CONTENTS OF THE ALLEGORICAL WORKS.
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS
WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME.
The Introduction by the Editor.
CHAP. I. Life a pilgrimage through a state of spiritual
conflicts; The Pilgrim's Progress a guide to all hea-
venward pilgrims; the author furnished with leisure
time to write it, by being for many years shut up in
prison for refusing to violate his conscience............
CHAP. II. The Pilgrim's Progress having been written
in prison, difficulties were thrown in the way of its
publication...
CHAP. III. Bunyan's extraordinary qualifications to write the pilgrimage, sanctified by prison discipline..
CHAP. IV. Bunyan's release from jail, and his publi-
cation of The Pilgrim's Progress.......
CHAP. V. The inquiry, Was Bunyan assisted in the
composition of his Pilgrim's Progress, answered in
the negative-1st, From his own declarations, to
which
may be added, "I am for drinking water out
my own cistern;" The opinions of the learned; an analysis of every work previously published on the same subject, or with a similar title page. For a list of these rare volumes see the Index. In these analyses will be found a genuine picture of Popery as painted by herself.......
CHAP. VI. A bibliographical account of all the editions
of The Pilgrim's Progress published during the
author's life, with notices of the more prominent
modern editions, and translations into the languages of nearly all nations.......
CHAP. VII. An account of the versions, commentaries, and imitations of The Pilgrim's Progress......... CHAP. VIII. The opinions of many learned men of its singular merits, and the causes of its extraordinary
popularity
CHAP. IX. Observations upon some of the most promi-
Proceeds to the cross; loses his burden; angels give
him a pardon, new clothing, a mark, and a roll; tries
to alarm three men asleep, but in vain; meets For-
malist and Hypocrisy.......
Ascends the hill Difficulty; sleeps in the Arbour, and
drops his roll; is awakened, and pursues his journey;
meets Mistrust and Timorous; misses his roll, returns
in grief, and recovers it; goes on to the Palace Beau-
tiful; encouraged by Watchful he passes the lions,
and, after examination, is admitted according to the
laws of the house; entertained; sleeps in the Cham-
ber of peace; sees the study; the armoury; the
Delectable mountains.........
Enters the Valley of Humiliation; fights with, and
overcomes Apollyon; comes to the Valley of the Sha-
dow of Death; terrified by the spies; assaulted by
foes who care not for his sword; betakes himself to
another weapon, "All-prayer;" comes out of the
valley, and passes the old giants, Pagan and Pope... 111
Overtakes Faithful, a fellow-pilgrim; hold communion
with each other; converse with Talkative; Evange-
list forewarns them of persecution; enter Vanity
Fair; are maltreated; imprisoned; Faithful is tried
and burned.....
Christian pursues his journey, and is joined by Hope-
ful; By-ends wishes to join them; the sophistry of
Hold-the-world detected; Demas tempts them to
the Hill Lucre, but they refuse; arrive at the River
of the Water of life; they go into By-path Meadow;
follow Vain-confidence; are taken by Giant Despair,
and imprisoned in Doubting Castle; arguments for
and against suicide; escape by the Key of Promise;
erect a Pillar to caution others........
71
77 Arrive at the Delectable Mountains; entertained by
the Shepherds; are shown Mounts Error, Caution,
and Clear; see the Celestial Gate; receive some
cautions; fail in attempting to convert Ignorance;
robbery of Little-faith; meet the Flatterer, and are
caught in his net; released by a Shining One; meet
Atheist......
Get over the Slough of Despond, and are admitted at
the Wicket-gate, and rejoice together; they are fed,
washed, and sent on their way; the children eat the
enemy's fruit; are assaulted, but rescued by the
Reliever..
Arrive at the Interpreter's house; shown the signifi-
cant rooms, the man who prefers a muck-rake to a
celestial crown, the spider in the best room, the hen
and chickens, butcher and sheep, the garden, the
field, the robin; the Interpreter's proverbs; tree rot-
ten at the heart; they relate their experience; Mercy
is sleepless for joy; they are washed, which enlivens
and strengthens them; sealed and clothed ....
Great-heart guards them to the house called Beautiful;
pass the Sepulchre where Christian lost his burden;
pardon by word and deed, an important distinction;
see Simple, Sloth, and Presumption hanging; names
of those that they had ruined; Iill Difficulty; By-
ways, although stopped and barred up, still entered;
rest in the Arbour, but are afraid to sleep; still suffer by forgetfulness; punishment of Timorous and Mis- trust; Giant Grim slain....... Pilgrims arrive at the Palace Beautiful; Great-heart returns; they are entertained for a month; the children catechised; Mr. Brisk makes love to Mercy; her sister Bountiful's unhappy marriage; Matthew sick with the enemy's fruit; is healed by Dr. Skill; his prescriptions; instructive questions; they are greatly strengthened; Mr. Great-heart sent to guard them....
