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Works of John Bunyan Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Works of John Bunyan novel. A total of 543 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works of John Bunyan.Volume 1.by John Bunyan.MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN THE FIRST PERIOD.
The Works of John Bunyan.Volume 1.by John Bunyan.MEMOIR OF JOHN BUNYAN THE FIRST PERIOD.THIS GREAT MAN DESCENDED FROM IGn.o.bLE PARENTS--BORN IN POVERTY--HIS EDUCATION AND EVIL HABITS--FOLLOWS HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS AS A BRAZIER--ENLISTS FOR A SOLDIER
- 501 WISE. You may easily guess what he meant. He meant he would turn informer,[40] and so either weary out those that she loved from meeting together to wors.h.i.+p G.o.d, or make them pay dearly for their so doing, the which, if he did, he knew it would vex
- 502 ATTEN. And did he do thus indeed?WISE. Yes, once and again. I think he brake twice or thrice.ATTEN. And did he do it before he had need to do it?WISE. Need! What do you mean by need? There is no need at any time for a man to play the knave. He did it of a
- 503 CHAPTER IX.[BADMAN'S FRAUDULENT DEALINGS TO GET MONEY.]ATTEN. But pray, do it with as much brevity as you can.WISE. Why, are you weary of my relating of things?ATTEN. No: but it pleases me to hear a great deal in few words.WISE. I profess myself not
- 504 ATTEN. Well, this Badman was a sad wretch.CHAPTER X.[THE SIMPLE CHRISTIAN'S VIEWS OF EXTORTION.]WISE. Thus you have often said before. But now we are in discourse of this, give me leave a little to go on. We have a great many people in the country to
- 505 1. If thou sellest, do not commend; if thou buyest, do not dispraise; any otherwise but to give the thing that thou hast to do with its just value and worth; for thou canst not do otherwise, knowingly, but of a covetous and wicked mind. Wherefore else are
- 506 saith Peter, 'let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, whi
- 507 WISE. He cried out in his pain, and would say, O G.o.d, and, O Lord, help me. But whether it was that his sin might be pardoned, and his soul saved, or whether to be rid of his pain, I will not positively determine; though I fear it was but for the last;
- 508 ATTEN. Did she talk thus openly?WISE. No: this she spake but to one or two of her most intimate acquaintance, who were permitted to come and see her, when she lay languis.h.i.+ng upon her death-bed.ATTEN. Well, but pray go on in your relation, this is goo
- 509 WISE. I think verily that you need not call back your sentence; for it is thought by many that by his cups and his queans he brought himself to this his destruction: he was not an old man when he died, nor was he naturally very feeble, but strong and of a
- 510 CHAPTER XIX.[FUTURE HAPPINESS NOT TO BE HOPED FROM A QUIET HARDENED DEATH.]WISE. There is no judgment to be made by a quiet death, of the eternal state of him that so dieth. Suppose that one man should die quietly, another should die suddenly, and a third
- 511 For comparing their life with their death, their sinful, cursed lives, with their childlike, lamblike death, they think that all is well, that no d.a.m.nation is happened to them; though they lived like devils incarnate, yet they died like harmless ones.
- 512 [29] The remorse and stings of conscience seducers will feel in the next life, for being the instruments of so much wickedness and desolation in others, will prove to them a thousand h.e.l.ls.--Mason.[30] UnG.o.dly, Christless, prayerless families are lit
- 513 [73] Uncertain was the liberty occasionally enjoyed by our pilgrim forefathers, who were always expecting 'troublesome times.' We ought to be more thankful for the mercies we enjoy; and to pray that the state may soon equally recognize and cheri
- 514 Fifthly. This is thy day to prevent the loss of the one, and to get an interest in the other; this is the day of salvation, the accepted day of the Lord (2 Cor 6:2). Let the sun of this day be set before this work be done, and an everlasting night of dark
- 515 yet you must understand he meaneth all the unG.o.dly, rich or poor.Nay, if you will not understand it so now, you shall be made to understand it to be so meant at the day of Christ's second coming, when all that are unG.o.dly shall stand at the left
- 516 6. Again, that thou mightest be tormented to purpose, the mighty G.o.d of heaven will lay as great wrath and vengeance upon thee as ever he can, by the might of his glorious power. As I said before, thou shalt have his wrath, not by drops, but by whole sh
- 517 The answer signifies this much, that, instead of having any relief or ease they are hereby the more tormented, and that by fresh recollections, or by bringing afresh their former ill-spent life, while in the world, into their remembrance. Son, remember th
- 518 The time was, when we did not like it, except it might be preached in the synagogue; we thought it a low thing to preach and pray together in houses. We were too high-spirited, too superst.i.tious; the gospel would not down with us, unless we had it in su
- 519 What advantage will these be to me when the Lord shall separate soul and body asunder, and send one to the grave, the other to h.e.l.l, and at the judgment-day, the final sentence of eternal ruin must be pa.s.sed upon me?1. Consider, that the profits, ple
- 520 (2.) And, therefore, to encourage thee while thou art here with comfort to hold on for all thy crosses in this thy journey, be much in considering the place that thou must go into so soon as dissolution comes. It must be into heaven, to G.o.d the judge of
