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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58733	The Second part of The pilgrims progress from this present world of wickedness and misery to an eternity of holiness and felicity : exactly described under the similitude of a dream, relating the manner and occasion of his setting out from, and difficult and dangerous journey through the world, and safe arrival at last to eternal happiness.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. Pilgrim's progress.; T. S.	1683 (1683)	Wing S179; ESTC R13979	81,625	207

have mercy on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer And the Covenant between us shall be as the waters of Noah shall no more go over the Earth so have I Sworn that I would not be wrath with thee nor rebuke thee The Mountains shall depart and the Hills they shall be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee nor shall the Covenant of my Peace ever be removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee Thou hast indeed played the Harlot gone a whoring from me and embraced strangers whereby thou hast deserved no better at my hands than that I should write thee a Bill of Divorcement put thee away and resolve never to own thee again But yet fear not for I have Pardoned thee and have covered thy shame with the skirt of my Love so that thou shalt forget thy shame thy unfaithfulness and shalt not remember the reproach of thy Widowhood any more for thy Maker is thy Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel whose Truth is established for ever and his Faithfulness to all generations wherefore art thou afflicted tossed with tempest and not comforted Behold I will lay thy Stones with fair Colours and thy Foundation with Saphires And now if thou wilt take care to keep close to me and be unfaithfull no more then will I also resolve never to withdraw the sense of my Love and the Light of my Countenance from thee any more for ever And now I saw upon this Reconciliation the Eternal Spirit who was the Director Reliever and Comforter of his Soul return to him again being sent from the Redeemer to acquaint him with and assure him of that Reconciliation which he had by his efficacious and prevailing Mediation procured for him with his Father and to fill and feast his Soul with comfort joy and consolation upon that account and assist him in the preserving himself in the Divine favour for the future whereupon I heard him break forth into such sweet and Heavenly Expressions as these Lord said he how infinite is thy Condescention and how wonderful is thy Love How unfathomable is thy Mercy And how unwearied is thy Patience O that ever such a Backsliding wretch such a worthless Worm such a Rebel Traytor and Prodigal as my self should be again received to Mercy O what a wonder 't is that ever such Backslidings as mine were should be healed That ever such unfaithfulness should be Pardoned That ever such Ungratefulness should be forgiven but since thou hast declared that it is so and hast assured me of the Truth and certainty thereof both by the Word and Oath of him that cannot lye I Believe Lord help thou my unbelief And now O my God and my Father I do with all humble Boldness lay hold of and thankfully receive these renewings of thy Love and fresh assurances of thy Favour and Friendship which thou hast at this time graciously sent me and do as the most suitable return which my poverty is capable of making to thy Infinite and unmerited Love subject my Soul and all the powers of it to thee to be disposed of as thou pleasest and ordered and directed in all things according to the pleasure of thy will In order whereunto I do with all humble Boldness and firm Resolution lay hold of thee O my God! and of that Covenant which thou hast made with me both as my happiness and my safety my portion and my strength too And thou and the Covenant which thou hast made with me and now renewed to me shall be that Rock whereon I will build all my confidence and hopes and make the stay of my Heart and the support of my Soul that shall be the very life of my joyes and the joy even of my life it self where I will for ever sit and Sing under the Shadow of thy branches with great delight and thy fruit shall be sweet to my tast There even there I will behold the Glory of thy Face and veiw the ravishing Beauty of thy Countenance and satiate my Love-sick Soul with the matchless Greatness and Bravery freeness sweetness and redundancy of thy Joy And now methoughts I saw him go forward in his Pilgrimage with more speed and diligence than ever and with such an addition of strength that notwithstanding he met with innumerable discouragements and every step brought him into new and more threatening dangers both from Earth and Hell which with one accord united and banded together to obstruct and retard his passage yet he couragiously trampled them under foot and with ease and facility passed through them towards the promised Land And now after he had marched thus rejoycing and triumphing in God for some time I saw an Embassador come from the King of Kings and invite him with many other Pilgrims whom he had now overtaken again to a noble and splendid Feast at the Kings Table A Feast of fat things and wine on the Lees fat things full of marrow and wine on the Lees well refined He gladly accepted of and embraced the Invitation But yet I observed he durst not adventure to go to the Kings Table before he had first read over the Memorial of his Covenant examined himself how he had kept it Consest his prevarications with sorrow and Repentance and then protesting the Resolutions of his Soul to be more strict and yield better obedience for the future again set his hand and subscribed his name to it as before And having thus renewed his Covenant with the Eternal he went and sate down with the rest at the King's Table where I saw him present the same to the King begging that he might have the Seal of it Renewed likewise which was presently granted And now methoughts I could discern him to eat more heartily and drink more freely at the Kings Table then I had seen him do at other times when he was invited thither and when the Feast was over he went away likewise filled with a Joy as far exceeding what he had formerly expressed as the Joy of Harvest exceeds that of the Seed time or the Joy of Marriage transcends those that flow only from the first overtures of it And as I afterwards heard him acknowledge in a Conference he had with some of the Pilgrims it was the most ravishing and transforming Glimpse and the sweetest and the most satisfying Taste of that Eternal Felicity and Delight that is to be had in the Celestial Paradice In this sweet and Heavenly Frame he continued a long time still calling to his fellow Pilgrims and telling them the greatness of those Joys and the sweetness of that pleasure which the Eternal poured into his Soul and would frequently say O what a wonder it is that Divine patience hath born with me thus long Methinks it is a wonder that the Eternal should not feed me with Wrath with Gall and Wormwood with fire and Brimstone and that he hath not Cloathed me with fury and flames with

