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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30170	The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come delivered under the similitude of a dream, wherein is discovered the manner of his setting out, his dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired countrey / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1678 (1678)	Wing B5557; ESTC R27237	105,951	244

I should a been killed there over a●…d over But at last day brake and the Sun rise and I went through that which was behind with far more ease and q●…iet Moreover I saw in my Dream that as they went on Faithful as he chanced to look on one side saw a Man whose name is Talkative walking at a distance besides them for in this place there was room enough for them all to walk He was a tall Man and somthing more comely at a distance then at hand To this Man Faithful addressed himself in this manner Faith Friend Whither away Are you going to the Heavenly Countrey Talk I am going to that same place Faith That is well Then I hope we may have your good Company Talk With a very good will will I be your Companion Faith Come on then and ●…et us go together and let us spend our time in discoursing of things that are profitable Talk To talk of things that ar●… good to me is very acceptable wi●… you or with any other and I am glad that I have met with those that incline to so good a work For to speak the truth there are but few that care thus to spend their time as they are in their travels but chuse much rather to be speaking of things to no profit and this hath been a trouble to me Faith That is indeed a thing to be l●…mented for what things so wort by of the use of the tongue and mouth of men on E●…th as are the things of the God of ●…ven Talk I like you wonderful well for your saying is full of conviction and I will add What thing so pleasant and what so profitable as to talk of the things of God What things so pleasant that is if a man hath any delight in things that are wonderful for instance If a man doth delight to talk of the History or the Mystery of things or if a man doth love to talk of Miracles Wonders or Signs wh●…re shall he find things Recorded so delightful and so sweetly penned as in the holy Scripture Faith That 's true but to be profited by such things in our talk should be that which we design Talk That is it that I said for to talk of such things is most pro●…itable for by so doing a Man may get knowledge of many things as of the vanity of earthly things and the be fit of things above thus in general but more particularly By this a man may learn the necessity of the New-birth the insufficiency of our works the need of Christs righteousness c. Besides by this a man may learn by talk what it is to repent to believe to pray to suffer or the like by this also a Man may learn what are the great promises consolations of the Gospel to his own comfort Further by this a Man may learn to refute false opinions to vindicate the truth and also to instruct the ignorant Faith All this is true and glad am I to hear these things from you Talk Alas the want of this is the cause that so few understand the need of faith and the necessity of a work of Grace in their Soul in order to eternal life but ignorantly live in the works of the Law by which a man can by no means obtain the Kingdom of Heaven Faith But by your leave Heavenly knowledge of these is the gift of God no man attaineth to them by humane industry or only by the talk of them Talk All this I know very well for a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven all is of Grace not of works I could give you an hundred Scriptures for the confirmation of this Faith Well then said Faithful what is that one thing that we shall at this time found our discourse upon Talk What you will I will talk of things Heavenly or things Prophanes things Moral or things Evang 〈◊〉 things Sacred or things Prophanes things past or things to come thing forraign or things at home things more Essential or things Circumstantial provid●…d that all be done to our profit Faith Now did Faith●…ul begin to wonder and stepping to Christian for he walked all this while by himse●… he said to him but softly What a brave Companion have we got Surely this man will make a very excellen●… Pilgrim Chr. At this Christian modestly smiled and said This man with whom you are so taken will 〈◊〉 with this tongue of his twenty of th●…m that know him not Faith Do you know him then Chr. Know him Yes better th●…n he knows himself Faith Pray what is he Chr. His name is Talkative he dwelleth in our Town I wonder that you should be a stranger to him only I consider that our Town is large Faith Whose Son is he And whereabout doth he dwell Chr. He is the Son of one Saywell he dwelt in Prating-row and he i●… known of all that are acquainted with him by the name of Talkative in Prating-row and notwithstanding his fine tongue he is but a sorry fellow Faith Well he 〈◊〉 to be a very pretty man Chr. That is to them that have not through acquaintance with him for he is b●…st abroad n●…ar home he is ugly 〈◊〉 your saying That he is a 〈◊〉 brings to my mind what I have observ●…d in the work of the Painter whose Pictures shews best at a distance but very near more unpleasing Faith But I am reddy to think 〈◊〉 do but jest because you smiled Chr. God-forbid that I should fest though I smiled in this matter or that I should accuse any falsely I will give you a further discovery of him This man is for any company and for any talk as he talketh now with you so will he ●…alk when he is on the Ale-bench and the more drink he hath in his crown the more of these things he hath in his mouth Religion hath no place in his heart or house or conversation all he hath lieth in his tongue and his Religion is to make a noise therewith Faith Say you so Then am I in this man greatly d●…eived Chr Deceived you may be sure of it Remember the Proverb They say and do not but the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power He ●…alketh of Prayer of Repentance of Faith and of the New birth but he knows but only to talk of them I have been in his Family and have observed him both at home and abroad and I know what I say of him is the truth His house is as empty of Religion as the white of an Egg is of savour There is there neither Prayer nor sign of Repentance for sin Yea the bruit in his kind serves God far better then he He is the very stain reproach and shame of Religion to all that know him it can hardly have a good word in all that end of the Town where he dwells through him Thus say

