did his heart even burn within him through eagernefs to be there: while the fear left he fhould not be accounted worthy to become a partaker of so glorious an inheritance arifing in his mind, he almoft fainted with the ftruggle, and his hand could no longer fupport the glass in the requifite direction.

But the fhepherds fupported him, and ́comforted him with the examples of many, now inhabitants of that bleffed city, who, with the fame fear and trembling which had fallen upon himself, had finally worked out their own falvation; their weaknefs having been made ftrong through faith in Him, whofe promises had been the rock of their fure confidence; and when, by fuch difcourfes, they had revived the fpirits of GOOD-INTENT, they exhorted him to bear continually in mind the heavenly things which they had shewn unto him; and, remembering that all earthly things fhould be diffolved, to confider what manner of perfon he ought to be, in all holy conversation and godliness, through the remainder of the pilgrimage, to the end of which he was now faft approaching. Then, feeing that he was impatient to fet forward, infomuch that in his eagernefs to reach the city of his King, he had even loft all apprchenfion of that deep and terrible river, which he was first to crofs, they fuffered him to proceed upon his journey;

journey; conducting him themselves, by the best paths, to the end of their territory.

Now, as they went along, their ears were fuddenly affailed by the fhouts of war; and ·GOOD-INTENT, looking on that fide on which he heard the noife, obferved a hill, which commanded one of the principal paffes of those mountains, on the top of which there stood a fmall fort, very ancient; and this hill was befet around by the forces of all those who were enemies to the King of that country in front it was attacked by the army of BLOOD-MEN, led on by JACOBINISM, their chief captain, who brought battering-rams and fcaling-ladders to take it by ftorm; on one fide a troop of the followers of FASHION affailed it from a greater diftance with milile weapons; and on the other, Mr. PHILOSOPHY himself, at the head of a company of pioneers, was at work on a mine, whereby he hoped to fap the foundation, and overthrow the walls. Then GOOD-INTENT inquired of the fhepherds what fort this was, and why fo many foes did thus rancorously combine together against it.

"Because," replied KNOWLEDGE, "they are aware, that, could they once force that "país, a confiderable tract of the best part of xc our land would lie open to their ravages, and "our fheep, hearing no more the voice of the fhepherd,

"fhepherd, would ftray from their folds into the "wilderness. The hill on which this fort "ftands is called mount Sabbath; and we have "certain evidence, that amidst all the convul "fions of nature, it has continued unmoved, "in its prefent form, fince the creation of the "world. Yet though from the first it was "confecrated ground, men had forgotten the "refpect which it behoved them to pay to it, " and had grievously defiled it by their continual "trespasses; when, confiderably above three "thousand years ago, the fort, which you now "behold, was erected on it, being built with "the fame ftone which was used in making the "tables of the law; and fince that time no ene"mies have been able to prevail against it. "Once, it is true, a former governor of the "fort prefumptuously raised other walls, with "stones hewn out of the quarries of Tradition, " and enclosed a much wider space of ground, "encroaching on the property of his neigh

bours; but our Prince himfelf threw down those wails, and placed in the fort another governor, whofe office it is to give reft unto the weary, to inftruct the ignorant, to exhort the unftable, to affift the devotions of the pious, and to hew mercy and kindness, not "to men only, but even to beasts. Though, "therefore, our adverfaries cannot fhake the

"walls

"walls which our King has established, yet, "whenever by their allaults they interrupt the "exercise of these good works, they grievously

injure the world, and on their own heads "does the evil of their defign finally recoil; "and fuch you will perceive to be, in fome "measure, the event of their prefent attempt, "if you obferve a little longer."

Then GOOD-INTENT fixed his eyes upon the affailants of the fort; and he faw that the troops of JACOBINISM, not being allowed to take that reft of which their exhausted strength had need, many among them fainted and expired through excefs of wearinefs; and their general himself was obliged to retire, and seek repose at the house of one Mr. DECADE, who had ftolen from the governor of the fort thofe refreshments which he offered for the entertainment of his gueft. Mr. PHILOSOPHY's chief pioneer, whofe name was EXPEDIENCY, not being able to carry on his works without disturbing fome beafts of burden, who were lying under the walls of the fort to reft themselves after fix days' labour, an ox turned round, and gored him with his horn fo he perished; and the earth falling in upon his companions, the mine could not, at that time, be continued any farther. And as for the votaries of FASHION, their darts were quickly exhausted so they turned their backs at

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once upon the hill, and upon the Coeleftial City, which lay beyond it, and haftened back with mufic and revelry to the town of Vanity, from which they came; rejoicing in their idle mirth, that, if they could not destroy the fort, they at leaft had no longer a profpect of it; and imagining they had procured for themselves fome excellent advantage, in renouncing all share in the benefits which the governor thereof perpetually extended to thofe who were within his reach.

The enemies on all fides being thus difperfed, GOOD-INTENT entered the fort, and partook of fuch entertainment as is conftantly provided there at the appointed times for all faithful pilgrims; and having staid there a day to refresh himself, he took a friendly leave of the governor, and of the fhepherds (who gave him at parting their cuftomary cautions), and defcended into the plain which lies on the further fide of the Delectable Mountains: where he had not walked far, before he entered the Enchanted · Ground: in the which, if a man fleep, he never wakes again.

The thick and foggy air of that place having continually the quality of exciting drowsiness, GOOD-INTENT foon began to feel its influence; but he remembered that the fhepherds had exprefly forbidden him to fleep upon that ground;

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