University of California • Berkeley r/07m/rrrr/' o//// f/r>7m From tke Library oF AIJNE RENIER and H G. RENIER to J%^ \ Denmark Street, Scbo, J ;'€^:;'^ k'^ -< PREFACE. j^.MONG the various caufcs which may be afligncd for the extraordi- nary corruption of the human race, one of the moft powerful has, perhaps, in all ages, been the perverfion of language. Did Vice ftalk abroad unveiled in her na- tive deformity, few, whofe minds were not under the immediate influence of fome impetuous paflion, would have fufficient boldnefs to meet the terrors of her afpe6t ; few could refolve to incur the infamy which would inevitably cover thofe who appeared in her train. To fuch, there- fore, as would feize the fatal pleasures which (he boafts her power to offer, no expedient can occur by which they may more effeftually evade the reproaches of their own confciences, and the juft ccnfure of the world, than to invent a new voca- bulary ; to call evil good^ and good evil ; and when, by the ufe of thefs falfe terms, they have impofed falfe ideas on the credu- lity of an inconfiderate multitude, they A 2 iv FREFACEr find it eafy to feduce into a participation in their crimes, many a heart, in which had virtue been fupported by principle, it would have refilled every aflault. But, how extenfive foever were the mif- chiefs which in former days proceeded from this fource, it might have been hoped that time would long fince have brought fome remedy for the evil. It was eafy to deceive men whofe faculties were buried in that credulous ignorance which charac- terifed the darker ages ; but now, — when civilization has roufed us from our favage flate, and when the glorious light of the , Gofpel of Truth has fpread the beams of the pureft morality over our favoured he- mifpherq, — who could fuppofe it poflible that Falfhood fhould not only maintain,, but extend her empire ? Unhappily, as our means of obtaining knowledge have increafed, the fubtilty of our deceivers has increafed alfo; and it may be doubted whether the opinions of mankind refpefting the true nature of virtue and of vice, were ever more loft and confounded 'at any for- mer period, than we now behold them ia PREFACE. y thcfe latter days, among thofe who moft confidently boaft the fuperior illumination of their minds. Our great progenitor, Adam, could af- fert, of .thofe objeds of the vifible creation f which appeared in review before him, «^ I nam'd them as tliey pafs'd, and underllood ' '* Their natures." — m i l t o n» but who, '' of men fmce "^orn, his fom^'* can affirm that he underftands the nature of any objedt in the moral world, if it be only known to him by the name affigned to it in the fchool of Philosophism ? . The language of Nimrod himfelf would not be lefs intelligible to our ears, than the phrafeology introduced by thefe modern teachers is become to our fenfe ;. and the ftate of fociety w^as not more completely changed by the conf ufion of tongues in his age, than we have already feen it in our • own, by that mniverfal confufion of ideas/ which prevails on the neighbouring conti-. nent ; where every fpecies of tyranny and impiety •^** Vult libertas dici mera, veraque virtus." Vl PREFACE. In this more fortunate country, indeed, whilft, through the protection of a gracious Providence, the valour of our fleets and armies has repelled all open aflailants from our fhores, maintaining us ftill in the pof- feffion of our independence and freedom, the machinations of thofe fecret and more dangerous enemies, who have fought to un- dermine our religion, have been refilled hi- therto with equal firmnefs ; and we ftill re-. tain unfhaken the Church and the Conftitu- tion, tranfmitted to us by the wifdom of our anceftors. While other nations, therefore, vainly pride themfelves in the fame they have acquired, by giving birth to thofe per- nicious writers, who have difleminatcd in- fidelity, and added new attractions to vice, let it be our more dignified boaft, that, in this land, no foe to our holy faith has quef- tioned the authority of any of her doc- trines, which fame champion of fuperior ftrength has not afifcn to defend ; that, among us, the weight of talents is thrown into the fcale of truth. Conviction, however, will rarely reclaim the wilful promoters of error ; though cou- PREFACE. VU futcd, they are not filenced ; though re- pulfed, they return with redoubled confi- dence to the affault ; and while the teach^ •ers of falfe morality arc employing iti this iiiland,.to confound our principles, the fame arts, by which, in other European king- doms, they have fo fatally prevailed, it be- I comes the duty of every man, who is fenfi^ ble of the importance of thofe religious and political truths, which united form the great palladium of our ftate, to exert his utmoft efforts in refifting the attacks, and expofing the wiles, of our arch-enemy, Philosophism. -"'' Quanto ille magis formas fe vertet in omnes, ^' Tanto> iiate, magis contende tenacia vincla," VIRG* While, with the worft defigns, the name of every moral virtue is affigncd to its op- pofite vice, the unwary are led into danger, even by the goodnefs of their own inten- tions, Refleftlon on the arts thus ufed to irnpofeon their credulity, has fuggefted the idea of the following pages.. Mr. John BuNYAN is an author fo generally known, 'hat it can (carccly be neceflary to make I viii PREFACE. - any preliminary obfervations' on the quaint allegory, which is taken as the ground-work of the prefent performance. The pilgrim Christian, was the compariiori of our childhood, till the refinements of modern education baniflied him from our nur- feries. He ftill retains his place on the flielves of our grandmothers ; from which high ftation may he look down with pater- nal regard upon the labours of this his de- fcendent; who, by the careful ufe of his iti*. nerary, has accomplillied a progrefs fimilar to his own, even in Jacobinical iim^% ! THE PROGRESS OF THE PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT: ^c. &c. ^V. J^T was lately my chance to walk alone in the wildernefs of this world, where I faw many things which were grievout and doleful to my eyes, and where I heard of many more which did even make my hair to ftand on end ; for behold ! the earth was filled with violence, and the number of the faithlefs ones was increafed. Now, as I mufed thereon, and was wearied through the length of my wayj at the laft, my eyes grew heavy, and I laid me down to fleep : and in my fleep I dreamed j and methought I was in a wide plain, where many were paffing to and fro ; and after a time there came towards me an old gentleman, whom^ when I faw him, I knew to be Mr. Sagacity j the fame who had formerly recounted to one who had vifited thofe parts the adventures of certain pilgrims, in their road from the city of DeftruiHon to the Coelejlial Country : fo when he accofted me, I was glad) and, after the firft greetings were B paft, [2 ] paft, I began to fpeak with him of the pilgrim Christian; alfo of Christiana his wife, with her children and companions; and of all the dangers and difficulties which had encoun- tered them in their journey: and I^ound it fome folace to my thoughts, which had been occu- pied with the deeds of ungodly men, to turn them to the remembrance of the righteous d{ former days, and of the glorious rewards which had attended fuch at the laft. Now as I knew that Christian and Chris- tiana had left behind them four fons, and that to thofe fons alfo children had been born, I afked Mr. Sagacity whether any of their lineage were yet remaining unto this day? and whether, if there were, they were mindful of the good example which their anceftors had fet them ? " The family hath multiplied exceedingly," anfwered he; " and all who have belonged to *• it, ever fmce the days of Christian, have •* held themfelves obliged to fet out on the fame •* pilgrimage, which was fo happily perform«ed *< by that good man : yea, though fome of them ** have periflied by the way, yet there have been •* many who have accompliftied their appointed ** courfe, and who are now partakers in thofc •' glorious rewards which are laid up for ail *' faithful pilgrims in the Cceh'/fial Clty.*^ '' I am r 3 ] " I am glad," quoth I, " to hear of their good " fuccefs y yet it grieves me that there fhould ^' have been any, among the-defcendants of fuch " a man as Christian, who have not vi^alked " worthy of the vocation whereunto they were " called." /. *MVhy truly," replied the old gentleman, " you have lefs caufe to wonder that fome fliould *' have forfaken the right path, than that any " fhould have kept on their courfe in it un- " fhaken; for though, in the time of Chris- " TiAN, the road ai the pilgrims was both " difficult and perilous, the dangers which, befet *' it now are much more numerous, and the al- '' lurements to turn afide from it lefs eafy to be " refifted." " I can fcarcely think that poflible," anfwer. ed Ij '^ for, befides that the things which hap- ^' pened unto Christian muft have ferved '^ both for enfample and for warning to all fuc- ^' ceeding, pilgrims, I imagined that all the ^' moft formidable enemies of their way had *' long fince been removed. Did not the foi!:] "fiend, Apollyon, fpread his wings, when " he felt the edge of Christ ian-'s fword, and " flee to the'place from which he came ? Did not «' Mr. Valiant-for-truth defeat the" rob- '^ bers ? And were not the giants Grim, Maul, *' and Slay-gogd, ^nd above all that fierce B 2 "and { 4 ] '^ and terrible giant, the giant Despair, cut *' ofF by the hand of Mr. Great-heart? *' Truly you will not eafily perfuade me that ^' any new foes, who may in later times have '' arifen to annoy the pilgrims, can have equal *^ power with thofe I have named to work their " final deftruaion." At that Mr. Sagacity fmiled, but withal he fhook his. head. " There arc many,'* faid he, " even among the pilgrims themfelves, who '' reafon as you do, and accordingly fet out on <^ their courfe with much confidence -, but fo ^' much the lefs as they fear the dangers which '* await them, fo much the more eafily are they *' brought to perdition. If, however, you de- ^' fire any proof of what I fay, ypu may quickly ** fee and judge for yourfelf: for turn your eyes ** yonder 3'* — and as he fpoke, be pointed with his hand — " Do you perceive that young " man, who is crofling the plain with fuch a " cheerful demeanour, and is fpeeding towards ** the wicket gate ? *' Very plainly," quoth I; ** there are many ** whofe tteps tend the fame way, but the youth t* in white garments far outgoes the reftj and as «* I jfce, he ..hath already fafely paft the flough " of Defpond^ and hathalmoft reached the gate.'* •* Keep him in your view, then," rejoined my companion, " and obfcrve what Ihall befal •* him [ 5 ] *^ him on his pilgrimage. He is of the family " of Christian ; fo that, for the fake of his •* fathers, you will take the greater intereft in ** his adventures: and when next we meet, you '• fhail tell me whether the way has proved lefs ** perilous to hirn, than it did of old time to *' thofe who trod it before him." When he had thus fpoken, Mr. Sagacity took his leave of me 5 and I, pleafed with the opportunity of behoMing the progrefs of a youth, with whofe countenance and deportment I was fo greatly taken, continued to watch him, and that with more attention than at firft. Then I perceived that he had in his hand a hook, like unto that which Evangelist had giv€U to the pilgrim Christian; and as he walked, he fometimes read therein, and fome- times he fixed his eyes on the fhining light which was over the gate, towards which he bent his courfe. Alfo it was not long before he reached the gate ; and being at it, he put forth his hand and knocked. Now I faw not that any arrows were {hot at him from the caftle of Beelzebub, neither did the terrible dog come forth to aflault him ; but the Porter, who was named Good-will, quickly opened the gate unto him, and demanded of him who he was, and whence he came. B 3 " My [ 6- ] , " My name/' anfwered the young man, " Is ** Good-intent; I am of the lineage of " Christian, being Indeed the great-grandfon ** of his firfl-born A4atthew, who took Mer- ■*' CY to wife: I come from the town of Si;-!- ** cerity^ and! am on my way towards the Coslcf- " tial City:' .1 "Then," fald Good-will, "thou comeft of " a good parentage, and thy countenance agreeth " thereto ? for I have ktn many of thy rr^cc, " who have travelled this way before thee ; " and truly thou doll much refemble them, " Enter freely, young man, ai^d proceed on " thy journey; but walk warily, left thy fur- ther progrefs prove not anfwerable to thy :^^ good beginning." I have little fear," fald the young pilgrim, " that I fliall mifs my road." . '' " Be not too confident," faid Good-will * " Thou mayeft find it mare difficult to con- ** tinue in the right way than thou art yet aware " of." Good-Intent. — " But I have a map of the " road, the fame which was ufed by Mr. ^' Great-heart in his journey; and I have " alfo been farther inftruded by my father Pre- " cept and my mother Example, who are " themfelvesboth gone to the Coslejiial City^ and " would gladly have taken me thither with " them [ 7 ] • "them, but that the meffenger who was ki\t ** to call them forbad them to ftay for me.'' Good-will. " That map is not without *' its ufe ; yet is it of lefs value now than for- " merly it was, by reafon of the changes which " of late have taken place." Good-intent—-^' Will you not tell me, *^ Sir, what changes have occurred, that 1 may " learn to avoid fuch dans-ers as I now am un* o *' prepared for ?" Good-will. '^ I would gladly, young man, ^^ render thee the fervice for which thou doll: *' petition-j but it is not permitted me to teU *^ pilgrims beforehand what temptations are pre- " pared for them ; for where there is no con- -** tcflr, there can be no viclory ; and without ^*' viftory, there can be no reward.'* Then the young man fbood mufing for a while: but at lafl again breaking fiience, ♦' You have greatly terrified me. Sir,"' -faid he* " I thought I had fufficiently prepared myfelf ^' againft all the dangers I could encounter : '^ but if there be others in my way, v/hlch are " ftill unknov/n to me, I may be enfnared when '^ I am the leaft aware, and may fall, never to >' rife again. Is there no counfellor to whom 1 '^ may refort, in cafes of extreme perplexity?'* ''Then," faid Good-will, " thou needell ^' not feek for a counfellor, when^ as I fee, thou B 4 " haft [8] " haft the beft of counfellors in thine hand. Let *•' that book be thy conftant ftudy and medita- /^ tion. Remember what certain afilirances *' thou hall: that it came to thee from Him who ^^ cannot lye: remember that it contains every *' thing which it is neceilary for thee to know ** for thy foul's peace. Whenever thou lindeft *' thyfelf in any flrait, read in that book, and '^ it {hall be taught thee what it behoveth *^ thee to do: for, though the things which are *' come upon the earth feem ftrange unto men, " yet were they from the beginning forefeen ^^ and provided againft by Him, whofe eye be- '^ holdeth at one glance all time and all fpace. ^^ Since Hii- will is not that any fhould perifb, ^^ His mercy will at all times uphold in His *^ paths the goings of thofe, who fmcerely feek *^ to know and to perform his pleafure; nor fhall *' any temptation befal fuch, but that with the " temptation He will alfo make a way to " efcape, that they may be able to bear it. " Whatever may happen to thee, therefore, pre- ^' ferve that book, though it be at the hazard " of thy life; for if once thou fufFer it to be ** taken from thee, thou art at the mercy of thy *' enemies; thou wilt lofe, not the force only, i* but even the inclination, to repel their at- " tacks; and thou wilt have forfeited all claim ** to the protedion of Him, whofe laws thou ^^ haft [93 " haft defplfed, and whofe covenant thou haft " caft behind thy back.'* Then I faw in my dream that the young man was much comforted by the difcourfes of Good-will ; and, having thanked him for his advice, and promifed always to bear it in his mind, he proceeded on his way : and as he went, he read in his book; and after a while, having .*clofed it, and put it in his bofom, he began to meditate on its contents. His attention, how- ever, was foon diverted -, for, as he ftill walked with a very quick pace, he prefently overtook a company of pilgrims, who were travelling more leifurely the fame way with himfelf ; and as it chanced, he knew moft of them by fight ; for they had formerly been his neighbours, and indeed were of the beft quality in all that coun- try. There were the Lord Inconsi,d£Rate> the Lord Party-spirit, and the Lord Love- change 5 alfo Mr. Curiosity, Mr. Credu- JLITY, Mr. Hot-head, Mr. Hate-con- TROUL, and Mr. Discontent. Now Mr. Curiosity and Mr. Credulity, in parti- cular, had long been known to Good-intent, whofe townfmen they were; and he was more glad of the meeting, becaufe it was commonly reported that Mr. Credulity was akin to Faithful, who had fo bravely fufFered at A^^- «i/y Fair; "And'' quoth he to himfelf, "if B 5 « our t 10 ] . " our fathers found it.fo pleafaiit and fo profit- *^ able to go on their pilgrimage together, why " may not Mr. Credulity and I be in no lefs *' a degree , comforts to each other?" — So they went on their way together : and Good-intent flackened his pace, becaufe his new companions were unwilling to walk fo fail as he did. So [ faw in my dream that they fell into .much talk one with the other concerning the ..country from v/hich they came ; and after that, they proceeded to fpeak of the way wherein 'dity were then walking. Then faid Mr. Discontent, " I like not *" this way; 1 find it rough and very grievous* ^^ unto me. ^* *VThat which ofFends me in it," faid Mr. Hate-controul, "is, that the walls on *' either fideare fo high, as quite to fliut out -^^ from us all profpeft of the country. I like .*' to walk in an open plain, where I may turn *^ ^.t pleafure Xo the right hand, or to the left; *■' and not to be confined within a narrow path .<^ like this." •^' Before we have proceeded much further," faid my Lord Lo>V£-change, " we may chance ^ '* to find fome other road, by which we may ^'^ purfue our journey more pleafimtly." *' But it is dangerous," faid Good-intent, ** to, turn afiJe into any ftrange path; fctfing " that [ II ] «* that the Lord of that Ccelejiial Country^ whi- *' ther we are bound, has exprelly appointed *^ unto us this, in the which we are now walk- ^*' ing, as the only one by which we may reach *^ his kingdom in fafety." *' It might, indeed, be dangerous," faid Mr. Curiosity, " to proceed far in any other <* road; but there could furely be no harm in -*' venturing a little way in one which might ^* appear to us more pleafant than this; fince> ;*' if we faw that after a v/hile it took any -*^ wrong direftion, we might foeafily turn back^ _ ** and regain the path we had forfaken." " You are in the right," faid the Lord Incon- siderate. " For my part," faid the Lord Party-spirit, " it is indifferent to me in what kind of road I ^' travel, fo long as I can have the company of *' my friends." " It is alfo indifferent to me," faid Good- intent, " whether my path be rough or fmooth; ** for my thoughts are fo entirely fixed on that *^ glorious place, which I hope will be the end of ** my journey, that the little unevenneffes of the " way can in no degree diminifh the pleafure *' which I take in meditating on fuch a fubjecl ; *' and as for the high walls, which offend Mr. *' Hate-con TROUL, I had not, till he fpoke, ^^ fo much as taken notice of them ; nor can I B 6 confider t 12] " confider them as any hardfhip, while they do *^ but conjSne me within that road, in the which * it is my moft earneft defire to continue." *' But,'* faid the Lord Inconsiderate, " we cannot always be thinking of the end of our ** journey; and, provided we know that in the €^ courfe of our pilgrimage we fhall be fure to get *^ there at laft, I fee no harm in feeking amufe- ^* ments by the way." *^ I have not hitherto found myfelf in any want '' of amufements," faid G©od-intent ; " for *' though my road is narrow, to me it appears not ** dull ; and befides the pleafant refledlions which ** occupy my mind, I have a book which was ** given me by the good Evangelist, and in ** which, when my fpirits are wearied, it con- ** ftantly refrelhes them to read." ** We have all fuch books," faid the Lord Love-change; ^^ but I truly have read mine ** till I am tired of it, and would gladly read ** fomething new." " I find in that book," faid Mr. Hate-con- TROUL, " many things grievous to be borne. ** Wherefore fhould we be laden with reftri£tions> " from which other men are free ?" ** And from what are we reftrifted," anfwered Good-intent with fome difpleafure, " but from ** fuch things as would in this world be dangerous ** to us, and in the next deftrudive ? For my <^ part, [ 13 3 « part, I find in my bo#k no laws, to which, ** though they came not to us from fuch high au- " thority, a wife man would not willingly fubje£t " himfelf : but were our yoke as hard as it is eafy> *' who would not rejoice to bear it, that confidered " either the illimitable power of the King we ferve> " the infinite gratitude we owe him for all the fa- " vours which he has already fo liberally conferred *^ upon us, or the value of the rewards with which ^' he has promifed hereafter to crown even our im^ ^* perfeii: obedience?" " It is a great pleafure to me," faid Mr. Cre- dulity, " to hear you fpeak in this manner* I *^ can alTure you I have always been difpofed to ** believe that book to be true ^ I was taught to be- *' lieve fo when 1 was a little boy, and I think I never *' fhould be comfortable out of that belief j though I " confefs thatfome things I have heard fmce I came ** into this company have fomewhat ftaggered me, . ** But I am glad that you are come, to confirm me ^^ in my former opinions," '^ Can they require any further confirmation," faid Good-intent, ^^ than the excellence of the *' book itfelf ?" "As for that," replied Mr. Credulity, '" I <' pretend not to judge of it. I always difliked *' reading; and provided I implicitly believe all that *' the book contains, why need I give myfelf the " trouble to fearch what its contents may be ?" t' Truly," C 14 ] ^* Truly/' faid Good-intent, " you pro- " fefs a faith v/hich furpafies my coinprehenfion. ^ '' We are commanded to be able to give to every c"*^ man a reafon of the hope that is in us ; but we -•* cannot. give a reafon even to ourfelves, if we ^^ have never examined what is th*e obje " that the Interp'eter is no new refident in thefe " parts." " But we know not," faid the Lord Incon- siderate, '^ whether he may not have built him- " felf a new houfe." " What imports it to us in what houfe he dwells?" faid the Lord Love-change; " we " are not obliged to chufe him for our hoft, if we ** can be better entertained elfewhere?" *' I am determined/' faid Mr. Hot-head, ^'^ to take up my lodging at the houfe on the left *^ hand." ^' So will I/' iliid the Lord Party-spirit, >' if my friends agree to prefer it." ' ^' At leaft," faid Mr. Curiosity, " we may *' .ftep afide into the pleafure-ground, and take a ** nearer view of it." And with him agreed the others of his party. But ftill Good-intent, who was little fa- tisfied with their converfation, doubted in his own mind whether it would be fafe to turn at all out of the high road, clofe by the fide of which he obferved the right-hand houfe to be placed 3 but while he debated the matter with himfelf, he un- luckily forgot the words of the porter at the wicket gate, and thought not of plucking his book out of his bofom, to feek therein for counfel^ So C 18 ] So as they went, they came to a bridge, built over thatflream, which ran through the pleafure- grounds on the left fide, and which here crofTed . the great road ; and juft beyond tiie bridge there wa3 a gate, through which was the way up to the houfe. Now the pilgrims v/ere faint and weary with their journey, and as they viewed theftream, the waters thereof did feem to oiFer them a plea- fant i-efrefhment; fo the Lord Inconsiderate and Mr. Hot-head did forthwith ftoop down and drink, and the others were not flow to follow their example j only Good-intent doubted whether it might not be more expedient to forbear, till he ihould come to the houfe, where, by the command of the Lord of the way, all things that were proper for the entertainment of pilgrims were plentifully provided for them. But Mr. Curi- osity had a cup of coftly workmanfhip, which poflefTed the property of exciting thirft in all who held it near their lipsj and, having filled it with the water, he prefented it to Good-intent, who had no fooner taken it in his hand, than its hidden power overcame him, and he was unable to forbear drinking at one draught all that it con- tained; nay, he afterwards filled it twice or thrice himfelf, and drank again. N"ow I faw in my dream that it ftili wanted ■fome hours ofliight, and the fun, though a few pafling clouds did fometimes veil his brightneis, did [ 19 ] did yet give fufHcient light to enlighten all who dwell upon the earth : but, as the pilgrims drank of the water of that'ftream, a black mill began to arife from bejieath the ground, and to fpread itfelf around them ; and prefently the face of the heavens vvas concealed from their view, and they were left in. total darknefs; neither durft any man venture to move from the place wherein he flood, either backwards or forwards, for he knew not where he fnould fet his foot, I'hen cried they all one to another, " What (hall Vv^e do ?'" — But no man was able to be a guide unto the reft. At laft they de- fcried advancing tov/ards them, from the houfe on the left hand, one who bore a torch in his hand; fo they were glad when they faw him, and as he drew near they made obeifance to him, and befoughthim that he would deliver them out of the darknefs which furrounded them. Then the man, whofe name was False-rea- soning, told them that for that purpofe was he come ; " For," faid he, « my matter has beheld " your diftrefs from the windov/s of his palace ; ^* and, as it is his efpecial office to fuccour pilgrims " who have loft their way in the mifts of ignorance^ ' " which hereabouts are very common, he has fent " me forth to give you light, and to guide you in " fafety to his gates." Then faid Mr. Credulity, " We are much i' beholden to thy mafter ; and though before we " received I 20 J ^ received this mark of his klndnefs, we differed ' ** from each other in opinion, we may all now \ *^ confidently aiTure ourfelves, that he is of a truth *' that good Interprctery to whofe houfe we were '^ direaed/' " But is he indeed the fame /' faid Good-in^- TENT, "who heretofore proved lb excellent a " friend to Christian ?'