Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine
Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine
Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine
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'Prud. How doth God the Son favethee ?<br />
James. By his illumi~ation, by his' ~etlo'1Jatio1t, and by<br />
his prcfervation (f). . ' .<br />
'<strong>The</strong>n (aid Prudence to Ckrijliana, You are to be comme!'1de~,<br />
[br:thus bringing up your, chil~ren. I fuppore<br />
I need not'a,fk the-'refi thefe.'quefiions,fince: the youngefl:<br />
of them can anfwer them fo well. I will therefore now<br />
apply myfelf to the ne;t youngeft.<br />
Prud, <strong>The</strong>n fhe (aid, Come Jofepb (for his name was lhf~~~ eate~<br />
Jofeph) will you let m.e catechife you!<br />
Jofepb. With all my heart.<br />
Prud. What is 11?an ?<br />
~·JofePh. 'A reafonable creature, made fo by God, as my<br />
. brother faid.<br />
Prud. What is fuppofed by thi,s word Javed?<br />
. : JoJePb .. That man, by fin, has brought 'himfelf into<br />
a'ftate of captivity and mifery.<br />
Prud. What isfuppofed by his being rave by the'<br />
TriI)ity.? '.. .<br />
1ofeph. That fin is fogreat and mighty a tyrant, that<br />
none ca!1 pull us. out of its c1utche~, .but God; and that<br />
God is'fo good and loving to man, as to pull him in<br />
.deed out" of this miferable fiate.<br />
Prud. What is God's defign in faving ]iloor man?<br />
1ofeph•. ,<strong>The</strong> gIerifying of hIS mllpe, of his grace, and<br />
jufiice, &c. and the everlafting' happiriefs of his crea~.~<br />
ture.<br />
Prud. Who are they that mufi be faved ?<br />
Jofeph. Thof~ that accept of his falviltion.<br />
(f) I cannot 'prevail. on myfelf to I~t this part.pafs by, without making an'<br />
ebeerv.ation. Mr. ~uny~n. exprelfes. himfelf very clear, and found in ~he<br />
faith; but here it is not fo: for, what is here afcribed to the Son, is rather<br />
the work o,f the ISpirit; and indeed, the work. of falvation., effect~d· bythe<br />
Son-of 'God~is intirely left out. I am therefore inclined to think, lhat here 1<br />
is a chafm, t:,ough not perhaps in the author's original work, but by its paff-'<br />
ing through later editions. It really feems ~efea:ive here, in the ex!,lallation of<br />
. !4vati9JlJ by the diftina offices of the Holy Trinity.<br />
l'rud.
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