Carral fecu.] Ave, but tarry and cat fift, for you have a long Way to walk, before you find another Houfe; and therefore it is not convenient for you to go out fafting from hence, left you faint by the Way.

Tender-conf.] It is written, Man lives not by Bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of God.

Carnal fecu.] That is not applicable to your Cafe, you must not expect to be fed by Miracles; Meat and Drink are appointed for the Support of our frail Bodics, and therefore it is a foolifh Precifeness to abftain from Eating, when we have abfolete need of it.

Tender-conf] Aye. but I have no fuch abfolute Need of Eating or Dinking either at this Time, it being early in the Morning; I have read in a certain Book thus; Wee be to thee, O Land, when thy Princes eat in the Morning; but bleed is the Land whofe Princes eat in the due Seafon for Refreshment, and not for Riotoufness.

Carnal-fecu. Neither is this Saying any ways. applicable to you; for you are no Prince, but a poor Pilgrim, and this is fpoken altogether of Princes.

Tender-conf] Yes, I am a Prince, and am going to take Poffeffion of my Crown and Kingdom: For we are made Kings and Princes, and Princes unto God, and we fhall reign with him for ever; and therefore ce fe to perfuade me in this Manner, or to retard my Journey, for I will go on in the Strength of the Lord my God.

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Carnal-fecu.] Well, fince you are fo obftinate, that you will not hearken to my Counsel in this Point, pray be advited to drink before you go, at yonder Vine, where you fee the Grapes hang fo thick and plump.

Tender-conf] No; neither will I drink in this Place; for I remember how I drank of the Juice of thofe fatal Grapes, and they intoxicated me, fo that I comitted Folly with Mrs. Wantonness, and flept away my Time, when I fhould have been going forward on my Journey; and I believe you have a Defign upon me to make me drunk again, or elfe you would not prefs me fo hard.

Now by this Time, as they went on talking together, they came to a Fountain of Water clear as Crystal, and Mrs. Wantonnefs was bathing her felf in the Fountain, who when the faw Tenderconfcience coming out of the Court with her Father, the ran out of the Fountain, naked as fhe was, and embraced him, and prayed him to tarry a while longer. This was a grievous Temptation, and he knew not how to refift it, for the ufed fuch alluring Arts, and fawning Tricks, as had almoft conquered him; but at length, calling to Mind the terrible Thundring and Lightning, with the Voice which followed them, he fuddenly fprang out of her Arms, and ran away as faft a3 he could; neither did he ftop till he came out of the outermoft Gate of the Palace, and till he was got into the Highway again, where Carnal-fecurity firft feduced him. Then he went on finging,

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My Soul like a Bird, from Fowler's Snare,
Efcaped is, while after me they flare

of Their Ways are pleasant, but they fling at laft:
Woe be to them that in their Nets are caft.
They Spread their Gins on ev'ry Side for Men,
Saducing Souls to their enchanted Den:
All's fair without, but rotten is within;
Fair is the Form, but black the Guilt of Sin

At length he came to the Place where the Lions lay, who began to roar at the Sight of him, which put him into a great Fright; fo that he ftood ftill at first, but calling to Mind what he had feen in the Cave of Good refolution, concerning the Dangers which thofe brave Wor thies had encountered and overcome, he took Courage, and went boldly on his Way, bran difhing his Crutch towards the Lions; at which they immediately ceafed their Roaring, and Jay ftill while he palled by, and came up to the Gate of the Palace called Beautiful, where the Porter food ready to receive him; but firft he examined from whence he came, and whither he was going?

Tender-conf. Sir, I am come from the Valley of Destruction, and am going toward the Holy Sion or Heavenly Jerufalem.

Porter. But did you come in by the Wicket-gate, which is at the Head of the Way of Life? Tender-conf. Yes, Sir, and was directed by one Good-will who kept that Gate, to call at the Houfe of the Interpreter.

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Porter. Let me fee your Pafs, that I may thew it to one of the Virgins; who, if the be fatisfy'd in your Truth, will receive you hofpitably, and thew you the Civilities of this Houfe.

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So Tender-confcience pulled out his Pafs, and gave it to Watchful the Porter, who immediate ly rang a little Bell, at which the Virgin Dif cretion Came out, and the Porter told her what Tender-confcience was, and whither he was going; withal, giving her the Interpreter's Pafs to read, which, when the had peruted, and marked the Seal, the defired him to walk in. So fhe had him, to the Hall, and there came to him. Prudence, Piety, and Charity, and welcomed him, to the Houfe, and brought him a little Wine and a few Figs, to refrefh himflf at prefent, till Dinner fhould be ready; for they fuppofed Him to be weary and fpent in getting up the Hill Difficulty, not knowing that he had taken a long Reft and Sleep in the Houfe of Carnalfecurity. But he voluntarily told them how he met with an Old Man, as foon as he was paft the Stage on the Top of the Hill, who invited him into his Houfe, which, faid he, is a fateJy Palace, on the Left-hand of the high Road: So he told them all that happened to him in that Place, and how he was forced at laft to take up his Heels, and run away from Mrs. Wantonnefs.

Then Piety defired to know his Name, and he told her, faying, My Name is Tender-confci

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Well, fays fhe, Tender-confcience, You have efcap'd one of the greatest Dangers on the Road for the Old Man who entic'd you into his Houle, is called Carnal-fecurity, and his Wife is the Lady Intemperance, who is always to be feen with a Golden Cup in her Hand, full of Enchantments, whereby fhe intoxicates thofe that drink out of it,

Tender conf. Aye, fays Tender -confcience, I believe that was the Lady who gave me the Juice of Grapes to drink out of a Golden Cup, when we were entring the fecond Court.

Piety. And did not you fee her two Daughters, Mrs. Wantonnefs, and Mrs. Forgetfulness ?

Tender-conf. I know not their Names, faid he, but I faw two beautiful young Damfels, waiting upon the Lady Intemperance; and I, being overcome with the Strength of the Wine, fell to dallying with one of them, till at length I fell asleep in the other's Arms.

Piety, Thefe are the fame I mean, and they ufe to bewitch Men to Deftruction, if once they are within their Arms, efpecially if they fall afleep therein. But how could you get away from them again? For they ufe to have fo many Tricks and Artifices to entangle them that once come within their Doors, that not one in ten gets out of their Clutches without fuffering fome great Damage.

Tender conf. O faid he, I tarried talking and arguing the Cafe with the Old Man, fo long, that I almoft left the Day; for as we were difcourfing together, his Daughter came out of a Fountain ftark naked, and embraced me, ufing all the-enticing Words imaginable, to hinder my going

away;