The Pilgrim's Progress E-Book

Bunyan John

• Herausgeber: Digital Deen Publications
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most entertaining allegories of faith ever written. Set against realistic backdrops of town and country, the powerful drama of the pilgrim's trials and temptations follows him in his harrowing journey to the Celestial City.

Leseprobe

JOHN BUNYAN

THE PILGRIM’SPROGRESS

FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COMEDELIVERED UNDER THESIMILITUDE OF A DREAM

Digital Deen Publications

Contents

Introduction

Pilgrim’s Progress

The Pilgrim’s Progressby John Bunyan

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.

(“THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGIE FOR HIS BOOK”)

Pilgrim’s Progress

THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE

PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD THAT PERISHETH, THOUGH IT BE TRIED

WITH FIRE, MIGHT BE FOUND UNTO PRAISE AND HONOUR AND

GLORY AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST.—1 Peter, 1:7

AS I WALKED through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,1 and 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 (Isaiah 64:6; Luke 14:33; Psalm 38:4). 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 break out with a lamentable cry, saying:

PILGRIM: What shall I do? (Acts 2:37; 16:30; Habakkuk 1:2–3).

In this plight, therefore, he went home, and restrained 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 break his mind to his wife and children; and thus he began to talk to them:

PILGRIM: O my dear wife, and you my children, I, your dear friend, am in myself undone by reason of a burden that lieth hard upon me. Moreover, I am certainly 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 toward 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: