Shep. You are juft in the Way. Shep. Too far for any, but thofe that fhall get thither indeed." Chr. Is the Way fafe or dangerous? Shep. Safe for thofe for whom it is to be fafe, but Tranfgreffors ball fall therein. Chr. Is there in this Place any Relief for Pilgrims, that are weary and faint in the Way? Shep. The Lord of thefe Mountains hath Hof. 14.9. given us a Charge not to be forgetful to cnter- Heb. 13.1, 2, tein Strangers, therefore the Good of the Place is before you. I faw alfo in my Dream, That when the Shepherds perceived they were Wayfaring Men, they alfo put Queftions to them (to which they made Anfwer as in other Places) as, Whence came you? And how got you into the Way? And by what Means have you fo perfevered therein? For, but few of them that begin to come hither, do fhew their Face on thefe Mountains. But when the Shepherds heard their Answers, being pleafed therewith, they looked very lovingly upon them, and faid, * Welcome The Shepto the Delectable Mountains. herds welcome The Shepherds, I fay, whofe Names them. were Knowledge, Experience, Watchful, and The Names of the Shepherds. Sincere, took them by the Hand, and had them to their Tents, and made them partake of that which was ready at prefent. They faid, moreover, We would that you fhould ftay here a while, to be acquainted with us, and yet more to folace yourselves with the Good of the De lectable + They are hewn Won ders. lectable Mountains. Then they told them, That they were content to ftay; fo they went to their Reft that Night, because it was very late. Then I faw in my Dream, That in the Morning the Shepherds called up Chriftian and Hopeful to walk with them upon the Mountains: So they went forth with them, and walked a while, having a pleafant Profpect on every Side. Then faid the Shepherds one to another, fhall we fhew thefe Pilgrims fome + Wonders ? So when they had concluded to do it, they had them first to the Top of an Hill, callThe Moun- ed ‡ Error, which was very fteep on the tain of Error. fartheft Side, and bid them look down to the Bottom. So Chriftian and Hopeful looked down, and faw at the Bottom feveral Men dafhed all to Pieces by a Fall that they had from the Top. Then faid Christian, What meaneft this? The Shepherds answered, Have you not heard of them that were made to err, by hearken1 Tim. 2. ing to Hymeneus and Philetus, as concerning the Faith of the Refurrection of the Body? They anfwered, Yes. Then faid the Shepherds? Thofe that you fee dafhed in Pieces at the Bottom of this Mountain are they; and they have continued to this Day unburied (as you fee) for an Example for others to take Heed how they clamber too high, or how they come too near to the Brink of this Mountain. 17, 18. Then I faw that they had them to the Top of another Mountain, and the Name of of this is Caution, and bid them look † Mount The Shepherds then anfwered, Did you not fee a little below thefe Mountains a Stile that led into a Meadow, on the left Hand of this Way? They answered, Yes. Then faid the Shepherds, From that Stile there goes a Path that leads directly to Doubting-Caftle, which is kept by Giant Despair, and thefe Men (pointing to them among the Tombs) came once on Pilgrimage, as you do now, even till they came to that fame Stile. And because the right Way was rough in that Place, they chose to go out of it into that Meadow, and there were taken by Giant Despair, and caft into Doubting-Caftle; where, after they had been a while kept in the Dungeon, he at laft did put out their Eyes, and led them among thofe Tombs, where he has left them to wander to this very Day, that the Saying of the wife Man might be fulfilled, He that wandereth out of the Way Proy. 21. 26. of Understanding, shall remain in the Congregation of the Dead. Then Chriftian and Hopeful looked upon one another, with Tears gufhing out, but yet faid nothing to the Shepherds. Then |