for ever or wilt thou resolve to be favourable no more Is thy mercy clean gone for ever And shall thy promises fail for evermore Hast thou forgotten to be gracious Or wilt thou in anger shut up the Bowels of thy tender compassions Wilt thou who art the God of Grace refuse to be gracious The Fountain of Mercy cease to be Merciful Hast Thou not said in the Records of thy Law that Thou wilt not be alwaies Wrath neither wilt Thou keep Thy Anger for ever lest the spirit fail before Thee and the Soul which Thou hast made And then applying himself to the Son of the Blessed Lord said he Didst not Thou assume me in the day when Thou enteredst into Covenant with me and permittedst me to enter into Covenant with Thee That Thou wouldst become my High Priest and Advocate and that as Thou hadst shed thy most precious Blood as a Sacrifice to Attone for my sins so Thou wouldst appear before thy Father as my Advocate and plead that Blood and the Merits of it to appease his Anger and turn away his displeasure against me and Procure me Pardon and forgiveness from him and Reconciliation with him And wilt Thou now when I am confounded in my self and even environed and overwhelmed with Despair having no hope or possibility of finding relief any where but in thy self forget thy Promise and prove worse then thy Word Wilt Thou because I have wickedly and most perfidiously broken my Covenant break thine too Sure it cannot be for thou art the same for ever and canst not change wherefore thou Blessed Jesus thou sweet Redeemer of my Soul I will by thy own Assistance for without it I am sure I shall not be able resolve with an humble boldness to act Faith in thy Promises lay hold on thy Covenant and hang upon the words of thy lips as the Bee doth on the flower from whence she extracts a sweetness wherewith the dews of Heaven hath replenish'd it And according to thy own directions I will now take unto my self words and say unto thee Lord Pardon thou my iniquities and receive me graciously Heal thou my Backslidings and love me freely And do thou who art so Eloquent and Powerful an Orator that thy Father can deny thee nothing Who art so wise an Advocate that none of thy Clients did or shall lose their Cause so prevailing an Intercessor that whatsoever thou Intercedest for and what request soever thou makest on the behalf of thy Members is fully and immediately granted go to the Eternal and plead my Cause at at his Bar and when Thou hast there procured Pardon and Reconciliation for me then send thy Spirit to convey the knowledge and comfortable Assurance thereof unto my Soul that so thou maist cause my heart to sing for joy and put a new song of Praise and Thanksgiving into my mouth that I may rejoice in the Lord and triumph in God my Saviour Amen Amen And methoughts I saw him rise from his knees in a most Humble Serious and sedate Frame having his heart enlarged lifted up to Heaven in Holy and desires and yet his eyes cast down to the Earth as being both ashamed for his having so shamefully Backsliden from and prevaricated with the Infinite Jehovah the Eternal Majesty of Heaven and Earth and withal not absolutely freed as yet from all manner of fear diffidence and doubtings whether the Eternal would be reconciled to him or whether the Blessed Redeemer would intercede for him and endeavor to prevail with the Eternal to consent to a reconciliation having as he afterwards told some of his fellow Pilgrim many mis-givings of Heart that they would never give him credit or trust him more since he had falsified his word violated his promises and broken his Covenant with them so often before wherefore plucking the memorial of his Covenant out of his bosom he first read it over and then began to examine himsef what parts of it he had broken and tried convicted and condemned himself for the same And having so done I heard him say thus to himself Well! since it is so that I have been so foolish and unwary as to suffer my self to be thus wheadled by my subtle Adversary to dally and play with that which I thought I had Eternally shaken hands with and had firmly resolved to have no more to do with it for ever and I am not able to obtain any Assurance within my self whether I am in a state of Grace nor yet whether I am Pardoned by the Eternal for thus Backsliding from him I will now therefore resolve to enter into Covenant anew as if I had never done it before I will give up and make a Resignation of my self to the Blessed Redeemer as tho' all I had hitherto done in that respect were false and fained And when I have done this then I will see if I can take more heed to my ways be more careful to maintain a stricter and more Spiritual Government over my thoughts and affections Whereupon kneeling down before the Eternal he opened the paper and having spread it before him he first bewailed with shame and sorrow his Violation thereof freely acknowledging and confessing his Guilt and that he had thereby justly deserved to be Eternally forsaken by and banish'd the Presence of the Eternal for ever And then he silently sighed out his humble Request That Free Grace might notwithstanding Reprieve and Pardon him and the Divine Goodness Heal and Restore him Then I heard him read over the Conditions of his Covenant and saw him when he had so done in the most Solemn manner imaginable present it to the Divine Majesty as his act and deed setting his hand and subscribing his Name to it as he had done at the first Whereupon methoughts I looked up and saw The Son of the Blessed stand by the Golden Altar which was erected before the Throne of God having a Golden Censor in his hand which was full of incense wherewith he offered up the Prayers and Desires of Believers upon the Golden Altar which was before the Throne and the smoke of the Incense which came with the Prayers of Believers and ascended up before the Eternal out of the hand of the Blessed Redeemer who is the compassionate Advocate and merciful High Priest of all relenting and returning Pilgrims wherewith the Eternal was to exceedingly well pleased that all his frowns were thereby presently changed into smiles his Anger into Love and his indignation into Compassion so that he now spake kindly to believers returning the words of Peace and Truth and comforting him that was cast down saying unto him Behold I have called thee as a man calleth a Woman that was forsak'n and greived in spirit and a wife of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God for a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercy will I gather thee in little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with Everlasting kindness will I