. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come. s telling of it; but yet I am glad I heard of it. Piety. Was that all you saw at the house of the Interpreter? Chris. No; he took me, and had me where he showed me a statelypalace; and how the people were clad in gold that were in it; and howthere came a venturous man, and cut his way through the armed men thatstood in the door to keep him out; and how he was bid to come in and wineternal glory. Methought those things did ravish my heart. I would havestayed at that good mans house a twelvemonth, but that I knew I hadfarther to
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come. s telling of it; but yet I am glad I heard of it. Piety. Was that all you saw at the house of the Interpreter? Chris. No; he took me, and had me where he showed me a statelypalace; and how the people were clad in gold that were in it; and howthere came a venturous man, and cut his way through the armed men thatstood in the door to keep him out; and how he was bid to come in and wineternal glory. Methought those things did ravish my heart. I would havestayed at that good mans house a twelvemonth, but that I knew I hadfarther to go. Piety. And what saw you else in the way? Chris. Saw? Why, I went but a little farther, and I saw One, as Ithought in my mind, hang bleeding upon a tree; and the very sight of Himmade my burden fall off my back; for I groaned under a very heavyburden, and then it fell down from off me. It was a strange thing to me,for I never saw such a thing before; yea, and while I stood looking up (forthen I could not forbear looking), three Shining Ones came to me. One of. This man is on a Journey from tlie City of Destruction to IMount ZIon. CHRISTIAN CONVERSES WITH THE VIRGINS. 57 them testified that my sins were forgiven me; another stripped me of myrags, and gave me this broidered coat which you see; and the third set themark which you see in my forehead, and gave me this sealed roll. (And,with that, he plucked it out of his bosom.) Piety. But you saw more than this, did you not? Chris. The things that I have told you were the best; yet some othermatters I saw; as namely, I saw three men, Simple, Sloth, and Presumption,lie asleep, a little out of the way as I came, with irons upon their heels; butdo you think I could wake them ? I also saw Formalist and Hypocrisycome tumbling over the wall, to go, as they pretended, to Zion; but theywere quickly lost, even as I myself did tell them, but they would notbelieve. But, above all, I found it hard work to get up this hill, and ashard to com
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