel vault ; and 
 earth-worms wreathed themfelves around the ccilumns of the 
 portico. Over the door, in charaders of flame (whence 
 proceeded the Kght which had attracted the pilgrim's eyes) 
 was wrijiten, ** Eternal Sleep ;" but on an inner portal he 
 defcried the darker infcription, ^'' j^nnih'datlon.^* 
 
 Gocd'hitmt ftartcd back with horror, fuch as he had never ^ 
 felt before, except in t\.^ black temple oi jiiheifm ; and while 
 he yet flood tr^embling and appalled, a company of men ap- 
 jpi'oached, having crolFed over from another part of the En- 
 chanted Ground ; and when they came near, he perceived that 
 they were of the number of Mr. PhUofophy^s difciples. Now 
 they had for their guide one whom they had been taught to 
 addrefs by the appellation o{ Hope ; but when Good-intent be- 
 held his ghaftly vifage, he knew him to be the demon Defpalr. 
 if?Lt their approach, the gates of die ediiicewere fuddenly 
 thrown op^ by the grim porter. Death; and feme of the 
 troop entered, with pale countenances and trembling knees ; 
 the gates fpontaneouily clofed behind tliem ; and'to the rell, 
 admifBon Avould at that time have been refufed ; but Self- 
 murder ileppcd forward, and, with a mafler-key, unlocked a 
 poftem-door ; they ruihed madly m, boafting, with loud 
 though unileady clamours, the unconquerable boldnefs of 
 their daring minds } but xhefe exulting cries were, even in 
 the threihoid, converted into .the.lhrieks of terror, and the 
 groans, of anguilh ; which, . however, as the 'men advanced 
 farther down tha daikfome and irrem.eable defcent wliich lay 
 ibefore them, died away, gnd were fucceeded by a fi lence, as 
 X)f the grave ; iolemn, profound, and drear. 
 
 Defpair tten turned to Good-intent, and invited him te enLer 
 ^alfo. *\ Until this enlightened age,"' faid he, ** the minds of 
 
 ignorai|t 
 
% 
 
 wmm 
 THE PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 Ignorant and fooIifK men were diilnTbed, d^dring the whole 
 vi their paiiage through this world, by the thoughts of that 
 fatal river which was to terminate their courfe, and over 
 
 which, as it is -well known, nvs bridge, could ever be built . 
 
 Wherefore Mr. P^i/tyc^^j?, compaffioiating their mifery, has 
 cngag^^d the mighty power of J/helfm to ere6l this vail dor- 
 mitory : in -which all who put their truft in him are free t® 
 fcek a refuge from the .tyranny of SuperftUlon, and will fleep 
 Xecure from all the terrors of eternity. 
 
 But Good-intern ftaid not to hear him iiirther or to reply r 
 the afpecl of the pliantom who addrelfed hiin had frozen the 
 .current of his blood , but at the name o£ Aihtifm^ horror it- 
 felf roufed him from the torpor which had feii^ed him ; and^ 
 ilying from the difmal maniioa.of tliofe whofe jhope as wcH 
 as their end -Is dcftrudion, he had no fooner pafled beyond 
 the ihade which that building call around it, than be began 
 to dcfcry, at ,a diftance, a giunmcring of the light of the 
 *Cel(>jllal City ,• and at the fame time he heard a voice which 
 proclaimed, ** Verily there is a reward for the righteous ;-^ 
 jdoubtlefs there is a God thatju-cgeth the earth, '^ 
 
 Infpired with redoubled coiihdence, tlie pilgrim haftened 
 forward \ and the glorious light on rvvhich his eyes were now 
 iixed grew brighter, till the perfed day :iluned on him, as he 
 entered mlo the land of Btvlah : that land unto which no 
 .enemy dares advance ; where the ihining inhabitants of the 
 Ccljluil City do xx)ntinually ws^lk, .comfoi'tiiig and refrefning 
 toe fplrits.of fuch as, having finifted their .courfe with joy, are 
 ready to enter into this falvation of their X'Ord ; and where 
 even the perpetuid expedation of being called upon to crofs 
 the river of bitter waters, cannot' difturb the felicity of thofe 
 who hope, through the iflcrcy of their Prince, to be admitted 
 into thai better and heavenly country, which Jies. beyond it. 
 
