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 Pilgrim's Progress 
 
 AS JOHN BUNTJN WROTE IT: 
 
 BEING A FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION 
 
 OP THE 
 PUBLISHED IN 1678 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION 
 
 BY 
 
 DR. JOHN BROWN 
 
 AUTHOR OF 'JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS TIMES* 
 
 LONDON 
 ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW 
 
 1895
 
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 'J^HE zvork here presented to the public 
 is an exact reproduction of the first 
 edition of the first part of " The Pilgrim's 
 Progress." Till recent years this book of 
 world-wide fame 7vas supposed to have been 
 written during Bunyan's iivelve years' im- 
 priso7ime7it in Bedford Gaol. But as that 
 imprisonment terminated in the early part 
 of 1672, and the title of the first edition 
 stated that the book was " Printed for 
 Nath. Ponder at the Peacock in the 
 Poult rey near Cornhil, 1678," the ques- 
 tion arose as to why there was this long 
 interval between the writing of the work 
 and its publication. Bunyan's own ac- 
 count of the matter certainly does not seem 
 to suggest ofiy such delay. The early critics 
 to whom the book was stibmittcd were, it 
 seems, hopelessly divided as to whether it 
 ought to live or die : 
 
 " Some said,fohn, print it ; others said, Not so: 
 Some said. It might do good ; others said, No." 
 
 There was nothing for it but that the 
 author should settle the matter for himself 
 which he seems to have done while the con- 
 troversy
 
 11 PREFACE. 
 
 troversy among these local critics was still 
 going forward : 
 
 " Ai last I thought. Since you are thus divided, 
 I print it will ; and so the case decided" 
 
 One feels in reading these lines that there 
 is a briskness in Bimyaji's own account of 
 the matter not at all suggestive of a six 
 years' delay before scjtding the manuscript 
 to the printer. Yet there can be no doubt 
 that the book was written in gaol, for 
 when the third, which zvas the first com- 
 plete, edition of the work appeared in 1679, 
 Bufiyan himself explained the meaning of 
 the word " den " in the text on the first 
 page by placing the ivords " the Jail " in the 
 margin. We have the best authority, there- 
 fore, for saying that the book was written 
 in prison, but then the question recurs, 
 during what imprisontnent ? One of Bun- 
 yafis ozvn contemporaries had told us that 
 he suffered a six months' imprisonment as 
 well as that which lasted for twelve years ; 
 we had been told also that Bishop Barlow, 
 as bishop of the diocese, had something to do 
 with Bunyaris release ; but Barlow was 
 not made Bishop of Lincoln till the summer 
 of 1675, and, therefore, could have had 
 nothing to do ivith the release of 16"] 2. 
 
 Taking all the circumstances of the case 
 into accotint, the presetit writer ventured in 
 1885 to put forth the theory that after the 
 King tore off the Great Seal from the 
 Declaration of Indulgence, and the 
 preachers' licenses were recalled by pro- 
 clamation, Bunyan, zvho had then bee?t 
 three years the pastor of the Bedford 
 
 Church,
 
 PREFACE. Ill 
 
 Church, again found himself in prison in 
 1675 for six months; this time in the 
 Town Gaol on Bedford Bridge, and that 
 during this shorter imprisonment he wrote 
 his Pilgrim Dream. 
 
 Within less than two years this, ivhich 
 was merely a probable historical surmise, 
 received striking and unexpected confirma- 
 tion. In the eaily summer of aZ^"] the 
 manuscript portion of the Chauficy Collec- 
 tion came to the hammer at Sotheby's, and 
 among various historical documents that col- 
 lection contained was found the original 
 warrant for Bufiyan's arrest in 1675. 
 // 7i'as addressed to the constables of 
 Bedford, and stated that notwithstanding 
 the King's past clemency and indulgent 
 '•■race, '■'■ yett one John Bunnyon of your said 
 iowne, Tynker, hath divers times within 
 one month last past in contempt of his 
 Maj''" good laws preached or teached at 
 a Co f wen tide meeteing or assembly under 
 colour or pretence of exercise of Religion in 
 other manner then according to the Liturgie 
 or Practise of the Church of England." 
 
 This ifiterestitig documetit, which is tiow 
 in the possession of IV. G. Thorpe, Esq., 
 F.S.A., of the Middle Tetfiple, is signed and 
 sealed by thirteen Bedfordshire magistrates 
 —tivo of them. Sir William Beccher, of 
 Howhtry, and Sir George Blundell, of 
 Cardington, being among those who were on 
 the Bench during Bunyan's previous con- 
 viction of 1661. The signatures agree in 
 character with those appended by the same 
 gentlemen to other documents, and the 
 genuine?iess of the warrant was further 
 
 established
 
 IV PREFACE. 
 
 established by a?i examination of the quarter- 
 ings 071 the seals ivJiich zvas made by Air. 
 Thompson, at that time head of the depart- 
 ment of MSS. in the British Museum. 
 
 Thus the probability almost amounts to 
 certainty that Btmyan mas again in gaol 
 in 1675-76, and that during this second im- 
 priso?iment of six months he wrote the 
 greater portio?i of the first part of the book 
 which has made his ?iame immortal. We 
 say the greater portion, for, as the reader 
 will seey on turnitig to page 161 of this 
 facsimile, there is a cu?ious break ift the 
 narrative zchich seems to suggest that the 
 work was laid aside for a time and then 
 taken up again. After describing the 
 parting ivhich took place bettveen the 
 shepherds and the pilgrims on the Delect- 
 able Mountains, Bufiyan says : " So I 
 atvoke from my Dream." In the next 
 sentence he goes on to say : ^^ And I slept, 
 and dreamed again, and saw the same tivo 
 Pilgrims going dozvn the mountains along 
 the highway toivards the city." Does this 
 break in the narrative, which zvas in no 
 7vay demanded by the exigencies of the story, 
 ifidicate that what went before was written 
 in the " certain place where zvas a den," 
 and that zvhat follozvs after zvas written in 
 his oivn home after the author's release 1 
 It ?nay be so ; at all events, it zvas still 
 some mo?iths after this second imprisonment 
 of his zvas over before the MS., about zvhich 
 some of his neiglibours had their misgivings, 
 found its zvay to the printer. 
 
 When ready for the larger zvorld outside, 
 the book zvas entered in the Register of the 
 
 Stationers'
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Stationers' Company as follows : ' 22nd 
 December 1677 Nathaniel Ponder entered 
 then for his Coppy by rertue of a licence 
 under the hand of Mr. Turner, and which 
 is subscribed by Mr. Warden Vere, One 
 Book or Coppy Intituled The Filgnms 
 Progress from this world to that which is 
 to come, delivered in y' ^Similitude of a 
 Dream, by John Bunyati." 
 
 The work was further licensed February 
 18, 1678, and was atmounced in a general 
 catalooue of books, published in Jhlary^ 
 Term, 1677-78, as ''price, bound, \s. 6d. 
 As this facsimile slmvs, it 7ms printed m 
 small octavo on yel/oicish-gray paper, from 
 apparently new type, and extended /^ 232 
 pa^es in addition to title, author's apology 
 and conclusion. This greatest of allegories 
 sprang into fame at once, and 7vas a 
 success from the first. On the authority op 
 Dr. Johnson it is stated that from _ the 
 earliest appearance of the collected edition 
 of Shakespeare's plays in the folio ^/ 1623 
 //// 1660 only a thousand copies were sold. 
 Of Bunyans " Pilgrim," on the contrary, 
 a second edition ruas called for the same 
 year, and a third the following year, and 
 there were ten editions issued during the 
 ten years of Bunyan's life after its first 
 publication, besides pirated editions which 
 sold largely. Charles Doe tells us there 
 were 100,000 copies sold previous to the 
 author's death in i62>?>. 
 
 Like his earlier prison book of 1666, t/ie 
 " Grace Aboundi^ig to the Chief of Sin- 
 ners," this story of Christian received 
 important additions after its first appear- 
 ance.
 
 VI PREFACE. 
 
 ance. If the foHounng pages of this fac- 
 simile be examined, it will be seen that in 
 the first edition of the " Pilgrim'' s Pro- 
 gress " there was no description of Chris- 
 tian breaking his mind to his wife and 
 children ; no appearance of Mr. Worldly- 
 Wiseman ; no second meeting tvith Evan- 
 gelist ; no accoutit given by Christian to 
 Good-will at the wicket-gate of his own 
 turning aside. Christianas discourse with 
 Charity at the Palace Beautiful tvas added 
 afterwards, as were the four lines on his 
 leaving the palace. The other additions 
 were : the third appearance of Evangelist 
 to the Pilgrims as they were nearing 
 Vanity Fair ; the firther account of Mr. 
 By-ends' rich relations, with the conversa- 
 tion which took place betweeti him and the 
 Pilgrims; the sight of Lofs wife turned to 
 a pillar of salt, with the talk it occasioned; 
 the whole account of Diffdence, the wife of 
 Giant Despair ; and, finally, the description 
 of the Pilgrims being met on the farther 
 side of the river by the King's trumpeters 
 in white and shining raiment. The most 
 important addition made to the second 
 edition of 16"] ?> 7vas the introduction of 
 Mr. Worldly- Wiseman ; and to the third 
 the enlargement of the story of Mr. By-ends. 
 It was to this third edition of 1679 there 
 was first added an illustrative engraving 
 in the shape of a portrait of the author 
 by Robert IFhite. 
 
 This first edition of the first part of the 
 '^ Pilgrim'' s Progress" was, on the whole, 
 much more roughly spelt than the first 
 edition of the second part, published six 
 
 years
 
 PREFACE. Vll 
 
 years later. IVe have wrong spellings by 
 themselves, and also 7C>rong spellings side 
 by side tvith right. We have, for example, 
 Slough and Slow of Dispond, Pliable and 
 Plyable ; lie, lye, ly ; die, dye, dy ; raiment 
 and rayment. We have such forms as 
 niorgage, dro^vnded grieviously, travailers., 
 lyons, ai for aye, two wit for to wit, bin 
 for been, thorow for through, tro for troiv, 
 bruit for brute, strodled for straddled^ 
 anoiance, strook, bewayling, toull, forraign^ 
 suddain, stounded, si oath, melancholly, 
 choaked, chaulketh, carkass, and villian. 
 There is nothing to remark upon in the 
 doubling of the final consonant in such 
 words as generall, untill, and the like, for 
 this was the seventeenth - century custom ; 
 but Bunya?i also doubles it in such words 
 as bogg, denn, scarr, guagg, and wagg ; 
 and what was even more unusual, he 
 doubles the medial in such 7vords as hazzard, 
 steddiness, fellon, eccho, shaddow, widdow. 
 In making his entries in the Bedford 
 church-book tchen he was pastor, he often 
 dropped the final " e," and in this first 
 edition of his allegory also we find wholesom, 
 lightsom, bridg, atid knoivledg ; while he 
 uses this letter to give the old plural form 
 in shooes, braines, decaies, alwaies, paines, 
 rayes, and the like. We have also such 
 colloquialisms and irregula^-ities as : Catch' t 
 up, shewen, brast for burst, maiest, didest, 
 then for to go, I should a been, practick, 
 a little to-side, let's go over, like for likely, 
 afraid on't, ransak't, mist for ??iissed, such 
 as thee and I, you was, we was, two fniles ' 
 off of Honesty, and things prophanes. The 
 
 second
 
 Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 second edition had fewer misspellings, but 
 more printers' errors. Some very charac- 
 teristic marginalia found in this edition 
 were left out in subsequent issues. We 
 have such racy comments as these : " A man 
 may have company when he sets out for 
 heaven, and yet go thither alone;'' ''A 
 Christian can sing alone when God doth 
 give him the joy of his heart ;" " O brave 
 ^ Talkative P' " Christian snibbeth his fellow •" 
 " Hopeful szv aggers ," " Christian roundeth 
 off Demas ;' '' O good riddance /" " They 
 are whift and sent on their 7vay." 
 
 Five copies only of the actual first edition 
 have survived to our oivn day. When 
 Southey edited a new edition for Messrs. 
 A fur ray aiid Major in 1830, he said : " It 
 is not known in what year the ' Pilgri7n's 
 Progress ' tuas first published, no copy of 
 the first edition having as yet been dis- 
 covered ; the second is in the British 
 Museum. It is 'with additions,' and its 
 date is i6']'&. . . . The earliest ivith which 
 Mr. Major has been able to supply me, 
 either by means of his own diligent in- 
 quiries, or the kind?iess of his friends, is 
 that ' eighth e-di-ti-on ' so hu?norously 
 introduced by Gay, and printed, not for 
 Ni-cholas Bod-ding-ton, but for Nathaniel 
 Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultrey, 
 near the church, 1682." Of the five copies 
 of the first edition noiv knotvn to exist, the 
 one which came first to light is that which 
 belonged to the late R. S. Ho I ford, Esq., 
 of Park Lane, and Westonbirt House, 
 Tetbuiy, Gloucestershire, which was pur- 
 chased" ivith the 7'est of Lord Verno?i's 
 
 library,
 
 PREFACE. IX 
 
 iihrary, xvhcre it had apparently lain un- 
 disturbed since its first publication ; the 
 second is in the Lenox Library, near the 
 Central Park, Neio York ; the third, which 
 turned up in a sale of books near W one iter, 
 is the property of the publisher of this 
 facsimile ; the fourth teas acquired by the 
 British Afuseu/n in 1884 for the sum of 
 jQ()$ ; and the fifth is in the possession of 
 Mr. Nash, of Langley, near Slough. 
 
 No fains have been spared to make this 
 facsimile an exact reproduction of the 
 original first edition. Even as regards 
 typography, it is strictly a lineal descendant 
 of that of 161 d>, for the type now used has 
 been cast from moulds made in 1720, which 
 were taken from the Dutch type used for 
 that first issue. The paper, too, is a close 
 imitation of that manufactured two centuries 
 ago.
 
 XOT£. 
 
 The plan' and langxicige of this first edition of 
 the Pi,>,VK-s iy\.-^^<rss are. in many places, veij- 
 different fironi those of the raovlem evlitions, whicli 
 are circulated in such Lirge nunil>ers in the present 
 day. 
 
 There are so many \-ariatiiuJs and pcculiai 
 features in it, that those who have never seen 
 the original form will be surprisevl at the many 
 quaint expressions and peculiar phnises, .is well as 
 the curious spelling and ty^^e, which are to Iv found 
 in the Kx>k as Bun\-an first gave it to the world. 
 
 Believing that many admirers of the great 
 allegorA" would be iiiterestev^l in seeing its earliest 
 form, the publisher has issued the present edition, 
 which taithfully reproduces all the peculiarities of 
 the original.
 
 THE 
 
 Pilgrims Progrefs 
 
 f R O M 
 
 THIS WORLD, 
 
 T O 
 
 That which is to come: 
 
 Delivered under the Similitude of a 
 
 DREAM 
 
 Wherein is Difcovered , 
 
 The manner of hisfettin -oiit, 
 
 HisDangcronsJourney; Andfafe 
 
 Arrival at the Defired Countrey. 
 
 / have ufed Similitudes^ Hof, 12. 10. 
 
 By John Banyan. 
 
 32,!cenfeDanl)CntrcDacco2t)inD;tcC2iDec* 
 
 I LONDON, 
 
 i Printed for Nat h. Ponder at the Peacock 
 1 in the Poultrey near Cornkil, 1678.
 
 THE 
 
 For his BOOK. 
 
 WHen at the firfi I toohmy Pen in hand^ 
 Thus for to write \ I did not underjland 
 That I at all Jhould make a little Book 
 In Juch a mode ; AV/y, / had undertook 
 To make another^ which when almoji done ; 
 Before 1 was aware ^ I this begun. 
 
 And thus it was : I writing of the IVay 
 And Race of Saints y in this our Gofpel-Dayy 
 Fell fuddenly into an Allegory 
 About their 'Journey^ and the way to Glory^ 
 In more than twenty things^ which I ft down ; 
 This done^ I twenty more had in my Crown^ 
 And they again began to multiply, 
 Lik/fparks that from the coals of fire aofty. 
 Nay then, thought /, if that you breed fo fa/f, 
 r II put you by your felves, lefi you at lafi 
 Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out 
 The Book that I already am about. 
 
 Well^fo I did-y but yet I did not think 
 To Jhew to all the World my Pen and Ink. 
 Infuch a mode ; / only thought to make 
 I knew not what : nor did I undertake 
 Thereby to pleafe my Neighbour ; }io not I j 
 / did it mine own felf to gratifie. 
 
 Neither did I but vacant feafons fpeni 
 In this my Scribble ; nor did I intend 
 
 A 3 But
 
 The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 But to divert my /elf in doing thisy 
 
 From worjer thoughts^ which make ?ne do amifs. 
 Thus I fet Pen to Paper with delight^ 
 
 And quickly had my thoughts in black and white. 
 
 For having now my Method by the end^ 
 
 Still as I puli'd^ it came ; and fo I penned 
 
 It down^ until it came at laji to be 
 
 For length and breadth the bignefs which you fee. 
 I'Vell^ when I had thus put mine ends together^ 
 
 I jhew''d them others^ that I might fee whether 
 
 They would condemn them, or them juflifie : 
 
 And fome faidy let them live \fome^ let them die. 
 Some f aid ^ John, print it ; others faid^ Not fo : 
 Some faidy It might do good\ others f aid ^ No. 
 
 Now was I in afiraight^ and did not fee 
 Which was the befi thing to be done by me: 
 At laji I thought^ Since you are thus divided^ 
 I print it will\ and fo the cafe decided. 
 
 For^ thought I ; Some^ Ife^-> would have it donc^^ 
 Though others in that Channel do not run ; 
 To prove then who advifed for the befi^ 
 Thus I thought fit to put it to the teft. 
 
 I further thought^ If now J did deny 
 Thofe that would have it thus, to gratifie^ 
 I did not k^fAV but hinder them 1 jnight 
 Of that which would to them be great delight. 
 For thofe that were not for its coming forth^ 
 I faid to them^ Offend you I am loth \ 
 Yet fine e your Brethren pleafed with it be^ 
 Forbear to judge ^ till you do further fee. 
 
 If
 
 The Authors Apology for his Book 
 
 If that thou wilt not read^ 'et it alone ; 
 Some love the meat^ fome love to pick, the bone : 
 Yea^ that I might them better palliate^ 
 1 did too with them thus Expojhdate. 
 
 May I not write infuch a jVile as this ? 
 In fuch a method too^ and yet not mijs 
 Mine end^ thy good? why may it not be done? 
 Dark Clouds bring IVaters^whenthebright bring 
 Yea ^darktor bright^ if they their Silver drops{n:ni 
 Caufe to defend^ the Earthy by yielding CropSy 
 Gives praifc to both^ and carpeth not at either ^ 
 But treafures up the Fruit they yield together : 
 Yea^fo commixes both^ that in her Fruit 
 None can dijlinguijh this from that^ they fuit 
 Her well^ when hungry : but if Jhe be full, 
 Shefpues out both, and makes their blejfings null. 
 
 You fee the ways the Fijher-man doth take 
 To catch the Fijlj ; what Engins doth he make? 
 Behold how he ingageth all his Wits, 
 Alfo his Snares, Lines, Jngles, Hooks and Nets, 
 Yet Fijh there be^ that neither Hook, nor Line, 
 Nor Snare^ nor Net, nor Engin can make thine; 
 They mujl be grop''t for, and be tickled too. 
 Or they will not be catcht, tvhat e'' re you do. 
 
 How doth the Fowler fee k to catch his Game, 
 By divers means, all which one cannot name? 
 His Gun, his Nets, his Lime-twigs^ light, andbell: 
 He creeps, he goes^ he Jiands; yea who can tell 
 Of all his pojlures. Yet there's none of thefe 
 IVill make him majier of what Fowls he pleafe. 
 
 A 4 Ysa,
 
 The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 rea, he muji Pipe, and IVhiJlle to catch this ; 
 Tet if he does fo, that Bird he will mifs. 
 
 If that a Pearl may in a Toads-head dwell, 
 And may be found too in an Oifter-Jhell ; 
 If things that promife nothings do contain 
 What better is then Gold ; who will difdaitu, 
 {That have an inkling of it,) there to look^ 
 That they may find it. Now my little Book, 
 (Tho void of all thofe paintings that may make 
 It with this or the other Man to take^) 
 Is not without thofe things that do excel 
 What do in brave, but empty notions dwell. 
 
 Well, yet 1 am not fully fatisfied. 
 That this your Book will /land; whenfoundly trfd 
 Why, what's the matter! it is dark, what tho? 
 But it is feigned. What of that I tro? 
 Some men by feigning words as dark as mine., 
 Make truth to fpangle,and its rayes to Jhine. 
 
 But they wantfolidnef : Speak man thy mind. 
 They drown' d the weak\Metaphors 7nake us blind. 
 
 Solidity, indeed becomes the Pen 
 Of him that writeth things Divine to men : 
 But mufl I needs want folidnefs, becaufe 
 By Metaphors I fpeak ; Was not Gods Laws, 
 His Gofpel-Laws, in oldertime held forth 
 By Types, Shadows and Metaphors ? Yet loth 
 Will any fiber man be to find fault 
 With the?n, leji he be found for to affault 
 The highest Wifidom. No, he rather fioops. 
 And fieb to find out what by pins and loops. 
 
 By
 
 The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 By Calves ; and Sheep; by Heifers^ and by Rams\ 
 B) Birds, and Herbs, and by the blood of Lambs, 
 Godfpeaketh to him. And happy is he 
 That finds the light, and grace that in them be. 
 
 Be not too forward therefore to conclude'. 
 That I want foUdnefs, that I am rude: 
 All things folid in Jhew, not folid be ; 
 All things in parables defpife not we, 
 Lejl things moji hurtful lightly we receive. 
 And things that good are, of our fouls bereave. 
 My dark, and cloudy words they do but hold 
 The Truth , as Cabinets inclofe the Gold. 
 The Prophets ufed much by Metaphors 
 To fet forth Truth ; Tea, who fo confiders 
 Chrijl, his Apofiles too, Jhall plainly fee. 
 That Truths to this day in fuch Mantles be. 
 
 Am I afraid to fay that holy Writ, \JVit, 
 Which for its Stile, and Phrafe puts down all 
 Is every where fo full of all thefe things, 
 {Dark Figures, Allegories^ yet there fprings 
 From that fame Book that lujlre, and thofi raycs 
 Of light, that turns our darkefi nights to days. 
 
 Come, let my Carper, to his Life now lookt 
 And find There darker lines then in my Book 
 He findeth any. Tea, and let him know. 
 That in his befl things there are worfe lines too. 
 
 May we but ftand before impartial men^ 
 To his poor One, I dur/i adventure Ten, 
 That they will take my meaning in thefe lines 
 Far better then his Lies in Silver Shrines. 
 
 Come,
 
 Tlie Authors Apology for his Bock. 
 
 Come^Truth^ although in Swadling-clouts^ I fina 
 Informs the Judgement^ rc£iifies the Mind^ 
 Pleafes the Under/landings makes the Will 
 Submit ; the Memory too it doth fJl 
 With what doth our Imagination pleafe \ 
 Likewife^ it tends our troubles to appeaje. 
 
 Sound words I know Timothy is to ufe\ 
 And old Wives Fables he is to refufe^ 
 But yet grave Paul, hi7n no zvhere doth forbid 
 The ufe of Parables ; in which lay hid {zuere 
 That Gold^thofe Pearls^ and precious Jlones thai 
 Worth digging for; and that with greateji care. 
 
 Let me add one word inore^ O ?nan of God ' 
 Art thou offended ? do ft thou wijh I had 
 Put forth tny matter in an other drefs^ 
 Or that I had in things been more exprefs P 
 Three things let me propound, then I fuhinit 
 To thofe that are my betters^ {as is ft.) 
 
 I. I find not that I am denied the ufe 
 Of this my method^ fo I no ahufe 
 Put on the Wcrds^ Things, Readers^ or be rude 
 In handling Figure, or Similitude, 
 In application ; but, all that I may^ 
 Seek the advance of Truth, this or that way : 
 Denyed, did I fay ? Nay, I have leave, 
 {Example too, and that from them that have 
 God better pleafed by their words or ways^ 
 Then any man that breatheth now adays^) 
 Thus to exprefs my mind, thus to declare 
 Things unto thee., that excellenteft are. 
 
 2. ;
 
 TheAuthors Apology for his Book. 
 
 2. / find that men {as high as Trees) will writi 
 Dialogue-wife ; yet no man doth them fight 
 For writing fo : Indeed if tiny abiife 
 Truths cur fed be they^ and^ the craft they ufe 
 To that intent ; But yet let Truth be free 
 To make her Salleys upon Thee^ and Me^ 
 Which way it pleafes God. For who knows how. 
 Better then he that taught us firjl to Plow, 
 To guide our Mind and Pens for his Dcfign ? 
 And he makes bafe things ufi)er in Divine. 
 
 3. I find that holy JVrit in 7nany places [cafes 
 Hath femblance with this method, where the 
 Doth call for one thing, to fit forth another: 
 Ufe it I may then, and yet nothir.g f mother 
 Truths golden Beams \ Nay, by this method may 
 Make it caf forth its rayes as light as day. 
 
 And now, beforeldo put up my Pen, 
 Pie floew the profit of my Book , and then 
 Commit both thee, and it unto that hand {fiand. 
 That pulls thefirong down, and makes weak ones 
 
 This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes 
 The man that fe eh the everlajling Prize : 
 It fioews you whence he comes, whither he goes, 
 What he leaves undone ; alfo what he does: 
 It alfo fnews you how he runs, and runs 
 Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes. 
 
 It fhews too, who fits out for life amain. 
 As if the lafiing Crown they would attain : 
 Here alfo you may fee the reafon why 
 They loofe their labour, and like Fools do die. 
 
 This
 
 The Authors Apology for his Book. 
 
 This Book 'Zf/// make a Travailer of thee ^ 
 If by its Counfel thou wilt ruled be; 
 It will direof thee to the Holy Land^ 
 If thou wilt its Direiiions under ftand \ 
 Yea^ it will make the Jloathful^ a£iive be \ 
 The Blind alfo^ delightful things to fee. 
 
 Art thou for fomething rare, and profitable ? 
 Wouldefi thou fee a Truth within a Fable? 
 Art thou forgetful? wouldefi thou remember 
 From New-years-day to the lafi ^/"December? 
 Then read ?ny fancies^ they will flick like Burs, 
 And may be to the Helplefs^ Coinforters. 
 This Book is writ in fuch a Diale£i^ 
 As may the yninds ofUftlefs men ajfeSi : 
 It feems a Novelty^ and yet contains 
 Nothing but found ^ and honefi Gofpel-fl rains. 
 
 JVouldf thou divert thy felf from Melancholly? 
 Wouldfl thou he pleafant^ yet be far from folly ? 
 Wouldfl thou read Riddles^i^ their Explanation? 
 Or elfe be drownded in thy Conte7nplation ? 
 Dofl thou love picking meat ? or would' ft thou fee 
 A man I'th Clouds^ and hear himfpeak to thee? 
 WouWft thou be in a Dream^ and yet notfeep ? 
 Or wouWfi thou in a ?nomeni laugh ^ and weep ? 
 Wouldefi thou loofe thy felf and catch no harm? 
 And find thy felf again without a charm? {what 
 Wouldefi read thy felf and read thou know' ft not 
 And yet know whether thou art bleft or not^ 
 By reading the fame lines? O then come hither. 
 And lay my Book^ thy Headland Heart together. 
 
 JOHN BUNYAN.
 
 ^§^^ o^oSSS^S^S^® J 
 
 THE 
 Pilerims Progrefs: 
 
 In the fimilitude of a 
 
 DREAM. 
 
 S I walk'd through 
 the vvildernefs of this 
 world, I lighted on a 
 certain place, where 
 was a Denn ; And I 
 laid me down in that 
 place to fleep : And as I flept I drea- 
 med a Dream. I dreamed , and be- 
 hold I/aw a Man * cloathed with .^j^^ g^_ 
 Rciggs^ jlanding in a certain place^ 6. 
 "juith his face from his own Houfe, a Lu.14.. 33. 
 Book in his hand, and a great burden ^^^^'^ \ 
 upon his back. I looked, and faw him ^^ '^^ '"' 
 open the Book, and Read therein ; 3,. 
 and as he Read, he wept and trem- 
 bled: and not being able longer to 
 
 contain,
 
 2 CDe pilgrims p?Outefs, 
 
 contain, he brake out with a lamen 
 table cry ; faying, what Jh all I do? 
 
 I faw alfo that he looked this way, 
 and that way, as if he would run; 
 yet he flood ftill , becaufe as I per- 
 ceived, he could not tell which way 
 to go. I looked then, and faw a Man 
 named Evangelijl coming to him, and 
 asked, Wherefore doji thou cry ? He 
 anfwered. Sir, I perceive, by the 
 Book in my hand, that I am. Con- 
 «■ Heb. 9. demned to die, and *after that to 
 27- come to Judgement ; and I find that 
 
 * Job 26. I am not * willing to do the firft, nor 
 ** "* k *able to do the fecond. 
 
 Then faid Evangelijl ^ Why not 
 willing to die? fince this life is atten- 
 ded with fo many evils ? The Man 
 anfwered , Becaufe I fear that this 
 burden that is upon my back, will 
 finck me lower then the Grave ; and 
 
 * ifa. 30. I fhali fall into *Tophet. And Sir, if 
 5^' I be not fit to go to Prifon, I am not 
 
 fit (I am fure) to go to Judgement, 
 and from thence to Execution; And 
 the thoughts of thefe things make me 
 cry. 
 
 Then faid Evangelijl: y If this be 
 thy condition, why ftandeft thou frill? 
 He anfwered, Becaufe I know not 
 
 whitl^er 
 
 12. 14.
 
 Cfje IPilgnms p^ogrcrs. 3 
 
 v/hither to go. Then he gave him 
 a Parchvtent-Roll , and there was 
 written within, * Fly from the wratb ^^.^^ 
 to come. 
 
 The Man therefore Read it, and 
 looking upon Evangeliji very care- 
 fully; faidjWhithermuftlfly? Then 
 faid Evangelijl y pointing with his 
 nnger over a very wide Field, Do 
 you fee yonder *Wicket-^ate? The * Mar. 7. 
 Man fiid. No. Then faid the other, P^^=^'- "5- 
 Do vou fee yonder *fhinine light ? ''J/ , ,.^ 
 Hefaid, I think I do. Then faid Evan- * ckrift & 
 gelijly Keep that light in your eye, the ^-ay 10 
 and go up direftly thereto, ">' (o him cannot 
 {halt thou fee the Gate ; at which ^'J^lihe 
 when thou knockeft, it (hall be told '^^^j" 
 thee what thou fhalt do. 
 
 So I faw in my Dream, that the 
 Man began to run; Now he had not 
 run far from his own door, but his 
 Wife and Children perceiving it, be- 
 gan to cry after him to return : *but *Luk. 14 
 the Man put his fingers in his Ears, -^• 
 and ran on crying, Life, Life, Eter- 
 nal Life: fo he looked not behind^ 
 him, *but fled towards the middle ,^ ^" ^^" 
 of the Plain. ^^, . , 
 
 ^ -r . , 1 1 r ^ J. * T^key that 
 
 The Neighbours alfo came out to ^^j./^^^j^^ 
 * fee him run, and as he ran, fome ^^^th tc 
 
 mocked, come^ an
 
 A Gazing- jT^jocked, Others threatned: and fome 
 
 Stock tc . ^ ~ . . XT 
 
 the-ivorU. cned arter him to return: Now a- 
 iei.2o, 10 mong thofe that did fo, there were 
 two that were refolved to fetch him 
 back by force: The name of the one 
 was Obftinate, and the name of the 
 other Pliable. Now by this time the 
 Man was got a good diftance from 
 them ; But however they were refol- 
 ved to purfue him ; which they did, 
 and in little time they over-took him. 
 Then faid the Man, Neighbours, 
 Wherefore areyoucomet They faid. To 
 perfwade you to go back with us; but 
 he faid. That can by no means be : 
 You dwell, faid he, in the City of 
 DeftruBion (the place alfo where I 
 was born,) I fee it to be fo ; and dy- 
 ing there, fooner or later, you will 
 fink lower then the Grave, into a 
 place that burns with Fire and Brim- 
 ftone ; Be content good Neighbours, 
 and go along with me. 
 ^^fi'- *What I faid Objiinate, and leave 
 our Friends^ and our comforts behind 
 us! 
 * Chri- * Yes, faid Chrijltan, (for that was 
 ^'^"' his name) becaufe that all is not 
 * 2 Cor. * worthy to be compared with a little 
 *■ ^^' of that that I am feeking to enjoy, 
 
 and 
 
 nate.
 
 Cbe ipilgrims lp?ogrcfs. 5 
 
 and if you will go along with me, 
 you fhall fare as I my felf; for there 
 where I go, is * enough, and to fpare; * Luk. 15. 
 Come away, and prove my words. 
 
 Obft. PVhat are the things you Jeek^ 
 finceyou leave all the JVorld to find them ? 
 
 Chr. I feck an * Inheritance, /«-*iPet.i.4 
 corruptible , undefiled^ and that fadeth 
 not away ; and it is laid up in Heaven, 
 and faft there, to be beftowed at the ■■.■. neb. n. 
 time appointed, on them that dili- 16. 
 gently feek it. 
 
 Ob. Tujh, faid Obftinate^ away with 
 ^\ your Book ; will you go back with us^ or 
 no ? 
 
 Ch. No, not I, faid the other ; be- 
 caufe I have laid my hand to the 
 
 *Plow. *Luk.9.6j 
 
 Ob. Come then^ Kleighbour Pliable, 
 let us turn again ^ and go home with- 
 out him ; There is a Company of theje 
 Craz d-headed Coxcombs^ that when 
 they take a fancy by the end, are wijer 
 in their own eyes then /even men that 
 can render a Reajon. 
 
 Pli. Then faid Pliable, Don't re- 
 vile ; jf what the good Chriflian fays 
 is true, the things he looks after, are 
 better then ours : my heart inclines 
 to go with my Neighbour. 
 
 B Obfl.
 
 £0. XI. 
 
 6 Cf;e Pilgrims p^ogreis. 
 
 Cbft. What I more Fools Jlill ? be 
 ruled by me and go back ; who knows 
 whither Juch a brain-fick fellow will 
 lead you ? Go back , go back , and be 
 wife. 
 
 Ch. Come with me Neighbour 
 Pliable ; there are fuch things to be 
 had which I fpoke of, and many 
 more Glories befides. If you beheve 
 not me, read here in this Book ; and 
 for the truth of what is expreft there- 
 in, behold all is confirmed by the 
 [^^^- '3- -j- blood of him that made it. 
 " VY\. Well Neighbour Oh^im^t^C/aid 
 
 Pliable) / begin to come to a point \ 1 
 intend to go along with this good many 
 and to cajl in my lot with him : But 
 my good Companion, do you know the 
 way to this defired place ^. 
 
 Ch. I am directed by a man whofe 
 name is Evangelijiy to fpeed me to a 
 little Gate that is before us, where 
 we fhall receive inftrudtion about the 
 way. 
 
 Pli. Come then good Neighbour , let 
 us be going. 
 
 Then they went both together. 
 
 Objl. And I will go back to my 
 place , faid Obftinate. I will be no 
 Companion of fuch mifs-led fantafti- 
 cal Fellows. Now
 
 ^l)t pilgiimo Ip^cgrcfo. 7 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream , that 
 when Objlinate was gon back, Chri- 
 ftian and Pliable went * talking over * Talk be- 
 the Plain; and thus they began their ^'^''^'' 
 difcourfe, 2/pr"' 
 
 Chri/i. Come Neighbour Pliable, bie. 
 how do you do? I am glad you are 
 perfwaded to go along with me ; and 
 had even Objlinate himfelf, but felt 
 what I have felt of the Powers and 
 Terrours of what is yet unfeen, he 
 would not thus lightly have given us 
 the back. 
 
 Pliable. Come Neighbour Chriftian, 
 Jince there is none but us two here^ tell 
 me nozu further^ what the things are, 
 and how to be enjoyed, whither we are 
 going ? 
 
 Ch. I can better conceive of them 
 with my Mind, then fpeak of them 
 with my Tongue : But yet fince you 
 are defirous to know, I will read of 
 them in mv Book. 
 
 Pli. ^nd do you think that the words 
 of your Book are certainly true? 
 
 Ch. Yes verily , for it was made 
 by him that fcannot lye. I Tit. 1.2. 
 
 Plia ; Well /aid ; what things are 
 they ? 
 
 Ch. There is an *endlefs Kingdom ^'■'^^•i? 
 B 2 to
 
 8 C[)e Pilgiims P^ogixfs. 
 
 John 10. to be Inhabited, and everlafting life 
 »7> *8> 29. ^Q jLjg given us ; that we may Inhabit 
 that Kingdom for ever. 
 
 Pli. Welljaid ; and what elfe ? 
 Chr. There are Crowns of Glory 
 f 2Tim.4, to be given us ; fand Garments that 
 ^- will make us fhine like the Sun in the 
 
 Matth it Firmament of Heaven. 
 
 Plia. I^his is excellent ; And what 
 elfe ? 
 
 Ch. There fhall be no more crying, 
 *lfa.25.8. * nor forrow ; For he that is owner 
 ev, 7. 16. ^^ the places, will wipe all tears 
 Cap, 21.4. f^o"^.ou^ eyes. 
 
 Pii. And what company Jhall we have 
 there ? 
 
 Ch. There we fhall be with Sera- 
 
 * Ifa 6. z.phimSj *?in&CherubinSyQrfxtMv&s that 
 I ThiH. 4. ^yjii (^azle your eyes to look on them : 
 I . 17. There alfo you fhall meet with thou- 
 
 Ix6V 7 17 
 
 'fands, and ten thoufands that have 
 gone before us to that place ; none 
 of them are hurtful, but loving, and 
 holy : every one walking in the fight 
 of God ; and Handing in his prefence 
 with acceptance for ever : In a 
 t Rev. 4. 4. word, there we fhall fee the f Elders 
 with their Golden Crovv^ns : There 
 
 * Cha. 14. we fhall fee the Holy * Virgins with 
 *.«,3>4>5their Golden Harps. There we 
 
 fhali
 
 fhall fee ^ Men that by the World a joh. la 
 were cut in pieces, burned in flames, ^5- 
 eaten of Beafts , drownded in the 
 Seas, for the love that they bare to 
 the Lord of the place ; all well, and 
 cloathed with ^ Immortality, as with i, 2 Cor. 5 
 a Garment. 2, 3, 5- 
 
 Pli. The bearing of/his is enough to 
 ravijh ones heart ; hut are theje things 
 to be enjoyed ? how [hall -we get to be 
 Sharers hereof? 
 
 Ch. The Lord, the Governour of 
 that Countrey, hath Recorded that 
 "= in this Book : The fubftance of ^ i^^- ss- 
 which is, l^ we be truly willing to y" 
 have it, he will beftow it upon us chap.'e.s?" 
 freely. Rev. 21.6 
 
 Pli. JVell^ my good Companion^ glad Cap. 21. 1 7 
 am I to hear of theJe things : Come on 3 
 let us mend our face. 
 
 Ch. I cannot go fo faft as I would, 
 by reafon of this burden that is upon 
 ii.y back. 
 
 Now I fiw in my Dream, that juft 
 as they had ended this talk , they 
 drew near to a very Miry Slough,t)\2it 
 was in the midft of the Plain, and 
 they being heedlefs, did both fall 
 fuddenly into the bogg. The name 
 of the Slow v/as Difpond. Here there- 
 B 3 fore
 
 fore they wallowed for a time, be« 
 ing grievioufly bedaubed with the 
 dirt; And Chriftian, becaufe of the 
 burden that was on his back, began 
 to fink in the Mire. 
 
 Pli. Then/aid Pliable, .-^h. Neigh- 
 bour Chriftian, where are you now ? 
 Ch. Truly, faid Chrijiian, I do not 
 know, 
 
 Pli. At that. Pliable began to be 
 offended ; and angerly faid to his 
 Fellow, h this the happinefs you have 
 toldmeall thiswhileofi ifwehavejuch 
 ill/peed at our firft Jetting out, what 
 may we expe5l, 'twixt this, and our 
 d It is net Journeys end ? ^ May I get out again 
 T"pr u "^^^^ ^^ life, you Jhallpojefs the brave 
 Country alone for me. And with that 
 he gave a defperate fl:ruggle or two, 
 and got out of the Mire, on that 
 fide of the Slough which was next to 
 his own Houfe : So away he went, 
 and Chriftian faw him no more. 
 
 Wherefore Chrifiianv^2LS left to tum- 
 ble in the Slough oi Dijpondency alone, 
 eChriflianbut ftill he endeavoured to ftruggle 
 in trouble, to that fide of the Slough, that was ftill 
 feeks /'//further e from his own Houfe, and 
 togetjur- j^g^j. ^Q ^j^g Wicket-gate; the which 
 
 bis o^n "^ '^^^ ' '-'"'• co'^^ld not get out, be- 
 Houfe. caufe
 
 caufe of the burden that was upon 
 his back. But 1 beheld in myDream, 
 that a Man came to him , whofe 
 name was Help, and asked KmijlVhat 
 he did there ? 
 
 Chr. Sir, faid Chrijliariy I was di- 
 recfled this way by a Man called E- 
 vangelijl \ who diredled me alfo to 
 yonder Gate, that I might efcape 
 the wrath to come : And as 1 was go- 
 ing thither, I fell in here. 
 
 Help. But ivhy did you not look for 
 Uhefteps^. i The Pro. 
 
 Ch. Fear followed me fo hard, that '?«>'• 
 I fled the next way, and fell in. 
 
 Help. Give me thy hand.^o he gave 
 him his hand, and e he drew him out, g Pi". 40. a 
 and fet him upon found ground, and 
 bid him go on his way. 
 
 Then 1 ftepped to him that pluckt 
 him out; and faid ; Sir, Wherefore 
 (fince over this place,is the way from 
 the City of DeJiru£fion, to yonder 
 Gate) is it, that this Plat is not men- 
 ded, that poor Travellers might go 
 thither with more fecurity ? And he 
 faid unto me, this Miry Jlough is fuch 
 a place as cannot be mended : It is 
 the defcent whither the fcum and 
 filth that attends convidlion for fin, 
 
 B 4 doth
 
 3.4. 
 
