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Part two, the seventh stage.
Well, the time grew on that the

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Pilgrims must go on their way.
Wherefore they prepared for their journey. They

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sent for their friends. They conferred
with them they had some time set a

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part therein to commit each other to
the protection of their prince. There were

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again that brought them of such things
as they had that were fit for the

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weak and the strong, for the
women and the men, and so laded

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them with such things as were necessary
Acts twenty eight ten. Then they set

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forward on their way, and their
friends accompanying them so far as was convenient.

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They again committed each other to the
protection of their king, and parted.

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They therefore that were of the Pilgrim's
company went on, and mister Greatheart

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went before them. Now, the
women and children, being weakly, they

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were first to go as they could
bear, by which means mister Ready to

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Halt and mister Feeblemind had more to
sympathize with their condition. When they were

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gone from the townsmen, and when
their friends had bid them farewell, they

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quickly came to the place where Faithful
was put to death. Therefore they made

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a stand and thanked him that had
enabled him to bear his cross so well,

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and the rather because they now found
that they had a benefit by such

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a manly suffering as his was.
They went on therefore after this a good

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way further, talking of Christian and
Faithful, and how Hopeful joined himself to

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Christian, after that Faithful was dead. Now they came up with the hill

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Lucre, where the silver mine was, which took Damis off from his pilgrimage,

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and into which, as some think, Bayennes fell, And wherefore they

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considered that. But when they were
come to the old monument that stood over

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against the hill Lucre, to wit
to the pillar of salt that stood also

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within view of Sodom and its stinking
lake, they marveled, as did Christian

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before, that men of such knowledge
and ripeness of wit as they were,

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should be so blinded as to turn
aside. Here. Only they considered again

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that nature is not affected with the
harms that others have met with, especially

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if that thing upon which they look
has an attracting virtue upon the foolish eye.

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I saw now that they went on
till they came to the river that

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was on this side of the delectable
mountains, to the river where the fine

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trees grow on both sides, and
whose leaves, if taken inwardly, are

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good against surfeits. Where the meadows
are green all the year long, and

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where they might lie down safely Psalm
twenty three. By this riverside in the

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mountains there were coats and folds for
sheep, a house built for the nourishing

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and bringing up of those lands the
babes of those women that go on pilgrimage.

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Also there was here one that was
entrusted with them, who could have

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compassion, and that could gather these
lands with his arm, and carry them

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in his bosom, and gently lead
those that were with young Hebrews five two

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Isaiah forty eleven. Now to the
care of this man. Christiana admonished her

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four daughters to commit their little ones, that by these waters they might be

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housed, harbored, succored, and
nourished, that none of them might be

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lacking in time to come. This
man, if any of them go astray

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or be lost, will bring them
again. He will also bind up that

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which is broken, and will strengthen
them that are sick. Jeremiah twenty three

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four Ezekiel thirty four eleven to sixteen. Here there will never want meat,

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drink, and clothing. Here there
will be kept from thieves and robbers,

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For this man will die before one
of those committed to his trust shall be

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lost. Besides, here they shall
be sure to have good nurture and admonition,

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and shall be taught to walk in
right paths, And that you know,

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is a favor of no small account. Also here, as you see,

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are delicate waters, pleasant meadows,
dainty flowers, variety of trees,

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and such as bear wholesome fruit.
Fruit not like that which Matthew ate off,

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nor fell over the wall out of
Beelzebeb's garden, but fruit that procureth

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health where there is none, and
that continueth and increaseth it where it is.

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So, they were content to commit
their little ones to him, And

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that which was all so an encouragement
to them so to do was for that

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all this was to be at the
charge of the king. And so was

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an hospital to young children in orphans. Now they went on, and when

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they were come to buy path meadow
to the style over which Christian went with

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his fellow hopeful, when they were
taken by giant despair and put into doubting

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castle, they sat down and consulted
what was best to be done to wit.

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Now they were so strong, and
had got such a man as mister

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Greatheart for their conductor, whether they
had not best to make an attempt upon

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the giant demolish his castle, and
if there were any pilgrims in it,

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to set them at liberty before they
went any further. So one said one

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thing, and another said the contrary. One questioned if it was lawful to

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go about unconsecrated ground. Another said
they might, provided their end was good.

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But mister Greatheart said, though that
assertion offered last cannot be universally true.

