Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

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vented Chrifiiana from a fuller interceding for her, by
knocking at the Gate l!erfelf. And {he knocked then f0
loud, that ilie made. Chr.ijliana to frart. ' Then- faid the
Keeper of the Gate,.Who is Jhrre ? And Chrijliona faid,
It is my friend.' . ~
So' he opened the Gate and looked out, but Mercy. Mercy faints'
was fallen down without in a [woon, forilie fain,ted~, and "
was afraid that no gate' would be.opened to her.
Then he took her- by: the hand, and [aid, Da1Pfel, I
bid thee ari[e.
0, Sir, [aid ilie, I am fai[1t; ther~ is [came Ufdeft.
in me. ' But he, anfwered, that one fajd, _" When my: J6riah ii. 7.
[-oul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and my' ,
prayer came unto thee, into thy holy temple.'" Fear
not, but frand upon thy feet, and tell me wherefore tho,l,l
irt come.
! I Mercy. I am come for tpat unto which I was never in- The ca,,,feof'
vited, as my friend Chrijliana was. H~rs Was frpm the ~er fainti/l&.
King, and mine was but' from her., Wherefore I prefume
(y).
Did {he defire thee to come with her to this place?
Mercy. Yes; and, as my Lord fees, I am come. And
if there is any grace or forgivenefs of fins to fpare, I be­
~ feech that thy poor handmaid may be partaker thereof.
(yl Mercy',! cafe is not lingular.' Many have fet Ollt jull: as the did, and
have been di{coura~ed by the fame rea:on as the was Some are wrought" 011 '
by on'e means, and fame by another. She, as 'many have been, was encou.
raged to ret out in the ways of the Lord, by her neighbo~r a~d f~jena. Hence
the, as many ~tpers .1io, have thought there was 'llQ caufe to con~lude that /he
was effeClUllly called b'y the Lord, but it was only the effeCl of human power,
or moral fuafion, and therefore doubted and fainted left the Iholi!d not meet '
with acceptance, But her very do.ublS, fears, and dillrefs proved tbe eanietl-.
nefs of her heart, and tile defire ,of her foul after the S.\'iour; and alfo, that
his attraCling'lovo and gracioY, power had a hand in the -worl,. Well there.
fore mi~ht Mr. Bunyan eaU upon hi, readers, at her gracious reception by
Chrift: MARK THIS, ye poor doubting, fearing, trembling fouls, who are
halcing every Itep, and fearing you have not fet out aright, hear what ChdWt
angel [aid~ and be not difcouraged. Fear not, for ye [co"k Jefu!) Ma~t.x~viii. 5.
I J. •• Then
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