. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . rd,and a command not to meddleuntil Mr. Fearing was passed over it. It would be too tedious to tellyou of all, we will therefore onlymention a passage or two he was come at Vanity Fair,I thought he would have foughtwith all the men in the fair; Ifeared there we should bothhave been knocked o thhead, so hot was he againsttheir fooleries. Upon the en-chanted ground he was alsovery wakeful. But when hewas come at the river wherewas no bridge, there againhe was in a heavy case;
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . rd,and a command not to meddleuntil Mr. Fearing was passed over it. It would be too tedious to tellyou of all, we will therefore onlymention a passage or two he was come at Vanity Fair,I thought he would have foughtwith all the men in the fair; Ifeared there we should bothhave been knocked o thhead, so hot was he againsttheir fooleries. Upon the en-chanted ground he was alsovery wakeful. But when hewas come at the river wherewas no bridge, there againhe was in a heavy case; now, ^now, he said, he should be [jdrowned for ever, and sonever see that face with com-fort that he had come so manymiles to behold. And here also I took notice ofwhat was very remarkable, the waterof that river was lower at this timethan ever I saw it in all my life;so he went over at last not muchabove wet-shod. When he wasgoing up to the gate, Mr. Great-heart began to take his leave ofhim, and to wish him a goodreception above; so he said, Ishall, I shall. Then parted weasunder, and I saw him no T Y 346 fearings character. Honest. Then it seems he was well at last. Great-heart. Yes, yes; I never had doubt about him: hewas a man of a choice spirit, only he was always kept very-low ; and that made his life so burdensome to himself, and sotroublesome to others (Ps. lxxxviii.). He was, above many,tender of sin; he was so afraid of doing injuries to others,that he often would deny himself of that which was lawfulbecause he would not offend (Rom. xiv. 21; 1 Cor. viii. 13). Honest. But what should be the reason that such a goodman should be all his days so much in the dark ? Great-heart. There are two sorts of reasons for it; one is,the wise God will have it so ; some must pipe, and some mustweep (Matt. xi. 16-18): now Mr. Fearing was one thatplayed upon this bass. He and his fellows sound the sack-but, whose notes are more doleful than the notes of othermusic are. Though,
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