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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, &#
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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;
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 500 [HE THROWS OFF THE MASK AND CRUELLY TREATS HIS WIFE.]Now when he came home in this case, if his wife did but speak a work to him about where he had been and why he had so abused himself, though her words were spoken in never so much meekness and love, the
- 499 ATTEN. That is true, but it doth not follow that if the father had done as I said, the son would have done as you suppose. But if he had done as you have supposed, what had he done worse than what he hath done already?WISE. He had done bad enough, that is
- 498 ATTEN. Well, but I wonder if young Badman's master knew him to be such a wretch, that he would suffer him in his house.WISE. They liked one another even as fire and water do. Young Badman's ways were odious to his master, and his master's w
- 497 ATTEN. But what was that other villain addicted to; I mean young Badman's third companion.WISE. Uncleanness; I told you before, but it seems you forgot.ATTEN. Right, it was uncleanness. Uncleanness is also a filthy sin.WISE. It is so; and yet it is o
- 496 WISE. He was so, and that which aggravates all was, this was his practice as soon as he was come to his master--he was as ready at all these things as if he had, before he came to his master, served an apprentices.h.i.+p to learn them.ATTEN. There could n
- 495 But what was this curse? Why, First, It was a wrong sentence past upon David; s.h.i.+mei called him b.l.o.o.d.y man, man of Belial, when he was not. Secondly, He sentenced him to the evil that at present was upon him for being a b.l.o.o.d.y man, that is,
- 494 ATTEN. But you said that he would also rob his father, methinks that was an unnatural thing.WISE. Natural or unnatural, all is one to a thief. Besides, you must think that he had likewise companions to whom he was, for the wickedness that he saw in them,
- 493 ATTEN. Why, I trow, Mr. Goodman your neighbour is not dead. Indeed I did hear that he had been sick.WISE. No, no, it is not he. Had it been he, I could not but have been concerned, but yet not as I am concerned now. If he had died, I should only have been
- 492 4. I will propound again. Suppose that there was amongst us such a law, and such a magistrate to inflict the penalty, that for every open wickedness committed by thee, so much of thy flesh should with burning pincers be plucked from thy bones, wouldest th
- 491 [20] This is referred to in the Pilgrim, at the Interpreter's house, by the representation of a man in an iron cage, who says, 'I cannot get out, O now I cannot!' The awful account of Spira's despair must have made a strong impression
- 490 After that thou shalt cut it down.Thus far we have treated of the barren fig-tree, or fruitless professor, with some signs to know him by; whereto is added also some signs of one who neither will nor can, by any means, be fruitful, but they must miserably
- 489 Second. I shall instance Ishmael. Ishmael was a professor, was brought up in Abraham's family, and was circ.u.mcised at thirteen years of age (Gen 16:12, 17:25,26). But he was the son of the bond-woman, he brought not forth good fruit; he was a wild
- 488 Third. The c.u.mber-ground is a sucker; he draws away the heart and nourishment from the other trees. Were the c.u.mber ground cut down, the others would be more fruitful; he draws away that fatness of the ground to himself, that would make the others mor
- 487 Barren fig-tree, what fruit hast thou? Hast thou fruit becoming the care of G.o.d, the protection of G.o.d, the wisdom of G.o.d, the patience and husbandry of G.o.d? It is the fruit of the vineyard that is either the shame or the praise of the husbandman.
- 486 And HE came and sought fruit thereon.When a man hath got a profession, and is crowded into the church and house of G.o.d, the question is not now, Hath he life, hath he right principles? but, Hath he fruit? HE came seeking fruit thereon.It mattereth not w
- 485 Now 'they count it pleasure to riot in the daytime.' But what will they do when the axe is fetched out? (2 Peter 2:13,14).The tree whose fruit withereth is reckoned a tree without fruit, a tree twice dead, one that must be 'plucked up by th
- 484 FOURTH. By the characters that are given of this water of life, thou art capacitated to judge when a notion, a doctrine, an opinion, comes to thine ears, whether it is right, good, and wholesome, or how. This river is pure, is clear, is pure and clear as
- 483 The great fear of the tempted is, that there is not so much grace in G.o.d, and that he is not so free of it as some scriptures seem to import. But this word PURE is levelled against such objections and objectors, for the destroying of their doubts, and t
- 482 Now grace is upon the throne, reigns upon the throne, proceeds from the throne. A man may appeal from the law to the throne, from Moses to Christ, from him that spake on earth to him that speaks from heaven; but from heaven to earth, from Christ to Moses,
- 481 First. It is a deep river. It is a river that is not shallow, but deep, with an 'O the depth!' (Rom 11:33). 'I will make their waters deep, saith G.o.d' (Eze 32:14). And again, they 'have drunk of the deep waters' (Eze 34:18)
- 480 It extended under the Jewish or Levitical law, in its course pa.s.sing through the temple, issuing from under the threshold of G.o.d's house, revealed by types, and shadows, and an earthly priesthood, and then 'grace ran but slowly because Jesus
- 479 The world know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of our G.o.d. Do you think that saints that dwell in the world, and that have more of the mind of G.o.d than the world, would, could so rejoice in G.o.d, in the cross, in tribulations and distresses
- 478 But was not this man, think you, a giant, a pillar in this house?Had he not also now hold of the s.h.i.+eld of faith? Yea, was he not now in the combat? And did he not behave himself valiantly? Was not his mind elevated a thousand degrees beyond sense, ca
- 477 Now let this also that has been said upon this head, be another argument to prove that the house of the forest of Lebanon was a type of the church in the wilderness.CHAPTER IX.OF THE VESSELS WHICH SOLOMON PUT IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON.Solomon
- 476 Thus the church, though in her weeds of widowhood, is become the desire of the eyes of the nations; for indeed her features are such, considering who is her head, where mostly to the eye beauty lies, that whoso sees but the utmost glimpse of her, is easil
- 475 It seems, therefore, that these four rows of pillars were they that were the more outside ones; that is, two rows on this side of the house and two rows also on that; and that those forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row, stood in three rows more inward, an
- 474 Third. If you add to these the different makes of the houses, it will sufficiently appear that they were not one. The house of the forest of Lebanon was built upon four rows of cedar pillars; but we read of no such pillars upon which the temple stood. The
- 473 [16] The line means the text. The marginal reading agrees with the puritan version 'overlayed.' Tyndale renders it, 'And he paved the house with precious stones goodly.' Coverdale, 'And overlayed the house with precious stones to
- 472 (1.) 'Towards the mercy-seat.' They are desirous to see it, and how from hence, I say, mercy doth look towards us.(2.) 'They look one towards another,' to show that they agree to rejoice in the salvation of our souls (Luke 15:10).(3.)
