muft, or ought by the Law, if he hath two Coats, to give one to him that hath none. Now our Lord indeed hath two Coats, one for himself, and one to spare: Wherefore he freely beftows one upon those that have none. And thus Chriftiana and Mercy, and the reft of you that are here, doth your Pardon come by Deed, or by the Work of another Man. Your Lord Chrift is he that worked, and hath given away what he wrought for, to the next poor Beggar he meets,

But again, in order to pardon by Deed, there must something be paid to God as a Price, as well as fomething prepared to cover us withal. Sin has delivered us up to the juft Courfe of a Righteoufs Law: Now from this Course we must be juftified by Way of Redemption, a Price being paid for the Harms we have done; and this is by the Blood of your Lord, who came and stood in your Place and Stead, and died your Death for your Tranfgref fions. Thus has he ranfomed you from your Tranfgreffions, by Blood, and covered your polluted and deformed Souls with Righteousness, Rom. 8. 34. For the Sake of which, God paffeth by you, and will not hurt you, when he comes to judge the World, Gal. 3. 13.

Chrift. This is brave: Now I fee that Chriftiana there was fomething to be learned by our affected with being pardoned by Word and Deed. Good this Way of Redemption. Mercy, let us labour to keep this in Mind; and, my Children, do you remember it alfo. But, Sir, was not this it that made my good Chriftian's Burden fall from off

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How the

Strings that

bound Chrifti

his Shoulder, and that made him give three Leaps for Joy?

Great-beart. Yes, it was the Belief of this that cut off thofe Strings, that could not an's Burden be cut by other Means; and it was to give to him were him a Proof of the Virtue of this, that he was fuffered to carry his Burden to the

cut.

How Affection to Chrift is begot in the Soul.

Crofs.

Chrift. I thought fo; for though my Heart was lightfome and joyous before, yet it is ten Times more lightfome and joyous now. And I am perfuaded by what I have felt, though I have felt but little as yet, that if the most burdened Man in the World was here, and did fee and believe as I now do, it would make his Heart the more merry and blithe.

Great-heart. There is not only Comfort, and the Eafe of a Burden brought to us, by the Sight and Confideration of thefe, but an endeared Affection begot in us by it But who can (if he doth but once think that Pardon comes not only by Promife, but thus) but be affected with the Way and Means of Redemption, and fo with the Man that hath wrought it for him?

Chrift. True; methinks it makes my Heart bleed to think that he fhould bleed for me. Oh! thou loving One: Oh ! thou bleffed One. Thou deserveft to have me; thou haft bought me: Thou deferPart I. pag. veft to have me all; thou haft paid for me ten thousand Times more than I am Caufe of Admiration. Worth. No Marvel that this made the Water ftand in my Hufband's Eyes, and that it made him trudge fo nimbly on: I

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am perfuaded he wifhed me with him; but vile Wretch that I was, I let him come all alone.. O Mercy, that thy Father and Mother were here; yea, and Mrs. Timorous alfo: Nay, I wifh now with all my Heart that here was Madam Wanton too. Surely, furely, their Hearts would be affected; nor could the Fear of the one, nor the powerful Lufts of the other, prevail with them to go Home again, and refufe to become good Pilgrims.

and with what he has.

Great-beart. You speak now in the Warmth of your Affections: Will it, think you, be always thus with you? Befides, this is not communicated to every one, nor to every one that did fee your JESUS bleed. There were that ftood by, and that faw the Blood run from the Heart to To be affected the Ground, and yet were fo far off this, with Chrift, that inftead of lamenting, they laughed at him; and instead of becoming his Dif- done, is a ciples, did harden their Hearts against him. Thing Special. So that all that you have, my Daughters, you have by peculiar Impreffion made by a divine contemplating upon what I have spoken to you. Remember that it was told you, That the Hen, by her common Call, gives no Meat to her Chicken. This you have therefore by a Special Grace.

Now I faw ftill in my Dream, That they went on until they were come to the Place, Simple, Sloth that Simple, and Sloth, and Prefumption, lay and Prefumption banged, and flept in, when Chriftian went by on and why. Pilgrimage And behold they were hangup in Irons a little Way off on the other Side.

Mercy.

Their Crimes.

Whom they

to turn out of the Way.

Mercy. Then faid Mercy to him that was their Guide and Conductor. What are these three Men? And for what are they hanged there?

Great-heart. These three Men were Men of bad Qualities; they had no, Mind to be Pilgrims themselves, and whomsoever they could, they hindered; they were for Sloth and Folly themselves, and whomsoever they could perfuade, they made fo too; and withal taught them to presume that they should do well at last. They were asleep when Chriftian went by, and now you go by, they are hanged.

Mercy. But could they perfuade any one to be of their Opinion?

Great-beart. Yes, they turned several prevailed upon out of the Way. There was Slow-pace that they perfuaded to do as they. They alfo prevailed with one Short-wind, with one No-heart, with one Linger-after-Luft, and with one Sleepy-head, and with a young Woman, her Name was Dull, to turn out of the Way, and become as they. Befides, they brought up an ill Report of your Lord, perfuading others that he was a hard Tafk-Mafter. They alfo brought up an evil Report of the Good Land, faying, It was not half fo good as fome pretended it was. They also began to vilify his Servants, and to count the best of them meddlefome, troublesome, Bufybodies: Farther, They would call the Bread of God Husks; the Comforts of his Children Fancies; the Travel and Labour of Pilgrims, Things to no Purpose.

Chrift. Nay, faid Chriftiana, if they were fuch, they fhould never be bewailed by me: They have but what they deferve; and I think it well that they stand fo near the Highway, that others may fee and take Warning. But had it not been well if their Crimes had been engraven on fome Pillar of Iron or Brass, and left here where they did their Mischiefs, for a Caution to other bad Men?

Great-beart. So it is, as you may well perceive, if you will go a little to the Wall.

Mercy. No, no; let them hang, and their Names rot, and their Crimes live for ever against them: I think it is a high Favour that they are hanged before we came hither; Who knows elfe what they might have done to fuch poor Women as we are? Then she turned it into a Song, Saying,

Now then you three bang there, and be a
Sign

To all that shall against the Truth combine,
And let him that comes after, fear this End,
If unto Pilgrims he is not a Friend.

And thou, my Soul, of all fuch Men beware,
That unto Holiness Oppofers are.

Thus they went on, till they came at Part I. pag. the Foot of the Hill Difficulty, where 45. again their good Friend, Mr. Great-heart Ezek. 34, 18. It is difficult took an Occafion to tell them what hap- getting of good pened there when Chriftian himself went Dodrine in erby roneous Times.