came upon the bed, but concluded, he had been and fo brought into the palace; and with this t, and the pleafant harmony of the mufic, he was dy to fall asleep again; but at the fame inftant there ach a terrible clap of thunder as was almost enouhh e waked the very dead. At this his heart quaked him, and the mufic ceafed playing; so he rose from , and looking out at the window, he faw the air ely darkened, faving only fome intervals of lightning, accompanied with thunder, feemed to threaten the tion of the world. Poor Tender-conscience wept when he perceived fuch a dreadful Tempeft hanger his head, and he in a ftrange place, not half-way road towards his journey; this made him very mely and penfive, and he burst out into thefe mouraful ions by himself:

etch that I am, what will become of me! where shall myfelf from the fierce anger of the Lord, or how efcape his heavy difpleature! I doubt I have done in coming into this place, and fleeping away my pretime, which is the reafon that God is angry, and ers in the ears of my foul: Horror and confufion flash my confcience like lightning: I know not what to do, here to turn my face for comfort.

en he looked for his crutch, and could not find it at which made him lament grievously, but at last he beght himself on the bed whereon he flept; fo he ran er, and there found it, to his no fall comfort and Then he prepared himself to go down stairs, but just e was about to go from the window where he flood, ecame another clap of thunder, which made the very fe to fake; and, after the thunder, he heard a voice per him in the ear, and faying, Get thee out of this e, and beware of the woman with the Golden cup in hand, and of all that belong to her, for her ways are ways of death; fin no more, left a worst thing come o thee. Thus made poor Tender-confcience to tremble fh, fo that the joints of his knees fmote one against ther, and he hastened to go down ftairs, at which the fic began to play again fo fweetly, that he had much ato leave it; but remembering the thunder and lightning, the voice he heard, he went refolutely down. And as

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he was going thro' the hall, he faw a table spread with a manner of dainties, and heard the voices of young me and maidens, as he thought, finging delicioufly, whi made him again ftand fill a while to liften to their mus Then came one, named Mr. Glutton, and defired b to fit down and eat what he liked beft, telling him witha that the entertainment he faw there before his eyes w prepared on purpofe for pilgrims, and how that many th were travelling to the city of Zion did call in there, w partook of the dainties that place afforded, it being bu for the eafe and pleafure of pilgrims: Then the your men and maidens feconded Mr. Gluttony in their forg while feveral inftruments of mufic played to them in con cert: And this was their SoNG!

Poor Pilgrims here may eat, and drink, and sleep,
Whilft them in fafety their good Lord will keep.
Fall to, fall to, poor man, and take your fill,
In nature's pleasure there can be no ill.
In vain our King's indulgent hand supplies,
What peevish man in his longing foul denies.

This was enough to have faggered a flouter man than Tender-confcience; and he himself could not have reffed fo powerful a temptation, had it not been for the remer brance of the thunder and the voice. Alfo he called # mind that faying of the holy Jefus, To do the will of my heavenly Father is both my meat and drink. So he turned away from Mr. Gluttony, and went apace out of the hall, without giving him one word, tho' he followed him, and entreated him to fit down and make merry with the good cheer that was before him. Then old Carnal-fecurity met him at the hall-door, which opened into the inner-court of the palace, and he took him by the hand, asking him whither he was going in fuch hafte ?

Tender-con. To whom Tender-confcience replied, I am going forward on my journey.

Carn. Aye, but tarry and eat firft, for you have a long way to walk before you will find another house, and therefore it is not convenient for you to go out fasting from hence, left you faint by the way.

Tender-com. It is written, Man lives not by bread alone,

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by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of rn. This is not applicable to your cafe, you must not t to be fed by miracles; meat and drink are appointF the fupport of our frail bodies, and therefore it is a h precifeness to abflain from eating when we have abe need of it.

nder-con. Aye, but I have no fuch abfolute need of g or drinking either at this time, it being early in the ing; and I have read in a certain book thus: Woe thee, O land, why thy princes eat in the morning; bleed is the land whofe princes eat in due feafon for fhment and not for riotoufnefs.

arn. Neither is this faying any ways applicable to you;

are not a prince but a poor pilgrim; and this is e altogether of princes.

ender-con. Yes, I am a prince, and am going to take flion of my crown and kingdom, for we are made kings priefs unto God, and we shall reign with him for ever; therefore ceafe to perfuade me in this manner, or to d my journey, for I go in the ftrength of the Lord my

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Carn. Well, fince you are fa obftinate and will not ken to my counfel in this point, pray be advised to k before you go at yonder vine, where you see the pes hang fo thick and plump.