Enter the Valley of Humiliation, and are pleased with
it; shepherd boy's song; see the place where Chris-
tian and Apollyon fought; come into the Valley of
the Shadow of Death; are greatly terrified; Giant
Maul slain; find Old Honest, a pilgrim, sleeping;
he joins them; story of Mr. Fearing; good men
sometimes much in the dark; he fears no difficul-
ties, only lest he should deceive himself; case of
Self-will; a singular sect in the Author's time....... 205
Are entertained at the House of Gaius; pilgrims the
descendants of the martyrs; Matthew and Mercy
betrothed; riddles in verse; Slay-good, a giant,
slain; Feeble-mind rescued; proves to be related to
Mr. Fearing; Not-right killed with a thunderbolt;
Matthew and Mercy, and James and Phebe, married;
Feeble-mind and Ready-to-halt join the pilgrims; profitable converse between Honest and Great-heart 217
Vanity Fair; the death of Faithful had planted a little
colony of pilgrims there; pleasant communion;
courage and an unspotted life essential to pilgrims;
Samuel and Grace, and Joseph and Martha, married; the Monster (state religion) assaulted and wounded; believed by some that he will die of his wounds; pass the place where Faithful was martyred; the silver mine; Lot's wife......
Arrive at the river near the Delectable Mountains;
By-path Meadow; Slay Giant Despair, and Diffi-
dence, his wife, and destroy Doubting Castle; release
Mr. Despondency and Miss Much-afraid; Great- heart addresses the Shepherds in rhyme; Mounts Marvel, Innocent, and Charity; see the Hole in the side of the Hill; Mercy longs for a curious Mirror; the Pilgrims are adorned...
Story of Turn-away; find Valiant-for-truth wounded
by thieves; account of his conversion; the question
debated, that if we shall know ourselves, shall we
know others in the future state? arguments used by
relatives to prevent pilgrimage; the Enchanted
Ground; an arbour called the Slothful's Friend; in
doubt as to the way, the book or map is examined;
Heedless and Bold in a fatal sleep; surprised by a
solemn noise, they are led to Mr. Stand-fast in
prayer, he having been assailed by Madam Bubble... 232
Arrive in the Land of Beulah, and are delighted with celestial visions on the border of the River of Death; Christiana summoned, addresses her guide, and blesses her children and her fellow-pilgrims; her
THE HOLY WAR MADE BY SHADDAI UPON
DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE
METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; or, The
Losing and Taking again of the Town of Mansoul.
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Poetical Preface to the Reader by the Author......
This Work was originally published in the form of a continuous narrative; but, to enable the reader more readily to pause and reflect, the Editor has ventured to adopt the plan, first introduced by Mr. Burder, of dividing it into chapters.
CHAP. I. The original beauty and splendour of Man- soul under Shaddai; her noble castle; five gates; perfection of the inhabitants, the origin of Diabolus; his pride and fall; his revenge; council of war to reduce the town; Diabolus approaches Eye-gate; his oration; Captain Resistance slain; My Lord Inno-
cence killed; the town taken........
CHAP. II. Diabolus occupies the castle; deposes the
Lord Mayor, Mr. Understanding, and a wall erected
to darken his house; Mr. Conscience the Recorder
put out of office; very obnoxious to Diabolus and the
inhabitants; Mr. Lord-will-be-will heartily espouses
the cause of Diabolus, and is made the principal
governor; the image of Shaddai defaced, and that of
Diabolus set up; Mr. Lustings made Lord Mayor:
Mr. Forget-good, Recorder; new Aldermen appointed,
-Messrs. Incredulity, Haughty, Swearing, Whoring,
Hard-heart, Pityless, Fury, No-truth, Stand-to-lies,
False-peace, Drunkenness, Cheating, and Atheism;
three strongholds built Defiance, Midnight-hold,
and Sweet-sin-hold......
CHAP. III. The Revolution known to king Shaddai; his resentment against Diabolus; his gracious inten-
tion of restoring Mansoul; intimations published, but
suppressed by Diabolus; his artifices to secure the
town and prevent its return to Shaddai..........
CHAP. IV. Shaddai sends an army of 40,000 spiritual energies to reduce Mansoul, under the command of Captains Boanerges, Conviction, Judgment, and Execution, who address the inhabitants powerfully, but with little effect; Diabolus, Incredulity, Ill-
pause, and others, interfere to prevent submission;
Prejudice defends Ear-gate, with a guard of sixty
deaf men........
