The Collected Works of John Bunyan E-Book

Bunyan John

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Pilgrim's Progress • Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners • The World's Greatest Books • The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul • Life and Death of Mr. Badman • An Exhortation to Peace and Unity • Miscellaneous Pieces • The Pharisee and the Publican • The Heavenly Footman; Or, A Description of the Man That Gets to Heaven • The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works • The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men etc.

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Table of Contents

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

From This World To That Which Is To Come

Part One

DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM BY JOHN BUNYAN

The Author's Apology for his Book

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

In the Similitude of a Dream

The Pilgrim's Progress

EVERY CHILD CAN READ

EDITED BY REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D. ILLUSTRATED

PREFACE

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

PART I

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CONCLUSION.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.

PART II.

CHAPTER I.

Courteous Companions,—

CHAPTER II.

THE WICKET-GATE.

CHAPTER III.

THE INTERPRETER'S HOUSE.

CHAPTER IV.

THE CROSS AND THE CONSEQUENCES.

CHAPTER V.

THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL.

CHAPTER VI.

THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.

CHAPTER VII.

ENTERTAINED BY GAIUS.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS AND THE SHEPHERDS.

CHAPTER IX.

THE ENCHANTED GROUND.

CHAPTER X.

THE PILGRIMS AT HOME.

THE LITTLE PILGRIM.

THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO TRIED TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE.

FOOTNOTES:

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE

Contents

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

PART I.

PART II.

LIFE AND DEATH OF MR BADMANAND THE HOLY WAR [1a]

NOTE

THE AUTHOR TO THE READER

Books lately Printed for and Sold by Nathaniel Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey, neer the Church.

ERRATA.

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MR. BADMAN

THE HOLY WAR MADE BY SHADDI UPON DIABOLUS FOR THEREGAINING OF THE METROPOLISOF THE WORLD OR THE LOSINGAND TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWNOF MANSOUL. BY JOHN BUNYAN

PREFACE.

TO THE READER.

AN ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.

A RELATION OF THE HOLY WAR.

THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED; or, GOOD NEWS FOR THE VILEST OF MEN

THE APPLICATION.

THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES BY JOHN BUNYAN

OF THE TRINITY AND A CHRISTIAN

OF THE LAW AND A CHRISTIAN

BUNYAN'S LAST SERMON—PREACHED JULY 1688.

BUNYAN'S DYING SAYINGS.

OF SIN.

THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN

A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN THAT GETS TO HEAVEN:

WITH DIRECTIONS

HOW TO RUN SO AS TO OBTAIN.

THE AUTHOR'S EPISTLE TO ALL SLOTHFUL AND CARELESS PEOPLE.

CHAPTER I.

HEAVEN MUST BE RUN FOR.

CHAPTER II.

DIRECTIONS FOR THIS HEAVENLY COURSE.

CHAPTER III.

MOTIVES TO PURSUE THIS HEAVENLY COURSE.

CHAPTER IV.

APPLICATION OF THE POINT

AN EXHORTATION TO PEACE AND UNITY.

THE WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN

MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

POSTSCRIPT.

[OF THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE SOUL.]

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

THE WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN

THE SAINTS' KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S LOVE; OR, THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST.

PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR.

THE SAINTS' KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S LOVE.

PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR

OF ANTICHRIST.

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

PREFACE.

OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.

FOOTNOTES:

EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.

FOOTNOTE:

THE EPISTLE WRIT BY MR. BURTON, MINISTER AT BEDFORD

SOME QUESTIONS TO THE QUAKERS, OR A FEW QUERIES TO THOSE WHO ARE POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF DELUSION IN THIS GENERATION.

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

TO THE READER.

FOOTNOTES:

A PREMONITION TO THE READER

FOOTNOTES:

A DEFENCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST;

[FOWLER'S ASSERTION THAT THE GRAND, THE ONLY AND ULTIMATE DESIGN OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS TO RE-PRODUCE MAN'S ORIGINAL RIGHTEOUSNESS EXAMINED AND CONFUTED.]

THE CONCLUSION.

FOOTNOTES:

EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

REPROBATION ASSERTED.

CHAPTER 1.

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3.

CHAPTER 4.

CHAPTER 5.

CHAPTER 6.

CHAPTER 7.

CHAPTER 8.

CHAPTER 9.

CHAPTER 10.

CHAPTER 11.

FOOTNOTES:

EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

TO THE READER.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE AND PERPETUITY OF THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH.

QUESTION I.

QUESTION II.

QUESTION III.

QUESTION IV.

QUESTION V.

FOOTNOTES:

EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

OF THE TRINITY AND A CHRISTIAN

OF THE LAW AND A CHRISTIAN.