believed I had not come thus far to seek But finding none and yet I should had there been such a place to be found for I have gone to seek it further then you I am going back again and will seek to refresh my self with the things that I then cast away for hopes of that which I now see is not Chr. Then said Christian to Hopeful his Fellow Is it true which this man hath said Hopef. Take heed he is one of the Flatterers remember what it hath cost us once already for our harkning to such kind of Fellows What! no Mount Sion Did we not see from the delectable Mountains the Ga●… of the City Also are we not now to walk by Faith Let us go on said Hopeful left the man with the Whip overtakes us again You should have taught me that Lesson which I will round you in the ●…ars w. thall Cease my Son to hear the Instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge I say my Brother cease to hear him and lot us believe to the saving of the Soul Chr. My Brother I did not put the question to thee for that I doubted of the Truth of our belief my self But to prove thee and to fetch from thee a fruit of the honesty of thy heart As for this man I know that he is blinded by the god of this World Let thee and I go on knowing that we have belief of the Truth and no lie is of the Truth Hopef. Now do I rejoyce in hope of the Glory of God So they turned away from the man and he Laughing at them went his way I saw then in my Dream that they went till they came into a certain Countrey whose Air naturally tended to make one drowsie if he came a stranger into it And here Hopeful began to be very dull and heavy of sleep wherefore he said unto Christian I do now begin to grow so drowsie that I can sc●…cely hold up mine eyes let us lie down here and take one Nap. Chr. By no means said the other lest sleeping we never awake more Hopef. Why my Brother sleep is sweet to the Labouring man we may be refreshed if we take a Nap. Chr. Do you not remember that one of the Shepherds bid us beware of the 〈◊〉 ground He meant by that that we should beware of sleeping wherefore let us not sleep as do others but let us watch and be sober Hopef. I acknowledge my self in fault and had I been here alone I had by sleeping run the danger of of death I see it is true that the wise man saith Two are better then one Hitherto hath thy Company been my mercy and thou shalt have a good reward for thy labour Chr. Now t●…en said Christian to prevent drowsiness in this place let let us fall into good discourse Hopef. With all my heart said the other Chr. Where shall we begin Hopef. Where God began with us But do you begin if you please When Saints do sleepy grow let them come hither And hear how these two Pilgrims talk together Ye a let them learn of them in any wise Thus to keep ope their drowsie slumbring eyes Saints fellowship if it be manag'd well Keeps them awake and that in spite of hell Chr. Then Christian began and said I will ask you a question How came you to think at first of doing as you do now Hopef. Do you mean How came I at first to look after the good of my Soul Chr. Yes that is my meaning Hopef. I continued a great while in the delight of those things which were seen and sold at our fair things which as I believe now would have had I continued in them still drownded me in perdition and destruction Chr. What things were they Hopef. All the Treasures and Riches of the World Also I delighted much in Rioting Revelling Drinking Swearing Lying Uneleanness Sabbath-breaking and what not that tended to destroy the Soul But I found at last by hearing and considering of things that are Divine which indeed I heard of you as also of beloved Faithful that was put to death for his Faith and good-living in Vanityfair That the end of these things is death And that for these things sake the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience Chr. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction Hopef. No I was not willing presently to know the evil of sin nor the damnation that follows upon the commission of it but endeavoured when my mind at first began to be shaken with the word to shut mine eyes against the light thereof Chr. But what was the cause of your carrying of it thus to the first workings of Gods blessed Spirit upon you Hopef The causes were 1. I was ignorant that this was the work of God upon me I never thought that by awaknings for sin God at first begins the conversion of a sinner 2. Sin was yet very sweet to my fl●…sh and I was loth to leave i●… 3. I could not tell how to part with mine old Companions their presence and actions were so desirable unto me 4. The hours in which convictions were upon me were such troublesome and such heart-affrighting hours that I could not bear no not so much as the remembrance of them upon my heart Chr. Then as●…it seems sometimes you got rid of your trouble Hopef. Yes verily but it would come into my mind again and then I should be as bad nay worse then I was before Chr. Why what was it that brought your sins to mind again Hopef. Many things As 1. If I did but meet a good man in the Streets or 2. If I have heard any read in the Bible or 3. If mine Head did begin to Ake or 4. I were told that some of my Neighbours were sick or 5. If I heard the Bell Toull for some that were dead or 6. If I thought of dying my self or 7. If I heard that suddain death happened to others 8. But especially when I thought of my self that I must quickly come to Judgement Chr. And could you at any time with ●…ase get off the guilt of sin when by any of these wayes it came upon you Hopef. No not latterly for then they got faster hold of my Conscience And then if I did but think of going back to sin though my mind was turned against it it would be double torment to me Chr. And how d●…dyou you do then Hopef. I thought I must endeavour to mend my l●…e for else thought I I am sure to be damned Chr. And did you indeavour to mend Hopef. Yes and fl●…d from not only my sins but sinful Company too and betook me to Religious Duties as Praying Reading w●…eping for Sin speaking Truth to my Neighbours c. Th●…se things I did with many others too much h●…e to relate Chr. And did you think your self well