The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...38, 39 CHAPTER XIV. The pilgrims come to the Enchanted Ground--To prevent: drowsiness they fall into good discourse--Hopeful relates" his experience--His life before conversion-He falls under conviction--Endeavours to mend his lifa--Finding no relief, he breaks his mind tp.Fnthful, who tells him the way to be saved--He doubts of acceptation--Is better instructed, and bid to pray--Christ is revealed to him. I Then saw jn my dream, that they went on."Until they came into a certain country, whose air naturally tended to make one drowsy; if he came a stranger into it. 4nd here Hfopeful began to be very dull, and heavy to sleep; wherefore he said unto Christian, "I do now begin tp grow so drowsy, that I can scarcely hold open mine eyes; let us lie down'here and take one nap." " By no means," said the other, " lest sleeping we never awake more." / Hope. Why, my brother'1 sleep is sweet to the labouring man; we may be refreshed if we take a nap. Chr. Do you not remember that one of the shepherds bid us beware of the Enchanted Ground He meant by that, that we should beware of sleeping: u wherefore let us not sleep as others do but let us watch and be sober." 1 Thess. v, 6.1 i The Enchanted Ground seems to' represent a state of spiritual quiet; accompanied with temporal prosperity, which, strange as it may at first appear, often proves most dangerous to the Christian pil grim. Although, when things go well with us, and God makes our way to prosper, we ought to be most mindful of his mfercies and most active in his service, yet, alas (such is the deceitfulness of man's hear't).thfs is the time when we are most prone to forget him. When "Ephraim waxed fat," then it was that he "kicked;" and of how Hiany who were once zealous and devoted Christians, may it...