Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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them in mind, faying, This is the place where Chrijiia1Z_
met with- one rurn-away, Who carried with· him the
eharaCl:er of his rebellion at his back. And this 1 have
to fay concerni~g this man; he would hearken to no
counfeI, but, when once a falling, 'perfuafion could no~
Hop him.
When he came to the place where the erofs and fepuIchre
was,' he did meet with one that did bid him look
there, but he gn'lfhed with hi's teeth, and ftamped, and
{aid, He was.refolved to go back to his own town. Before
he came to the Gate, he met with Evangelifl, wHo offered
to lay hands on him, to turn him into the way again. But
thisrurn-away refifled him, and, having done much defpite
unto him, he got away over t:he wall, fo efcaped his hand.
Then they went on; and jufl at the place where
Little-faith formerly was robbed, there flood a man with
- his {word drawn. and his face all bloody. Then raid
Mr. Great-heart, What. art thou? The man made an­
[wet:, faying, I am one whore name is Valiant-for-trutb.
I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Coelefiial City~
Now, as I was in my way, there were three men that One Valiant
for-trutn
did beret me, and propounded unto me thefe three things: beret with
1._Whether 1would become one of them? 2. Or go thieves.
back from wh I came? 3. Or die upon the place?
To the fi ered, I had been a true man a long Pr~v. i. 10.
feafo~, and erefore it could not be expeeted that I now -H, 13, 14­
fhould caft in my lot with thieves.' Then they demanded
what I would fay to the fec0I1d. So I told
them'the place from whence I came, had rnot found incommodity
there, I had not forfaken it at all ; but finding
it altogether unfuitable to me, and very unprofit~ble
for me, I for[ook it for this way. Then they alked me,
what I [aid to the third; And I told them, My life coft
more dear far than that I iliould lightly give it away~
Befides, you have nothing to do thus to P4t things to my
choice i wherefore