ty whither they were all going. He was fo`taken with orious figure this town made, that he could hardly n himself from running thither before the rest of his any; which, when Spiritual-man perceived, he said, ritual-man. Young man, mistake not this place, for is the heavenly city, as you imagine, but a mere coun - it is Babylon, the town of Confufion and Vanity: gh our way lies through it, yet we are not to take

reft there: We may abide a while, but we must not of fettling there for ever:

Iding Sir, I thought by the defcription that had given me of the heavenly Jerufalem, that this had the very place indeed, but now you have fatisfied me e contrary,

the pilgrims went forward, and entered into the town; hey met with a great many affronts and injuries by the by reafon of the strange drefs that they were in, and afe they had not the mark of the beast in their fores, nor in their right hands, as all the inhabitants of own had: Therefore the boys hooted and halloo'd at 1, and gathered a rabble about them; nay, fome of the er fort threw dirt upon them as they went by their rs; they mocked and derided them, they faftened all ner of flanders and reproaches upon them, and very there were in all that place that fhewed any compaffion common civility to them: But this did not at all difrten any of them, faving the young man to whom Spisal-man spoke laft, whofe name was Yielding: He ind, being difcouraged by the inhofpitable humour and riage of the townsmen towards his companions, and be g trongly invited by a very courteous-fpoken man to ve that giddy-brained company of fools (for fo he termthe pilgrims) and come and dwell with him, and he should id all things to his content; he accordingly complied, d forfaking his company, followed the man, who conacted him to a tavern in the market-place, and fending r fome of his bon companions, they fell to caroufing and aking merry; alfo they drank confufion to the pilgrims hat were going to the heavenly city, but Yielding got lit-le by the bargain, for, being furfeited with excefs of wine, e died fuddenly in the night-time.

In the mean while the rest of the pilgrims paffed though

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the ftreets of the town, molested on all hands by the ruder fort of people, and unpitied by them that, according to their age and ftations, ought to have fhewn more wit and humanity. Thus they went on till they came to a place called the Exchange, where the merchants use to meet and traffic: There were men of all nations and families, men of all tribes and languages, each one bufy in his particular occupation or commerce: But when the pilgrims came a mongst them, they all with one accord lett off their ba nefs and talk, and food gazing on thefe frangers, faying among themselves, What country men are thefe that appear in fo frange a drefs, fo different from all that ufe to fre quent this place?

Then I faw in my dream that Zealous-mind, one of the pilgrims, food up, and spoke to the multitude, faying, Men and brethren, partakers of the fame flesh and blood with us, why ftand ye gazing on us, as tho' fome new thing had happened unto you, which you had never seen nor known before? Have you forgot the days wherein Chriftian and Faithful paffed through your town, whereof the one was burned for the teftimony which he bore to the truth; and the other, tho' imprisoned, yet by the mighty power and providence of God, efcaped your rage and malice; Are thefe things out of your memory already? or are your records filent in the matter? We are come upon the fame ac count as they, and are going to the fame country whither they bent their cousfe: Therefore wonder not at our und fual drefs, for it is neceffary that all thofe who travel Zionward fhould be apparelled after the fashion of the city, so that their entrance thereinto may be easy, & without blame. This is the reafon why we are not cloathed after the manner of this town, or of this world, for we have no abiding city here, but we feek one to come, whofe builder and maker is God.

After Zealous-mind had made an end of fpeaking, fome of the merchants left their afairs, and joined themselves unto the pilgrims, others mocked and derided them. But they fhook the duft of their feet, and departed from that place, and the merchants that had left their merchandize went along with them; and the people followed them out of the town, hallooing and hooting at them; but they remembering the faying of Chrift, Curfed is he that hath

et his hand to the plough of the kingdom, and looketh ack; they regardeth not the ridiculous noife they made; ut kept on their courfe in the right path, neither turning the right hand nor to the left, but they walked directly the way of the Lord, till they came to the plain of Eafe, here the merchants hea:kened to the inticing words of Demas, and were perfuaded to go down into the mine to ig for treasure that corrupteth, but the reft of the pilgrims would not turn afide out of the way, to follow after filthy ucre: Yet they had not gone far before one of them whofe lame was Weary--the world, was turning about to look back toward the filver mine, when Spiritual-man efpying im, catched hold of his arms as he was facing about, and topped him faying, Brother, here is a fight just before hee which convince thee of the danger of looking back in this place: So he fhewed him the pillar of falt, into which Let's wife was turned, which food directly before them on the way-fide. Then Weary-o'-the-world thanked him for hls friendly admonition and affifiance, confefling that he was glad he fo timely prevented both his crime and his pu nishment, by fhewing him the example of Lot's wife, who, for looking back on Sodom, was turned into a pillar of falt.