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

GEO. OFFOR.

SCRIPTURAL POEMS

TO THE READER.

THE BOOK OF RUTH

THE HISTORY OF SAMSON

CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT

THE PROPHECY OF JONAH

THE LIFE OF JOSEPH, TAKEN OUT OF THE LATTER PART OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

THE EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE

A HOLY LIFE THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIANITY

[FIRST, THE EXHORTATION—THAT MEN DEPART FROM INIQUITY]

[SECOND, THE EXTENSION OF THE EXHORTATION—TO EVERY ONE THAT NAMETH THE NAME OF CHRIST.]

[OBSERVATION FIRST.]

[OBSERVATION SECOND.]

WHAT INIQUITY THEY MUST DEPART FROM THAT RELIGIOUSLY NAME THE NAME OF CHRIST?

FOOTNOTES.

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

CAUTION TO STIR UP TO WATCH AGAINST SIN

FOOTNOTE:

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

A CONFESSION OF MY FAITH, AND A REASON OF MY PRACTICE; OR, WITH WHO, AND WHO NOT, I CAN HOLD CHURCH FELLOWSHIP, OR THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.

TO THE READER.

A CONFESSION OF MY FAITH, AND A REASON OF MY PRACTICE, ETC.

A REASON OF MY PRACTICE IN WORSHIP.

I NOW COME TO A SHORT APPLICATION.

FOOTNOTES:

DIFFERENCES IN JUDGMENT ABOUT WATER BAPTISM, NO BAR TO COMMUNION.

I COME NOW TO YOUR FOURTEEN ARGUMENTS, AND SHALL IMPARTIALLY CONSIDER THEM.

HERE FOLLOWETH MR. HENRY JESSEY'S JUDGMENT UPON THE SAME ARGUMENT.

FOOTNOTES:

OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

INSTRUCTION FOR THE IGNORANT

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

FOOTNOTES:

[ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR]

FOOTNOTE:

[ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR]

THE WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS;

FOOTNOTES:

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS;

THE SECOND PART.

FOOTNOTES:

TO THE READER.

A RELATION OF THE HOLY WAR

[CHAPTER V.]

AN EPISTLE TO ALL THE SLOTHFUL AND CARELESS PEOPLE.

THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN

FOOTNOTES:

THE EPISTLE TO FOUR SORTS OF READERS

III. TO THE CAPTIOUS READER.

FOOTNOTES:

THE HOLY CITY; OR, THE NEW JERUSALEM

[THIRD. A RELATION OF THE GLORY OF THE CITY, ITS WALLS, GATES, AND FOUNDATIONS.]

[FOURTH. THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY, THEIR QUALITY, AND NUMEROUSNESS.]

[FIFTH. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY, BY WHICH IT CONTINUETH IN LIFE, EASE, PEACE, TRANQUILITY, AND SWEETNESS FOR EVER.]

FOOTNOTES:

[TO THE CHRISTIAN READER]

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON.

THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.

THE WATER OF LIFE.

FOOTNOTES:

TO THE READER.

THE BARREN FIG-TREE, OR THE DOOM AND DOWNFALL OF THE FRUITLESS PROFESSOR.

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.

CONTENTS.

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MR. BADMAN,

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

FOOTNOTES:

BY THAT POOR AND CONTEMPTIBLE SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, JOHN BUNYAN.

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR

PREFACE, BY THE REV. JOHN GIFFORD,

THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.

FOOTNOTES:

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

ONE THING IS NEEDFUL,

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENSUING DISCOURSE.

OF DEATH

OF JUDGMENT.

OF HEAVEN.

OF HELL, AND THE ESTATE OF THOSE THAT PERISH.

EBAL AND GERIZZIM,

FROM MOUNT GERIZZIM.

FROM MOUNT EBAL.

FOOTNOTES:

TO THE READER.

FOOTNOTES:

REASONS

THE STRUGGLER

FOOTNOTES:

THE RICHES OF BUNYAN:

CONTENTS.

NOTICES OF BUNYAN

THE RICHES OF BUNYAN.

II. THE TRINITY

III. THE SCRIPTURES.

IV. MAN.

V. THE LAW.

VI. DIVINE GRACE.

VII. CHRIST.

VIII. THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IX. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.

X. CONVICTION OF SIN.

XI. CONVERSION.

XII. THE CHRISTIAN DESCRIBED

XIII. THE CHRISTIAN RACE.

XIV. TRIALS OF THE CHRISTIAN

XV. TEMPTATIONS.

XVI. SECURITY OF CHRISTIANS.

XVII. THE PROMISES.

XVIII. CHRISTIAN GRACES.

XIX. PRAYER.

XX. FALSE PROFESSION.

XXI. THE CHURCH.

XXIII. ANTICHRIST.

XXIV. DEATH.

XXV. THE RESURRECTION.

XXVI. THE JUDGMENT.

XXVII. HEAVEN.

XXVIII. HELL.

XXIX. MISCELLANEOUS.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

Part One

DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM BY JOHN BUNYAN

The Author's Apology for his Book

{1} When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode; nay, I had undertook To make another; which, when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun.