^ " He beareth the fame title,"" faid False-^ REASONING^ " but with much better claim to it> " for that old gentleman, of whom you fpeaky " even in h»$ beil days, could do nothing more " for piiVjims than repeat to them a few trite fay- " ings, and give them a lodging at his houfe > " whereas my mafter will fticw you fuch wonders? " as have never been ioQw before fmce the foun- " dation of the world j, he will impart unta you " fuch wifdom, as it is reported your fir ft parents *' thought it worth their while to forfeit Paradife *^ to obtain j and he will beftow upon you fuch ** privileges, as no one but himfelf did ever poffefs " the power to confer." " It is well for us that we have met with fuch a *^ friend," faid my Lord Inconsiderate. " Let us inftantly accept his invitation," faid Mr. Hot-head. " Any thing, rather than continue in this dark- «nefs/' faid Mr, Discontent. « This [21 3 *' This new Interpreter will prove more fer *' viceable to us than tl^e old/' faid the Lord Love-change. *« There can be no doubt of that/' faid Mr. Credulity. " I burn with impatience/' faid Mr. Curio- sity, "to fee and to hear thofe rare things " which we are promifed at his houfe." *^ And I /' faid Mr. Hate-Co ntroul,— *^ to enjoy thofe new privileges of which this *^ man fpeaks," *' Gentlemen, " faid the Lord Party-' Spirit, " whithcrfoever you go, I will go; for " I never defert my friends.'' "I pray you," faid Good-Intent unto him who bare the torch, " is the old Interpre- ^* ter yet alive?" False-Reasoning — <* It can icarcely be " faid that he is ; for his extreme old age hath ** quite benumbed his faculties, and reduced him ** to a ftate of abfolute dotage. He could not ** indeed have been kept out of his grave fo long, ** but by the ftrong cordials which have been * *• adminiftered to him by a certain mountebank, 1 " named Priest-Craft, who finds his own ** advantage in ufurping the old gentleman's " authority over the bafcr fort of pilgrims wh© *' travel this road." Good- [ 22 ] Good-Intent — " But which is the houfe *^ whereat Christian was fo hofpitably enter* " tallied ?*' False reasoning — " He lodged at that old *' ruinous manfion, which ftands a little beyond *' my mailer's, and on the oppofite fide of the " road." GoodJntent — " And could not we alfo ^' obtain a lodging there V^ False-Reasoning — " You might proba- ^' bly be admitted to fleep there, nay, and have-N ** a potion adminiftered unto you to make your *^ fleep the founder ; but you would find none of " that delicious fare which my mafter collefts *' from every quarter of the globe, for the nou- *^ riihment of fuch travellers as come unto him; f *' of the excellence whereof you may fpeedil/'^ *' judge for yourfelves,- fince the hour of his '' banquet draws near." On hearing this, moft of the pilgrims quick- ened their pace; but Good Intent ft ill hefi- tated ; for having been accuftbmed all his life to hear the praifes of the ancient Interpreter, he could not lightly perfuade himfelf that any houfe could be fitter than his was for the accom- ' modation of pilgrims.— Yet he feared to be left to wander alone in darknefs. — ^He once be- thought himfelf of his book, and plucked it out of his'bofom, and opened it ; but as he was walk- [ 23 ] walking, though flowly, after the reflr^ the mo- tion of his going did render his hand unileady to hold it: moreover the glare of the torch of False-Reasoning did much dazzle his eyes. So he fatisfied himfelf that it was impoilible to read at that jundlure, and therefore did not per- feverc in the attempt; but reclofmg the volume, he put it back into his bofom, and faid to him- felf, " If I like not my entertainment to night, «' I can but refume my journey in the morning, '' and repair to the houfe at which my fathers " were lodged. The mift may be then dif- <' perfed, and I may be able to difcern my way ; " but at prefent I fhould perifh in the darknefs, if " I imprudently refufed to avail myfclf of the lio-ht ^' which this man's torch imparts unto me."— So he walked on more conhdently; and as they ap- proached tliQ palace, behold it was ?J1 illuminated, and the lamps which were within it calt forth fuch a, fplendour, that the pilgrims imagined the light of day reftored unto them. Then Mr. Curiosity inquired of their guide, what were his mailer's name and parentao^e. False-Reasoning—" His name is Philoso- ^* PHY : he is the fon of reason and of nature. <^ Tne place of his birth is not certainly known; ^* hut it is generally believed that his infancy was « fpeni in Egypty v/here he was nurfed by Fable ; '* aiii tnat he rucerwards pailed his youth in Greece^ *' where [ 24 ] *^ where tV: Sciences trained him to maturity. '^ After that, various misfortunes betel him, and *^ he lived many years in an obfcurc and tedious ^^ exile ; but lately, having been invited by Learn- '' ING to return into Europe^ he has been uni- '' verfally received w^ith fuch honors as have amply *' repaid him for the unmerited flights which had " formerly been fliewn him. There is one country *' in particular, of which he has been appointed *^ fovereign law-giver, and where divine honours ** are paid to him. Yet fuch is his zeaJ for the /' Mr. GooD-iNTjiNT* how rightly. you hare |f* addreflled yourfelf in coming to this houfe; "* j ^' for you cannot, be ignorant of the many inju- *' ries which your own kinsfolk have fuftained _*^ from thofe who are now the enemies of Mr, ;^' Philosophy. You will not therefore af- " furedly refufe to unite with us, as in one "common caufe, and ailift us to exterminate " both Despotism and Superstition, with c 2 « all [28 ] ^< all the minlfters of their violence, from the ."earth." Good-intent, indeed, recollected, that, be- fore he had fet out from his own country, he had heard many inftances of the cruelty and injuftice of thofe two giants j but as he had uit- 'derftood that for many years paft they had beiit - reftrained from making any inroads into the re- >gions through which the way of the pilgrims lay, he was uncertain how far it might be ex- ipedient for him to quit that way, in order to make war on them in any diftant country. .However, as it was then late, he would not enter into a full difcuilion of the fubjei>i> ;^ *' ceafing C 31 3 *5^ceafing to eat, drink, or flecp, he fhall fpend '^ his time chiefly in leaping or dancing ; till, *Vby the virtue of this medicine, death Ihali be *^ totally baniihed from the world, and the hu^ *1 man, race continuing daily to increafe, and ** fuftainingno diminution, fhall cover the whole *f furface of the earch, and the want of local *^ room fhall to each happy individual preclude, *' the power of motion." — Now I faw in my dream that aflonilhm^nt and admiration at tbefe wonderful things dc- p^rived the whole company of pilgrims of ail ppiTibility of utterance, and induced them to re- gard Mr. Philosophy with ten-fold venera-, tion; " For,*' thought they, '' if thefe.be the, "works of the fchplars, what may not thej ^^ power of the mailer atchievef" So he went on withhisdifcourfe to them, and^ he.faid, " Tl^ere are many others among mypuf, " pils, whofe employments are no lefs wortlijrj " of your attention than what you already have " beheld i and if you are willing, you may all " become partak.ers in the benefits which they *^ derive from my inflruilions. But firit I mufb " fhew you other fights, which. will be profit- '* able unto you, and from which you may " learn to form a true eftimate of th^ value of "all the things which are to be mqt with in " this world/' , c 4 Then 132} Then 6e led them away to a room, in which there was a window that looked out upon a wide common i and there appeared on the common a large company of naked men.— " Who are thofe men ?" faid Mr. Cu- RIOSITY. *^ They are brethren," anfwered Mr. Phi- jLosoPHY ; " watch, and fee what {hall be done ' unto them." So they looked, and beheld one come unto thfem i and to feme of them he gave purple gar- ments and crowns of gold, and to others, changes of raiment and fine linen 5 but the greater part he clothed in rags, and putting, fpades and pickaxes into their hands, he com- pelled them to dig precious ore and jewels out of the earth, and to give them unto thofe who itood by idle, while for themfelves they found but a few roots whereon to feed, as a recom- penfe for their fore labour. Then faid all the pilgrims, « What meaneth' "this?"' And Mr. Philosophy anfwered them, " You faw that at firft the men were all alike, " none of them was greater, and none lefs than « hi^ fellows ; till he whom you faw come un« ** to them, whofe name was Social-order,' " did firft make a difference between them;* «' And you have beheld how unjuftly he has' "dealt [ 33 ] « dealt with them ; how he hasexalted a kvr «* and given unto them power to trample on the " many. Subh are the abufes which through " him. have^heen introduced into the world.—* " But follow me to another place, and youfhall ^< fee greater evils than thefe." Then Mr» Di&coNTENT groaned ; but they all followed their conduftor, who broug:htth^m where there was a view of a black and gloomy tower. The narrow crevices which ferved in- ftead of windows were grated over ; but he bade them loojc between the bars, and they defcried within certain prifoners, who lay fettered in a damp and noifome dungeon* Then i^id the pilgrims, " What means "this?'* " You may have already heard,*' faid Mr. Phi- lOSOPHY, '^ that I have two mortal foes, who ** are alfo the foes of the whole human race, and ** againft whom all who defire to become my *Vdifciples muft fwear eternal enmity. The •^^ tower which you behold is the ftrong hold of ** one of them, even of the giant Despotism ; *^and the captives whom you fee within are ** vicSlhns of his cruelty. "— Then faid Mr. Hot-he A0, " Let us in* <* ftantly^ftorm the gates, and fet them freel'* J^ Your zeal is commendable,'' faid Mr,^ c ' PHii®- [ 34 3 PHIi^osoPHyj " but wait a momentj and bc-^ «* hold the event/* So they lobked, and prefently they faw a wo- man gofgeoufly Attired, with a red cap on her head, whofuddenly rofeout of the ground, -bear^-' ing a lamprpoft in her hand j and when fhe had ftrickfen therewith the vv^alls of the tower, they funk with ^ mighty crafh, and became a heap of ruins. Then the pilgrims rejoiced in the hope that thofe who had been imprifoned within- would now recover their freedom; but Mr. Philosophy was not willing that they fhould ftay to fee what became of the captives, but led them haftily away to another apartment ^ as they went, however, Mr. Guriosity inquired the name of her who had thrown down the^" tower, and was told that fhe was called' Li- berty. So they came nejitto a place where they Taw a throne raifed high, and there fat on it a womarl' who was clothed in white raiment, but it was deeply ftained with blood : alfo on her breaft fhe wore a bloody crofs. And when fhe waved her hand, a great multitude of men appeared before* her. Then fhe blew forth from her lips a:- flame, which in a moment fattened on their gar- ments j and behold the trten felt together ki a? heap, and wctt all quitWy confUmed to afhes; Then ii 35 ] - Then were the pilgrims much dllmayed, and. they afked trembling, " What meaneth this V' Then faid Mr. Philosophy : « I (hewed i< you at the laft place, the cruelty of Despo- « TTSM, one of the enemies by whom land my " friends are continually perfecuted ; you now " behold the triumphs of the ftill more terrible ** giant, Superstition^ Thefe are the facri- " fices in which he delighteth, and in execut- ** ing which the minifters of his will are con- " tinually employed." ,.:f: " But who is flie," faid Mr. Curiosity^ 'W who fits on the throne, and by whom this ^deed of horror has been performed ?'* " She is the eldeft daughter of Super STi-, " tion/' faid Mr» Philosophy, "and her ** name is Christianity." Good-intent ftarted. He had hitherto followed, loft in wonder, and without confidera- 'tion had partaken in the emotions of the reft ; but now, though he was ftill incapable of ar-^ •ranging the refl«£lions which crowded tumultu- oufly on his mind, yet he could no longer con- ceal from himfelf, that he was in the houfe of one who was an enemy to his king; and the confcioufnefs of this filled him with an uneafi- nefs, in which he was aftoniftied to fee t^at none of his companions appeared to partake. They all followed Mr, Philosophy as complacently ' c 6 as [36] as at firft ; but Good-intent longed to difen- gage himfelf from the company, though for the prefent he faw no good opportunity of efFefting his efcape, becaufe their conduftor had clofcd behind them every door through which they had paffed; wherefore, fatisfying himfelf that no ob- ftacle to his departure could exift on their return, he yielded to the perfuafions of Mr..GuRiosi- TY, and with the reft proceeded ftill further. Then Mr. Philosophy brought them to a place, where they faw an affemblage of men of all conditions. Some were employed in various works of labour j but as they worked, they fung with merry hearts; and, when their tafks were ended, they arofe and danced upon the green : fpme were counting the profits they had gained by merchandife j and fome,. in gayer clothings were engaged in various fports, and feemed ta know no bufmefs but their pleafure. Yet were the pilgiims greatly aftoniihed at the air of cheerfulnefs which was vifible on every counte- nance j for the men were all linked together, by two ponderous iron chains, the ends oS which were grafped by two mis-fhapen giants^ who fat on a rock, and viewed their captives with malignant exultation. " Who are thofe hideous monfters," faid Mn Curiosity, ** who hold enthralled fa* <* many of our fellow creatures ?'' '' You [ 37 1 4 «« You 'now behold my enemies in perfon^^ faid Mr. Philosophy ; " he who wields the « fceptre in his hand is Despotism : yet> f * though the enfigns of royalty are his, even he " is fubjeft to the controul of SuperstitioK, <' his ftill more imperious brother, who bears « the flaming torch." « But thofe fools are worthy to wear " their chains,*' faid Mr. Hate-controul^ 4^ who purfue their fports aifd occupations with V fuch gay levity, making no effort to free " themfelves.'* v*. " Condemn them not to haflily," faid Mr; I^HiLosoPHY, ^^ left your cenfure (hould ex* " tend further than you as yet fuppofe; and '^ know, that thofe men, of whom you thus con* " temptuoufly fpeak, are themfelves infenfible " of their own fervile condition. For fuch is '^ the magic power of thofe fell 'giants, that' ** they can render invifible the chains whic!^ « they impofe, and fo lull to fleep the faculties " of thofe who wear them, that they feel not ** the yoke, even while it galls their necks.-— " But look again, arnd a new Icene of things'' " will difclofe itfelf."— " Then they looked, and beheld a perfon fingtr-^ iarly attired j for his garments were made all of- paper, and on &Y&ry fold-were printed in legible charaders the words Rights rf Man ^ He .ad- yanced [ 38 3 vanced towards the crowd, bearing in his hknd a large mirror, which he. held in fuch a manner as that every man in his turn faw therein his own image; and fuch was the virtue of that glafs, that, as he looked in it, his eyes were opened, and he perceived his chains. In a mo- ment, the voice of mirth ceafed among them; and nothing was now to be heard but groans and lamentations, intermixed with expreffions of fury and revenge againft the tyrants who had thus enflaved them. The pilgrims pitied them^ and waited with fome anxiety to fee what would be the efFefts of the new fpirit which had been thus excited among them j when on a fud- den he who bare the glafs ftepped forward, and prefented it to the guefts of Mr. Philosophy. Mr. Discontent was the firft who caught in it the reflection of his own figure ; and what was his horror, when he beheld around his own neck two chains, refembling thofe with which the other captives of Superstition and Des- potism were loaded ? He ftarted back aghaft, and Mr. Hate-contRoul caught a fimilar view;— he gna(hed his teeth with defpitej and Mr. Hot-head, who came next, was altoge- ther mad with fury. Surprifed at their rav- ings, Mr. Curiosity preffed forward to look; and when he perceived at once his own condi- tion, and that of his companions, he feized the arm [39 1 arm of GooD-iktent, and drew him towards the mirror. After them came the reft ; and all, in like manner, difcovered with aftonifhment their ftate of bondage. All too now felt them- felves even bowed down by the weight of the chains, of which, but a few moments before, th^y had been unconfcious 5 and while fome raged and others wept at the thoughts of tho captivity in which they were holden, all were exerting their utmoft efforts to break their bonds, or at leaft to loofen them from their necks ; but all in vain j the more they ftrug* gled to free themfelves, the tighter did the ty- rants feem to draw the chains. At laft they addreffed themfelves to Mr. Philosophy, and bcfought him to deliver them. " You afk of me more than I am able to do^ "for you," anfwered he : " I have already ren- ^* dered you the greateft fervice in my power> ♦* by bringing you to a fenfe of your thraldom ; ^ for, though till now you have been ignorant ** of it, you have worn thefe chains even from " your birth j and they are rivetted fo firmly on *^ your necks, that, if you yourfelves fliake ^' them not off, no external force will be able ** toreleafeyou from them." " Alas !" faid Mr. Discontent, " our ** ftrength is not fuiSicient to break them." *' Yet ij4or <« Yet r would die.'^Taid'Mr. Hate-copt- tROUL,' " ratWr than fubiiiit to Wear them '^^ any longer.*' > .v. -/ret. j^et^us periOi glorioufly/' fald Mr. Hot- life AD, « in rufliing forward to attack the ^^ tyrants on their lofty feat !'* <* The time for adventurous daring may cpme ^ iiereafter>'* faid Mr. Philosophy: "till *^ your own necks fhall be freed from the yoke ^^ of the tyrants, all attempts to overthrow ^* their power will be fruitlefs. There is but <* one way by which your Chains can be loofed j " .and to fhe w you that way is the only remaining ** fervice I can render you. If you know how <^ to value freedom as you ought, you will not ^* think it dearly purchafed by the ufe of the •* means I {hall point out to you.'* • Mr. Credvlity did not hefitate to ex- prefs his implicit confidence in the direftions of his conductor i and all joined in requefting him to confer on them without delay this promifed favour, excepting Good-intent, who indeed continued to follow him with the reft, for he knew not what other courfe to takej but, '^hile his companions preffed forward with cagei Impatience, he walked the laft, melan- choly and filent. After they had defcended feveral flights of jfteps, Mr. PhxIiOS^phy then led them through many many ereoked fubterranean pafFages, now bend« ing to the right hand, and now to the left;' rometimes proceeding for a ihort time ftrait forwards, and then fuddenly turning in an op- ' pofite direction, and leading them backwards aimoft to the point from ♦which they had fct out. I' faw, moreover, that in thfefe paffages there was no other light than that which was afford- ed by numerous lamps of various colours, fo difpofed as to caft alternately diiFerent Ihades 6n' all obje6ls within the fight of the pilgrims : in- . fomuchthat nothing whereon they looked ap- peared to their eyes to wear its own proper and'* natural hue. At laft, they reached a' brazi^^' door ; which being opened unto them by Mn-' Philosophy, they entered atemple of Mack marble. From it, as well as from the 'paffages' '^ which had led to it, every beam of the light of*' heaven was excluded : nor did the pilgrims find'' here even fuch lamps as had hitherto enlighten- ed their fteps ; only in the midft of the temple, on an altar, burned a pale sind quivering flame. Even the boldeft of the band, on his entrance, felt his blood congealed with a fudden horror. Each turned to look on his compa- ' nions ; but for fome moments, their eyes, 6riac* cuftomed to the gloom, were unable to'diftin* guifh objeds ; and in all, the nobler powers of life feemed for a while fufpended. By [421 By degrees, they became more able to pene- trate the obfcufity; and they defcried, though dimly, two portentous forms — — they fup- pofed them the powers to whofe honour that temple had been built. One fat on a pile of armsi his garments dropped with gores and a flight of vultures, hovering above his head, with hoarfe fcreams. demanded of him their ac- cuftomed food. The other phantom was half veiled in a mifty cloud) for had his whole form been difcovered, no mortal eye could have en- dured the terrors of his afpeft. A dragon's creft appeared to crown his head; his arm refted on a^ btoken . anchor, and the thunderbolt of Heaven^ wa$ trampled beneath his feet. — ."Here feek, and here obtain deliverance!" faid Mr. Philosophy: "Behold I have *^ brought you into the pre fence of thofe, who "alone are able to give you perfeft liberty. " Proftrate yourfelves before them; and then, *' with fecurity of acceptance, offer the facrifice ** which the Powers of Freedm demand." At thefe words, the pilgrims bowed them- felves to the ground; Good-intent alone,^ . aghaft and motionlefs, ftood ftill in his place,^ and obeyed not the voice of his condudlor; but a§ he was behind the r^ft, it chanced that his omiffidn was not pbferved. When the others had performed their homage, the flame on the alur [ 413 ] altar rofe higher and burned more bxightly than before, as if to requite their worfhip'With a fa- vourable omen. They now felt themfelves en>» boldened to look with more confidence .on tha phantoms, which their guide had entitled, th« Powers of Freechin \ and, by the incrcafed light they could difcern, that over the head of him from whom the ravenous birds expefted food? was written Anarchy; but over that of his more terrific compeer, they decyphered the name of Atheism.