Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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Fuh!. Alas! I wa~t' a .ftlif~bk,coIl1p..rriGn: yoil':lre Feehlt:min
. r~l' c"mg
all lulty afld thong; but 1, as you fee, am weak; ] enufe behind.
therefore rather to come behind, left, by reafoo of my
many infirmities, I iliouId be both a burden to myrtlf
and to you. I am, as I raid, a man of a weak and feeble
mind, and !hall be ottended and made weak at that
which others can bear. I ilialllike no laughing: J fball
like no gay,attire ; I ilial,! like no unprofitable qudliol1s.
Nay, I am fo weak a man, as to be offended w,th that His e~cu('c
for it.
which others have a .liberty to do. I do not know a11
the truth: I am a very ignorant chriflian man: fometimes,
if I hear any rejoice in the Lord, it trouWes me,
becaufe I cannot do fp too. ] t is with n:e, as it is with
a weak man among the {hong, or as a lamp derpifcd. [he Job xii. 5. '
that is ready to flip with his feet, is as a lamp defpiled in
the thought of him that is at caft J;. fo that I know not
what t9 do (z).
Great·heart. But, brother, faid Mr. Great brart, I have Great.
h~(lres com
.it in commiffion to co\nfort the feeble .minded, "and to' million.
fupport the wea.k. You mufi needs go along with us; 1 fhetT. v.
, J ,.
we will wait for you, we will lend yeu. (',ur ht'lp; we Rom. xiv,
r I . I Cor. viii.
will deny oune. ves of Come things, both o1'~Jliunati'IJeand
r 9.22.
praflical, for y'Jur fake; we will net enter into doubtful
dil'putations before you; we will be made all things to
you, rather than you {hall be left behind (0).
N 0# all this whiie they were at GaiuJ's door; ,and behold,
as they were thus ill the heat of their ditcourfe,
Mr. Ready. tu-halt ~ame by, with his crutch