 12 Cfje Pilgnm.5 PioBcef?. 
 
 continually run, and therefore is it 
 called thQ S/ough ofDifpond-, for ftill as 
 the finner is awakened about his loft 
 condition, there arifeth in his foul 
 many fears, and doubts, and dif- 
 couraging apprehenfions, which all 
 of them get together, and fettle in 
 this place : And this is the reafon of 
 the badnefs of this ground. 
 h Ifa. 35. j^. jg j^Q^ ^j,g h pleafure of the King, 
 
 that this place fhould remain fo bad ; 
 his Labourers alfo, have by the di- 
 reftion of His Majefties Surveyors, 
 been for above this fixteen hundred 
 years, imploy'd about this patch of 
 ground , if perhaps it might have 
 been mended : yea, and to my knov/- 
 ledge, faith he, Hei'e hath been fwal- 
 lowed up, at leaft Twenty thou- 
 fand Cart Loads ; Yea Millions of 
 wholefom Inftrudlions, that have at 
 all feafons been brought from all 
 places of the Kings Dominions ; (and 
 they that can tell, fay , they are 
 the beft Materials to make good 
 ground of the place;) If fo be it might 
 have been mended,but it is the Slough 
 of Difpond ftill ; and fo will be, when 
 they have done what they can. 
 True, there are by the direction of 
 
 the
 
 the Law-giver, certain good and 
 fubftantiall 'Steps, placed even i "T"/-^ Pro- 
 through the verv midft of this Slough\ "''^" °J 
 but at fuch time as this place doth ^^"f'^"''^^ 
 
 , _   r\ \ -11 and accep- 
 
 much ipue out its nith, as it doth '^- tame to 
 gainft change of weather, thefe fteps lifeby faith 
 arc hardly fcen ; or if they be, Men ;'« Chrijl. 
 through the dizinefs of their heads, 
 ftep befides ; and then they are be- 
 mired to purpofe, notvvithftanding 
 the fteps be there; but the ground is 
 ^ good when they are once got in at k i Sa ii. 
 the Gate. 23. 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream, that by 
 this time Pliable was got home to 
 his Houfe aQ;ain. So his Neighbours 
 came to vifit him ; and fome of them 
 called him wife Man for coming 
 back ; and fome called him Fool, for 
 hazarding himfelf with Chrijlian\ 
 others again did mock at his Cow- 
 ardlinefs ; faying, Surely fince you 
 began to venture, I would not have 
 been fo bafe to have given out for a 
 few difficulties. So Pliable fat fneak- 
 ing among them. But at laft he got 
 more confidence, and then they all 
 turned their tales, and began to de- 
 ride poor Chrijlian behind his back. 
 And thus much concerning Pliable. 
 
 By
 
 1 4 Cl)e pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 By this time, Chrifiian was got up 
 to the Gate. Now over the Gate 
 there was Written, Knock andit Jhall 
 1 Matt.7.8. })g opened unto you. ' He knocked 
 therefore, more then once or twice, 
 faying, 
 
 May I now enter here ? will he within 
 Open to forry me^ though I have bin 
 An undejerving Kehel? then Jhall ! 
 Not fail to fing his la/ling praife on high. 
 
 At laft there came a grave Perfon to 
 the Gate, named Good-will ;^\\o asked 
 Who was there ? and whence he came ? 
 and what he would have ? 
 
 Ch. Hereisa poor burdened (inner, 
 
 I come from the City of Defirudiion^ 
 
 but am going to Mount Zion^ that I 
 
 may be delivered from the wrath to 
 
 come ; I would therefore. Sir, fince 
 
 I am informed that by this Gate is the 
 
 way thither, know if you are willing 
 
 to let me in. 
 
 mTheGate Good-wUl.^ I am Willing with all 
 
 <voili he my heart, faid he ; and with that he 
 
 opened to opened the Gate. 
 
 broken- g^ when Chrifiian was ftepping in, 
 
 earteajm- ^^ other gave him a pull; Then faid 
 
 Chrifiian^ what means that? The o- 
 
 ther
 
 ther told him, A little diftance from 
 this Gate, there is ereded a ftrong 
 Caftlc, of which" Beelzebub is t)\Q nSatan en- 
 Captain : from thence both he, and ^^j^es^ Mt^ 
 them that are with him fhoot Ar- '^^^/^"/'t'^ 
 rows at thofe that come up to this ^^,^_ 
 Gate ; if happily they may dye be- 
 fore they can enter in. Then faid 
 Chrijlian, I rejoyce and tremble. So 
 when he was got in, the Man of the 
 Gate asked him, Who direded him 
 thither? 
 
 Ch. Evangelift bid me come hither 
 andknock,(asIdid;) Andhefaid,that 
 
 you, Sir, would tell me what I muft 
 
 do. 
 
 Good Will. An open Boor is Jet be- 
 fore thee, and no man can flout it. 
 
 Ch. Now I begin to reap the bene- 
 fits of my hazzards. 
 
 Good Will. But hoiv is it that you 
 
 came alone ? 
 
 Ch. Becaufe none of my Neigh- 
 bours faw their danger, as I law mme. 
 
 Good Will. Did any of them knoiv 
 of your coming ? 
 
 Ch. Yes, my Wife and Children 
 faw me at the firft, and called after 
 me to turn again: Alfo fome of my 
 
 Neish-
 
 k6 Cfje Pilgrims Ip^ogrefs- 
 
 Neighbours ftood crying, and calling 
 after me to return ; but I put my 
 Fingers in mine Ears , and fo came 
 on my way. 
 
 Good Will. But did none of them 
 follow you, to -perjwade you to go hack? 
 Ch. Yes, both Objlinate, and Pli- 
 able : But when they faw that they 
 could not prevail, Ohftinate went 
 railing back ; but Pliable came with 
 me a little way. 
 
 Good Will. But %vhy didhenot come 
 through ? 
 
 Ch. W^e indeed came both together, 
 
 until we came at the Slow of D if pond, 
 
 into the which, we alfo fuddenly fell. 
 
 And then was my Neighbour Pliable 
 
 difcouraged, and would not adven- 
 
 o A Man ture further. ° Wherefore getting out 
 
 may have again, on that fide next to his own 
 
 Company Houfc ; he told me, I fhould poflefs 
 
 r. ^'' fr the brave Countrey alone for him : 
 
 rets out for j T 
 
 Heeven, ^^ he went his way, and Icamemme. 
 
 ^yetgothi- He after Obfinate, and I to this Gate. 
 
 tk(r alone. Good Will. Then faid Good Will, 
 Alafs poor Man,is the Coeleftial Glory 
 of fo fmall efteem with him, that he 
 counteth it not worth runnins: the 
 hazards of a few difficulties to ob- 
 tain it. Well good Chrijiian, come
 
 ^bc Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 17 
 
 a little way with me, and I will teach 
 thee about the way thou muft go. 
 Look before thee ; doft thou fee this 
 narrow way ? That is the way thou 
 muft go. It was caft up by the Patri- 
 archs, Prophets, Chrift, his Apoftles; 
 and it is as ftraight as a Rule can 
 make it: This is the way thou muft go. 
 
 Ch. But faid Chrijliariy Is there no 
 turnings nor windings by which a 
 Stranger may loofe the way ? 
 
 Good Will. Yes , there are many 
 ways Butt down upon this ; and they 
 are Crooked , and Wide : But thus 
 thoumay'ft diftinguifti the right from 
 the wrong, That only being ftraight 
 and narrow. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , That 
 Chrijiian asked him further, \( he 
 could not help him off^ with his bur- 
 den that was upon his back ; For as 
 yet he had not got rid thereof, nor 
 could he by any means get it off 
 without help. 
 
 He told him ; As to the burden, be 
 content to bear it, untill thou comeft p There is 
 to the place of p Deliverance ; for "° delinjt- 
 there it will fall from thy back it felf. ^^""1:°"^ 
 _ Then Chriftian began to gird up ^„^^„^^,, 
 his loins , and to addrefs himfelf to offm, but 
 
 his
 
 1 8 ^\)z Pilgrims p^ogreCs. 
 
 bythe death Joumey. Sothe other told him, that 
 & blood of by that he was gone fome diftance 
 cbrift. from the Gate, he would come at 
 the Houfe of the Interpreter ; at 
 whofe Door he fhould knock; and he 
 would fhew him excellent things. 
 Then Chrijlian took his leave of his 
 Friend, and he again bid him, God 
 fpeed. 
 
 Then he went on, till he came at 
 qCliriftian the Houfe of the 'I Interpreter^ v/here 
 comes to he knocked over and over : at laft 
 the Houfe QY\e came to the Door, and asked 
 fJl' ^"' Who was there} 
 
 Ch. Sir, here is a Travailer, who 
 was bid by an acquaintance of the 
 Good-man of this Houfe , to call 
 here for my profit : I would therefore 
 fpeak with the Mafter of the Houfe : 
 fo he called for the Mafter of the 
 Houfe ; who after a little time came 
 to Chrijlian^ and asked him v/hat he 
 would have ? 
 
 Ch. Sir, faid Chrijlian , I am a 
 Man that am come from the City of 
 DeJiru£fion , and am going to the 
 Mount Zion^ and I was told by the 
 Man that ftands at the Gate, at the 
 head of this way, That if I called 
 here, you would fhew me excellent 
 
 things
 
 things ,   fuch as would be an help r He ism. 
 to me in my Journey. tertau-.cd. 
 
 Inter. Then faid the Interpreter^ 
 ^Come in, I will fhew thee that which ' ,■ 
 
 ' nation. 
 
 will be profitable to thee. So he com- 
 manded his Man to light the Candle, 
 and bid Chrijlian follow him ; fo he 
 had him into a private Room, and 
 bid his Man open a Door ; the which 
 when he had done, t Chrijlian faw a ' ^^■^'■'^'^'"■ 
 Pi(5lure of a very grave Perfon hang'^^^J^ 
 up againft the Wall, and this was the piaure. 
 fafhion of it. " // had eyes lift up to uThejajbi- 
 Heaven, the bejl of Books in its hand, °" "/'^^ 
 the Laiv of Truth was written upon its ^'^"''^• 
 lips, the IVorldzvas behind his back; it 
 flood as if it Pleaded with Men, and a 
 Crown of Gold did harigover its head. 
 
 Ch. Then/aid Ch.n{i']a.n, fVhat means 
 this ? 
 
 Inter, The Man whofe Picfturethis xCor.4,15 
 is, is one of a thoufand, he can * be- 
 get Children, Travel in birth with 
 Children, and x Nurfe them himfelf, yGal.4.19 
 when they are born. And whereas 
 thou feefl:^ him with eyes lift up to * Thefs. 
 Heaven, the beftof Booksin his hand, '•• 7- 
 and the Law of Truth writ on his 
 lips : it is to fhew thee, that his work 
 is to know and unfold dark things 
 
 to
 
 20 cfje pilgrims Piogrefg, 
 
 i-The mea- |-q fmners ; even as alfo thou feeft 
 ningofthe, j^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^ j^ j^^ Pleaded with 
 
 Men : And whereas thou feeft the 
 World as caft behind him, and that a 
 Crown hangs over his head ; that is, 
 to fhew thee that flighting and de- 
 fpifing the things that are prefent , 
 for the love that he hath to his Ma- 
 tters fervice, he is fure in the World 
 that comes next to have Glory for 
 his Reward : Now, faid the Interpre- 
 b Wh he ^^^' ^ have fhewed thee this Pidure, 
 (benjjedhim ^^^j ^ becaufe the Man whofe Pidure 
 the Piaure this is, is the only Man, whom the 
 /?'■'?. Lord of the Place whither thou art 
 
 going, hath Authorized , to be thy 
 Guide in all difficult places thou 
 mayeft meet with in the way: where- 
 fore take good heed to v/hat I have 
 fhewed thee, and bear well in thy 
 mind what thou haft {q.z\\\ left in thy 
 Journey, thou meet with fome that 
 pretend to lead thee right, but their 
 way goes down to death. 
 
 Then he took him by the hand, and 
 led him into a very large Parlour 
 that was full of duft, becaufe never 
 fwept ; the which, after he had re- 
 viewed a little while, the Interpreter 
 called for a man to /weep : Now 
 
 when
 
 C1)C IPilgrims i^^ogrcrs* 21 
 
 when he began to fweep, the duft be- 
 gan fo abundantly to fly about, that 
 Chrijlian had ahnoft therewith been 
 choaked: Then faid the lnterpretert.0 
 a Damjel that ftood by, Bring hither 
 Water,andrprlnkle the Room; which 
 when fhe had done, was fwept and 
 cleanfcd with pleafure. 
 
 Ch.Then/aid Chn'XvxnJVhat means 
 this? 
 
 In. The Interpreter anfwered ; 
 this Parlor is the heart of a Man 
 that was never fandified by the fweet 
 Grace of the Gofpel : The diifi:, is 
 his Original Sin, and Inward Corrup- 
 tions that have defiled the whole 
 Man ; He that began to fweep at 
 firft,IstheLaw; but She that brought 
 water, and did fprinkle it, Is the Go- 
 fpel : Now, whereas thou faweft that 
 fo foon as the firft began to fweep,the 
 duft did fo fly about that the 
 Room by him could not be cleanfed, 
 but that thou waft almoft choaked 
 therewith. This is to fhew thee, that 
 the Law, inftead of cleanfmg the 
 heart f by its working) from fin, ^ <JRoni.7.6. 
 doth revive, put «= ftrength Into, and ^ ' ^°''- '5- 
 ''increafe it in the foul, as it doth r^^ . ,. 
 
 c dif- ^^'  
 
 22 cfje pilBtinis P^ogters. 
 
 difcover and forbid it, but doth not 
 give power to fubdue. 
 
 Again, as thou fawefl the Dam/el 
 fprinkle the Room with Water, upon 
 which it was cleanfed with pleafure : 
 This is to fhew thee, that when the 
 Gofpe] comes in the fweet and pre- 
 cious influences thereof to the heart, 
 then I fay, even as thou faweft the 
 Damfel lay the dufl by fprinkling 
 the Floor with Water, fo is fin van- 
 
 gjoh.15,3. quifhed and fubdued , and the foul 
 
 Eph. 5.26. made clean, through the Faith of it; 
 
 Act. 15. 9. ^^^ confequently s fit for the King of 
 
 Rom. 16. r-i ^ • u kV 
 26 Wory to mhabit. 
 
 Joh. 15. I faw moreover in my Dream, ** 
 
 13- that the Interp7-eter took, him by the 
 
 ^ ^^ hand, and had him into a little Room; 
 
 Pafllon ^ where fat two little Children, each 
 
 Patience, o^ie in his Chair : The name of the 
 
 eldeft was Pajfion, and of the other 
 
 Patience ; Pajfton feemed to be much 
 
 difcontent, but Patience was very 
 
 quiet. Then Chriftian asked, What 
 
 PafTion is the reafon of the difcontent of 
 
 nuili ha've p^jjIqji ? ^\iq Interpreter anfwered , 
 
 The Governour of them would have 
 
 him ftay for his beit things till the 
 
 5 Patience beginning of the next year ; but he 
 
 is/oravai wiU havc all now : ' But Patience is 
 
 tin^. wiliinp; to wait. Then
 
 Cijc pilgrims IPiogrcfs. 23 
 
 Then I f;iw that one came to ^ Pnf- k PafTion 
 fton^ and brought him a Bag of Trea- ^-"^-^ ^" '^'• 
 Aire, and poured it down at his feet y^^' 
 the which he took up, and rejoyccd 
 therein ; and withall , laughed Pa- 
 tience to fcorn : But I beheld but a 
 while, and he had ' lavifhed all a- ^ ^>^<i 
 way , and had nothing left him but 'i'Z^^y '''; 
 
 n ^ ^ 'vtjhes all 
 
 Rags. ^^^^^ 
 
 Ch. 'ThenJaidQ}:\x\^\?i\\tothe\\\X.t\-- rn The 
 preter, •" Expound this matter more matter ex- 
 fully to me. pounded. 
 
 In. So he faid, Thefe two Lads are 
 Figures ; PaJJion., of the Men of this 
 World ; and Patience, of the Men of 
 that which is to come : For as here 
 thou feeft, PaJJion will have all now, 
 this year; thatistofay,in//7/j- World; 
 So are the Men of this World : they 
 muft have all their good things now, 
 they cannot ftay till next Tear ; that 
 is, untill the next World, for their 
 Portion of good. That Proverb, A 
 " Bird in the Hand is worth two in the if/^^^^ 
 BuJJj , is of more Authority Vf\t\\ManfQra 
 them, then are all the Divine Tefti- Bird in the 
 monies of the good of the World to f^^"'^- 
 come. But as thou faweft, that he 
 had quickly lavifhed all away, and 
 had prefently left him, nothing but 
 
 C 2 RilggS;
 
 24 Cf)e pilgrims p^ogrcrs* 
 
 Raggs ; So wll] it be with all fuch 
 
 Men at the end of this World. 
 
 Ch. Thenjaid Chriftian, JSlow I fee 
 
 Patience that Patience has the bejl ° IVifdom ; 
 
 had the beji and that upon many accounts, i . Be- 
 
 Wifdom. ^^^jg he Jl ays for the befi things. 2 . And 
 
 alfo becaufe he will have the Glory of 
 
 His, when the other hath nothing but 
 
 Raggs. 
 
 In. Nay , you may add another ; 
 to wit. The glory of the next World 
 will never wear out ; but thefe are 
 fuddenlygone. Therefore PaJ/ionh?id 
 not fo much reafon to laugh at Pa- 
 tience, becaufe he had his good things 
 firft, as Patience will have to laugh 
 Things that ^^ P ^ffion , P becaufe he had his beft 
 are firft things lafl \ for7?r/?muft give place to 
 muft gi<ve lafl , becaufe lafi muft have his time 
 place , but ^q come, but lajl gives place to no- 
 a't"fali are ^^^^^<?i ^^^ there is not another to fuc- 
 latiingl ^^^'^ • ^e therefore that hath his Por- 
 tion ji?r/?, muft needs have a time to 
 fpend it ; but he that has his Portion 
 laflj muft have it laftingly. There- 
 qLuk. i6. fore it is faid of i Dives , In thy life- 
 Dives had time thou hadefl , or receivedeft thy 
 bis good good things y and likewife Lazarus evil 
 ' tng^fifj . fj^iyig^ . £j^^ jjQc^ i^g jj comforted^ and 
 
 thou art tormented.
 
 Ch. 'Then 1 perceive, 'fis not beft to 
 covet things that are now ; but to wait 
 for things to come. 
 
 In. You fay the Truth ; ^ For the 2Cor.4. is 
 things that arejeen, are Temporal; but The firfl 
 the things that arenotJeen,are¥xtxwaS. : things are 
 But though this be fo;yet fince things ^^tre7npo. 
 prefent, and our flefhly appetite, are ^'* ' 
 fuch near Neighbours one to another ; 
 and again, becaufe things to come , 
 and carnal fenfe, are fuch ftrangers 
 one to another : therefore it is, that 
 the firftof thefe fo fuddenly fall into 
 amity, and that dijlance is fo con- 
 tinued between the fecond. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that the 
 Interpreter took Chrijlian by the 
 hand , and led him into a place, 
 where was a Fire burning againft a 
 Wall, and one {landing by it always, 
 calling much Water upon it to quench 
 it : Yet did the Fire burn higher and 
 hotter. 
 
 Hhenjaid Chriftian, What means 
 this? 
 
 The Interpreter anfwered , This 
 fire is the work, of Grace that is 
 wrought in the heart : he that cafts 
 Water upon it, to extinguifh and put 
 it out, is the Devil : but in that thou 
 C 3 feeft
 
 26 Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 feeft the fire notwithftanding burn 
 higher and hotter , thou fhalt alfo 
 fee the reafon of that : So he had him 
 about to the back fide of the Wall, 
 where he faw a Man with a VefTel of 
 Oyl in his hand, of the which he did 
 alfo continually caft, but fecretly, in- 
 to the fire. Thenfaid Chriftian^ What 
 means this ? The Interpreter anfwer- 
 ed, This is Chrifi, who continually 
 v/ith the Oyl ofhis Grace, maintains 
 the work already begun in the heart; 
 By the means of which, notwith- 
 ftanding what the Devil can do , the 
 »Cor.i». 9 fouls of his People prove gracious 
 ftill. And in that thou faweft, that 
 the Man ftood behind the Wall to 
 maintain the fire ; this is to teach 
 thee, that it is hard for the tempted 
 to fee how this work of Grace is 
 maintained in the foul. 
 
 I faw alfo that the Interpreter took 
 him again by the hand, and led him 
 into a pleafant place, where was 
 builded a lately Palace, beautiful to 
 behold ; at the fight of which, Chri- 
 ftian was greatly delighted ; he faw 
 alfo upon the top thereof, certain 
 Perfons walked, who were cloathed 
 all in Gold. Thenfaid Chriftian^ May 
 
 we
 
 we go in thither? Then \.\\tJ}7terpre- 
 ter took him , and led him up to- 
 ward the door of the Palace ; and 
 behold , at the door ftood a great 
 Company of men, as defirous to go 
 in, but durft not. There alfo fiit a 
 Man , at a little diitance from the 
 door, at a Table-fide, with a Book, 
 and his Inkhorn before him, to take 
 the Name of him that fhould enter 
 therein:He faw alfo that in the door- 
 way, ftood many Men in Armour to 
 keep it ; being refolved to do to the 
 Man that would enter,what hurt and 
 mifchief they could. Now was Chri- 
 jlian fomwhat in a mufe : at laft,when 
 every Man ftarted back for fear of the 
 Armed Men; Chriftian faw a Man of 
 a very ftout countenance come up to 
 the Man that fat there to write ; fay- 
 ing, Set down my name,Sir ; the which 
 v/hen he had done, he faw the Man 
 draw his Sword, and put an Helmet 
 upon his Head, and rufh toward the 
 door upon the Armed Men, who laid 
 upon him with deadly force; but the 
 Man, not at all difcouraged, fell to 
 cutting and hacking moft fiercely;fo, 
 after he had " received and given Aft. 14,2 2 
 many wounds to thofe that attempt- 
 C 4 ed
 
 28 ci)e Pilgtims p^ogrefs. 
 
 ted to keep him out , he cut his way 
 through them all , and prefled for- 
 ward into the Palace ; at which there 
 was a pleafant voice heard from 
 thofe that were within, even of the 
 Three that walked upon the top of 
 the Palace. 
 
 Come in , Come in ; 
 
 Eternal Glory thou Jhalt win. 
 
 So he went in, and was cloathed with 
 fuch Garments as they. Then Chri- 
 ftian fmiled, and faid, I think verily I 
 know the meaning of this. 
 
 Now, faid Chriftian , let me go 
 hence : Nay ftay (faid the Interpre- 
 ter^) till I have fhewed thee a little 
 more, and after that thou fhalt go 
 on thy way. So he took him by the 
 hand again, and led him into a very 
 X ejpair ^^^^ Room, where there fat a Man 
 
 hkeanlron . ' 
 
 Cage. in an Iron * Cage. 
 
 Now the Man, to look on, feem- 
 ed very fad: he fat with his eyes look- 
 ing down to the ground, his hands 
 folded together ; and he fighed as if 
 he would break his heart. Then faid 
 Chriftian^ What means this ? At which 
 the Interpreter bid him talk with the 
 Man. 
 
 Chr. Then faid Chriftian to the 
 
 Man,
 
 Man, IPljai art thou < I'he Man an- 
 fwered, J am what I was not once. 
 
 Chr. IFbat wajl thou once ? 
 
 Man. The Man faid, I was once 
 a fair and flourifhing Profcilbr, both 
 in mine own eyes, and alfo in the 
 eyes of others : I once was , as I 
 thought, fair for the Coeleftial City, 
 and had then even joy at the thoughts 
 that I fhould get thither. 
 
 Chr. Welly but what art thou now} 
 
 Man. I am now a Man of Defpair, 
 and am fhut up in it, as in this Iron 
 Cage. I cannot get out ; O novj I 
 cannot. 
 
 Chr. But how cameft thou in this 
 condition ? 
 
 Man. I left off to watch, and be 
 fober ; I laid the reins upon the neck 
 of my lufts ; I finned againft the light 
 of the Word, and the goodnefs of 
 God : I have grieved the Spirit, and 
 he is gone ; I tempted the Devil, and 
 he is come to me ; I have provoked 
 God to anger, and he has left me ; I 
 have io hardened my heart, that I 
 cannot repent. 
 
 Then faid Chriftian to the Interpre- 
 ter., But is there no hopes for such a 
 Man as this ? Ask him, faid the In- 
 ter-
 
 30 Cbe Pilgrims p?ogrcf0, 
 
 terpreter ? Nay, faid Chriftian, pray 
 Sir, do vou. 
 
 Inter. Then faid the Interpreter ^ 
 Is there no hope hut you mujl be kept in 
 this Iron Cage of Dejpair ? 
 Man. No, none at all. 
 Inter. JVhy ? the Son of the Blejfed 
 is very pitiful. 
 V Heb 6 6 Man. I have y Crucified him to my 
 s Luke 19. ^elf, a frefh. I have defpifed ^ his Per- 
 14. Ton,! have defpifed his Righteoufnefs, 
 
 I have counted his Blood an unholy 
 a Heb. 10. thing , I have done defpite ^ to the 
 18, 29. Spirit of Grace : Therefore I have 
 fhut my felf out of all the Promifes; 
 and there now remains to me nothing 
 but threatnings, dreadful threatnings, 
 faithful threatnings of certain Judge- 
 ment, which fhall devour me as an 
 Adverfary. 
 
 Inter. For what did you bring your 
 I elf into this condition ? 
 
 Man. For the Lufl:s,Pleafures,and 
 Profits of this World ; in the injoy- 
 ment of which , I did then promife 
 my felf much delight : but now even 
 every one of thofe things alfo bite 
 me , and gnaw me like a burning 
 worm. 
 
 In- 
 
 - II
 
 Cfje Ipilgrlms l??ogrcf3. 31 
 
 Inter. But canjl thou, not now repent 
 and turn ? 
 
 Man. God hath denied me repen- 
 tance ; his Word gives me no encou- 
 ragement to beHeve ; yea, himfelf 
 hath ihut me up in this Iron Cage; 
 nor can all the men in the World let 
 me out. O Eternity ! Eternity! how 
 fhall I grapple with the mifery that I 
 muft meet with in Eternity ! 
 
 Inter. Then faid the Interpreter to 
 Chrijiian^ Let this mans mifery be 
 remembered by thee, and be an ever- 
 lafting caution to thee. 
 
 Chr. Well, faid Chriftian, this is 
 fearful ; God help me to watch and 
 be fober ; and to pray, that I may 
 fhun the caufes of this mans mifery. 
 Sir, is it not time for me to go on my 
 way now ? 
 
 Inter, Tarry till I iliall fhew thee 
 one thing more, and then thou fhalt 
 go on thy way. 
 
 So he took Chrifiian by the hand a- 
 gain, and led him into a Chamber, 
 where there was one a rifing out of 
 Bed ; and as he put on his Rayment, 
 he fhook and trembled. Then faid 
 Chrifiian^ Why doth this Man thus 
 tremble ? The Interpreter then bid 
 
 hira
 
 32 C6e lPilgrhn0 p?ogref0» 
 
 him tell to Chriftian the reafon of his 
 fo doing, So he began, and faid: This 
 night as I was in my fleep,I Dreamed, 
 and behold the Heavens grew ex- 
 ceeding black ; alfo it thundred and 
 lightned in moil fearful wife, that it 
 I Cor. 15. put me into an Agony. So I looked 
 I ThefT. 4. up in my Dream, and faw the Clouds 
 Jude 15, rack at an unufual rate ; upon which 
 2Ther.i.8. J he^i-(^ 2. great found of a Trumpet, 
 
 Rev 20^1 ^^'^ ^^^ '^^'^ ^ Man fit upon a Cloud, 
 12, 13, 14. attended with the thoufands of Hea- 
 If. a6. 21. ven; they were all in flaming fire, alfo 
 Mic. 7.16, the Heavens was on a burning flame. 
 ^' I heard then a voice, faying, Arije ye 
 
 Dan 7 I'o* ^^^^3 ^^'^ ^ome to Judgement ; and 
 with that,the Rocks rent, the Graves 
 opened, & the Dead that were there- 
 in, came forth ; fome of them were 
 exceeding glad, and looked upward; 
 and fome fought to hide them.felves 
 under the Mountains : Then I faw 
 the Man that fat upon the Cloud, 
 open the Book ; and bid the World 
 draw near. Yet there was by reafon 
 of a Fiery flame that ifliied out and 
 came from before him, a convenient 
 difl:ance betwixt him and them, as 
 betwixt the Judge and the Prifoners 
 at the Ba)-. I heard it alfo proclaimed 
 
 to
 
 CIjc IPilgri'm.G Ip^ogrcfG. 33 
 
 to them that attended on the Man cMat.3.i« 
 that fat on the Cloud; ^Gather to'ie- ?I'','^'^°" 
 
 Mai. 4. I . 
 
 ther the Tares, the Chaff, and Stubble, 
 
 and cajl them into the burning Lake; 
 
 and with that, the Bottomlefs pit o- 
 
 pened, juft whereabout I flood ; out 
 
 of the mouth of which there came in 
 
 an abundant manner Smonk, and 
 
 Coals of fire, with hideous noifes. It 
 
 was alfo faid to the fame perfons ; 
 
 Gather my H^heat into my Garner. ^ ^-yhci 
 
 And with that I faw many catch't up ,6^ 17. ' 
 
 ^ and carried away into the Clouds, 
 
 but I was left behind. I alfo fought 
 
 to hide my felf, but I could not ; for 
 
 the Man that fit upon the Cloud, ftill ^ 
 
 kept his eye upon me : my 11ns alio ,^_ 
 
 came into mind, and my Confcience 
 
 did accufe me on every fide. Upon 
 
 this I awaked from my fleep. 
 
 Chr. But what zvas it that made you 
 Co fraid of this fight ? 
 
 Man. Why I thought that the day 
 of Judgement was come, and that I 
 was not ready for it : but this frighted 
 me moft, that the Angels gathered 
 up feveral, and left me behind ; alfo 
 the pit of Hell opened her mouth 
 juft where I ftood:my Confcience too 
 within afflided me; and as I thought, 
 
 the
 
 34 Cfjc Pilgrims P^ogrefs, 
 
 the Judge had always his eye upon 
 me, fhewing indignation in his coun- 
 tenance. 
 
 Then faid the Interpreter to Chri- 
 Jlian^ Hafi thou confidered all theje 
 things ? 
 
 Chri. Yes, and they put me in 
 hope 2ivAfear. 
 
 Inter. Well, keep all things fo in thy 
 mind, that they may be as a Goad in 
 thy fideSjto prick thee forward in the 
 way thou muft go. Then Chrijtian 
 began to gird up his loins, and to ad- 
 drefs himfelf to his Journey. Then 
 faid the Interpreter ^ The Comforter 
 be always v»'ith thee good Chrifiian^ 
 to guide thee in the way that leads 
 to the City. 
 
 So Chriftian went on his way,fay ing, 
 
 Here I have feen things rare^ and pro- 
 fitable ; 
 
 Things pleafant , dreadful , things to 
 make 7ne (lable 
 
 In what I have began to take in hand : 
 
 Then let me think on them^ and under- 
 Hand 
 
 Wherefore they Jhewed me was^ and let 
 me be 
 
 Thankful^ O good Interpreter.^ to thee. 
 
 Now
 
 Cfje Ipilgriins Ip^oBVCfs. 35 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream , that 
 the high way up which Chrijlian was 
 to go, was fenced on either fide with 
 a Wall, and that Wall is called Sal- 
 vation. Up this way therefore did 
 burdened C/^r//?/V/;; run, but not with- 
 out great difficulty, becaufe of the 
 load on his back. 
 
 He ran thus till he came at a place 
 fomewhat afcending ; and upon that 
 place ftood a Crojsy and a little be- 
 low in the bottom, a Sepulcher. So 
 I faw in my Dream , that juft as 
 Chrijlian came up with the Crofs^ his 
 burden loofed from off his Shoulders, 
 and fell from off his back ; and be- 
 gan to tumble , and fo continued to 
 do, till it came to the mouth of the 
 Sepulcher , where it fell in, and I faw 
 it no more. 
 
 Then was Chrijlian glad ^ and e when 
 lightfom,and faid with a merry heart, <^'''^''^- 
 He hath given me rejl, by his Jorrow ; ^'^^^ ^^ ., 
 and lije^ by his death. Then he fl:ood and bur- 
 ftill a while, to look and wonder ; for den.^eart 
 it was very furprizing to him, that <^-f ''^'/^ 
 the fight of the Crofs fhould thus 'J^'.^ '""^ 
 eafe him of his burden. He looked ^ ^' 
 therefore , and looked again , even 
 till the fprings that were in his head 
 
 fent
 
 36 Cbe pilgrims; P?ogref0, 
 
 fZech. 12. Tent the ^waters down his cheeks. 
 
 lo. Now as he ftood looking and weep- 
 
 ing, behold three fhining ones came 
 to him, and faluted him, with Peace 
 be to thee: fothefirftfaidtohim, T'iy' 
 Jtns be forgiven. The fecond, ftript 
 him of his Rags, and cloathed him 
 with change of Raiment. The third 
 alfo fet a mark in his fore-head, 
 and gave him a Roll with a Seal up- 
 on it, which he bid him look on as he 
 ran, and that he fhould give it in at 
 the Coeleftial Gate:fo they went their 
 way. Then Chrijlian gave three 
 leaps for joy, and went out (inging, 
 
 ry tan TT^^^y^^. ^/^ J ^gjj^g loaden with my fin ; 
 tbo alon ^°^ could ought eafe the grief that 1 
 'when God "^^^ i"i 
 
 doth give Till I came hither : IFhat a place is 
 bim the joy this! 
 
 qfhisheart. ^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ beginning of my hlifs I 
 Muft here the burden fall from off my 
 
 bach. ? 
 Jlduft here the firings that bound it to 
 
 me^ crack.^ 
 Blejl Crofs! blefi Sepulcher ! bleji ra- 
 ther be 
 The Man that there was put to Jhamefor 
 me, 
 
 I
 
 I faw then in my Dream that 
 he went on thus , even untill he 
 came at a bottom, where he faw, 
 a little out of the way, three Men 
 faft afleep with Fetters upon their 
 neels. The name of the one was 
 3 Simple^ 2inot]\tr Sloth, and the third ^ f'"^^' 
 
 n r .■ Sloth, and 
 
 Chrijlian then leemg them lye in q„^ 
 this cafe, went to them, if perad- 
 venture he might awake them. And 
 cryed, You are like them that fleep 
 on the top of a Maft, for the dead 
 Sea is under you, a Gulf that hath 
 no bottom ; Awake therefore and 
 come away, be willing alfo, and I 
 willhelpyou off with yourlrons. He 
 alfo told them. If he thatgoethabout 
 like a roaring Lion comes by, you 
 will certainly become a prey to his 
 teeth. With that they lookt upon 
 him, and began toreply in this fort: 
 ^ Simple faid, I Jee ?w danger-. Sloth ^ '^'^^re h 
 faid, let alittle more pep : and Pre- ""^''■f^/-' 
 Jumption laid, hvery ratt mufi Jtand j^ ifCod 
 upon his own bottom, what is the an- openeto 
 Jwer elje that IJhouldgive thee? And fo not tfje eyes 
 they lay down to fleep again, and 
 Chrijlian went on his way. 
 
 D Yet
 
 3 3 C&e Pilgrims p?ogrer0. 
 
 Yet was he troubled to think, That 
 men in that danger fhould fo httle 
 efteem the kindnefs of him that {o 
 freely offered to help them ; both by 
 awakening of them, counfelling of 
 them, and proffering to help them off 
 with their Irons. And as he was 
 troubled there-about, he efpied two 
 Men come tum.bling over the Wall, 
 on the left hand of the narrow way ; 
 and they made up a pace to him. The 
 name of the one was Formaliji, and 
 the name of the other Hypocrifie. So, 
 as I faid, they drew up unto him, 
 who thus entered v/ith them into dif- 
 courfe. 
 
 Chr. Gentlemen^ Whence came you, 
 and whither do you go ? 
 
 Forra. and Hyp. We were born in 
 the Land of Vain-glory , and are go- 
 ing for praife to Mount Sion, 
 
 Chr. Why came you not in at the 
 Gate which Jlandeth at the beginning 
 of the way ? Know you not that it is 
 JO •'°*^- written. ^ That he that cofneth not in ' 
 by the door, but climbeth up fome o- 
 ther zvay , the fame is c thief and a 
 robber ? 
 
 Form, and Hyp. They faid. That 
 to go to the Gate for entrance, was 
 
 bv
 
 Cbe Pilgrims p^ogrcrs, 39 
 
 by all their Countrey-nien counted 
 too far about ; and that therefore 
 their ufual way was to make a fhort 
 cut of it, and to climb over as they 
 had done. 
 
 Chr. But will it not be counted a 
 'Trefpafsy againjlthe Lord of the City 
 whither we are bounds thus to violate 
 his revealed will ? 
 
 Form, and Hyp. They told him, 
 **That as for that, he needed not to 
 trouble his head thereabout : for what '' "^^^^ '*'*' 
 they did, they had cuftom for ; and [T^ 
 could produce, ir need were, i ^m- but not bf 
 mony that would witnefs it, {or the door, 
 more then a thoufand years. '^'^'^ ^^^' 
 
 Chr. 5///',>/VChriftian, ^^ilhour'^'^ '^^ 
 FraSlice Jland a "Trial at Law ? th'm^n 
 
 Form. ^ Hyp. Th^Y told him. That <i;/w/r^/;-- 
 Cuftom, it being of fo long a ftand- on of their 
 ing , as above a thoufand years , °'^" P''^' 
 would doubtlefs now be admitted as'^''^'^" 
 a thing legal,by any Impartial Judge. 
 And befides, faid they, fo be we get 
 into the way, what's matter which 
 way we get in; if we are in, we are 
 in : thou art but in the way , who, 
 as we perceive, came in at the Gate ; 
 and we are alfo in the way, that came 
 
 D 2 turn-
 
 40 Ci)e Pilgrims p?ogcef$. 
 
 tumbling over thewall: Whereinnow 
 is thy condition better then ours ? 
 
 Chr. I walk by the Rule of my 
 Mafter, you walk by the rude work- 
 ing of your fancies. You are counted 
 thieves already, by the Lord of the 
 way; therefore I doubt you will 
 not be found true men at the end of 
 the way. You come in by your felves 
 without his diredion , and fnall go 
 out by your felves without his mercy. 
 
 To this they made him but little 
 anfwer ; only they bid him look to 
 himfelf. Then I faw that they went 
 on every man in his way, without 
 much conference one with another; 
 fave that thefe two men told Chri- 
 /lian, Thzty as to Laws and Ordinances ^ 
 they doubted not but they jfhould as 
 confcientioufly do them as he. There- 
 fore faid they. We fee not wherein 
 thou differeft from us, but by the 
 Coat that is on thy back, which was, 
 as we tro , given thee by fome of thy 
 Neighbours, to hide the fhame of 
 eGal.a.i6.thy nakednefs. 
 
 Chr. By ^ Laws and Ordinances, 
 you will not be faved,fince you came 
 not in by the door. And as for this 
 Coat that is on my back, it was given 
 
 me
 
 Cbe Pilgrims l]5)^0QTCf5. -^^ 
 
 me by the Lord of the place whither 
 I go ; and that, as you fay, to cover 
 my nakednefs with. And I take it as 
 a token of his kindnefs to me , for I 
 had nothing but rags before. And 
 befides/" thus I comfort my felf as I 
 go: Surely, think I, when I come to ^^^""'^'^1" 
 the Gate of the City, the Lord there- /^^f ^J! 
 of will know me for good, fn-iCQ I o„hjji,ack, 
 have his Coat on my back; a Coat ^«^/j cow- 
 that he gave me freely in the day that ^<^'^^ 
 he ftript me of my rags. I have more- '^^''^'^"^> 
 over a mark in my forehead, of ^ " '^°^.'. 
 which perhaps you have taken no ^.///, /_,,> 
 notice, which one of my Lords moft Mark, and 
 intimate Afibciates, fixed there in the '^" ^°^^- 
 day that my burden fell off my 
 fhoulders. I will tell you moreover, 
 that I had then given me a Roll fealed 
 to comfort me by reading, as I go in 
 the way ; I was alfo bid to give it in 
 at the Cceleftial Gate , in token of 
 my certain going in after it ; all 
 which things I doubt you want, and 
 want them, becaufe you came not 
 in at the Gate. 
 
 To thefe things they gave him no 
 
 anfwer, only they looked upon each 
 
 other and laughed. Then I faw that 
 
 they went on all, fave that Chrijlian 
 
 D 3 kept
 
 42 Cbe Pilgrim0 p^ogitr^. 
 
 kept before, who had no more talk 
 but with himfelf, and that fomtimes 
 fighlngly,and fomtimes comfortably : 
 alfo he would be often reading in the 
 Roll that one of the fhining ones 
 gave him , by which he was refrefhed. 
 I beheld then, that they all went 
 on till they came to the foot of an 
 Hill, s at the bottom of which was a 
 g He comes Spring. There was alfo in the fame 
 to the hili^i^^Q ^^Q other ways befides that 
 Diffi^"i'y- ^hich came ftraight from the Gate ; 
 one turned to the left hand, and the 
 other to the right, at the bottom of 
 the Hill : but the narrow way lay 
 right up the Hill (and the name of 
 the going up the fide of the Hill, is 
 called Z)/^<:////>' J Chrijiianwo^ went 
 to the Spring and drank thereof to 
 refrefti himfelf, and then began to go 
 up the Hill ; faying, 
 
 This Hill though high J covet to a/cend; 
 The difficulty will not me offend ; 
 For 1 perceive the way to life lies here ; 
 Come., pluck up.,Heart; lets neither faint 
 
 nor fear : 
 Better., tho difficult., th'right way to go. 
 Then wrong., though eafie.y where the end 
 
 is wo. 
 
 The
 
 Cue IpilBtims p^ogrcfs. 43 
 
 The other two alfo came to the foot 
 of the Hill. But when they faw that 
 the Hill was fteep and high, and that 
 there was two other ways to go ; and 
 fuppofing alfo, that thefe two ways 
 might meet again,with that up which 
 Chrifiian went, on the other fide of 
 the Hill : Therefore they were re- 
 folved to go in thofe ways (now the 
 name of one of thofe ways was 
 'Danger^ and the name of the other 
 DeJlru5iion.) So "^ the one took t\\t\\Thedan- 
 way which is called Danger ^ which ^'^e/ 
 led him into a great Wood ; and the '"'"""''^ 
 other took diredlly up the way to De- ^" 
 Jirutlion^ which led him into a wide 
 field full of dark Mountains, where 
 he fiiumbled and fell, and rife no 
 more. 
 