— GooD-iHTBNT fhuddered, and his hair eredled itfelf. Then faid Mr. PhilosophYj '^Thus far is « well; thefe awful powers receive ypu as their " votaries. Are you now rc^dy to join .irjthe " facrifice which alone is wanting to rendeu *< them propitious to your defines ?" <« Inftantly," faid: Mr. Hot-head : " what " have we to offer which can be acceptable t0 *^them?" " Have you not each a book," faid Mr. Ph^* LOSOPHY, "which was given unto you by a *' man who called himfelf Evangelist ?" *^ We have," replied the pilgrims. \ -■•> ^ That man," refumed. their condu£iar, >* fe " the mofl: inveterate foe of the Powers who " prefide in this temple; and in no lefs a degree ^' is he your enemy alfo ; fince the chains, which " you fo difgracefully^ wear, could not have bceii " forged [443 ^* fofged Without hisaffiftance. As a token, theri^| "that you for ever renounce him and his doc-if **'trines, lay your books on the altar before youf *^'to be confumed in that felf-kmdled flame, as ** in offering to^ Athjeism; and then let each ** fiep forward, and receive from Anarchy a *^ fword which hath no (heath, endowed with fo ^' rare a virtue, that, in the fame moment that *^ you grafp it, your chains will fpontaneoufly .'* fall from your necks." '•Mr. Hot-head immediately obeyed, and threw his book into the midft of the flame : the Cord Incon'SiD'Erate followed his example; and 'Mr. Hate-gontroul, as hedid the like^ ftidi '^*lf I hoped for no further advantage^ -I "•^^oiild ftill think myfelf a gainer, in being.no ** longer obliged to burden myfelf with a vo- *-^ lume, ' filled with hard fayings, and ftatutes ^^ impoiTible to-be borne/'. ^ The reft not immediately advancing, Mr. *Bh I L OSOPH Y proceeded in 'his dilbourfe. ' ;Fhilosophv. ^^Youwill foon perceive, that, *^ by tb^ dfeftrucbicJn-. o(thefe.book5, the prefeiit ^' fyftem of affairs throughout the whole wOrld ^*< %yi be annihilated.! '.-^ \ .'. ^ ' c.i Mn-D-iscaNTENT came forward, and corti* m^t^d'his l^olume ta the flames.— ■ -i Phi LOS OP HY.i-^Sf A new order of things will ff every where appcar./'«w- ^ . --- . The [ 45 3 B$?.'The Lord Love-.chanx:je joined in,th^^fa^ crificCv-r- ; ' Philosofhy.-— ^^ And thofe, whqjno>v cor^ "idially unite with each other in the purfui^ of " their true interefts,"— *.^^he Lord Party-spirit prelented his ;Jw[ok.— ; ■„ '■ /, :;, , ■ ...:: • , . vi PHILOSOPHY, — « Will ihare, in that rcHO- /« vated ftatcy the pure delight,, which will be " imparted , to them, not only by the recover^r . « of their own freedom, but by the univerfal " eftablifhment of the rights and liberties of all ^^ mankind." The latter part of this fpeech had been addrefled to Good-intent j but he nei- ther advancing, nor returning an anfwer, Mr. Curiosity preffed before him, and accofting Mr. Philosophy : " Sir,'* faid he," the extra- ^* ordinary veneration, with which the wonders ^* I have fcQii at your houfe have infpired me for ** your wifdom, difpofes me to pay an implicit " deference to all your counfelsj yet, before I " caft my book upon that flaming pile, I would •^ gladly be fatisfied by you on one point. I ** am aware that to perfons who have the ho- ** nour to be inflruded by you, thefe volumes " are totally unncceflary; but fince thofe of the *' meaner fort, wha want that advantage, ftill '' ftand in need of fome rules for the diredion "of [ 46) *^.^f their conduft, where— if thJfe are- deffrbyed ^* to which they have hitherto had-~fecourre, *^ — are they to find' a fubftitute?'* *^ Nothing can be more eafily found," an- fwered Mr. Philosophy. "Let them read ^' the Koraiiof Mahomet', or the Zendavefta ^^ of Zoroaster ; or let them feek a living *^ example of human perfeiSlion, undebafed by " focial laws, uncontaminated - by civilizatioii, " unfettered by Chrlftian prejudices, and con- ^^ fequently unftained by any crime more black ** than occafional rapine, fraud, arid murder, in " the virtuous hordes of favage America, ^^ ' " And areMAHOMET and Zoroaster tiien," "faid Mr. CREDULiTYj^'perfons of as great ■" veracity as Mr.. Evangelist ?'* ^* All my difciples are of that opinion^" re- plied Mr. Philosophy, <* Ypu know thefethiiifgs better than I- 'do," faid Mr. GkEDUti'r'Yi and -with that he^fol- : lowed the example of the reft.' '• ' Mr. Curiosity h'efitated a moment longer; ^but prefentlj', yielding to his impatience to fee 'the wonderful efFefts that were to refult from "the offering, he alfo caft his book into the flames. But the facrlfice was not yet completed; for the fpirit of Good-intent was now roufed: he few with horror thc^ conduit of his compa- *- nions [47 ] nions, and the counfels of Good-will ruflied fuddenly on his recollection. Though the things which he had feen and heard had made a confiderabie imprellion on his mind, his former opinions were not fo far (haken, but that he felt within himfelf a determination to part ra- ther with his life, than with his book, which he was fenfible none but the enemies of his King would have required him to refign ; and remembering that h^ had been direfted to coh- fult it whenever he fhould find himfelf under any diificulty, he drew it forth from his bofom, Mr. Philosophy, difpleafed that among the men who had followed hinl fo far, there fhould Jbe any one who hefitated to obey his laft com^ mand, extended his hand to feize it 5 but Good- intent, recoiling from his touch, opened the volume, and read therein, " Beware left any *' man fpoil you, through philofophy and vain ^deceit/* '^: « Alas!'^ cried he, « had I fooner reforted to '^' my book for counfel, I fhould not have fuf- " fered myfelf to be led hither, to view face to "face thofe forms of perdition! How great " muft have been my fin in turning afide " from the right road ; fince it has brought on " me the punifliment which I experience even "in the fight of that moft dire of fiends, be- " fore whofe afpea I feel every high raifecf hope " die ^ [ 48 ] ^^ die away in my bofom! What will become of . « me? Whatfhall I do?" Then he again opened his book; and found written therein, " Efcape for thy life, look not " behind thee." Upon that, he made towards the door, and would have gone forth ; but thofe , who Iiad hitherto been his companions, unwil. ling that by his example their own unrighteous deeds fhould be reproved, fought to detain him, and to compel him to do even as they had done; but his eagernefs to efcape gave him tenfold ftrength; and while he was ftruggling with them, Mr. Philosophy faid to his adverfaries with a malicious fmile, '^ Trouble not your- *' felves to withhold againft his will that weak- , ^^ fouled wretch, who is unfit to be with you *^ admitted to my higher myftcries. Suffer him •' to pafs forth, to meet the fate which is pre- " pared for all, who prefume, without my " guidance, to tread the mazes of my palace." Then they ftood back, and Good-intent Impetuoufly rufhed out of the temple. But linle caufe had he to rejoice, excepting in that he was delivered from the view of the hideous form of Atheism; for the lamps, which had enlightened his fteps when he had paffed that way at firft, were all extinguifhed; and in the thick obfcurity which furrounded him, he foon made a wrong turning, and ls>ft himfelf. His fpirit I " [ 49 ] fpivit: now funk within him, as he wandered ^loiig; dark and jflippery ways, where he pro- ceeded few paces without Humbling over a kind of |-ugged ftones, called in that place Obje^iions^ which were every where fcattered about. The air J i;npreover, was' filled with certain veno- mojus" winged creatures, fhaped like bats, which were called Doubts^ and did oftentimes fting him forely. At laft, he defcried at a diftance a fmall glim- mering light, towards which he joyfully haften- ed ; and entering a chamber from which it pro- ceededj he found there a man, in a changeable- coloured garment, with a mafk on his face. Before him lay. a book, like that which Good- intent hadfo zealoufly preferved ; but he was employed in cutting out half the leaves of it with a knife, which he held in his hand ; while from thofe which he fuffered to remain he had erafed fo many words, that the refidue was no longer intelligible. When Good-intent entered, the man raifed his head, and ailced him who he was and what he fought there. . Good-intent. — ^^ My name is Good-in- , *' TENT ; I am a pilgrim, and wa3 travelling ^^ towards the Celejiial City^ till it was my un« *^ happy lot to be inveigled into this palace, *' where I have beheld the dreadful face of ^' Atheism. As I: fled from him, I iofl my D ^' way 150 1 « way in the dark paffages ; and, till I defcried " the beams of your lamp, I was hopelefs of " ever efcaping from this endlefs labyrinth," Then faid the man, " If thou flyeft from " Atheism, it is well for thee that thou art *' come hither. I alfo am his enemy ; and be- ** fide myfelf, thou couldft not have found any " one able to afHft thy efcape, and tQ guide the(^ " in fafety through the intricate mazes of this *' palace." GooD'iNTENT heard with joy the difcourfe of the ftranger ; yet anxious to know him better, before he entrufted himfelf to his guidance, he inquired his name ; to which the man replied that he was called Rational- CHRisTiANjTY 'y " And I myfelf," faid he, *' am aifo a pilgrim as thon art; only I like *' not to walk with the herd of vulgar travel- *' lers, and therefore to feparate myfelf from *' them, I came fome time fmce to take up my *^ abode under the roof of Mr. Philosophy. *' But now, if thou art willing to become my " companion, and to conform thy^way to my *^ direftions, I will lead thee into a fate and eafy " path, by which, fooner than thou mayeft ex- '^ pe(ft, thou ftialt arrive at the end of thjr* '' journey. When Good-intent heard the ftranger's name, it infpired him with great confidence ; and t 51 ] ahd-not feeling any miftruft of his new compa- nion, he befought him immediately to lead the way. Then the man arofe, and taking his lamp^ in one hand, and in the other the book out of which he had cut fo many of the leaves, he conduced Good-intent along paffages, as intricate as any of thofe through which he had pafled before ; and now they had proceeded fo far, that the pilgrim expeded every moment to reach the end of his fubterranean way, and to emerge from thedarknefs in w^hich he had wan- dered fo long, when his conductor fuddenly turned afide, and brought him into an apart- ment, which was faintly enlightened by an im- perfeft beam of clouded day, ftreaming through a half-clofed iky-light. He here beheld enfhrined a new phantom, ^hofe form refefnbled that of the giant-brood, who were fabled to have fj)rung from the earth ; yet, feated on a lofty throne, he looked proudly downwards, as from the higheft heavens : his countenance was fevere and louring ; and haughty as it was, it betrayed a fecret anguifh at his inability to break a crofs, which he held in his hands, and was exerting his utmoft ftrength to demoliih; *' Whither have you brought me,'* fltid' Good-intent to his conductor; "and what ** unknown form do I now behold ?'* i> 2 « Happy I 52] " Happy mortal," faid the other, « who " under my guidance haft reached the dwelling- " place of Natural-religion, bow thyfelf " at his (hrine, and rejoice that thy happy de- «c ftiny has brought thee to vifit his pure '* abode !"— But while he fpoke, Good-intent, eying the phantom more heedfully, difcerned his true name written over his head j and it was De- ism. Perceiving then that his condudor had a defign to deceive him, he delayed not to draw forth his book. " What doeft thou ?*' faid his guide. *^ I feek for counfel where it may be found,'* replied Good-intent. '* Thou meaneft well," faid the other, " but. •* how wilt thou be deceived, if thou putteft *' any truft in what thou mayeft find written in ** that volume !" ** Doth it not contain the words of truth?" faid the pilgrim. *' It doth indeed contain fome truth," an- fwered his condu6lor ; " but fo intermi:xfed with •* falfhood, that thy weak underftanding cannot ** know how to feparate the one from the other, ** Read rather in my book. Mine, as thou ** feeft, was once the fame as thy own j but I ^* have long employed myfclf in expunging fuch " parts of it as were adverfc to my own opi- •' nions, t 53 ] *^ nions, and in difcovering in the pages which ^* I have fufFered to remain fuch occult mean* ** ings, as had, tor many ages, efcaped ail vuU ^^ gar and unlearned eyes ; and I have at laft (o " refined it from its drofs, that even he, my ** great mafter, whom thou feeift before thee, ** permits his votaries to ufe it, as a code of laws ** for the regulation of their moral conduft/' J. '* But if," faid Good-intent, " it was de* " figned, as I have always been affuredrit was, '* as a book of general inftru61ion for ail man- ** kind, can we imagine that the true meaning *^ of any eflential parts of it fhould be fo occult, " as that it fhould have remained for the in* ** quiries of the prefent age todifcover? Me- '* Ishinks I could more wiilingiy reiinquifli my " book entirely, as I v/as required to do but *' now in the temple of Atheism, than think " fo unworthily of him, who commanded us to *^ believe and to do all things which it fliould *^ teach us, as to fuppofe that he fufFered any " paffages to be inferted therein, for the exprefs " purpofe of mifleading fuch, as with honefl: " and true hearts fhould feek to know his " will."— And with that, pufliing back the mutilated volume which was offered him, he opened his own and read, " This is tliat fpirit of Anti- *' CHRIST, whereof you have heard that it D 3 « fhpuld r 54 ] " fhould come ; and even nov/ already it is m *< the world." — As he read thefe words the throne of Deism funk, and the phantom him- ifelf difappeared ; the fmall part of the fky-light that had been open, fuddenly clofed, and he who bare the lamp Hed away j but as he fled his mafk dropped off, and Good-intent knew his face, that it was the face of Heresy. By the removal of his lamp, however, the pilgrim was not left in darknefs as before ; for he perceived that from the book which he ftill held in his hand a radiance proceeded, and fhined round about it ; an axTiftance which it Jiad not hitherto afforded him, becaufe he had carried it hidden in his bofom, without attempt- ing to make any ufe of it. Then he remem- bered that it was written, '" Thy word is a *' lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my ** path ," and rejoicing in the hope which was thus revived in his bofom, he haftened out of that apartment, and proceeded on his way. Nor \vas he any longer in danger of lofing himfelf > for at every turning a bright ray darted from his book, and pointed out to him the way which he fhould take. Only he was ftill molefted by thofe venomous flying creatures, which, though they ftung him lefs forely than before, did yet hover over his head, and fill his ears with the noife of their flutteringsj and fometimes, ga- thering . [ 55 ] thering round his book, they fhaded it with their wings, and almofl hid the light from his eyes. Neverlhelefs he went on with confi- dence ; and at lafl", after climbing up a fleep afjent, he found himfeif in a veftibule, where the rays of the {^xw in all their fpl en-dor fuddenly broke upon his eyes ; the birds of night, not able to endure the brightnefs, durft follow him . no farther, but flew back fcreaming to their murky abodes; and Good-intent, feeing before him an open door, ruflied through it, and with joy perceived that he had efcaped out of the palace of Mr. Philosophy. The frefli air was very pleafant to him, after his long fubterranean wanderingsj yet he {laid not to amufe himfeif with any inferior gra- tifications, but looked eagerly round him to dif- cover where he was, and what way he muft go to return to the high road, his departure from g^fhich he fo forely repented. ^ While he was ftandmg tx> take the view, he was defcried by a party of Mr. Philosophy's .4fjetainers, v/ho, from a turret, beheld the plain below. It was fo rare an occurrence to them to fee any who fled from their mafter's palace, after having once confented to become his fcholars, (themoft part remaining there gladly to enjoy the pleafures of the place, and the few who were defirous to depart finding no means of D 4 efFeding , E 56 1 efFeding their efcape,) that Good-intent was unto thefe men an objecSl: of great amazement J^r and fome of them reproached him for quitting a iioufs, where he might meet with fo much good company ; others called to him to return ; and others, obferving the book which he ftill bore in his hand, mocked at him for encumber- ing himfelf with a burden which they called fo ufeiefs, and fpake many vain and blafphemous words againft Him whofe laws it contained! Among thefe laft w^as one named RipicuLE-, who as it chanced had a bow in his hand ; and obferving that Good-intent heeded nothing that was faid unto hirrij but was beginning to run acrofs the plain with all his fpeed, he vain- glorioufly told his companions that he would give them a proof of his fkill in archery, by fending a dart, which fhouid ftrike the book out of the young man's hand ; and with that, he prefently fitted an arrow to the ftring, and drew the bow with all his might. The fhaft flew through the air, and grazing the hand of Good.'INTENT, it ftruck the book; but bound- ing inftantly back from it, fell with a blunted point to the ground. Though the fcratch which the pilgrim had received was flight, yet, the dart having been envenomed, it gave him extraordinary pain, and had almoft, at the firft moment, obliged him to drop the book; but happily recolleaing himfelf, he exerted fufficient refolution [ 57 ] refblution to grafp the precious volume more firmly than ever, and v^ent on his way, without , > fo much as turning to look behind him. Ne- J vcrihelefs. Ridicule, being fhort-fightedj imagined that he had feen his arrow transfix the book ; and when he boafted to his compa- nions of his fuccefs, even thofe among them who had (eQU the ev^nt moft clearly were afraid to contradift him, left, being offended, he fhould turn the reft of his darts againft themfelves. Meanwhile Good-intent, having efcaped out of the pleafure-grounds of Mr. Philoso- phy, had at laft the fatisfa£lion to find himfelf once more in the high road, where he ran for- ward without flackening his pace, till he reach- ed the houfe of the good old Interpreter. There he knocked with great violence at the gate; and it was prefently opened to him by the damfel whofe name was Innocent. So fhe alked him who he v/as. "Alas!" faid Good-intent, "I am one *^ who can urge little claim to be admitted here^ *^ fince I have fuffered myfelf to be feduced ^^^ from the right v/ay by the wiles of Mr. ^* Philosophy, and have beheld the dreadful " myfteries of his palace. And though I have " been fo fortunate as to efcape from his laby- *^ rinths, yet I know not whether I may ftill P 5 prefume [58 3 ' *« pi-efume to prefent myfelf at this porta!^'^ ^ which I am well aware is only opened to the ^ « faithful fubjefts of that King, from whofe *' paths I have traiteroufly ftrayed/' Then faid the damfel, " This gate is never " clofed againft penitent and returning finners. *' Yet of all who have been enticed by Mr, ** Philosophy, I do not recollefl: that any one, *^ before you, has ever quitted him, and come to *^ feek admiflion here. But I pray you tell me *^ your name, and from what place you fet *' forth on your pilgrimage, that I may go in, " ■^^ and fhew it unto my mafter ; and I will then *^ quickly return, and let you know his an- « fwer/' Then Goob-intent told her who he was, and whence he camej and when flie heard that he was of the lineage of Christian, fhe fmiled, and made the greater hafte to carry in his petition \ and (he prefently came back, to let him know that her mafter would v/illingly receive him. Then fhe led him in, and brought him to a parlour v/here Mr. Inter- preter was fitting. He was a venerable old man^ with a long white beard, that reached dov/n even to his girdle; but none of the in- firmities of age v/ere vifible upon him, . as he who had conduiled the pilgrim to the houfe of Mr, Philosophy, had falfely reported : on the contrary, [ 59 1 contrary, there was ftill a youthful fire in his leyes, and his countenance vifibly expieffed a ^nindof undiminiifhed vigour. He received GooD-iNTfiNT with great be- jaignity, and congratulated him on his efcape from a place in which fo many had found their ruin. " But tell me, young man," faid he, " in « what manner didft thou firft come to a know- " ledge of thy danger? For the principal art ^' of him who fo deceitfully allumes my name '^ and office, confifts in concealing his defigns *> from fuch as he has undertaken to enfnare, till f¥ he has brought them fo far in the way which #* leadeth to perdition, that all means of retreat " are cut off from them. Good-intent then related to the Inter*- -I^RETfiR all that had befallen him in the palace of Mr. Philosophy; declaring that, though the confcioufnefs that he had quitted the right road had from the firft occafioned him fome un** eafinefs, he had not been fully fenfible that ha had put himfelf under the guidance of one who was an enemy to his Prince, till he had heard him aflert that Christianity was the daugh-* Iter of Superstition ; which was fo contra* ry to all that had ever before been told him of her, that he affured himfelf it muft have been a malicious calumny; that afterwards the fight of the dreadful phantoms m the black temple jD 6 had [ 60 ] h^ fo greatly difmayed him, that had he been obliged to make any longer ftay there, he muft certainly have died with terror ; and he con- cluded by exprelTing his gratitude to his King, to whofe merciful prefervatien of him he wholly attributed his efcape. Then, faid the Interpreter, " You can *^ never return him fuiEcient acknowledgements " for fo great and fignal a favour. But while you ** are thus declaring the due fenfe you enter- " tain of it, what is the reafon that your coun- *^ tenance fo ill agrees with your words ? For " methinks you look more like a man who is *^ labouring under fome prefent grievance, than " like one whofe mind is properly affeded with " a recent benefit." Good-intent — "Alas, Sir! notwithftand^ ^Ving my fatisfaflion at having returned to ** the high road, I cannot deny that my fpirits ** are flili much deje61:edi: Though I chofe ra- ^* ther to continue to wear the chains with which <' I am laden than to refort to Atheism and " Anarchy for my releafe; yetthe fight which <^ has been afforded me of my own.ilavilh con- <^' dition has rendered my very life a burden to " me. Cannot you. Sir, tell me of any means " by which I may be delivered i — ^I am likewife " in great pain from the flings of thofe vene- ^ mous creatures, which fo forely molcfted me, i» i ' *' as 161 ] *< as i was wandering in Mr. PnitosoPUY's i^ dark mazes, and from the bruifes I receivedf " in the- falls I there met with; alfo I feel an JVintolerable finart from the wound, flight as it " appeared, which was inflicted on my hand *< by the arrow of him, who did (hoot at me ■■ -* from the turret, as I was making my efcape/^ Interb-reter/'As fc)r the flings, and bruifes, " and the wound, of which you complain, nona " do ever enter the houfe of Mr. PHii^osoPHy, ^^ unlefs they be clad in armour of proof from " the armoury of our King, without receiving I ^i many fuch hurts as thofe, if nothing worfe I %befal them; and at p relent you mufl be con- I ^ftented to bear them with patience, though "hereafter I may be able to provide you fome *' remedy for them. But as for the chains which ^^fo greatly trouble you, I pray you ihew them. I ^to me.'' :" I do not now perceive them myfelf," faid Good-intent. " You however feel them," faid the Inters- PRETER. "I cannot fay f do," anfwered the young man; "yet methought their weight did mightily I f'jQPPfefsme, while I viewed them in the mirror <' of him who was called Rights-of-man." " You will probably be more fenfible of them ^Mvhen you move/' faid the Interpreter. « Rife 162 3 *^ Rife up and walk, and prove whether there be •' any bonds which reftrain your limbs.'