And thus it was: I, writing of the way And race of saints, in this our gospel day, Fell suddenly into an allegory About their journey, and the way to glory, In more than twenty things which I set down. This done, I twenty more had in my crown; And they again began to multiply, Like sparks that from the coals of fire do fly.

Nay, then, thought I, if that you breed so fast, I'll put you by yourselves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out The book that I already am about.

Well, so I did; but yet I did not think To shew to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode; I only thought to make I knew not what; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour: no, not I; I did it my own self to gratify.

{2} Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble; nor did I intend But to divert myself in doing this From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.

Thus, I set pen to paper with delight, And quickly had my thoughts in black and white. For, having now my method by the end, Still as I pulled, it came; and so I penned It down: until it came at last to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

Well, when I had thus put mine ends together, I shewed them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify: And some said, Let them live; some, Let them die; Some said, JOHN, print it; others said, Not so; Some said, It might do good; others said, No.

Now was I in a strait, and did not see Which was the best thing to be done by me: At last I thought, Since you are thus divided, I print it will, and so the case decided.

{3} For, thought I, some, I see, would have it done, Though others in that channel do not run: To prove, then, who advised for the best, Thus I thought fit to put it to the test.

I further thought, if now I did deny Those that would have it, thus to gratify. I did not know but hinder them I might Of that which would to them be great delight.

For those which were not for its coming forth, I said to them, Offend you I am loth, Yet, since your brethren pleased with it be, Forbear to judge till you do further see.

If that thou wilt not read, let it alone; Some love the meat, some love to pick the bone. Yea, that I might them better palliate, I did too with them thus expostulate:--

{4} May I not write in such a style as this? In such a method, too, and yet not miss My end--thy good? Why may it not be done? Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none. Yea, dark or bright, if they their silver drops Cause to descend, the earth, by yielding crops, Gives praise to both, and carpeth not at either, But treasures up the fruit they yield together; Yea, so commixes both, that in her fruit None can distinguish this from that: they suit Her well when hungry; but, if she be full, She spews out both, and makes their blessings null.

You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? Behold how he engageth all his wits; Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets; Yet fish there be, that neither hook, nor line, Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine: They must be groped for, and be tickled too, Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do.

How does the fowler seek to catch his game By divers means! all which one cannot name: His guns, his nets, his lime-twigs, light, and bell: He creeps, he goes, he stands; yea, who can tell Of all his postures? Yet there's none of these Will make him master of what fowls he please. Yea, he must pipe and whistle to catch this, Yet, if he does so, that bird he will miss.

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster-shell; If things that promise nothing do contain What better is than gold; who will disdain, That have an inkling of it, there to look, That they may find it? Now, my little book, (Though void of all these paintings that may make It with this or the other man to take) Is not without those things that do excel What do in brave but empty notions dwell.

{5} 'Well, yet I am not fully satisfied, That this your book will stand, when soundly tried.' Why, what's the matter? 'It is dark.' What though? 'But it is feigned.' What of that? I trow? Some men, by feigned words, as dark as mine, Make truth to spangle and its rays to shine.

'But they want solidness.' Speak, man, thy mind. 'They drown the weak; metaphors make us blind.'

Solidity, indeed, becomes the pen Of him that writeth things divine to men; But must I needs want solidness, because By metaphors I speak? Were not God's laws, His gospel laws, in olden times held forth By types, shadows, and metaphors? Yet loth Will any sober man be to find fault With them, lest he be found for to assault The highest wisdom. No, he rather stoops, And seeks to find out what by pins and loops, By calves and sheep, by heifers and by rams, By birds and herbs, and by the blood of lambs, God speaketh to him; and happy is he That finds the light and grace that in them be.

{6} Be not too forward, therefore, to conclude That I want solidness--that I am rude; All things solid in show not solid be; All things in parables despise not we; Lest things most hurtful lightly we receive, And things that good are, of our souls bereave.

My dark and cloudy words, they do but hold The truth, as cabinets enclose the gold.

The prophets used much by metaphors To set forth truth; yea, who so considers Christ, his apostles too, shall plainly see, That truths to this day in such mantles be.