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Yet I have a commandment to resist
sin, to overcome evil, to

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fight the good fight of faith.
And I pray with whom should I fight

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this good fight? If not with
giant despair. I will therefore attempt the

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taking away of his life and the
demolishing of doubting castle. Then said he

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who will go with me? Then
said old honest I will, And so

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will we too, said Christiana's four
sons, Matthew, Samuel, Joseph,

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and James, for they were young
men and strong, first John two thirteen

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and fourteen. So they left the
women in the road and with them,

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mister Feeble Mind and mister Ready to
halt with his crutches to be their guard

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until they came back, For in
that place the giant Despair dwelt so near

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they being in the road, a
little child might lead them Isaiah eleven six.

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So mister Greatheart, old Honest,
and the four young men went to

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go up to Doubting Castle to look
for Giant Despair. When they came at

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the castle gate, they knocked for
entrance with an unusual noise. At that

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the old giant comes to the gate, and diffidence his wife follows. Then

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said he who and what is he
that is so hardy as after this manner

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to molest the giant despair. Mister
Greatheart replied, it is I, Greatheart,

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one of the king of the celestial
Country's conductors of pilgrims to their place.

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And I demand of thee that thou
open thy gates for my entrance.

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Prepare thyself also to fight, for
I am come to take away thy head

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and to demolish Doubting Castle. Now
giants, because he was a giant,

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thought no man could overcome him.
And again thought he, since heretofore I

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have made a conquest of angels,
shall Great Heart make me afraid? So

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he harnessed himself and went out.
He had a cap of steel upon his

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head, a breastplate of fire girded
to him, and he came out in

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iron shoes with a great club in
his hand. Then these six men made

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up to him and beset him behind. And before also when Diffidence the giantest

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came up to help him, old
mister Honest cut her down at one blow.

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Then they fought for their lives,
and Giant Despair was brought down to

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the ground, but was very loath
dye. He struggled hard and hard,

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as they say, as many lives
as a cat. But great Heart was

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his death, for he left him
not till he had severed his head from

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his shoulders. Then they felt a
demolishing, doubting car So and that you

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know, might with ease be done. Since Giant Despair was dead. There

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were seven days in destroying of that
and in it of pilgrims. They found

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one mister Despondency, almost starved to
death, and one much afraid his daughter.

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These two they saved alive. But
it would have made you wonder to

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have seen the dead bodies that lay
here and there in the castle yard,

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and how full of dead men's bones
the dungeon was. When mister Greatheart and

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his companions had performed this exploit,
they took mister Despondency and his daughter,

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much afraid, into their protection,
for they were honest people, though they

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were prisoners in doubting castle. So
that tyrant giant despair. They, therefore,

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I say, took with them the
head of the giant, for his

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body they had buried under a heap
of stones, and down to the road,

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and to their companion they came and
showed them what they had done.

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Now, when feeble mind and ready
to halt, saw that it was the

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head of giant despair. Indeed,
they were very jocund and merry. Now

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Christiana, if need was, could
play upon the viol and her daughter Mercy

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upon the lute. So since they
were so merry disposed, she played them

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a lesson, and ready to halt, would dance. So he took Despondency's

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daughter, much afraid, by the
hand, and to dancing they went in

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the road. True, he could
not dance without one crutch in his hand,

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but I promise you he footed it
well. Also, the girl was

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to be commended, for she answered
the music handsomely. As for mister Despondency,

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the music was not so much to
him. He was for feeding rather

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than dancing. For that he was
almost starved. So Christiana gave him some

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of her bottle of spirit for present
relief, and then prepared him something to

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eat. And in the little time
the old gentleman came to himself and began

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to be finely revived. Now I
saw in my dream, when all these

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things were finished, mister Greatheart took
the head of Giant Despair and set it

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upon a pole by the highwayside,
right over against the pillar that Christian erected

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for a caution to pilgrims that came
after to take heed of entering into his

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grounds. Then he writ under it
upon a marble stone these verses following,

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This is the head of him whose
name only in former times did pilgrims terrify

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his castles down and diffidence. His
wife brave, mister Greatheart has bereft of

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life, Despondency, his daughter much
afraid great Heart for them. Also the

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man has played who hereof doubts.
If Hilbert cast his eye up hither may

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his scruple satisfy this head. Also, when doubting cripples dance, thus show

