When this was done, they among themfelves erected a Pillar, and faftened the Giant's Head thereon, and wrote under it in Letters that Paffengers might read:

He that did wear this Head was one
That Pilgrims did mifufe;

He ftopt their Way, he spared none,
But did them all abuse:
Until that I, Great-heart, arose,
The Pilgrims' Guide to be;
Until that I did him oppose,
That was their Enemy.

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Now I faw that they went to the Af cent that was a little Way off caft up to be a Profpect for Pilgrims (that was the Place from whence Chriftian had the first Sight Part I. p. 79. of Faithful his Brother). Wherefore here they fat down, and rested; they also here did eat and drink, and make merry; for that they had gotten Deliverance from this fo dangerous an Enemy. As they fat thus and did eat, Chriftiana afked the Guide, If he had caught no Hurt in the Battle? Then faid Mr. Great-heart, No, fave a little on my Flesh; yet that alfo fhall be fo far from being to my Detriment, that it is at present a Proof of my Love to my Master and you, and shall be a Means, by Grace, to increase my Reward at last.

But was you not afraid, good Sir, when faw him come with his Club? It is my Duty, faid he, to mistrust my own Ability, that I may have Reli

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ance on him that is Stronger than all. But what did you think, when he fetched you down to the Ground at the first Blow? Why, I thought, quoth he, that fo my Mafter himfelf was ferved, and yet he it was that conquered at last..

Matt. When you all have thought what admires God's you pleafe, I think God has been wonGoodness. derful good unto us, both in bringing us out of this Valley, and in delivering us out of the Hand of this Enemy; for my Part, I fee no Reafon why we should diftruft our God any more, fince he has Now, and in Such a Place as this, given us fuch Teftimony of his Love as this.

Old Honeft

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Then they got up, and went forward: Now a little before them stood an Oak, and under it when they came to it, they found an old Pilgrim faft afleep, they knew that he was a Pilgrim by his Cloaths, and his Staff and his Girdle.

So the Guide, Mr. Great-heart, awaked him, and the old Gentleman, as he lift up his Eyes, cried out, What is the Matter? Who are you? And what is your Bufinefs here?

Great-heart. Come, Man, be not fo hot, here is none but Friends: Yet the old Man gets up, and ftands upon his Guard, for his Enemy and will know of them what they were.

Then faid the Guide, my Name is Greatbeart, I am the Guide of thefe Pilgrims, which are going to the Cæleftial Country.

Honeft. Then faid Mr. Honeft, I cry you Mercy; I feared that you had been of the Company of thofe that fome Time ago did rob Little-Faith of his Money, but

now

now I look better about me, I perceive Talk between you are honefter People.

Great-heart. Why what would, or could you have done, or have helped yourself, if we indeed had been of that Company?

Hon. Done! Why, I would have fought as long as Breath had been in me; and had I fo done, I am fure you could never have given me the worst on it; for a Chrifiian can never be overcome unless he fhould yield of himself.

Great-heart. Well faid Father Honeft, quoth the Guide; for by this I know thou art a Cock of the right Kind, for thou haft said the Truth.

Hon. And by this alfo I know that thou knoweft what true Pilgrimage is; for all others do think, that we are the foonest overcome of any.

Great-beart. Well, now we are happily met, pray let me crave your Name, and the Name of the Place you came from?

Great-heart and him.

Hon. My Name I cannot, but I came whence Mr. from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about Honeft came. four Degrees beyond the City of De

ftruction.

Great-heart. Oh! Are you that Countryman? Then I deem I have half a Guess of you, your Name is old Honesty, is it not? So the old Gentleman blushed, and faid, not Honesty in the Abstract, but Honefty is my Name, and I wish that my Nature may agree to what I am called.

Hon. But, Sir, faid the old Gentleman, how could you guess that I am such a Man, fince I came from fuch a Place?

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Great-beart. I had heard of you before, by my Mafter; for he knows all Things Stapified ones that are done on the Earth: But I have are worse than often wondered that any fhould come from thofe merely Carnal. your Place, for your Town is worse than is the City of Deftru&ion itself.

Old Honefty and Chriftiana talk.

Hon. Yea, we lie more off from the Sun, and fo are more cold and fenfelefs; but was a Man in a Mountain of Ice, yet if the Sun of Righteoufnefs will arise upon him, his frozen Heart fhall feel a Thaw ! and thus it has been with me.

Great-heart. I believe it, Father Honesty, I believe it; for I know the Thing is

true.

Then the Old Gentleman faluted all the Pilgrims with a Holy Kifs of Charity, and asked them of their Names, and how they had fared fince they fet out on their Pilgrimage.

Chrift. Then faid Chriftiana, My Name I fuppofe you have heard of; good Chriftian was my Hufband, and thefe Four were his Children. But can you think how the Old Gentleman was taken, when the told him who fhe was! He skipped, he fmiled, and bleffed them with a thousand good Wifhes, faying:

Hon. I have heard much of your Hufband, and of his Travels and Wars, which he underwent in his Days. Be it fpoken to your Comfort, the Name of your Hufband rings all over thefe Parts of the World; his Faith, his Courage, his Enduring, and his Sincerity under all, has made his Name famous. Then he turn

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ed to the Boys, and asked them of their He also talks Names, which they told him : And then with the Boys, faid he unto them, Matthew, be thou like nefty's bleffing

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Gen. 39.

Old Mr. HoMatthew the Publican, not in Vice, but in on them. Vertue. Samuel, faith he, be thou like Mat. 10. 3. Samuel the Prophet, a Man of Faith Prayer. Jofeph, faith he, be thou Jofeph in Potiphah's Houfe, Chaste, one that flies from Temptation: James, be thou like James the Juft, like James the Brother of our Lord. Then they told him of Mercy, and how fhe had left her Town and her Kindred to come along with Chriftiana, and with her Sons.

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At that the old Honeft Man faid, Mercy He bleffeth is thy Name: By Mercy fhalt thou be fuf- Mercy. tained, and carried through all thofe Difficulties that fhall affault thee in thy Way, till thou fhalt come thither, where thou fhalt look the Fountain of Mercy in the Face with Comfort.

All this While the Guide, Mr. Greatheart, was very well pleased, and smiled upon his Companion.

Now, as they walked together, the Talk of one Guide afked the old Gentleman, If he did Mr. Fearing. not know one Mr. Fearing, that came on Pilgrimage out of his Parts?

Hon. Yes, very well faid he. He was a Man that had the Root of the Matter in him, but he was one of the most troublefome Pilgrims that I ever met with in all my Days.

Great-heart. I perceive you knew him, for you have given a very right Character of him.

Hon.