Now I faw in my dream that the pilgrims went forward till they came to the river of God. Their way lay along by the river fide, where grew trees, bearing all manner of delightful fruit, which the pilgrims tafled to their wonderful refreshment; they alfo drank of the water of the river, whole virtue is to rejoice the heart more than wine, and then rofe up to profecute their journey, coming at length to the place that led to Doubting-caftle, which was demolished in the days of Chrifliana's pilgrimage; fo they paffed by the tile that Chriftian and Hopeful went over, when they were taken prifoners by giant Defpair, keeping the highway, never ftopped till they came to the Delectable Mountains, where they again refreshed themfelves in the gardens and vineyards, eating freely of the fruits that were therein. Now as they went up thefe Delectable Mountains, they came at laff to a mountain that was at the top of all the mountains, and established above the reft of the hills, and it was called the mountain of the house of the Lord, Now there were fhepherds feeding of their locks all over this mountain, and there men of all nations, tribes, and languages,

languages, walking up and down on the mountain, and fometimes they walked with the fhepherds; at other times they talked one to another.

So I faw in my dream, that as the pilgrims went along the highway, there ftood fome fhepherds by the way-fade, tending of their flocks; and the thepherds afked the pil grims whence they came, and whither they were going To whom Spiritual-man replied, Sir, we come from the valley of Deftruction, and are going to the celestial country.

Shep. Ye are welcome thus far on our journey, for w you are on the top of the Delectable Mountains, even on the mountain of the Lord's houfe, and here be men of all nations, tribes, and languages, that are going the fame journey with you; only they tarry a while here to take the air of thefe Delectable Mountains, and to partake of the fruits that grow on this holy ground, which are good to re fresh and strengthen them after their wearifome travel. Moreover, we fhepherds have remedies for all the difeafes that pilgrims are fubject to in their toilfome journey, and we minifter freely unto them of fuch things as we have, giving advice and phyfic unto the sick, opening the eyes of the blind, the ears of the deaf, and loofening the tongas of the dumb, caufing them to fhow forth the praise and glory of God. To this end are we placed here, and our tents are open to all comers, where we entertain the firan ger, the fatherlefs and the widow, the rich and the poor, the weak and the strong, the young and the old, at the King's coft, who prepares a table for all that will come to it, and hath made us his ftewards to portion out to every one what they need; we have milk for babes, and meat for them that are of ripe age. Our doors are not shut day ner night, neither do we ceafe crying out, Ho! every one that is thirty let him buy milk without money, and wine with out price; for the Lord hath prepared a feaft of fat things, of wines well refined, and he inviteth all men to his royal table.

Then the fhepherds conducted them into their pavilions, and fet before them fuch dainties as they had not met with before in all their journey; fo they eat and drank chearfully, and were mightily refreshed, and afterwards the shepherds invited them to walk out and take the air of the mountain; which they did, and found it the wholfomeft, pureft, and pleasamest

Fanteft air in the world; for it was perfumed with the odour omegranates and citrons, with all manner of Spice trees, -ich grew upon the mountain in abundance; jo that, what th the admirable diet, and what with the delicious air of s place, their frength was renewed like eagles, for they refted re with the Shepherds two or three days, who fhewed them

hofpitality, as they had a'l things in commn among themves; and therefore the pilgrims went freely up and down mone tent to another, and were kindly received every where ; this is Immanuel's land, the holy mountain of the kingdom peace, where their Spears were turned into pruning books, d their fwords into plough fheers, every one fitting under aceably under his vine, and under his own fig-tree. and no an did harm to another; but all lived together in unity, love, ad peace:

The Shepherds alle fhewed them many wonderful things of e mountain, as the bill of Error, and the hill of Caution; nd when the time came that the pilgrims were defirous to purjue eir journey; the fhepherds had them to their overfter, whom Se King had fer over them, even one of their brethren, and a epherd, to this man they brought the pilgrims; who, when bey came before him, bleed them, Jay ng Peace be unto you nd when the shepherds had told him who they were, and hous ar they had travelled, and whither they were going, he anointd them with a certain rich and fovereign ointment, which would exceedingly ftrengthen them in the reft of their journey. Then the pilgrims, bowing down their heads to the ground, took heir leave of the venerable old man, giving him many thanks for the kinanefs he had fhewed them

Then the hepherds went along with them, and fhewed them the door in the fide of the bill, which is a bye-way to hell, and dent them their perspective glass to take a profpect of the holy city through it; which, when the pilgrims had a glimpse of, they were revifhed at the fight of fuch glorious things, and longed to be there; wherefore they defired te shepherds to give them leave to depart, which was granted them only the fhepherds first gave them directions concerning the way, bidding them have an especial care left they flept upon the inchanted ground; which they must needs pafs through before they could arrive at the heavenly city, and it les juft on this fide the region called Beulah

Moreover 1 faw in my dream that the pilgrims. baving bid adieu to the shepherds, went down from the mountain into the