CHAP. V. The Captains give battle to the town, which resolutely resists; they retire to winter quarters; Tradition, Human Wisdom, and Man's Invention, enlist under Boanerges; they are taken prisoners, and join Diabolus under Captain Anything; hostili-
ties are renewed, and the town much molested; a
famine and mutiny in Mansoul; a parley; proposi-
tions made and rejected; Understanding and Con-
science quarrel with Incredulity; a skirmish......... 276
CHAP. VI. Lord Understanding and Mr. Conscience
imprisoned; the besieging officers petition Shaddai
for a reinforcement; it is approved; Emmanuel, the
king's son, is appointed to conquer the town; marches
with a great army, and surrounds Mansoul, which is
strongly fortified against him........
CHAP. VII. Emmanuel prepares for war against Man- soul; Diabolus sends Loth-to-stoop with proposals for peace, which are rejected; he proposes to patch up a peace by outward reformation, offering to become
CHAP. VIII. The principal inhabitants hold a con-
ference, and agree to petition the prince for their
lives; the castle gates broke open; triumphal entry
of Emmanuel; Diabolus is bound in chains; the in-
habitants, in great misery, petition again and again;
a free pardon is published, and universal joy succeeds 296
CHAP. IX. The liberated prisoners return to Mansoul
with great joy; the inhabitants request Emmanuel
to reside among them; he makes a triumphal entry
amid the shouts of the people; the town is new-
modelled, and the image of Shaddai again erected... 304
CHAP. X. The strongholds of Diabolus destroyed; the great Diabolonians tried, condemned, and executed, to Mansoul's great joy.
CHAP. XI. Experience is made an officer; the charter
renewed and enlarged, with special privileges; minis-
try established; Mr. Conscience the preacher, his
duties and rewards specified; the inhabitants are
clad in white; receive many distinguishing favours
from the prince; God's peace appointed to rule; the
unexampled felicity of the town.....
CHAP. XII. Carnal-security prevails; Emmanuel pri-
vately withdrawing, Godly-fear detects it, and excites
the people to destroy Carnal-security; they try to
induce Emmanuel to return......
CHAP. XIII. The Diabolonians take courage; plots are
formed to re-conquer Mansoul; vices, under virtuous
names, are introduced, and do immense mischief;
and 20,000 Doubters are raised to surprise the town 330
CHAP. XIV. Mr. Prywell discovers the plot; prepara-
tions for defence; more Diabolonians executed; the
Doubters assault Ear-gate, but are repulsed; the
townsmen will not parley; flattery tried in vain;
Jolly, Griggish, Gripe, and Rakeall, executed; Any-
thing and Loosefoot imprisoned ......
CHAP. XV. Mensoul makes a rash sortie by night and is worsted; Diabolus attacks Feel-gate, which he forces, and Doubters possess the town, doing incre- dible mischief; Mansoul petitions Emmanuel, and Credence is appointed Lord Lieutenant........................ CHAP. XVI. A new plot laid to ruin the town, by riches and prosperity; Emmanuel appears to assist Man- soul; the army of Doubters routed; he enters the town amidst the joyful acclamations of the inhabi-
Bunyan's poetical Epilogue to The Holy War; in which he claims The Pilgrim's Progress entirely as his own, and anagramatizes his name......................................... 374
XLIX.-LXV. Of the golden spoons, bowls, basons,
flagons, and cups belonging to the temple; the
chargers; the goings out; the singers; the union of
the holy and most holy temple; the holiest or inner
temple; the vail; the doors, golden nails, floors, and
walls of the inner temple; the ark of the covenant;
placing of the ark, the mercy-seat, the living waters,
and the chains in the oracle or inner temple........... 492
LXVI.-LXX. Of the high-priest, and of his office in
the inner temple; of the high-priest's going alone,
and but once a year, into the holiest; the cherubims;
the figures that were upon the walls....................... 505
CHAP. VIII. Of the golden shields and targets, and what they typified; as King Solomon supplied all this armour, so God arms his saints.......
CHAP. IX. Of the vessels of pure gold, not for divine
worship, but private use; sometimes full of bitter
draughts, at other times the cup of consolation and
of salvation: God's love tokens like honey................................ 527
A most interesting letter from Pomponius Algerius,
an Italian martyr, one of the pillars in God's house 530
CHAP. X. The porch of the house capable of holding
1000 men; a refuge from the storm; a defence from
persecutors; not enough to be content with the porch;
we must enter the house.......
533
CONCLUSION--Why persecution is allowed of God........ 536
THE WATER OF LIFE; or, A Discourse showing
the Richness and Glory of the Grace and Spirit of
the Gospel, as set forth in Scripture by that term,
The Water of Life...
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The Epistle to the Reader, or Bunyan's Bill of his
Master's Water of Life........
TEXT-Rev. xxii. 1-The divisions. First, The subject matter. Second, The quantity of this water, "a river." Third, Its source, the throne of God. Fourth, Its quality, pure and clear as crystal. The Spirit of grace compared to water....
