muft there receive the comforts of all your toil, and have joy for all your forrow; you must reap what you have fown, even the fruit of all your prayers, and tears, and fufferings for the King by the way. In that place you must wear crowns of gold, and enjoy the perpetual fight and vifion of the Holy One; for there you fall fee him as he is, John iii. 2. There alfo you shall serve him continually with praife, with fhouting and thanksgiving, whom you defired to ferve in the world, though with much difficulty, because of the infirmity of your fleth. There your eyes fhall be delighted with feeing, and your ears with hearing the pleafant voice of the Mighty One. There you shall enjoy your friends again that are gone thither before you. And there you fhall with joy receive even every one that follows into the holy place after you. There alfo you fhall be clothed with glory and majefty, and put into an equipage, fit to ride out with the King of Glory. When he fhall come with found of trumpet in the clouds, as upon the wings of the wind, you fhall come with him; and when he fhall fit upon the throne of judg ment, you fhall fit by him; yea, and when he fhall pass fentence upon all the workers of ini quity, let them be angels or men, you alfo fhall have a voice in that judgment, becaufe they were his and your enemies. Also when he fhall again return to the city, you fhall go too with found of trumpet, and be ever with him, Thef. iv. 13, 14, 16, 17. Jude 14. Dan. vii. 9, 10. Cor. vi. 2, 3.

Now while they were thus drawing towards

the gate, behold a company of the heavenly host came out to meet them: to whom it was faid by the other two fhining ones, Thefe are the men that have loved our Lord, when they were in the world, and that have left all for his holy name, and he hath fent us to fetch them, and we have brought them thus far on their defired journey, that they may go in and look their Redeemer in the face with joy. Then the heavenly hoft gave a great shout, faying, Bieffed are they that are called to the marriage fupper of the Lamb. There came out also at this time, to meet them, feveral of the King's trumpeters, clothed in white and fhining raiment, who with melodious noifes and loud, made even the heavens to echo with their found. Thefe trumpeters faluted Chriftian and his fellow with ten thousand welcomes from the world; and this they did with fhouting and found of trumpet, Rev. xix. 9.

This done, they compaffed them round about on every fide; fome went before, fome behind, and fome on the right hand, and fome on the left, (as it were to guard them through the upper regions,) continually founding as they went with melodious noife, in notes on high; fo that the very fight was to them that could behold it, as if heaven itself was come down to meet them. Thus therefore they walked on together and as they walked, ever and anon these trumpeters even with joyful found, would, by mixing their mufic with looks and geftures, ftill fignify to Christian and his brother, how welcome they were into their company, and with what glad nefs they came to meet them. And now

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these two men, as it were, in heaven before they came at it; being fwallowed up with the fight of angels, and with hearing their melodious notes. Here also they had the city itself in view, and thought they heard all the bells therein to ring, to welcome them thereto. But above all, the warm and joyful thoughts that they had about their own dwelling there with fuch company, and that for ever and ever; Oh! by what tongue or pen can their glorious joy be expreffed! Thus they came up to the gate.

Now when they were come up to the gate, there was written over it in letters of gold, Bleed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city, Rev. xxii.

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Then I faw in my dream, that the shining men bid them call at the gate; the which when they did, fome from above looked over the gate, to wit, Enoch, Mofes, and Elijah, &c. to whom it was faid, Thefe pilgrims are come from the city of Destruction, for the love that they bear to the King of this place; and then the pilgrims gave in unto them each man his certificate, which they had received in the beginning; those therefore were carried into the King, who, when he had read them, faid, Where are the men; To whem it was answered, They are ftanding without the gate. The King then commanded to open the gate, that the righteous nation, faith he, that keepeth truth, may enter in. Ifa. xxvi. 2.

Now I faw in my dream, that these two men

in at the gate; and lo, as they entered,

they were transfigured; and they had raiment put on that fhone like gold. There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them, the harps to praife withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream, that all the bells in the city rang again for joy, and that it was faid unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord. I alfo heard the men themfelves fing with a loud voice, faying, Bleffing, honour, glory, and power, be to him that fitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever, Rev. v. 13, 14.

Now, juft as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold the city fhone like the fun; the ftreets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men with crowns upon their heads, palms in their hands, and golden harps to fing praises withal.

There were alfo of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermiffion, faying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord. And after that, they fhut up, the gates; which, when I had feen, I wished myself among them.

Ignorance

Now, while I was gazing upon all these things, I turned my head to look back, and faw Ignorance coming up to the river fide; but he foon got over, and that without half the difficulty which the other two men met with. For it happened

comes up to the river, and Vain Hope ferries him

over.

that there was then at that place one Vain Hope, a ferryman, that with his boat helped him over; fo he, as the other, I fee did ascend the hill to come at the gate,

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Part L came alone; neither did any man meet him with the least encouragement. When he was come up to the gate, he looked up to the writing that was above, and then began to knock, fuppofing that entrance would have been quickly adminiftered to him; but he was asked by the men that looked over the top of the gate, whence come you; And what he would have? He answered, I have eat and drank in the presence of the King, and he has taught in our ftreets. Then they afked him for his certificate,-that they might go in and fhew it to the King; fo he fumbled in his bofom for one, and found none.

Then, faid they, have you none? but the man answered never a word. So they told the King, but he would not come down to see him, but commanded the two fhining ones that conducted Chriftian and Hopeful to the city, to go out and take fgnorance, and bind him hand and foot, and have him away. Then they took him up and carried him through the air to the door that 1 faw in the fide of the hill, and put him in there. Then I faw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven, as well as from the city of Deftruction.

So I awoke, and behold it was a dream.

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