* Then Good intent arofe j but whether he turned himfelf to the right-hand, or to the left, he could not obferve that any thing drew him back, or deprived him of the liberty to walk or move which way foever he chofe. *^ It is ** true. Sir," faid he at laft, ^^ that I cannot now *' perceive myfelf to be in any bondage ; but I *' remember Mr. Philosophy told me that the *' two giants, who had enilaved the whole world, *' were able alfo, by their magic art, to render *' their captives infenfible of their Own condition; ** and I am probably again under the influence of ** that forcery, lince I can no longer difcover the ^} chains, which were fa plainly (hewn me ia ** that wonderful mirror/* '. - ** And art thou ftill fo blind," faid the InTER- •PRETER, " that thou canft not difcern t6 ^* whom the imputation of magic belongs ? If ** thou wert indeed chained, as thine enemy ♦* would have perfuaded thee, yet, while thy *^ bonds were invifible, and did xio way reftrain *^ thy freedom in adion. It would be difficult to ** fay wherein the grievance did confift ; but in " facSt this is nothing more than one of thofe vain ^' ftiadows, with which Philosophy, himfelf " the moft powerful of magicians, doth ufe to ** delude thofe Who have fallen mto his fnares ; « to [ 63 3 ^' to the end that, reforting to him for deliver^ fiance from an imaginary bondage, they may '^ fall into a real one, and (o become the inftru- # ments of the horrible defigns he has formed for ^* the fubverfion of every thing which mankind '' hath hitherto beenaccuftomed to hold in reve- *^ rence. But the love thou haft fliew^n for thy '' King, by refolqtely quitting the abode of his *' enemy, in defpite of ail the obftacles which " were oppofed to thy efcape, renders thee wor- *' thy that the falfc impreiHons which thefe for- *' ceries have made on thy mind (hould be re- *' moved, and that thou fhouldft be jQiewn that " thy temporal as well as thy eternal intereft^ ^' can only be fecured, by a conduft, in every ^' refpecl the reverfe of that to which Philoso- " PHY impels his votaries. I will therefore ex* <' plain to thee, in order, all that did befal thee, f* from the time when thou wert firft perfuaded *' by thy dangerous companion Curiosity, to " tafte of the ftream of Vain-research, ^ which iflues from the fountain of Presump- ' ^'TlON, and empties itfelf into the boundlefs fea « of Error. Mr. Philosophy, finding that *' ftream pofTefled fuch qualities as might render ^^ it of confiderabie ufe to him in his attempts • ** to miflead pilgrims, was at a great expenfe fA " turning it acrofs the high road ; its original <^ courfe having Iain very wide therefrom i and t ^ "the 164 1 *^ the extraordinary darknefs, which came npon " your whole company, is one of the efFe6ls *^ which are ufually experienced by thofe who ^ drink of its waters. You thus laid yourfelves " open to the attacks of your enemy ; and hav- *^ ing but a few moments before walked in fafety " by the light of heaven, you became glad to ^' follow the dim taper which he had fent to guide <* you to your ruin. As for the account, which ^* was given you by the way^ of Mr. Philo- *' SOPHY himfelf, his very appearance might ** have convinced you of its falfhood ; for you " could not but fee that his face wore no traces •' of that venerable age to which he pretends* " In truth there was one who bore the fame ^* name, and who lived in Greece about three *' thoufand years ago 5 but with him this im- " poftor hath not even any affinity; only he *^ coveteth to wear robes of the fame fafhion, ** and ^ mimic the tones of his voice. Neither " are his parents fuch as he pretends. Reason " indeed will fometimes, when he is intoxicated, fcoffers, who of this fhould willingly be igno- f^ rant,, that, by the word of God, the heavens ff, were of old, and the earth, {landing out of the " water, and in the water ; whereby the world " that then was, being overflowed with water, '' perifhed ; but the heavens and the earth which " are now, by the fame word are kept in ftore, *^ refer ved unto fire, againft the day of judgment, *' and perdition of ungodly men/ Therefore do '' they vaunt themfelves, as if, by their pre- *^ tended difcoveries, both the hiftory and tradi- '^ tion of paft ages could be fet afide; as if, by ^^ their wifdom, a world could be made, and life " and a reafonable foul infufed into the creatures i5^^ which jQiould inhabit it, without the interven- H'liiQn of an almighty agent; and as if, by^ their '' counfels, this mortal could be taught to put " on immortality, without the afTiftance of ,>^ Him, who only ' hath power to change our l^^yily. bodies, that they may be falhioned like "unto His glorious body, according to the •" working whereby He is able even to fubdue all ,, ; "-things; I 66 3 ♦^'things unto himfelf.'-^But I know that you *' now are weary and faint in your fpirit, ** through the toils and terrors which you have *^ this day undergone; and it will be expedient *^ for you at prefent to take fome refrefhment, ** by which your ftrength may be revived. I *' will therefore defer expounding to you the •^* true meaning of^the fights which you aftcr;- ^* wards beheld, until to-morrow morning; ** when, as fome of my windows look the fame ^^ Way with thofe of Mr. Philosophy, I fhall: r" be able to give you a better view of tJiofe *^ things, which he deceivingly fnewed unto **you.^' With that, the Interpreter arofe, and taking Gogd-Intent by the hand, he led him into another apartment, where a plentiful fup- per was provided 5 not indeed compofed of fuch far-fetched dainties as the pilgrim had been re- galed with at the banquet of his former hoft, but of meats much more nourifhing and health- ful; and after he had eaten a fufHciency, he was, by the Interpreter's order, conduced to the chamber appointed for his lodging, where he enjoyed a comfortable repofe. In themornhig, as foon as he bad breakfafted, Mr. Interpreter took him to a window, from which he had a fight of the common, whereon flood the company of naked men j -:t:- but [61 ] but GooD-^iNTENT, being now much nearer to them than he had been placed before, could difccrn great milery in their countenances ; for each man was more intent on obtaining the maftery over the reft, than on providing for himfeif thofe things whereof he was the moft in need ; and if any one fufFered wrong horn ano- ther, he had no better refource than to return that injury by a new one; for they were go- verned by no laws, neither was there any judge by whom the weak could be proteft- ed from him that was too ftrong for him ; fo that every man's hand was againft his neigh- bour, until he who was called SociAL-oRDEit •appeared amongll: them. At his approach, their -difcord ceafed ; and though he beftowed not his favours equally, yet even thofe for whom he did the leaft were manifeftly in a better fitua- tion than they had been before his arrival 5 if he had clothed them but i n rags, they had rea- fon to be thankful, fince before they had been naked ; and if they were conftrained to labour for the rich, that labour fupplied them with -food for themfelves, for want of which they had before been ftarving. Moreover Good-in- tent faw that many of thofe who had abun- dance gave freely thereof to fuch as were in need;, that no man durfl; any more attempt to do wrong unto another, becaufe SociAt-OR-" PER f68] I DER was ready to take the part of everyone who was oppreffedj and that of tbofe, who at firft had been placed in the meaneft ftations, there were many who by their induftry and pru- dent condu6l obtained places, from time to time, among thofe who held the higheft ranks 5 while there were others, who at firft had been gorgeoufly clothed, but who, as they wafted their fubftance by riotous living, were obliged to exchange their coftly garments for the rags which the others had caft ofF. " What thinkeft thou now,*' faid the Inter- preter to Good-intent 5 "whether of *^ the two is preferable ? The ftate of favagc " man, where every individual, confcious of no " dependence on his fellows, lives but for him- *^ felf ; where confequently he can attain no ad- *^ vantages, but fuch as his own limited abilities " can procure him ; and v/here the conftant infe- *^ curity of property confines all enjoyment within *' the prefent moment, and fuffers no bright prof- *^ pcA of futurity to enlarge or ennoble the mind, cc — Of th^t- ftate of things which, under the di- *' reftion of a benign Providence, has been intro- '^ duced by Social-ori>er ? Of perfeftiofi ^« this world is not the feat v of the wifcft human *' inftitutiojis it is therefore eafy to discover the << defeats. The only fair method of judging, 13 <^ to compare the benefits with the inconveniences « which [69] i< which rcfult from them j but to that end, it is neceflary to view them in all their parts j and it " is therefore one chief artifice of Mr. Philo-* ^*i SOPHY to permit his pupils to behold but on one *' fide the objefts which he prefents to them, ^^ Where there is a gradation of ranks, the occa- '' fional exaltation of the unworthy, and de- ** preflion of the merito-rious, mui\y among hu- " man creatures, be unavoidable; yet, even m- " the moft corrupt times, fuch abufes will not be^^ ** univerfal, fince moft of the'grofler vices natu- rally lead to poverty and contempt, while ** godlinefs hath ' the promif^ of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ;' and ^ when this world fhall pafs away, and that which ** is perfect fhall fucceed it, then fhall it evidently ** appear that all things, whether happy or cala- *^ mitous in their prefent afpe<^, fhall alike have ** worked together for good to thofe who have, loved and obeyed their coeleftial king." *' I am infinitely beholden to you, Sir," faid KooD-iNTENT, " for having fet me right on a ^^ point fo important as this. I now perceive '" how much I was mifled by that imperfect view <^^ which Mr. Philosophy afforded me; and ** that SociAL-ORDiR, whom he reprefented as 1^^ the author of all the evils of this world, is, in I" fa6t, man's truefl benefacSor. But, 1 pray jP* you, let us proceed si little farther. I furely 1; <* could [ 70 ] " could not be equally wrong in the judgment X ** formed refpeding the next fight which was *^ fhcwn unto us ; in the abhorrence I felt at that *^ terrible prifon, nor in my zealous admiration **^of her who overthrew its walls.'* " I do not blame you," faid the Inter- preter, "for the opinions which you were " led to entertain on that fubjed ; yet I will *^ ihew you that even there you formed your ** judgment too haftily."— And with that, he led the pilgrim to another place^ from which they had a view of the tower. Good-intent again beheld it with indignation ; but the Interpreter bade him look around, and he faw on every fide good dwelling-houfes, and flourifliing lands; till flie who was called Liberty came, and overthrew the tower; when behold, as it fell, the earth opened to re- <^ive it, and where it once had flood, the pil-' grim now faw arlake of blood, whence prefently flowed a ftream, which deluged all the country round. The fruitful fields were no longer to be* ken; and as Liberty, now ri fen to a gigantic height, ftalked "proudly through the crimfon flood, every houfe at her approach changed its \ form, and became a dungeon, more black and more noifome than the tower had been which {he had overthrown ; and inftead of the few prifoners who had been confined in that tower, Good- intent V C7lj INTENT now perceived that half the inhabitants of the land, with groans which pierced his foul, mourned their hopelefs captivity. " O, Sir!'* cried the pilgrim, " what am I' <^ to underftand by this ? Can this be the work ** of Liberty V ' , " Not, afluredly of true Liberty," faid the fejTERPRETER, " who is a very different per- ^ fonage from her whom Mr, Philosophy and ** his followers think proper to call fuch. True .*^ Liberty is of coeleftial origin ; fhe is the- ** infeparable companion of Good-govern-' ** me NT, and her children are Property, ** Security, and Public-happines^s ; but " this falfe pretender to her name is the fifter of '*^ the fieni Anarchy, by whom fhe is fent " forth, to endeavour, by her enticing words,' ** and her magic power, to reduce the whole ^' world under his dominion. And through the *' ^olly and wickednefs of man, and his reftlefs' " fpirit ever given to change, her conquefts " already have been great; infomuch that we '^ have ieen her * as God, fitting in the temple' " "of God.' Nay, though wherever (he has " come, the effe£ls of her prefence have been " fuch as you have now beheld, the eyes of the " fimple ones are not yet opened ; and there are' ^^ even thofe, who would gladly expel frora " among them the true and friendly Liberty, that C 72 ] ^^ that they might give her place to this perni- *J;C;iQus ftiadow. But be not thou of their ni\n\- « her; remernbering that of fuch it was long " fmce written, / while they promife you " Liberty, they themfelves are the fervants ef ^^ Corruption." Good-intent afTured the Interpreter that what he had (t^n wowld fufficiently fecure him agaiuft the perfuafions of ail who fought to eftabiifli the empire of Anarchy, through the; deceits of the forcerefs his fifter.. "But, "Sir/' added he, "what you have (hewn me *' concerning thcfe two laft fights has rendered " me fo mu^h the more impatient to hear what ** you will tell me of the next ^ which was the ^^ firft thing, of all that I met with in the pa- " lace of Mr. Philosophy, whence I derived *^ any fufpicion that I was among thofe who " were the enemies of my king , and though, ** from that moment, I ceafed to give implicit ** credit to all he faid, yet do I feel that your *^ explanations are very necefTary to fet my ^* mind at eafe, and to relieve it from the evil ** impreilion which, contrary to my will, he *' made on it.'* The Interpreter, gladly complying with his requeft, then led him away to another place, wheftce they could fee the woman whoi^ wore oa her bread the bloody crofs, exulting, over !. t73l c\^^r the afhes of thofe who had been confumed by the flame which proceeded out of her mouth. "In this fcene/' faid the Tnterp:reter^ <^ more clearly than in any other, may be traced *' the wiles of him who fought your deftruftion. «' He could not have devifed more effedlual « means to engage you in that pretended war, /^ which he profeffes to wage againft Super- « STITION and Despotism, than by {hewing "you, in all their horrors, the deeds of this « execrable wretch, who is indeed, as he told « you, the daughter of Superstition, and " to whom Despotism has frequently dele- " gated his power ; but whereas he would have j " perfuaded you, that in this deformed and cruel *^ monfter you beheld the figure of Christi- *' anity, caft your eyes upward, and fee ** whether there be even any fhadow of refem- *' blance, fuch as could deceive the moft un- *^ wary." Then Good-intent looked up, and he beheld feated above the clouds another female figure, who in her appearance bore the afpe6t of an angel of light, and the excellence of whofe beauty aftonifhed the eyes of all who were able fteadily to look upon her. * Coelef- tial love, firm faith, and ecftatic hope, beamed on her countenance ; and in her hand fhe bore a banner, whereon was infcribed, " Glory to B '' God [ 74 ] *' Gob in tha higheft, and on earth peace znd '' good-will towards men/* Good-intent gazed enraptured on the glo- rious vifion i and the interpreter again addreC fing him, " She whom thou now feeft,'* faid he, *' is Christianity ; and fuch as (he now ap- ^^ pear$ to thee has fne ever been ; for her hea- '' yenly fubftance is fufceptible of no change *' nor decay. But fhe who fits below, whofe " true name is Persecution, has ever been *' her moft inveterate foe. When Chisti- '' anity firfl appeared to blefs mankind, the *' whole race of Superstition openly took '' arms againft her, and flrove to drive her *^ back to her native abodes; but when, in •^ defpite of fuch enemies, her power prevailed, " they then feigned themfelves her fervants, *' affumed her ewfigns, and pretended her autho- " rfty even for the flaughter of her own moft •* faithful friends ; and latterly, as thou haft al- ** ready heard, .her very name has been afcribed *' to this fiend Persecution, by thofe who fet •' their mouth againft the heavens, and who " hope, under that pretence, to accompHfh " their treacherous defigns againft her* — But ** look attentively, and fee what follows.'* Then Good-intent looked, and behold ! Christianity fpread her wings, and. defcend- ed towards them in all her brightnefs : as ftie approached. ^ [ 75 J approached, the earth feemed to feel her influ- ence, and all things that were on it to rejoice in herprefence. Averting her eyes, left they fhould be polluted by the fight of her enemy's cruelties, flie alighted on the ground j and as (he waved her banner, every veftige of horror quickly vanifhed away ; and Persecution I herfelf, dropping the white garments which fhc had worn but to defile them, and the facred en- fign, which her crimes had occafioned the igno- rant to blafpheme, and appearing in all her na- tive deformity, — fled, pale and trembling, from the face of the offended power. Then Good- INTENT looked, to fee whither (he would be- take herfelf; and much was he furprifed to per- Iceive that fhe went ftraight to the houfe of Mr, Philosophy ; and behold ! Mr. Philosophy himfelf came forth to meet her; and having comforted and embraced her, he put into her hand a phial, of which when fhe had drank the contents, her ftrength and boldnefs were renewed. Then he clothed her in other gar- ments ; and having put a fword into her hand^ he fent her forth, to renew her oppreffions over the face of all the world. «' What am I to think of this ?'* faid Good- intent ; " Is it poffible that Mr. Philoso- ^^ PHY can have entered into league with her, £ 2 «< whofe [ 76 ] *^ whofe bloody deeds appeared to have infpircd '' him with fo much horror ?'* " He will teach her to refine on all her for- '' mer cruelties," replied the Interpreter ; " for, however he might inveigh againft her, *' while he pretended to confider her as the mi- '' nifter of your king, he was all the time well *^ aware how valuable her afTiftance might be *' rendered to his own defigns. He has now, *^ therefore, engaged her in his fervice ; and *^ where his arts fhall not avail, he will entruft '^ to her the advancement of his caufe, and the •* propagation of his do£lrines." *' Bu^ furely they will not be permitted long " to triumph," faid Good-intent. ** It is not my office," faid the Interpre- ter, "to declare to you the times and the fea- ** fons, which are not yjet made known unto •« men. For the trial of the faith of the ** righteous are thefe things permitted on the <* earth ; and he who fhall endure unto the endj «* the fame fhall be faved. Wherefore, be thou " vigilant ; and neither fufFer thyfelf to be again ** feduced out of the right path by deceitful ** words, nor to be terrified into a wrong one " through any apprehenfion of the cruelty of " Persecution, fhould it fall to thy lot to be *^ affaulted by her > remembering by what *^ authority [ 77 ] " authority thou haft been/orewarned *hot to be " afraid of them that kill the body, and after "that have no. more that they can do :' feeing, ^' that He only ought to be the objeft of thy " fear, who, ' after he hath killed, hath power " alfo to caft into hell." Now I faw in my dream, that though Good- - INTENT was grieved at the thought of the evils which were coming upon the world, he was ' yet much comforted in his mind by the view ' which had been afforded him of the true form of ^ Christianity -, and having follov/ed his con- *du£lor to another place, the Interpreter there put a glafs into his hands, and bade him ' view through that the fcene before him. " It is a glafs,'' faid he, " which was made by " no other than Mr. Philosophy himfelf ; *' and through fuch glaffes as thefe did you all " behold that laft fcene, on which your enemy " particularly depended for the accomplifhment • " of his purpofe. It is true you perceived them " not y for they were by magic art fufpended in " the air before you, and their tranfparency ren- *' dered them invifible to your eyes ; and it is in *' order to enable you to judge of their deceitful *' efFe6ls, that I defire you now to ufe one of the « fame kind." Good-intent then looking through the glafs, faw that numerous company of men, who E 3 were [78] were feemlngly fo happy in their captivity; with the two deformed giants, whofe chains they ■ - wore. " Now lay afide that falfe glafs," faid the In- TERPRETER, " and loolc again. '* So he looked again, and behold a different profped prefented itfelf to his eyes. Inftead of the two giants, he now faw two grave and ve- nerable perfonages, whofe whole refemblance to them confifted in that one wore a crown, and the other a mitre : moreover the people no longer appeared opprefled with any bonds ; but .while they lived in profperity and peace, oc* eupied with their farms and with their mer- chandife, a certain number, fome deputed by their fellows, and fome called forward by their prince, aflembled round him who wore the I crown, and fat with him in council, to delibe- 5^>rate on the meafures requifite to be taken for I the benefit of the whole community : while he ijWho wore the mitre afllimed no controul over the reft, but was occupied in inftru • '* infpire horror ; but who have long fmce been c *** driven far from the regions through which . *' thou and thy fellow pilgrims have to travel ; ** and if ever they refume their empire, they will ^' owe it to Mr. Philosophy himfelf ; who, r. '** by fub verting the authority of thofe who now " maintain order in the world, will leave the *' nations an eafy prey to thefe cruel invaders,. *^ who will fcarcely neglecl fuch an opportu- *^ nity of attempting there-eftabliihment of their " former power. The mirror of that phantom, -** who bore the name of Rights-of-man, " was prepared with the fame magical arts as ^* the glaffes, through which, unknown to your- *' felves, Mr. Philosophy caufed you to view " the fight which is now before you. The men, ^' who had been deluded with the appearance of *' their imaginary chains, were «n the point of ^* rebelling againft their governors, and of in- *' volving themfelves with them in one general ^^ defl:ru6lioni when fortunately a perfon, whofe ' ' E 4 ^^ name [ 80 1 <^ name was Common-sense, threw a ftone, " which broke the mirror ; and immediately the " fpell was diffolved, and public tranquillity " was reftored." *' Kut hold," faidGooD-iNTtiNT, " though *' you have fo clearly (hewn me how falfely ^' thefe things were reprefented to me by Mr. " Philosophy, yet, on looking more atten- *^ tively, I difcern fome perfons yonder "who ** are loaded with chains of no imaginary weight. " Who are they ? and wherefore are they thus " oppreffed ?" " Thofe," faid the Interpreter, " are a " few, who did not, fo fpeedily as the reft, for- ** get what Rights-gf-man had taught them. " He had afllired them, that of every fpecies of /* property, which they beheld in the pofTeilion *' of others, they were entitled to their re- " fpedive fhares. That it was allowable for " them to help themfelves to thofe flbares, was *' an inference obvioufly deducible from fuch a ** maxim j but, unluckily for them, in the an- ** cient archives of the ftate, a law was preferved, ** which faid, * Thou fhalt not fteal ;' and to ** the penalties impofed by that law are they " now obliged to fubmit." " Their bondage then is juft," faid. Good- XNTENT ; " yet if rulers are entrufted with a " power [ 81 ] -« power to infliiSl: captivity and death, how can ** any man who is fubjedl to them confider him- «* felf as in a ftate of fecurity ?" " Thofe rulers whom thou feeft before thee," faid the Interpreter, " have no power to *' flay or to imprifon any, but fuch as are con- *^ demned by juft laws, and impartial judges ; " but were it otherwife, thy queftion was an- *' fwered long ago by one who lived under a ' .