Pilgrim's Progress, Part 2 - The Gospel Magazine

Mr. Greatheart
at tbe
Valley of
Humiliation.
Piety raid to{lhriftiaJza, tlhiiscis'tM',pl;Lce.where,.y6ur hur.
band met with the i~Olrl hen.n JlPiJ.tly'on, and where they
had the great; :Zigh.t that they had: 1-iknow 'YElu"cannot
but ha'le "bearth~hereof. ;But )he .ef ~gG0d courage, as
long as yo~ have here Mr. G.reat-hcat't to b~ yo!!r guide
and conductor" we hope 'you will fare 'the better; So
when thele two had ctJmmitted the p'flgrims u'nto the
condu6l:' of theIr guide, he ~ent forwal-d, and they
went '3.fter. '
Great-heart. Th€n faid 'Mt. Gr!ot.heart, "'Vc nee'cl not
be fo afraid of this v:-aiiey, far 'here IS notbing to ~hurt us~
unlefs we procu're it ourfelves. 'It i.s 'true, Chrijlian dia
'he~e meetwith Alo1fyon~ ~'ith ~'h0ftf he ~ad alfo it. .foie. •
'Combat; but that fray Vvas the fmit pf thpfe nips th~ he
PartJ.p.6I. got in his going ~own the hill: foi they that)etjJips
,there, muil look for comhats here. And hence 'it ,is' fh,at
this valley has got fo hard a name. - For the iommo!l
people, when they hear that fom~ frlg1itf~1 fhing h~s pefaBen
fucn a one in filch a place,' are Qf opi~iop that
that place is haunted with fame foul fiend, or' evil fpilit;
when, alas! it is fGr the fruit of th'~ir dDiiig, that
fuch thillf:lS qa bef~l them there C:t) •
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the Lord cart oft f'vor u.""ith manifeftatlons'af'hkI6v'., arid the comforts of
~J~\s Spirit; but through the corrupt!on of our na:ure, we are prone to be lifted
up and exalted in ouridvfs, and as it were to be intoxicated by them. Hence
we ar~ exho!~~d to think J,bi;;!l, Rom. xii. 3. 'fl)i' the .aHey 'of bumility
, e~ufes us to d\>.
(z) Wha~ '" great bleffin~ is it t9 b,ave greo.t brart in the Valley of humi-'
• Ety! HQW fad is it for l1ilgrim~ to Rro~ure evil. to themre.l.~, by the.ir fin and
foljy I flow jO,Xiul is, i, t9 know, th~~" lik\} as ~ f~tber pitieth his children, f"
'the Lord pitieth them who 'fear him!" Pf. dii. 13. Yet, if we nip~ we /1,.11
be fure to,fm1rt.' If we' do, not looM iafr faith, figpe, 10"", and obedilll1 ce,
fatan will attack, diflrefs us.ill forne fOI.t, and pr-evall againft us, and rhen we
!hall bring up an evil tepoIt of the fafe and fruitful Valley of Humiliation.
Are you in tJ;i~ x.pey! 1;)0 Yl'_'" (ee an~ fee 1 no.tl;1ing· i,a yourfdif out what
tends to le)' you 10";:, and k