The greatness and abundance of the Water of Life;
what a river this is, and inferences to be drawn from
the term RIVER.....
This curious and rare copper-plate engraving, on a large sheet, was published in 1663; soon after the author was first sent to prison, the profits pro- bably assisted in maintaining his family. It is now engraved from an original impression in 1691, at which time the words, Author of The Pilgrim's Progress," and the publishers' names, were added. It has never been re-published in any edition of Bunyan's Whole Works, until the present complete series. It commences with a symbol of the Trinity; on the one side is the line of grace, from election, by every step of the ascent to eternal glory; and, on the other, in a darker shade, the road from reprobation to eternal ruin. The whole is interspersed with poetry.
The head or well-spring of the water of life............... 545 The nature and quality of this water; pure, clear; no grudge or upbraiding in it; comes from God's very heart; mighty beyond conception; no fear of excess or of surfeiting here; the chiefest good, the highest good; conduct influenced by doctrines...... The application of the whole; this water of lite excel- lent in nature, abundant in quantity, has a glorious head-spring, and a singularly good quality; therefore ought to be abundantly used; bless God for provid- ing it, and test all doctrines by it...............
A MAP, showing the Order and Causes of Salvation and Damnation. By John Bunyan, Author of The
The Author to the Reader.
CHAP. I. Badman's death and its evil consequences.... 593
This leads to the discourse of his life.
CHAP. II. Badman's wicked behaviour in childhood;
original sin is the root of actual transgression; Bad-
man addicted to lying from a child; a lie knowingly
told demonstrates a desperately hard heart; the
liar's portion; an example for liars; a spirit of lying
accompanied with other sins; Badman given to pil-
fer, and would rob his father; more knit to his com-
panions than either father or mother, and would
rejoice to think of their death; counted thieving no
great matter; the story of Old Tod; Badman could
not abide the Lord's day; given to swearing and
cursing; examples of God's anger against them
that swear; a grievous thing to bring up children
wickedly.......
....... 596
CHAP. III. Badman put to be an apprentice to a pious
master; had all advantages to be good, but continued
Badman still; all good things abominable to him;
how he used to behave at sermons; the desperate
words of H. S.; Badman's acquaintances; he becomes
a frequenter of taverns; his master's purse pays for
his drunkenness; a caution for masters; Badman
becomes addicted to uncleanness; what evils attend
this sin; Badman and his master abhor one another;
Badman runs away from him ..............
CHAP. IV. Badman gets a new master as bad as him-
self; a sign and demonstration of God's anger against
Badman; masters should beware what servants they
entertain; Badman and his master cannot agree,
and why; could bear the last master's reproof better
than he could the first; by what means he came to
be completed in wickedness; out of his time, and
goes home to his father............................................
CHAP. V. Badman in business; the tricks of a wicked
tradesman; sets up for himself, and is almost as soon
set down again; the reason of his running out; new
companions; bad temper; his behaviour under his
decays.........
........................................................... 616
CHAP. VI. Badman's hypocritical courtship and mar-
riage to a pious rich young lady; neglect of counsel
about marriage dangerous; his wicked and ungodly
carriage; a great alteration quickly happens to Bad-
man's wife; his creditors come upon him; she reaps
the fruit of her unadvisedness; he drives good com-
pany from his wife........................................
CHAP. VII. Badman throws off the mask, and cruelly
treats his wife; seeks to force her from her religion;
her repentance and complaint; the evil of being
unequally yoked together; a caution to young
maidens; rules for those that are to marry; Bad-
man's children by this good woman; advantages of
the children of godly parents; disadvantages of those
of ungodly parents; contest between Badman and
his wife; his new discourse; having paid his debts
with his rich wife's money, he sets up again, and
runs a great way into the debt of many; there are
abundance like Mr. Badman.......
CHAP. VIII. Badman a bankrupt, and gets by it "hint-
fuls of money;" how he managed things in order to
his breaking; his sugar words to his creditors, who
at last agree to what he propounds; no plea for his
dishonesty; the heinousness of this sin; fair warn-
ing: good advice; honest dealing with creditors;
fraudulent bankruptcy of a professor a heavy blot
upon religion; such ought to be disowned.............. 628
CHAP. IX. Badman's fraudulent dealings to get money;
uses deceitful weights, scales, and measures; the
sinfulness of such practices; how Badman did cheat
and hide his cheating; some plead custom to cheat;
they get nothing that cozen and cheat; more of Bad-
man's bad tricks; of extortion..........
CHAP. X. The simple Christian's views of extortion;
who are extortioners; good conscience must be used
in selling; we must not make prey of our neighbour's
ignorance, necessity, or fondness of our commodity;
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