*' worfe government than thou haft ever feen : ' « c Wilt thou not be afraid of the power ? Do *^ that which is good, and thou fhalt have praifc " of the fame ; for he is theminifter of God to *' thee for good : but, if thou doft that which' is *^ evil, be afraid 5 for he beareth not the fword *^ in vain. For rulers are not a terror to good ^^ works, but to the evil/— Wherefore, if fe- *' curity be thy defire, let it be thy ftudy conti- *' nually to follow after goodnefs, meeknefs, ^' temperance : againft fuch, in no country, un- " lefsit be where Philosophy hath eftablilhed '^ his dominion, is there any law." Good-intent now declared himfelf entirely relieved from all the uneafmefs which his former imperfedl: view of things had left upon his mind 5 and having moft gratefully thanked Mr. In- terpreter for having thus opened his eyes to the truth, and given him fo many excellent E5 counfelsy C 82 ] counfels, he profefled his readinefs to fet for- ward again on his journey. But the Interpreter invited him to flay With him all the remainder of that day ^ *^ For/* faid he, " you would at prefent find yourfelf *^ much molefted by thofe who were lately your " companions, and who, about this time, are *' fetting forth on the expedition to which Mr. *^ Philosophy hath impelled them; but they '^ will foon turn into a different road, and to- ** morrow morning you may refume your jour- ** ney in peace. I cannot indeed promife you )^* that you will travel very far before you fall in <^ with fome of thofe who are enemies to your ** kiag, of whom there are many bands, fpread- *^ ing themfelves far and wide over the whole ** country through which you are to pafs 5 but " though it will be your duty firmly to refifl ** fuch, whenever they attempt either forcibly *^ or fraudulently to turn you from your way, it *♦ is yet unneceffary that you ihould voluntarily ** encounter the firfl fury of the mad troop •* which is now about to ifTue forth, and of ^* which, if it will gratify you, I can afford " you a fpeedy view.** GooD-iNTENT being (fefirous to fee them, the Interpreter led him to an upper chamber, frpm which they looked dircilly towards the houfe - . [ 83 ] -^jou'fe of Mr. Philosophy, and could alfo ^Jefcry a confiderable portion of the high road. And prefently they faw Mr. Philosophy's gates thrown open, and a numerous company of men rufh forth. There appeared among them perfons HE)f all conditions $ and Good-intent foon dif- ^^-tinguiihed, in the midil: of the band, thofe whord he had left behind him the day before in the black •temple : he alfo obferved many others, whom he (had {qqix among the guefts of Mr, Philosophy w^t fupper ; and particularly he remarked the men *^^ith the fierce countenances, who had fat apart from the reft, and who wore daggers in their girdles. Thefe were now mingled with the others in one troop : there were, moreover, many women in the company j but all bore in their hands fome inftrument of death, which they waved above their heads with hideous yellings ; frequently in- termixing with their cries the moft horrid blaf- phemies againft Him who reigns on high, and threats againft all men on the earth, fuch only excepted as fliould, like themfelves, acknowledge ^o other lords than Atheism and Anarch Y, Good-intent was aftoniftied to fee that thofe who had been fo recently his own companions^ -Were animated by the fame frantic fpirit as the left ; and he could not forbear exprefling to the Interpreter his furprife, that, in fo fhort a time, they {hould have made fo great a progrefs E 6 in [84] / in ferocity; for though he had beheld with ab- horrence their apoftafy from their King, he had yet thought fome of them of too mild a nature to be perfuaded to join in the excefTes of this defperate crew. " When men have once abjured the pro- '' tedlion of their Creator," faid the Interpre- ter, " they fall precipitately from one wick- *' ednefs to another, while there is none to ** uphold them. Thefe men, you may remember, *' were impatient to receive from Anarchy the ^^ fwords, the very touch of whkh,^ Mr. Phi- *^ LOSOPHY affured them, would produce fuch ** wonderful effe6ls ; and in fa£l, with fuch " powerful drugs were thofe fwords charmed, ** that, inftantly on their grafpLng them, they *' were all infpired with the moft outrageou^ ** fury\ infomuch that Mr. Philosophy him- " felf could fcarcely reftrain them from falling *^ upon each other in his prefence. He foon *^ however recovered his influence over them, *< and fucceeded in turning their rage againft •** hi$ enemies, whom they are now fallying forth <* to attack." "And whither will they go?" demanded GOOD-INTENT. " They will continually be led on by delufive <* lhadows,"anfwered the Interpreters "and " imagining that they .fight. againft Despotism " and [ 85 ] : ^^ and Superstition, they will wage war agamft _^' all who maintain the caufe of Lawful-go- y^*' VERNMENT and Church-establishment, 4/ ** and endeavour taoverthrow their fway in all coim- " tries where they are owned, erefting in their ftead " that of Atheism and Anarchy > nay,fuchis " their arrogance, that they think even to dethrone U the king of the Ccelejlial City^ to whom Heaven ,r,^' and earth are fubje6l. — But wait till thou flialt " enter into the fandluary of God ; then wilt ^' thou underftand the end of thefe men/' • Tlien I beheld that the Interpreter bade GooD-iNTENT look along the road, on the „which he was to travel ; and at a diftance be- ,'fpre them, he faw a high hilL " That," faid the Interpreter, " is the hrll " Difficulty.^ which thou muft afcend ; but caft " thine eyes to the left, on thofe dark moun- « tains, to which the path leads which is called /' Dejiru^wt^ and obferve that fteep and craggy ^' one, which towers above all the reftj that " is the mountain of Revolution, The afcent of */* it is the firft enterprife whkh thofe madmen ?^ muft atchieve ; and hence truly it may plainly ^appear that the children of this world are f* ever more regardlefs of toil than the children ** of light > for few labours await thee in thy -*< pilgrimage, worthy to be compared with this, .^^ which they axe about to undertake* All the ** pafTes I 86 j ^^ pafTes about the bottom of the mountain are " guarded by the troops of Lawful-govern* ** MENT, who will fally forth, and grievoufly " annoy them : if they prevail againft thofe, they ^^ will afterwards climb up flippery paths, by ** the edge of terrible precipices, where huge " fragments of rock are continually giving way, *' and overwhelming travellers with fuddenruin; " and even on the very fummit of the mountain " there are many dangerous bogs, nay, and that ** where the grafs appears the greeneft, where *' if a man chance to tread, he fuddenly finks to " rife no more. Whereas thy path, though it *^ be difficult, is fafe, and thou haft the affu ranee " that the end thereof will be everlafting life. " Be not thou, therefore, weary in well-doing; " while thofe who do ill neither faint through *^ fatigue, nor fufFer themfelves to be turned w back by the fear of any danger." Good-intent promifed the Interpreter he would never be unmindful of his counfels ; and then decending from the houfe-top, the old gentleman led his gueft into the parlour, where by that time dinner was ready. After they had rifen from table, he jQiewed him moft of thofe fights which he had heretofore fliewn to Christian, and to Christiana his wife, that through them the pilgrim's refohuion might be the farther ftrengthcncd 3 and leading him into [87 ] into his garden, he there caufed him to drink of the waters of a well, which was called the well of Truth ; and after that draught, the pain of the hurts which he had received in the palace of Mr. Philosophy, which was already greatly abated, w^as entirely removed, fo that he felt them no longer. They fpent the reft of the evening in profi- table converfation ; with which Good-intent was io greatly delighted, that, had not the dif- courfe of the Interpreter redoubled his im« patience to proceed on his journey, he could have been well-contented to have paffed the re- mainder of his life in his company. In the ^ .#norning he arofe early \ and going to take leave of his kind hoft, he felt himfelf unable fuffici- ently to exprefs the gratitude he owed him ; but the Interpreter told him that the moft I pertain evidence he could give him of it would be by the conftant obfervance of his counfels ; snd then, bidding him God fpeed, he fuffered I ^Mm to depart. Now I faw in my dream that the young man went forwards with a good pace ; and for a little way he could plainly trace the footfteps of Mfa I ., Philosophy's furious followers, who had p aft by the day before ; who, as they went, had torn down the fences on either fide of the road, and done what mifchief they could in the lands ad- I'' ^ joinings [ 88] jolhihg ; but he perceived that they had turned out of that road before they came to the Cr(fsy and entered a lane on the left hand, which was their neareft way to the mountain of Revolu- tion. He was glad to lofe for a time all traces of them J and continuing to go on, he foon came to the place where Christian's burden had fallen off his back. There he flopped; and renewing at the foot of the Ct^ofs all his good refolutions, he humbly implored for himfelf a participation in thofe benefits, which, through it, had been procured for all, who with true penitent hearts, and a lively faith^ were follow- ers of Him, by whom only cometh falvation. After he had thus continued a while in prayer, he rofe, feeling himfelf inwardly much ftrength- ened, and proceeded on his journey. He had not gone far, when he perceived be- fore him a youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who was travelling the fame way with himfelf, but very leifurely— for he was bufied in making a garland of rofe-buds, which he hafted to gather before - they withered, to adorn his hair withal ; and, thus employed, he paid little attention to his goings, but ilepped, fometimes to the right, and fometimes to the left, without regarding where he fet his foot, When he fkw Good-intent however, he was much a . ; I C 89 ] much rejoiced, and threw away his flowers, hoping to find greater amufement in the com- pany of a young pilgrim of fo pleafant a coun- '^enance. Good-intent alfo greeted him fairly, and inquired whether he were bound, like himfelf, to the Ccelejiial City. " Certainly/' anfwered the youth ; ** for " fmce I find that I muft needs, fome time or other, quit the pleafant land of my nati- '♦- vity, I would rather go to that city than elfe- " where. Yet I have hitherto found the road " fo dull, that I have been many times in the ^ " mind to turn back." "I hope not," faid Good-intent ; "I hope " you are not fo carelefs of your own eternal " fafety, as to entertain any fuch perilous " thoughts." " O ! not now," faid the young man ; " not " while I have you for a companion ; for, truly, " I like your looks; and I am perfuaded that *' we ftiali foon become great friends, and walk " on very pleafantly together." GooD-iNTENT was not altogether fo well- pleafed with his ntw aflbciate as his new af- fociate was with him; yet, feeing that they were travelling the fame way, arid that the young man expreffed fo friendly a difpofition towards himj he returned him a fuitable anfwer, and was contented for the prefent to walk on la [ 90] in his company. Then they afked each other i?f their names and extraction ; and the young man fa id that his name was Light-miinID, and that he came from the town of Thoughtlejfnefs^ in the valley of Idlenefs, Good-intent — " And what adventures *^have you met with fince you fet out from ._ ** your own country ?" LiGHT-MiNB — " Adventures ! Truly none ; \^ * ** unlefs you call it an adventure to walk ftrait I *^ forwards by myfelf, and hear the croakings c.'** of the ravens in the hedges." GooD-iNTENT — ^' How ! Did Mr. Philo- ** SOPHY letyoupafs without making an attempt ; *' to inveigle you into his palace ?'* 'r " Light-mind- — ^^ O! You mean the *' large new houfe, that ftands on the left fide of ■ t- *' the way. Why, indeed, as I pafled over a ^ *'4)ridge near the gate, a man came forth to me, : *' and counfelled me to drink of the water of *^ the ftream; but I was not thirfty, neither *^ was the water inviting to mine eye — ^fo I ^ *^ refufed; however, he ftili went on perfuading » .^^ me, if I would not drink, yet to go to the <' houfc; and as he told me I fhould be well *' entertained there, I might poilibly have con- ^< fented to follow him, had I not fccn a com- iS pany of men walking in the pleafure-grounds, « who, he faid, were fome of his mafter's chief i, *^ friends j I 911 *^ friends ; and a more fliabby, beggarly fet I " never beheld. So affuring myfelf there could " be no company there fit for a gentleman to ** aflbciate with, I would not demean myfelf by ** going among them, but walked on in my own ** road. — Then he who had been talking with " me, reviled me, and went his way." Good-intent — " I would I had been as " eafily offended as you were by the ill-favoured *^ appearance of thofe men ; for by what motive " foever I had been withheld from entering ** the palace of their matter, it would in the " end have fpared me much uneafinefs. But ** I conclude you went afterwards to the houfc *' of the Interpreter; for befides the profit *^ to be reaped there, reft and refrefliment muft *^ have been very neceflary to you on your *' journey/' Light-mind — " Not I indeed! What " amufement could one of my years find in the *^ company of that old grey-beard ? — half a cen- '^ tury hence, perhaps, fuch a companien may ^' be very fuitable to me ; but, for the prefent, " rather than give myfelf the trouble of paying *' for my lodging by patiently liftening to his " long ftories, I chofe to put up with a green ," bank for my pillow ; and, as for a fupper, " I was at no lofs on that fcore, fince I have* " as you fee, this wallet ; which was plenti- « fully [ 92 ]- *^ fully filled with the moft dainty food by my *' mother Indulgence, before I fet out upon *' my pilgrimage. N0W5 I faw in my dream, that GooD- INTENT was much offended to hear his good friend the Interpreter fpoken of thus lightly : fo he took his part with great warmth, and endeavoured to convince his companion how much he had been in the wrong in neglefling to vifit him, as he had part his houfe ; " And it " is much to be feared,'' faid he, " that if ydu ** now avoid fuch company becaufe you afe " young, when you fhall have lived through the *' half century which you fo confidently promife ** yourfelf, you may no longer have it in your ** power to obtain admiffion to it.'* He then went on to fpeak of the great advantages which he himfelf had derived from his Vifit to the' Interpreter j and Light-mind heard him with fuch ready acquiefcence, that Good- intent conceived great hopes that he fhouM foon be able to prevail with him. to adopt veiy different fentiments^ So they went on^ till they came to the foot of the hill Difficulty^ the fight of which did rather invigorate the fpirits of j Good-intent, who was eager to prefs for- j ward and gain the fummit; but its fteepnels did . forely difmay his companion, who profefied him- , felf unable to attempt the afcent. Good- IN* [93 ] iNTEiJT earneftly conjured him not to fufFcr himfelf to be fo eafily difcouraged, nor to give up all the advantages, in the hope of which he had proceeded fa far on his pilgrimage, rather . than encounter a little difficulty; and he even offered to aflift him in climbing, though his own toil would be thereby fo greatly increafed. On this, Light-mind was afhamed to re- fufe any longer ; " But at leaft," faid he, " let , " me fit awhile by this fountain, to take a little *' reft, before I attempt an enterprife fo trou- " biefome; for you ought to confide r, that you '' have been fpending thefc laft two nights at " the houfe of the Interpreter, where you *' tell me you found yourfelf fo mightily at " your eafe j whereas I have had no better a ** bed than the bare ground, fmce I firfl fet out *^ from the houfe of my kind mother. Since, '* therefore, I have not partaken of the fame re- ** frefbments as you, it is natural that I Ihould " f^l myfelf more overcome by the fatigues of " the way: wherefore let me reft myfelf a " little, and afterwards I will go forward with ** you. Good-intent made no objection to thispro- pofal, though on his own account he felt little inclination for reft. So they fat down by the i fide of the fpring, and Light-mind opened his I wallet, [94] wallet, and took out fome calces ; but Good-* INTENT had a bunch of dried fruit, which had been given to him by the Interpreter ; and I faw that each did ofFer to the other part oT his fare, but each liked his own the beft : fo they did eat and refrefh themfelves, and they drank of the water of the fpring. While they were thus fitting, on a fudden they heard on their right hand a noife of melo- dious mufiCj which was as that of many inftru- ments, fkilfully played on, and well accorded together, accompanying the voice of a finger, which in fweetnefs far furpafTed them all. By degrees the found drew nearer ; and the pil- grims rifmg, and advancing a few paces towards itj they defcried coming down the path that was called 2)j«^^r, a company of beautiful nymphs, of whom fome were the muficians who formed this rare concert, and the reft, dancing to the meafure, encircled one, who appeared to be their miftrefs, and who walked in the midft with a more ftately deportment. Light- mind was tranfported with joy at the fight of this goodly company ; but Good-intent had learned to truft lefs to appearances ; and though the nymphs feemed as fair in his eyes, as they did in thofe of his companion, yet the firft thought which arofe in his mind as he beheld them, was [95 ] was a refolution that he would not, for their fakes, be perfuadedto turn afide from the way, which he knew to be the right one. They foon came up to the fpot where the pil- grims ftood ; and the nymphs falling back, their miftrefs advanced, and fairly accofled the two young men. She was a gentlewoman of a mar- vellous good mien, and though ihe was not by nature of a fair complexion, that defeat was abundantly fupplied by art : (he had a haughty air, yet withal a very enticing fmile : (he wa-s moreover very fantaftically clad; but what feemed the ftrangeft to the pilgrims was, that, while they looked at her, they beheld her gar- ments alTuming every moment a new fhape or hue : even the colour of her hair changed before their eyes ; and inftead of a lap-dog, (he car- ried a cameleon in her arms. 5' Gentlemen," faid fhe to the pilgrims," X <* will not affront perfons of your figure fo much, as to fuppofe you have not heard of me ; I*' though in regard that you are young, and •* have but newly entered into the world, you ** have not yet prefented yourfelves at my court, * to pay me the homage which I claim from all. *Tam called the Lady Fash ion : thefe nymphs, jl** whom youfeein my train, are thePLEASUREs : *^ all people of condition acknowledge me as ,f** their fbvereign lady and miftrefs ; wherefore 1 '' I doubt [ 96 ] ^^ I doubt not but that you will rejoice in the '^ opportunity I now offer you of making me '' amends for your paft negleft, and of fpecdily ^^ attaining the high honours to which it is my *^ cuftom to exalt my favourites." ^'' " We are beholden to you, madam," an- ^ fwered Good-intent, " for the coartefy *^ you defign us ; but, before we accept it, ^* we muft know what homage it is that you '* expeft from us ; for we cannot ferve two *' matters ; neither will we leave him who has ** bound us unto him by fo many benefits, and *^ from whom we look for our cverlafting re- '^ ward, to put ourfelves under fuch fubjedion ^ ** to any other, as may alienate us from that ** undivided obedience which we owe unto ** him." <* Are you mad," whifpered Light-mind to Good-intent, "to anfwer fo fine aladyfo " uncivilly ?" Then faidtheLady Fashion, " Youneeden- " tcrtain no apprehenfions that I fhall engage " you in any actions which can draw upon you ** the anger of your prince j for though I do not ** rigidly infift that my votaries fhall acknow^ ** ledge his authority, yet, if it pleafes them- •' felves to do fo, I by no means objecSt to it, *< but permit them openly to profefs themfelves ** his fubjeits, and to obey fuch of his injunc- " tions [97 ] " tions as are reafonable, and not improper to <* be obferved by perfons of a certain rank. All ^^ indeed, that I require of thofe whom I favour *' is, that they wear fuch garments as I chufc *' for them, and conform to my diredions in a ^' few more trifles, equally indifferent; and in *' return, I admit them to my bower, and (hew ^' them an eafy and pleafant path through the " groves of DiJJipation^ whereby they may pro- *' ceed on their journey, without giving them- " felves the trouble of climbing up this fteep and " craggy hill ; a labour only fit to be undertaken " by thofe vulgar pilgrims, whofe prefence would *^ difgrace my f ourt." Then I faw in my dream, that Good-intent beheld her with indignation, and faid, " It is " indeed true, O vain and deceitful woman ! *' that the firft compliances which thou doft de- "*' mand appear light and harmlefs; and as we " defire to live peaceably with all men, we |<* would readily avail ourfelves of the liberty P which is given to us to confent to thy will W- in all matters really indifferent; but, in re- W quiring us to turn afide from the way of our P Lord, thou doft fufficiently difcover to us thy h evil purpofes ; for thofe who truly honour him, efteem none of his injun6lions unreafon- able; but, remembering that with him is no I refpeft of perfons, will never imagine that F nor, though Beauty and Ele- gance placed themfelves in the way to attradl his eye, and Harmony chanted her fweeteft notes to charm his ear, would he once flop or lookback, ' till he had reached the foot of the hill Difficulty ^ j which he immediately began to alcend; while I Fashion, provoked that he had efcaped her fafcinations, confoled hcrfelf by making him her laughing llock, and declaring that fhe had hejifelf expelled him from her boundaries, as a perfonunworthy toaflbciatc with her chofen band. Regardlefs of her feoffs, he purfued his way, and climbed up the fteep mountain with great alacrity, 'till, panting with fatigue, he was obliged to flacken his pace that he might reco^ ver breath. And he now found that the dif- F 3 ficulty [ 102 ] ficulty of his way was greater than he had at firft imagined j for, by reafon of a long con- tinuance of dry weather, the grafs, wherewith the path he had chofen was overgrown, was become very flippery ; fo that, as he endeavoured . to climb, he frequently Aid back, and could fcarcely fave himfelf from dangerous falls. Then he began to lament himfelf, and even ., to doubt whether it would not have been more fafe for him to have remained in the valley where the Pleafures abode, than to have at*- tempted to climb a height too difficult for hiai to attain ; but endeavouring to difmifs this ' thought from bis mind, he cried for help to Him, who never rejeds the prayers of humble pilgrims ; and was about to redouble his- exer- tions, when, raifmg his eyes, he faw before him a man, whofe raiment v^as of fackcloth, and whofe fpare thin body was wafted with long-continued abftinence j but his ftern and louring afpedl infpired Good-intent with difmay. " Young man,''faid he, accofting the pilgrim, " thy attempt to afcend this mountain is lau- " dable ; but thy nerves are relaxed by the air *' of the valley below, and without affiftancc " thy labours will be vain. To aftbrd fupport ^' to fainting travellers is the office to which I *^ am appointed by the Lord of this way. Ii " therefoic I 103 1 " therefore thou haft the courage, lean on this ^'' ftaft^ and follow me.'' Now the ftaff which he ofFered to Good- intei:t was thickly befet with thorns; and the path into which he led him was one, which indeed went ilrait towards the fummit of the hill, but it was fo rugged, and ftrewed with fuch fliarp pebbles, that he could fcarcely en- dure to walk in it. Yet, fearing to rejecft a guide whom his King had appointed to condu6l him, he obeyed him with little hefitation, only defiring to know his name ; and when the ftranger replied that it was Self-denial, Good-intent remqmbered that J>e was one with whom the faithful fervants of his Lord had ever delighted to walk. So he took the thorny flafFj and though he could not lean on it without pain, yet he found himfeif perceptibly ftrengthened by the hiddeavirtties with which it was endued v and he walked forward in the rugged path, where he was no longer in any danger of falling, but found firm footing for his fteps. He had not proceeded far, before the fteep and difficult afcent was become as eafy to him, as ever he had found 'it to walk on level ground j the thorns, which at firft had pierced his hand, were blunted ; and as he viewed his guide, his harili features appeared to foften, f 4 and [ 104 ] and to invite familiarity, as much as at jRrft they had excited terror. Good-intent could not forbear exprefling his furprife at the