 I looked then after Chrijlian^ to fee 
 him go up the Hill, where I perceived 
 he fell from running to going, and 
 from going to clambering upon his 
 hands and his knees, becaufe of the 
 ftcepnefs of the place. Now about 
 the midway to the top of the Hill, 
 was a pleafant ^ Arbour ^ made byi^^yar*/ 
 the Lord of the Hill, for the refrefli-?^.?''^'"'- 
 ment of weary Travailers. Thither 
 therefore Chrijiian got, where alfo 
 D 4 he
 
 44 ^bt Pilgnms p?ogrem« 
 
 he fat down to reft him. Then he 
 pull'd his Roll out of his bofom and 
 read therein to his comfort ; he alfo 
 now began afrefh to take a review 
 of the Coat or Garment that was 
 given him as he ftood by the Crofs. 
 Thus pleafing himfelf a while, he at 
 laft fell into a {lumber, and thence 
 into a faft deep, which detained him 
 in that place untill it was almoft 
 i He that j^j^^^^ ^^^ j^ hjg figep his i Roll fell 
 
 1%^ " ^ o"t of his hand. Now as he was fleep- 
 ing,there came one to him & awaked 
 him faying, Go to the Ant^ thoujlug- 
 gard, conftder her ways and be wife : 
 and with that Chriftian fuddenly ftar- 
 ted up , and fped him on his way, 
 and went a pace till he came to the 
 top of the Hill. 
 
 Now when he was got up to the 
 top of the Hill, there came two Men 
 running againft him amain ; thename 
 of the one was T'lmorus^^nd the name 
 of the other Mifirufi. To whom 
 Chrijiian faid, Sirs, what's the matter 
 you run the wrong way ? Timorus 
 anfwered. That they were going to 
 the City of Zion , and had got up 
 that difficult place ; but, faid he, the 
 further we go, the more danger we 
 
 meet
 
 meet with, wherefore we turned, and 
 are going back again. 
 
 Yes, faid Mifirujl^ forjuft before 
 us lye a couple of Lyons in the 
 way , whether fleeping or wake- 
 ing we know not; and we could not 
 think , if we came within reach, but 
 they would prefently pull us in pieces. 
 Chr. Then faid Chrijlian^ qwwwVq. 
 me afraid, but whither fhall I fly to 
 be fafe ? If I go back to mine own 
 Countrey, T^hat is prepared for Fire 
 and Brimftone ; and I fhall certainly 
 perifh there. If I can get to the Coe- 
 leftial City, I am fure to be in fafety 
 there. I muft venture : To go back 
 is nothing but death, to go forward 
 is fear of death, and life everlafting 
 beyond it. I will yet go forward. So 
 Mijlriiji and Timorus ran down 
 the Hill ; and Chrifiian went on his 
 way. But thinking again of what he 
 heard from the men, he felt in his bo- 
 fom for his Roll, that he might read 
 therein and be comforted ; but he 
 feltand '^ found it not. Then wasC^r;'- kChriftian 
 flian in great diftrefs, and knew not ''"i^''^^" 
 what to dojfor he wanted that which \' . , 
 uled to relieve him, and that which ^/^^y^^ 
 {hould have been his Pafs into the take Corr- 
 
 Coeleftial/o^^
 
 46 Cfte Pilgrims lP?ogrefe. 
 
 leftial City. Here therefore he be- 
 gan to be much perplexed, and knew 
 not what to do ; at laft he bethought 
 himfelf that he had flept in the Ar- 
 bour that is on the fide of the Hill : 
 and falling down upon his knees, he 
 asked God forgivenefs for that his 
 foolifh Fa6t ; and then went back to 
 look for his Roll. But all the way 
 he went back, who can fuffiriently 
 fet forth the forrow of Chrijlians 
 heart? fomtimes he fighed, fomtimes 
 he wept, and often times he chid 
 himfelf, for being fo foolifh to 
 fall afleep in that place which was 
 ereded only for a little refrefhment 
 from his wearinefs. Thus therefore 
 he went back ; carefully looking on 
 this fide , and on that, all the way 
 as he went , if happily he might find 
 his Roll, that had been his comfort 
 fo many times in his Journey. He 
 went thus till he came again within 
 fight of the Arbour , where he fat 
 and flept ; but that fight renew- 
 Chriftian ed 'his forrow the more, by bringing 
 benuails again, even a frefli, his evil of fleep- 
 bufoolijh -j^g jj^j-Q j^jg rnind. Thus therefore 
 peeping. ^^ ^^^ went on bewailing his finful 
 
 Kev. 2. 2. . o 
 
 fleep, faying, wretched man that 1 
 
 am.
 
 amy that I fhould flcep in the day- 
 time ! that I fhould flcep in the midft 
 of difficulty ! that I fliould To indulge 
 the flcfh, as to ufe that reft for eafe 
 to my flefh , which the Lord of the 
 Hill hath erecfred only for the relief 
 of the fpirits of Pilgrims! How many 
 fteps have I took in vain ! (Thus it 
 happened to ^r^.?/ for their fin, they 
 were fent back again by the way of 
 the Red-Sea) and I am made to tread 
 thofe fteps with forrow, which 1 
 might have trod with delight , had it 
 not been for this finful fleep. How 
 far might I have been on my way by 
 this time ! I am made to tread thofe 
 fteps thrice over , which I needed 
 not to have trod but once : Yea now 
 alfo I am like to be benighted , for 
 the day is almoft fpent. O that I had 
 not flept I Now by this time he was 
 come to the Arbour again , where 
 for a while he fat down and wept,but 
 at laft (as Chrijlian would have ii) 
 looking forrowfully down under the 
 Settle, there he efpied his Roll ; the 
 which he with trembling and hafte 
 catch't up, and put it into his bofom ; 
 but who can tell how joyful this Man 
 was, v/hen he had gotten his Roll a- 
 
 gain \
 
 i8 Cljc Pilgrims P^ogrcfs. 
 
 gain ! For this Roll was the afiurance 
 of his life and acceptance at the de- 
 fired Haven. Therefore he laid it 
 up in hisbofom, gave thanks to God 
 for dire6ling his eye to the place 
 where it lay , and with joy and tears 
 betook him felf again to his Journey. 
 But Oh how nimbly now, did he go 
 up the reft of the Hill ! Yet before 
 he got up, the Sun went down upon 
 Chrijlian ; and this made him again 
 recall the vanity of his fleeping to his 
 remembrance, and thus he again be- 
 gan to condole with himfelf : Ah thou 
 finfuljleep! how for thy fake am Hike to 
 be benighted in my Journey I I muji 
 walk without the Sun , darknejs muft 
 cover the path of my feet, and I mufi 
 bear the noife of doleful Creatures , be- 
 cauje of my finful fleep I Now alfo he 
 remembered the ftory that Miflruft 
 and Timorus told him of, how they 
 were frighted with the fight of the 
 Lions. Then faid Chrijlian to him- 
 felf again, Thefe Beafts range in the 
 night for their prey,and if theyfliould 
 meet with me in the dark,how fiiould 
 I filift them ! how fiiould I efcape be- 
 ing by them torn pieces .'' Thus he 
 went on his way, but while he was 
 
 thus
 
 Cfjc pilgrims; l??ogrcfs. 49 
 
 thus bewayling his unhappy mifcar- 
 riage , he Hft uphiseyes, and behold 
 there was a very ftately Palace be- 
 fore him , the name whereof was 
 Beautiful , and it flood juft by the 
 High-way fide. 
 
 So I faw in my Dream, that he 
 made hafte and went forward, that if 
 pofTible he might get Lodging there ; 
 now before he had gone far, he en- 
 tered into a very narrow pafiage, 
 which was about a furlong off of the 
 Porters Lodge , and looking very 
 narrowly before him as he went, he 
 efpied two Lions in the way. Now, 
 thought he, I fee the dangers that 
 Mijlruji and Thnorus, were driven 
 back by. (The Lions were Chained, 
 but he faw not the Chains) Then he 
 was afraid, and thought alfo himfelf 
 to go back after them, for he thought 
 nothing but death was before him : 
 But the Porter at the Lodge, whofe 
 Name is ^ Watchful^ perceiving that m Mar.i j. 
 Chrijlian made a halt , as if he would 
 go back, cried unto him, fiying, 
 Is thy ftrength fo fmall.'' fear not the 
 Lions,for they are Chained: and are 
 placed there for trial of faith where it 
 is ; and for difcovery of thofe that 
 
 have
 
 so Cbe Pilgrims P^ogtefs. 
 
 have none : keep in the midft of the 
 Path, and no hurt ihall come unto 
 thee. 
 
 Then I faw that he went on, trem- 
 bling for fear of the Lions ; but ta- 
 king good heed to the dire6tions of 
 the Porter ; he heard them roar, but 
 they did him no harm. Then he clapt 
 his hands, and went on, till he came 
 and ftood before the Gate where the 
 Porter was. Then faid Chrtftian to 
 the Porter, Sir, What houfe is this ? 
 and may I lodge here to night ? The 
 Porter anfwered , This Houfe was 
 built by the Lord of the Hill: and he 
 built it for the relief and fecurity of 
 Pilgrims. The Porter alfo asked 
 whence he was, and whither he was 
 going ? 
 
 Chr. I am come from the City of 
 DeJlru5}ion, and am going to Mount 
 Zion, but becaufe the Sun is now fet, 
 I defire, if I m.ay, to lodge here to 
 night. 
 
 Por. What is your name ? 
 
 Chr. My name is now Chrijiian\ 
 but my name at the firft \^2isGracele/s: 
 I came of the Race of Japhet, whom 
 God will perfwade to dwell in the 
 Tents of Shem, 
 
 Por.
 
 etc pilgrims p^ogrcfs. 5^ 
 
 Por. But how doth it happen that you 
 come Jo late, the Sun is Jet ? 
 
 Chr. I had been here fooner, but 
 that, wretched man that I am ! I flept 
 in the Arbour that ftands on the 
 Hill fide; nay, I had notwithftanding 
 that , been here much fooner , but 
 that in my fleep I loft my Evidence, 
 and came without it to the brow of 
 the Hill ; and then feeling for it, and 
 finding it not, I was forced with for- 
 row of heart, to go back to the place 
 where I flept my fleep, where I found 
 it, and now I am come. 
 
 Por. Well, I will call out one of 
 the Virgins of this place , who will, 
 if fhe likes your talk, bring you in 
 to the reft of the Family, according 
 to the Rules of the Houfe. So IVatch- 
 ful the Porter rang a Bell , at the 
 found of which, came out at the 
 door of the Houfe,a Grave and Beau- 
 tiful Damfel, named Dijcretion^ and 
 asked why fhe was called. 
 
 The Por/^ranfwered,This Man is 
 in a Journey from the City of De- 
 flru5lion to Mount Zion , but being 
 weary, and benighted, he asked me 
 if he might lodge here to night ; fo I 
 told him I would call for thee, who 
 
 after
 
 Clit pilgrims l?s)grtt5u 
 
 after dilcoune had widi him, nnyeA 
 d? 2S feemeth thee good, even ac- 
 c-:rd:ri2: ro the Law of the Houle. 
 Then fhe asked him whence he 
 d whidier he was going, and 
 r. z : : - . She asked him ahb, how 
 
 - ; _: : :,- :I.e wav, and he told her; 
 7 ^ed him , What he had 
 
 leer. : with in the way, and 
 
 hf : . ,- ' X fhe asked his 
 
 - . . ^ : 5 Crrr i/iTf ; and 
 
 1 . - :.:_-„ i-ic ™jre a deiire to 
 :;~; ^re to night, becaufe, by 
 .: I Tzrcri^e , this pii.ce was 
 ruii: rv ti-e Lcri ::" "^.e Hill, for die 
 r ; : : ;. ;. /; ; . . : . rv of F . . ^ r ' ;::5. So 
 fhr ' zi. .: - M:er i^ood in 
 her eves: _-i: . . :=r a little paule, 
 :'-f ■*: i. T ~ • ; ::rti- two or three 
 ~. ::r ::'::-. ? ^: £he ran to 
 
 Lie _j::, — ._ ._„-_ .: PnidencCy 
 PUty, ir.i Ccs^irr, wh: .^rieralirtie 
 dere i.':: r.'e vriih. him , r-id him 
 
 ti-em. mee: r r. :. i: : . : .refliold 
 of the Home, liiid. Come : :' j 
 rieiTei ::' -J-.e Lord; this Hcuie .15 
 bi:': ':• :-.e Lcri z' ti-.e Hia, on 
 
 p _ : - : : ; : : r " : t - : 1 :: : „ : ". r : - rnms m. 
 T-e- -e :: - ^ le- . ..il rbllow- 
 
 ed
 
 ed them into the Houl'e. So when he 
 was come in , and let dow n , they 
 gave him fcmthing to drink ; and 
 confented tok'ether that until fupper 
 was ready , fome one or two of 
 them £hould have iome particular 
 difcourle wi:h Cbrijlian, for the beft 
 improvement of time : : -Y ^V' 
 
 pointed Piety i 2nd T -:, :o dif- 
 
 courie with him; ar.:: ".us thev 
 bes:2.r.. 
 
 Piety. C:me t::.' C'-'-"'" , /:Kce 
 •ire bai'e heenjz .r.: .^ :: _• .v. _, ; .   ecei-.e 
 y:u into our Houfe tcL- rAght ; >V/ us, 
 if perhaps 'xe may better cur fzl^es 
 thereby^ talk 'xitb you :/.:.. :hings 
 that harje bapperad toyou in your Pil- 
 gritnage. 
 
 Cbr. With a very z'' i ' ' -""i I 
 am glad that vou are 10 '.vt^ ciircied 
 
 Piety J'tat mrjed; :.   ~- :::::- 
 take yourjs'.f to a P:^g . ....->. 
 
 Cbr. I was * driven on: ; : ~ y Xi- 
 tive Countrey, by a dreadful found _ - *" 
 that was in mine ears, to "■:'., Tn^t ; 
 unavoidable deftruction did 1:::; 1 . .. _ . 
 me, if I abode in that place where I H/ ?-i-« 
 
 was. Csxx^rtf. 
 
 Piety. But b:-.:- £li :: ..:;;-: I'cat 
 joucaim out of your CouKirey iLu-'j-ay? 
 
 E Cbr.
 
 54 Ct)e pilgtimg lP|ogrcf0. 
 
 Chr. It was as God would have it, 
 for when I was under the fears of 
 deftru6lion, I did not know whither 
 to go ; but by chance there came a 
 Man, even to me, (as I was trem- 
 bling and weeping) whofe name is 
 b Hqik^ ke^Evangelifi j2iV\di he diredled me to the 
 got into Wicket-Gate, which elfe I ihould 
 '".' ^^ "never have found ; and fo fet me into 
 the way that hath led me diredlly to 
 this Houfe. 
 
 Piety. But did you not come by the 
 Houfe of the Interpreter ? 
 
 Chr. Yes, and did fee fuch things 
 
 there, the remembrance of which 
 
 will itick by me as long as I live ; 
 
 Ci^r^'^fr/'fl/fpecially three *= things, to wit. How 
 
 of '•-vhat he Q\y^\^^ in defpite of Satan, maintains 
 
 /flxy m t ^j^jg work of Grace in the heart; how 
 
 the Man had finned himfelf quite out 
 
 of hopes of Gods mercy ; and alfo 
 
 the Dream of him that thought in 
 
 his fleep the day of Judgement was 
 
 come. 
 
 Piety. TVhy ? Did you hear him tell 
 bis Dream ? 
 
 Chr. Yes , and a dreadful one it 
 was. 1 thought it made my heart ake 
 as he was telling of it, but yet I am 
 glad I heard it. 
 
 Piety
 
 Piety. If^as that all that you Jaw at 
 the llouje of the Interpreter ? 
 
 Chr. No, he took me and had 
 me where he fhewed me a (lately 
 Palace , and how the People were 
 clad in Gold that were in it; and 
 how there came a venturous Man, 
 and cut his way through the armed 
 men that flood in the door to keep 
 him out; and how he was bid to come 
 in, and win eternalGlory. Methought 
 thofe things did ravifh my heart ; I 
 could have ftaid at that good Mans 
 houfe a twelve. month , but that I 
 knew I had further to go. 
 
 Piety. Andivhatjaw you el/e in the 
 way ? 
 
 Chr. Saw! Why I went but a little 
 further , and I faw one, as I thought 
 in my mind, hang bleeding upon the 
 Tree; and the very fight of him made 
 my burden fall off my back (for I 
 groaned under a weary burden) but 
 then it fell down from off me. 'Twas 
 a ftrange thing to me, for I never faw 
 fuch a thing before : Yea, and while 
 I ftood looking up, (for then I could 
 not forbear looking) three fhining 
 ones came to me: one of them tefti- 
 fied that my fins were forgiven me ; 
 E 1 another
 
 S6 Cbe Pilgcimg p^ogcefs. 
 
 another ftript me of my Rags, and 
 gavemethisBroidred Coat whichyou 
 {ee; and the third fet the mark which 
 you fee, in my forehead , and gave 
 me this fealed Roll (and with that 
 he pkicked it out of his bofom.) 
 
 Piety. Butyoujaw more then this^ 
 did you not'i 
 
 Chr. The things that I have told 
 you were the beft: yet fome other 
 fmall matters I faw, as namely I faw 
 three Men, Simple y Sloth ^ and Pre- 
 Jumption^ lye a fleep a little out of 
 the way as I came , with Irons upon 
 their heels; but do you think I could 
 awake them! I alfo faw Formalijt ^nd 
 Hypocrifie come tumbling over the 
 wall , to go, as they pretended , to 
 Sion^ but they were quickly loft ; 
 even as I my felf did tell them,butthey 
 would not believe: but, above all, I 
 found it^^r^work to get up this Hill, 
 and as hard to come by the Lions 
 mouths ; and truly if it had not been 
 for the good Man, the Porter that 
 ftands at the Gate, I do not know, 
 but that after all, I might have gone 
 back again: but now I thank God I 
 am here , and I thank you for re- 
 ceiving of me. 
 
 Then
 
 Then Prudence thought good to 
 ask him a few queftions, and defired 
 his anfwer to them. 
 
 Pru. Do you not think Jomtimes of 
 the Countrey from whence you came? 
 
 Chr. Yes/ but with much fhame 
 and deteftation ; 'Truly y if I had been ^ ^*^"* 
 mindful of that Countreyfromwhencel^^^^^^^^^ ^f 
 came outy [might have had opportuni- IjIj Scuiw 
 ty to have returned^ but now I deftre a Coumrey. 
 better Countrey^ that is^ an Heavenly, ^eb. n. 
 
 Pru. Do you not yet bear away with '5» '6. 
 you fome of the things that then you 
 were converjant withal ? 
 
 Chr. Yes, but greatly againft my 
 will ; efpecially my inward and 
 ' carnal cogitations ; with which all c Chri- 
 my Countrey-men, as well as my felf, ft'^n ^'f- 
 were delighted ; but now all thofe *^-'"f 
 things are my gner : and might 1 but ^^   
 chufe mine own things, I would tations. 
 ^ chufe never to think of thofe things f chri- 
 more ; but when I would be doing of ftians 
 that which is beft,that which is worft '^^«'^''- 
 is with me. 
 
 Pru. Do you not find fomettmes^ 
 as if thofe things were vanquijhedy 
 which at other times are your per- 
 plexity. 
 
 Chr. Yes, but that is but feldom ; 
 E 3 but
 
 58 Cue piigrim.5 iPiogitf$» 
 
 g Chri- but they are to me e Golden hours, 
 khmgcl- in which fuch things happens to 
 
 den hours. „, „ 
 
 me. 
 
 Pru. Canyon remember by what 
 means you find your anoyances at timeSy 
 as if they were vanquijhed ? 
 h Ho^ Chr. Yes, when ^ I think what I 
 Chriftian faw at the Crofsjthat will do it; and 
 TlLTbis^''^^^^ I look upon my Broidered 
 rfrX/-"^°^^j that will do it ; alfo when I 
 g„s, look into the Roll that I carry in my 
 
 bofom, that will do it ; and when 
 my thoughts wax warm about whi- 
 ther I am going , that will do it. 
 
 Pru. ^nd what is it thatmakesyou 
 Jo deftrous to go to Mount Zion ? 
 i Why Chr. Why, ' there I hope to fee 
 ^^"/^T him alive, that did hang dead on the 
 Z° Mount ^^ro^s; and there I hope to be 
 zion. I'id of all thofe things , that to this 
 day are in me, an anoiance to me ; 
 there they fay there is no death, and 
 there I ihall dwell with fuch Com- 
 pany as I like beft. For to tell you 
 truthjl love him,becaufel wasby him, 
 eafed of my burden , and I am weary 
 of my inward ficknefs ; I would fain 
 be where I fhall die no more , and 
 with the Company that fhall continu- 
 ally cry Holy, Holy, Holy. 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream,that thus 
 
 they
 
 Cf)C i?ilg:nm.s Ip^ogrers. 59 
 
 they fat talking together until fup- 
 per was ready. So when they had 
 made ready, they fat down to meat ; 
 Now the Table was fiirnifhed ^ with ^_ ^^^' 
 fat things, and with Wine that was , " '^"J 
 
 ■' . vau to bis 
 
 well refined; and all their talk ' at y-^^^^^ 
 the Table, was about the Lord of the i 7i^,> 
 Hill: As namely, about what he had talk at 
 done , and wherefore he did what hcM/^''''^ 
 did, and why he had builded that 
 Houfe : and by what they faid , I 
 perceived that he had been a great 
 IVarriour, and had fought with and 
 (lain him that had the power of 
 death, but not without great danger 
 to himfelf, which made me love 
 him the more. 
 
 For, as they faid, and as I believe 
 (faid Chrijlian) he did it with the 
 lofs of much blood ; but that which 
 put Glory of Grace into all he did, 
 was, that he did it of pure love to 
 his Countrey. And befides , there 
 were fome of them of the Houfe- 
 hold that faid, they had feen and 
 fpoke with him fince he did dye on 
 the Crofs ; and they have attefted, 
 that they had it from his own lips, 
 that he is fuch a lover of poor Pilgrims, 
 E 4 that
 
 6o C6e Pilgrims p^ogrcfs* 
 
 that the hke is not to be found from 
 the Eaft to the Weft 
 
 They moreover gave an inftance 
 of what they affirmed, and that was, 
 Hehad ftripthimfelfof his glory that Ij 
 
 he might do this for the Poor ; and 
 that they heard him fay and affirm. 
 That he would not dwell in the 
 Mountain of Zmi alone. They faid 
 moreover, That he had made many 
 a chriji Y\\gnm'=i ^ Princes, though by nature 
 '"f. " ^thev were Begears born, and their 
 
 rrtficej of ,^ . dd ' . 
 
 Beggars. Original had been the Dunghil. 
 
 Thus they difcourfed together till 
 
 late at night, and after they had 
 
 committed themfelves to their Lord 
 
 for Prote6lion , thev betook them- 
 
 ,,, .„. felves to reft. The Pilgrim they laid 
 
 Bed-cbam- '^'^ ^ large upper ° Chamber, whole 
 
 ber. window opened towards the Sun ri- 
 
 fing ; the name of the Chamber was 
 
 Peace^ where he flept till break of 
 
 day ; and then he awoke and fang, 
 
 Where am 1 now ! is this the love and 
 care 
 
 Ofjefus^forthe men that Pilgrims are! 
 
 Thus to provide! That I Jhould be for- 
 given ! 
 
 And dwell already the next doer to 
 Heaven. So
 
 C6c IPilgdms lP?ogrcfs. 6i 
 
 So in the Morning they all got up, 
 and after fome more difcourfe, they 
 told him that he fhould not depart , 
 till they had fhewed him the Rarities 
 of that place. And firft they had him 
 into the Study, •= where they fhew- cCluiftian 
 ed him Records of the greateft Anti- f'f '"'^ 
 quity : in which, as I remember my '"' /'"fl] 
 Dream , they fhewed him firlt the ^^ j-^^ 
 Pedigree of the Lord of the Hill, there. 
 that he was the Son of the Ancient 
 of Days, and came by an eternal 
 Generation. Here alfo was more 
 fully Recorded the A6ls that he had 
 done, and the names of many hun- 
 dreds that he had taken into his 
 fervice ; and how he had placed them 
 in fuch Habitations that could nei- 
 ther by length of Days nor decaies 
 of Nature, be diflblved 
 
 Then they read to him fome of 
 the worthy A6ls that fome of his Ser- 
 vants had done. As how they had 
 fubdued Kingdoms,wrought Righte- 
 oufnefs, obtained Promiles, flopped 
 the mouths of Lions, quenched the ^ jieb.n 
 ''violence of Fire, efcaped the edge .3, 34. 
 of the Sword ; out of weaknefs 
 were made ftrong , waxed valiant 
 in fight, and turned to flight the Ar- 
 mies of the Aliens. Then
 
 62 Cae Pi!gtim0 lP?ogrer0» 
 
 Then they read again in another 
 part of the Records of the Houfe, 
 where it was fhewed how wilHng 
 their Lord was to receive into his 
 favour any, even any, though they 
 in time paft had offered great affronts 
 to his Perfon and proceedings. Here 
 alfo were feveral other Hiftories of 
 many other famous things , of all 
 which Chrijlian had a view. As of 
 things both Ancient and Modern ; 
 together with Prophecies and Pre- 
 didions of things that have their 
 certain accomplifhment, both to the 
 dread and amazement of enemies, 
 and the comfort and folace of Pil- 
 grims. 
 
 The next day they took him and 
 e Chriftian had him into the ^ Armory ; where 
 they fhewed him all manner of Fur- 
 niture, which their Lord had pro- 
 vided for Pilgrims, as Sword, Shield, 
 Helmet, Breft plate, All-Prayer^^nA 
 Shooes that would not wear out. 
 And there was here enough of this 
 to harnefs out as many men for the 
 fervice of their Lord, as there 
 be Stars in the Heaven for multi- 
 tude. 
 
 They 
 
 had into 
 the Armo 
 ry.
 
 They alfo fhevved him fome of the 
 Engines with which fome of his Ser- 
 vants had done wonderful things. 
 *" They (hewed him Mojes Rod, thefChriftian 
 Hammer and Nail with which Jael'J.J^^J^ 
 flew Si/era, the Pitchers, Trumpets, ^^i""' 
 and Lamps too, with which Gideon 
 put to flight the Armies of Midian. 
 Then they fliewed him the Oxcs goad 
 wherewith Shamger flew fix hundred 
 men. They fhewed him alfo the 
 Jaw bone with which Samffon did 
 fuch mighty feats ; they flievved him 
 moreover the Sling and Stone with 
 which David flew Goliah of Gath : 
 and the Sword alfo with which their 
 Lord will kill the Man of Sin, in the 
 day that he fliall rife up to the prey. 
 They fhewed him befides many ex- 
 cellent things, with which Chriftian 
 was much delighted. This done,they 
 went to their reft again. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that on 
 the morrow he got up to go forwards, 
 but they deflred him to fl:ay till the 
 next day alfo and then faid they, we 
 will, if the day be clear, fhew you the 
 e delegable Mountains ; which they gChriftlan 
 faid, would yet further add to his com- A'^'''^ '^^ 
 fort ; becaufe they were nearer the // '^ " 
 
 de-
 
 fe4 ^bc Pilgnms Piogtefs. 
 
 defired Haven, then the place where 
 at prefent he was. So he confented 
 andftaid. When the Morning was up, 
 they had him to the top of the Houfe, 
 
 h rfa. 33. ^ ^^^ '^^^ him look South, fo he did; 
 
 16, 17. and behold at a great diftance he 
 faw a moft pleafant Mountainous 
 Countrey , beautified with Woods, 
 Vinyards, Fruits of all forts, Flowers 
 alfo ; Springs and Fountains , very 
 delegable to behold. Then he asked 
 the name of the Countrey, they faid 
 it was Immanucls Land: and it is as 
 common, faid they, as this Hill is, 
 to and for all the Pilgrims. And 
 when thou comeft there,from thence, 
 faid they, thou maift fee to the Gate 
 of the Coeleftial City, as the Shep- 
 heards that live there will make ap- 
 pear, 
 Chriftian j^q^ ^^ bethought himfelf of fet- 
 ^d*^' ^^"S forward, ' and they were will- 
 ing he fhould: but firft, faid they, let 
 us go again into the Armory, fo they 
 
 k Chriftian (jj^i ; and when he came there, they 
 
 ^Ar/eT^ ^ harneffed him from head to foot, 
 with what was of proof, left perhaps 
 he fhould meet with aflaults in the 
 way. He being therefore thus a- 
 coutred walketh out with his friends 
 
 to
 
 C1)C IPilgcims P^ogixfs. 65 
 
 to the Gate, and there he asked the 
 Porter if he faw any Pilgrims pafs by 
 Then the Porter anfvvered. Yes. 
 
 Chr. Pray did you know him ? 
 
 Por. I asked his name , and he 
 told me it was Faithful. 
 
 Chr. O, faid Chrijlian , I know 
 him, he is my Towns-man, my near 
 Neighbour, he comes from the place 
 where I was born : how far do you 
 think he may be before ? 
 
 Porter. He is got by this time be- 
 low the Hill. 1 Hew 
 
 Chr. ' Well, faid Chrijlian , good Chrlftian 
 Porter the Lord be with thee,and add p"^^^^^*' 
 to all thy bleflings much increafe, for^^^^^ ^^ 
 the kindnefs that thou haft '^^^^^ parting. 
 to me. 
 
 Then he began to go forv/ard, but 
 Difcretion, Piety, Charity, and Pru- 
 dence, would accompany him down 
 to the foot of the Hill. So they went 
 on together, reiterating their former 
 difcourfes till they came to go down 
 the Hill. Then faid Chrijlian, As it 
 was difficult coming up, fo (fo far as 
 I can fee) it is dangerous going down. 
 Yes, faid Prudence, (o it is; for it is an 
 hard matter for a man to go down 
 into the valley of Humiliation, as 
 
 thou
 
 65 Cfje IPilgnms Piogcefe, 
 
 thou art now, and to catch no flip by 
 the way ; therefore, faid they , are 
 we come out to accompany thee 
 down the Hill. So he began to go 
 down, but very warily , yet he caught 
 a flip or too. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that 
 thefe good Companions, when Chri- 
 fiian was gone down to the bottom of 
 the Hill, gave him a loaf of Bread, 
 a bottle of Wine , and a clufter of 
 Raifins ; and then he went on his 
 v/ay. 
 
 But now in this Valley of Hu- 
 miliation poor Chrifiian was hard put 
 to it, for he had gone but a little way 
 before he efpied a foul Fiend com- 
 ing over the field to meet him ; his 
 name is yl-pollyon. Then did Chri- 
 fiian begin to be afraid, and to cad 
 in his mind whither to po back, or to 
 fl:and his ground. But he confidered 
 again, that he had no Armour for 
 his back, and therefore thought that 
 to turn the back to him, might give 
 him greater advantage with eafe to 
 Chnftians pJerce him with his Darts ; there- 
 'fT\ foi-e he refolved ^ to venture, and 
 
 at the <ip- n i \ • 1 1-' 
 
 froach c/"^"'^ his ground, i^or thought he, 
 Apollyon had I no more in mine eye, then the 
 
 faving
 
 fuvingof my life, 'twould be the beft 
 way to (land. 
 
 So he went on, and /Ipcllyon met 
 him ; now the Monfter was hidious 
 to behold , he was cloathed with 
 fcales like a F'ifh (and they are his 
 pride) he had Wings like a Dragon, 
 and out of his belly came Fire and 
 Smoak, and his mouth was as the 
 mouth of a Lion. When he was 
 come up to Chrijlian^ he beheld him 
 with a difdainful countenance, and 
 thus began to queftion with him. 
 
 Apol. Whence come you and whi- 
 ther are you bound? 
 
 Chr. I come from the City oU Difrourft 
 DeftruPAon^ ^ which is the place o{betn.vixt 
 all evil, and am going to the City of ^'^'''^'3" 
 
 Zion. Tt^^''^' 
 
 Apol. By this I perceive thou art^ 
 one of my SubjeSfs, fcr all that Coun- 
 trey is mine ; and I am the Prince and 
 God of it. How is it then that thou 
 haft ran away from thy King ? IVere it 
 not that I hope thou maiefl do me more 
 fervice, I would ftrike thee now at one 
 blow to the ground. 
 
 Chr. I was born indeed In your 
 Dominions , but your fervice was 
 hard, and your wages fuch as a man 
 
 could
 
 68 ^f)z Ipilgrims IP^ogrcfe, 
 
 could not live on, for the Wages of Sin 
 is death ; therefore when I was come 
 to years , I did as other confiderate 
 perfons do , look out, if perhaps I 
 might mend my felf, 
 
 Apol. 'There is no Prince that will 
 
 thus lightly loje hisSubje5ls\neither will 
 
 I as yet lofe thee. Butftnce thou com- 
 
 plainefl of thy fervice and wages "" be 
 
 m Apolly- content to go back ; what our Countrey 
 
 ons jiatte- ^jn ^-^Qy^^ J ^q jjgy^ promije to give 
 
 '^' thee. 
 
 Chr. But I have let my felf to a- 
 nother, even to the King of Princes, 
 and how can I with fairnefs go back 
 with thee ? 
 
 Apol. Thou haji done in this, accor- 
 
 x\^.^o\Vjor\ding to the Proverb, " changed a 
 
 under-ud- lad for a worfe : but it is ordinary for 
 
 lues ChriUs ^j^^j^ ^^^^ havc profejfed themfelvcs his 
 
 Servants, after a while to give him 
 
 the flip , and return again to me : do 
 
 thou Jo to, and all fh all be well. 
 
 Chr. I have given him my faith, 
 
 and fworn my Allegiance to him ; 
 
 how then can I go back from this, 
 
 and not be hanged as a Traitor ? 
 
 Apol. Thou didefl the fame to me, 
 
 ^lutdTto ° ^"^y^^ ^ '^^ willing to pafs by all, if 
 
 o7J"r/ifuJ^^^'^'^^^^' w////^^r;7 againyandgoback. 
 
 Chr.
 
 C6e Ipilgrims p^ogrccs. 69 
 
 Chr. What I prom i fed thee was 
 in my non-age ; and befides , I 
 count that the Prince under whofe 
 Banner now I ftand, is able to ab- 
 folve me ; yea, and to pardon alfo 
 what I did as to my compHance with 
 thee : and befides, (O thou deftroy- 
 ing Afollyon) to fpeak truth, I like 
 his Service, his Wages, his Servants, 
 his Government, his Company, and 
 Countrey better then thine : and 
 therefore leave off to perfwade me 
 further, I am his Servant, and I will 
 follow him. 
 
 Apol. Confider again when thou art 
 in cool bloody what thou art like to meet 
 with in the way that thou goeft, 'Thou 
 kyiowefi that for the moji party his Ser- 
 vants come to an ill end ^becauje they are ^ ^ ^^ 
 tranfgrejjors againfi me, and my ways: puads ibi 
 How many of them have been -put to grie-vcus 
 Jljameful deaths! and befides, thou coun- ^"^ °( 
 tejl hisfervice better then mine, whereas ^^'^'"'^'^"^ 
 he never came yet from the place where chriftian 
 be iSy to deliver any that jerved himjrom per- 
 out of our hands: but as for me ^ how /lining in 
 many times y as all the World very well '^'^ '^'^^>'- 
 knows , have f delivered , either by 
 power or fraud y thoje that have faith- 
 fully Jerved me y from him and his y 
 F though
 
 70 
 
 Cije Pifgrinief P^ogrcfe. 
 
 though taken by them^ and Jo I will 
 deliver thee. 
 
 Chr. His forbearing at prefent to 
 deliver them, is on purpofe to try 
 their love, whether they will cleave 
 to him to the end : and as for the ill 
 end thou fayeft they come too, that 
 ismoit glorious in there account: For 
 for prefent deliverance, they do not 
 much expert it ; for they ftay for 
 their Glory, and then they fhall have 
 it, when their Prince comes in his, 
 and the Glory of the Angels. 
 
 Apol. Thou haft already been un- 
 faithful in thyjervice to him, and how 
 doft thou think to receive wages of 
 him ? 
 
 Chr. Wherein, O A-pollyon^ have 
 I been unfaithful to him. 
 
 Apol. Thou didft faint at firft 
 
 Head] fetting out, when thou waft abnoft 
 
 ChT\{i:izn% choked in the Gulf of Dijpond. Thou 
 
 infirmities diddeft attempt wrong ways to be rid of 
 
 agatnji fjyy burden whereas thou fhouldeft have 
 
 ftayed till thy Prince had taken it off: 
 
 Thou didft finfully fteep and looje thy 
 
 choice thing : thou waft aljo almoft per- 
 
 fwaded to go back^ at the fight of the 
 
 Lions ; and when thou talkeft of thy 
 
 'Journey^ and of what thou haft heard, 
 
 and
 
 Cfje Pilgrims p^ogrcfs. 71 
 
 andjeen^ thou art inivardly defrrcus of 
 vain-glory in all that thou Jayejl or 
 doejl. 
 
 Chr. All this is true, and much 
 more, which thou haft left out ; but 
 the Prince whom I ferve and ho- 
 nour, is merciful, and ready to for- 
 give: but befides, thefe infirmities 
 poflefTed me in thy Countrey , for 
 there I fuckt them in, and I have 
 groaned under them, been forry for 
 them, and have obtained pardon of 
 my Prince. 
 
 Apl. Then Apollyon broke out in- ^ ^^j, ^^ 
 to a grievous rage, faying, / am an /„ a ragt 
 Enemy to this Prince : I hate his Per- falls upon 
 Jony his LawSy and People : I am come Cliiiftian, 
 out on purpoje to withfiand thee. 
 
 Chr. Apollyon beware what you 
 do, for I am in the Kings High-way, 
 the way of Holinefs , therefore take 
 heed to your felf. 
 
 Apl. Then Apollyon ftrodled quite 
 over the whole breadth of the way, 
 and faid, I am void of fear in this 
 matter, prepare thyfelf to dye, for 
 I fwear thou fhalt go no further, here 
 will I fpill thy foul ; and with that, 
 he threw a flaming Dart at his breft, 
 butCi?r//?/^«had a Shield in his hand, 
 
 F 2 with
 
 72 Cfje Pilgrims p?cgreK 
 
 v/ith which he caught it, and fo pre« 
 Chriftian vented the danger of that. Then 
 pounded jj^ Chrijlian draw, for he faw 'twas 
 m his ««-^jj^g ^Q bgf^jr hjj^. j^i^d Jpollyon as 
 
 detjtaiid- \ . f -^ 
 
 '■«.ir, /^'/-^ ^^"- ^^^^^ ^^ "^"^j throwing Darts as 
 fl«i con- thick as Hail ; by the which, not- 
 'i'erfation. withftanding all that Chriftian could 
 do to avoid it , Apollyon wounded 
 him in his head, his hand and foot ; 
 this made Chriftian give a little back: 
 Jpollyon therefore followed his work 
 amain, and Chriftian again took cou- 
 rage, and refifted as manfully as he 
 could. This fore Combat lafted for 
 above half a day, even till Chriftian 
 was almoft quite fpent. Foryoumuft 
 know that Chriftian by reafon of his 
 wounds, muft needs grow weaker 
 and weaker. 
 
 Then Jpollyon efpying his oppor- 
 tunity, began to gather up clofe to 
 . ,, Chriftian^ and wreftling with him, 
 cafleth g^"^^ him a dreadful fall ; and with 
 dovjn to that, Chriftians Sword flew out of his 
 the irrc«//^hand. Then faid Apollion^ I am Jure 
 the Chn- qJ^ fj^^g now\ and with that, he had al- 
 moft preft him to death, fo that Chri- 
 ftkin began to defpair of life. But as 
 God would have it , v/hile Apollyon 
 was fetching of his laft blow , 
 
 there-
 
 &c Ipilgrims p^ogrcfs. 73 
 
 thereby to make a full end of this 
 good Man, Chrijtian nimbly reached Chriftians 
 out his hand for his Sword , and •^''^^''y "- 
 caught it, faying, Rejoyce not againji '^'^ " P°'' 
 me^ O mine Enemy ! when Ifallyljhall 
 arife;a.nd with that,gave him a deadly 
 thruft, which made him give back, as 
 one that had received his mortal 
 wound : Chrijlian perceiving that, 
 made at him again, faying, JSayy in all 
 theje things we are more then Conque- 
 rours. And with that, y-//)5//yc« fpread 
 forth his Dragons wings, and fped , 
 him away, that Chrijlian for a feafon 
 faw him no more. 
 
 In this combat no man can ima- 
 gine, unlefs he had feen and heard ^ ^''"^ 
 as I did, what yelline, and hideous 7^^'*'"",^^ 
 
 ^ ,, ^ j^ 11 1 • the Combat 
 
 roarmg Apollyon made all the time , ^^^ 
 of the fight, he fpake like a Dragon :^t.^a/cr. 
 and on the other fide, what fighs and 
 groans braft from Chriftians heart. 
 1 never faw him all the while, give fo 
 much as one pleafant look, till he 
 perceived he had wounded A-pollyon 
 with his two edged Sword, then in- 
 deed he did fmile, and look upward: 
 but 'twas the dreadfullefb fight that 
 ever I faw. 
 
 F 3 So
 
 deli've 
 ranee 
 
 74 Cf)C Pilgrims ip?ogrcf0. 
 
 Chriftian So when the Battel was over, 
 gives God Chriftian faid, I will here give thanks 
 thanks for ^^ j^j^^ ^j^^^ j^^^j^ delivered me out of 
 
 the mouth of the Lion ; to him that 
 did help me againft Apollyon : and fo 
 he did, faying. 
 
 Great Beelzebub, the Captain of this 
 
 Fiend, 
 Deftgn^d my ruin ; therefore to this end 
 He fent hitn harnejl out , and he with 
 
 rage 
 That Hellijh was , did fiercely me In- 
 
 gage : 
 But blefted Michael helped me, and I 
 By dint of Sword did quickly make him 
 
 flye-. 
 Therefore to him let me give lading 
 
 praife. 
 And thank and blefs his holy name 
 
 always. 
 
 Then there came to him an hand, 
 with fome of the leaves of the Tree 
 ofLife, the which Chriftian took, and 
 applyed to the wounds that he had 
 received in the Battel, and was heal- 
 ed immediately. He alfo fat down 
 in that place to eat Bread, and to 
 drink of the Bottle that was given 
 
 him
 
 Cfjc IPilgrims Ip^ogrcfe. 75 
 
 him a little before ; fo being refrefh- 
 ed, he addreffed himfelf to his Jour- 
 ney, with his =• Sword drawn in hisaChiiftian 
 hand, for he faid , I know not hutso^^^" *" 
 fome other Enemy may be at hand, ^""'''"^y 
 But he met with no other affront T' v" 
 from Apollyon , quite through \^\\Sdra^nin 
 
 Valley. his hand. 
 