Tender-con, No, neither will I drink in this place, for I member how I drank of the juice of thofe fatal grapes, I they intoxicated me fo, that I committed folly with 3. Wantonnefs, and flept away my time when I fhould ve bean going forward on my journey; and I believe you we a debgn upon me to make me drunk again, or elfe would not prefs fo hard.

Now by this time, as they went on talking together, ey came to a fountain of water clear as chryftal, and Mrs. antonnefs was bathing herself in the fountain; who, en fhe faw Tender-confcience going out of the court th her father, ran out of the fountain, naked as he was, d embraced him, and prayed him to tarry a while longer. his was a grievous temptation, and he knew not how to fit it, for the ufed fuch alluring arts and fawning tricks had almoft conquered him: But at length, calling to

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mind the terrible thundering and lightning, with the vei which followed them, he fuddenly fprang out of her arm and ran away as fast as he could; neither did he ftop he came out of the outermoft gate of the palace, and tilli got into the high way again, where Carnal-fecurity fit feduced ham, and then he went on finging,

My foul, like to a bird from fowler's fnare,
Escaped is, while after me they fare :
Their ways are pleafant, but the fling at laft,
Woe be to them that in their net are cast.
They fpread their Gins on every fide for men,
Seducing fouls to their enchanted den :
All's fair without, but rotten is within
Fair is the form, but black the guilt of fin.

At length he came to the place where the lions lay, whi began to roar at the fight of him, which put him is great fright, fo that he ftood fill at firft; but calling t mind what he had feen in the cave of Good-refolution concerning the dangers that those brave worthies had a countered and overcome, he took courage and went boldly on his way, brandifhing his crutch towards the lions, t which they immediately ceafed their roaring, and lay fil while he paffed by, and came up to the gate of the palace called Beautiful, where the porter flood ready to receive him: But art he examined from whence he came, and whither he was going.

Tender-con. Sir, I am come from the valley of Deftruc tion, and am going towards the holy Zion, or heavenly Jerufalem.

Porter. Did you come in by the wicked-gase which is at the head of the way of life?

Tender con. Yes, Sir, and was directed by one Goodwill, who kept that gate to call at the house of the Interpreter.

Porter. Let me fee your pafs, that I may fhew it to one of the virgins, who, if the be fatisfied of the truth, will receive you hofpitably, and fhew you the civilities this hoofe.

So Tender confcience pulled out his pafs, and gave it to Watchful the porter, who immediately rung a little bell,

which the virgin Difcretion came out, and the porter
d her who Tender-confcience was, and whither he was
ing, withal giving her the Interpreter's pals to read,'
ich, when he had perufed and marked the feal, she de'
id him to walk in. So fhe had him to the hall, and'
tre came to him Prudence, Fiety, and Charity, and well
ned him to the houfe, and brought him a little wins'
a few figs to refresh himfelf at prefent, till dinner
uld be ready, for they fuppofed him to be weary and
nt with getting up the hill Difficulty, not knowing that
had taken a long fleep in the houfe of Carnal-fecurity.
t he voluntarily told then how he met with an old man,
foon as he was paft the stage on the top of the hill, who
vited him into his houfe, which, faid he, is a fately pa
te on the left hand of the high road; fo he told them
that had happened to him in that place, and how he
as forced at Jaft to take to his heels and run away from
[rs. Wantonness.

Then Piety defired to know his name, and he told her,
ying, My name is Tender-confcience.

Well, fays fhe, Tender-confcience, you have efcaped one the greatest dangers upon the road; for the old man, ho enticed you inte his houfe, is called Carnal-fecurity, 1 his wife is the lady Intemperance, who is always to be en with a golden cup in her hand, full of enchantments, hereby the intoxicates thofe that drink out of it.

Tender-con. Aye, fays Tender-coufcience, I believe that as the lady who gave me the juice of grapes to drink out f a golden cup, when we were entering the fecond court. Piety. And did you not fee her two daughters, Mrs. Wantonnefs and Mrs. Forgetfulnefs?

Tender-con. I knew not their names, faid he, but I faw wo beautiful young damfels waiting upon the lady Intemperance, and I, being overcome with the ftrength of the wine, fell to dallying with one of them, till at length I fell asleep in the other's arms.

Piety. There are the fame that I mean, and they used to bewitch men to deftruction, if once they come within their arms, especially if they fall afleep therein; but how could you get away from them again; for they ufe to have fo many tricks and artifices to entangle thofe that come once,

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