alteration; awd Self-de- nial, fmiling with an air of benignity, re- plied unto him, " It is true that thofe who arc ^' ftrangers to me do in general fuppo& me their *^ enemy ; and thofe only difcover in me a friend, " whofe zeal for their King induces them to ^' prefer the afcent of this mountain to the ^* flowery paths of the Pleasures. "Alas, Sir!" faid Good-intent, "I " fear that I have little claim to the kindnefs « which has been fhewn unto me, feeing that I " did myfelf wander from the ftrait road, in " the company of thofe bewitching damfels ; " and though I quitted them at laft, I know ** not what Megree of guilt I may have con- ♦* trailed, by fufFering them to lead me fo " fan ' " Fear not,'' replied his guide ; " the Plea- *' SURES are harmlefs companions, till fuch " time as they introduce their votaries to the "Vices; who compofed that fecond female " band, which you beheld in the grove of /)//- ^^Jipation. Thofe of the firft company, had you " not quitted them when you did, would foon ♦< have forfaken you ; for they feldom venture " beyond the outlkirts of that dangerous grove, " becaufe 105 ] « becaufe Vexation-of-spirit, a fiend *' whofe very afpe^l is fatal to ttiem, is conti- <' nually ftalking through its paths. Though " therefore, at the command of Fashion, they " frequently condudl unwary pilgrims thither, '^ they enler not themfelves; nor indeed, though "they are now in alliance with the Vices, " do they take any delight in their fociety \ for " they were originally attendant on the Vir- *' TUEs; from whofe fervice though they have <' been fednced, they ftill meet them with joy, *^ and often aflbciate with them : nay fometimes, ** difgufted with the caprices of Fashion, wh© '^ vainly boafts her empire over them, they quit ♦' her train, aud walk for a confiderable way with " pilgrims who are travelling towards the Cce-- " lejiial City, But though, for a feafon, it is '^ not forbidden to converfe with them,^yet, in ^ *' their prefent degenerate ftate, they are com.pa- ^' nions whom it is dangerous to entertain with- *^ out continual fufpicion and miflruft y fmce he, " who, regardiefs of the prize of his high calling, *' becomes a lover of pleafure, more than a lover "of God, foon learns to content himfelf with " earthly joys, and no longer feeks thofe nobler *' Pleasi/res which are above; but, following *' thefe blind and inconftant guides, is fooner or " later feduced into forbidden paths, where he F5 ** finally [ 106 1 ^* finally makes {hipwreck of his hopes, and. be- *^ comes a miferable caft-away." ' "But I pray you/' faid Good-intent, " fince you have had the kindnefs to impart fo " much unto me, tell me yet farther who this " Lady Fashion is, and what can be her mo- *^ tive for defiring to entice fo many innocent " pilgrims into the path of Danger f' " To refolve this queftion," anfwered Self- denial, "I muft remind you, that, as j(he her- *^ felf did craftily urge unto you, the road to the " Ccelejlial City lies through the town of Vanity. *' Now when your anceftor Christian pafTed *^ that way, he found the whole town in fubjec- ^* tion to its prince Beelzebub, and all the men *' who dwelt there enemies unto thofe who ferved " the Heavenly King : but after that Faith- *^ FUL had by his death glorioufly given teftimo- " ny to the truth, many were converted unto it ; " infomuch that when Christiana and her ** company came there, they met with very hof- ** pitable entertainment at the houfe of Mr. " Mnason, and found many good friends, with *' whom they fpent pleafantly all the time which " it was meet they fliould pafs at that place. ** The number of thefe favourers of pilgrims has ** ever fince continued to increafe, to the great " injury of the fair which is held there, and of ^' thofe [ 107 ] ^* thofe who traffic in the kind of merchandife ^^ which is expofed in it for fale j travellers, " who are on their way to a better country, not " carino- to encumber themfelves with fuch vain V " and perifhable commodities. Wherefore, up- " on a time, Be e l zje bu b himfelf called together " the chief men of his party in the town, and • ** bade them devife fome means of remedy ; and " fome faid oii this wife, and fome on that, *' But when none of them could propofe any ef« ^' feftual expedient, this Lady Fashion ap- <' peared, and prefented herfelf before the coun- " cil. Now fhe was a perfon well known in " the town, being the daughter of Madam ^' Bubble, ffhe that had almoft been too hard *^ for Standfast the pilgrim), and moreover " nearly related to all the chief families of ^' the place: Beelzebub therefore did readily ^^ grant her an audience ; and fhe reprefented " that the moil: proper feafon to attack pilgrims> ^' and to ftrive to feduce them Jfrom their Lord,' '^ was not when they had proceeded fo far on " their journey as to have reached that place, " but rather when they were firft beginning to " perceive the difficulty of the way they had " chofen ; and fhe obferved that the path called <^ Danger, which turned off at the foot of this ^^ mountain, did indeed lead to the town oi ^^ Vanity^ but to a quarter of it remote from - ' F 6 ** thofe [ 108 ] ^^ thofe ilreets, through which lay the road to ** the Cceleftial City, She therefore propofed to " engage the Pleasures in her train, and to ** lie in wait near the fpot where (he met you, ** for young and unwary pilgrims; and her *^ fcheme proving acceptable to her prince, he *^ immediately empowered her to execute it. *' And her fuccefs has been anfwerable to her " promifes : you approached fufnciently near to " the grove of Dijppation^ to fee how numerous "a company was ajGTembled there. When thofe \ *^ whom (he has feduced firft enter it, every ob- *' ]Qdi appears to them as delightful as it feemed *' to you y but the fcene foon alters, as the <* Pleasures vanifh. Of thofe who are en- ** ticed thither, fome, lofing fight of thofe gay "nymphs, are met by Vexation-of spirit, *^ from whom though they ^17-, they find it im- ^^ poffible to avoid him ; till, haraffed by his con- ** tinual purLit, a few of them bethink them- " felves of returning to the right way, and hav- " ing regained it, are even more zealous in " walking therein, than thofe who never have *' forfaken it. But the greater part of the vota- ** ries of Fashion become an eafy prey to that " fecond company of damfeis, fent forth by ^ Beelzebub himfelf to compafs their ruin* ^* Thofe whom you faw at the entrance of the " grove, were the leaft deformed of their band : had [ 109 ] " had you advanced further, you would have " met with Revelling, Drunkenness, Ir- " RELIGION, Immorality, Contempt^of- " PARENTS, Pride, Contention, Sab- " bath-breaking, Adultery, with many " more whole very names it is irkfome to report. " Had you formed any fellowihip with thefe, '' you would immediately have fallen under fub" " jedion to the power of , their infernal maftej. *^ nor would any poilibility of efcape have remain- " ed for you, but by climbing up the precipitous " rock oi Repentance^ in comparifon with which " theafcentof this hill of Difficulty is eafy and '^ pleafant. Till in the fountains of water ^' which gufh forth from its clefts, you had *' waihed away every ftain which you had con- ^^ tracted from the Vices with whom you had '♦• affociated, the Furies, Guilt, Remorse, ^' and Despondence, would have purfued " you with their fnaky whips ; and even when ^' you had gained the fummit, III -habit ^' would have aflaulted you, with the intent to ^ ^' hurl you backwards into the abyfs below. But ^^ greater terrors await thofe, who either want ^V courage to tread the path of Repentance^ or I t' who, delighting in the company of the Vices, " blindly follow whitherfoever they lead. As )^^ they advance farther in the way of Danger^ *^ Extravagance hurries fome into the pit- « fails [ no ] ^' falls of Ruin; while Gaming fpreads her " nets for others, in which when they find " themfelves entangled, they madly feize the "dagger of Suicide. Others, mifled by " False-honour, ar>e fuddenly cut of by the "murderous hand of Duelling: and thofe " who efcape thefe deaths, ftill have to en- " counter Disease; a many-headed dragon, '^ who opens to devour them his hundred mouths, " each dropping a different but mortal poifon. " The few who furvive, and reach the town of *' Vanity^ are Itill followed by their never-wea- " ried perfecutor, Vexation-of-spirit ; they ** are eager to efcape from him ; yet, finding in " the part of the town which they have entered " no traces of the road which they had formerly " been told led to the Coelejiial Cityy they are *< deterred from any attempt to feek for it, by " Evil-conscience, who whifpers to them, " that if any fuch road exifls, they will no " longer be deemed worthy to walk in it. They " therefore gladly follow the guides, whom the " prince of that place provides for them; by " whom they are led back, through bye ways, " to the houfe of Mr. Philosophy, which you <* pafied before you arrived at the Interpre- "ter's; and there Ignorance and Folly « condu [ 121 ] mine, that all the calamities which had befallen them had been the natural consequence and the jusft reward of their own evil deeds. " O th^t *' Piety ftill dwelt in this houfe !" faid he; ^' for I perceive that while {he is abfent her ^' fifter Virtues merit no confidence, let ^' them diftinguifh themfelves by what new '^ names they may." Bdng impatient to quit a fociety, in which he was much difappointed to find himfelf fo little edified, he refolved to purfue his journey, as foon as he fhould have obtained a fight of thofe rarities which he remembered it had al-^ ways been the cuftom of that houfe to (hew unto pilgrims. In the morning, therefore, he told the three fifters that he had underftood there were laid up in their poffeflion many curious records ; alfo many famous weapons, wherewith the mighty men of old time had achieved nota- ble exploits -y and he fignified withal his defirc of being admitted to a fight of thefe. So they eadilyconfented to fhew him the room in which all their rarities Were kept i but, as they were on their way thither, Philanthropy and Sensibility informed him that they had dif- carded from their collection thofe ancient wea- pons concerning which he had inquired, becaufe the ufes which had been made of them by their G ". fowner [122] former owners, namely by Joshua, Sampson, Gideon, and the reft, had been too favage and fanguinary, fuch as no friend to humanity could reflect on without the moft painful fenfations ; the very idea of war exciting horror in a feeling mind ; and ^very foldier, who bore arms in (what he was pleafed to ftyle in mockery) the fer- viceofhis country, deferving to be reprobated by univerfal nature, as the bafe tool of barba- rous defpots, and the hired afTailin of his fellow men. Having received .this previous notice, Good- intent was confiderably furprifed, on entering the room, that the firft obje6l on which he caft his eyes fhould be a heap of cannon-balls and grape-fhot, and befide it a pile of fwords and pikes, dropping with recent blood. He could not forbear afking how ladies of fuch compaf- fionate difpofitions could have afforded a place in their repofitory to thofe inftruments of death. ** We honour thefe," faid Mental-ener- gy, " as inftruments of inftrudtion ; and as *^ fuch, fomc of our moft valued friends have ''* made a glorious ufe of them, in fubverting the ** prejudice of infatuated nations, who could no ** otherwife be taught to prefer light to dark- •* nefs, and emancipation to bondage." *^' What light, or what emancipation," cried the [ 123 ] the pilgrim, " can have been communicated to '' the perfons, whofe blood is ftill reeking on *' thofe fatal blades r" " The fufterings of individuals are of no im. ^' portance/* anfwered Mental-energy, " when put in competition with the univerfal '' good of the human fpecies. A mind truly ^^ great will rife above the paltry confideration I <* of the deftruclion of a few quiet but mean- *^ fpirited nations by fire and fword, if by fuch " means the power of the guardians of Liberty I *' can be extended." Now Good-intent, during this time, had fixed his eyes on an engine which was new to him. In its form it refembled an axe ; but it was fufpended by ropes within a wooden frame ; and he afked his conduftrefles for what ufe it was intended. • "That," faid Philanthropy, " is an in- " ftrument dear to humanity ; for byjt more '^* than a million of the enemies of the human '' race have been fwept from the earth." " What enemies ?" faid the pilgrim ; " Is it de« " figned as a gin for the deftruition of wolves " or of ferpents ?" ^' Of monftefs more deteftable than either/' replied Philanthropy; " of defpots and " thek minions.*' . G2 , While [ 124 ] While fhe fpoke, Good-intent iooked in« to a bafket which ftood behind the axe; and be- hold ! it was full of human heads. ^^ What do « I fee?" cried he ; ".do you, who call your- . " felves the friends of humanity^ authorife fuch *^ aflaughter as this.? I perceive the heads of "men, of women, nay Of children; — where ^' fhall we feek for the enemies of the human ^' fpecies, if not among thofe who have perpe- ^' trated this execrable maffacre ?'' " In giving my fandlion to it," faid Philan- thropy, ^' I confider not the prefent race of *^ men, which might probably have enjoyed '^ greater tranquillity, had the ancient order of *' things been fufFered to continue ; but my en- '' larged view comprehends at one glance all ^' future ages. The human fpecies, thus purged ** of its drofs, will gradually refine itfelf, till it '' (hall have attained univerfal perfe£lion ; and ^' when no trace even of the pofterity of the foes '' of Liberty fhall be left upon the earth, her *' friends will feaft undifturfeed on the fruits of ^^ her glorious tree, which can flourifli in no foil ** where, its roots are not moiftened with the " blood of traitors." Good-intent now turned from Philan^ Vkropy with horror ; and obferving a bottle placed on a (helf above, he demanded of Sensi- bility what were ixs contents. " rhe [125] ' -^^ The tears of captive princes and their or- . « phan children/' replied fhe. '^ Doubtlefs/' laid he, " your own, which *^ flow fo freely, are mixed with them." " O no !'' faid fhe j " during the filling of " that botjtle, I was engaged as chief mourner at ** the funeral of an aflaflin ; aad all my tears " were fhed for him." Now I faw in my dream, that the pilgrim was filled with great amazement j and he caft in his mind who thefc perfoas fhould be, whofe na- tures asireed fo ill with the excellent names they bore. So he bethought himfelf of his book, which had ever been his faithful counL^llor in times of need; but as he drew it out of his bofom, they who flood by mocked at him.v and Mental-energy affared him. that it was un- fit to engage the attention of a wife man : Phi- lanthropy afferted that all the miferies of mankind had originated in the doctrines which it contained: and Sensibility recoiled with horror from the punifhments which it denounced againft fufFering guilt. Neverthelefs Good- Intent grafped the book firmly, not heeding , their idle clamourS ; and when he had opened it^ he found written therein, " Every good tree " bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree "evil fruit ; wherefore, by their fruits ye Ihall '' know them." G 3 Then [ 126 ] Then he faid to himlelf, " When I behold " the fruits which thefe bring forth, can I polH- ^' bly hefitate to believe that their root is a root '^ of deceit, and of all ungodlinefs ?'* So he put the book into his bofom, and turned himfelf about to depart. But they, not willing fo to lofe him, fought to detain him, and afked him whither he was going. " I am t^olns;,'' faid he, " to obev the com- " manJs of" my Heavenly Father, who huch " warned me to flee fromi all who defpife his co- ^^ venant, and rebel againft his laws j and if, to ^* an earthly parent, obedience be an inviolable « duty"— " An inviolable duty !*' faid Mental-ener- gy, with a fcornful fmile } " it was indeed " imagined fuch in the ages of darknefs ; but ** fo grievous an obftacle to the natural rights of " free-born infants, it was one of our firft " achievements to overthrow." ** What,'' faid Good-intent, ^' would *' you teach a child that he owes no grati- « tude'^— - *^ Gratitude is an unpardonable weaknefs in *< the bofom of a wife man," returned Men- tal-energy ; " we hold it to be no part " either of juftice or of virtue ; and an enlarged ^^ mind will fcorn to narrow itfelf to the fenfe " of [ 127 ] " of any perfonal benefit which an individual '' may have conferred." Good-intent was ftill more aftoniftied at this maxim, than he had been at any of thofe which had preceded it ; and indignantly replied, *' It would be loling time to demonftrate the ab~ ^^ furdity of your doftrines, while the heart of *' every man, to whom nature hath not denied ** the common feelings of humanity, muft revolt ^* at the confequences neceflarily deducible from ' ^" them. Heaven grant to me, that I may never ** receive any benefit from the meanelt of my ^* fellow-creatures, without a due and thankful " fenfe of the obligation under which it lays me; ^* while I conftantly cherifh, as the nobleft prin- " ciple of my condu£l, that boundlefs gratitude ** which I owe to him, of whom my life, and all ." the bleilings which endear it to me, are the *' gifts, and from whofe future bounty his own ** gracious word encourages me to hope for th^t . *^ more excellent recompenfe of reward, which ** he has promifed to all thofe who faithfully keep <* his ftatutes unto the end," ^' And does thy mercenary fpirit," faidMEN- TAL-ENERGV, ^' require the hope of recom. ^' penfe as an incentive to virtue ? Learn, ra- .** ther, from us the more dignified fentiment, ** that virtue is its own reward ; and inftead of G4 ^ travelling- [ I2S ] *^ travelling through defolate regions in fearch of '* a country, which certain friends of ours can ^' afford thee fufficient proof exifts only in thy '' own imagination, be content to remain with ^^ us, the reprefentatlves of Virtue upon " earth. Our inftruftions fhall gradually difen- *' gage thy foul from the hideous bonds of pre- *' judice, and elevate it to thofe liberal princi- *' pies, by which the heart is refined, and the " energy of the mind increafed j— and as a ten- " der relaxation from feverer ftudies, behold our *' fifter Sensibility, who, from thy firft en- " trance, has regarded thee with eyes of affec- *' tion, and who pants to form with thee that *' fympathy of fouls, which is pointed out " by reafon and by nature as affording the ^* faireft profpeft of human happinefs.'* While Mental-energy was fpeaking thus, the countenance and geflures of Sensi- bility expreffed her acquiefcence in the pro- pofaL At firft, fhe looked paflionately at the pilgrim, and fighed, and wept, and fmiled i and when her fifter had ended, and he ftood afto- nifhed, and hefitating what to reply, fhe fud- denly fprang forwards, and threw herfelf into his arms. GooD-iNTENT, difpleafed and difgufted, fliook off her embrace as foon as he was able. f* I pray you, madam," faid he, " recolIe6t " youffeif [ 129 3 -« yourfelf a little ; I had been told that you *^ were the wife of another man." "And if I am," faid fhe, " my conducl i<^^ ^^ not the lefs reconcileable to the ftricteft redi- ** tude. I experienced in my former connexion " theabfurdity of expecting that the inclinations ** and wifhes of two human beings fhouJd coin- . *^ cide through any long period of time ; but " though my tyrant may imagine that the few ^^ vain ceremonies which pafled between us ** have indiflblubly bound me to him for the ^' whole of my wretched life, what natural ** right can he plead to fhackle my free foul, oo: ^^ to condemn my perfon to that vifionary ftate *' of cold celibacy which Nature herfelf ab- *' hors ? If J therefore, my heart no longer *' acknowledges any fympathy wnth his, where-. " fore may it not be both praiiicable and eligU ^ ^' ble for me to offer it to another, in whofe re- *' ciprocation of kindnefs it may find fome in- ** demnification for its former unmerited^uiFer- ^* that as, through time and ftrefs of weather, ^* one row of books decays and moulders away, *< the place is imm.ediately filled up with a dou- V ble quantity of nev/ ones 5 y/ith which they *^ are continually fupplied from a manufactory, ** which, under the direcl:ion of their father, "Mr. Philosophy, they have eftablifhed ia ** the neighbourhood.. Since they have refidedia ** this their new habitation, their arts have been " but too fuccefsful ; and efpecially they ' lead *•* captive many filly women, laden with fins, and <*-Ied away with divers lufts,^ who, though they ** are ever imagining they learn, are yet * never " able to come at the knowledge of the truth.' * ficiently prepared to join Mr. Philosophy's " great army, of which you faw the firft fran- «^ tic [ 139^ ] *^ tic troop fet out from his palace, and take the *' road which led to the mountain of Revolution, *^ Had you, therefore, hearkened to their en- *^ ticements, they would have led you down in- " to the valley, which lies between that moun- *' tain and this hill of Difficulty y which was the " fame that they extolled to you, as fo far pre- ^' ferable to the valley of Humiliation ; and " there would you have found yourfelf furround- " ed by the votaries of Atheism and Anar- " CHY, from whom you had lately fled; info- *^ much that, unable a fecond time to efcape, ^* you would have been borne along by the " crowd, and even compelled to become fuch *^ an one as themfelve*.