Am I afraid to say, that holy writ, Which for its style and phrase puts down all wit, Is everywhere so full of all these things-- Dark figures, allegories? Yet there springs From that same book that lustre, and those rays Of light, that turn our darkest nights to days.

{7} Come, let my carper to his life now look, And find there darker lines than in my book He findeth any; yea, and let him know, That in his best things there are worse lines too.

May we but stand before impartial men, To his poor one I dare adventure ten, That they will take my meaning in these lines Far better than his lies in silver shrines. Come, truth, although in swaddling clouts, I find, Informs the judgement, rectifies the mind; Pleases the understanding, makes the will Submit; the memory too it doth fill With what doth our imaginations please; Likewise it tends our troubles to appease.

Sound words, I know, Timothy is to use, And old wives' fables he is to refuse; But yet grave Paul him nowhere did forbid The use of parables; in which lay hid That gold, those pearls, and precious stones that were Worth digging for, and that with greatest care.

Let me add one word more. O man of God, Art thou offended? Dost thou wish I had Put forth my matter in another dress? Or, that I had in things been more express? Three things let me propound; then I submit To those that are my betters, as is fit.

{8} 1. I find not that I am denied the use Of this my method, so I no abuse Put on the words, things, readers; or be rude In handling figure or similitude, In application; but, all that I may, Seek the advance of truth this or that way Denied, did I say? Nay, I have leave (Example too, and that from them that have God better pleased, by their words or ways, Than any man that breatheth now-a-days) Thus to express my mind, thus to declare Things unto thee that excellentest are.

2. I find that men (as high as trees) will write Dialogue-wise; yet no man doth them slight For writing so: indeed, if they abuse Truth, cursed be they, and the craft they use To that intent; but yet let truth be free To make her sallies upon thee and me, Which way it pleases God; for who knows how, Better than he that taught us first to plough, To guide our mind and pens for his design? And he makes base things usher in divine.

3. I find that holy writ in many places Hath semblance with this method, where the cases Do call for one thing, to set forth another; Use it I may, then, and yet nothing smother Truth's golden beams: nay, by this method may Make it cast forth its rays as light as day. And now before I do put up my pen, I'll shew the profit of my book, and then Commit both thee and it unto that Hand That pulls the strong down, and makes weak ones stand.

This book it chalketh out before thine eyes The man that seeks the everlasting prize; It shews you whence he comes, whither he goes; What he leaves undone, also what he does; It also shows you how he runs and runs, Till he unto the gate of glory comes.

{9} It shows, too, who set out for life amain, As if the lasting crown they would obtain; Here also you may see the reason why They lose their labour, and like fools do die.

This book will make a traveller of thee, If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be; It will direct thee to the Holy Land, If thou wilt its directions understand: Yea, it will make the slothful active be; The blind also delightful things to see.

Art thou for something rare and profitable? Wouldest thou see a truth within a fable? Art thou forgetful? Wouldest thou remember From New-Year's day to the last of December? Then read my fancies; they will stick like burs, And may be, to the helpless, comforters.

This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect: It seems a novelty, and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest gospel strains. Wouldst thou divert thyself from melancholy?

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

In the Similitude of a Dream

{10} As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and, as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. [Isa. 64:6; Luke 14:33; Ps. 38:4; Hab. 2:2; Acts 16:30,31] I looked, and saw him open the book, and read therein; and, as he read, he wept, and trembled; and, not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying, "What shall I do?" [Acts 2:37]

{11} In this plight, therefore, he went home and refrained himself as long as he could, that his wife and children should not perceive his distress; but he could not be silent long, because that his trouble increased. Wherefore at length he brake his mind to his wife and children; and thus he began to talk to them: O my dear wife, said he, and you the children of my bowels, I, your dear friend, am in myself undone by reason of a burden that lieth hard upon me; moreover, I am for certain informed that this our city will be burned with fire from heaven; in which fearful overthrow, both myself, with thee my wife, and you my sweet babes, shall miserably come to ruin, except (the which yet I see not) some way of escape can be found, whereby we may be delivered. At this his relations were sore amazed; not for that they believed that what he had said to them was true, but because they thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head; therefore, it drawing towards night, and they hoping that sleep might settle his brains, with all haste they got him to bed. But the night was as troublesome to him as the day; wherefore, instead of sleeping, he spent it in sighs and tears. So, when the morning was come, they would know how he did. He told them, Worse and worse: he also set to talking to them again; but they began to be hardened. They also thought to drive away his distemper by harsh and surly carriages to him; sometimes they would deride, sometimes they would chide, and sometimes they would quite neglect him. Wherefore he began to retire himself to his chamber, to pray for and pity them, and also to condole his own misery; he would also walk solitarily in the fields, sometimes reading, and sometimes praying: and thus for some days he spent his time.