. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . Selah. Then said the other, Be of good cheer, my brother; Ifeel the bottom, and it is good. Then said Christian, Ah!my friend, the sorrows of death have compassed me abont; Ishall not see the land that flows with milk and honey; andwith that a great darkness and horror fell upon Christian, sothat he could not see before him; also here he, in great mea-sure, lost his senses, so that he could neither remember nororderly talk of any of those sweet refreshments that he hadmet with in the
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . Selah. Then said the other, Be of good cheer, my brother; Ifeel the bottom, and it is good. Then said Christian, Ah!my friend, the sorrows of death have compassed me abont; Ishall not see the land that flows with milk and honey; andwith that a great darkness and horror fell upon Christian, sothat he could not see before him; also here he, in great mea-sure, lost his senses, so that he could neither remember nororderly talk of any of those sweet refreshments that he hadmet with in the way of his pilgrimage. But all the wordsthat he spake still tended to discover that he had horror ofmind, and hearty fears that he should die in that river, andnever obtain entrance in at the gate; here also, as they thatstood by perceived, he was much in the troublesome thoughtsof the sins that he had committed, both since and before hebegan to be a pilgrim. Twas also observed that he wastroubled with apparitions of hobgoblins and evil spirits, forever and anon he would intimate so much by words. Hope-. 214 THEY ARE RECEIVED BY TWO SHINING ONES. fill, therefore, here had rrmcli ado to keep his brothers headabove water; yea, sometimes he would be quite gone down,and then ere a while he would rise up again half dead. Hope-ful also would endeavour to comfort him, saying, Brother,I see the gate, and men standing by it to receive us; butChristian would answer, Tis you, tis you they wait for;you have been Hopeful ever since I knew you. And sohave you, said he to Christian. Ah! brother, said he, surely, if I was right, He would now arise to help me; but,for my sins, He hath brought me into the snare, and hath leftme. Then said Hopeful, My brother, you have quite forgotthe text where its said of the wicked, There is no band intheir death, but their strength is firm; they are not troubledas other men, neither are they plagued like other men ( 4, 5). These troubles and distres
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