. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . good will. Peu. I ask, then, if there was ever any thing that had abeing antecedent to, or before Grod ? Mat. No, for Grod is eternal; nor is there any thing, except-ing Himself, that had a being nntil the beginning of the firstday: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, thesea, and all that in them is. MATTHEW S ANSWERS. 305 Pru. What do you think of the Bible ? Mat. It is the holy word of God. Pru. Is there nothing written therein but what you under-stand ? Mat. Yes, a grea
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . good will. Peu. I ask, then, if there was ever any thing that had abeing antecedent to, or before Grod ? Mat. No, for Grod is eternal; nor is there any thing, except-ing Himself, that had a being nntil the beginning of the firstday: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, thesea, and all that in them is. MATTHEW S ANSWERS. 305 Pru. What do you think of the Bible ? Mat. It is the holy word of God. Pru. Is there nothing written therein but what you under-stand ? Mat. Yes, a great deal. Pru. What do you do when you meet with such placestherein that you do not understand ? Mat. I think Grod is wiser than I. I pray also that He willplease to let me know all therein that He knows will be formy good. Pru. How believe you as touching the resurrection of thedead ? Mat. I believe they shall rise the same that was buried,—the same in nature, though not in corruption. And I believethis upon a double account: first, because Grod has promisedit; secondly, because He is able to perform R R 306 mercys suitor, mr. brisk. Then said Prudence to the boys, Yon must still hearkento your mother, for she can learn you more. You must alsodiligently give ear to what good talk you shall hear fromothers ; for, for your sakes do they speak good things. Observealso, and that with carefulness, what the heavens and the earthdo teach you; but especially be much in the meditation ofthat book that was the cause of your fathers becoming apilgrim. I, for my part, my children, will teach you what Ican while you are here ; and shall be glad if you will ask mequestions that tend to godly edifying. Now by that these pilgrims had been at this place a week,Mercy had a visitor that pretended some good will unto her,and his name was Mr. Brisk. A man of some breeding, andthat pretended to religion; but a man that stuck very closeto the world. So he came once or twice, or more, to Mercy,a
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