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from fears, they have deliverance.
When these men had thus bravely showed themselves

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against doubting castle, and had slain
great giant despair, they went forward and

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went on till they came to the
selectable mountains, where Christian and Hopeful refreshed

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themselves with the varieties of the place. They also acquainted themselves with the shepherds

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there, who welcomed them as they
had done Christian before, unto the delectable

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mountains. Now the shepherds, seeing
so great a train, follow mister Greatheart,

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for with him they were well acquainted. They said unto him, good

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sir, you have got a goodly
company here. Pray where did you find

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all these? Then mister Greatheart replied, First, here is Christiana, and

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her train has sons and her son's
wives, who like the wain, keep

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by the pole and do by compass
steer from sin to grace. Else they

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had not been here. Next,
here is old Honest, come on pilgrimage,

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ready to halt. Two who I
dare engage? True heart it is,

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and so is feeble Mind, who
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Despondency good man is come after,
and so also is much afraid his

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daughter. May we have entertainment here, or must we further go? Let's

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know where on to trust, Then
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company. You are welcome to us, for we have for the feeble as

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well as for the strong. Our
Prince has an eye to what is done

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to the least of these. Therefore
infirmity must not be a block to our

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entertainment Matthew twenty five forty. So
they had them to the palace door,

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and then said unto them, come
in, mister feeble mine, come in,

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mister Reddy to halt, come in, mister despondency, and missus much

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afraid his daughter. These, mister
Greatheart, said the shepherds to the guide

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we call in by name, for
that they are most subject to draw back.

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But as for you and the rest
that are strong, we leave you

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to your wanted liberty. Then said
mister Greatheart, this day I see that

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grace doth shine in your faces,
and that you are my Lord's shepherds.

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Indeed, for that you have not
pushed these diseased, neither with side nor

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shoulder, but have rather strewed their
way to the palace with flowers, as

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you should, Ezekiel, thirty four
twenty one. So the feeble and weak

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went in, and mister Greatheart and
the rest did follow. When they were

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also set down, the shepherds said
to those of the weaker sort, what

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is it that you would have?
For? Said they, all things must

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be managed here to the supporting of
the week, as well as to the

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warning of the unruly. So they
made them a feast of things easy of

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digestion and that were pleasant to the
palate and nourishing, through which, when

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they had received, they went to
their rest, each one respectively unto his

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proper place. When morning was come. Because the mountains were high and the

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day clear, and because it was
the custom of the shepherds to show the

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pilgrims before their departure some rarities,
therefore, after they were ready and had

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refreshed themselves, the shepherds took them
out into the fields and showed them first

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what they had shown to Christian before. Then they had them to some new

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places. The first was Mount Marvel, where they looked and beheld a man

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at a distance that tumbled the hills
about with words Then they asked the shepherds

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what that should mean. So they
told them that that man was the son

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of one mister Great Grace, of
whom you read in the first part of

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the records of the Pilgrim's Progress,
And he is set there to teach pilgrims

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how to believe down or to tumble
out of their ways, what difficulties they

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should meet with by faith Mark eleven, twenty three and twenty four. Then

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said mister Greatheart, I know him. He is a man above many.

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Then they had them to another place
called Mount Innocence, and there they saw

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a man clothed all in white,
and two men prejudice and ill will,

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continually casting dirt upon him. Now, behold, the dirt whatsoever they cast

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at him, would in a little
time fall off again, and his garment

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would look as clear as if no
dirt had been cast thereat. Then,

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said the pilgrims. What means this? The shepherds answered, this man is

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named godly man, and this garment
is to show the innocency of his life.

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Now those that throw dirt at him
are such as hate his well doing.

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But as you see, the dirt
will not stick upon his clothes.