 Now at the end of this Valley, was 
 another , called the Valley of the 
 Shadow of Deaths and Chrijiian muft 
 needs go through it, becaufe the 
 way to the Coeleftial City lay 
 through the midft of it : Now this 
 Valley is a very folitary place. The 
 Prophet '' Jeremiah thus defcribes it, b Jer.2. 6. 
 J JVildernefs, a Land of defarts^ and 
 of Pit 5^ a Land of droughty and of the 
 fjjadow of deaths a Land that 710 Man 
 (but a Chriftian) pajfeth through ^ and 
 where no man dwelt. 
 
 Now here Chriflian was worfe 
 put to it then in his fight with Apll- 
 yon, as by the fequel you fhall fee. 
 
 I faw then in my Dream , that 
 when Ckriflianvi?is got to the Borders ^ The chit- 
 on the Shadow of Death, there '^''^^ °-^^*' 
 met him two Men, ^ Children of^f/^" 
 them that brought up an evil report 
 of the good Land , making haft to 
 F4 go
 
 76 C&e pilgrimg IPicgrefs. 
 
 go back : to whom Chrifiian fpake 
 as follows. 
 
 Chr. Whither are you going ? 
 
 Men. They faidjBack, back ; and 
 would have you to do fo too, if either 
 life or peace is prized by you. 
 
 Chr. Why} whats the matter? Jaid 
 Chriftian. 
 
 Men. Matter! faid they; we were 
 going that way as you are going, and 
 went as far as we durft ; and indeed 
 we were almoft paft coming back, 
 for had we gone alittle further, we 
 had not been here to bring the news to 
 thee. 
 
 Chr. But what have you met withy 
 faid Chriftian ? 
 
 Men. Why we were almoft in the 
 
 Pf. 44. 19. Valley of the fhadow of death, but 
 
 P1.107.10. |-]^g^{. \^y good hap we looked before 
 
 us, and faw the danger before we 
 
 came to it. 
 
 Chr. But what have you Jeen^Jaid 
 Chriftian ? 
 
 Men. Seen ! why the valley it 
 felf, which is as dark as pitch ; we 
 alfo faw there theHobgoblins,Satyrs, 
 and Dragons of the Pit : we heard 
 alfo in that Valley a continual how- 
 ling and yelling, as of a people un- 
 der
 
 ^■U pilgrims p^ogrcCs. 77 
 
 der unutterable mifery ; who there 
 fat bound in afflidion and Irons: and 
 over that Valley hangs the difcou- , , , 
 raging "^ Clouds of confufion, death ^,5, ^^ ^^' 
 alfo doth always fpread his wings 
 over it : in a word, it is every whit 
 dreadfuljbeing utterly without Order. 
 
 Cbr. Then /aiJ Chn{\:hn , I per- 
 ceive not yet -^ by ivhat you havejatd^but 
 that ^ this is my way to the defired e Jer. 2. 6 
 Haven. 
 
 Men. Be it thy way, we will not 
 chufe it for ours ; fo they parted, and 
 Chrijlian went on his way , but ftill 
 with his Sword drawn in his hand, 
 for fear left he fhould be aflaulted. 
 
 I faw then in my Dream, fo far as 
 this Valley reached , there v/as on ' ^' '* 
 the right hand a very deep Ditch ; 
 That Ditch is it into which the blind 
 have led the blind in all Ages, and 
 have both there miferably perifhed. 
 Again, behold on the left hand, there 
 was a very dangerous Quagg, into 
 VN/hich, if even a good Man falls, he 
 can find no botttom for his foot to 
 ftand on ; Into that Quagg King Da- 
 vid once did fall^ and had no doubt 
 therein been fmothered, had not He 
 that is able, pluckt him our. 
 
 The
 
 78 Cl)e Pilgrims p^ogccf^. 
 
 The path- way was here alfo ex- 
 ceeding narrow, and therefore good 
 Chrijlian was the more put to it ; for 
 when he fought in the dark to fhun 
 the ditch on the one hand, he was 
 ready to tip over into the mire on the 
 other; alfo when he fought to efcape 
 the mire, without great carefulnefs 
 he would be ready to fall into the 
 ditch. Thus he went on, and I heard 
 him here figh bitterly : for befides the 
 dangers mentioned above, the path- 
 way was here fo dark, that oft times 
 when he lift up his foot to fet for- 
 ward, he knew not where, or upon 
 what he fhould fet it next. 
 
 About the midft of this Valley, I 
 perceived the mouth of Hell to be, 
 and it flood alfo hard by the way 
 fide : Now thought Chrijlian^ what 
 fhall I do ? And ever and anon the 
 flame and fmoak would come out 
 in fuch abundance, with fparks and 
 hideousnoifes, (things that cared not 
 for Chrifiians Sword, as did Apohyon 
 beforej that he was forced to put up 
 his Sword, and betake himfelf to a- 
 ,^ , , „ nother weapon called ^ AlUprayer^ 
 
 fEph6.i8 . , • 1 • 1 • „ r\ T J 7 
 
 P^ , fo he cried m my hearmg, s O Lord 1 
 bejeech thee deliver my Soul. Thus he 
 
 went
 
 CDC llPilgnms Ip^ogrcfs. 79 
 
 went on a great while, yet ftill the 
 flames would be reaching towards 
 him: alfo he heard doleful voices,and 
 rufhings too and fro, fo that fome- 
 times he thought he fhould be torn in 
 pieces, or trodcn down like mire in 
 the Streets. This frightful fight was 
 feen, and thefe dreadful noifcs were 
 heard by him for feveral miles toge- 
 ther : and coming to a place, where 
 he thought he heard a company of ^^^^^^ ^,^, 
 Fiends coming forward to meet him, forav;hik 
 he ftopt,and began to mufe what he 
 ' had beft to do. Somtimes he had 
 half a thought to go back. Then 
 again he thought he might be half 
 way through the Valley ; he remem- 
 bred alfo how he had already van- 
 quifhed many a danger : and that 
 the danger of going back might be 
 much more, then for to go forward, 
 fo he refolved to go on. Yet the 
 Fiends feemed to come nearer and 
 nearer, but when they were come 
 even almoft at him, he cried out 
 with a moft vehement voice , I will 
 walk in thejlrength of the Lord God ; 
 fo they gave back, and came no fur- 
 ther. 
 
 One thing I would not let flip, I 
 
 took
 
 8o ^i)z Pilgrims lP?ogref0» 
 
 took notice that now poor Chrijiian 
 was fo confounded, that he did not 
 know his own voice : and thus I per- 
 ceived it : Juft when he was come 
 over againft the mouth of the burn- 
 ing Pit, one of the wicked ones got 
 behind him, and ftept up foftly to 
 him, and whifperingly fuggefted ma- 
 ny grievous blafphemies to him, 
 a Chrlftian ^^Jch he ^ verily thought had pro- 
 
 rnade be- j j r i • • j 't-<i • 
 
 ,. ,, , ceeded rrom his own mmd. 1 his 
 
 hc've that ^i   n   • i 
 
 he Spake P"t Lhrijtimi more to it than any 
 blafphe- thing that he met with before, even 
 ww.'M'^^s to think that he fhould now blaf- 
 't-vjas Sa- phenie jiJi^ ^-^^t- ]^q loved fo much be 
 
 r" efled ^°^^' y^^ could he have helped it, he 
 
 them into would not have done it : but he had 
 
 his mind, not the difcretion neither to flop his 
 
 ears, nor to know from whence thofe 
 
 blafphemies came. 
 
 When Chrijiian had travelled in 
 this difconfolate condition fome con- 
 fiderable time, he thought he heard 
 the voice of a man, as going before 
 Pf. 43. 4, him, faying. Though I walk through 
 the valley of the jhaddow of deaths Iwill 
 fear none illy for thou art with me. 
 
 Then was he glad, and that for 
 thefe reafons : 
 
 Firft, Becaufe he gathered from 
 
 thence.
 
 Cbe Pilgrims ip^cgrcfs, si 
 
 thence that Tome who feared God 
 were in this ValJey as well as himfclf. 
 
 Secondly, For that he perceived 
 God was with them, though in that 
 dark and difmal ftate ; and why not, 
 thought he,with me,though by reafon Job 9. ic. 
 of the impediment that attends this 
 place, I cannot perceive it. 
 
 Thirdly, For that he hoped (could 
 he over-take them) to have compa- 
 ny by and by. So he went on, and Amoss.8. 
 called to him that was before, but he 
 knew not what to anfwer, for that he 
 thought himfelf to be alone: And by 
 and by,the day broke ; then faid Clrri- 
 Jlian^ He hath turned the Jhadow of 
 death into the mo-rning. Chriftian 
 
 Now morning being come, helook- g^^^^ ^^ 
 ed back, not of defire to return, but ^''^^^ °^ 
 to fee, by the light of the day, what ^^' 
 hazards he had gone through in the 
 dark. So he faw more perfed:ly the 
 Ditch that was on the one hand, and 
 the Qiiag that v/as on the other ; al- 
 fo how narrow the way was which 
 lay betwixt them both ; alfo now he 
 faw the Hobgoblins, and Satyrs, and 
 Dragons of the Pit, but all afar off, 
 for after break of day,they came not 
 nigh ; yet they were difcovered to 
 
 him
 
 82 c&e IPilgrims Piogrcfs, 
 
 him, according to that which is writ- 
 ten, He difcovereth deep things out of 
 darknejs^ and bringeth out to light the 
 Poadow of death. 
 
 Now was Chriflian much affeded 
 with his dehverance from all the 
 dangers of his folitary way, which 
 dangers , tho he feared them more 
 before, yet he faw them more clear- 
 ly now, becaufe the light of the day 
 made them confpicuous to him ; and 
 about this time the Sun was rifing, 
 and this was another mercy to Chri- 
 flian : for you muft note, that tho the 
 firft part of the Valley of the Shadow 
 of death was dangerous, yet this 
 fecond part which he was yet to go, 
 was, if poffible, far more dangerous: 
 for from the place where he now 
 flood, even to the end of the Valley, 
 the way was all along fet fo full of 
 Snares, Traps, Gins, and Nets here, 
 and fo full of Pits , Pitfalls , deep 
 Job 39. 3. holes and fhelvings down there, that 
 had it now been dark, as it was when 
 he came the firft part of the way , 
 had he had a thoufand fouls , they 
 had in reafon been caft away ; but 
 as I faid, juft now the Sun was rifing. 
 Then faid he. His candle fhineth on my 
 
 head
 
 head, and by his light I go through 
 darknejs. 
 
 In this light therefore, he came to 
 the end of the Valley. Now I faw 
 in my Dream, that at the end of this 
 Valley lay blood, bones, afhes, and 
 mangled bodies of men, even of Pil- 
 grims that had gone this way for- 
 merly : And while I was mufing what 
 fhoiild be the reafon, I efpied alittle 
 before me a Cave, where two Giants, 
 'Pope and Pagan, dwelt in old time, 
 by whofe Power and Tyranny the 
 Men whofe bones, blood, afhes, i^c. 
 Jay there, were cruelly put to death. 
 But by this place C^r//?M« went with- 
 out much danger, whereat I fome- 
 what wondered ; but I have learnt 
 fince,that Pagan has been dead many 
 a day ; and as for the other, though 
 he be yet alive, he is by reafon of 
 age, and alfo of the many fhrewd 
 brufhes that he met with in his 
 younger dayes, grown fo crazy, and 
 ftiff in his joynts, that he can now do 
 little more then fit in his Caves 
 mouth, grinning at Pilgrims as they 
 go by, and biting his nails, becaufe 
 he cannot come at them. 
 
 So I faw that Chrijlian went on 
 
 his
 
 84 Cfje Pilgrims PiogreC^* 
 
 his way , yet at the fight of the old 
 Man^ that fat in the mouth of the 
 Cave y he could not tell what to 
 think, fpecially becaufe he fpake to 
 him, though he could not go after 
 him; faying, 2o/^ will never mend, till 
 more of you be burned', but he held 
 his peace, and fet a good face on't, 
 and fo went by, and catcht no hurt. 
 Then fang Chrijlian, 
 
 O world of wonders 1(1 can fay no 
 
 lefs) 
 That I Jhould be preferv'd in that d'l- 
 (Iref 
 That I have ?net with here I O blejfed 
 
 bee 
 That hand that from it hath delivered 
 
 tne ! 
 Dangers in Darhnefs , Devils , Hell 
 
 and Sin, 
 Did compafs me., while I this Vale was 
 
 in : 
 Tea, Snares, and Pits, and Traps, and 
 
 Nets did lie 
 My path about, that worthlcfs filly I 
 Might have been catch^t, intangled,and 
 
 cafl down : 
 But fince I live, let fESUS wear the 
 
 Crown. 
 
 Now
 
 Now as Chrijlian went on his way, 
 he came to a Httle afcent, which was 
 caft up on purpofc , that Pilgriins 
 might fee before them : up there 
 therefore Chrijlian went, and look- 
 ing forward, he fiw Faithful before 
 him, upon his Journey. Then faid 
 Chrijlian aloud, IIo, ho, So-ho; ftay 
 and 1 will be your Companion. At 
 that Faithful looked behind him, to 
 whom Chriflian cried again, Stay, 
 ftay, till I come up to you : \i\jiX.Faith- 
 ful anfwered. No, I am upon my life, 
 and the Avenger of Blood is behind 
 me. At this Chrijlian was fomwhat 
 moved, and putting to all his ftrength, Clmftian 
 he quickly got up with Faithful^ and p^^[h'ful 
 did alfo over-run him, fo the lafl was 
 firfl. Then did Chrijlian vain-glo- 
 rioufly fmile, becaufe he had gotten 
 the ftart of his Brother; but not ta- 
 king good heed to his feet, he fud- 
 denly ftumbled and fell, and could ^^^J'^'^"^ 
 not rife again, untill Faithful came up p^;'t;^^/' 
 to help him. _ and he go 
 
 1 hen I faw in my Dream , they lo'vingiy 
 went very lovingly on together; and fos^^het 
 had fweet difcourfe of all things that 
 had happened to them in their 
 Pilgrimage ; and thus Chriflian be- 
 gan. G Chr.
 
 86 CDe Ipilgrim.s p^ogcef^. 
 
 Chr. My honoured and well beloved 
 Brother Faithful , / am glad that 1 
 have overtaken you \ and that God has 
 fo tempered ourjpirits^thatwe can walk 
 as Companions in this Jo plea/ant a 
 path. 
 
 Fai. I had thought dear friend, to 
 have had your company quite from 
 our Town, but you did get the ftart 
 of me ; wherefore I was forced to 
 come thus much of the way alone. 
 
 Chr, How long did you Jt ay in the 
 City of Deftrudllon, before you Jet out 
 after me on your Pilgrimage ? 
 
 Fai. Till I could ftay no longer; 
 for there was great talk prefently af- 
 ter you was gone out, that our City 
 v/ould in fhort time with Fire from 
 Heaven be burned down to the 
 
 Their talk ground. 
 
 about the chj.^ What! Did your Neighbours 
 "f^^'^y talk Jo} 
 
 'whence Faith. Ycs, 'twas for a while in 
 they came, every bodies mouth. 
 
 Chr. What J and did no more of them 
 but you come out to ejcape the danger ? 
 Faith. Though there was , as I 
 faid, a great talk thereabout, yet 
 I do not think they did firmly be. 
 lieve it. For in the heat of the dif- 
 
 courfe
 
 courfe, I heard fome of them deri- 
 dingly fpeak of you , and of your 
 defperate Journey, (for fo they called 
 this your Pilgrimage) but I did be- 
 lieve, and do ftill, that the end of 
 our City will be with Fire and Brim- 
 ftone from above : and therefore I 
 have made mine efcape. 
 
 Chr. D idyou hear no talk of Neigh - 
 hour Pliable ? 
 
 Faith. Yes Chrijlian^ I heard that 
 he followed you till he came at the 
 Slough of£)/^o;;^;where,as fome faid, 
 he fell in ; but he would not be 
 known to have fo done: but I am fure 
 he was foundly bedabled with that 
 kind of dirt. 
 
 Chr, Andwhatjaid the Neighbours 
 to him ? 
 
 Faith. He. hathfince his going back Horv riy- 
 been had greatly in derifion, and that ^^'^ '^'^^ 
 among all forts of people : fome do''''T''f 
 mock and delpile him ,and fcarce will ^^ ^^^^_ 
 any fet him on work. He is now (tvew 
 times worfe then if he had never gone 
 out of the City. 
 
 Chr. But why (hould they he Jo Jet 
 agaijifi him, Jince they aljo dejpije the 
 way that he forjook ? 
 
 G 1 Faith
 
 S8 cf}e pilnnms p^cgrcfs. 
 
 Faith. Oh, they fay, Hang him, 
 
 he is a Turn- Coat, he was not true to 
 
 his Drofeffion. I think God has ftired 
 
 up even his Enemies to hifs at him, 
 
 jei-.29. 18, and make him a Proverb, becaufe he 
 
 19. hath forfaken the wav. 
 
 Chr. Had you no talk with him be- 
 fore you came out ? 
 
 Faith. I met him once in the 
 Streets, but he leered av/ay on the 
 other fide, as one afhamed o^ what 
 he had done; fo I fpake not to him. 
 The Dog Q^^ ^^11 J my firft Jettin? out, 
 aiid Saw. t i j i r 1 ,"> -^ 1 ^ 7 
 
 1 bad hopes of that Man ; but now 1 
 
 fear he willperifj in the overthrowof 
 the City, for it is happened to him, ac- 
 cordiyig to the true Proverb , l^he Dog 
 is turned to his Vomit again, and the 
 Sow that was Wafhedto her wallowing 
 in the mire. 
 
 Faith. They are my fears o{ him^ 
 too : But who can hinder that which 
 will be ? 
 
 Well Neighbour Faithful, faid 
 Chrifiian, let us leave him; and talk 
 of things that more immediately 
 concern our felves. '^t ell me now, what 
 you have met with in the way as you 
 came ; for I know you have met with 
 
 Jome
 
 Jome things^ or elje it may be lurit for 
 a wonder. 
 
 Faith. I efcaped the Slough that I 
 perceive you fell into, and got up to 
 the Gate without that danger; only Faithfull 
 I met with one whofc name was Wan- GJJaulted 
 ton, that had like to have done me a ^y ^^'''- 
 mifchief. 
 
 Chr. 'T-zvas well you efcaped her 
 Net; Jofeph was hard put to it by her ^ 
 and he efcaped her as you did, but it 
 had like to have coft him his life. But 
 what didjhe do to you ? 
 
 Faith. You cannot think (but that 
 you know fomthing) what a flatter- 
 ing tongue flie had , fhe lay at me 
 hard to turn afide with her, promi- 
 fmg me all manner of content. 
 
 Chr. Nay, jhe did not promife you 
 the content of a good confcience. 
 
 Faith. You know what I mean, all 
 carnal and flefhly content. 
 
 Chr. T^hank God you have efcaped 
 her: The^ abho-rredofthe Lordjhallfall a- Pro. %z. 
 into her Ditch. »4 
 
 Faith. Nay, I know not whether 
 I did wholly efcape her,or no. 
 
 Chr. Why, I tro you did not confent 
 to her defires ? 
 
 Faith. No, not to defile my felf; 
 G 3 for
 
 90 CDe pngn'ms p^ogrcrs. 
 
 Pro. s. s. for I remembred an old writing that 
 Job. 31. 1. 1 had feen, which (d:ith. Her ft eps 
 take hold of Hell. So I fhut mine 
 eyes, becaufe I would not be bewitch- 
 ed with her looks: then fhe railed 
 on me, and I went my way. 
 
 Chr. Did you meet with no other af- 
 
 Adtm i^ i^^///?^. When I came to the foot 
 ^^jf^ of the Hill called Difficulty , I met 
 with a very aged Man, who asked 
 me, What 1 waSy and whither bound? 
 I told him. That I was a Pilgrim, go- 
 ing to the Coeleftial City : Then faid 
 the Old Man, Thou lookeft like an ho- 
 neft fellow ; Wilt thou be content to 
 dwellwithme^forthewagesthat Iftjall 
 give thee? Thenlaskedhim his name, 
 and where he dwelt ? He faid his 
 name was Adam thefirft, and do dwell 
 b Eph. 4, in the Town of Deceit. I asked him 
 ^*- then. What was his work ? and what 
 
 the wages that he would give ? He 
 told me, That his work was many de- 
 lights ; and his wages ^ that 1 fhould be 
 his Heir at lafl. I further asked him. 
 What Houfe he kept, and what o- 
 ther Servants he had? fo he told me, 
 That his Houfe wasmaintainedwith all 
 the dainties in the world, and that his 
 
 Ser-
 
 Servants zvcre thoje of his oivn beget- 
 ting. Then I askeJ, If he had any 
 children ? He fiiid that he had but 
 three Daughters , 'The '^ liijls of the 
 fefhy the lufls of the eyes, and the pride c i joH. 
 of life, and that I fhould marry them 2. 16. 
 all, if 1 would. Then I asked, How 
 Jong time he would have me live 
 with him ? And he told me, Aslongas 
 he lived him/elf. 
 
 Chr. Well ,and-ivhat concliifion came 
 the Old Man, and you to, at lafl ? 
 
 Faith. Why, at firft, I found my 
 felf fomewhat inclinable to go with 
 the Man, for I thought he fpake very 
 fair ; But looking in his forehead as 
 I talked with him, I faw there writ- 
 ten, Put off the old Man with his 
 deeds, 
 
 Chr. And how then ? 
 
 Faith. Then it came burning hot 
 mto my mind, whatever he faid, and 
 however he flattered, when he sot me 
 home to his Houfe, he would fell me 
 for a Slave. So I bid him forbear to 
 talk, for I would not come near the 
 doorofhisHoufe. Thenherevilcdme, 
 and told me that he would fend fuch 
 a one after me, that fhould make my 
 way bitter to my foul : So I turned 
 G 4 to
 
 92 C&e Pilgrims P^ogrers. 
 
 to go away from him : But jufi as I 
 turned my felf to go thence, I felt 
 him take hold of my flefli, and give 
 me fuch a deadly twitch back, that I 
 thought he had pull'd part of me after 
 d Rom 7. himfelf ; This made me cry ^ G 
 '♦ wretched Man! So I went on my way 
 
 up the Hill. 
 
 Now when I had got about half 
 way up, I looked behind me, and 
 faw one coming after me, fwift as 
 the wind ; fo he overtook me juft a- 
 bout the place where the Settle 
 ftands. 
 
 Chr. Juji there ^ faid Chrijiian^ did 
 Ifit down to refi me ; but being over- 
 come -ivithjleepy I there loft this Roll 
 out of 7nyboJom. 
 
 Faith. But good Brother hear me 
 out : So foon as the Man over-took 
 me, he was but a word and a blow : 
 for down he knockt me, and laid me 
 for dead. But when I was a little 
 come to my felf again, I asked him 
 wherefore he ferved me fo ? he faid, 
 Becaufe of my fecret inclining to A- 
 dam thefirft\ and with that, he ftrook 
 me another deadly blow on the breft, 
 and beat me down backward , fo I 
 lay at his foot as dead as before. So 
 
 when
 
 when I came to my felf again, I cried 
 him mercy; but he faid, i know not 
 to fhow mercy, and with that knockt 
 me down again. He had doubtlefs 
 made a hand of me , but that one 
 came bv, and bid him forbear. 
 
 Chr. IFbo was that, that bid hhn 
 forbear ? 
 
 Faith. I did not know him at firft, 
 but as he went by, I perceived the 
 holes in his hands, and his fide; then 
 I concluded that he was our Lord. So 
 I went up the Hill. 
 
 Chr. 'That Man that overtook you, ^ ^^t 
 was Mojes, « he Jpareth none, neither u:r.fer of 
 knoweth he howtojhezv mercy tothoje Mofe-.. 
 that tranfgre/s his Law. 
 
 Faith. 1 know it very well, it wms 
 not the firft time that he has met with 
 me. 'Twas he that came to me when 
 I dwelt fecurely at home, and that 
 told me, He would burn my Houfe 
 over my head, if I ftaid there. 
 
 Chr. But did not you fee the Houfe 
 that flood there on the top of that Hill, 
 on the fide of which Mofes met you? 
 
 Faith. Yes, and the Lions too,be- 
 fore I came at it; but for the Lions, 
 I think they were a fleep, for it was 
 about Noon ; and becaufe I had fo 
 
 much
 
 94 Cfje Pilgtims p?ogtcfs» 
 
 much of the day before me, I pafTed 
 by the Porter, and came down the 
 HiJI. 
 
 Chr. He told me indeed that he Jaw 
 
 you go by^ but 1 wijo you had called at 
 
 the HouJe\for they would have Jhewed 
 
 you Jo many Rarities^ that you would 
 
 fcarce have forgot them to the day of 
 
 your death. But 'pray tell me, did you 
 
 meet nobody in the V alley of W\xm\X\ty} 
 
 Fa'ithfull Faith. Yes, I met with one DiJ- 
 
 ajTauhed content, who would wiUingly have 
 
 by Diicon- perfwaded me to pro back again with 
 
 tent • • 
 
 him : his reafon was, for that the 
 Valley was altogether without Ho- 
 jiour ; he told me moreover, That 
 there to go, was the way to difobey 
 all my Friends, as Pride, Arogancy, 
 Self-Conceit , worldly Glory , with 
 otherSjWho he knew,as he faid, would 
 be very much offended , if I made 
 fuch a Fool of my felf, as to wade 
 through this Valley. 
 
 Chr. Well, and how didyou anfwer 
 
 Faithfuls him? 
 
 mijrwerto Faith. I told him. That although 
 ' ^°"" all thefe that he named might claim 
 kindred of me, and that rightly, f for 
 indeed they were my Relations, ac- 
 cording to thejejh) yet fince I became 
 
 a 
 
 lent
 
 a Pilgrim, they have difowncd nie, 
 as I alfo have rejedled them ; and 
 therefore they were to me now, no 
 more then if they had never been of 
 my Linage; I told him moreover. 
 That as to this Valley, he had quite 
 mifs-reprefented the thing: for be- 
 fore Honour is Ilumility, and a haughty 
 fpirit before a fall. Therefore faid I, 
 I had rather go through this Valley to 
 the Honour that was fo accounted by 
 the wifeft, then chufe that which he 
 efteemed moft worth our affedions. 
 
 Chr. Alet you with nothing elfe in 
 that Valley? 
 
 Faith. Yes , I met with Shame ; Be u 
 But of all the Men that I met with ^^''''^'^ 
 in my Pilgrimage , he I think bears ^y* 
 the wrong name : the other would 
 be faid nay , after after a little ar- 
 gumentation, fand fome what elfe) 
 but this bold faced Shame ^ would ne- 
 ver have done. 
 
 Chr. IFhy^ ivhatdidhefay to you? 
 
 Faith. What ! why he objedled 
 againft Religion it felf; he faid it was 
 a pitiful low fneaking bufinefs for a 
 Man to mind Religion; he faid that a 
 tender confcience was an un-manly 
 thing , and that for a Man to watch 
 
 over
 
 over his words and ways, fo as to 
 tye up himfelf from that hedloring 
 liberty, that the brave fpirits of the 
 times accuftom themfelves unto, 
 I Cor. I would make me the Ridicule of the 
 26. cli. 3. times. He objedled alfo, that but few 
 'S- of the Mighty, Rich, or Wife, were 
 
 ever of my opinion; nor any of them, 
 Phil ? 7 8 before they were perfwaded to be 
 Fools, and to be of a voluntary fond- 
 nefs, to venture the lofs of all, for 
 no body elfe knows what. He more- 
 over objedled the bafe and low 
 eftate and condition of thofe that 
 were chiefly the Pilgrims of the 
 times ; in which they lived, alfo their 
 ignorance, and want of underftand- 
 ing in all natural Science. Yea, he 
 did hold me to it at that rate alfo, a- 
 bout a great many more things then 
 here I relate ; as, that it was ?ij}jame 
 to fit whining and mourning under a 
 Sermon , and a pame to come figh- 
 ing and groaning home . That it was 
 a fhame to ask miy Neighbour for- 
 givenefs for petty faults, or to make 
 reflitution where I had taken from 
 any : he faid alfo that Religion made 
 a man grow ftrange to the great, be- 
 caufe of a few vices (which he call- 
 ed
 
 ^bc lS)ilgn'm,o lP?ogrcf0. 97 
 
 ed by finer names) and made him 
 own and refped: the bafc, becaufe 
 ot the fame Religious fraternity. And 
 is not this , {aid he, a./hame? 
 
 Chr. Andijohat did you Jay to him? 
 
 Faith. Say ! 1 could not tell what 
 to fay at the firft. Yea, he put me 
 fo to it, that my blood came up in 
 my face, even this Shame fetch't it 
 up, and had almoft beat me quite 
 off. But at laft 1 began to confider, 
 ^hat that ivhich is highly ejleemed a- 
 Tiiong Men, is had in abomination with 
 God. And I thought again , This 
 Shame tells me what men are, but it 
 tells me nothing what God, or the 
 word of God is. And I thouo-ht 
 moreover. That at the day of doom 
 we fhall not be doomed to death or 
 ]ife, according to the hedoring fpi- 
 rits of the world ; but according to 
 the Wifdom and Law of the Highell. 
 Therefore thought I, what God fays, 
 is beft, is beft , though all the Men 
 in the world are againft it. Seeing 
 then, that God prefers his Religion, 
 feeing God prefers a tender Con- 
 fcience, feeing they that make them- 
 felves Fools for the Kingdom of 
 Heaven, are wifeft ; and that the 
 
 poor
 
 9^ Cfje pilgciins p^ogrcf^. 
 
 poor that loveth Chrift, is richer then 
 the greateft Man in the world that 
 hates him ; Shame depart, thou art 
 an Enemy to my Salvation : jfhall I 
 entertain thee againft my Soveraign 
 Lord ? How then fhall I look him in 
 Mar.8.3S.j-j^g face at his coming? Should I 
 now be ajhamed of his ways and Ser- 
 vants, how can I exped: the blef- 
 fing ? But indeed this Shame was a 
 bold Villain; I could fcarce fliakehim 
 out of my company ; yea, he would 
 be haunting of me, and continually 
 whifpering me in the ear, with fome 
 one or other of the infirmities that 
 attend Religion : but at laft I told 
 him,'Twasbut in vain to attempt fur- 
 ther in this bufinefs; for thofe things 
 that he difdained, in thoff^ did I fee 
 moft glory : And fo at lafl: I got paft 
 this importunate one. 
 
 The tryals that thofe men do tneet withal 
 That are obedient to the Heavenly call^ 
 Are manifold^ and fuited to the Jicjh^ 
 And come^ and come^ and come again 
 
 afreJJj ; 
 That noWf or Jomtime elfe, we by them 
 
 may 
 Be taken ^ overcome, and caji away. 
 
 O
 
 Cfje IPilgrims; ]?^0fn:cf5. 99 
 
 O let t})e Pilgrims , let the Pilgrims 
 
 then , 
 Be vigilant, and quit themfelves Uk.e 
 
 men. 
 
 Chr. I am glad, my Brother, that 
 thou didjl withjland this Villain Jo 
 bravely; for of all, as thou Jay fi, I think 
 he has the wrong name :for he is Jo bold 
 as to follow us in the Streets, and to at- 
 tempt to put us tofhame before all men; 
 that is, to tnake us afJmmed of that 
 which is good: but if he was not himfelf 
 audacious , he would never attempt to do 
 as he does, but let us flill refifl him: for 
 notwithflanding all his Bravadoes, he 
 promoteth the Fool, and none elje. The 
 Wife fhall Inherit G\ovy,Jaid Solo- 
 mon, but fhamefhall be the promo-Prov.3.35. 
 tion of Fools. 
 
 Faith. I think wemufl cry to him for 
 helpagainfl fhame, that would have us 
 be valiant for the 'Truth upon the Earth. 
 
 Chr. Tou fay true. But did you meet 
 no body elJe in that Valley ? 
 
 Faith. No,notI,forIhadSun-fhine 
 all the reft of the way, through that, 
 and alfo through the Valley of the 
 fhadow of death. 
 
 Chr.
 
 ioo Cfje pilgtim.s p?ogtcf0» 
 
 Chr. "Twas well for you^ I am Jure 
 it fared far other-wife zvith me. I had 
 for a long feafon , as foon almoft 
 as I entred into that Valley, a dread- 
 ful Combat with that foul Fiend 
 ApoUyon : Yea, I thought verily he 
 would have killed me ; efpecially 
 when he got me down, and crufht 
 me under him, as if he would have 
 crufht me to pieces. For as he threw 
 me, my Sword flew out of my hand ; 
 nay he told me. He was fure of me : 
 but / cried to Gody and he heard me^ 
 and delivered me out of all my troubles. 
 Then I entred into the Valley of the 
 fhadow of death, and had no light 
 for almoft half the way through it. 
 Ithoughtl fhould a been killed there, 
 over, and over; But at laft, day 
 brake, and the Sun rife, and I Vv'ent 
 through that which was behind with 
 far more eafe and quiet 
 
 Moreover, I faw in my Dream, 
 that as they v/ent on, Faithful^ as he 
 chanced to look on one fide, faw a 
 Man whofe name Is 'talkative, walk- 
 ing at a diflance befides them, (for 
 in this place, there was room enough 
 Talkative for them all to walk) He was a tall 
 defcnbed. j^^^;^, andjomthing more comely at a 
 
 difiance
 
 Cfje pilgn'm.s i;?^ci3icr0. loi 
 
 dijlance then at hand. To this Man 
 Faithful addreffed hlmfclf in this 
 manner. 
 
 Faith. FriendyWhither away? Are 
 you going to the Heavenly Countrey ? 
 
 Talk. 1 am going to that fame 
 place. 
 
 Faith. That is ivell: Then I hope we 
 may have your good Company. 
 
 Talk. With a very good will, will 
 I be your Companion. 
 
 Faith. Come on then, and let us go Faithful 
 together, and let usjpend our time in aKdTz.\k:x- 
 dijcourfing of things that are profitable. "''''■ ^"^^ 
 
 Talk. To talk of things that are '^i^""-"-^'- 
 good, to me is very acceptable, with 
 you, or with any other ; and I am 
 glad that I have met with thofe that 
 incline to fo good a work. For to 
 fpeak the truth, there are but few 
 that care thus to fpend their time 
 (as they are in their travels) but 
 chufc much rather to be fpeaking of 
 things to no profit, and this hath Talkaives 
 been a trouble to me. dijiike cj 
 
 Faith. That is indeed a thing to be^^'^'^'f- 
 lamented\for what things fo worthy of""^^'^' 
 the ufe of the tongue and mouth of 
 men on Earth, as are the things of the 
 God of Heaven ? 
 
 H Talk.
 
 I02 cfje Pilgrimss Piogrefs, 
 
 T^alk. I like you wonderful well, 
 for your faying is full of convidlion ; 
 and I will add, What thing fo plea- 
 fant, and what fo profitable, as to 
 talk of the things of God ? 
 
 What things fo pleafant ? (that is, 
 if a man hath any delight in things 
 that are wonderful) for injftance : If 
 a man doth delight to talk of the 
 Hiftory or the Myftery of things , 
 or if a man doth love to talk of Mi- 
 racles , Wonders or Signs, where 
 (hall he find things Recorded fo de- 
 lightful, and fo fweetly penned, as 
 in the holy Scripture ? 
 
 Faith, i^hafs true: but to be profi- 
 ted by ftich things in our talk^jhouldbe 
 that which we defign. 
 
 1'alk. That it is that I faid : for to 
 talk of fuch things is moft profitable, 
 for by fo doing,aManmay get know- 
 ledge of many things, as of the va- 
 nity of earthly things, and the be- 
 fit of things above: (thus in general) 
 but more particularly, By this a man 
 may learn the necefiity of the New- 
 birth, the infufficiency of our works, 
 Tallca- *^^ nttdi of Chrifts righteoufnefs, ^c. 
 tives/n<f- Befides, by this a man may learn by 
 difcourfe. talk^ what it is to repent, to believe, 
 
 to
 
 €-l)C pilgniTi.s Ip^ogixrs. 103 
 
 to pray, to fufFer, or the like : by this 
 alfo a Man may learn what are the 
 great promifcs & confolations of the 
 Gofpeljto his own comfort. Further, 
 by this a Man may learn to refute 
 falfe opinions, to vindicate the truth, 
 and alfo to inftrucfl the ifrnorant. 
 
 Faith, ^il I his is true, and glad am 
 I to hear thefe things from you. 
 
 'Talk. Alas ! the want of this is 
 the caufe that fo few underftand the 
 need of faith, and the neceflity of a 
 work of Grace in their Soul, in or- 
 der to eternal life : but ignorantly 
 live in the works of the Law , by 
 which a man can by no means obtain 
 the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Faith. But by your leave^ Heaven- 
 ly knowledge oftheje^ is the gift of God\ 
 no manattainethto them by humane in- 
 dufiry^ or only by the talk of them. 
 
 "Talk. All this I know very well, 
 for a man can receive nothing except 
 it be given him from Heaven; all is 
 of Grace , not of works : I could 
 give you an hundred Scriptures for o branje 
 the confirmation of this. Talkative. 
 
 Faith. Well then , Jaid Faithful, 
 what is that one things that wefhall at 
 this time found our difcourfe upon ? 
 H 2 Talk.
 
 I04 Cfie Piigtims Piogrcfs, 
 
 braw Talk. What you will : I will talk of 
 Talkative, things Heavenly, or things Earthly ; 
 things Moral, or things Evangelical ; 
 things Sacred, or things Prophanes ; 
 things pad, or things to come ; things 
 forraign, or things at home ; things 
 more Eflential , or things Circum- 
 ftantial : provided that all be done to 
 our profit. 
 
 Faith. Now did Faithful begin to 
 wonder; andjlepping to Chrlftian,(/£ir 
 Faithful he walked all this while by him/elf) he 
 beguiled by f aid to him^ {hutjoftly) What a brave 
 falkative. QQjjjp^^iQfi have we got ! Surely this 
 man will make a very excellent Pil- 
 grim. 
 Chriftinn Chr: At this Chriftian modeftly 
 makes a fmiled,and faid. This man with whom 
 difco^ery ^0X1 are fo taken, will beguile with 
 oj Ta ka- ^j^j^ tongue of his, twenty of them 
 • 'pJljj^. that know him not. 
 {u\ivhobe Faith: Do you know him then ? 
 •was. Chr. Know him ! Yes,better then 
 
 he knows himfelf. 
 
 Faith. Pray what is he? 
 Chr. His name is Talkative ^ he 
 dwelleth in our Town; I wonder that 
 you fhould be a ftranger to him, 
 only I confider that our Town is 
 large. 
 
 Faith.
 
 Cbc Ipilgrims lP?ogrcfs. 105 
 
 Faith. Whoje Sonishe'^ And where- 
 about doth he dwell ? 
 
 Chr. He is the Son of one Saywellj 
 he dwelt in Prating-row ; and he is 
 known of all that are acquainted 
 with him, by the name of Talkative 
 in Prating-row : and notwithftand- 
 ing his fine tongue, he is but a forry 
 fellow. 
 
 Faith. TFellj hejeems to he a very 
 'pretty man. 
 
 Chr. That is, to them that have 
 not through acquaintance with him, 
 for he is beft abroad, near home he is 
 ugly enough : your faying. That he 
 is a -pretty man , brings to my mind 
 what I have obferved in the work of 
 the Painter, whofe Pidures fhews 
 beft at a diftance ; but very near, 
 more unpleafing. 
 
 Faith. But lam. ready to think you 
 do but je{}:, becaufe you fmlled. 
 
 Chr. God-forbid that I fhouldy^, 
 (though I fmiled) in this matter, or 
 that I fhould accufe any falfely ; I 
 will give you a further difcovery of 
 him : This man is for any company, 
 and for any talk ; as he talketh now 
 with you, fo will he talk when he is 
 on the Ale-bench : and the more 
 H 3 drink
 
 io6 CDc PilgriniiS p;togitf0, 
 
 drink he hath in his crown , the 
 more of thefe thina;s he hath in his 
 mouth: Religion hath no place in his 
 heart, or houfe, or converfation ; all 
 he hath, lieth in his tongue^ and his 
 Religion is to make a noife there- 
 with. 
 
 Faith. Say youfo! 'Then I a'm in this 
 man greatly deceived. 
 1 lat 23. Q^,^^ Deceived ! you may be fure 
 
 j,^j " of it. Remember the Proverb, They 
 
 fay and do not : but the Kingdom of 
 
 Talkative God is not in wordy but in power. He 
 
 talks, but talketh of Prayer , of Repentance, 
 
 does not. Qf Faith, and of the New birth : but 
 
 he knows but only to talk of thera. 
 
 I have been in his Family, and have 
 
 obferved him both at home and a- 
 
 „. , ^ broad : and I know what I fav of him 
 
 is emftv oj^^ ^'^^ truth. His houie is as empty 
 
 Riligion. of Religion, as the white of an Egg 
 
 is of favour. There is there, neither 
 
 Prayer, nor fign of Repentance for 
 
 fin : Yea, the bruit in his kind ferves 
 
 God far better then he. He is the 
 
 very ftain, reproach, and fhame of 
 
 •iain "to" " Religion to all that know him ; it can 
 
 Religion, hardly have a good word in all that 
 
 Koin. 2 end of the Town where he dwells, 
 
 «4, 25- through him. Thus fay the common 
 
 People
 
 Cbe pilgrims Ip)^oorcfs, lo-' 
 
 People that know him, A Saint a- The jro 
 broad ^ and a Devil at home: His poor '^'^^ ''^^' 
 Family finds it To, he is fuch a churl, ^°" '^'^'"^ 
 fuch a railer at, and fo unreafonable 
 with his Servants , that they neither 
 know how to do for, or fpeak to him. 
 Men that have any dealings with ^^^^ ^^ 
 him, fay 'tis better to deal with a to deal 
 Turk then with him, for fairer deal- 'wiihhim. 
 ing they fhall have at their hands. 
 This Talkative y if it be poffible, will 
 go beyond them, defraud, beguile, 
 and over-reach them. Befides, he 
 brings up his Sons to follow his fteps; 
 and if he findeth in any of them a 
 foolijh limoroujnes (for fo he calls 
 the firft appearance of a tender con- 
 fcience) he calls them fools and block- 
 heads ; and by no means will imploy 
 them in much, or fpeak to their 
 commendations before others. For 
 miy part I am of opinion, that he has 
 by his wicked life caufed many to 
 ftumble and fall ; and will be , if 
 God prevent not, the ruine of many 
 more. 
 