— But our houfe ftands " fo high, that, from my apartment, %vc have *' a view of all the country round; fo that " you may, if you pleafe, look out, and behold " the progrefs of thefe enemies of your king/^ Then Good-intent gladly followed her, ' and Ihe led him to a window, from which he had a fu^U profpe6l of the mountain of Revolution^ - with its precipitous fides, and its frowning brow, -And behold! Mr. Philosophy's troops had now gained the fummit, and were exulting in their fuccefs with fhouts of triumph. The eyes ^ of the pilgrim fought among their ranks for his old companions ; but he could not difcern them all; for the Lord Inconsiderate, finding the mountain [ 140 ] mountain fteeper than he liked, had not chofea- to attempt the afcent ; but not knowing his way- back to the road he had quitted, he had loft h^n- felf, and perifhed miferably : the Lord Party- spirit had followed his friends into a quag- mire ; where, though they had foon got out of it, he had fluck faft in the deep mud, and had found none who would give him any help : Mr. Curiosity, venturing too near the edge of a precipice, to take a view of the valley below, had fallen over, and had been dafhed to pieces : and Mr. Hate-controul had been flain by the. hand of Mr. Hot-head, who was oiFend- ed that he boafted of having as good a right as himfelf to choofe in what path he would w^alk. Many others of thofe who hadfet out with them from the palace of Mr. Philosophy had alfo perifhed by different cafualties ; and at the head of all who flill furvived, there nov/ marched the men with the fierce countenances, who wore the daggers in their girdles. Then Good-i in- tent inquired of Prudence who thofc men were; for from the firfl: he had felt a defire to knaiv fomewhat more particularly about them. " Thofe," faid fhe, '^ are not, like the reft, « the difciplesor the vafTals of Mr. Philoso- « PHY. They are a band of Blood-men;. *' the countrymen of thofe, who in former times « compofed the chief ftrength of the armyof Dia- " B0LU5> [ 141 ] ** BOLUS, in his wars againll King Shaddai. ** Remembering the prowefs which they then " difplayed in battle, Mr. Philosophy has ** formed an alliance with their nation j but " they concern not themfelves, like the reft of ^' thofe men whom you faw in his palace, with '^ his opinions, neither are their minds pervert- ^' ed by his fophiftical arguments : to them it ^^ were unneceflary to clothe evil in the garb of *' goodnefs j for they love and defire evil for its ' " own fake ; and it is becaufe they have difco- " vered in Mr. Philosophy the irreconcileable *' enemy of juftice and of holinefs, that they " have fo readily joined his forces, and are con- *^ tent to march under his banners. It istrue *' that at iirft, left their appearance on his fide ^* fhould too much counteract the arts with " which he fought to hide his purpofes from the ** world, they hid their faces, and fufFered " others of his followers to imagine themfelves ** the leaders of his army ; but now that they " have reached the fummit of this mountain, " they no longer think diftimulation neceftary, ** but openly avow themfelves, and terrify into *' fubjetSlion even thofe, who, at the beginning, ^ would have been the Jeaft difpofed to form ^* any league of amity with them. The name ^' of him v/ho marches at the head of this terri- ^ ble band is Jacobinism, and in him is veiled - '' the L 142] " the fupreme command ; thofe whom he has " appointed to be his principal captains are Ra- " piNE^ Perfidy, Extortion, Oppres- '^ sioN, Treason, Sacrilege, and Mur- '' DER. Henceforward, though, when it may '^ fuit their purpofes, they will continue to ufe " the name of Mr. Philosophy, you will per- *' ceive that they will fubmit to no controul, '' ^ven from his authority; and that they will " continue in alliance with him from no other *' motive, than that all the moft atrocious of ^* their deeds my find in him a moft unwearied " panegyrift and advocate. — But the whole com- *' pany is now about to defcend into the. valley, ^' whither your late hoftefles would have con- *^ dudled you. It is called the valley of Equa^ " lity, Obferve how fteep and dangerous is the ^' path which leads down to it from the moun- ** tain of Revolution ; infomuch that thofe who , " attempt the defcent are obliged to throw away ^* all the baggage they have hitherto carried ^' with them, nay, even to ftrip ofF the beft ** part of their clothes, left, being laden ^' with ai^ weight or incumbrance, they fhould " be the more liable to fall.' ' Then Good-intent beheld all thofe who liad money, or any other kind of provifion for their future wants on their journey, throw it from them; fome were conftrained to lay afide their [ 143 ] their gorgeous robes ; the Lord Love-changb call away his coronet, and the like did many others ; nay, fome who wore crowns, though themfelves unwilling to refign thera, cotild not prevent others of the company in which they had travelled fo far frbm taking them off their heads, and throwing them down th^ precipice. Thus lightened, they all began to defcend j but Mr. Hot-head, going too haftily, foon fell, and broke his neck : many of the reft alfo either flipped, or were pufhed down by others ; and I faw not that any of thofe who fell ever rofe up again. When they had reached the foot of the mountain, the Lord Love-change was fud- denly fwallowed up in the fwamp of Falje-accu^ Jation^ into which he was led by Perfidy, at the inftigation of Rapine ; and I obferved that all who had worn coronets or coftly robes, met with a fate fimilar to his. As for Mr. Credu- XITY, and fome others who walked with him, a phantom called Fraternity met them at the entrance of the valley, and, making a fem- blance to embrace them, ftifled them in his arms. Of thofe who had once been the compa- nions of Good-intent, Mr. Discontent therefore now only furvived : he ftill followed Jacobinism and his troop with a fullen pace^* and^ jks I afterwards learned, he continued to ■ follow them through every different region into i which [ 144 ] which they entered, even to the end of their appointed courfe ; nor, though they would often gladly have been rid of fuch an allociate, could they ever find means to perfuade him to turn back, or to drive him from their company. The miferable end of fo many of the original followers of Mr. Philosophy feemed to af- ford to the Blood-men a caufe for rejoicing. They employed themfelves with eagernefs in gathering up the precious things, which, having been caft away at* the top of the mountain, had- rolled down its fides into th« valley; and while they were thus occupied, many quarrels arofe among them for the treafures they had found : fo they ftrove with each other, and many who had collected the richeft fpoils were flain by their fellovirs, envious of their good fortune. But atlaft their contention ceafed for a time, and they all went forwards together, and foon were out of fight. Then Good-intent, addreffing himfelf again to Prudence, " At leaft there is hope," faid he, " that the evils which have been brought *< upon the earth by this band of ruffians will not " be of long continuance ; for if they thus mad- " ly rulh-on every danger, and are befides fo il} « difpofed towards each other, that on the flight- u €ft grounds they fhed thebloodof their fellows, ^ their force muft quickly periflb, and the very " memorial , [ 145 ] ^ *^ memorial of them be fwept away from the « earth.*' " I am not furprifed," faid Prudence, " that you entertain fuch a hope ; but you do *^ not confider the continual reinforcements " which this army receives. Mr. Philoso- " PHY is ever at work in enticing unwary tra«- " vellers to. enlift under his flandard ; the na- " tion of the Blood-men is, moreover, very *^ numerous; and large companies are even now " on their road, from all parts of it, to join ^^ their countrymen ; and befides all this, in *' every land through which the army paffes, "they oblige ^the natives thereof to take, up "arms and follow them; alluring fome with *' the profpe£t of fharing in the plunder of their " neighbours; and, by ftripes and ill-ufage, com* " pelling thofe who cannot be fo perfuaded, to *^ forfake their homes, and affift, however uli- " willingly, in fpreading defolation over the " whole habitable furface of the globe. When ." you reach the town of Vanity^ you will again *' fall in with them ; but, in the mean while> " you {hall for a time take up your abode with " us, as it has been the cuftom of your family " to do, whenever any of them have pafled this " way. Our inftrudions fhall fortify your " mind againft the deceits of future impoftors ; *' and, at your departure, we will arm you in the a armour I 146 ] *^-arnjour of light, wherewith your anceftor *' Christian was clad, that fo you maybe ^' enabled to wichftaiid all fuch affailants as fkall <* hereafter feek to moleft you, during the re- '^ maining part of your pilgrimage." So I faw in my dream that G-qod-intent was well-pleafed with the propofal, and that he rontinued many days at the houfe Beautiful'^ where he became too well-acquainted with the true chara6ter and excelkncy of the Chris^ *riAN Virtues, to be in any danger of again fuffering himfelf to be impofed on bj their counterfeits. Moreover they took great pains in inflrufl:ing him; and Piety taught him to love the Lord his God with all his heart, with all his foul, and with all his mind > to purify himfelf even as He is pure ; to do heartily whatfoever he did, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of his mind, that he might prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfedl will of God ; holding faft the myftery of the faith in a pure confcience \ and defiring nothing in comparifon of the glory that fhall be revealed, when the Lord com eth with thou- fands of his faints, to judge the world in righte- oufnefs. When ihe had thus trained him in the firft and !• -.^ . I 147 ] ■ afed great commandment of the law, Charity taught him the fecond, which was like unto it ; e/en that he fliould love his neighbour as him- fclf. But (he exhorted him not to love in word, neither in tongue, after the manner of falfe pretenders to philanthropy : but in deed, and in truth ; not laying to the naked and the hungry, ^' Depart in peace, be you warmed and " filled,'* but giving them thofe things whereof they ftand in n^ed. And while flie perfuaded him, as he had opportunity, to do good unto all men, fhe taught him that thofe of the houfhold of faith were more particularly to be confidered as entitled to his beneficence ; feeing that it is fitting that the members of that body, whereof Christ is the head, fhould have care one for another. She charged him alfo to learn firft to ftiew kindnefs at home ; fince if any provide not for his own, and fpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe than an infidel. Moreover fhe taught him that he would exercife more true compaf- fion towards thofe, whofe reprobate minds re- ceive not the knowledge of the truth, by con- verting one finner from the error of his ways, than by crying, " Peace ! peace !" to all to whom there was no peace ; vainly flriving with the flrength of man, to reverfe the irrevocable judgments of God, which ftand fixed as the • nz great [ 148 3 great mountains for ever, and {hall manifeftly appear to all men, at the laft day, to have beea founded in truth and righteoufnefs. And to every work of love fiie exhorted her difciple, in the name of Him who gave even his life for us miferable finners, and who hath promifed to reward the kindnefTes which have been fhewn. unto the leaft of his brethren upon earth, as if they had been done unto himfelf. Now that he might be the more readily dif- pofed to attend to the inftruilions of Piety aad Charity, Prudence taught him that the fear of the Lord is, wifdom, and to depart from evil is underftanding ; that the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; that the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlighten- ing the eyes ; that thofe who keep his precepts have more underftanding than the ancients, and enfure to themfelves a glorious inheritance, eter- nal in the heavens. She exhorted him, there-* fore, that, avoiding all oppofitiofis of fcience, falfely fo called, with that worldly wifdom, which is earthly, fenfual, devillfli, where envy- in o- and ilrife is, with confufion and every evil work, he (hould feek the wifdom that is fron* afeove ; which is firft pure, then peaceable, gen- ^le, full of mercy and good fruits; which Com- eth down from the Father of lights, and there- fore, like Himfelf, hath no variablenefg; and' which ' . [149] which if any man aflc in faith of God, it fliall be given him* Nowlfaw in my dream, that Good-IxVTENT received vi^ith joy the words of thefe three wife virgins, and was not a forgetful hearer of thofe do£lrines of his Lord, which they thus declared unto him, but ftrove daily to become more zealoufly a doer of the fame. So when the time drew near that he fliould proceed further on his journey, they led him into the armoury of theif King, whereof they were entrufted with the charge, and there they clad him in armour of proof, fuch a3 had been given to Christian, his anceftor, and to all others of his family in fucceeding generations, who had arrived at that houfe in the courfe of their pilgrimage. More- over they fhcwed him all their records, and other rare and profitable things which it was their cuftom to fhew unto pilgrims j and when they had done this, they had further the kind- nefs to walk forward with him a little way on his journey \ left, w^hile his mind was occupied with the exceeding great value of his late ac- quirements, he fliould take the road which led to the tower of Spiritual-pride^ inftead of that which defcended into the valley of Humiliation^ ' through which lay the only way to the Cc^^ lejiial City* So I faw that, being heedful to his fteps, as n-^ they [ 150 ] they admoniflied him to be, he went down tht hill without making any flip, which might havt given the foul fiend Apollyon an advantage over him; and as he went along, in talk with his companions, they warned him to be conti- nually careful, left he fhould be again deceived by any of thofe whoaflumed their name or like^ iiefs, for the pu^pofe of leading pilgrims aftray. *^ For/' faid they, " there are many other impof- *' tors, befides thofe you have already feen, who *' have recourfe to that artifice,, and thereby mlfr '' lead the- moft zealous of our pupils." «I flatter myfelf," faid Gqop-iNTENT, *' that I have now lived too long in your houfe, *' and have acquainted myfelf too perfe61:ly wit]^ ^' your features,, to. be henceforward liable to *' any impofitions of that nature." > . " Be not too confident," faid Prude nce.0 f^ for, ' if Satan himfelf be fometimes tranf- *' formed into an angel of light', it is therefore ^' no great thing if his miniilers be alfo tranfr ♦' formed as the minibfters of righteou fuels." " But can you not give me fome certain rule," faid he, " v^hereby I may be enabled to detedl *' fuch deceivers ?" " There is no rule," faid Prudence, ^^hy " which we may at ail times be more certainly *' diftinguifhed from thofe who would pafs for ,*-' us, than by the harmony which conftantly *' aa4 [ 151 ] " and indiflTolubly fubfifts between us. Each ^'^of ushas feparately many counterfeits ; bjL^t, **;while we uniformly agree together in one •f, mind^ thofe counterfeits are ever at variance- « with each other. Thus, for example,, my *' name and office are fometimes affumed by " Avarice, and fometimes by Simulation ; *^but Avarice betrays herfejf by the hatred Y which fhe cannot conceal againft my fifter -^^.Charity, from whom fhe flies, as from a ^Tobber who would fpoil her of her goods; *^ while Simulation may be known by her- *' refufal to liften to the voice of Piety, who f, vainly attempts to recal her from the crooked !J*^|^t}is,. iu which fhe leads her followers to *^ their deftrudion." ;r," You may alfo find me pcrfonated in. the ** world," faid Charity, " by two no lefs " dangerous deceivers. Ostentation andPRo- *^.FUSj0N both defire to be taken for me; but *^Profus ION openly exprefTes her. contempt of ^^Prudence ; and Ostentation, defirous ** only to be feen by men, has no fellowfhip with ^ Piety, who would teach her to approve her- fi^lftoGoD." ^^'' And in like manner," faid Piety, " is my *^ character often ufurped. by Hypocrisy, who ^' can. imitate my voice, and the fafliion.of my ^'garmentsi but urge her to .prove by any H 4 ^' action [ 152 ] <« a^ion her kindred with Charity, and fhe ^^ will Hand felf-deteaed before you ; whiift if - « you meet Fanaticism afluming my likenefs, « and addrefs her in the name of Prudence^ " fhe will arrogantly profefs unto you that " fhe never knew her. Remember, therefore, <' that we always are confiflent with ourfelves, " with each other, and with the immutable law ^* of our King; and that, wherefoevet you find « inconfiflency, you have good reafon to ^ conclude that no Christian-virtue truly*' " dwells.''-- So, after fome more profitable difcourfe, I faw in my dream that Prudence, Piety, and Charity, thought it time to return to their own dwelling s fo they bade t^^e pilgrim fare- -well, and he went forwards on his way, through the midflof the valley oi Humiliation^ in which, as I judged from his countenance, he took great delight. And I obferved that it bore no refem- blance to the valley of Equality^ though it feem- ed to be on the fame level; for the valley of Equality was full of dangerous pit-falls, was vifited by continual florms, and was flrewed with the bones of thofe who in former ages had perifhed therein ; whereas this of Humiliation was fafe and pleafant to all pilgrims, w^ho knew rightly how to defcend the hill which led to it 3 and the fweet airs of heaven did perpetu^ ally I 153 ] Hilly vifit It, and refrefh with their khid influ- ence the fpirits of thofe who were palTing through it. Only I faw that when Good-intent had reached the loweft part of it, he was fomewhat troubled by fuddenly hearing on each fide voices, which pronounced his name, and derided his labours: fo he looked to fee who were the mockers, of whofe vain mirth he was thus the fubje6l ; and behold ! on the right hand, on a rifing ground, which overlooked his path, he defcried fome of thofe who had followed the train of the Lady Fashion, and among them his former companion Light-:Mind,^_ with Laughter and Folly ; and on the left hand, on a fimilar height, fome of Mr. Philosophy's troop, among whom he diftinguifhed his ancient ene* my J Ridicule by name ; and thefe two par- : ties, though on other points they agreed not, yet happening at the fame time, from their refpeilive paths, to obtain a fight of thepHgrim, and being equally offended that he had re fu fed to quit his road for theirs, they vied with each other in thus laughing him to fcorn. For a few mo- ments, Good-intent was vexed at their idle 'feoffs 'y but foon recollefting that they might more juftly be the objeft of his compafEon,. thau he of their raillery, he walked on his way with-* H 5 out -^ E 154 J cut regarding them, and was Toon out of thcrit fight. But by degrees his road beGame more gloomv, as he drcv/ near to that horrible valley, the val- ley of the Shadoiv of Death. When he firft delcried, though yet at a diftance, the fmoke of the pit, his heart fLink within him ; and when fee became able to diflingaifli the groans ani fearful cries of thofe v/ho dwelt therein, ^e trembled exceedingly, and was ready to tur.*^ back throug;h fear; but remembering- that he 'inuft neceffarily pafs tlM*£?ugh that valley, before he could hope to arrive at uhe deleftial City^ hjs courage revived, and he felt himfeif able to encounter every terror, through Him whs ftrcngtheneth his fainting fervants. - Sa he quickened his pace, and foorr entering the valley, he proceeded along the narrow path, on the one fide of which the ditch lieth, and on the other the quagmire. And now I beheld tha^ his ftrength was brought very low, and that the dragons of the deep, axulting In his weaknef% rulhed forth upon himj^ snd foiight by violence to prevail againft him; But he covered himfeif ^ith the fhield of Faith, which had been given -linto him out of the armoury of his King, anddid alfo for a while make a manful ufe of his fword, the edge of which they duril. npt encounter. But L 155 ] in a fhort time, the nolfome air which furround- ed him, and of which It is the ordinary nature to mingle itfelf with every latent poifon which lurks in the blood of thofe who breathe it, had fo pernicious an efFe£^ on him, that it caufed the itings of thofe venomous creatures, which had fattened on him in the palace of Mr. Philoso- phy, to enflame afrefli ; and though he had fup- pofed them long fmce healed, yet he nov/ felt them more painful than even at the moment when he had firft received them. A mift foon fpread itfelf before his eyes, fo that he could not difcern the w^ay before him ; and by degrees hi^ arm fwelled, and loft its ftrength ; infomuch that, unable to fupport the weight of his fhield, he could no longer cover himfelf with it, but was obliged to drag it behind him, as an ufelefs burden, upon the ground. The fiends, who before had retreated, when they fpied their ad- vantage, clofed with him ; and while fome grafped his fliield, expefting to be able quickly to wrench it from, others from behind, the more to diftrail him, did whifper in his ear all the Iplafphemies which he had formerly heard utter- icd by Mr. Philgsofhy and his retainers. But while I was looking every moment for his overthrow, behold f he fuddenly recollected how, when his forefather Christian had had the fame enemies to contend withal, and had , H 6 been [ 156 1 been even fo far reduced as to mlftake their whifperings for the evil imaginations of his own heart, he had had recourfe to another weapon called All-prayer^ and had been delivered. Then GooD-iNTENT immediately availed himfelf of that example ; and as he cried with great fer- vency unto Him, to whom tlie prince of the power of the air, with all his hoft of evil ones, is fubjeil, his adverfaries were compelled to give back; and from a bright cloud which pafled ever his head, a few drops of cryftal dew were fprinkled on him, which, partaking of the na- C::re of the waters of the well of Truth, did forthwith remove the intolerable anguifli of the flings, and reitore to his arm its former ftrength ; . fo that he became able, as at the firft, to raife the fhield of Faith. . Secure beneath its ample orb, he walked onwards rejoicing; and even the fmoke and ftench of the pit had no longer power to annoy him, neither did any of the dragons and . hobgoblins thereof dare any more to approach him. And I faw that he went on with equal fafety through that other part of the valley> which is full of fnares and pit-falls ; remember- ing the counfels of Prudence, who had in- ftrucled him that he who walketh uprightly walketh furely. So at laft he came to the cave, in which the two giants Pagan and Pope had formerly dwelt. I 157 3 Sdwelt, to the great moleftation of the pilgrims who travelled that way ; but when Christiam had pafTed by, he had found Pagan dead, and Pope decrepid with age. Good-intent re-» membering this, had not expefted to find there any enemy, who fhould have power to offer him offence ; but behold ! he now defcried in the mouth of the cave a third giant, more horri- ble than the former two, who was called Infi- del ; and jufl as the pilgrim came up, this mif^ creant had thrown a dart at the old and feeble Pope, who, unable to defend himfelf againft his young and vigorous foe, had fallen down, to all appearance flain ; yet, as Good-intent drew nearer, he could difcern that there were ftill in him fome faint figns of life^ infomuch that it appeared uncertain whether the wound were mortal. Infidel, however, proud of his eafy vi(5lory, turned to the remains of Pagan, whofe carcafe now, through length of time, was reduced alto- gether to a fkeleton. Neverthelefs^ the grim giant raifed it from the ground, and employed one named Allegory to caft around it an em- broidered veft, that fo its ghaftlinefs and deformi-* ty might be concealed ; and this he did, with the intent to call that fleihlefs and fpiritlefs body by the name of Mythological-wisdom,^ and to force all fuch as became his captives in battia to [ 158 I to fall down and worfhip it. Now the embrou dered veft had been woven by the pupils of Mr;. Philosophy. " The ground before the mouth of the cave was al ready ftrewn with the dead bodies of the pil- grims whom this third and moft cruel giant had flain, becaufe of their adherence to the way in which their fathers had. walked; and when he :faw GooB-iNTENT paffing by, he feized his ^^darts, dipped in deadly poifon, and call one of them at him > but. the youth feared him not, be- caufe he knew himfelf to be clad in armour of proof: fo he covered himfelf with his fhield, and the dart fell harmlefs on the ground.. Then Infidel raged, and fpake many words of reproach and blafphemy ; and ifiuing forth from his cave.,, he ruflied upon the pilgrim,, with his mace of Violence, weening affuredly to have flain him outright , but behold ! a fudden and mighty whirlwind arofe, before the force of which the giant was fcarcely able to ftand ; and while he reached forth his hands to catch at any thing which might fave him from falling, his wea- pon, which he no longer fu'mly grafped, was caught by the tempeft, and blown away quite out of his fight* So he ftood for a moment dif- mayed 3 and when his pride returned to him, sind he would have fought other weapons for the affault, he perceived that the pilgrim had already paffed : •[159 3 palTed too far on his way to be Overtaken by •him. Then he returned to his cave, difap- pointed of his prey ; and Good-intent pro- ceeded on his journey, full of thankfulnefs for the fignal deliverance v^hich had been afforded him. So I beheld that he went on, till he came to a hill, from which he had a view of the town of Faniiy^ and perceived that he drew very nigh unto it. Now while he flood ftill for a moment to look about him, he was ac- Gofled by a very fair-fpoken gentleman, who made hiiir hiany profeffions of extraordinary kindnefs. " And fmce," faid this ftranger, "you, Sir, appear to be travelling, as well as ,^' myfelf, to the town which lies yonder before H us, we will, if you pleafe, walk forward to- 5' gether.'V ^;;. " I thank yoii for your ofFer, Sir,'* faid GoQD-iNTZNT 3 " are you, I pray, a native " of the town towards which we are going f" 'VYou muft pardon me, Sir,'' returned his new companion, "if I queftion the propriety ff and the reafonablenefs of your inquiry. It bought to be en©ugh for us to know that we i«« are ijihabitants of the fame planet ; for fmce ^^ "the di vifions of empires and the boundaries of *^ provinces are arbitrarily impofed, and conti- 1^ nualJy fubjed tQ be changed by the cver-vary- [ 160 1 ** ing caprice of man, of what avail can It be to *' any individual to afk in wh^t village, or even ** in what hemifphere, himfelf or his fellow " firft chanced to draw breath ? Are we not all *^ equally citizens of that great city the world ?'