No great but little Faith, have yielded when there had been no Remedy. Chr. That they are Cowards, many have Heart for God faid, but few have found it fo in the Time where there is of Trial. As for a great Heart, LittleFaith had none; and I perceive by thee, We have more my Brother, hadit thou been the Man conCourage when cerned, thou are but for a Brufh, and then out, than when to yield. And verily, fince this is the Height we are in. rience in this Cafe. of thy Stomach, now they are at a Dif tance from us, fhould they appear to thee, as they did to him, they might put thee to fecond Thoughts. i But confider again, they are but Jour ney: men Thieves, they ferve under the King of the Bottomlefs Pit; who, if need be, will come in to their Aid himfelf, and Pfal. 8. 5. his Voice is as the Roaring of a Lion. I Chriftian tells myfelf have been engaged as this Littlehis own Expe- Faith was, and I found it a terrible Thing. Thefe three Villains fet upon me, and I beginning like a Chriftian to refift, they gave but a Call, and in came their Mafter; I would (as the Saying is) have given my Life for a Penny, but that, as God would have it, I was cloathed with Armour of Proof. Ay, and yet, though I was fo harneffed, I found it hard Work to quit myself like a Man; no Man can tell what in that Combat attend us, but he that hath been in the Battle himself. Hope. Well, but they ran you fee, when they did but fuppofe that one Great-Grace was in the Way. Chr. True, they have often fled, both they and their Mafter, when Great-Grace hath but appeared; and no marvel; for he is the King's Champion: But I tro, you will put fome Difference between Little Faith and The King's the King's Champion. All the King's Sub- Champion. jects are not his Champions, nor can they, when tried, do fuch Feats of War as he. Is it meet to think, that a little Child fhould handle Goliah as David did? Or, that there fhould be the Strength of an Ox in a Wren? Some are strong, fome are weak! fonie have great Faith, fome have little this Man was one of the Weak, and therefore he went to the Wail. Hope I would it had been Great-Grace for their Sakes. Chr. If it had been he, he might have had his Hands full: For I must tell you, that though Great-Grace is excellent good at his Weapons, and has, and can, fo long as he keeps them at the Sword's Point, do well enough with them, yet if they get within him, even Faint-beart, Mistrust, or the other, it will go hard, but they will throw up his Heels. And when a Man is down, you know, what can he do? Whofo looks well upon Great-Grace's Face, fhall fee thofe Scars and Cuts there, that fall easily give. Demonftration of what I fay. Yea, once I heard that he should fay, (and that when he was in the Combat). We defpaired even of Life. How did these sturdy Rogues and their Fellows make David groan, mourn, and roar? Yea, Hamen and Hezekiah too, though Champions in their Days, were forced to beftir them when by thefe af faulted; and yet notwithstanding, they had M 4 Job 41. 26. Leviathan's had their Coats foundly brushed by them. Peter, upon a Time, would go try what he could do; but though fome do fay of him, that he is the Prince of the Apostles, they handled him fo, that they made him at laft afraid of a forry Girl. Befides, their King is at their Whistle; he is never out of Hearing; and if at any Time they be put to the worst, he, if poffible, comes in to help them: And of him it is faid, The Sword of him that layet b at him cannot bold; the spear, the Dart, nor the Harbergen; be efteemeth Iron as Straw, and Brass as rotten Wood. The Arrows cannot make kim fy, Sling-ftones are turned, with him, into stubbe; Darts are counted as Stubble; he laugheth at the Shaking of a Spear. What can a Man do in this Cafe? It is true, if a Man could at every Turn Job. 13. 19. have Job's Horfe, and had Skill and CouThe excellent rage to ride him, he might do notable Mettle that is Things. For his Neck is a bed with in Job's Horfe. Thunder; be will not be afraid of the Grass hopper; the Glory of his Neftrils is terrible z he paweth in the Valley, rejoice:b in his Strength, and goeth out to meet the armed Mien. He mocketh at Fear, and is not af frighted, neither turneth back from the Sword. The Quiver rattleth against him, the glittering Spear, and the Shield. He swalloweth the Ground with Fierceness and Rage, neither believeth be that it is the Sound of the Trumpet. He faith among the Trumpets, Ha, ba; and be fmelleth the Battle afar off, the Thundering of the Captains and the Shoutings. But But for fuch Footmen as thee and I are, let us never defire to meet with an Enemy, nor vaunt as if he could do better, when we hear of others that they have been foiled, nor be tickled at the Thoughts of our Manhood, for fuch commonly come by the Worft when tried. Witnefs Peter, of whom I made Mention before; he would fwagger, ay, he would; he would, as his vain Mind prompted him to fay, do better, and stand more for his Master than all Men; but, who fo foiled and run down by these Villains as he? When therefore we hear that fuch Robberies are done on the King's Highway, two Things become us to do: Firft, to go out harneffed, and to be fure to take a Shield with us; for it was for want of that, that he that laid fo luftily at Leviathan could not make him yield; and indeed, if that be wanting, he fears us not at all. Therefore, he that had Skill hath faid, Above all, take the Shield of Faith, Ephef. 6. 16. wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery Darts of the Wicked. go bave It is good alfo that we defire of the It is good to King a Convoy, yea, that he will with a us himself. This made David rejoice Convoy. when in the Valley of the Shadow of Death; and Mofes was rather for dying Exod. 33.15. where he stood, than to go one step with out his God, O, my Brother, if he will Pfalm 3,5,6, but go along with us, what need we be 7, 8. afraid of ten Thousands that fhall fet themAnd 27. 1, 2, felves against us? but without him, the Ifa. 10. 4. proud Helpers fall under the Slain. 3. I, for my Part, have been in the Fray before now, and though (through the Goodness of him that is best) I am, as you fee, alive, yet cannot boast of my Manhood. Glad fhall I be, if I meet with no more fuch Brunts; though I fear we are not gone beyond all Danger, However, fince the Lion and the Bear have not as yet devoured me, I hope God will alfo deliver us from the next uncircumcifed Philiftine. Than fang Chriftian: Poor Little-Faith! Haft been among the Waft robb'd! Remember this, whaso be- And get more Faith then shall your Villers be Over ten thousand, else scarce over three, So they went on, and Ignorance followed. They went then till they came at a A way and a Place where they faw a Way put itself ine Way. to their Way, and feemed withal to lie as ftrait as the Way which they should go; and here they knew not which of the two to take, for both feemed ftrait before them therefore here they stood still to confider. And as they were thinking about the Way, behold a Man black of Flesh, but covered with a very light. Robe, came to them, and asked them why they ftood there? They answered, They were going to the Coelestial City, but knew not which of thefe Ways to take. Follow me, faid the Man, it is thither The Flatterer finds them. that |