 Faith. Well , my Brother , / am 
 hound to believe you ; not only becauje 
 you Jay you know him, but alfo becaufe 
 like a Chrijiian you make your reports 
 
 H 4. of
 
 io8 c{)C IPilgnms p^ogrcfs* 
 
 of men. For I cannot think that you 
 [peak theje things of ill will ^ but becaufe 
 it is evenfo as you fay. 
 
 Chr. Had I known him no more 
 than you , I might perhaps have 
 thought of him as at the firft you 
 did : Yea, had he received this re- 
 port at their hands only that are 
 enemies to Rehgion, I fhould have 
 thought it had beenaflander: (A Lot 
 that often falls from bad mens 
 mouths upon good mens Names and 
 ProfefTions:) But all thefe things,yea 
 and a great many more as bad , of 
 my own knowledge I can prove him 
 guilty of. Befides , good men are 
 afhamed of him , they can neither 
 call him Brother nor Friend:, the 
 very naming of him among them, 
 makes them blufh,if they know him. 
 Fa. Well, I fee that Saying and Do- 
 ing aretwothings, and hereafter I/hall 
 better obferve this difiin5lion. 
 , Chr. They are two things indeed, 
 
 ka(s of Re-^"^^ are as diverfe as are the Soul 
 iigion. and the Body: For as the Body with- 
 out the Soul, is but a dead Carkafs ; 
 fo. Saying, if it be alone, is but a dead 
 Carkafs alfo. The Soul of Religi- 
 on is the pradick part : Pure Reli- 
 
 ion 
 
 I
 
 CFjc Ipilgn'ms p?ogrcf0. ^09 
 
 gion and undefiled^ before God and the J^'^es i. 
 Father, is this. To vifit the Fatherlejs ^^7>y- 
 and Widoivs in their affli^ion, and to "' !^' ""^' 
 keep himfelf imjpotedfrom the World. 
 This Talkative is not aware of, he 
 thinks that hearing 2iwdi faying will 
 make a good Chriftian , and thus he 
 deceiveth his own foul. Hearing is 
 but as the fowing of the Seed; talk- 
 ing is not fufficient to prove that 
 fruit is indeed in the heart and life ; 
 and let us aflure our felves , that at 
 the day of Doom, men fhall be judg- 
 ed according to their fruits. It will ^^^ ^^^^ 
 not be faidthen,D/V_)w^ believe? but, ,3. andch. 
 were you Doers, or Talkers only? and as. 
 accordingly fhall they be j udged. The 
 end of the World is compared to our 
 Harveft , and you know men at 
 Harveft regard nothing but Fruit. 
 Not that any thing can be accepted 
 that is not of Faith : But I fpeak this, 
 to fhew you how infignificant the 
 profeflion of Talkative will be at that 
 
 day. ^ 
 
 Fa. This brings to my mind that of ' "' 
 yio^QS, by zvhichhedefcribeththebeaji ^"^' ^'^ 
 that is clean. He is fuch an one that 
 parteth the Hoof and cheweth the Cud: 
 Not that parteth the Hoof only , or that 
 
 cheweth
 
 no cfje pilgrims p?oguecsf. 
 
 cheweth the Cud only. TheHarechew- 
 
 cQ?i^\ced ^^^-^ ^^^ ^^'^ » ^^^ y^^ ^^ unclean, be- 
 ofthe bad-cau/e he ■parteth not the Hoof, And 
 nefsofTz\- this truly rejemhleth Talkative ; he 
 kative. cheweth the Cud, hejeeketh knowledge, 
 he cheweth upon the IVord, but he di- 
 vide th not the Hoof , he parteth not 
 with the way offinners \ but as the Hare, 
 retaineth the foot of a Dog, or Bear, 
 and therefore he is unclean. 
 
 Chr. You have fpoken, for ough": 
 
 1 know, the true Gofpel fenfe of thofe 
 
 Texts, and I will add an other thing. 
 
 i.CoT.-i-i,.Paul calleth fome men, yea and 
 
 I, 2, 3. f A. thofe great Talkers too, founding 
 
 ^^- 7- Brafs, and Tinckline; Cymbals ; that 
 
 ,.,'is, as he Expounds them in another 
 
 to things place, Things without life, giving found. 
 
 thatjound Things without life, that is, without 
 
 mjithout the tj-ue Faith and Grace of the Go- 
 
 ^^'' fpel ; and confequently, things that 
 
 fhall never be placed in the Kingdom 
 
 of Heaven among thofe that are the 
 
 Children of life : Though \\\z\x found 
 
 by their talk , be as if it were the 
 
 Tongue or voice of an Angel. 
 
 Fait. Well, I was Jtot Jo fond of his 
 company at firft, but I am fick of it 
 now. What foal I we do to be rid of 
 him ? 
 
 Chr,
 
 Cbe IPilgn'ms P^ogrofe. "» 
 
 Chr. Take mv advice, and do as I 
 bid you, and you fhall find that he 
 will foon be fick. of your Company 
 too, except God fhall touch hi'i heart 
 and turn it. 
 
 Fait. IVhatwouldyouhavemeto do} 
 
 Chr. Why, go to him , and enter 
 into fome ferious difcourfe about the 
 power of Religion : And ask him plain- 
 ly (when he has approved of it , for 
 that he willj whether this thing be 
 fet up in his Heart , Houfe or Con- 
 verfation. 
 
 Fait. Then Faithful ftept forward 
 again, and faid to Talkative : Conies 
 what chear ? hoiv is it now ? 
 
 Talk. Thank you. Well. I thought 
 we fhould have had a great deal of 
 Talk by this time. 
 
 Fait. Well^ if you willyWe will fall 
 to it now; and Jince you left it with me 
 to fiate the quejlion, let be this : How 
 doth thejaving grace of God dijcover it 
 jelfy when it is in the heart of man? 
 
 Talk. I perceive then that our 
 talk muft be about the pozver of things; 
 Well, 'tis a very good queftion , and . '^^^^l 
 I fhall be willino; to anfwer you. And ^ff''^"'* 
 take my aniwer m brier thus, r irlt, ^ .^.g,.^ c.i 
 Where the Grace of God is in the hearty grar 
 
 it
 
 112 CDc Pilgrims P2cg:rcf0» 
 
 // caujeth there a great out-cry againjl 
 fin. Secondly 
 
 Fait. Nay hold, let us confider of one 
 at once : I think you Jhould rather fay y 
 It fhows it Jelf by inclining the Soul to 
 abhor its fin. 
 
 'Talk. Why , what difference is 
 there between crying out againft,and 
 abhoring of fin ? 
 ^ Fait. Oh I azreat deal: a man may 
 
 To cry out • n r r t i i 
 
 againjl fin, <^U out agamjtfin, ofplicy\ but he can- 
 no fi-in of not abhor it, but by vertue of a Godly 
 Greet. antipathy againfiit: Ihaveheardmany 
 cry out againfl fin in the Pulpit , who 
 yet can abide it well enough in the hearty 
 and houfe, and converfation. Jofephs 
 Mifiris cried out with aloud voice^ 
 as if fhe had been very holy ; but fhe 
 would willingly, notwithflanding thaty 
 have committed uncleannefs with him. 
 Some cry out againfl fin , even as the 
 Mother cries out againfl her Child 
 in her lap, whenfje calleth it Slut and 
 naughty Girl , and then falls to hug- 
 ging and kiffing it. 
 
 Talk. You lie at the catch, I per- 
 ceive. 
 
 Fait. No, not 1,1 am only for feting 
 things right. But what is thefecond 
 thing whereby you would -prove a dif- 
 
 covery
 
 Cf)C Ipilgrims P^ogrcfs. n3 
 
 covery of a work of grace in the heart? 
 
 Talk. Great knowledge of Gofpel 
 Myfteries. Great 
 
 Fait. Thisfignejhoiildhai'eheenfirfiy knr.iriedgt 
 hut firjl or laft, it is aljo falfe ; for, nofign of 
 Knowledge ^great knowledge ^may be oh- ^''°'" 
 tainedinthemyfteriesof the Gofpel ^and 
 yet no work of grace in the Soul. Teay 
 if a man have all knowledge, he may yet 
 he nothing , and fo confequently he no 
 child of God. JVhenChriJlfaid.Do you 
 know all thefe things? AndtheDifciples 
 ^', badanfweredyTes: He addeth, Blcff^d 
 are ye if ye do them. He doth not lay 
 the hleffing in the kijowing ofthemJ?iit in 
 the doing of them . For there is a know- 
 ledge that is not attained with doing : He 
 that knoweth his Mafters will, and 
 doth it not. Aman may know like an 
 Angel^andyetheno Chrifiian ; therefore 
 yourfignisnot true. Indeed to know ^is a 
 thing thatpleafeth TalkersandBoaJlers\ 
 huttodofisthatwhich-pleafeth God. Not 
 that the heart can he good without 
 knowledge yfor without that the heart 
 is naught: ihereisthereforeknowledge, j^^^,^,,/^^^^ 
 andknowledge. Knowledge that refleth a„d kn 
 in the hare /peculation of things , and ledge, 
 knowledge thatisaccompaniedwith the 
 grace of faith and love ^ which puts a 
 
 man 
 
 01O'
 
 man upon doing even the will of God 
 from the heart : the firfi of thefe will 
 ferve the "Talker^ hut without the other 
 the true Chriftian is not content. Give 
 me underftandingjand Ifhallkeep thy 
 ^ lue no-vj Lg^^^ ygg^ J ^^jj obferve it with my 
 
 tended whole heart, Pfal. 1 1 9. 34. 
 
 ixjith en- 'Talk. You lie at the catch again, 
 
 dea^Gurs. this is not for edification. 
 
 Fait. Well ^ if you pleafe propound 
 another fign how this workof grace dij- 
 cover eth it felf where it is. 
 
 Talk. Not I, for I fee we fhall not 
 agree. 
 
 Fai t. IV ell, if you zvill not , will you 
 give me leave to do it ? 
 
 Talk. You may ufe your Liberty. 
 
 Fait. Aworkof grace in the foul dtf- 
 
 Oaegood cover eth it felf ^ either to him that hath 
 
 ^fjffe"^^' or toflandsrs by. 
 i° ' '   ' To hiin that hath it. thus. It zives 
 Joh. 1 6. 9. f^i^ conviction of fin y efpecially of the 
 Mar. 1 6,1 6 defilement of his nature ^ and the fin of 
 Pf. 38. 18. unbelief , {for the fake of which he is 
 Jer 3i.i9.y-^^^ /^ be damned^ if he findeth not 
 p^f^ ' I ^' mercy at Gods hand by faith in Jefus 
 Mat, 5. 6, Chrift.) This fight and Jenfe of things 
 Rev. 2 J. 6. worketh inhimjorrow andfhameforfin\ 
 he findeth moreover revealed in him 
 the Saviour of the Worlds and the ab- 
 
 Jolute
 
 Cf)C Pilgrims P^oorcfe. 115 
 
 folate vecejfity of clofing ivith him for 
 life, at the zvhich he findeth hungrings 
 and thirfiings after him, to which hun- 
 grings, & c . the promife is made. Now 
 according to the flrength or weaknefs 
 of his Faith in his Saviour, Jo is his 
 joy and peace, Jo is his love to holi- 
 nejs, Jo are his defires to know him 
 more , and alfo to ferve him in this 
 World. But though I fay it dij 
 covereth itjelfthus unto him; yet it is 
 but Jeldom that he is able to conclude 
 that this is a work of Grace, becauje 
 his corruptions now, and hisabujed rea- 
 Jon, makes his r.iind to mijfudge in this 
 matter; therefore in him that hath this 
 work, there is required a very found 
 Judgement J?ef ore he can withfteddinefs 
 conclude that this is a work of Grace. 
 
 'To others it is thus dif covered. Ro. lo. lo. 
 
 I . By an experimental confefjion of , , '^ ^' ^^' 
 his Faith in Chriji. i.Bya life anjwer- j^^ ^4. *i 5! 
 able to that confeffion, to wit, a life ofvi. 50. 23. 
 holinejs; heart -holinejs, family-holi-J»^- 4--^- 
 nejs, {if he hath a Family) and by Con- 5' ^• 
 veyjation-holinejs in the world', which ^"^ ' ^ 
 in the general teacheth him, inwardly 
 to abhor his Sin, and himjelf for that 
 injccret, tojupprejs it in his Family, 
 and to promote holinejs in the World; 
 
 not
 
 II 6 Cf)e Pilgrims IP^ogrcfe* 
 
 mt by talk only, as an Hypocrite ot 
 Ta\ka.tive Per/on may do: butbyapa- 
 5licalSubje^ion in Faith y and LovCy to 
 the power of the word: And now Sir^ 
 as to this brief defcription of the work 
 of Grace , and alfo the dijcovery of ity 
 if you have ought to obje£fj obje5i : if 
 noty then give me leave to propound to 
 you ajecond quejiion. 
 Another Talk. Nay, my part is not now to 
 gojd fign objedl, but to hear, let me therefore 
 0/ Grace. }^g^yg your fecond queftlon. 
 
 Faith. It is this, Do you experience 
 the firfi part of this defcription of it ? 
 and dothyour life and conver/ationtejli- 
 fie the fame? or fi an deth your Religion 
 in Word or in Tongue , ay^d not in 
 IDQedandTruthF pray,ifyou incline to 
 anfwer me in this ^ fay no more then you 
 know the God above will/ay Amen to ; 
 and alfoy nothing but what your Con- 
 fcience can jufiifie you in. For, not he 
 that commendeth himfelf is appro- 
 ved, but whom the Lord commen- 
 deth. BefideSy to Jay I am thus, and 
 thus, when my Converjation, and all 
 Talkative ^^^ JSJeighbours tell me J I lye, is great 
 ,^,y,^ wickednejs. 
 
 Faithfuls 'Talk. Then Talkative at fir ft be- 
 quefiion. gan to blufh, but recovering himfelf, 
 
 Thus
 
 Cf)C Ipilgrims Ipiogrcfs. '^7 
 
 Thus he rcplyed. You come now to 
 Experience, to Confcience, and God: 
 and to appeals to him for juftification 
 of what is fpoken: This kind of dif- 
 courfe I did not exped, nor am I dif- 
 pofed to give an anfwer to fuch 
 queftions , becaufe I count not my 
 felf bound thereto, unlcfs you take 
 upon you to be a Catechize?' \ and, 
 though you fhould fo do, yet I may 
 refufe to make you my Judge: But I 
 pray will you tell me, why you ask 
 f me fuch queftions ? 
 
 Faith. Becaufe If aw you forward to ^^^^^^^j.^^^ 
 talk, and becaufe I knew not that you ^l,yY^\lh- 
 had ought clfe but notion. Befides to fui put to 
 tell you all the 'Truth, I have heard of him that 
 you, that you are a Man whofe Reli- q^efl\o»- 
 Zion lies in talk, and that your Conver- ^f^'"''"^/ 
 
 o , . ■% r 1 r rr p.ain deal- 
 
 fat ion glVeS thisyour Mouth-prof ejjion, -,^^ ,^ 
 
 the lye. They fay lou are afpot ^- Talkative. 
 
 mong Chrijlians , and that Religion 
 
 fareth the worfe for your ungodly con- 
 
 verfation, thatfome already have Jlum- 
 
 bled at your wicked ways , and that 
 
 more are in danger of being deflroyed 
 
 thereby ; your Religion, and an Ale- 
 
 Houfe, and Covetoufnefs, and unclean- 
 
 nefst andfwearing, andlying, and vain 
 
 Company -keeping , &c. will ftand to- 
 
 I gether.
 
 fiB Cfje Pilgrims P^ogtcfg. 
 
 gether. The proverb is true of yoUy 
 which isjaidof a Whore \ to wit T^hat 
 /he is a Jhame to all Women ; Jo you 
 are ajhame to all Profejfors. 
 
 Talk. Since you are ready to take 
 
 3 aive^p reports, and to judge fo rafhiy 
 
 ^^.^ y^^^ as you do ; I cannot but conclude 
 
 Faithful, you are fome peevifh, or melancholly 
 
 Man , not fit to be difcourfed with, 
 
 and fo adieu. 
 
 Chr. Then came up Chriftian^ and 
 faid to his Brother, I told you how it 
 would happen, your words and his 
 lufts could not agree ; he had ra- 
 ther leave your company , then re- 
 form his life: but he is gone as I faid, 
 let him go ; the lofs is no mans but 
 ^ ^ "" his own, he has faved us the trouble 
 of going from him ; for he continu- 
 ing, as I fuppofe he will do, as he is , 
 he would have been but a blot in our 
 Company : befides, the Apoftle fays. 
 From fuch withdraw thy/elf. 
 
 Faith. But I am glad we had this 
 little dijcourje with him^ it may hap- 
 fen that he will think of it again i how- 
 ever ^ I have dealt plainly with him^ 
 and Jo am clear of his bloody if he 
 perifheth. 
 
 Chr. Ycu did well to talk fo plain- 
 
 <Uincg.
 
 Cfje Pilgrims Jp^crrrcrs, 1 1^ 
 
 Jy to him as you did, there is but 
 little of this faithful dealing with 
 men now a days ; and that makes 
 ReHgion fo ftink in the noftrills of 
 many, as it doth: for they are thefe 
 Talkative P'ools , whofe Religion is 
 only in word, and are debauched and 
 vain in their Converfation, that (be- 
 ing fo much admitted into the Fel- 
 lowfhip of the Godly) do ftumble 
 the World, blemifh Chriftianity, and 
 grieve the Sincere. I wifh that all 
 Men would deal with fuch, as you 
 have done, then fhould they either be 
 made more conformable to Religion, 
 or the company of Saints would be 
 too hot for them. 
 Hoiu Talkative at firjl lifts up his 
 
 Plumes ! 
 How bravely doth he Jpeak ! how he pre- 
 
 fwnes 
 To drive down all before him ! but fo 
 
 fo3n 
 As Faithful talks of Heart work, like 
 
 the Moon 
 That's paji the full^ into the wain hf 
 
 goes i 
 And fo will all^ but he that Heart work 
 
 knows. 
 
 I 1 Thus
 
 120 cje Pilgrims P^ogtefsf. 
 
 Thus they went on talking of what 
 they had feen by the way ; and fo 
 made that way eafie, which would 
 otherwife, no doubt, have been tedi- 
 ous to them : for now they went 
 through a Wildernefs. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that 
 when they were got out of the Wil- 
 dernefs , they prefently faw a Town 
 before them, and the name of that 
 Town is Vanity ; and at the Town 
 there is a Fair kept, called Vanity- 
 Fair: It is kept all the Year long, it 
 beareth the name of Vanity -Fair, be- 
 caufe the Town where tis kept, is 
 ifa. 40. 17 lighter then Vanity; and alfo, becaufe 
 Eccl. I. all that is there fold, or that cometh 
 chap. 2 II thither, is Vanity. As is the faying 
 ^''' of the wife. All that cometh is vanity. 
 
 This Fair is no new eredled bufi- 
 nefs, but a thing of Ancient {land- 
 ing ; I will fhew you the original of it. 
 Almoft five thoufand years a- 
 The Anil- gone, there were Pilgrims walking 
 '^thhFair *° *^^ Coeleftial City, as thefe two 
 honeft perfons are ; and Beelzebub, 
 Apollyon , and Legion , with their 
 Companions, perceiving by the path 
 that the Pilgrims made , that their 
 way to the City lay through this 
 
 'Town
 
 Cbe Ipilgrims IP^ogrcfs. ^^i 
 
 'Town of Vanity y they contrived here 
 to fet up a Fair ; a Fair wherein 
 fhould be fold of all forts of Vanity ^ 
 and that it fhould Lift all the year 
 Jong. Therefore at this Fair are _. 
 all fuch Merchandize fold, As Houfes, chanhzeoj 
 Lands , Trades , Places , Flonours, this Fair. 
 Prefermcnts,Titles,Countrey s, King- 
 doms, LuftSjPleafures and Delights of 
 all forts, as Whores, Bauds, Wives, 
 Husbands, Children, Mafters, Ser- 
 vants, Lives, Blood, Bodies, Souls, 
 Silver, Gold, Pearls, precious Stones, 
 and what not. 
 
 And moreover,at thisFair there is at 
 all times to be feen Juglings, Cheats, 
 Games, Plays, Fools, Apes, Knaves, 
 and Rogues, and that of all forts. 
 
 Here are to be feen, and that for 
 nothing. Thefts, Murders, Adul- 
 tries, Falfe-fwearers , and that of a 
 blood-red colour. 
 
 And as in others fairs of lefs mo- 
 ment,there are the feveral Rows and 
 Streets, under their proper names, 
 where fuch and fuch Wares are 
 vended : So here likewife, you have 
 the proper Places, Rows, Streets, 
 {viz. Countreys and Kingdoms,) 
 where the Wares of this Fair are 
 I 3 fooncft
 
 122 C&e Pilgtinis p^ogrefs:. 
 
 The Streets fooneft to be fouiid : Here is the Brit- 
 ofthisfair. fain Row, the French Row, the Ita- 
 lian Row , the Spanijh Row , the 
 German Row, where feveral forts oi 
 Vanities are to be fold. But as In o- 
 ther fairs fome one Commodity is 
 as the chief of all the/^/r, fo the Ware 
 of Rome and her Merchandize is 
 greatly promoted in this fair : Only 
 our j£;7^///?? Nation, with fome others, 
 have taken a diflike thereat. 
 I Cor. 5 TO. Now, as I faid, the way to the 
 ar?/?w«.'Coeleftial City lyes juft thorow this 
 through q'Qr^jj^ where this lufty Fair Is kept; 
 and he that will go to the City, and 
 yet not go thorow this Town , mufi 
 needs go out of the World. The Prince 
 of Princes himfelf, when here, went 
 through this 'Town to his own Coun- 
 trey, and that upon a Fair-day too : 
 
 Mat 4. 8."^^^^ "^"^^ ^^ -^ think, it was Beel- 
 Liike 4., 5. 'zehuh the chief Lord of this Fair^ 
 6, 7. that invited him to buy of his Va- 
 nities'^ yea, would have made him 
 Lord of the Fair^ would he but have 
 done him Reverence as he went 
 thorow the 'Town. Yea, becaufe he 
 was fuch a perfon of Honour , BeeU 
 zehub had him from Street to Street y 
 and (hewed him all the Kingdoms of 
 
 the 

 
 the World in a little time, that he 
 might, if poflible, alure that Blefled 
 One, to cheapen and buy fome of his ^.^^^y^ 
 Vanities. But he had no mind to the bought uo. 
 Merchandize, and therefore left the ^^'V /« 
 Town , without laying out fo much '^">"" 
 as one Farthing upon thefe Vanities. 
 This Fair therefore is an Ancient 
 thing , of long {landing, and a very 
 great Fair. 
 
 Now thefe Pilgrims, as I faid, muft ^^^ p-^ 
 needs go thorowthis/^z/r :Well,fothey^nw/ en- 
 ', did ; but behold, even as they entred /^r /A^yis/r 
 intothe/^/r, all the people in the fair 
 were moved, and the Town it felf as it .jj^^j-^irin 
 were in a Hubbub about them ; ^^'^^ a hubbub 
 that for feveral reafons : For, aboutthem 
 
 Firft, The Pilgrims were cloathed 
 with fuch kind of Raiment, as was '^^';f'f 
 
 1- r r 1 -r* • ^ c caiije oj the 
 
 diverfe from the Ramient ox any^^^^^,^ 
 that Traded in that/rz/r. The people 
 therefore of the fair made a great 
 gazing upon them : Some faid they 
 were Fools, fome they were Bedlams, 
 and fome they are Outlandifh-men. ^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 Secondly, And as they wondred ^^ g ' 
 at their Apparel, fo they did likewife \d. Caufe 
 at their Speech , for few could un- of the hub- 
 derftand what they faid ; they natu- ^«^- 
 rally fpoke the Language of Canaan 
 I 4 but
 
 ^2 4 Cf)0 Pilgrims p^ogrefg. 
 
 but they that kept the fair j were the 
 men of this World : So that from 
 one end of the/<rz/> to the other, they 
 feemed Barbarians each to the other. 
 
 Thirdly, But that which did not 
 a little amufe the Merchandizers, 
 waSjthat thefe Pilgrims fet very light 
 by all their Wares, they cared not, 
 fo much as to look upon them : and 
 if they called upon them to buy, they 
 would put their fingers in their ears, 
 
 Pfal. 119. , ^ ^ & . r 
 
 and cry, Turn away mine eyes from 
 beholding vanity ; and look upwards, 
 Phil 3 19 fignifying that their Trade and Traf- 
 ao. fick was in Heaven. 
 
 One chanced mockingly, behold- 
 ing the carriages of the men, to fay 
 unto them , What will ye buy ? but 
 they, looking gravely upon him,faid, 
 Pf - zx ^^ ^^^y ^^^ 'Truth. At that, there was 
 an occafion taken to defpife the men 
 Tbey are the more; fome mocking, feme taun- 
 mockea. ting , fome fpeaking reproachfully, 
 . and fome calling upon others to fmite 
 1 nT them. At laft things came to an hub- 
 
 a hubbub. rL--ir--r 
 
 bub and great itir m the /^?r, m lo 
 much that all order was confounded. 
 Now was word prefently brought to 
 the great one of the fair ^ who quickly 
 came down , and deputed fome of 
 
 his
 
 C1)C Pilgrims; P2ogixf0. » 25 
 
 his moft trufty friends to take thefe 
 men into examination, about whom T/^^.v art 
 thtfair was almoft overturned. So'xa'""'^^. 
 the men were brought to examina- 
 tion ; and they that fat upon them, 
 asked them whence they came, whe- 
 ther they went , and what they did 
 there in fuch an unufual Garb ? The ^1,,^ ,^// 
 men told them, that they were VW- ^hotkey 
 grims and Strangers in the World, ^''^ ««^ 
 and that they were going to their "^'^^"^^ 
 own Countrey, which was the Hea- ^-^ '^^' 
 venly Jerufalem ; and that they had 
 given none occafion to the men of the 
 Town , nor yet to the Merchandi- 
 zers, thus to abufe them, and to let 
 them in their Journey. Except itwas, 
 for that, when one asked them what 
 they would buy,they faid they would 
 buy the Truth. But they that were '^^O' ^^e 
 appointed to examine them, did not "°^ ^^^'^'^' 
 believe them to be any other then^ ' 
 Bedlams and Mad , or elfe fuch as 
 came to put all things into a confufion 
 in the/«/r. Therefore they took them ^, ^^^ 
 and beat them, and befmeared them ^.^^ ,„ ^^^ 
 with dirt , and then put them into Cage. 
 theCage, that they might be made 
 a Spedacle to all the men of the/<:2/>. 
 There therefore they lay for fome 
 
 time.
 
 126 c&e Pilsrims P?ogref0» 
 
 time, and were made the objedis of 
 any mans fport, or malice, or re- 
 
 thTclle" laughing ftill at all that befel them. 
 But the men being patient, and not 
 rendering railing for railing, but con- 
 trarywife bleffing , and giving good 
 words for bad , and kindnefs for in- 
 juries done: Some men in the/^/r 
 The men of t\\2it Were more obferving, and lefs 
 ?Af/«/r ^0 prejudiced then the reft, began to 
 
 'felZs a"' their continual abufes done by them 
 hout thefe to the men : They therefore in angry 
 tnvo men. manner let fly at them again, count- 
 ing them as bad as the men in the 
 Cage , and telling them that they 
 feemed confederates, and fhould be 
 made partakers of their misfortunes. 
 The other replied , That for ought 
 they could fee, the men were quiet, 
 and fober, and intended no body any 
 harm ; and that there were many 
 that Traded in their/^/r , that were 
 more worthy to be put into the Cage, 
 yea, and Pillory too, then were the 
 men that they had abufed. Thus, 
 after divers words had pafled on both 
 fides, (the men themfelves behaving 
 themfelves all the while very wifely 
 
 and
 
 and fobcrly before them,) they fell 
 to fome Blows , and did harm one to _, 
 
 m 1 r They art 
 
 another. Then were thele two poor ^^^^ .j,g 
 men brought before their Examiners Authors cj 
 again , and there charged as being this Jijlw 
 guilty of the late Hubbub that had ^''"''■ 
 been in the/^z>. So they beat them They an 
 pitifully, and hanged Irons upon ^<^'^''/' «'-'^ 
 them, and led them in Chaines, ^^vi°2'\n' 
 and down the fair , for an example ^^'V"^ 
 and a terror to others, left any fhould a terror tc 
 further fpeak in their behalf, or joyn others. 
 themfelves unto them. But Chrijlian 
 and Faithful behaved themfelves yet 
 more wifely, and received the igno- 
 miny and fhame that was caft upon 
 them, with fo much meeknefs and 
 patience, that it won to their (xdo. Some of tin 
 fthough but few in comparifon of the ^^" "-^^^^ 
 reft)feveral of the men mthQfatr.l. his ^^^^^ 
 put the other party yet into a greater 
 rage , infomuch that thcv concluded 
 the death of thefe two men. Where- Thdr ad- 
 fore they threatned that the Cage nor '^'Kfanes 
 Irons {houldferve their turn, but that ^J^yJJ^,^" 
 they fhould die, for the abufe they 
 had done, and for deluding the men 
 of the/tf/r. 
 
 Then were they remanded to the 
 Case again until further order fhould 
 
 be
 
 12 8 cf)e IPilgnms p^ogrefg, 
 
 taken with them. So they put them 
 ihey are in, and made their feet faft in the 
 again put Stocks. Then a convenient time be- 
 '^"'^ ing appointed, they brought them 
 after forth to their Tryal in order to their 
 brought to Condemnation. When the time was 
 Tryal. come, they were brought before their 
 Enemies and arraigned; the Judge's 
 name was Lord Hategood. Their In- 
 didlment was one and the fame in fub- 
 ftance, though fomewhat varying 
 in form; the Contents whereof was 
 this. 
 iheir In- 'That they were enemies to ^ an I dijlur- 
 diament. hevs of their Trade \ that they had made 
 Commotions andDivifions in the Town, 
 and had won a -party to their own moji 
 dangerous opinions, in contempt of the 
 Law of their Prince. 
 Faithfuls Then Faithful began to anfwer, 
 anfuoerfor That he had only fet himfelf againft 
 iimfelf. that which had fet it felf againft him 
 that is higher then the higheft. And 
 faid he. As for difturbance , I make 
 none, being my felf a man of Peace ; 
 the Party that were won to us, were 
 won by beholding our Truth and In- 
 nocence , and they are only turned 
 from the worfe to the better. And as 
 to the King you talk of, fince he is 
 
 Beelzebub
 
 Beelzebub y the Enemy of our Lord, 
 I defie him and all his Angels. 
 
 Then Proclamation was made,that 
 they that had ought to fay for their 
 Lord the King againft thePrifoner at 
 the Bar, fhould forthwith appear and 
 give in their evidence. So there came 
 in three Witnefles, to wit, Envy, Su- 
 perjiitiony and Pickthank. They was 
 then asked, If they knew the Pri- 
 foner at the Bar ? and what they had 
 to fay for their Lord the King againft 
 him. 
 
 Then ftood forth Envy, and faid to 
 this effed ; My Lord, I have known 
 this man a long time, and will atteft 
 upon my Oath before this honoura- 
 ble Bench, That he is 
 
 Judge. Hold, give him his Oath ; 
 So they fware him. Then he faid. My 
 Lord, This man, notwithftanding his 
 plaufible name, is one of the vileft 
 men in our Countrey ; He neither 
 regardeth Prince nor People, Law 
 nor Cuftom : but doth all that he can 
 to pofTefs all men with certain of his 
 difloyal notions, which he in the 
 general calls Principles of Faith and 
 Holinefs. And in particular, I heard 
 him once my felf affirm, T^hat Chri- 
 
 Jiianity
 
 130 C&0 Pi!gnm0 Ipiogief^. 
 
 ftianity^ and the Cuftoms of our 'Town 
 <?/" Vanfty , were Diametrically oppofite^ 
 and could not be reconciled. By which 
 faying, my Lord, he doth at once, 
 not only condemn all our laudable 
 doings, but us in the doing of them. 
 
 Judg. Then did the Judge fay to 
 him. Haft thou any more to fay ? 
 
 Etiv. My Lord I could fay much 
 more, only I would not be tedious 
 to the Court. Yet if need be, when 
 the other Gentlemen have given in 
 their Evidence , rather then any 
 thing fhall be wanting that will dif- 
 patch him , I will enlarge my Tefti- 
 mony againft him. So he was bid 
 ftand by. Then they called Superjli- 
 tion, and bid him look upon the Pri- 
 foner ; they alfo asked , What he 
 could fay for their Lord the King a- 
 gainft him ? Then they fware him, fb 
 he began. 
 
 Super. My Lord, I have no great 
 acquaintance with this man, nor do 
 I defire to have further knowledge 
 of him ; However this I know, that 
 he is a very peftilent fellow, from 
 fome difcourfe that the other day I 
 had with him in this Town; for then 
 talking with him, I heard him fay. 
 
 That
 
 ^ht Pilgrims P^ogrcfa. 13 1 
 
 That our Religion was naught, and 
 fuch by which a man could by no 
 ncans pleafe God : which fayings of 
 'his, my Lord , your Lordfhip very 
 well knows, what neccfTarily thence 
 will follow, /iX'i? 'u:'//. That we ftill do 
 worfhip in vain, are yet in our Sins, 
 and filially fhall be damned ; and 
 this is that which J have to fay. 
 
 Then was Pickihank fvvorn , and 
 bid fay what he knew, in behalf of 
 their Lord the King againft the Prl- 
 foner at the Bar. 
 » Pick. My Lord, and you Gentle- ?'<"'<■• 
 
 men all. This fellow I have known of ^^^ 
 a long time , and have heard him "^' 
 
 fpeak things that ought not to be 
 <fpoke. For he hath railed on our 
 noble Prince Beelzebub , and hath 
 fpoke contemptibly of his honoura- e- r. 
 
 Die b ncnds, whole names are the Lord, ig^ds mid 
 OldmaUy the Lord Carnal delight ^ the Great ones. 
 Lord Luxurious^ the Lord Defrre of 
 Vain-glo'ry ^my old Lord Lechery y Sir 
 Having Greedy , with all the reft 
 of our Nobility ; and he hath faid 
 moreover, that if all men were of 
 his mind , if poflible , there is not 
 one of thefe noble Men fhould have 
 any longer a being in this Town. 
 
 Befides,
 
 ^32 C6e IPilgtims Piogrefg* 
 
 Befides, he hath not been afraid 
 
 to rail on you, my Lord, who are 
 
 now appointed to be his Judge , 
 
 calling you an ungodly Villian, with 
 
 many other fuch like vilifying terms, 
 
 by which he hath befpattered moft of 
 
 the Gentry of our Town. When 
 
 this Pickthank had told his tale, the 
 
 Judge direded his fpeech to the Pri- 
 
 foner at the Bar, faying. Thou Runa- 
 
 FalthfuU g^t^j Heretick , and Traitor, haft 
 
 defence of thou heard what thefe honeft Gentle- 
 
 b'uifelf. men have witnefTed againft thee ? 
 
 Faith. May I /peak a few words in 
 my own defence ? 
 
 Judg. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou defer- 
 veft to live no longer, but to be flain 
 immediately upon the place; yet that 
 all men may fee our gentlenefs to- 
 wards thee , let us fee what thou 
 haft to fay. 
 
 F<2z/^.i.Ifaythen inanfwerto what 
 Mr. Envy hath fpoken, I never faid 
 ought but this, 'that what Ruky or 
 LawSy or Cuftom, or People^ were flat 
 againfl: the Word of God, are diatne- 
 trie ally oppofite to Chriftianity. If I 
 have faid a mifs in this, convince me 
 of my errour, and I am ready here 
 before you to make my recantation. 
 
 2. As
 
 C&e lPilgtiin.5 ip^ogtcfs. 133 
 
 1. As to the fecond, to wit, Mr. 
 SuperJlitioHj and his charge againft 
 me, I faid only this. That in the wor- 
 (hip of God there is required a divine 
 Faith ; but there can he no divine Faith, 
 ivithcut a divine Revelation of the will 
 of God : therefore whatever is thrufi 
 into the worfljip of God, that is not a- 
 greeable to a divine Revelation, cannot 
 be done but by an humane Faith, which 
 Faith will not -profit to Eternal life. 
 
 3. As to what Mr. Pickthank hath 
 faid , I fay, (avoiding terms , as 
 that I am faid to rail, and the like) 
 That the Prince of this Town, with 
 all the Rablement his Attendants, 
 by this Gentlemen named, are more 
 fit for a being in Hell, then in this 
 Town and Countrey ; and fo the 
 Lord have mercy upon me. 
 
 Then the Judge called to the Jury The Judg 
 (who all this while ftood by, to hear bisfpeech 
 and obferve) Gentlemen of the Jury, ^° '''" ^* 
 you fee this man about whom fo ^' 
 great an uproar hath been made in 
 this Town: you have alfo heard what 
 thefe worthy Gentlemen have wit- 
 nefled againft him ; alfo you have 
 heard his reply and confeffion : It 
 lieth now in your brefts to hang him, 
 
 K or
 
 ^34 Cfje Pi!grini0 p^ogrcrs. 
 
 or fave his life. But yet I think meet 
 to inftrudt you into our Law. 
 There was an Adl made in the days 
 
 Exod. I. of Pharaoh the Great, Servant to out 
 Prince, That left thofe of a contrary 
 Religion ihould multiply and grow, 
 too ftrong for him, their Males ihould 
 be thrown into the River. There was 
 alfo an A61 made in the days of Ne- 
 
 Dan. 3. buchadnezzar the Great, another of 
 his Servants, That whoever would 
 not fall down and worfhip his golden 
 Image , fhould be thrown into a 
 fiery Furnace. There was alfo an 
 
 Dan. 6. A61 made in the days of D<?r/^j, That 
 who fo, for fome time , called upon 
 any God but his, fhould be caft in- 
 to the Lions Den. Now the fubftance 
 of thefe Laws this Rebel has broken, 
 not only in thought (which is not to 
 be born) but alfo in word and deed; 
 which muft therefore needs be intol- 
 ierable. 
 
 For that of Pharaoh ^ his Law was 
 made upon a fuppofition, to prevent 
 mifchief, no Crime being yet ap- 
 parent ; but here is a Crime appa- 
 rent. For the fecond and third, you 
 fee he difputeth againft our Religion; 
 and for theTreafon he hath confefTed, 
 he deferveth to die the death. Then
 
 Then went the Jury out, whofe 
 names were, Mr. Blind-man y Mr. No- 
 good ^ My. Malice, Mr. Love-luft, Mr. 
 Live- loo/ey M r . Heady , M r . High - m indy 
 Mr. Enmity y Mr. Lyar, Mr. Cruelty y 
 Mr. Hate-light y and Mr. Implacable y 
 who every one gave in his private 
 Verdidt againft him among them- 
 ftlves, and afterwards unanimoufly 
 concluded to bring him in guilty be- 
 fore the Judge. And firft Mr. Blind- 
 many the foreman, faid , I Jee clearh 
 that this man is an Heretick. Thei 
 faid Mr. No-goody Avoay ivithjuch a 
 fellow from the Earth. Ay, faid Mr. 
 Malice , for I hate the very looks cf 
 him. Then faid Mr. Love-lufl, I could 
 never indure him. NorI,{ald Mr. Live- 
 loofeyfor he would alivayes be condem- 
 ning my way. Hang himy hang him, 
 faid Mr. Heady. Aforry ScrubyidlxA 
 Mr. High-mind. My heart rifeth a- 
 gainfl hiniy faid Mr. Enmity. He is a 
 Rogue y faid Mr. Lyar. Hanging is too 
 good for himy faid Mr. Cruelty. Lets 
 dif patch him cut of the zvay^ faid Mr. 
 Hate- light. Then faid Mr. hnplacabUy 
 Might I have all the World given mey 
 I could not be reconciled to him, there- 
 fore let us forthwith bring him in 
 
 K 2 guilty
 
 136 Cfje pilgrims p^ogrefo, 
 
 guilty of death : Andfo they did, there- 
 fore he was prefently Condemned, 
 To be had from the place where he 
 , . was, to the place from whence he 
 
 Jeath of came, and there to be put to the moil; 
 
 Faithful, cruel death that could be invented. 
 They therefore brought him out,to 
 do with him according to their Law; 
 and firft they Scourged him, then they 
 BufFetted him , then they Lanced his 
 flefh w^ith Knives ; after that, they 
 Stoned him with Stones, then prickt 
 him with their Swords, and laft of all 
 they burned him to Afhes at the Stake. 
 Thuscame Faithful to hisend. Now, I 
 faw that there ftood behind the multi- 
 tude,a Chariot and a couple of Horfes, 
 waiting for Faithful^ who (fo foon as 
 his adverfaries had difpatched him) 
 was taken up into it , and ftraight- 
 way was carried up through the 
 Clouds, with found of Trumpet, the 
 neareft way to the Coeleftial Gate. 
 Chriftian But as for Chrifliau , he had fome re- 
 
 tsfiilla- {pjf^ and was remanded back to pri- 
 '^'' fon, fo he there remained for a fpace : 
 But he that over-rules all things, 
 having the power of their rage in his 
 own hand, fo wrought it about, that 
 Chriftian for that time efcaped them, 
 and went his wav. Well
 
 Cf)C ipilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 137 
 
 IVell, Faichful,//;^w haj} faithfully profeji 
 Unto thy Lord : zuith him thou Jhalt be 
 
 blefi; 
 When Faithlcfs ones , ivith all their 
 
 vain delights^ 
 Are crying out under their hellijh plights 
 Sing^ Faitliful, fug ; and let thy name 
 
 furvive^ 
 For though they liilPd thee^ thou art yet 
 
 alive. 
 
 Now I {iiw in my Dream , that 
 Chrifiian went not forth alone, for 
 there was one whofe name was Hope- chrifiian 
 ////, (being made fo by the beholding ^«-f ««" 
 of Chrifiian and Faithful in their ''''^[.^°'"' 
 words and behaviour, in their fuffer-'^''''""'' 
 ings at the/<^/V) who joyned himfelf 
 unto him, and entering into a bro- 
 therly covenant , told him that he 
 would be his Companion. Thus one 
 died to make Teftimony to the Truth, 
 and another rifes out of his Afhes to 
 bea Companion with C/?r//?w«. This . 
 
 Hopeful alfo told Chrifiian, that there ^^^'^'IjH^ 
 were many more of the men in the tmnofthe 
 fair that would take their time and fair Ttv// 
 follow after. >'^^^ 
 
 So I faw that quickly after they 
 were got out of the/^/r , they over- 
 
 K 3 took
 
 13 8 C&e Ipilgvims p?ogreCs. 
 
 took one that was going before them, 
 Ttr eve--- whofe name was By-ends \ To they faid 
 take '6\- to him , What Countrey-man, Sir? 
 eru'.s. and how far go you this way ? He 
 told them , That he came from the 
 Town o^ Fair-J-peech^ and he was go- 
 ing to the Coeleftial City , (but told 
 them not his name.) 
 
