. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . e ours?Their daughters and their cattle were that which they soughtto obtain, and their religion the stalking-horse they made useof to come at them. Read the whole story (Gen. ). 2. The hypocritical Pharisees were also of this religion;long prayers were their pretence, but to get widows houseswere their intent; and greater damnation was from God theirjudgment (Luke xx. 46, 47). 3. Judas the devil was also of this religion; he wasreligious for the bag, that he might be posse
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . e ours?Their daughters and their cattle were that which they soughtto obtain, and their religion the stalking-horse they made useof to come at them. Read the whole story (Gen. ). 2. The hypocritical Pharisees were also of this religion;long prayers were their pretence, but to get widows houseswere their intent; and greater damnation was from God theirjudgment (Luke xx. 46, 47). 3. Judas the devil was also of this religion; he wasreligious for the bag, that he might be possessed of whatwas therein; but he was lost, cast away, and the very son ofperdition. 4. Simon the witch was of this religion too ; for he wouldhave had the Holy Ghost, that he might have got money there^with, and his sentence from Peters mouth was according(Acts viii. 19-22). 5. Neither will it out of my mind, but that that man thattakes up religion for the world will throw away religion forthe world; for so surely as Judas designed the world inbecoming religious, so surely did he also sell religion and his. Master for the same. To answer the question thereforeaffirmatively, as I perceive yon have done, and to accept ofas authentic such answer, is both heathenish, hypocritical,and devilish, and your reward will be according to yourworks. Then they stood staring One upon another, but had notwherewith to answer Christian. Hopeful also approved ofthe soundness of Christians answer, so there was a greatsilence among them. Mr. By-ends and his company alsostaggered, and kept behind, that Christian and Hopeful mightoutgo them. Then said Christian to his fellow, If thesemen cannot stand before the sentence of men, what will they 140 THE HILL CALLED LUCRE. do with the sentence of God ? and if they are mute whendealt with by vessels of clay, what will they do when theyshall be rebuked by the flames of a devouring fire ? Then Christian and Hopeful out-went them again, andwent till they came
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