- 521 and yet so fall as never to be recovered, or renewed again unto repentance. See also Luke 13.Wouldst thou know how hard it is to go to heaven? Read Matthew 7:13, 14; Luke 13:24.Wouldst thou know whether a man by nature be a friend to G.o.d, or an enemy? T
- 522 1. Counsel.What heavenly counsel is that where Christ saith, 'buy of me gold tried by the fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear' (Rev 3:18). Also that, &#
- 523 Object. But you will say, This seems strange to me.Answ. And it seems as true to me, and I doubt not but to make it manifest, that there are but few, yea, very few, that do effectually, for that I aim at, believe the Scriptures and the truths contained in
- 524 FOOTNOTES: [1] There were nine editions of this book published during the Author's life; all those subsequent to the first have the following t.i.tle:--'Sighs from h.e.l.l, or the Groans of a d.a.m.ned Soul; discovering from the 16th of Luke the lamenta
- 525 [46] This word was, by a typographical error, printed 'doctrine,'in an edition of 1707; this error has been followed in all the after copies.--Ed.[47] A very considerable portion of the use and application as found in the first edition, was, in the seco
- 526 31. Ha! live I may not, though I would For life give more than all; And die I dare not, though I should The world gain by my fall.32. No, here he must no longer stay, He feels his life run out, His night is come, also the day That makes him fear and doubt
- 527 36. Though we are vile, he without shame Before the angels all Lays out his strength, his worth, and name, For us, who are in thrall.37. This is he who was mock'd and beat, Spit on, and crown'd with thorns; Who for us had a b.l.o.o.d.y sweat, Whose hear
- 528 46. That what to think, or what to do, Or where to lay their head, They know not; 'tis the d.a.m.ned's woe To live, and yet be dead.47. These cast-aways would fain have life, But know, they never shall, They would forget their dreadful plight, But that
- 529 Yea, rise again he did out of the earth, And shook off from him all the chains of death; Then at his chariot wheels he captive led His foes, and trod upon the serpent's head; Riding in triumph to his Father's throne, There to possess the kingdom as his
- 530 O! nothing's like to the remembrance Of what it is to have deliverance From death and h.e.l.l, which is of due our right, Nothing, I say, like this to work delight In holy things; this like live honey runs, And needs no pressing out of honey-combs.[LOVE
- 531 Advertis.e.m.e.nt by the Editor.Some degree of mystery hangs over these Divine Emblems for children, and many years' diligent researches have not enabled me completely to solve it. That they were written by Bunyan, there cannot be the slightest doubt.'M
- 532 Take no heed to the fowler's tempting call; This whistle, he enchanteth birds withal.Or if thou see'st a live bird in his net, Believe she's there, 'cause hence she cannot get.Look how he tempteth thee with is decoy, That he may rob thee of thy life,
- 533 Yea, though it in the water doth remain, It doth its fiery nature still retain.If you oppose it with its opposite, At you, yea, in your face, its fire 'twill spit.Comparison.This flint an emblem is of those that lie, Like stones, under the Word, until th
- 534 The man now lays him down upon his bed, The wick yields up its fire, and so is dead.The candle now extinct is, but the man By grace mounts up to glory, there to stand.XV.UPON THE SACRAMENTS.Two sacraments I do believe there be, Baptism and the Supper of t
- 535 Spider.Come, hold thy peace; what I have yet to say, If heeded, help thee may another day.Since I an ugly ven'mous creature be, There is some semblance 'twixt vile man and me.My wild and heedless runnings are like those Whose ways to ruin do the
- 536 Comparison.This little boy an emblem is of those Whose hearts are wholly at the world's dispose, The b.u.t.terfly doth represent to me, The world's best things at best but fading be.All are but painted nothings and false joys, Like this poor b.u
- 537 Her songs, her food, and suns.h.i.+ne day, Are emblems of those foolish toys, Which to destruction lead the way, The fruit of worldly, empty joys.The arguments this child doth choose To draw to him a bird thus wild, Shows Christ familiar speech doth use T
- 538 Lo, here comes one amain, he rides full speed, Hedge, ditch, nor miry bog, he doth not heed.One claws it up-hill without stop or check, Another down as if he'd break his neck.Now every horse has his especial guider; Then by his going you may know the
- 539 The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay, (Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.) About the yard she cackling now doth go, To tell what 'twas she at her nest did do.Just thus it is with some professing men, If they do ought that good is, like ou
- 540 'Twill also show what is upon it writ, Be it wisely, or nonsense for want of wit, Each blot and blur it also will expose To thy next readers, be they friends or foes.Comparison.Some souls are like unto this blank or sheet, Though not in whiteness. Th
- 541 [37] If the crawling snail finds food, wherefore do ye doubt, O!ye of little faith.--Ed.[38] Fools make a mock at sin. The scorner occupies a proud, an elevated seat, which will sink under him, and crush him down to everlasting destruction. The threatenin
- 542 XXI. The price of the first part will be an easier purchase than of the whole; and all in one volume would be somewhat too big in bulk and price.XXII. There is need of printing these books now, because errors and superst.i.tions, like the smoke of the bot
- 543 But here the Lord Jesus Christ did so; then your conclusion is--The Lord Jesus Christ wanted charity, and therefore not fit to preach the gospel.Horrid blasphemy; away with your h.e.l.lish logic, and speak Scripture.Then replied the learned: 'Tis bla