 From Fair-fpeech,y2?/<iChriil:ian; is 
 
 there any that be good live there ? 
 
 By-ends. Yes, faid By-ends ,1 hope. 
 
 Chr. Fray Sir y what may Icallyou? 
 
 p ^, By-ends. I am a Stranger to you, 
 
 Hh to tell ^""^ yO" to "^^5 ^^ y°^ ^^ go5"g this 
 
 lu na?r.'. Way, I fhall be glad of your Com- 
 pany ; if not, I muft be content. 
 
 Chr. T^his 'Town o/ Fair-fpeech, 1 
 have heard of it^ andy as I remember y 
 they Jay its a IVealthy place. 
 
 By ends. Yes, I will aflure you that 
 it is , and I have very many Rich 
 Kindred there. 
 
 Chr. Fray who are your Kindred 
 there y if a man may be Jo bold ? 
 
 By-ends. To tell you Truth, I am a 
 Gentleman of good Quality ; yet 
 my Great Grand- father was but a 
 Water-man , looking one way, and 
 Rowing another; and I got moft of 
 my Eftate by the fame occupation. 
 
 Chr.
 
 Cije Ipilgrims Ip^ogicfs. 139 
 
 Chr. /-j're you a Married man ? 
 By-ends. Yes , and my Wife is a ike'uijt 
 very Virtuous woman, the Daughter '''"^/"'- 
 
 . • , , . r> I , area of 
 
 ot a Virtuous woman : bne was my p^.^^^,^ 
 Lady Fainings Daughter , therefore 
 fhe came of a very Honourable Fa- 
 mily, and is arrived to fuch a pitch 
 of Breeding, that (he knows how to 
 carry it to all,even to Prince and Pea- ^^ ^ 
 fant. 'Tistrue, we fomewhat differ "^ :" 
 in Religion from thofe of the ftrider J"^^'^^^^^f " 
 fort, yet but in two fmall points : ^^j^g^s in 
 P irft , we never ftrive againft Wind ReligiOK. 
 and Tide. Secondly, we are alv/aycs 
 moft zealous when Religion goes in 
 his Silver Slippers ; we love much to 
 walk with him in the Street , if the 
 Sun fhines, and the people applaud 
 
 it. 
 
 Then Chrijlian ftept a little a to- 
 fide to his Fellow Hopeful , faying, 
 It runs in my mind that this is one 
 By-ends o{Fair-Jpeech,-A.wA if it be he, 
 we have as very a Knave in our Com- 
 pany, as dwelleth in all thefe parts. 
 Then faid //(?;)^/«/ , Ask him, me- 
 thinks he Jhould not be afuamed of his 
 name. SoC/^r//?/rt«cameupwith him 
 again, andfaid , Sir, you talk as if 
 you knew fomething more then all 
 K 4. the
 
 I40 Cbe pilgrims P?ogref0» 
 
 the World doth, and if 1 take not my 
 markamifsjldeem I have half a guefs 
 ofyou: Is notyournameMr. 5jy-^Wj 
 of Fair-Jpeech ? 
 
 By-ends. Thatis not my name, but 
 indeed it is a Nick-name that is given 
 me by fome that cannot abide me, and 
 I muft be content to bear it as a re- 
 proach, as other good men have born 
 theirs before rne. 
 
 Chr. But did you never give an oc- 
 cafion to men to call you by this name? 
 
 By-ends. Never, never ! The worft 
 T*" J' that ever I did to give them an oc- 
 bis ni.Ku:. cafion to givc me this name, was, 
 That I had alwayes the luck to jump 
 in my Judgement with the prefent 
 way of the times, whatever it was, 
 and my chance was to get thereby ; 
 but if things are thus caft upon me, 
 let me count them a blefTing, but let 
 not the malicious load me therefore 
 with reproach. 
 
 Chr. / thought indeed that you was 
 the man that 1 had heard of^ and to tell 
 you what I think ^ Jfear this name belongs 
 to you more properly then you are wil- 
 ling we jhould think it doth. 
 
 By-ends. Well, Ifyou will thusima- 
 gine, I cannot help it. You (hall find 
 
 me
 
 C6c pilBTims Ip?ogrcf0. hi 
 
 me a fair Company-keeper , if you lie defiret 
 will ftill admit me your afibciate. to keep 
 
 Chr. If you will go withus.youmuft J:^"Xchri 
 go againft Wind and Tide , the which ^ }^^^^ 
 I ■perceive^ is againft your opinion \ 7'ou 
 muft aljo own Religion in his Rags , as 
 well as when in his Silver Slippers ^and 
 ft and by him too, when bound in Irons, 
 as well as whenhezvalketh the Streets 
 with applauje. 
 
 By-ends. You muft not impofe,nor 
 Lord it over my Faith ; leave me to 
 my liberty, and let me go with you. 
 
 Chr. Not aft ep further , unlejs you 
 will do in what I propound^ as we. 
 
 Then faid By-ends , I fhall never 
 defert my old Principles, fince they 
 are harmlefs ai^-d profitable. If I may 
 not go with you , I muft do as I did 
 before you overtook me, even go by 
 my felf, untill fome overtake me 
 that will be glad of my Company. 
 
 Then Chriftian and Hopeful out- 
 went him, and went till they came The eafe 
 at a delicate Plain, called Eafe,\v\\QVQ ^*'"' ^'^^" 
 
 1 '11 1 riws ha-ve 
 
 they went with much content ; but -^ ^,^^ ^-^^^ 
 that plain was but narrozv , fo they i„ this life. 
 were quickly got over it. Now at the 
 further fide of that plain, was a little ^ janger 
 Hill called Lucre , and in that Hill ous Hill. 
 
 a
 
 142 ^i)t piigtnii0 Piog;i'ef0. 
 
 a Silver- Mine , which Tome of them 
 that had formerly gone that way, 
 becaufe of the rarity of it, had turn- 
 ed afide to fee , but going too near 
 the brink of the pit, the ground being 
 deceitful under them, broke, and 
 they were (lain ; fome alfo had been 
 maimed there, and could not to their 
 dying day be their own men again. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , that 
 a little oft the road , over againft the 
 Silver- Mine y^oodiDemas ,{Genileman- 
 like,) to call to PalTengers to come 
 and fee : Who faid to Chrijlian and 
 his Fellow; Ho,turn afide hither,and 
 I will fhew you a thing 
 
 C h r . What thing Jo deferving , as to 
 turn us out of the way ? 
 
 Z)^.I-IereisaSilver-Af/;7^,andfome 
 
 digging in it for IVeafure; if you will 
 
 come, v/ith a little paines, you may 
 
 richly provide for yourfelves. 
 
 ., f , Hopef. Then faid Hopeful, Let us 
 
 fioperul r 
 
 umftedto Z^J^^- 
 
 go, but Cbr. Not I, faid Chrijlian; I have 
 
 Chriftian heard of this place before now , and 
 holds btfH j^Q^ many have there been flain ; and 
 ^'^^^' befides , that Treafure is a fnare to 
 thofe that feek it , for it hindreth 
 them in their PilgrnT>age. ThznChri- 
 
 Jlian
 
 tube pilgnmo p^ogrcfs. U3 
 
 fiiari called to Demas, faying, Is not. 
 
 the place dangerous .^ hath it not hin- Hos.4 ;^ 
 
 dred many in their Pilgrimage F 
 
 Be. Not very dangerous, except 
 to thofe that arc carclefs : but withal, 
 he blujhed as he fpake. 
 
 Chr. Then faid Chriftian to Ihpe- 
 fid. Let us not ftir a fiep, but ftill 
 keep on our way. 
 
 Hope. / -ivill zuarrant you^ when 
 By-ends comes up^ if he hath the fame 
 ifivitation as wey he luill turn in thither 
 i' to fee. 
 
 ' Chr. No doubt, thereof, for his 
 
 principles lead him that way , and 
 a hundred to one but he dies there. 
 De. Then Demas called again , 
 faying. But will you not come over 
 and fee ? 
 
 Chr. 'Vhen Chr ij7ianround\Y an- 
 fwered, faymg, Demas, 1 hou art an ^^,^^^^,;, 
 Enemy to the right ways of the ^^^ Demas 
 Lord of this way, and haft been al- zTim. 4 
 ready condemned for thine own turn- i=- 
 ing afide , by one of his Majefties 
 Judges; and why feekeft thou to 
 bring us inro the like condemnation ? 
 Befides, if we at all turn afide, our 
 Lord the King will certainly hear 
 thereof; and will there put us to 
 
 (hame.
 
 1+4 Cbe Pilgrims p^ogtef^, 
 
 fhamej v.'here we would ftand with 
 boldnefs before him. 
 
 Demas cried again, That he alfo 
 was one of their fraternity ; and 
 that if they would tarry a little, 
 he alfo himfelf would walk with 
 them. 
 
 Chr. Then {a.idChri/rian, What is 
 thy name ? is it not it by the which I 
 have called thee? 
 
 Ce. Yes, my name is Demas j I am 
 the fon of Abraham. 
 
 Chr. I know you , Gehazi was 
 
 your Great- Grandfather, and Judas 
 
 '"^^ your Father, and you have trod their 
 
 Mat, 16. fteps. It is but a develifh prank that 
 
 14, 15. thou ufeft : Thy Father wns hanged 
 
 chap. 27, for a Traitor, and thou deferveft no 
 
 ». 2.3, 4.5- better reward. Affure thy felf, that 
 
 when we come to the King, we will 
 
 do him word of this thy behaviour. 
 
 Thus they went their way. 
 
 By this time By-ends was come a- 
 
 By-ends gain within fight, and he at the firft 
 
 goes o'ver beckwentover to Demas. Now whe- 
 
 io Demas. ^h^j. j^g fell into the Pit, by looking 
 
 over the brink thereof; or whether 
 
 he went down to dig, or whether he 
 
 was fmothered in the bottom , by 
 
 the damps that commonly arife, of 
 
 thefe
 
 ^\)C Ipilgrimo Ip^ogrcfs. if 5 
 
 thefe thinfTs I nni not certain : But 
 this I obfervcd, that he never was 
 fcen again in the way. 
 
 By-ends and iS//Wr-Demas both agree ; 
 One calls^ the other runs., that he f/iay 
 
 be. 
 A jharer in his Lucre : fo thefe two 
 
 Take up in this world, and tio fur- 
 ther go. 
 
 I faw then , that they went on a Rivet 
 their way to a pleafant River, which Pf. 65.9. 
 David the King called the River of^"^"^- ^*- 
 God \ hutJohu^The River of ihe water " ' '^^' 
 of life: Now their way lay juft upon 
 the bank of the River : here there- 
 fore Chriftian and his Companion 
 walked with great delight ; They 
 drank alfo of the water of the River, 
 which was pleafant and enlivening to 
 their weary Spirits : befides, on the 
 banks of this River on either fide 
 were green Tr^£fj,that bore all manner 
 of Fruit; and the leaves of the Trees '^'''" ^ 
 were good for Medicine ; with the ^ '^"^' 
 Fruit of thefe Trees they were alfo ',, 
 
 ,.,.,, 1,1 , and leu'ves 
 
 much delighted ; and the leaves tney ojthelrees. 
 eat to prevent Surfeits , and other 
 Difeafes that are incident to thofe 
 
 that
 
 146 €b^ pilgnm0 p?ogrcf5» 
 
 that heat their Ijlood by Travels. On 
 
 either fide of the River was alfo a 
 
 A Meat/oiv M.Qa.dow , curioufly beautified with 
 
 ttl ivl 
 
 vhtch Lilies ; And it was green all the year 
 'f"'" ^" long. In this Meadow they lay down 
 
 do^n to p _ /-I 1 • 1 7- 
 
 Q^^p and llept , for here they might lie 
 
 PI. 22. ^oww/^/d'/)'. When they awoke, they 
 ifa. I +.30. gathered again of the Fruit of the 
 Trees, and drank again of the Water 
 of the River : and then lay down 
 again to deep. Thus they did feveral 
 days and nights. 
 
 Behold ye how thefe Chrijlal Jireams do 
 glide 
 
 [To comfort Pilgrims) by the High- 
 way fide ; 
 
 Ihe Meadows green, befides their fra- 
 grant J mell. 
 
 Yield dainties for them : And he that can 
 tell 
 
 IVhat plenfant Fruit , yea Leaves^ thefe 
 Trees do yields 
 
 IVillfoon fell all , that he may buy this 
 Field. 
 
 So v^^hen they were difpofed to go 
 on (for they were not, as yet, at 
 their Journeys end) they eat and 
 drank, and departed. 
 
 Now I beheld in my Dream, that 
 
 they
 
 they had not journied far, but the 
 River and the way, for a time par- 
 ted. At which they were not a httle 
 forry, yet they durft not go out of 
 the way. Now the way from the 
 River was rough, and their feet ten- 
 der by reafon of their Travels ; So 
 the Joul of the Pilgrims zvas much dij- Numb 
 couraged^ becaujeof theway. Where- 21. 4, 
 fore ftill as they went on,they wifhed 
 for better way. Now a little before 
 them, there was on the left hand of 
 the V^02A^'^Meadozv ^ and a Stile to go 
 over into it, and that Meadow is z'A\- 
 ^ABy-Path-Meado'w.T\\Qn(d^\d.Chri- 
 Jlian to his fellow, Jf this Meadov/ li- By-Path- 
 eth along by our way fide, lets po over ^'^^'''^°'^- 
 
 V ^u u u c -1 One temb- 
 
 into It. 1 hen he went to the btile to , ,• , 
 lee, and behold a Path lay along by make nuay 
 the way on the other fide of x}c\^ for another 
 fence. 'Tis according to my v/ifh 
 faid Chriftian^ here is the eafieft go- 
 ing ; come good Hopeful^ and lets us 
 go over. 
 
 Hop. But how if this Pathfjould 
 lead us out of the way ? !^trong 
 
 Chr. That's not like, faid the o- ^"'^f^^ 
 ther ; look, doth it not go along by i^X/L/ 
 the way fide ? So Hopeful^h€\x\g per- out of the 
 fwaded by his fellow, went after him "^oy- 
 
 over
 
 H« Cfje Pilgrims p^cgrefe. 
 
 over the Stile. When they were gone 
 over, and were got into the Path, 
 they found it very eafie for their 
 feet ; and withal, they looking be- 
 fore them, efpied a Man walking as 
 they did, (and his name "w^sVain-con- 
 fidence) fo they called after him, and 
 asked him whither that way led ? he 
 faid, To the Cosleftial Gate. Look, 
 faid Chrifiian^ did not I tell you fo ? 
 by this you may fee we are right : 
 fo they followed, and he went be- 
 fore them. But behold the night came 
 on, and it grew very dark, fo that 
 they that were behind, loft the fight 
 of him that went before. 
 
 He therefore that v.'ent before 
 
 {Vain-confidence by name) not feeing 
 
 the way before him, fell into a deep 
 
 • 9- ^6 pjj.^ which was on purpofe there 
 
 catch the I'^^de by the Prince of thofe grounds, 
 
 "oain glo- to catch vain-glorious fools withall ; 
 
 rious in. and was dafhed in pieces with his 
 
 fall. 
 
 Now Chriftian and his fellow 
 heard him fall. So they called, to 
 know the matter , but there was 
 none to anfwer, only they heard a 
 groaning. Then faid Hopeful y^h^rc 
 are we now .'' Then was his fellow 
 
 filent 
 
 Ifa
 
 Cbe Ipilotims Ip^oorcfs. 149 
 
 filent, as miftruftliig that he had led 
 him out of the way. And now it be- i^^^rj„i„. 
 gan to rain, and thunder, and Hghten /.etzvee/t 
 in a very dreadful manner, and the ciuifti;ni 
 water rofe amain. ^m/ Hope- 
 
 Then Hope/id groaned in himfelf, '"^ 
 faying, Ob that I had kept on my way! 
 
 Cbr.Who could have thought that 
 this path fhould have led us out of 
 the way ? 
 
 H ope.Izvas afraid on tat veryfirjl^ 
 and therefore gave you that gentle cau- 
 tion. I would have fpoke plainer ^ but 
 that you are older then I. 
 
 Chr. Good Brother be not offend- 
 ed, I am forry I have brought thee Cluiftian, 
 out or the way, and that 1 have puty-^ leading 
 thee into fuch eminent danger ; pray ofbu Bro- 
 my Brother forgive me, I did not do out of the 
 it of an evil intent. ^''>- 
 
 Hope. Be comforted my Brother for 
 I forgive thee\ and believe toOy that 
 this fhall bs for our good, 
 
 Chr. I am glad 1 have with me a 
 merciful Brother : But we muft not 
 ftand thus, let's try to go back again. 
 
 Hope. But good Brother let me go be- 
 fore. 
 
 Chr. No, if you pleafe, let me go 
 firft ; that if there be any danger, I 
 
 L mav
 
 S50 cbe pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 may be firft therein, becaufe by my 
 means we are both gone out of the 
 way. 
 
 Hope. No^/aid¥io\>Q(u\,you Jhall 
 not go firft ^ for your mind being trou- 
 bled^ may lead you out of the way a- 
 gain. Then for their encouragement, 
 they heard the voice of one faying, 
 L et thine heart be towards the High- 
 Jer. 31.21. %vay^ even the way that thouwentefl ^ 
 They are turn again : But by this time theWa- 
 tn danger ^^^^ were greatly rifen, by reafon of 
 i/iP as which, the way or going back was 
 they go very dangerous. (Then I thought that 
 i><ick. it is eafier going out of the way 
 when we are in, then going in when 
 we are out. J Yet they adventured to 
 go back ; but it was fo dark, and 
 the flood was fo high, that in their 
 going back, they had Hke to have 
 been drowned nine or ten times. 
 
 Neither could they, with all the 
 skill they had, get again to the Stile 
 that night. Wherefore, at laft, light- 
 ing under a little fhelter, they fat 
 down there till the day brake ; but 
 in the being weary, they fell afleep. Now 
 grounds of there was not far from the place 
 Giant where they lay,a G?y?/d',called Doubt- 
 Defpair. jjjg Caftle , the owner whereof was 
 
 Giant
 
 Giant Dcfpair, aiicl it was In his 
 groutidb thtry now were fleeping ; 
 wherefore he getting up in the morn- 
 ing early, and walking up and down 
 in his I^'iclds , caught Chrijlicin and Hrf.rjs 
 llopejul aflecpin his grounds. Then t-'-:mtnhn 
 with a Fr//7; and furly voice he bid "'■'"""^' . 
 them awake, and asked them whence ,^.^^ ^^ 
 they were ? and what they did in his Douhtinp, 
 grounds? They told him, they were <^<'y''/'- 
 Pilgrims, and that they had loft their 
 way. Then faid the Giant jYou have 
 this night trefpafTcd on me , by 
 ( trampling in , and lyif:g on my 
 grounds, and therefore you muft go 
 along with me. So they were forced 
 to go, becaufe he wns ftronger then 
 they. They alfo had but little to (Iiy, 
 for they knew themfelves in a fault. 
 The Giant therefore drove them be- 
 fore him,and put them into his Caftle, 'loeGrie-v- 
 into a very dark Dungeon, nafty and ^"J'-'f^ "/ 
 ftinking to the fpirit of thefe two ^^t'' '"" 
 men : Here then they lay, from V/ed- 
 nejday m.oxx\\x\'g till Saturday night, p,. gg. -g 
 without one bit of bread, or drop of 
 drink, or any light, or any to ask how 
 they did. They were therefore here 
 in evil cafe, and were far from friends 
 and at'quaint.ince. Now in this place, 
 L 1 Chri-
 
 1 52 CFjc Pi!gnnt0 Piogrefe, 
 
 Chrijlian had double forrow, becaufe 
 'twas through his unadvifed haftethat 
 they were brought into this diftrefs. 
 
 Well, on Saturday about midnight 
 they began to pray^ and continued in 
 Prayer till almoft break of day. 
 
 Now a little before it was day, 
 
 good Chrijlian^ as one half amazed, 
 
 brake out in this paffionate Speech, 
 
 What a fool, quoth he , a?n I thus to 
 
 A Key in ^^ ^^^ a ftinkmg Dungeon, when I ?nay 
 
 , /' '' ', ' as well walk at liberty ? I have a 
 
 bofomcal- . n j n •/• i 
 
 led Pro- ^^0' 1'"^ ^y bolom, callea Fromije^thit 
 
 mife, opeus will, I am perfuaded, open any Lock 
 
 any Lock Jn Doubting Cafik. Then faid Hopeful, 
 
 in Doubt- That's good News ; good Brother 
 
 >"g ^ ^' pim^k: it out of thy bofom and try : 
 
 Then Chriftian pulled it out of his 
 
 bofom, and began to try at the Dun- 
 
 gion door, whofe bolt fas he turned 
 
 the Key) gave back, and the door 
 
 flew open with eafe , and Chriftian 
 
 and Hopeful both came out. Then he 
 
 went to the outward door that leads 
 
 into the Caftle yard, and with his Key 
 
 opened the door alfo. After he went 
 
 to the Iron Gate, for that muft be 
 
 opened too , but that Lock went 
 
 damnable hard, yet the Key did open 
 
 it; then they thruft open the Gate 
 
 to
 
 to make their efcape with fpccd, but 
 that Gate, as it opened, made fuch 
 a creaking, that it waked Giant De 
 /pair, who haftily rifing to purfue his 
 Prironers,felt his Limbs to fai!,fothat 
 he could by no means go after them. 
 Then they went on, and came to the 
 Kings high way again, and fo were 
 fafe , becaufe they were out of his 
 juiifdi(5lion. 
 
 Now when they were gone over 
 the Stile, they began to contrive with 
 themfclves what they fhould do at 
 that Stile, to prevent thofe that fliould 
 come after , from tailing into the 
 hands of Giant Defpair. So they con- 
 fented to ereft there a Pillar , and to 
 engrave upon the fide thereof, Over 
 tbisStileistheM^'aytoDouht'mg-Ca/lIe, 
 ■zvhich is kept by Giant Defpair whc, 
 dejpijeth the Kingofthe Ccclejlial Coun- 
 tre)\andjeeks to defiroyhis holy Pilgrims . 
 Many therefore that followed after, 
 read what was written, and efcaped 
 the danger. I'his done, they fang as 
 follows. 
 Out of the way we went^ and then we 
 
 found 
 IVhat ^twas to tread upon forbidden 
 
 ground : 
 
 L 3 Jnd
 
 154 C^e pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 And let them that come after have a 
 
 carey 
 Lejl heedlefncjs makes them^ as we^ to 
 
 fare : 
 Lefi they^ for trefp effing^ his prifonen 
 
 are^ 
 Whofe Cnftle's Doubting, and whofe 
 
 name's Defpair. 
 
 They went then , till they came 
 ^, ^ to the delegable Mountains, which 
 kiiaile Mountains belong to the Lord of that 
 Tjxuntaim. Hill;, of which we have fpoken i)e- 
 fore ; fo they went up to the Moun- 
 tains , to behold the Gardens, and 
 They are Orchards, the Vineyards, and Foun- 
 
 rejrejhediii , ^ i ir i j i 
 
 the moun- ^^""^5 of Water, where alio they drank, 
 tains. and wafhed themfelves, and did free- 
 ly eat of the Vineyards. Now there 
 was on the tops of thefe Mountains, 
 Shepherds feeding their flocks , and 
 they ftood by the high-way fide. The 
 Pilfrrims therefore went to them, and 
 leaning upon their ftaves, (as is com- 
 mon with weary Pilgrims , when 
 they ftand to talk with any by the 
 way,) they asked , IVhoJe delegable 
 Mountains are thefe? and whofe be the 
 (keep that feed upon them .^ 
 
 'Shep.
 
 lO. I I 
 
 Ctje Ipilgrimo Ip^otjccfs. 155 
 
 Shep. Thefe Mountains arc /wwrt- 
 iiuels Land, and they are within fight 
 of his City , and the fheep alfo are 
 his, and he laid down his life for 
 them. John 
 
 Ciir. Is this the way to the Ccelejlial 
 City ? 
 
 Shep. You are juft in your way. 
 
 Chr. How far is it thither ? 
 
 Shep. Too far for any , but thofe 
 that yZ^rt// get thither indeed. 
 
 Chr. Is the wayjafe, or dangerous ? 
 
 Shep. Safe for thofe for whom it 
 is to be fafe, but tranfgrejiors (hall fall . 
 therein. 
 
 Chr. Is there in this place any re- 
 lief for Pilgrims that are weary ana 
 faint in the way ? 
 
 Shep. The Lord of thefe Moun- 
 tains hath given us a charge, A/W to be 
 forgetful to entertain Jlrangers'.Thtx^- ^"^^^ '^• 
 fore the good of the place is even 
 before you. 
 
 I faw alfo in my Dream , that 
 when the Shepherds perceived that 
 they were way-fairing men, they alfo 
 put queftions to them, (to which they 
 made anfwer as in other places,) as. 
 Whence came you? and,How got you 
 into the way r and, By what means 
 
 L 4 *^ave
 
 156 Cfje Pilgrims Piogrefs. 
 
 have you fo perfevered therein ? For 
 but few of them that begin to come 
 hither , do fhew their face on thefe 
 Mountains. But when the Shep- 
 herds heard their anfwers , being 
 pleafed therewith , they looked very 
 lovirigly upon them ; and faid , Wel- 
 come to the dele5lable Mountains. 
 
 The Shepherds, I fay,whofe names 
 were, Knowledge, Experience, Watch- 
 ful, and Sincere , took them by the 
 hand, and had them to their Tents, 
 and made them partake of that 
 which was ready at prefent. They 
 faid moreover, We would that you 
 ihould ftay here a while, to acquaint 
 with us, and yet more to folace your- 
 felves with the good of thefe de- 
 ledlable Mountains. They told them. 
 That they were content to ftay; and 
 fo they went to their reft that night, 
 becaufe it was very late. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , that 
 in the morning, the Shepherds called 
 up Chriftian and Hopeful to walk with 
 them upon the Mountains : So they 
 went forth with them, and walked a 
 while , having a pleafant profped on 
 every fide. Then faid the Shepherds 
 one to another, Shall we ftiew thefe 
 
 Pilgrims
 
 ^[it IPilgnnvs p^ogrcfeJ. 157 
 
 Pilgrims fomc wonders? So when 
 they had concluded to do it, they 
 had them firft to the top of an Hill 
 called ErroHi', which was very ftccpr*^Mo««- 
 on the furtheft fide, and hid them '^'" °f 
 look down to the bottom. So Chri- ^"°"''' 
 Jlian and Hopeful lookt down, and 
 faw at the bottom feveral men d;ifli- 
 ed all to pieces by a fall that they 
 had from the top. Then faid Chri- 
 Jlian , What meaneth this ? The 
 Shepherds anfwered ; Have you 
 not heard of them that were made to 
 err , by barkening to Hymenens^ and 
 PhiletiiSy as concerning the Faith of 
 the Refurrc^lion of the Body ? Thev 
 anfwered. Yes. Then faid the Shep- 
 herds , Thofe that you fee lie dafh- 
 ed in pieces at the bottom of this 
 Mountain, are they : and they have 
 continued to this day unburied (as 
 you fee) for an example to others to 
 take heed how they clamber too high, 
 or how they come too near the brink 
 of this Mountain. 
 
 Then I faw that they had them to 
 the top of another Mountain , and Mount 
 the name of that is Caution ; and bid Caution, 
 them look a far off. Which when 
 they did , they perceived as they 
 
 thoutrht.
 
 thought, feveral men walking up and 
 down among the Tombs that were 
 there. And they perceived that the 
 men were bhnd , becaufe they (tum- 
 bled fometimes upon the Tombs, and 
 becaufe they could not get out from 
 among them. Then faid Cbrijiian, 
 What means this ? 
 
 The Shepherds then anfwered , 
 Did you not fee a little below thefe 
 Mountains a Stile that led into a 
 Meadow on the left hand of this 
 way ? They anfwered, Yes, Then faid 
 the Shepherds, From that Stile there 
 goes a Path that leads diredly to 
 Doubting-Cajlle , which is kept by 
 Giant Defpair-^ and thefe men (point- 
 ing to them among the Tombs) 
 came once on Pilgrimage, as you do 
 now, even till they came to that 
 .• fame Stile. And becaufe the right way 
 was rough in that place, they chofe 
 I to go out of it into that Meadow, 
 ; and there were taken by Giant De- 
 J-pair , and caft into DoubtingCaftle: 
 where, after they had a while been 
 kept in the Dungeon , he at Lift did 
 put out their eyes, and led them a- 
 mong thofe Tombs, Vv-here he has 
 left them to wander to this very day; 
 
 that
 
 that the faving of the wife Man 
 might be fulfilled, Herbal ivandereth Prov2i.,< 
 out of the way of underflanding , fhall 
 remain in the Congregation of the dead. 
 Then Chriftian and Hopeful looked 
 one upon another, with tears gufh- 
 ing out ; but yet faid nothing to the 
 Shepherds. 
 
 '] hen I favv in my Dream, that the 
 Shepherds had them to another place, 
 in a bottom, where was a door in 
 the fide of an Hill ; and they opened 
 /' thcdoor,and bid them look in. They 
 looked in therefore, and faw that 
 within it was very dark, and fmoaky ; 
 they alfo thought that they heard 
 there a lumbring noife as of fire, and 
 a cry of fome tormented, and that 
 they fmelt the fcent of Brimftone. 
 Then (ciidChriJlian, What means this ? 
 The Shepherds told them , faying, 
 this is a By-way to Hell, a way that a by- 
 Hypocrites go in at ; namely, fuch as tt Hdl. 
 fell their Birthright, with Efau: fuch 
 as fell their Maftcr, with Judas: fuch 
 as bLifpheme the Gofpel with Alex- 
 ander : and that lie and diflemble, 
 with Ananias and K)aphiya his wife. 
 
 Hopef. J hen faid Hopeful to the 
 Sliepherds , 1 perceive that theje had 
 
 on 
 
 ■tvai
 
 i6o CDe pi!gtmi0 Piogccfs. 
 
 en them, even every one, a Jloew of Pil- 
 grimage as we have now ; had they 
 not? 
 
 Shep. Yes, and held it a long time, 
 too. 
 
 Hopef. How far might they go on 
 Pilgrimage in their day ,ftnce they not- 
 withfianding zvere thus mijerably cafi 
 away ? 
 
 Shep. Some farther, and forae not 
 fo far as thefe Mountains. 
 
 Then faid the Pilgrims one to ano- 
 ther, JVe had need cry to the Strong for 
 firength. 
 
 Shep. Ay, and you will have need 
 to ufe it when you have it, too. 
 
 By this time the Pilgrims had a 
 defire to go forwards, and the Shep- 
 herds a defire they fhould ; fo they 
 walked together towards the end of 
 the Mountains. Then faid the Shep- 
 herds one to another. Let us here 
 fnew to the Pilgrims the Gates of the 
 Coeleftial City, if they have skill 
 to look through our Perfpe6live 
 Glafs. The Pilgrims then lovingly 
 accepted the motion : So they had 
 them to the top of an high Hill cal- 
 led Clear, and gave them their Glafs 
 to look. Then they effayed to look, 
 
 but
 
 ruit 
 
 €l)t pilgrims ip^ogtcfs- i6i 
 
 hut the rememhrance of that lad 
 thing that the Shcpheards had (View- 
 ed them, made their hand fhake, 
 by means of whieh impediment, 
 they could not look fteddily through qf^^ ,^^ 
 the Glafs ; yet they thought they ojjia-vijb 
 faw fomthing like the Gate, and alfoyc'^r. 
 fome of the Glory of the place, 
 
 ^hus by the Shepherds, Secrets are 
 
 reveard , 
 Which from all other men are kept con- 
 ,, ceal'd : 
 
 t Come to the Shepherds theii^ if you 
 would fee 
 Things deep^ things hid , and that my- 
 fierious be. 
 
 When they were about to depart, 
 one of the Shepherds gave them a 
 note of the -way. Another of them, 
 bid them beware of the flatterer^ The 
 third , bid them take heed that they 
 fleep not upon the Inchanted Ground^ 
 and the fourth, bid them God /peed. 
 So I awoke from my Dream. 
 
 And I flept, and Dreamed again, 
 and faw the fame two Pilgrims going 
 down the Mountains along the High- 
 way towards the City. Now a little 
 
 below
 
 i62 C6e Pilgrims p^ogrefs* 
 
 below thefe Mountains , on the left 
 'The Coun- hand , lieth the Countrey of Conceit y 
 trey of ^ froHi which Countrcy there comes 
 Conceit, jj^^Q ^^ ^^y jj^ which the Pilgrims 
 
 i.vhich cRv:e^'^^^^i a little crookcd Lane. Here 
 Ignorance therefore they met with a very brisk 
 Lad, that came out of that Coun- 
 trey ; and his name was Ignorance. 
 So Chriftian asked him, From what 
 parts he came ? and whither he was 
 going ? 
 Chriftian Jgn. Sir, I was born in the Coun- 
 and Igno- ^.j-gy ^h^{. jigt^ off there, a little on 
 
 ran; e ha,h ^^^ j^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ j ^^   ^^ ^^^ 
 
 Coeleftial City. 
 
 Chr. But how do you think to get in 
 at the Gate^for you ^nayjindjome diffi- 
 culty there. 
 
 Ign. As other good People do, faid 
 he 
 
 Chr. But what have you to Jhew at 
 that Gate^ that may cauje that the 
 Gate JJjould be opened unto you ? 
 
 Ign. I know my Lords will, and 
 I have been a good Liver,I pay every 
 man his own ; I Pray , Faft , pay 
 Tithes, and give Alms , and have 
 left my Countrey , for whither I am 
 going. 
 
 Chr. But thou camejl not in at the 
 
 Wicket'
 
 Cfjc l?iIo;n'm,5 Ip^ogrcfs. 1^3 
 
 fVicket-gate , that is at the head of 
 this way y thou camejt in hither through 
 that fame crooked Latie, and therefore 
 I fear , however thou may eft think of 
 thy f elf y when the reckoning day fhciU 
 come^ thou wilt have laid to thy charge y 
 that thou art a Theif and a Robber yin- 
 ftead of adniitance into the City. 
 
 Ignor. Gentlemen , ye be utter Hd/ahl 
 flrangers to me , I know you not, be to every 
 content to follow the Religion of your one, that h 
 Countrey, and I will follow the Re- '^"^'"'^ 
 ligion of mine. I hope all will be well. 
 And as for the Gate that you talk of, 
 all the World knows that that is a 
 great way off of our Countrey. I can- 
 not think that any man in all our 
 parts doth fo much as know the way 
 to it ; nor need they matter whethei- 
 they do or no, fince we have, as you 
 fee , a fine pleafant green Lane, 
 that comes down from our Countrey 
 the next way into it. 
 
 When Chriftian faw that the man 
 v/as wife in his own conceit , he faid ^'- *^- ** 
 to Hopeful y whifperingly , There is 
 more hopes of a fool then of him. And 
 faid moreover , IVhen he that is a 
 fool walketh by the way , his wifdom Eccl.io. 3. 
 faileth him , and he faith to every one 
 
 that
 
 164 Cf)C pilgtims PiogteCs* 
 
 Hovj TO that he is a fool. What, fhall w " talk 
 carry it to further With him ? or out-go him at 
 ^■^''°^' prefent ? and fo leave him to think 
 of what he hath heard already ; and 
 then flop again for him afterwards, 
 and fee if by degrees we can do any 
 good of him ? 
 
 Let Ignorance a little while now mufe 
 On what is /aid ^ and let him not refufe 
 Good Counfel to imhrace^ lejl he remain 
 Still Ignorant of what's the chiefeft gain. 
 God faith ^ Thofe that no underftanding 
 
 have^ 
 {^y^lthough he made them) the?n he will 
 
 not favc. 
 
 Hop. It is not good , I think , to 
 fay all to him at once, let us pafs him 
 by, if you will, and talk to him anon, 
 even as he is able to bear it. 
 
 So they both went on, and Igno- 
 rance he came after. Now when 
 they had pafled him a little way, 
 they entered into a very dark Lane, 
 where they met a man whom feven 
 Matt. 12. Devils had bound with feven ftrong 
 4.5. Piov. Cords , and were carrying of him 
 5. 21. back to the door that they faw in the 
 fide of the Hill. Now good Chriflian 
 
 began
 
 began to tremble, and fo did Hopeful 
 his Companion : Yet as the Devils led 
 away the man , Chrijltan looked to 
 fee if he knew him, and he thought 
 it might be one 'Turn-away that dwelt j/ye jg. 
 in the 'Town of Apojlacy. But \\tjlruaion oj 
 did not perfedly fee his face, for °"^ Turn- 
 he did hang his head like a Thief ^^^^^^ 
 that is found : But being gone paft. 
 Hopeful looked after him, and efpied 
 on his back a Paper with this In- 
 fcription , Wanton Pr of effor^ and dam- 
 /' nable Apoflate. Then faid Chrijlian ciuiftian 
 to his Fellow, Now I call to remem- telUth his 
 brance that which was told me o( Companion 
 a thing that happened to a good man "f'°''y °i 
 hereabout. The name of the man Y^\\.\i 
 was Little-Faith , but a good man, 
 and he dwelt in the Town of Sincere. 
 The thing was this ; at the entering 
 in of this paflage there comes down 
 from Broad-way-? ate a Lane called ^°f ^""^ 
 Dead-mans-lane ; {o called, becaufe j^tadtnam 
 of the Murders that are commonly Lane. 
 done there. And thAsLittle-Faithgo- 
 ing on Pilgrimage , as we do now, 
 chanced to fit down there and flept. 
 Now there happened, at that tinie,to 
 come down that Lane from Broad- 
 way-gate three Sturdy Rogues, and 
 M their
 
 1 66 Cbe piignms p?ogref0. 
 
 their names v/ere Faint-heart , Mr/- 
 truji^m-xd. Guilty f three brothers J and 
 they efpynigZ,zV//^-/(3//^wherehe was 
 came galloping up with fpeed : Nov. 
 the good man was juft awaked from 
 his fleep, and was getting up to go on 
 iXxtXit- his Journey. So they came all up to 
 faith ri»i- him, and v/ith threatning Language 
 bed by bid himy?^»^. Atthisj Littlefaith\oo\^t 
 Famt- j^g white as aClout, and had neither 
 iniftL i ^o\Yzr to fight VLOYjiie.Thtn(^\di Faint- 
 Guiit. h^art , Deliver thy Purfe ; but he 
 making no hafte to do it, f for he was 
 loth to lofe his Money , ) Mif- 
 trufl ran up to him, and thrufting his 
 hand into his Pocket , puH'd out 
 _., thence a bag of Silver. Then he cried 
 a^ayhu out,Thieves,thieves. With that. Guilt 
 siiver,anJ \vhh a great Club that was in his 
 krtockt hand , ftrook Little-Faith on the 
 har. do^n he.id , and with that blow fell'd him 
 flat to the ground, were he lay bleed- 
 ing as one that would bleed to death. 
 All this while the Thieves flood by : 
 But at laft, they hearing that fomc 
 were upon the Road, and fearing lefl 
 it fliould be one Great-grace that 
 dwells in the City of Good-confidence. 
 they betook themfelves to their heels, 
 and left this good man to fhift for 
 
 him-
 
 Cfie Ipilgrims IP^oyicfs. 167 
 
 himfelf. Now afcer a while, Little- 
 faith came to himfelf, and getting 
 up, madefhiftto fcrabbleon hisway. 
 This was the ftory. 
 
 Hopef. But did they take from him 
 all that ever he had ? j j^^,^^ 
 
 Chrijl. No : The place where his ^^^^^ }^^" 
 Jewels were, they never ranfak't, fo „gf j^-jj i,ejl 
 thofe he kept ftill ; but as, J was told, things. 
 the good man was much afnic5led for 
 his lofs. For the Thieves got moftof 
 his fpending Money. That which 
 '' they got not (as I faid) were Jewels, 
 
 alfo he had a little odd Money left, ^ ^^^ ^^ 
 hntfcarce enough to bring him to ^g 
 his Journeys end ; nay , (if I was not 
 mis-informed) he was forced to beg ^. ^'J^^".^;^ ^ 
 as he went, to keep himfelf ^'^^'^^y]''^(,°/^'\„ 
 (for his Jewels he might not fell.)But ,^.^ j^^^_ 
 beg, and do what he could, he went „eys end. 
 (as we fay) with many a hungry belly, 
 the moft part of the reft of the 
 
 way. 
 
 Ho-^d.But is itnotawonder they got 
 
 not from him his Certificate, by which he 
 was to receive his admittance at the 
 Cceleftial gate ? 
 
 Chr. No, they got not that: 
 
 though thy mift it not through any 
 
 good cunning of his , for he being 
 
 M -2 dif'
 
 t68 cbc Pilgriins PiogreCs* 
 
 He kept difmayed with their coming upon 
 «(3/ his befi hini, had neither power nor skill to 
 things by j^j^g ^^y thing ; fo 'twas more by 
 cunning, goo'i Providencc then by his Indea- 
 2 Tim. I. vour, that they mift of that good 
 14. thing. 
 
 Hopef. But it mujl needs he a com- 
 fort to him^ that they got not this Jewel 
 from him. 
 
 Chr. It might have been great 
 2 Pet. 1.9. comfort to him, had he ufed it as he 
 fhould ; but they that told me the 
 ftory, faid. That he made but little 
 ufe of it all the reft of the way ; and 
 that becaufe of the difmay that he 
 had in their taking away of hisMoney : 
 indeed he forgot it a great part of the 
 reft of the Journey ; and befides, 
 when at any time, it came into his 
 mind, and he began to be comforted 
 therewith, then would frefti thoughts 
 of his lofs come again upon him, 
 and thofe thoughts would fwallow 
 up all. 
 
 Hope. Alas poor Man ! this could 
 not but be a great grief unto him. 
 Chr. Grief! Ay, a grief indeed ! 
 He u pit- ^Qu|(j j(- not a been fo to any of us, 
 
 TjIj ^ had we been ufed as he, to be Rob- 
 bed and wounded too , and that in a 
 
 ftrange
 
 Cfie lPilgnm.5 Ip^ogvcCo; 169 
 
 ftrange place , as he was ? 'Tis a 
 wonder he did not die with grief, 
 poor heart ! I was told, that he fcat- 
 tered almoft all the reft of the way 
 with nothing but doleful and bitter 
 complaints. Telling alfo to all that 
 over-took him, or that he over-took 
 in the way as he went, where he was 
 Robbed , and how ; who they were 
 that did it, and what he loft ; how 
 he was wounded, and that he hardly 
 efcaped with life. 
 