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So it shall be with him that
liveth innocently in the world, whoever they

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be that would make such men dirty. They labor all than vain for God,

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by that a little time is spent
or cause that their innocence shall break

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forth as the light, and their
righteousness as the noonday. Then they took

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them and had them to Mount Charity, where they showed them a man that

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had a bundle of cloth lying before
him, out of which he cut coats

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and garments for the poor that stood
about him. Yet his bundle or roll

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of cloth was nevertheless, then said
they, what should this be? This

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is, said the shepherds, to
show you that he who has a heart

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to give of his labor to the
poor shall never want, wherewithal he that

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water with shall be watered himself.
And the cake that the widow gave to

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the prophet did not cause that she
had the less in her barrel. They

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had them also to the place where
they saw one fool and one want wit

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washing in Ethiopian, with intention to
make him white. But the more they

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washed him, the blacker he was. Then they asked the shepherds what that

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should mean. So they told them, saying, thus it is with the

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vile person. All means used to
get such a one a good name shall

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in conclusion tend but to make him
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Pharisees, and so it shall be
with all hypocrites. Then said Mercy,

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the wife of Matthew, to Christiana, her mother mother, I would,

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if it might be, see the
hole in the hill, or that commonly

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called the bye way to hell.
So her mother broke her mind to the

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shepherds. Then they went to the
door. It was on the side of

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an hill, and they opened it
and bid Mercy hearken. Awhile, so

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she hearkened, and heard one saying, cursed be my father for holding of

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my feet back from the way of
peace and life. Another said, oh,

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that I had been torn in pieces
before I had to save my life,

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lost my soul. And another said, if I were to live again,

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how would I deny myself rather than
come to this place. Then there

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was as if the very earth groaned
and quaked under the feet of this young

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woman for fear. So she looked
white and came trembling away, saying,

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blessed be he and she that is
delivered from this place. Now, when

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the shepherds had shown them all these
things, then they had them back to

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the palace and entertained them with what
the house would afford. But Mercy,

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being a young and married woman,
longed for something that she saw there,

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but was ashamed to ask. Her
mother in law then asked her what she

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ailed for. She looked as one
not well. Then said Mercy, there

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is a looking glass hangs up in
the dining room off which I cannot take

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my mind. If therefore I have
it not, I think I shall miscarry.

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Then said her mother, I will
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and they will not deny thee.
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these men should know that I longed. Nay, my daughter, said she.

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It is no shame, but a
virtue to long for such a thing

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as that. So Mercy said,
then, mother, if you please ask

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the shepherds if they are willing to
sell it. Now the glass was one

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of a thousand. It would present
a man one way with his own features

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exactly, and turn it but another
way, and it would show one the

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very face and similitude of the Prince
of Pilgrims himself. Yes, I have

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talked with them that can tell and
they have said that they have seen the

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very crown of thorns upon his head
by looking in that glass. They have

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therein also seen the holes in his
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YEA, such an excellency is there
in this glass, that it will

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show him to one where they have
a mind to see him, whether living

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or dead, whether in earth or
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humiliation or in his exaltation, whether
coming to suffer or coming to reign James

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one twenty three, First Corinthians thirteen
twelve, Second Corinthians three eighteen. Christiana

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therefore went to the birds apart.
Now the names of the shepherds were Knowledge,

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Experience, watchful, and sincere,
and said unto them, there is

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one of my daughters, a breeding
woman, that I think doth long for

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something that she hath seen in this
house. And she thinks that she shall

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miscarry if she should, by you
be denied. Experience, call her,

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call her, she shall assuredly have
what we can help her to. So

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they called her and said to her, mercy, what is that thing thou

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wouldst have? Then she blushed and
said, the great glass that hangs up

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in the dining room. So sincea
ran and fetched it, and with a

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joyful consent it was given her.
Then she bowed her head and gave thanks,

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and said, by this I know
that I have obtained favor in your

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eyes. They also gave to the
other young women such things as they desired,

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and to their husband's great commendations,
for that they had joined with mister

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Greatheart in the slaying of Giant Despair
and the demolishing of Doubting Castle. About

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Christiana's neck the shepherds put a bracelet, and so did they about the necks

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of her four daughters. Also they
put earrings in their ears, and jewels

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on their foreheads when they were minded
to go. Hence, they let them

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go in peace, but gave not
to them those certain cautions which before were

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given to Christian and his companion.
The reason was for that these had great

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Heart to be their guide, who
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and so could give them their cautions
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when the danger was neither approaching.
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of the shepherds, they had also
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that they had need to put them
in practice. Wherefore was the advantage that

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this company had over the other.
From thence they went on singing, and

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they said, behold, how fitly
are the stages set for their relief that

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pilgrims are become, And how they
us receive without one let that make the

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other life our mark and home.
What novelties they have to us they give,

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that we, though pilgrims, joyful
lives, may live. They do

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upon us too, such things bestow
that show we pilgrims are where'er we go?

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End Part two, The seventh Stage