The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come . er-taken you, and that God has so tempered our spirits that we can walk as companionsin this so pleasant a path. Faith. I had thought, dear friend, to have had your company quite from our town ;but you did get the start of me, wherefore I was forced to come thus much of the wayalone. Cheis. How long did you stay in the City of Destruction before you set out afterme on your pilgrimage ? Faith. Till I could stay no longer; for there was great talk, presently after youwere gone out, that our city would, in a short time, with fire
The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come . er-taken you, and that God has so tempered our spirits that we can walk as companionsin this so pleasant a path. Faith. I had thought, dear friend, to have had your company quite from our town ;but you did get the start of me, wherefore I was forced to come thus much of the wayalone. Cheis. How long did you stay in the City of Destruction before you set out afterme on your pilgrimage ? Faith. Till I could stay no longer; for there was great talk, presently after youwere gone out, that our city would, in a short time, with fire from heaven, be burneddown to the ground. Cheis. What! did your neighbors talk so ? Faith. Yes; it was for a while in everybodys mouth. Cheis. What! and did no more of them but you come out to escape the danger ? Faith. Though there was, as I said, a great talk thereabout, yet I do not think theydid firmly believe it. For, in the heat of the discourse, I heard some of them derid-ingly speak of you, and of your desperate journey; for so they called this your pil-. Christian and Faithful Join Company. He could not rise again until Faithful came up to help him. (86) WHAT WAS SAID IN THE CITY. 87 grimage. But I did believe, and do still, that the end of our city will be with fire andbrimstone from above; and therefore I have made my escape. Chris. Did you hear no talk of neighbor Pliable ? Faith, Yes, Christian; I heard that he followed you till he came to the Slough ofDespond, where, as some said, he fell in; but he would not be known to have so done;but I am sure he was soundly bedabbled with that kind of dirt. Chris. And what said the neighbors to him ? Faith. He hath, since his going back, been held greatly in derision, and that amongall sorts of people: some do mock and despise him, and scarce any will set him onwork. He is now seven times worse than if he had never gone out of the city. Chris. But why should they be so set against him, since they also despise the waythat he f
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