. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . ER QUESTION PROPOSED. 365 heads it against the greatest opposition, gives best demon-stration that it is strongest: specially when it also holdethpace with that that meets not with half so much; as, to besure, old age does not. Besides, I have observed that old men have blessed them-selves with this mistake ; namely, taking the decays of naturefor a gracious conquest over corruptions, and so have beenapt to beguile themselves. Indeed, old men that are gracious,are best able to give ad
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . ER QUESTION PROPOSED. 365 heads it against the greatest opposition, gives best demon-stration that it is strongest: specially when it also holdethpace with that that meets not with half so much; as, to besure, old age does not. Besides, I have observed that old men have blessed them-selves with this mistake ; namely, taking the decays of naturefor a gracious conquest over corruptions, and so have beenapt to beguile themselves. Indeed, old men that are gracious,are best able to give advice to them that are young, becausethey have seen most of the emptiness of things. But yet,for an old and a young to set out both together, the youngone has the advantage of the fairest discovery of a work ofgrace within him, though the old mans corruptions arenaturally the weakest. Thus they sat talking till break of day. Now when thefamily was up, Christiana bid her son James that he shouldread a chapter ; so he read the 53d of Isaiah. When he haddone, Mr. Honest asked why it was said, That the Saviour. 366 GIANT SLAT-GOOD. is said to come out of a dry ground, and also that he had noform nor comeliness in Him ? Great-heart. Then said Mr. Great-heart, To the first Ianswer, because the Church of the Jews, of which Christcame, had then lost almost all the sap and spirit of the second I say, the words are spoken in. the person ofthe unbelievers, who, because they want that eye that can seeinto our Princes heart, therefore they judge of Him by themeanness of His outside. Just like those that know not that precious stones arecovered over with a homely crust; who, when they havefound one, because they know not what they have found,cast it again away, as men do a common stone. Well, said Gaius, now you are here, and since, as Iknow, Mr. Great-heart is good at his weapons, if you please,after we have refreshed ourselves, we will walk into thefields, to see if we can do an
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