 Hope. But 'tis a wonder that his 
 necejjities did not put him upon felling, 
 or pawningyi^wd" of his Jewels, that he 
 might have wherewith to relieve him- 
 Jelf in his Journey. 
 
 Chr. Thou talkeft like one upon 
 whofe head is the Shell to this very chriftian 
 day : For what ftiould he. pawn them .? /'"^^^^^ 
 or to whom ftiould he fell them ? In '''Oei/oiv 
 all that Countrey where he was^^^^^^'^"^' 
 Robbed, his Jewels were not accoun- ,-„^. 
 ted of, nor did he want that relief 
 which could from thence be admini- 
 ftred to him ; befides, had his Jewels 
 been mifting at the Gate of the Cce- 
 leftial City, he had (and that he 
 knew well enough) been excluded 
 from an Inheritance there ; and that 
 M 3 would
 
 Heb. IS. 
 1 6. 
 
 170 C&e Pilgnmg Piogtef0» 
 
 would have been worfe to him then 
 the appearance and villany of ten 
 thoufand Thieves. 
 
 Hope. Why art thou Jo tart my Bro- 
 ther ? EJau fold his Birth-right, and 
 that for a 'mejs of Pottage ; and that 
 Birth-right was his greatefi Jewel: and 
 if he^ why might not Little- Faith do Jo 
 too? 
 A difcourfe Qhr. EJau did fell his Birth-right 
 
 Faith. ' '^y ^° '^oing, exclude themfelves from 
 the chief blefling, as alfo that Cay tiff 
 did. But you muil put a difference be- 
 twixt EJau and Little-Faith^ and 
 alfo betwixt their Eiliates. EJau's 
 Birth-right was Typical, but Little- 
 faith' s]^^q\s were not (o.EJau's belly 
 was his God, but Littlejaith's belly 
 was not fo. EJau's want lay in his 
 flefhly appetite, Littlefaith's did not 
 
 ^■IZr'''^^' ^e^^des, Efau could fee no fur- 
 
 bts lufts ^^^^' \h^VL to the fulfilling of his Lufts, 
 Gen, 25: For I am at the 'point to dye^ faid he, 
 
 S3. and what good will this Birth-right do 
 
 me ? But Little faith, though it was 
 his lot to have but a littlefaith, was 
 by his little faith kept from fuch ex- 
 travagancies ; and made to Jee and 
 prize his Jewels more, then to fell 
 
 them.
 
 C6c pilgrims p^oiiTcCs. 171 
 
 them, as EJau did his Birth-right. Efau //ri-rr 
 You read not any where that EJau^'^'^ '""'^^ 
 had faiib, no not fo much as a litl/e: 
 Therefore no marvel, if where the 
 flefh only bears fway (as it will in 
 that Man where ?io faith is to refift) 
 if he fells his Birth-right , and his 
 Soul and all, and that to the Devil of 
 Hell ; for it is with fuch, as it is with 
 the Afs, JVho in her occaftons cannot be Jer. 2. 24. 
 turned away. When their minds are 
 fet upon their Lufts, they will have 
 them what ever they coft. But Little- ^ . J'-"'^" 
 faith was or another temper , his ^^^ ^-^^ 
 mind was on things Divine; his„^o«Efaus 
 liveiyhood was upon things that Fottage. 
 were Spiritual , and from above ; 
 Therefore to what end fhould he that 
 is of fuch a temper fell his Jewels, 
 (had there been any that would have 
 bought them) to fill his mind with 
 empty things ? Will a man give a 
 penny to fill his belly with Hay ? or ^f'^'^'f''- 
 can you perfuadc the Turtle-dove to ,.,y^^„ ^f,, 
 live upon Carrion, like the Crow ? Turtle- 
 Thoughyvz/V/^/^ ones, can for carnal dove and 
 Lufts, pawn, or morgage, or fell what ^'^^ ^low. 
 they have, and themfelves out right 
 to boot ; yet they that have faith^ 
 faving faithj though but a little of it, 
 M 4 cannot
 
 172 Cf)0 pil0nm0 Piogref0» 
 
 cannot do fo. Here therefore, my 
 Brother, is thy miftake. 
 
 Hopef. / acknowledge it ; but yet 
 your fever e refle£lion had almoji made 
 me angry 
 
 Chr. Why, I did but compare thee 
 to fome of the Birds that are of the 
 brisker fort , who will run to and 
 fro in troden paths with the fhell up- 
 on their heads ; but pafs by that, and 
 confider the matter under debate, 
 and all fhall be well betwixt thee and 
 me. 
 
 Hopef. But Chriftian, l!heje three 
 
 fellows^ lamferfwadedin my heart , are 
 
 but a company of Cowards : would they 
 
 have run elfe, think you, as they did, 
 
 at the noife of one that was coming on 
 
 Hopeful the road? Why did not Little-faith 
 
 fivnggers. pluck Up a great heart? He might, me- 
 
 thinks, have food one brujh with them, 
 
 and ho.ve yielded when there had been 
 
 no remedy. 
 
 Chr. That they are Cowards, many 
 
 have faid, but few have found it fo 
 
 No great ^'"^ the time of Trial. As for a great 
 
 heart for heart. Little-faith had none ; and I 
 
 Godnvhere perccive by thee, my Brother, hadft 
 
 there ts but t\^Q-^ {^^g^ ^he Man concerned, thou 
 
 art but for a brufh, and then to yield. 
 
 'And
 
 ^U Ipilgrims IP^ogrcfs. 173 
 
 And verily, fincethis is the height of H'eha-ve 
 thy Stomach now they are at a ^^^^ <'°"" 
 diftance from us, fhould they appear '''^^^^^ ''" 
 to thee, as they did to him, they ^^,^'^„\^^ 
 might put thee to fecond thoughts, ^.re in. 
 
 But confider again, they are but 
 Journey-men Thieves, they ferve un- 
 der the King of the Bottomlcfs pit ; 
 who, if need be, will come to their 
 aid himfelf , and his voice is as the l'^^'- 5- ^ 
 roaring of a Lion. I my felf have chriftian 
 been In gaged as this Little-faith was, '^^^^ *" 
 and I found it a terrible thing. Thefe °]^^J^i„ 
 three Villains fet upon me, and I be- this cafi. 
 ginning like a Chrifiian to refift , 
 they gave but a call, and in came 
 their Mafter : I would as the fay- 
 ing is, have given my life for a pen- 
 ny ; but that, as God would have it, 
 I was cloathed with Armour of proof. 
 Ay, and yet though I was fo harnef- 
 fed, I found it hard work to quit my 
 felf like a man ; no man can tell what 
 in that Combat attends us , but he 
 that hath been in the Battle himfelf. 
 
 Hopef. /F<?//, hut they ran youfee^ 
 when they did but fiippofe that one 
 Great-Grace was in the way. 
 
 Chr. True, they often fled, both 
 they and their Mafter, when Great - 
 
 grace
 
 174 C!je Pilgrims p?ogref$» 
 
 The Kings grace hath but appeared , and no 
 Champion, j^arvel, for he \%the Kings Cham-pion: 
 But I tro, you will put fome diffe- 
 rence between Little-faith and the 
 Kings Champion-^ all the Kings Sub- 
 jefts are not his Champions: nor can 
 they , when tried, do fuch feats of 
 War as he. Is it meet to think that a 
 little child fhould handle Goliah as 
 David did ? or that there fhould be 
 the ftrength of an Ox in a I'Fren ? 
 Some are flrong , fome are weak, 
 fome have great faith , fome have lit- 
 tle : this man was one of the weak, 
 and therefore he went to the walls 
 
 Hopef. [ would it had been Grt2it- 
 grace, for their Jakes. 
 
 Chr. If it had been he, he might 
 have had his hands full; For I muft 
 tell you, That though Great-grace is 
 excellent good at his Weapons, and 
 has and can, fo long as he keeps 
 them at Swords point, do well e- 
 nough with them : yet if they get 
 within him, even Faint-heart, Mi- 
 Jirujtj or the other, it fhall go hard 
 but they will throw up his heels. And 
 when a man is dovvn,you know what 
 can he do. 
 
 Who fo looks well upon Great- 
 graces
 
 CDc Pilgnms Ip^cgucfs, 175 
 
 grace's face, fhall fee thofc Scars and 
 I Cuts there, that fliall eafily give de- 
 monftration of what I fay. Yea once 
 / I heard he fhould fay, (and that when 
 F he was in the Combat) IVe defpaired 
 even of life : How did thefe fturdy 
 Rogues and their Fellows make Da- 
 vid groan, mourn , and roar ? Yea 
 Heman , aiid Ilezekiah too, though 
 Champions in their day, were forced 
 to beftir them, when by thefe af- 
 faulted ; and yet, that notwithftand- 
 /' ing , they had their Coats foundly 
 brufhed by them. Peter upon a time 
 would go try what he could do ; but, 
 though fome do fay of him that he 
 is the Prince of the Apoftles , they 
 handled him fo, that they made him 
 at laft afraid of a forry Girle. 
 
 Befides, their King is at their 
 Whiftle, he is never out of hearing; 
 and if at any time they be put to 
 the v/orft, he, if pofTible, comes in to 
 help them : And, of him it is faid, 
 T'he Szvord of him that layeth at hira J^^, 41.26 
 cannot hold the Spear ^ the Darty nor the 
 Habergeon \ he efteemeth Iron as Straw ^ 
 and Brafs as rotten Wood. "The Arrow ^^^^^^ n^_ 
 cannot make him flie , Slingftones are ci'mefs. 
 turned with him intoftubble^Darts are 
 
 counted
 
 176 Cfjc Pilgr 11110 Piog:ref0» 
 
 counted as Jlubhle^ he laugheth at the 
 
 Jhaking of a Spear. What can a man 
 
 do in this cafe ? 'Tis true , if a man 
 
 could at every turn have Jobs Horfe, 
 
 and had skill and courage to ride 
 
 The excel- him, he might do notable things. For 
 
 lent mettle /,/j. ^^^^ /j. clothed With Thunder , he 
 
 that IS tn ^^^ ^^^ ^^ afraid as the Grajhoper, the 
 
 Hcrfe Z^^'^y °f ^^^ Nojirils is terrible, he 
 paweth in the Valley , rejoyceth in his 
 flrength ,and goeth out to meet the armed 
 men. He mocketh at fear , and is not 
 affrighted , neither turneth back from 
 the Sword. The quiver rattleth againfi 
 him, the glittering Spear , and the 
 fhield. Hefzvalloweth the ground with 
 fiercenejs and rage , neither believeth he 
 that it is the found of the 'Trumpet. He 
 fob 39. j^ faith among theTrumpets, Ha, ha; and 
 he fmelleth the Battel a far off, the 
 thundring of the Captains , and the 
 fh outings. 
 
 But for fuch footmen as thee and I 
 are, let us never defire to meet with 
 an enemv,nor vaunt as if we could do 
 better, when we hear of others that 
 they have been foiled, nor be tickled 
 at the thoughts of our own manhood, 
 for fuch commonly come by the worft 
 when tried. WitnefsP^/dTjof whom I 
 
 made
 
 / 
 
 Cf)C pilgrims p^ogixfo; 177 
 
 made mention before. He would 
 fwagger, Ay he would: He would,as 
 his vain mind prompted him to fay, 
 do better , and ftand more for his 
 Mafter , then all men : But who fo 
 foiled, and run down by thefe FiL 
 lains^ as he ? 
 
 When therefore we hear that fuch 
 Robberies are done on the Kings 
 High-way , two things become us 
 to do; firft to go out HarnefTed, and 
 to be fure to take a Shield with us : For 
 it was for want of that, that he that 
 laid fo luftily at Leviathan could not 
 make him yield. For indeed, if that 
 be wanting, he fears us not at all. 
 Therefore he that had skill, hath faid, 
 Above all take the Shield of Faith^^?^-^-*^ 
 where-Tvith ye Jhall be able to quench all 
 the fiery darts of the wicked. 
 
 'Tis good alfo that we defire of the ^^i^^q^^^^ 
 King a Convoy, yea that he will go ha-ve a 
 with us himfelf. This made T) avid Convoy. 
 rejoyce when in the Valley of the 
 fhaddows of death; and Mo/d'j- was ^^- ' ^ '-^• 
 rather for dying where he ftood, then 
 to go one ftep without his God. O 
 my Brother, if he will but go along ' \ '^' 
 v/ith us, what need we be afraid of „' ' 
 ten thoufands that fhall fet them- ^.^ 
 
 felves
 
 178 Cfje Pilgdms lg)?ogtef0» 
 
 felves againft us, but without him, 
 ifa 10. i^. the proud helpers fall under the Jlain. 
 I for my part have been in the fray 
 before now,and though(through the 
 goodnefs of him that is beft) I am 
 as you fee aHve : yet I cannot boaft 
 of my manhood. Glad fhall I be, if I 
 meet with no more fuch brunts, 
 though I fear we are not got beyond 
 all danger. However, fmce the Lion 
 and the Bear hath not as yet devou- 
 red me , I hope God will alfo deli- 
 ver us from the next uncircumcifed 
 Philijiine, 
 
 Poor Little-faith / Hajl been among the 
 
 Thieves ! 
 Waft robh'd ! Remember this^ Who fo 
 
 believes 
 And gets more faith ^ fl^all then a Vi- 
 
 £ior be 
 Over ten thoufand ^ elfe fcarce over 
 
 three. 
 
 So they went on, and Ignorance fol- 
 lowed. They went then till they 
 came at a place where they faw a 
 way put it felf into their way^ and 
 ^ ,^ feemed withal, to lie as flraight as 
 anAuHJoay. the Way which they fhould go ; and 
 
 here
 
 Clje Ipilgrims Jj^^ogcefs. 179 
 
 here they knew not which of the two 
 to tiike, for both fcemed ftraight be- 
 fore them ; therefore here they ftood 
 ftill to confider. And as they were 
 thinking about the way , behold a 
 man black of flefh, but covered with 
 a very light Robe, came to them and 
 asked them, Why they ftood there ? 
 They anfwered, They were going to 
 the Cceleftial City , but knew not 
 which of thefe ways to take. Fol- 
 low me, faid the man, it is thither 
 that J am going . So they followed 
 him in the way that but now came Chriftian 
 into the road, which by degrees turn- ^'■'•'^'^'•' 
 ed, and turned them fo from th^^^^Jj/'- 
 City that they defired to go to, 
 that in little time their faces were 
 turned away from it ; yet they fol- 
 lowed him. But by and by, before 
 they were aware, he led them both 
 within the compafs of a Net, in 
 which they were both fo entangled 
 that they knew not what to do ; and ^akenina 
 with that, the ivhite Robe fell of the ^tt. 
 black mans back ; then they faw where 
 they were. Wherefore there they 
 lay crying fometime, for they could 
 not get themfelves out. 
 
 Cbr. Then faid Chriftian to his fel - 
 
 low.
 
 i8o cfje Pilgrims p^ogrefs* 
 
 They be- low, Now do I fee my felf in an 
 
 n,iaiL their errour. Did not the Shepherds bid 
 
 conditions, ^g beware of the flatterers ? As is 
 
 Pio. %<). 5, the faying of the Wife man, fo we 
 
 have found it this day : A man that 
 
 fiattereth his Neighbour j/preadeth a 
 
 Net for his feet. 
 
 Hopef. They alfo gave us a note 
 of directions about the way, for our 
 more fure finding thereof : but there- 
 in we have alfo forgotten to read, 
 and have not kept our felves from 
 the Paths of the deftroyer. Here 
 David was wifer than wee ; for faith 
 Pfal. 17.4. he^ Concerning the works of men^ by 
 Ajhimng ^^^ ^qy^ qJ ijjy Ups^ I have kept me 
 to them fro^ the Paths of the deftroyer. Thus 
 rujith a they lay bewailing themfelves in the 
 ^hipin Net. At laft they efpied a fhining 
 hand. One coming towards them , with a 
 whip of fmall cord in his hand. When 
 he was come to the place where they 
 were. He asked them whence they 
 came ? and what they did there ? 
 They told him. That they were poor 
 Pilgrims going to Sion , but were 
 led out of their way, by a black man, 
 cloathed in white, who bid us, faid 
 they, follow him ; for he was go- 
 ing thither too. Then faid he with the 
 
 Whip
 
 Cbe Ipilgrims p^oarcfs:^ iSi 
 
 Whip; it is Flatterer, a falfe Apoftle, ^"^0- *9- s 
 that hath transformed himfelf into an ^■';"-3». 
 Angel of light So he rent the Net ,^^ ,^ 
 and let the men out. Then faid he 
 to them, Follow me, that I may fet 
 you in your way again ; fo he led 
 them back to the way, which they 
 had left to follow the F/atterer.ThQn 
 he asked them, faying. Where did ^^ '^' 
 you lie the laft night ? They faid with ^^^^^ ^g„^ 
 the Shepherds upon the dele6lable t;;^?^?^©/' 
 Mountains. He asked them thzn ^Mgetful 
 If they had not of them Shepherds "^■^^■ 
 a note of direct on for the way ? They 
 anfwered, Yes. But did you, faid he 
 when you was at a ftand, pluck out 
 and read your note ? They anfwered. 
 No. He asked them why ? They faid Decei'ven 
 they forgot He asked moreover, H fi'^e /poken. 
 the Shepherds did not bid them be-^^"'"^-'^ 
 ware of the Flatterer^They anfwered. 
 Yes : But we did not imagine, faid 
 they, that this fine-fpoken man had 
 been he. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that he 
 commanded them to lie down ; which Deu.25.2. 
 when they did, he chaftized them ^chron.6, 
 fore, to teach them the good way *^' ^7- 
 wherein they fhould walk ; and as ,, 
 
 * . K':v, 3.10 
 
 he chaftized them, hefaid, y/i many 
 
 N as
 
 1 82 cfte Pi!p!m0 p?ogtei0. 
 
 ihev or£ as I love, I rebuke and chajlen ; hi 
 
 ivhipt,and zealous therefore^ and repent. This 
 
 ftnton done, he bids them go on their way, 
 
 '^'^■^" and take good heed to the other di- 
 
 redlions of the Shepherds. So they 
 
 thanked him for all his kindnefs, and 
 
 went foftly along the right way. 
 
 Come hither^ yon that walk, along the 
 
 way ; 
 See how the Pilgrims /are, that go a- 
 
 ftray ! 
 They catched are in an intangling Net^ 
 'Caufe they good Counjel lightly did 
 
 forget : 
 *Tis true., they refcu'd w ere.^ but yet 
 
 you fee 
 They're fcourgd to boot : Let this your 
 
 caution be. 
 
 Now after a while, they perceived 
 afar offjOne coming foftly and alone, 
 all along the High-way to meet 
 them. Then faid Chriflian to his 
 fellow. Yonder is a man with his 
 back toward Sion., and he is coming 
 to meet us. 
 
 Hopef I fee him, let us take heed 
 to our felves now, left he fhould 
 prove a Flatterer alfo. So he drew 
 
 nearer
 
 
 nearer and nearer, and at laft came 
 up unto them. His name was Atheifi^ 7"/^^ Atheirt 
 and he asked them whether they meets thm. 
 were going. 
 
 Chr. We are going to the Mount 
 Sion. 
 
 Then Atheift fell into a very great He Laughs 
 Laughter. at the??!. 
 
 Chr. IJ^hat is the meaning of your 
 Laughter ? 
 
 Atheift. I laugh to fee what igno- 
 rant perfons you are , to take upon 
 you fo tedious a Journey ; and yet are 
 like to have nothing but your travel 
 for your paines. 
 
 Chr. IVhy man ? Do you think we They rea 
 jhall not be received ? fi'^ '°s^- 
 
 Atheift. KQCtWedl There is no fuch '^^''• 
 place as you Dream of, in all this 
 World. 
 
 Chr. But there is in the IVorld to 
 come. 
 
 Atheift. When I was at home in 
 mine own Countrey, I heard as you 
 now affirm , and from that hearing 
 went out to fee, and have been feek- 
 ing this City this twenty years : But jer.22. 13. 
 find no more of it, then I did the firft Ec. 10. 15. 
 day I fet out. 
 
 Chr. IVe have both heard and he- 
 N 2 lieve
 
 184. Cf)C Ipligmiis lg)iogrcf0. 
 
 lieve that there is Juch a ■place to be 
 found. 
 
 Atheift. Had not I, when at home 
 
 believed, I had not come thus far to 
 
 The Atlie ^^^^ ' "^^^ finding none , (and yet 1 
 
 iii: takes up ^^^^^d, had there been fuch a place 
 
 his content to be found, for I have gone to feek 
 
 in this it further then you J I am going back 
 
 World. again , and will feek to refrefh my 
 
 felf with the things that I then cafi 
 
 away , for hopes of that which I now 
 
 fee is not. 
 
 Chriftian Chr. Then faid Chriftian to Hope- 
 
 fro'veth his ful his Fcllovv , Is it true which this 
 
 Brother. jjia?t hath /aid ? 
 
 Hopefuls Hopef. Take heed, he is one of the 
 
 gracious Flatterers ; remember what it hath 
 
 anpwer Qoft US once already for our harkning 
 
 to fuch kind of Fellows. What ! no 
 
 Mount Sion I Did we not fee from 
 
 2.Cor.5.7. the delegable Mountains the Gate 
 
 of the City ? Alfo, are we not now 
 
 to walk by Faith ? Let us go on, faid 
 
 Hopeful left the man with the Whip 
 
 overtakes us again. 
 
 You fhould have taught me that 
 p LefTon, which I will round you in the 
 
 j^ " '' ears withall \CeaJe^ my Son^ to hear the 
 Heb. \o, InJlru5lion that caujeth to err from the 
 39. words of knowledge, I fay myBrother, 
 
 ceafe
 
 ^bz IPilgnms l*)^ogvcrs. 185 
 
 ceafe to hear him, and let us believe 
 to the faving of the Soul. 
 
 Chr. My Brother J did not put the 
 queftion to thee ^f or that Idoubtedofthe 
 'Truth of our belief my Jelf: But to prove ^ ^^^-^ ^, 
 thee^ and to fetch from thee a fruit of an honefi 
 the honefly of thy heart. As for this heart, 
 man J know that he is blinded by the god 
 of this World : Let thee and I go on^ 
 knoiving that we have belief of the 
 Truth, and no lie is of the Truth. 1J0hn2.11 
 
 Hopef Now do I rejoyce in hope 
 of the Glory of God: So they turned 
 away from the man ; and he. Laugh- 
 ing at them, went his way. 
 
 I faw then in my Dream, that they TZ'O' ^^' 
 went till they came into a certain ^'""^ ^° '^-^ 
 Countrey , whofe Air naturally ten- ""^ ^"/ 
 
 J ' J ^ ^ ground 
 
 ded to make one drowfie , if he 
 came a ftranger into it. And here 
 Hopeful began to be very dull and 
 heavy of fleep, wherefore he faid un- 
 to Chrifiian, I do now begin to grow 
 
 fo drowfie , that I can fcarcely hold , °^\ " 
 , r J 1 begins to 
 
 up mme eyes ; let us lie down here i,f drovjfi, 
 and take one Nap. 
 
 Chr. By no means, faid the other, pu,-^-. 
 lefi fleepingy we never azvake -more, keep's hi?n 
 
 Hopef. Why my Brother ? fleep is ai.vake 
 fweet to the Labouring man ; we 
 N 3 may
 
 i86 Cbe pilgnmg p?ogref0» 
 
 may be refrefhed if we take a Nap. 
 Chr. Do you not remember that one 
 
 of the Shepherds bid us beware of the 
 
 Inchanted ground? He meant by that^ 
 iThef.5. 6 that zvefhould beware offleeping\where ' 
 
 fore let us notfleep as do others , but let 
 
 us watch and be/ober. 
 He is Hopef. I acknowledge my felf in 
 
 thankful, fault, and had I been here alone, I 
 
 had by fleeping run the danger of 
 
 of death. I fee it is true that the wife 
 Eccl. 4. 9. man faith , ^wo are better then one. 
 
 Hitherto hath thy Company beenmy 
 
 mercy ; and thou fhalt have a good 
 
 reward for thy labour. 
 Topre-vent Chr. Nozv then , faid Chriflian^ 
 drov-fmefs ^^ prevent drowftnefs in this place , let 
 
 dd'r ° ^^^ us fall into good difcourje. 
 courfe. Hopef With all my heart, faid the 
 
 other. 
 Cyood dif- Chr. Where fhall zve begin ? 
 
 courfe pre- ^ r ^^Y\trQ Q^^ )q^ ^ j^h US. 
 
 I'entsdroiu t, -t -^ , . . ^ i r 
 
 ^r i5ut do you begin, ir you pleate. 
 
 When Saints do feepy grow , let them 
 
 come hither.y 
 And hear how thefe two Pilgrims talk 
 
 together : 
 Tea^ let them learn ofthem^ in any wife^ 
 Thus to keep ope their drowfie flumbring 
 
 eyes. Sainti
 
 Saints feLlo''juJhip^ if it be managed well^ 
 Keeps them awake., and that in fpite of 
 hell. 
 
 Chr. Then C/'r//?/^;/ began and faid, 
 1 will ask y oil a quejlion. How came you 
 to think at firft of doing as you donow? 
 
 Hopef. Do you mean, How came 
 1 at firft to look after the good of my 
 Soul ? 
 
 Chr. 2''es, that is my meaning. 
 
 Hopef. I continued a great while 
 in the delight of thofe things which 
 were feen and fold at our/^/r; things 
 which, as I believe now, would have 
 fhad I continued in them ftiIl)drown- 
 ded me in perdition and deftrudion. 
 
 Chr. What things were they ? 
 
 Hopef. All theTreafuresand Riches 
 of the World. Alfo I delighted much in 
 Rioting, Revelling, Drinkino", Swear- 
 ing , Lying, Uncleannefs, Sabbath- 
 breaking, and what not , that tend- 
 ed to deftroy the Soul. But I found 
 at laft, by hearing and confidering of 
 things that are Divine, which indeed 
 I heard of you, as alfo of beloved 
 Faithful, that was put to death for Rom.e.ai 
 his Faith and good-living in Vanity- 22, 23. 
 fair, 'That the end of theje things is Eph- 5- ^ 
 N 4 death.
 
 1 88 Cf)C Pi!gnm.5 pjogrefs. 
 
 death. And that for thefe things fake, 
 the wrath of God cometh upon the 
 children of difobedience. 
 
 C h r . Anddidyouprejently fall under 
 the power of this convi^ion ? 
 
 Hopef. No, I was not willing pre- 
 fently to know the evil of fin, nor the 
 damnation that follows upon the 
 commiffion of it , but endeavoured, 
 when my mind at firft began to be 
 fhaken with the word , to fhut mine 
 eyes againft the light thereof. 
 
 Chr. But what was the caufe of your 
 carrying of it thus to thefirfl workings 
 of Gods blejfed Spirit upon you ? 
 
 Hopef. The caufes were, i . I was 
 ignorant that this was the work of 
 God upon me. I never thought that 
 by awaknings for fin, God at firft be- 
 gins the converfion of afinner. 2. Sin 
 was yet very fweet to my flefh, and 
 Iwasloth to leaveit. 3. I could not 
 tell how to part with mine old Com- 
 panions, their prefence and adlions 
 were fo defirable unto me. 4. The 
 hours in which conviftions were up- 
 on me , were fuch troublefome and 
 fuch heart-affrighting hours , that 
 I could not bear,no not fo much as the 
 remembrance of them upon my heart. 
 
 Chr
 
 C60 pilgdms P^ogrefG. 189 
 
 Ch r . Then as itjeems ^Jometimes you 
 got rid of your trouble. 
 
 Hope/. Yes verily , but it would 
 come into my mind again, and then I 
 fhould be as bad, nay worfe, then I 
 was before, 
 
 Ch r. JVhy^ what was it that brought 
 your fins to mind again? 
 
 Hopef. Many things. As, 
 
 1. If I did but meet a good man in 
 the Streets ; or, 
 
 2. If I have heard any read in the 
 Bible ; or, 
 
 3. If mine Head did begin to Ake; 
 or, 
 
 4. I were told that Tome of my 
 Neighbours were fick ; or, 
 
 5. If I heard the Bell Toull for 
 fome that were dead ; or, 
 
 6. Ifl thought of dying my felf; or, 
 
 7. If I heard that fuddain death 
 happened to others. 
 
 8. But efpecially , when I thought 
 of my felf, that I muft quickly come 
 to Judgement. 
 
 Chr. Andcouldyouat any time with 
 eafe get off the guilt of fm when by any 
 of theje wayes it came upon you ? 
 
 Hopef. No, not latterly, for then 
 they got fafter hold of my Confci- 
 
 ence
 
 I90 Ci)C Pilgrims p?ogrcf0, 
 
 ence. And then, if I did but think 
 of going back to fin (though my 
 mind was turned againft It J it would 
 be double torment to me. 
 
 Chr. j^nd how did you do then ? 
 
 Hopef. I thought I muft endea- 
 vour to mend my life , for elfe 
 thought I, I am fure to be damned. 
 
 Chr. And did you indeavour to 
 mend ? 
 
 Hopef. Yes, and fled from , not 
 only my fins , but finful Company 
 too ; and betook me to Religious 
 Duties, as Praying, Reading, weep- 
 ing for Sin, fpeaking Truth to my 
 Neighbours, (^c Thefe things I did 
 v/ith many others, too much hereto 
 relate. 
 
 Chr, And didyou think y our Jelf well 
 then ? 
 
 Hopef. Yes, for a while ; but at the 
 laft my trouble came tumbling upon 
 me again, and that over the neck of 
 all my Reformations. 
 
 Chr. How came that about , ftnce 
 you was now Reformed ? 
 
 Hopef There were feveral things 
 
 brought it upon me, efpecially fuch 
 
 Ifa. 64. 6. fayings as thefe \All our righteoufneffes 
 
 Gala.2.i6. are as filthy rags. By the works of the 
 
 Law
 
 C&e li^ilgrim.s; Ip^ogrcfs. 191 
 
 Law no man pall he jiijlified. When 
 yoiihave done all things Jay ^ Weareun- Luk.17.10 
 profitable : with many more the like. 
 From whence I began to reafon with 
 my felf thus : If all my righteouf- 
 nefTes are filthy rags , if by the deeds 
 of the Law, no man can be juftified ; 
 And if, when we have done «//, we 
 are yet unprofitable : Then tis but a 
 folly to think of Heaven by the Law. 
 I further thought thus: If a Man runs 
 an 100/. into the Shop-keepers debt, 
 and after that fhall pay for all that he 
 fhall fetch , yet his old debt ftands 
 ftill in the Book uncrofTed ; for the 
 which the Shop-keeper may fue him, 
 and caft him into Prifon till he fhall 
 pay the debt. 
 
 Chr. IVell^ and how did you apply 
 this toyour Jelft 
 
 Hopef. Why, I thought thus with 
 my felf; I have by my fins run a great 
 way into Gods Book , and that my 
 now reforming will not pay off that 
 fcore ; therefore I ihould think ftill 
 under all my prefent amendments , 
 But how fhall I be freed from that 
 damnation that I have brought my 
 felf in danger of by my former tranf- 
 grefTions ^ 
 
 Chr.
 
 S92 C&e Pilgnme p?agrcf0» 
 
 Chr. A very good amplication : but 
 fray go on. 
 
 Hope. Another thing that hath trou- 
 bled me, even fince my late amend- 
 ments, is, that if I look narrowly into 
 the beft of what I do now, I ftill fee iin, 
 new fin, mixing it felf with the beft 
 of that I do. So that now I am forced 
 to conclude , that notwithftanding 
 my former fond conceits of my felf 
 and duties , I have committed fin e- 
 nough in one duty to fend me to Hell, 
 though my former life had been 
 faultlefs. 
 
 Chr. And what did you do then ? 
 
 Hopef. Do ! I could not tell what 
 to do, till I brake my mind to Faith- 
 ful ; for he and I were well acquain- 
 ted : And he told me. That unlefs I 
 could obtain the righteoufnefs of a 
 man that never had finned , neither 
 mine own, nor all the righteoufnefs 
 of the World could fave me. 
 
 Chr. And aid you think he /pake 
 true ? 
 
 Hopef. Had he told me fo when 
 I was pleafed and fatisfied with 
 mine own amendments , I had cal- 
 led him Fool for his pains : but now, 
 fince I fpp my own infirmity , and 
 
 the
 
 Cfjc Ipilgnms p^OBvefs. 193 
 
 the fin that cleaves to my beft per- 
 formance , I have been forcced to 
 be of his opinion. 
 
 Chr. Bui did you think , when at 
 firjl he Jiiggefted it to you , that there 
 was Juch a man to be found y of whom 
 it might juflly bejaid^ That he never 
 committed fin ? 
 
 Hopef. I muft confefs the words at 
 firft founded ftrangely , but after a 
 little more talk and company with 
 him, I had full convidlion about it. 
 
 Chr. And did you ask him what 
 man this waSy and how you muflbejufii- 
 fied by him ? 
 
 Hope. Yes , and he told me it was 
 the Lord Tefus, that dwelleth on the „ 
 right hand of the moft High : And col. i 
 thus, faid he, you muft be juftified by i Pet. 
 him , even by trufting to what he 
 hath done by himfelf in the days of 
 his flefh, and fuffered when he did 
 hang on the Tree. I asked him fur- 
 ther , How that mans righteoufnefs 
 could be of that efficacy, to juftifie 
 another before God ? And he told 
 me, He was the mighty God, and did 
 what he did, and died the death alfo, 
 not for himfelfjbut for us ; to whom 
 his doings, and the worthineis of 
 
 them
 
 194 C&e pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 them fhould be imputed, if I believed 
 on him. 
 
 Chr. And what did you do then ? 
 Hope.l made my objedions againft 
 my believing , for that I thought he 
 was not willing to fave me. 
 
 Chr. And what/aid Faithful to you 
 then ? 
 
 Hopef. He bid me go to him and 
 
 fee: Then I faid, It was prefumption: 
 
 Mat.11.28 b^^ he faid, No: for I was invited to 
 
 come. Then he gave me a book oije- 
 
 Jus his inditing, to incourage me the 
 
 more freely to come : And he faid 
 
 concerning that Book , That every 
 
 jot and tittle there of flood firmer 
 
 Matt24.3 5 then Heaven and earth. Then I asked 
 
 him. What I muft do when I came? 
 
 p^ g and he told me , I muft intreat upon 
 
 Dan. 6.10. rny knees with all my heart and foul, 
 
 Jei. 29. 12, the Father to reveal him to me. Then 
 
 '3- I asked him further. How I muft 
 
 make my fupplication to him ? And 
 
 he faid , Go, and thou fhalt find him 
 
 Ex.zt 22. upon a mercy-feat, where he fits all 
 
 Lev.E6.2, the year long , to give pardon and 
 
 Nu. 7„ 89. forgivenefs to them that come. I 
 
 Heb. c. 6. tolJ; J^}j^ ^l^j^f. J j^j^g^ j^Q^. ^j^^j. ^Q 
 
 fay when I came : and he bid me fay 
 to this efFe(5t, God be merciful to me a 
 
 /inner.
 
 Cfjc IPilgtim.s Ip^ogrcfs. 195 
 
 /inner ^and make me to know and believe 
 in Jefus Chriji ; for I fee that if his 
 righteoiijnejshadnot been^or I have not 
 faith in that righteoujnefs^ 1 am utterly 
 cafl away: Lord J have heard that thou 
 art a merciful Gody and hafl ordained 
 that thy Son Jefus Chrifl fhould be the 
 Saviour of the World ; and moreover^ 
 that thou art ivillingtobejlow him upon 
 fuch a poor finner as I am, {and I am 
 afinner indeed) Lord take therefore 
 this opport unity y and magnifie thy grace 
 in the Salvation of my foul , through 
 thy Son Jefus Chrifl^ Amen. 
 
 Chr. And did you do as you zvere 
 bidden ? 
 
 Hopef. Yes, over, and over, and 
 over. 
 
 Chr. And did the Father reveal his 
 Son to you ? 
 
 Hopef. Not at the firft , nor fe- 
 cond, nor third, nor fourth, nor fifth, 
 no, nor at the fixth time neither. 
 
 Chr. What did you do then? 
 
 Hopef. What ! why I could not 
 tell what to do. 
 
 Chr. Had you not thoughts of lea- 
 ving off praying ? 
 
 Hopef. Yes, an hundred times,twics 
 told. 
 
 Chr,
 
 io6 Cl)e Pilgrims Piogrcfg;. 
 
 Chr. And what was the yeajon you 
 did not ? 
 
 Hopef. I believed that that was 
 true which had been told me, to wit. 
 That without the righteoufnefs of 
 this Chrift , all the World could not 
 fave me: And therefore thought I with 
 my felf , if I leave off, I die ; and I 
 can but die at the Throne of Grace. 
 And withall , this came into my 
 mind, If it tarry, wait for it, becauje 
 
 Hahb.2.5. itwilljurely come,andwillnot tarry . So 
 I continued Praying untill the Father 
 fhewed me his Son. 
 
 Chr. And how was he revealed mito 
 you ? 
 
 Hopef. I did not fee him with my 
 
 £ph. 1. 3 8, bodily eyes , but with the eyes of 
 
 ^9- mine underftanding ; and thus it was. 
 
 One day I was very fad, I think fader 
 then at any one time in my life ; and 
 this fadness was through a frefh fight 
 of the greatnefs and vilenefs of my 
 fins : And as I was then looking for 
 nothing but Hell, and the everlaft- 
 ing damnation of my Soul, fuddenly, 
 as I thought, I faw the Lord Jefus 
 look down from Heaven upon me, 
 
 Aasi6 -o ^'""^ faying, Believe on the Lord Jejus 
 Chrifi^ and thou fhalt hejaved. 
 
 But 
 
 \
 
 Cfjc Pilgti'ms lP?ogrcf3. 197 
 
 But I replyed, Lord, I am a great, 
 9 very great finiier ; and he anfwered, ^^^^^ .^ 
 My grace is sufjicicnt for thee. Then I 
 raid,ButLord,vvhatisbelieving ? And 
 then I favv from that faying, \IIe that ^ . , 
 Cometh to meJJjall never hunger^ and he 
 that believe th on mejhall never thirji'\ 
 That believing and coming was all 
 one, and that he that came , that 
 is, run out in his heart and affedlions 
 after falvation by Chrift, he indeed 
 believed in Chrift. Then the water 
 ftood in mine eyes, and I asked fur- 
 ther , But Lord, may fuch a great 
 finner as I am, be indeed accepted 
 of thee, and be faved by thee ? And Jo''- ^- S"- 
 I heard him fay, And him that cometh 
 to me, Iwillinno wife cafl out. Then 
 I faid. But how. Lord, muft I confi- 
 der of thee in my coming to thee, that 
 my faith may be placed aright upon iTi.1.15 
 thee? Then he faid, Chrifl f ejus came Roin.io.+. 
 into the World tojave finner s. He is the ^^'^'■'?- ^ 
 end of the Law for righteoujnejs to e- ^^^''' ''•"■'■ 
 very one that believes. He died for ^ 
 our fins, and roje again for our juflifi- 
 cation : He loved us, and wafhed us 
 from our fins in his own blood : He is 
 Mediator betv/een God and us. He 
 ever liveth to make interceffion for us. 
 
 O From
 
 198 Cfte pifenms Piogrefs, 
 
 From all which I gathered , that I 
 muft look for righteoufnefs in his 
 perfon, and for fatisfa(5lion for my 
 fins by his blood ; that what he did 
 in obedience to his Fathers Law, 
 and in fubmitting to the penalty 
 thereof, was not for himfelf, but for 
 him that will accept it for his Salva- 
 tion, and be thankful. And now was 
 my heart full of joy, mine eyes full 
 of tears, and mine afFe6lions running 
 over with Love to the Name, People, 
 and Ways of Jefus Chrift. 
 C hr . 'T'his was a Revelation of Chrift to 
 your foul indeed: But tellmeparticular- 
 lywhat effe5fthis had uponyourfpirit. 
 Hope/. It made me fee that all the 
 World, notwithftanding all the 
 righteoufnefs thereof, is in a ftate 
 of condemnation. It made me fee 
 that God the Father, though he be 
 jujft, can juftly juftifie the coming 
 finner : It made me greatly afhamed 
 of the vilenefs of my former life, 
 and confounded me with the fence of 
 mine own Ignorance; for there never 
 came thought into mine heart before 
 now, that fhewed me fo the beauty 
 of Jefus Chrift, It made me love a 
 holy life, and long to do fomething
 
 for the Honour and Glory of the 
 name of the Lord Jefus. Yea I 
 thought, that had I now a thoufand 
 gallons of blood In my body, I could 
 fpill it all for the fake of the Lord 
 Jefus. 
 
 I then faw in my Dream , that 
 Hopeful looked back and faw Igno- 
 rance , whom they had left behind, 
 coming after. Look, fr.id he to Chri- 
 fliany how far yonder loungfler loite- 
 reth behind. 
 
 Chr. Ay, Ay, I fee him ; he careth 
 not for our Company. 
 
 Hopef. ButltrOy it wouldnothave 
 hurt him, had he kept pace with us 
 hitherto. 
 
 Chr. That's true , but I warrant 
 you he thinketh otherwife 
 
 Hope. That I think he doth, but , 
 however let us tarry for him. So they norance ^ 
 
 ^^^' comes up 
 
 Then Chriftian faid to him, Come again, 
 away man, why do you ft ay fo behind? 
 
 Ignor. I take my pleafure in walk- T:heir talk. 
 ing alone, even more a great deal 
 then in Company , unlefs I like it 
 the better. 
 
 Then faid Chriftianto Hopef ul(hi\t 
 
 foftlyj Did I not tell you, he cared not 
 
 O 2 for
 
 200 cfje Pilgrims Piogre(0, 
 
 for our Company : Bui however^ come 
 up J and let us talk away the time in this 
 Jolitary place. Then direding his 
 Speech to Ignorance , he faid, Come^ 
 how do you ? howftands it between God 
 and your Soul now ? 
 
 Ignor. I hope well , for I am al- 
 ways full of good motions, that come 
 into my mind to comfort me as I 
 walk. 
 
 C hr. What good motions ? pray tell 
 us. 
 
 Ignor. Why, I think of God and 
 Heaven. 
 
 Chr. So do the Devils and damned 
 Souls. 
 
 Ignor. But I think of them , and 
 defire them. 
 
 Chr. So do many that are never like 
 to come there : The Soul of the Sluggard 
 defires and hath nothing. 
 
 Ignor. But I think of them , and 
 leave all for them. 
 
