in ferocity; for though he had beheld with abhorrence their apoftafy from their King, he had yet thought fome of them of too mild a nature to be perfuaded to join in the exceffes of this defperate crew.

"When men have once abjured the pro"tection of their Creator," said the INTERPRETER," they fall precipitately from one wicked"nefs to another, while there is none to "uphold them. These men, you may remember, "were impatient to receive from ANARCHY the "fwords, the very touch of which, Mr. PHI"LOSOPHY affured them, would produce fuch "wonderful effects; and in fact, with fuch (C powerful drugs were thofe fwords charmed,

that, inftantly on their grafping them, they "were all infpired with the moft outrageous fury; infomuch that Mr. PHILOSOPHY him"felf could fcarcely reftrain them from falling <c upon each other in his prefence. He foon "however recovered his influence over them, "and fucceeded in turning their rage against "his enemies, whom they are now fallying forth to attack,"

"And whither will they go ?" demanded

OOD-INTENT.

"They will continually be led on by delufive fhadows," anfwered the INTERPRETER; "and imagining that they fight against DESPOTISM

" and

"and SUPERSTITION,they will wage war against "all who maintain the caufe of LAWFUL-GOદહે VERNMENT and CHURCH-ESTABLISHMENT, " and endeavour to overthrow their sway in all "countries where they are owned, erecting in "their ftead that of ATHEISM and ANARCHY;

cc nay, fuch is their arrogance, that they think "even to dethrone the king of the Caeleftial

City, to whom heaven and earth are fubject.

"But wait till thou fhalt enter into the "fanctuary of GOD; then wilt thou under"ftand the end of these men."

Then I beheld that the INTERPRETER bade GOOD-INTENT look along the road, on the which he was to travel; and at a distance before them, he faw a high hill.

"That," faid the INTERPRETER, "is the "hill Difficulty, which thou must ascend; but caft "thine eyes to the left, on thofe dark moun"tains, to which the path leads which is called

Destruction, and obferve that steep and craggy ແ one, which towers above all the rest; that " is the mountain of Revolution. The afcent of "it is the firft enterprife which thofe madmen "must achieve; and hence truly it may plainly appear that the children of this world are ever more regardless of toil than the children "of light; for few labours await thee in thy "pilgrimage, worthy to be compared with this, "which they are about to undertake. All

"paffes about the bottom of the mountain are "guarded by the troops of LAWFUL-GOVERN

MENT, who will fally forth, and grievously

annoy them: if they prevail against those, they will afterwards climb up flippery paths,

by the edge of terrible precipices, where huge "fragments of rock are continually giving way, " and overwhelming travellers with sudden ruin; "and even on the very fummit of the mountain "there are many dangerous bogs, nay, and that "where the grafs appears the greeneft, where, "if a man chance to tread, he fuddenly finks to "rife no more. Whereas thy path, though it "be difficult, is fafe, and thou haft the affurance "that the end thereof will be everlasting life. "Be not thou, therefore, weary in well-doing; "while thofe who do ill neither faint through "fatigue, nor fuffer themselves to be turned "back by the fear of any danger."

GOOD-INTENT promifed the INTERPRETER he would never be unmindful of his counfels ; and then, defcending from the houfe-top, the old gentleman led his gueft into the parlour, where by that time dinner was ready. After they had rifen from table, he fhewed him most of thofe fights which he had heretofore fhewn to CHRISTIAN, and to CHRISTIANA his wife, that through them the pilgrim's refolution might be the farther ftrengthened; and leading him

into

to his garden, he there caufed him to drink of the waters of a well, which was called the well of Truth; and after that draught, the pain of the hurts which he had received in the palace of Mr. PHILOSOPHY, which was already greatly abated, was entirely removed, fo that he felt them no longer.

They spent the reft of the evening in profitable converfation; with which GooD-INTENT was fo greatly delighted, that, had not the difcourfe of the INTERPRETER redoubled his impatience to proceed on his journey, he could have been well-contented to have paffed the remainder of his life in his company. In the morning he arose early; and going to take leave of his kind hoft, he felt himself unable fuffici- 、 ently to exprefs the gratitude he owed him; but the INTERPRETER told him that the most certain evidence he could give him of it would be by the conftant obfervance of his counfels ; and then, bidding him God speed, he suffered him to depart.

Now I faw in my dream that the young man went forwards with a good pace; and for a little way he could plainly trace the footsteps of Mr. PHILOSOPHY'S furious followers, who had past by the day before; who, as they went, had torn down the fences on either fide of the road, and done what mifchief they could in the lands adjoining;

joining; but he perceived that they had turned out of that road before they came to the Cross, and entered a lane on the left hand, which was their nearest way to the mountain of Revolu

tion.

He was glad to lofe for a time all traces of them; and continuing to go on, he foon came to the place where CHRISTIAN's burden had fallen off his back. There he ftopped; and renewing at the foot of the Cross ail his good refolutions, he humbly implored for himself a participation in thofe benefits, which, through it, had been procured for all, who with true penitent hearts, and a lively faith, were followers of Him, by whom only cometh falvation. After he had thus continued a while in prayer, he rofe, feeling himself inwardly much strengthened, and proceeded on his journey.

He had not gone far, when he perceived before him a youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who was travelling the fame way with himself, but very leifurely-for he was bufied in making a garland of rofe-buds, which he hafted to gather before they withered, to adorn his hair withal; and, thus employed, he paid little attention to his goings, but stepped, fometimes to the right, and fometimes to the left, without regarding where he fet his foot. When he faw GOOD-INTENT, however, he was

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