* *' You addrefs ,me, Sir," faid Goqo-in- TENT, *^ with the air of one who imagines ha *^ communicates an important difcovery, firft *' made by his own fuperior wifdom. Yet the *' very doubt which you exprefs of the reafon- " ablenefs of my queftion affords me a fufficient *' proof that you have never yourfelf confidered *' how much it may imply* By inquiring of ♦' what country you were a native, I meant not ** to afk for geographical definitions j but I ex* ** pefted to learn by your anfwer whether you ** belonged to a civil iz^ed or a barbarous com- ^ munity j whether I might hope to find your ** opiilions, religious and political, agreeing ** withthofein which I myfelf was educated: ** and though, had I found you a native Of ^< realms the moft remote from mine, I fhould «* ftill have felt myfelf bounden to you by that ;** tie gf univerfal love, which our great mafter ^^ is willing fliould fubfift between all his crea* <^ tures ; yet I Ihould with pleafure have avowed ^^ a nearer connexion with you, had you de- «^ clared yourfelf a member of fome nation united f' with my own, by auy obligations of ancient ^ amity. "" amity, or any now-cxlfling league of mutual " advantage j and had I difcovered in you a fel- " low-country man, I fhould ftill more gladly *^ have greeted you, and fhould have rejoiced to J® have frad for my companion, In, this my pil- *^ grimage to the regions of eternity, one who " had a common intereft with myfelf in every *' thing which in the prefent world I hold moft ?^ dear." ^ Then, the ftranger, whofe name was Mr. Cos- AioPOLiT AN, mocked at the words of Good-in- tent, and ufed many arguments to convince him of his folly in preferring his own country to the other regions of the world ; feeing that it was formed but of earth and water, as they were, and was inferior to many among theminplea- fantnefs and fertility. " Were it even lefs pleafant and lefs fertile ** than , you rep re fen t it," faid Good-intent, « I am willing to hope that my attachment to it ^' would apt be on that account the weaker, " Wherefore do not all men covet alike to " dwell ifi thofe few and narrow d I ftridts of our ^* world, where the feafons are moft temper^te^ *< and where the choiceft of the fruits of the " earth rife fpontaneoufly to perfeftion ? And # wherefore, from this caufe, does not univer- *^ fal warfare continually fubfift among us? *« Wheref9re,— but becaufe Providence has gra- " cioufly f 162 I *' cioufly Implanted in the breaft of every indivB* « dual, not corrupted by vain fo.phiftry, thats " attachment to the foil v^hich gave him birth^ ^^ which renders him contented vv^ith the lot <^ v^hich has fallen tabim, and induces him to '' confider even the barren rock as a goodly he-^ " ritage, if he can dwell thereon with thofe of " his own kindred, and of his father's houfe. " By what I perceive," fald Mr. Cosmopo- jl.it AN, " you prefer the direftion af inftinft to ^' that of reafon. You will not, however, I '' hope, be fo misjudging, as to refufe,, for the *' fake of a few old-fafhioned prejudices^,, to feefc *^' in the town- of Vanity^ whither we are going, " foi' the moft agreeable lodgings; and in. this eace and fecurity as in former times, received and greeted him kindly ; and as it was late, he gladly accepted the lodging they offered him. In the morning he told them all that had hither* to befallen bim on his journey^ and inquired of them concerning the remainder of his way, h\ which they beft knew how to diredl him. Then I faw in my dream, that, before the.)r Would fofFer him to depart, they were defu-oits to fliew him fome of the rare things which were to be feen in thofe mountains : fo they led him to mount Caution^ mount Marvel^ mount Inno^ <-ence^ and fundry of the other places, whither they had formerly Gondu ^^ King's beft troops, our enemies, however '' they may boaft- at a diftance, dare not fhew ^^ themfelves in battle-array within arrow-fhot *^ of its walls, and we therefore dwell in fecu^ ^^ rity under its protection : ' neither have we *' yet fuftained any injury from them, fave the ^' lofs of a few of our hirelings; who, difre- _ ^* gardingour cautions, have ftrayed too far from •*' the tower, and whofe flieep, being, through ** their neglect, at liberty to wander from their " folds, have been miferably devoured by thofe *' grievous wolves, which, at unawares, do "from time to time creep in among us/' - *' But who, then, were thofe fhepherds,'' faid =^]|ooD-lNTEN?T, ^*' whofc dwellings Ibeheld,as ,^' I came along, fo miferably dcftroyed, while /^ their own dead bodies, mingled with the car- ^* c^fes of their Ihecp, lay ftrewed in heaps on ^« the ground r'* ^VThofe were men,'^ faid Experience, * -*«'^whb ' formerly were our comrades ; but who t^^'bad long fmce qunt:€d the paftures in which^ '•* our mafter commanded them to feed his fheep, <^iand built for themfelves other folds, and other ;l^ -habitations^ on the hill of Error. P^or a time,* ^; i. ^ ** indeed. ; [ 173 1 *« indeed, they ufurped authority over us^ and " we were weak enough to forfake our own " dwellings at their bidding, and to fufFer them *^ to lead aftray the flocks which were committed *V to our care, even as they had led their own ; 4^- but one of our number, who was called Re- *' FORMATION, happening to light on the fta- '' tute-book of our King, which had long been , "^ hidden under a heap of rubbifh, came to the -^knowledge of the fault we had inconfiderately *' committed, aftd brought us back, with as " many as were willing to follow him, to thefe M* Delegable mountains^ on which our King him- " felf had originally eftablifhed us, and where " we have ever fince dwelt in fafety under His *' mighty protection ; while thofe from whom " we feparated ourfelves have periflied by the ** hands of the Blood-men, in the miferable ** manner you have feen. We have heartily ** pitied their misfortunes, and have afforded " what ailiftance we could to the few, who, " efcaping the cruelty of our common enemy, *^ have reforted to us for Ihelter ; neither have " we borne in mind the injurious treatment " which we formerly experienced from them, " nor rewarded them as they in old time ferved *' us ; and we hope that in thus doing we have ^' fulfilled the commands of our great Mafter, I .^** who has enjoined us to fhcw holpitaiity to the ^ * IX ftranerer E 174 I .'♦^ ftranger, ajid to do good to thofe who hav«^ ■f* defpitefully ufed us and perfecuted us/'— • Then I faw that the fhepherds propofed ta, conduct GoojD-iNTENT to the tower of which, they had fpoken ; and he gladly followed them, thither. Now it was called the tower of Rt-^ veakd-reUgiony and it flood on the mountain o£ \Evidence. So, when they brought him to thfe place, he exceedingly admirqd the ftrength o£ its walls, and the wonderful manner of its archi-.. te£l:ure. Then they made him obferve, that though the foundations were fuch as could on no> fide be fhaken, yet the whole fuperftrudlure of the building was fupported by two mighty pil-- lars, each confifting of one folid piece of ada- mant* One of thefe, which fronted the country through which he had already paft, was called, the pillar of Hjjipry'y and the other^ which, ftood on the fide that looked towards the Cwlef^ iial City^ wa? called the pillar of Prophecy^ Each of thefe was curioufly engraven from the top to the bottom y and the fhepherds having ^ defired the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he followed their directions, and thereby re- ceived much edification. The infcriptions on thp pillar of Hijlory were very legible; and Good-intent read thereon ■ tjhe ftory of all thofe events which were recorded i^i the book, which hp carried in hi^bofom, in; V4i:ipu5u M7a ] various charafliers, and in many dilFerent lan- guages y but all agreeing together in the fame purport. Nay, fome of thofe infcriptions^ which fet out with queftioning or denying ths authority of that book, did finifh by recounting fuch fads, as did the moft clearly eftablifh its authenticity ; thereby confirming what it ap- peared the intention of their writers to confute. As this feemed ftrange to Good-intent, he aiked the fliepherds to explain it to him. *' Our King has promifed us," anfvvered they, ^ that, while heaven and earth endure, this *^ fortrefs fhali never be overthrown. Yet do ^ our enemies feed themfelves with the ima- ** gination that they Ihall finally be able to pre- ^ vail againft it -, and of late, many of thofe, -^ who have been inftru£led in the fchool of Mr. ^ Philosophy, havecomehitherby night, while " they have fuppofed we flept, hoping to cfpy " fome weak place in the walls, or at leafl to ^ find means to deftroy the beauty and unifor- '' mity of the building. Some of thefe have at- ^' tempted to efFace the infcriptions on this piL *^Mar, and to write on it, in their ftead, fuch " others, as fhould be moft to the dlfnonour of. " our King, and for the furtherance of their " own wicked defigns -, but it is the peculiar ** nature of the adamant of whicji it is made, ^ that the words of Truth can never be erafed I 4 " from I 116] ^^ from its furface, nor thofe of Falshood per- ** manently engraven thereon : wherefore, all >^ fuchas have hitherto thus w^rought, have de- ** rived no other fruit from their labours, than that *^ of exhibiting, to all who rightly examine, the '^ malice of their own hearts, and their inability *' to refufe their teftimony to the very truths, ^^ the memorial of which they defire the moft. ' ** earneftly to deftroy. Unconfcious, however, *^ of the fecret power which has thus difappoint- '* ed their evil purpofes, they have departed, ** boafting as though they had obtained fome " mighty advantage ; but moft of them, in their *' retreat, have been ftruck by darts, difcharged ** at them from the 'garrifon appointed to de- *' fend the tower, whereby they have been caft '* down, and have no more been able to ftand.'* After this, the fhepherds led the pilgrim round to the pillar of Prophecy^ which, they told him, was confiderably the moft ancient of the two, though it appeared erefted on the foundation of the other. When firft he caft his eyes upon it, he defpaired of being able to com- prehend what was engraven thereon 5 for that pillar was not, like the former, infcribed with legible charafters, but was covered with ftrange hieroglyphics, and the likeneffes of many things which belonged both to the heavens above, and to the earth beneath. However, when he had confide red [ 177 3 confidered it awhile, he plainly perceived that many of thefe figures were reprefentations of the events which he had fe^n recorded on the pillar of Hijlory ; and continuing to examine them, with the afliftance of the fhepherds, he foon ua- derftood the teftimony which that pillar alfo bore to the life and dodtrines of Him, to whom gave all the prophets witnefs, from the founda- tion of the world. He alfo beheld there, vifibly depidlured, the great revolutions of fuch ftates and empires, as had, from the earlieft ages, been employed, though they themfelves knew not of it, as inftruments in the hand of the great King of all the univerfe, for the accomplifh- ment of fuch things as He would have done on «arth. Yet could not Good-intent trace all the figures with which the pillar of Prophecy was adorned ; for, from above a certain height, they were fo indiftinft, and confufed one with the other, that he could not with any certainty dis- cover what they were defigned to reprefent 5 anfl the top of the pillar itfelf was entirely veiled from his fight, by a cloud which refted on it, and on which he could not fleadily fix his eyes, by reafon of its brightnefs. So he inquired of the fhepherds why the upper part of the pillar {hould be covered with fuch figures as he found it impoflible to decypher, and its fummit be altogether hidden from his J 5 view. [ 178 ] view,, when all that was engraven an the Io^v'^jb; part was become, . through their affiflance, fo; intelligible to him.. ^^ The reafon of it is," replied they, " that ^ the images of things as yet not feen, which? ^' are thofe on the upper part of the pillar, arc ^' encrufted with a thick varnifh,, which is^ur- " pofely laid over them,, and with which even '' thofe which now appear moft plain to you- *^ were once overfpread ; but, you may obferve,^ *' though no man can at prefent difcern their full *^ form and proportion, yet many of theif;. ** flronger lines may be clearly traced by the?' ** eye which fixedly regards them ; and more it. " is not intended that any (hall diilinguifhj^' * till the period when one who is called <* Time,, by whom the cruft has been already " cleared away from the lower part of ^ the pillar., fhall in like manner remove it • ** from the higher ; and in this work we have « reafon to believe that he is even now engaged;. ^ for we have lately been able to difcover tha *^true jfliapes of many of the figures^, which, ^ within the men^ory of this generation, were <^ no left indiftindl than thofe beyond them ftiil. *' remain : even of fuch as reprefent to us the- •^ diftrefs of nations, and perplexity, which ar% ** now come upon the earth. As for the clou4? -. ^ which refts oix the fummitof the pillar, that ■ C 179 1 « muft continue to veil it until the confumma* *■* tion of all things; when heaven and earth ■" Qiall pafe away, and death fliall be fwallowed ■*^ up in victory. And whereas you cannot now « ftedfaftly^ behold it, by reafon of its bright- " nefs, that is becaufe it is illuminated by the " rays of the glory of the Coslejlial City^ to *^ which we are now exaftly oppofite. The *^ raifts, which continually afcend from the earth, *< prevent us from diftinguifliing it while we " ftand fo low, except by the perfpeilive glafs *^ of Faith, through which we fhewed it to ^ Christian, and will now afford a view of " It to you ; but at the height to which that " pillar afcends, the atmofphere is clear, and ad- <* mits the paflage of thofe glorious beams, «^ which, even" reflected by the cloud, your ^ mortal fight is too weak to fupport." Tlien Good -INTENT eagerly afked for that * perfpedlive glafs^ of the virtue of which he had long fmce heard j fo they brought it to him; and teaching him to reft it on the bafe of the pillar of Prophecy^ that it might be kept the more fteady, they bade him look; when, though the mifts of the earth did ftill much obfcure his view, he was able fo far to penetrate them as to difcern^ through the glafs, and darkly, the Heavenly City, with that innumerable company ^i faiiUs aad angels who dwell therein, Thea . J 6 did [ 180 ] did his heart even burn within him through ca- gernefs to be there : while the fear left he (hould not be accounted worthy to become a par- taker of fo glorious an inheritance arifing in his ^ mind, he almoft fainted with the ftruggle, and his hand could no longer fupport the glafs in the requifite direction. But the Ihepherds fupported him, and com- forted him with the examples of many, now in- habitants of that blefied city, who, with the fame fear and trembling which had fallen upon himfelf, had finally worked out their own falva- tion ; their weaknefs having been made ftrong through faith in Him, whofe promifes had been the rock of their fure confidence ; and when, by fuch difcourfes, they had revived the fpirits of Good-intent, they exfixDrted him to bear con- tinually in mind the heavenly things which they had fhewn unto him ; and, remembering that al! earthly things (hould be diflblved, to confider what manner of perfon he ought to be, in all holy converfation and godlinefs, through the re- mainder of the pilgrimage, to the end of which he was now faft approaching. Then, feeing that he was impatient to fet forward, infomueh that in his eagernefs to reach the city of his King, he had even loft all apprehenfion of that deep and terrible river, which he was firft to crofs, they fufFered iiim to proceed upon his journeys [ 181 ] journey; condu£ling him themfelves, by the beft paths, to the end of their territory. ' Now, as they went along, their ears were fuddenly affailed by the fhouts of war; and Good-intent, looking on that fide on which he heard the noife, obferved a hill, which com- manded one of the principal pafles of thofe mountains, on the top of which there flood a fmall fort, very ancient ; and this hill was befet around by the forces of all thofe who were ene- mies to the King of that country : in front it was attacked by the army of Blood-men, led on by Jacobinism, their chief captain, who brought batterings-rams and fcaling-ladders to take it by ftorm ; on one fide a troop of the fol- lowers of Fashion affailed it from a greater diftance with miflile weapons ; and on the other, Mr. Philosophy himfelf, at the head of a company of pioneers, was at work on a mine, whereby he hoped to fap the foundation, and overthrow the walls. Then Good-intent* inquired of the fhepherds what fort this was^ and why fo many foes did thus rancoroufly combine together againft it. *' Becaufe," replied Knowledge, " they ^* are aware, that, could they once force that pafs, a confiderable traft of the beft part of our land would lie open to their ravages, and our fliecp, hearing no more the voice of the • - : >'ihepherd, a r 182 ] ^ fhepherd, would ftray from their folds into the *' wildernefs. The hill on which this fort ■'. ^^ ftands is called mount Sahhath ; and we have *^ certain evidence, that araidft all the convul- *< fions of nature., it has continued unmoved, •^ in its prefent form, fmce the creation of the ^^ world. Yet though from the firfl; it was ** confecrated ground, men had forgotten th^^ *' refpe6l which it behoved them to pay to it;,, .*' and had grievoufly defiled it by their continual' *^ trefpafles ; when, confiderably above three *^ thoufand years ago^ the fort, which you now " behold, was ere6ted on it, being built with *^ the fame ftone which was ufed in making the *^ tables of the law \ and fince that time no ene- '* mies have been able to prevail againft it,. <* Once, it is u*ue, a former governor of the-. ^* fort prefumptuoufly raifed other walls, with '^ ftones hewn out of the quarries of Tradition^ *' and cnclofed a much wider fpace of ground, ^ incroaching on the property of his neigh- ^^ hours ; but our Prince himfelf threw down. « thofe walls, and placed in the fort another *' governor, whofe office it is to give reft unto " the weary, to inftrudl the ignorant, to ex- ^ hort the unftable, to aflift the devotions of the ** pious, and to fhew mercy and kindnefs, not ** to men only, but even to beafts. Though, w therefore, Xiur adrerfarks caiinot fl^ake the» J^ walls [ 183 ] " walls which our King has eftablifhed, yet,, " whenever by. their alTaults they interrupt the " exercife of thefe good works, they grievoufly ** injure the world, and on their own heads "does the evil of their defign finally recoil.; " and fuch you will perceive to be, in fome ^^ meafure, the event of their pre fen t at temipt,, ^ if you obferve a little longer.'* Then Good-intent fixed his eyes upon tha aflailants of the fort, and he faw that the troops of Jacobinism, not being allowed to take that reft of v/hich their exhaufted ilrength had. weed, many among them fainted and expired dirough excefs of wearinefs ;. and their general himfelf was obliged to retire, and feek repofe at the houfe of one Mr. Decade, who had ftolen from the governor of the fort thofe refrefhments which he offered for the entertainment of.hig gueft. Mr. Phixosophy's chief pioneer, wbofe name was Ex.pediency, not being able to carry on his works without difturbing fome beafts of burden, who were lying under the walls of the fort to reft themfelves after fix days* labour, an ox turned round, and gored him with bis barn : fo he perifliedf: and the earth falling in upon his companions, the mine could not, at that time, be continued any farther. And as for the votaries of Fashion, their darts were . " the minds of igiio--* ^' rant and foolifh men were difturbed, during " the whole of their paffage through this world,, " by the thoughts of that fatal river, which was 'f to terminate their courfe,.. and over which, as ^ it is well kn(5wn, no bridge could ever be ^^ built. Wherefore Mr. Philosophy, com* '^•paflionating their mifery, has engaged the ^-^-mighty f rsri fff mighty power of Atheism to erc(£t this vaft. «* dormitory : in which all who put their truft in " him are fee to feek a refuge from the tyranny ^^ of SuPE'RiSTiTio^^y and will fleep iecure " from all the terrors of Eternity. "^' But Good-intent ftaid not to hear htm ferther, or to reply : the afpeft of the phantom who addrefledhim had frozen the current of his bloody but at the name of Atheism, horror itfelf Jtoufed him from the torpor which had feized him ; and flying from the difmal manfion of thofe, whofe hope as we)l as their end. is deflruc^ion, he had no fooner paffed beyond the ftiade which that building call around it, tlian he ' began to defcry at a diftance. a glimmering of the light of the Ccelejtial City, ; and at the fame time he heard a voice which proclaimed, " Verily ^ ther« is a reward for the righteous ; doubtlefs. ^ there is a Goi) that judgeth the earth/* :. Infpired with redoubled confidence, the pil-.. :£rim hastened forward ;. and the glorious light on which his eyes were now fixod gre.w brighter and brighter, till the perfecS day ihined on. him, as he entered into the land of Beulah : that. land, ujito which no enemy dares advance : where the fhining inhabitants of the Cceleflial City, do continually walk, comfprtk^g and re- frefhing the fpirits of fuch, as, having finiflied their CQurie with joy,, are ready to enter into, tha [ 188 .] the falvation of their Lord j and where e veil the perpetual expedlation of being called iipoA to crofs the river of bitter waters cannot difturb the felicity of thofe, who hope, through tK4 mercy of their Prince, to be admitted into that better and heavenly country, which lies beyond it. Now I faw in my dream, that Good- in- tent had not ftaid here many days before a meflenger arrived, who was commanded to fum- mon him to appear in theprefenceofhis King, When he received the fumnions, he rejoiced, though with trembling ; and one named Re- signation conducted him to the brink of the river, into which he entered: when neither did he find the bitternefs of the water unpalatable to him, ndr did he greatly fear, though the waves thereof did rage and fwell, and the floods did enter into his foul i for Faith fupported him even in the deepeft part, and guided him through the midft in fafety ; but when he reached the oppofite fliore, Faith difappeared, and Cer- tainty received him. And now, his mortal garments having fallen off in the river, he was clothed with immorta- lity, and appeared as one of the ftiining .ones ; a band of whom came to meet him, and to bid him welcome to their abode. And they faid unto him, ^' Thou haft done well in the fight of " thy [ 189 ] " thy Lord, in that thou haft preferred his " word to all the falfe and pernicious doftrines " of the wifdom of the world thou haft quitted ; ^^ in that thou haft rejected the pleafures of fin, ^* which endure but for a feafon, fooking Infin^ ";Cerity unto the Author and Finifher of thy " faith, for the fulfilment of thofe promifes of " which thou art now become a partaker. *' Therefore the everlafting gates are open to *^ thee ; and we are fent to condu(3: thee into "^ the prefcnce of the King who fittcth upon the ^throne for ever and ever, by whom thou art " accepted through the merits of Him, who by " the facrifice of himfelf once offered, hath pur- *' chafed univerfal redemption for his faithful " people. But, before thou fhalt have quite gg loft fight of the fhore which thou haft left be- ^ hind thee, it is •'permitted thee once to look fff back, and to behold what fhall be the end of cjff thofe, who, difclaiming the glorious inheri- " tance of the children of God, have rather '* chofen to fay to corruption, * Thou art my I*f father i' and to the worm, * Thou art my «* mother, and my fifter :' vainly trufting in " their reprobate minds that they Ihould efcape ** the wrath to come." Upon this, Good-intent looked back; having from the high bank on which he ftood, a view of x\xQ Enchanted ground f and he heard a great T 190 ] ^reat and terrible found, as it were of a trumpet'; -and immediately the rocks were rent, and the foundations of the earth were difclofed. 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