 Chr. That I doubt , for leaving of 
 all is an hard matter ^ yea a harder 
 matter then many are aware of. But 
 why , or by what, art thou perf waded 
 that thou hafi left all for God and 
 Heaven ? 
 
 Imor. My heart tells me fo. 
 ^ ^hr
 
 Cf)C IPilgnmo Ip^ogrcCs. 201 
 
 Chr. The "juije manjayes y He that 
 trufts his own heart is a fool. ^'^- *^- *»' 
 
 Ignor. This is fpokeii of an evil 
 heart, but mine is a good one. 
 
 Chr. But how dofi thou 'prove that ? 
 
 Ignor. It comforts me in the hopes 
 of Heaven. 
 
 Chr. That may be, through its deceit- 
 fulnejs , for a mans heart may mini- 
 jier comfort to him in the hopes of that 
 thing, for ivhich he yet has no ground to 
 hope. 
 
 Ignor. But my heart and life agree 
 together , and therefore my hope is 
 well grounded. 
 
 Chr. IVho told thee that thy heart 
 and life agree together ? 
 
 Ignor. My heart tells me fo. 
 
 Chr. Ask my felloiv if I be a 'Thief: 
 Thy heart tells thee fo ! Except the 
 wordofGodbeareth witnejs in thismat- 
 ter, other Teflimony is of no value. 
 
 Ignor. But is it not a good heart 
 that has good thoughts? And is not 
 that a good life that is according to 
 Gods Commandments ? 
 
 Chr. Yes, that is a good heart that 
 
 hath good thoughts , and that is a good 
 
 life that is according to Gods Command - 
 
 merit s: But it is one thing indeed to 
 
 O 3 have
 
 202 C6e Ipilcprmis p?ogref0. 
 
 have theje^ and another thing only to 
 think Jo. 
 
 Ignor. Pray what count you good 
 thoughts , and a life according to 
 Gods Commandments ? 
 
 Chr . 'There are good thoughts of di- 
 vers kinds ^fome r effecting our Je Ives, 
 fome Godyfome Chriji^ andjome other 
 things. 
 
 Ignor. What be good thoughts re- 
 fpediing our felves ? 
 
 Chr. Such as agree with the Word of 
 God. 
 
 Ignor. When does our thoughts of 
 our felves agree with the Word of 
 God? 
 
 Chr. When we-pajs thefame Judge- 
 ment upon our felves which the Word 
 pajfes: To explain my Jelf. The Word 
 ofGodJaith ofperjons in a natural con- 
 dition^ There is none Righteous, 
 Rom. 3. there is none that doth good. Itjaith 
 Gen. 6. 8. aljo^ That every imagination of the 
 heart of man is only evil, and that 
 continually. And again. The imagi- 
 nation of mans heart is evil from his 
 Youth. Now then, when we think thus 
 ojourjelves, having Jenje thereof , then 
 are our thoughts good ones, becauje ac- 
 cording to the Word oj God. 
 
 Tznor,
 
 Cfje Pilgrims IP^ogrcfs. 203 
 
 Ignor. I will never believe that my 
 heart is thus bad. 
 
 Chr. Therefore thou never hadjl one 
 good thought concerning thy f elf in thy 
 life. But let me go on : As the JVord 
 pnjfethajudgement upon our HEAR T^ 
 fo it pajjeth a Judgement upon our 
 WATS\ and when our thoughts of our 
 HEARTS and WATS agree 
 with thejudgment which thefVordgiv- 
 eth of both, then are both good, becaufe 
 agreeing thereto. 
 
 Ignor. Make out your meaning. 
 
 Chr. Why, the Word of God faith. 
 That mans ways are crooked way s , not Pf. 115. 5. 
 good, but perver/e: It faith, They are Pi'o- ^- 'S. 
 naturally out of the good way, that they ^°™' ^' 
 have not known it. Now when a man 
 thus thinketh of his ways , I fay when 
 he dothjenfibly , and with heart-hu- 
 miliation thus think, then hath he good 
 thoughts of his own ways, becaufe his 
 thoughts now agree with thejudgment 
 of the Word of God. 
 
 Ignor. What are good thoughts 
 concerning God ? 
 
 Chr. Even {as I have f aid concern- 
 ing our /elves') when our thoughts of 
 Gud do agree with what the Word faith 
 of him. And that is, when we think of 
 O 4 his
 
 2o4 Cf)e Pilgrims p^ogrefs* 
 
 his Being and Attributes as the Word 
 hath taught : Of which I cannot now 
 dijcourfe at large. But to /peak of him 
 with reference to us, Thenwehave right 
 thoughts of God y when we think that he 
 knows us better then we know our f elves j 
 and can fee fin in us, when and where 
 we can fee none in our f elves ; when we 
 think he knows our in-mojl thoughts, 
 and that our heart with all its depths 
 is alwayes open unto his eyes : Alfo 
 when we think that all our Righteouf- 
 nefs finks in his Nofrils , and that 
 therefore he cannot abide to fee usfiand 
 before him in any confidence even of all 
 our bejl performances, 
 
 Ignor. Do you think that I am fuch 
 a fool , as to think God can fee no 
 further then I ? or that I would come 
 to God in the befl: of my perfor- 
 mances ? 
 
 Chr. Why, how dofi thou think in 
 this matter ? 
 
 Ignor. Why, to be fhort, I think 
 I muft believe in Chrift for Juftifica- 
 tion. 
 
 Chr. How I think thou muft believe 
 in Chrift, when thou feeft not thy need of 
 him ! Thou neither feeft thy original, or 
 a5lual infirmities , but haft fuch an 
 
 opinion
 
 Cf)c Ipilgn'ms p^ogrcfs. 205 
 
 opinion of thy Jelf\ and of ivhat thou 
 doejly as plainly renders thee to be one 
 that did never fee a necejjity of Chrijls 
 ■perfonal right eoufnejs to jujlife thee 
 before God: How then dojl thou Jay ^ I 
 believe in Chrift? 
 
 Ignor. I believe well enough for 
 all that. 
 
 Chr. Hozv doefl thou believe ? 
 
 Ignor. I believe that Chrift died 
 forfinners, and that I fhall be jufti- 
 ried before God from the curfe, 
 through his gracious acceptance of 
 my obedience to his Law : Or thus, 
 Chrift makes my Duties that are Re- 
 ligious, acceptable to his Father by 
 vertue of his Merits ; and fo ftiall I 
 be juftified, 
 
 Chr. Let me give an anfwer to this 
 confeffion of thy faith. 
 
 I. I^hou believefl with a Fantaftical 
 Faith J for this faith is no where de- 
 fcribed in the IVord. 
 
 1. Thou believefl with a Falfe Faith ^ 
 becauje it taketh Juflification from the 
 perjonal righteoufnejs of Chrift , and 
 applies it to thy own. 
 
 3. This faith maketh not Chrift a 
 Juftifier of thy f erf on, but of thy a^ions^ 
 and of thy perfon for thy anions fake ^ 
 which is falfe. 4. There-
 
 2^6 C6e Pilgrims p^ogrcfs* 
 
 4. Therefore this faith is deceitful^ 
 evenjuch as will leave thee under wrath ^ 
 in the day of God Almighty. For true 
 Juflifying Faith puts the foul (asjen- 
 
 fible of its lofi condition by the Law) up- 
 on flying for refuge unto Chrifls righte- 
 oujnejs: (Which righteoufnefs of his , is 
 not an a^ of grace ^ by which he maketh 
 
 for Juflification thy obedience accepted 
 with God^ but hh perfonal obedience to 
 the Law in doing and Juffering for us^ 
 what that required at our hands) This 
 righteoufnefs J Jay ^ true faith accepteth^ 
 under the skirt of which ^ the foul being 
 
 fhrouded^ and by itprejentedasjpotlejs 
 before God^ it is accepted , and acquit 
 
 from condemnation. 
 
 L^nor. What! would you have us 
 truft to what Chrift in his own per- 
 fon has done without us ! This con- 
 ceit would loofenthereinesof our luft, 
 and tollerate us to live as we lift: For 
 what matter how we live, if we may 
 be Juftified by Chrifts perfonal righ- 
 teoufnefs from all, when v/e believe 
 it? 
 
 Chr. Ignorance is thy name , and 
 as thy name is, Jo art thou ; even this 
 thy anjwer demonflrateth what I Jay. 
 Ignorant thou art of what Jufifying 
 
 righ-
 
 Cfje Pilgrims p^ogrcrs. 207 
 
 righteoufnejs is, and as ignorant how to 
 fecure thy Soul through the faith of it, 
 from the heavy wrath of God. Tea, 
 thou alfo art ignorant of the true 
 effe£is of Javing faith in this right e- 
 oujnejs of Chrifi , which is , to bow 
 and win over the heart to God in 
 Chrifi ., to love his Name, his IVord, 
 JVaySj and People ; and not as thou 
 ignorantly imaginejl. 
 
 Hop. Ask him if ever he had Chrift 
 revealed to him from Heaven ? 
 
 Ignor. What\ Tou are a man for re- 
 velations ! / believe that what both you, 
 and all the re/i of you fay about that 
 matter , is but the fruit of diflra5led 
 braines. 
 
 Hop. Why man ! Chrift is fo hid 
 in God from the natural apprehen- 
 fions of all flefh, that he cannot by 
 any man be favingly known, unlefs 
 God the Father reveals him to them. 
 
 Ignor. 'That is your faith, but not 
 mine ; yet mine I doubt not, is as good 
 as yours: Though I have not in my head 
 fo many whimzies as you. 
 
 Chr. Give me leave to put in a 
 word : You ought not fo flightly to 
 fpeak of this matter : for this I will 
 boldly affirm, (even as my good Com- 
 panion
 
 2o8 CF)e Pilgrims P?ogtcf0. 
 
 Mat.11,18 Companion hath donej that no man 
 tCor.11.3. ^^^^ }^^Q^^ jef^jg chj-ift but by the Re- 
 
 ^■^■' ' velation of the Father: yea, and 
 faith too, by which the foul layeth 
 hold upon Chrift (if it be right) muft 
 be wrought by the exceeding great- 
 nefs of his mighty power; the work- 
 ing of which faith, I perceive, poor 
 Ignorance^ thou art ignorant of. Be a- 
 wakened then,fee thine own wretch- 
 ednefs, and flie to the Lord Jefus ; 
 and by his righteoufnefs, which is 
 the righteoufnefs of God, (for he 
 himfelf is God) thou fhalt be deli- 
 vered from condemnation. 
 Th- talk -^g^o- Tou go Jo f aft y I cannot keep 
 broke up. f^c^ With you \ do jou go ou before^ I 
 muft ft ay awhile behind. 
 
 Well Ignorance, wilt thou yet foolijh be^ 
 To ftight good Counfel^ ten times given 
 
 thee ? 
 And if thou yet refufe it , thou Jhalt 
 
 know 
 Ere long the evil of thy doing fo : 
 Remember man in time^ftoop^do not fear^ 
 Good Counfel taken welly faves ; there- 
 fore hear ; 
 But if thou yet Jhalt Jlight it^thou wilt It 
 The lofer [Ignorance) Pie zvorrant thee. 
 
 Chr
 
 Cbe pilgrims lP?ogrcfs. 209 
 
 Cbr. Well, come my good Ilope- 
 fuiy I perceive that thou and I muft 
 walk by our fclves again. 
 
 So I favv in my Dream, that they 
 went on a pace before, and Ignorance 
 he came hobling after. Then faid 
 Chrijlian to his companion, // -pities 
 me much for this poor man^ it ijuill cer- 
 tainly go ill with him at lafi. 
 
 Hope, Alas, there are abundance 
 in our Town in his condition; whole 
 Families, yea, whole Streets, (and 
 that of Pilgrims too) and if there 
 be fo many in our parts, how many 
 think you, muft there be in the place 
 where he was born .? 
 
 Chr. Indeed the Wordjaith^^ hath 
 blinded their eyes,left they fhould fee, 
 &c. Butnozvwearebyourjelves^'ivhat 
 do you think offuch men ? Have they 
 at no time^ think you ^ convictions of fin ^ 
 andfo con/equently fears that their fl ate 
 is dangerous ? 
 
 Hopef. Nay, do you anfwer that 
 queftion your felf, for you are the 
 elder man. 
 
 Chr. 'Then I fay Jome times (as I 
 think) they may^ but they being natu- 
 rally ^gnorantyUnderfland not thatfuch 
 convi^ions tend to their good \ and 
 
 there-
 
 21 o c&e Pilgrims Piogre0. 
 
 therefore they do de/psrately Jeek to 
 fiifle them, and prefumptuoujly con- 
 tinue to flatter themjelves in the way of 
 their own hearts. 
 The pood Hopef. I do believe as you fay, that 
 uje of fear fear tcnds much to Mens good, and 
 to make them right, at their beginning 
 to go on Pilgrimage. 
 Job 28.29. Chr. Without all doubt it doth Jf it 
 Pf. 1 1 1 . 1 o. l;e right', forf of ays the word. The fear of 
 Pro.17.ch. j-j^g Lord is the beginning of Wifdom. 
 ^' '°* Hopef How will you defcribe right 
 
 „ .,,. fear? 
 
 Chr. T^rue, or right fear ^ is dij co- 
 vered by three things. 
 
 I. By its rife. It is caufed by fa- 
 ving conviftions for fin. 
 
 1. It driveth the foul to lay faft 
 hold of Chrift for Salvation. 
 
 3. It begetteth and continueth in 
 the foul a great reverence of God, 
 his words , and ways , keeping it 
 tender , and r*^.aking it afraid to 
 turn from them, to the right hand, 
 or to the left , to any thing that may 
 dillionour God, break itspeace,grieve 
 the Spirit , or caufe the Enemy to 
 fpeak reproachfully. 
 
 Hopef. Well faid , I believe you 
 have faid the truth. Are we now 
 
 almoft
 
 Cfje Pilgiims Jp^ogrcCs. 211 
 
 almoft got paft the Inchanted ground? 
 
 Chr. Jyhy, are you weary of this 
 dijcourje ? 
 
 Hopef. No verilyjbut that I would 
 know where we are. 
 
 Chr. JVe have not now above tvjo 
 Miles further to go thereon. But let us 
 return to our matter. Now the Igno- 
 rant know not that fuch convi^ions 
 that tend to put them in fear , are for 
 their good^ and therefore they feek to 
 Jiife them. 
 
 Hopef How do they feek to ftifle 
 them ? 
 
 Chr. I . They think that thofe fears 
 are wrought by the Devil (though 
 indeed they are wrought of God)and 
 thinking fo,they refift them, as things 
 that diredlly tend to their over- 
 throw, 1. They alfo think that thefe 
 fears tend to the fpoiling of their 
 faith, (when alas for them, poor men 
 that they are! they have none at all) 
 and therefore they harden their 
 hearts againft them. 3. They pre- 
 fume they ought not to fear, and 
 therefore, in defpite of them, wax pre- 
 fumptuoufly confident 4. They fee 
 that thefe fears tend to take away 
 from them their pitiful old ielf-holi- 
 
 nefs,
 
 212 Cj)e Pilgnms lp?ogrcf0. 
 
 nefs, and therefore they refift them 
 with all their might. 
 
 Hope. I know fomething of this 
 my felf ; for before I knew my felf 
 it was fo with me. 
 
 Chr. Welly we will leave at this 
 time our Neighbour Ignorance by him- 
 himfelf, and fall upon another profita- 
 ble quefiion. 
 Talk about ^opef. With all my heart, but you 
 vne Tern- fliall ft ill begin, 
 porary. Chr. Well then, did you not know 
 
 mere he about ten years ago, one Temporary in 
 ' ''^"^'f' your parts y who was a forward man in 
 Religion then ? 
 
 Hope. Know him ! Yes, he dwelt 
 in GraceleJSy a Town about two miles 
 off of Honejly y^nd he dwelt next door 
 to one Turn-back. 
 
 Chr. Right y he dwelt under the fame 
 roof with him. Well, that man was 
 much awakened once ; / believe that 
 then he had fome fight of his fins y and 
 of the wages that was due thereto. 
 
 Hope. I am of your mind, for f my 
 Houfe not being above three miles 
 from him) he would oft times come 
 to me, and that with many tears. 
 Truly I pitied the man, and was not 
 altogether without hope of him ; 
 
 but
 
 Cfjc Pilgrims IP^ogrcfs. 213 
 
 but one may fee it is not every one 
 that cries, Lord, Lord. 
 
 Chr. He told me at once, That he was 
 rejolved to go on Pilgrimage as we do 
 now ; hut all of a fiidden he grew ac- 
 quainted with one Save-felf, and then 
 he became aftranger to me. 
 
 Hope. Now fince we are talking 
 about him, let us a little enquire in- 
 to the reafon of the fuddain back- 
 fliding of him and fuch others. 
 
 Chr. // may be very p-ojitabky but 
 do you begin. 
 
 Hop. Well then, there are in my 
 judgement four reafons for it. 
 
 I . Though the Confciences of fuch 
 men are awakened, yet their minds 
 are not changed : therefore when 
 the power of guilt weareth away , 
 that which provoked them to be Re- 
 ligious, ceafeth. Wherefore they na- 
 turally turn to their own courfe a- 
 gain : even as we fee the Dog that 
 is fick of what he hath eaten, fo 
 long as his ficknefs prevails, he vo- 
 mits and cafts up all ; not that he 
 doth this of a free mind (if we may 
 fay a Dog has a mind) but becaufe 
 it troubleth his Stomach ; but now 
 when his ficknefs is over, and fo his 
 
 P Stomach
 
 2 Pet. 2 
 
 22. 
 
 214 C&e Pilgrims! PioBteCsi* 
 
 Stomach eafed, his defires being not 
 at all alienate from his vomit , he 
 turns him about and licks up all. And 
 fo it is true which is written, The Dog 
 is turned to his own vomit again. This 
 I fay being hot for Heaven, by virtue 
 only of the fenfe and fear of the tor- 
 ments of Hell, as their fenfe of Hell, 
 and the fears of damnation chills 
 and cools, fo their defires for Hea- 
 ven and Salvation cool alfo. So 
 then it comes to pafs , that when 
 their guilt and fear is gone, their de- 
 fires for Heaven and Happinefs die; 
 Fro. 29.25 and they return to their courfe again. 
 ily. Another reafon is. They have 
 flavifh fears that do over-mafter 
 them. I fpeak now of the fears that 
 they have of men : For the fear of 
 men bringeth ajnare. So then, though 
 they feem to be hot for Heaven, fo 
 long as the flames of Hell are about 
 their ears , yet when that terrour is 
 a little over, they betake themfelves 
 to fecond thoughts; namely, that 
 'tis good to be wife, and not to run 
 (for they know not what) the ha- 
 zard of loofing all ; or at leaft, of 
 bringing themfelves into unavoida- 
 ble and un-neceflary troubles.* and 
 
 fo
 
 C6e Pilgrims Ip^ogrcfs. 215 
 
 Co they fall in with the world again. 
 
 2iy. The fhame that attends Re- 
 ligion, lies alfo as a block in their 
 way ; they are proud and haughty, 
 and Religion in their eye is low 
 and conteniptible : Therefore when 
 they have loft their (tnCe. of Hell 
 and wrath to come, they return a- 
 gain to their former courfe. 
 
 4/)'. Guilt, and to meditate ter- 
 rour , are grievous to them , they 
 like not to fee their mifery before 
 they come into it. Though perhaps 
 the ri2;ht of it firft, if thev loved that 
 fight, might make them flie whither 
 the righteous flie and are fafe ; but 
 becaufe they do, as I hinted before, 
 even fhun the thoughts of guilt and 
 terrour, therefore, when once they 
 are rid of their awakenings about 
 the terrors and wrath of God, they 
 harden their hearts gladly, and chufe 
 fuch ways as will harden them more 
 and more. 
 
 Chr. Tou arepretty near thehnfimjs^ 
 for the bottom of all is^ for -want of 
 a change in their mind and will. Ana 
 therefore they are but like the Fellon 
 that jlandeth before the Judge , he 
 quakes and trembles , andjeems to re 
 P 2 -pent
 
 21 6 cfje pilgn'ms Piogrefs* 
 
 pent moft heartily ; hut the bottom of 
 all iSy the fear of the Ha Uer, not of any 
 detefiation of the offence \ as is evident ^ 
 hecauje^ let hut this man have his li- 
 berty^ and he will he a "Thief ^ and Jo 
 a Rogue fiill\ whereas^if his mind was 
 changed^ he would be otherwije. 
 
 Hope. Now I have fhewed you 
 the reafons of their going back, do 
 you fhew me the manner thereof. 
 Honvthe Chr. So I wHl willingly . 
 ApoQate I . They draw off their thoughts 
 goes back, all that they may, from the remem- 
 brance of God, Death, and Judge- 
 ment to come. 
 
 2. Then they caft off by degrees 
 private Duties , as Clofet-Prayer, 
 curbing their lufts, watching, for- 
 row for fin, and the like. 
 
 3. Then they fhun the company 
 of lively and warm Chriftians. 
 
 4. After that, they grow cold to 
 publick Duty, as Hearing, Reading, 
 Godly Conference, and the like. 
 
 5. Then they beginto pick holes, 
 as we fay, in the Coats of fome of 
 the Godly, and that devilifhly; that 
 they may have a feeming colour to 
 throw Religion (for the fake of fome 
 infirmity they have fpied in them) be- 
 hind their backs. 6. Then
 
 Cfje Pilgrims ip^ogrcfs. 217 
 
 6. Then they begin to adhere to, 
 and afTocIate themfelves with carnal 
 loofe and wanton men. 
 
 7. Then they give way to carnal 
 and wanton difcourfes infecret; and 
 glad are they if they can fee fuch 
 things in any that are counted ho- 
 neftj that they may the more boldly 
 do it through their example, 
 
 8. After this, they begin to play 
 with little fins openly. 
 
 9. And then, being hardened, they 
 fhew themfelves as they are. Thus 
 being lanched again into the gulf of 
 mifery , unlefs a Miracle of Grace 
 prevent it, they everlaftingly perifh 
 in their own deceivings. 
 
 Now I faw in my Dream, that by 
 this time the Pilgrims were got over 
 the Inchanted Ground, and entering 
 in the Countrey of Beulah , whofe jj-^ g, ^ 
 Air was very fweet and pleafant, the cant.2.10 
 way lying diredly through it, they "> 12- 
 folaced themfelves there for a feafon. 
 Yea, here they heard continually 
 the fingmg of Birds , and faw every 
 day the flowers appear in the earth: 
 and heard the voice of the Turtle in 
 the Land. In this Countrey the Sun 
 (hineth night and day ; wherefore 
 
 P J this
 
 21 8 Cf)e Pilgrims p?ogrcfs, 
 
 this was beyond the Valley of the 
 Jhadow of death J and alfo out of the 
 reach of Giant Bef-pair \ neither 
 could they from this place fo much 
 as fee Doubting-Cajile. Here they 
 were within fight of the City they 
 were going to : alfo here met them 
 jl„g^lj fome of the Inhabitants thereof. For 
 in this Land the (hining Ones com- 
 monly walked, becaufe it was upon 
 the Borders of Heaven. In this Land 
 alfo the contrad between the Bride 
 jr c and the Bridgroom was renewed: 
 
 Ila. 62. 5. , 7 T^ • 7 • ^7 
 
 Yea here, as the Bridegroom rejoycetb 
 over the Bride ^fo did their God rejoice 
 vet 8. over them. Here they had no want of 
 Corn and Wine ; for in this place they 
 met with abundance of what they 
 had fought in all their Pilgrimage. 
 Here they heard voices from out of 
 the City, loud voices ; faying, Say 
 ye to the daughter of Zion , B-ehold 
 thy Salvation cometh^ behold his re- 
 ward is with him. Here all the Inha- 
 biu-ints of the Countrey called tliem, 
 The holy People, 'The redeemed of the 
 Lord, Sought out^ &c. 
 
 Now as they walked in this Land, 
 they had more rejoicing then in 
 parts more remote from the King- 
 dom 
 
 ver. II. 
 
 fer. 12.
 
 €\)t lpilgnm0 IP^ogrcfs. 219 
 
 dom to which they were bound ; and 
 drawing near to the City, they had 
 yet a more perfed view thereof. 
 It was builded of Pearls and precious 
 Stones, alfo the Street thereof was 
 paved with Gold, fo that by reafon 
 of the natural glory of the City, and 
 the refledion of the Sun-beams 
 upon it , Chriftian , with defire fell 
 fick. Hopeful alfo had a fit or two 
 of the fime Difeafe : Wherefore here 
 they lay by it a while, crying out be- 
 caufe of their pangs , If you fee my 
 Beloved , tell him that I am fick of 
 love. 
 
 But being a little ftrengthened,and 
 better able to bear their ficknefs, 
 they walked on their way, and came 
 yet nearer and nearer, where were 
 Orchards,Vineyardsand Gardens, and 
 their Gates opened into the High- 
 way. Now as they came up to thefe 
 places, behold the Gardener ftood in ^^^^ ^^ 
 the way; to whom the Pilgrims faid, ^^ 
 Whofe goodly Vineyards and Gar- 
 dens are thefe? He anfwered , They 
 are the Kings, and are planted here 
 for his own delights , and alfo for 
 the folace of Pilgrims. So the Gardi- 
 ner had them into the Vineyards, 
 
 P 4 and
 
 220 Cf)e Pilgtimg p^ogtefe* 
 
 and bid them refrefh themfelves 
 with the Dainties ; He alfo fhewed 
 them there the Kings walks , and the 
 Arbors where he delighted to be : 
 And here they tarried and flept. 
 
 Now I beheld in my Dream, that 
 they talked more in their fleep at 
 this time, then ever they did in all 
 their Journey ; and being in a mufe 
 there about, the Gardiner faid even 
 to me , Wherefore mufeft thou at 
 the matter ? It is the nature of the 
 fruit of the Grapes of thefe Vine- 
 yards to go down fo fweetly, as to 
 caufe the lips of them that are afleep 
 to fpeak. 
 
 So I faw that when they awoke, 
 they addreiTed themfelves to go up 
 to the City. But, as I faid, the re- 
 Revel SI. fiedions of the Sun upon the City 
 '8 (for the City was pure Gold) was fo 
 
 extreamly glorious, that they could 
 * '^^' ^' not, as yet, with open face behold 
 it, but through an Infirument vc\2A^ 
 for that purpofe. So I faw, that as 
 they went on, there met them two 
 men , in Raiment that fhone like 
 Gold , alfo their faces ihone as the 
 light. 
 
 I'hefe men asked the Pilgrims 
 
 whence
 
 whence they came ? and they told 
 them ; they alfo asked them, Where 
 they had lodg'd, what difficulties, and 
 dangers , what comforts and plea- 
 fures they had met in the way ? and 
 they told them. Then (Iiid the men 
 that met them. You have but two 
 difficulties more to meet with, and 
 then you are in the City. 
 
 Chrifiian then and his Compa- 
 nion asked the men to go along 
 with them, fo they told them they 
 would ; but , faid they , you muft 
 obtain it by your own faith. So I 
 faw in my Dream that they went 
 on together till they came within 
 fight of the Gate. 
 
 Now I further faw that betwixt 
 them and the Gate was a River, but ^^ath. 
 there was no Bridge to go over, the 
 River was very deep ; at the fight 
 therefore of this River, the Pilgrims 
 were much ftounded, but the men 
 that went with thcm,faid. You muft Death is 
 ao through, or you cannot come at"°^'"^'^' 
 
 fc ° ^ come to 
 
 the Gate. „^/,,^^^ 
 
 The Pilgrims then, began to en- ^},ough by 
 quire if there was no other way to it-ive pafs 
 the Gate ; to which they anfwered, ^-'^ °/^*" 
 Yes, but there hath not any, fave ^^'°'*^" ""< 
 
 two,
 
 I Cor 15. 
 
 51 fa. 
 
 Angels 
 
 212 Cfje Pilgcimg Piogrefg. 
 
 two, to wit, Enoch and Elijahy been 
 permitted to tread that path, fince 
 the foundation of the World , nor 
 fhall , untill the laft Trumpet ihall 
 found. The Pilgrims then , efpeci- 
 ally Chrijlian, began to difpond in his 
 mind, and looked this way and that, 
 but no way could be found by them, 
 by which they might efcape the 
 River. Then they asked the men, 
 if the Waters were all of a depth. 
 They faid. No ; yet they could not 
 
 behusnot ^^^P ^^^^ ''"^ ^^^^ Cafe, for faid they: 
 
 comfort a- ^ou fij all find it deeper or fhallower, 
 
 bly through as yoii believein the King of the place. 
 
 death. They then addreffed themfelves to 
 
 the Water; andentring, Chrifiian 
 
 began to fink, and crying out to his 
 
 good friend Hopeful \ he faid, I fink 
 
 in deep Waters , the Billows go over 
 
 my head, all his Waves go over me, 
 
 Selah, 
 
 Then faid the other , Be of good 
 chear, my Brother , I feel the bot- 
 tom, and it is good. Then faid Chri- 
 Clinftians jii^n^ Ah my friend , the forrows of 
 
 "hffoufof^^'^^^ have compafied me about, 
 
 ^g^^^^ I fiiall not fee the Land that flows 
 
 with Milk and Honey. And with 
 
 that , a great darknefs and horror 
 
 fell
 
 Cfje Ipilgrims Ip^ogrcCs* 223 
 
 fell upon Chrijlian^ fo that he could 
 not fee before him ; alfo here he 
 in great meafure loft his fenfcs , fo 
 that he could neither remember nor 
 orderly talk of any of thofe fweet 
 refrefhments that he had met with 
 in the way of his Pilgrimage. But 
 all the words that he fpake , ftill 
 tended to difcover that he had 
 horror of mind , and hearty fears 
 that he fhould die in that River , and 
 never obtain entrance in at the 
 Gate : here alfo, as they that ftood 
 by, perceived , he was much in 
 the troublefome thoughts of the 
 fins that he had committed, both 
 fince and before he began to be a 
 Pilgrim. 'Twas alfo obferved, that 
 he was troubled with apparitions of 
 Hobgoblinsand Evil Spirits. Forever 
 and anon he would intimate fo 
 much by words. Hopeful therefore 
 here had much adoe to keep his 
 Brothers head above water , yea 
 fometimes he would be quite gone 
 down, and then ere a while he would 
 rife up again half dead. Hopeful ?\{o 
 would endeavour to comfort him, 
 faying, Brother, I fee the Gate, and 
 men ftanding by it to receive us. 
 
 Bur
 
 224 C6e Pilgrims PwceCs, 
 
 ButChriJlian would anfwer; 'Tisyou, 
 'tis you they wait for, you have been 
 Hopeful ever fince I knew you ; and 
 fo have you, faid he to Chrifiian. Ah 
 Brother, faid he,furely if I was right, 
 he would now arife to help me ; but 
 for my fins he hath brought me into 
 the fnare, and hath left me. Then 
 faid Hopefuly My Brother, you have 
 quite forgot the Text, where its faid 
 Pial. 73.4. of the wicked, There is no band in 
 5* their deaths but their ftrength is firmy 
 
 they are not troubled as other men^ nei- 
 ther are they plagued like other men. 
 Thefe troubles and diftrefles that you 
 go through in thefe Waters, are no 
 fign that God hath forfaken you, but 
 are fent to try you, whether you will 
 call to mind that which heretofore 
 you have received of his goodnefs, 
 and live upon him in your diftrefles. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream , that 
 
 Chrifiian was as in a mufe a while ; 
 
 To whom alfo Hopeful added this 
 
 word , Be of good chear , Jejus 
 
 Chrifiian Chrifi maketh thee whole : And with 
 
 delivered that, Chrifiian brake out with a loud 
 
 ^^^^_ tells me , IFhen thou pajfefi through 
 Ifa. 43. 2. the waters , 1 will be with thee ^ and 
 
 through
 
 C6e IPilgxims H^^ogrcfa 225 
 
 through the Rivers ^ they Jhall not over- 
 flow thee. Then they both took 
 courage, and the enemy was after 
 that as ftlll as a ftone , untill they 
 were gone over. Chrijlian therefore 
 prefently found ground to ftand up- 
 on ; and {o it followed that the reft 
 of the River was but fhallow. Thus 
 they got over. Now upon the bank 
 of the River, on the other fide, they 
 faw the two fhining men again, 
 who there waited for them. Where- 
 fore being come up out of the River, 
 :hy faluted them faying. We are mi- The AugeU 
 niftring Spirits , f en t forth to minifter do ivait 
 for thoje that fhall be Heirs of Saha-for themja 
 tion. Thus they went along towards-^""^ ^ 
 the Gate, now you muft note that p^Jn^^Jl^, 
 the City ftood upon a mighty hill, gfthis 
 but the Pilgrims went up that hill •-•jorld. 
 with eqfe^ becaufe they had thefe two 
 men to lead them up by the Arms ; rheyhcfve 
 alfo they had left their Mortal G?ir- put off 
 ments behind them in the Riv/er; for ^°r^^''y 
 though they went in with them, they 
 came out v;ithout them. They there- 
 fore went up here with much agi- 
 lity and fpeed, though the founda- 
 tion upon which the City was fram- 
 ed v/as higher then the Clouds. 
 
 They
 
 226 c&e pilgrims p^ogrecs. 
 
 They therefore went up through the 
 Regions of the Air, fweetly talking 
 as they went, being comforted, be- 
 caufe they fafely got over the River, 
 and had fuch glorious Companions 
 to attend them. 
 
 The talk they had with the ihining 
 Ones , was about the Glory of the 
 place, who told them,that the beauty, 
 and glory of it was inexpreffible. 
 Heb. J 2. There, faid they, is the Mount Sion, 
 22 23» 24-. ^Q Heavenly Jerufalem , the inume 
 Rev. %. 4 I'^ble Company of Angels, and the 
 Spirits of Juft men made perfedl : 
 You are going now , faid they, 
 to the Paradice of God , wherein 
 you fhall fee the Tree of Life , and 
 eat of the never-fading fruits there- 
 of: And when you come there you 
 fhall have white Robes given you, 
 and your walk and talk fhall be 
 every day with the King , even all 
 the days of Eternity. There you 
 Pev. 21 I. f]^all not fee again , fuch things as 
 you faw when you were in the lower 
 Region upon the Earth, to wit, for- 
 row, ficknefs, affli6tion, and death, 
 for the former things are -pajfed away. 
 Tfa.j7.i.2. You are going now to Abraham , to 
 IJaac^ and Jacob ^ and to the Pro- 
 phets
 
 Prophets; men that God hath taken ^^^"^J m 
 away from the evil to come, and that 
 are now refting upon their Beds, 
 each one walking in his righteoufnefs. 
 The men then asked, What muft we 
 do in the holy place ? To whom it 
 was anfwered. You muft there re- 
 ceive the comfort of all your toil, 
 and have joy for all your forrow ; 
 you muft reap what you have fown, 
 even the fruit of all your Prayers and 
 Tears, and fufterings for the King by 
 the way. In that place you muft Gal. 6. 7. 
 wear Crowns of Gold , and enjoy 
 the perpetual fight and Vifions of the 
 Ho/y One^for there you /hall fee him as ^'° ' ^' *' 
 he is. There alfo you ftiall ferve him 
 continually with praife, with ftiout- 
 ing and thankfgiving, whom you 
 defired to ferve in the World, though 
 with much difficulty, becaufe of the 
 infirmity of your flefh. There your 
 eyes ftiall be delighted with feeing, 
 and your ears with hearing, the 
 pleafant voice of the mighty One. 
 There you fhall enjoy your friends 
 again, that are got thither before 
 you; and there you ftiall with joy 
 receive, even every one that fol- 
 lows into the Holy Place after you. 
 
 There
 
 228 CFje Pilgtimsi IPiogreis* 
 
 Thefs. 4. There alfo you fhall be cloathed 
 
 i3,H>i5, with Glory and Majefty, and put 
 
 lude 14 ^"^° ^^ equipage fit to ride out with 
 
 Da.7.9,10. the King of Glory. When he fhall 
 
 I Cor. 6. come with found of Trumpet in the 
 
 *» 3- Clouds , as upon the wings of the 
 
 Wind, you fhall come with him; and 
 
 when he fhall fit upon the Throne of 
 
 Judgement , you fhall fit by him : 
 
 yea, and when he fhall pafs Sentence 
 
 upon all the workers of Iniquity, let 
 
 them be Angels or Men, you alfo 
 
 fhall have a voice in that Judgement, 
 
 becaufe they were his and your E- 
 
 nemies. Alfo when he fhall again 
 
 return to the City, you fhall go too, 
 
 with found of Trumpet, and be ever 
 
 with him. 
 
 Now while they were thus draw- 
 ing towards the Gate, behold a com- 
 pany of the Heavenly Hoft came 
 out to meet them: To whom it was 
 faid, by the other two fhining Ones, 
 Thefe are the men that have loved 
 our Lord, when they were in the 
 World; and that have left all for 
 his holy Name, and he hath fent us 
 to fetch them, and we have brought 
 them thus far on their defired Jour- 
 ney ; that they may go in and look
 
 CSe Pilgums p^ogicfs, 229 
 
 their Redeemer in the face with joy. 
 
 Then the Heavenly Iloft gave a 
 
 great fhout, faying, Blejfed are they ^'''''- '» 
 
 that are called to the Marriage /upper 
 
 of the Lamb : and thus they came up 
 
 to the Gate. 
 
 Now v»'hen they were come up to 
 the Gate, there was written over 
 it, in Letters of Gold, Blejfed ^r^^^-"'* 
 they that do his commandfnentSy that 
 they may have right to the Tree of life \ 
 and may enter in through the Gates into 
 the City. 
 
 Then I faw in my Dream, that 
 the fhining men bid them call at the 
 Gate, the which when they did, 
 fome from above looked over the 
 Gate; to wit, Enoch ^ Mo/es , and 
 Elijah^ i^c. to whom it was faid, 
 Thefe Pilgrims, are come from the 
 City of Defiru^ion, for the love that 
 they bear to the King of this place: 
 and then the Pilgrims gave in unto 
 them each man his Certificate, which 
 they had received in the beginning; 
 Thofe therefore were carried into the 
 King, who when he had read them, 
 faid. Where are the men .? To whom 
 it^ was anfwered. They are {landing 
 without the Gate, the King then 
 Q com-
 
 230 Cbe IPilgrlms p^ogrers, 
 
 ffa. 262. commanded to open the Gate; That 
 the righteous Nation , faid he, that 
 keepeth Truth may enter in. 
 
 Now 1 faw in my Dream, that 
 thefe two men went in at the Gate ; 
 and ]oe, as they entered, they were 
 transfigured, and they had Raiment 
 put on that fhone like Gold. There 
 was alfo that met them with Harps 
 and Crowns,and gave them to them; 
 the Harp to praife withall, and the 
 Crowns in token of honour ; Then 
 I heard in my Dream that all the Bells 
 in the City Rang for joy : and that 
 it was faid unto them. Enter ye into the 
 joy of your Lord. I alfo heard the men 
 Rev.s 13, themfelves , that they fang with a 
 *^* loud voice, faying, Blejfing^ Honour^ 
 
 Glory and Power ^ he to him thatfitteth 
 upon the Throne^ and to the Lamb f 01 
 ever and ever. 
 
 Now juft as the Gates were open- 
 ed to let in the men, I looked in after 
 them ; and behold , the City fhone 
 like the Sun, the Streets alfo were 
 paved with Gold,and in them walked 
 many men, with Crowns on their 
 heads, Palms in their hands, and 
 golden Harps to fing praifes withall. 
 There were alfo of them that had 
 
 wingS;
 
 C{)e pilgrims p^ogrccs. 231 
 
 wings, and they anfwcred one ano- 
 ther without interminion,raying,//(?/K, 
 Holy, Holy, is the Lord. And after that, 
 they fhut up the Gates : which when 
 I had feen, I vviflied my felf among 
 them. 
 
 Now while I was gazing upon all 
 thefe things, I turned my head to 
 look back, and faw Ignorance come 
 up to the River fide; but he foon got 
 over , and that without half that 
 difficulty which the other two men 
 met with. For it happened that there 
 was then in that place ontVain-hope a 
 Ferry-man, that with his Boat helped 
 him over : fo he, as the other I faw, 
 did afcend the Hill to come up to 
 the Gate, only he came alone ; nei- 
 ther did anv man meet him with 
 the leaft incouragement. When he 
 was come up to the Gate, he looked 
 up to the writing that was above ; 
 and then began to knock, fuppofing 
 that entrance fhould have been 
 quickly adminiftred to him : But he 
 was asked by the men that lookt o- 
 ver the top of theGate, Whence came 
 you ? and what would you have ? He 
 anfwered, I have eat and drank in 
 the prefence of the King, and he has 
 
 Q 2 ' taught
 
 232 Cbe pilgrims p^ogrefs. 
 
 taught in our Streets. Then they 
 asked him for his Certificate, that 
 they might go in and fhew it to the 
 King. So he fumbled in his bofom 
 for one, and found none. Then faid 
 they. Have you none ? But the man 
 anfwered never a word So they 
 told the King, but he would not 
 come down to fee him ; but com- 
 manded the two fhining Ones that 
 conduced Chrijiian and Hopeful to 
 the City, to go out and take Igno- 
 rance and bind him hand and foot, 
 and have him away. Then they took 
 him up, and carried him through the 
 air to the door that I faw in the fide of 
 the Hill, and puthiminthere. Then I 
 faw that there was a way to Hell, e- 
 venfrom the Gates of Heaven, as well 
 as from the City of DeJiru£fion. So 
 1 awoke, and behold it was a Dream. 
 
 FINIS,
 
 The Conclufion. 
 
 NOw Reader, 1 have told my Dream to thee \ 
 See if thou canji Interpret it to me ; 
 Or to thy f elf , or Neighbour : but take heed 
 Of mif-interpreting : for that, inftead 
 Of doing good, will but thy felf abufe : 
 By mif-interpreting evil infues. 
 
 Take heed alfo, that thou be not extream. 
 In playing with the out- fide of my Dream : 
 Nor let my figure, or fimilitude^ 
 Put thee into a laughter or a feud ; 
 Leave this for Boys and Fools; but as for thee. 
 Do thou the fubftance of my inatter fee. 
 
 Put by the Curtains, look within my Vail\ 
 Turn up my Metaphors and do not fail : 
 There, if thou feekeft them^fuch things to findy 
 Ai will be helpfull to an honeil mind. 
 
 JVhat of tny drofs thou fin deft there, be bold 
 To throw away., but yet preferve the Gold. 
 What if my Gold be wrapped up in Ore ? 
 None throws away the Apple for the Core : 
 But if thou {halt caft all away as vain, 
 I know not but 'twill make me Dream again, 
 
 THE END.
 
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