 Nov/ I faw in my dream, that Good-Intent had not ftaid 
 here many days, before a meflenger arrived, whoAvas com- 
 manded to fummon him to a'fpear in die prefence of his 
 King. When he received tlie fummons, he rejoiced, tlrough 
 with trembling ; arid one named R.efi^natwn condufbed him 
 jto the brink .of the river, into which he entered ; wlien, 
 neither did he find the bitternefs of the water unpalatable to 
 .fcur), iiQt did he greatly fear,, though 4ie waves -thereof did 
 
TILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 109 
 
 rage and fwell, and the floods did enter into his foul ; for 
 Faiih fiipported him even in the deeped part, and guide^ 
 him through the midft in fafety : but when he reached the 
 oppofite fhore, Faith difappeared, and Certainty received him. 
 
 And now, his mortal garments having fallen off in the 
 river, he was clothed with immortality, and appeared as one 
 of the fhining ones ; a band of whom came to meet him, and~ 
 to bid him welcome to their abode. .And they faid unto 
 him, " Thou hail done well in the fight of thy Lord, in that 
 thou haft preferred his word to all the falfe and pernicious 
 dodlrines of the wifdom of the world thou haft quitted ; in 
 that thou haft rejected the pleafures of fm, which endure but 
 for a feafon, looking in fmcerity unto the Author and Finifh- 
 er of thy faith, for the fulfilment of thofe promifes of whick 
 thou art now becom_e a partaker. Therefore the everlafting 
 gates ape open to thee, and we are fent to condu(5^ thee into 
 the prefence of the King who fitteth upon the throne forever 
 and ever, by w^hom thou art accepted through the merits of 
 Him, who, by the facriiice of himfelf once offered, hath pur» 
 chafed univcrfal redemption for his faithful people. But, 
 before thou ftialt have quite loft fight of the fhore which thoa 
 haft left behind thee, it is permitted thee once to look back, 
 and to behold what fh all be the end of thofe, who, difclaim- 
 ing the glorious inheritance of the children of God, have 
 rather chofen to fay to corruption, ^ Thou art my father/ r 
 and to the worm, * Thou art rny mother and my fifter :* 
 \'ainly trufting in their reprobate minds that they fhall eicape 
 the wrath to come." 
 
 Upon this, Good-Intent looked back ; having, from the high 
 bank on which he ftood, a view of the Enchanted ground-; and 
 he heard a great and terrible found, as it were of a trum- 
 pet ; and immediately the rocks were rent, and the founda- 
 !l^ tions of the earth v/ere difclofed. Then the dormitory which 
 ' '*- Philofophy and Atheifm had erected was overthrown, and thofe 
 who had flept therein were gtwakened ; and, rufHing forth 
 from amid the ruins with lamentable cries, tliey beheld him 
 whom they had pierced, doming in the clouds of heaven, as 
 an avenging judge, with power and great glory : a flaming 
 fire devoured before him, and the terrors of the Almighty 
 ihone round about him. Then did they begin to call upon 
 
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 the mountains to fall on them, and on the hills to covet 
 them j but, io ! a thick daiknefs^rofe between them and tlie 
 pilgrim, and he faw them no more fcr ever. 
 
 I'hen he turned to alcend the nountain upon which the 
 Celefiial City was built ; his new a^rheiial frame glownig with 
 a tranfport, which his earthly bed) wc uld have been tco weak 
 to iufport. Eutihe light new lirtaUied en him with a fplen* 
 dour lo dazzlirg, that I was no longer able to fix my eyes 
 uj.on him: lo, as 1 turned to flieker my fiail mortal fenfe 
 frcm the effulgence therecf,, i awoke— and, behold 1 it was ^ 
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