Pilgrim's Progress §63: CHR.
Source: John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (§63) · external_aligned
CHR. Evangelist bid me come hither, and knock, (as I did); and he said that you, Sir, would tell me what I must do. GOOD-WILL. An open door is set before thee, and no man can shut it. CHR. Now I begin to reap the benefits of my hazards. GOOD-WILL. But how is it that you came alone? CHR. Because none of my neighbours saw their danger, as I saw mine. GOOD-WILL. Did any of them know of your coming? CHR. Yes; my wife and children saw me at the first, and called after me to turn again; also, some of my neighbours stood crying and calling after me to return; but I put my fingers in my ears, and so came on my way. GOOD-WILL. But did none of them follow you, to persuade you to go back? CHR. Yes, both Obstinate and Pliable; but when they saw that they could not prevail, Obstinate went railing back, but Pliable came with me a little way. GOOD-WILL. But why did he not come through?
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: First edition Nathaniel Ponder, London 1678 — original imprint
- critical_edition: Oxford World's Classics — Roger Sharrock, 1960/1984
- republication: Project Gutenberg — Pilgrim's Progress
- republication: Internet Archive — multiple editions
- non_government_archive: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- citation_tradition: Cited extensively by Spurgeon, Edwards, modern Reformed writers