- 471 As there were chains on the pillars that stood before the porch of the temple, and in the first house; so, like unto them, there were chains in the holiest, here called the oracle. These chains were not chains in show, or as carved on wood, &c., but chain
- 470 4. The ark had the name of G.o.d put upon it; yea, it was called the strength of G.o.d, and his glory, though made of wood. And Christ is G.o.d both in name and nature, though made flesh; yea more, made to be sin for us (2 Sam 6:2; 1 Chron 13:6; 2 Chron 6
- 469 LVII. Of the veil of the Temple.The veil of the temple was a hanging made of 'blue and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,' and there were cherubims wrought thereon (Exo 26:31).1. This veil was one part.i.tion, betwixt the holy and most
- 468 Is it not in the four evangelists, the prophets, and epistles of the apostles? They therefore are the chargers and the ordinance of the supper; in these also are the trespa.s.s-offerings, with what is fried in pans, mystically prepared for the children of
- 467 There were also golden censers belonging to the temple, and they were either such as belonged to the sons of Levi in general, or that were for Aaron and his sons in special (Num 16:6,17,18).The censers of the Levites were a type of ours; but the censer of
- 466 3. These cakes or shew-bread were to have frankincense strewed upon them, as they stood upon the golden table, which was a type of the sweet perfumes of the sanctifications of the Holy Ghost; to which I think Paul alludes, when he says, 'The offering
- 465 1. Of their fas.h.i.+on and their furniture, you may see (1 Kings 7:38).These lavers, as the molten sea, were vessels which contained water; but they were not of the same use with it. True, they were both to wash in; the sea to wash the wors.h.i.+ppers, b
- 464 'And for the house, he made windows of narrow lights' (1 Kings 6:4). There were windows of this house, windows for the chambers and windows round about (Eze 40:16,22-25,29,33,36). These windows were of several sizes, but all narrow, narrow witho
- 463 The door into the court, the door into the porch, the door into the temple, the door into the holiest, the door to the Father. But now we are at the door of the temple. (2.) And observe it, this door by Solomon was not measured as the door of the porch wa
- 462 Hence they that show much love to saints are said to be rich (1 Tim 6:17-19). And hence charity is called a treasure, a treasure in the heavens (Luke 12:33,34). Love is a golden grace; let then the churches, as the porch of the temple was, be inlaid with
- 461 There was also upon these chapiters a net-work, or nets like unto chequer-work, which still added to their l.u.s.tre. These nets were they which shewed for what intent the apostolical office was ordained; namely, that by their preaching they might bring m
- 460 For these carvings and inlayings, with all other beautifications, were types of the extraordinary gifts and graces of the apostles.Hence the apostle calls such gifts signs of apostles.h.i.+p (Rom 15:19; 2 Cor 12:12; Heb 2:4). For as the foundation stones
- 459 Thy servant in the gospel, JOHN BUNYAN.Solomon's Temple Spiritualized 'Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Isreal;--shew them the form of the house, and the fas.h.i.+on thereof, and the goings out hereof, and the comings in thereof,
- 458 19. There being no night there but perpetual day.-Ed.20. A 'gold angel' was an early English coin, valued at one-third of a pound, afterwards increased to ten s.h.i.+llings. The 'twenty-s.h.i.+lling piece' was the old sovereign. The co
- 457 Third, In that she is said to yield not only fruit, but all manner of fruit; and that not only one manner of fruit now, and another then, but all manner of fruit, and that every month; it argueth also that at this day Jerusalem shall have abundance of hea
- 456 These words, 'pure' and 'clear,' and that as 'crystal,' they are added upon a double account. First, To show you that it is grace alone that saveth the sinner; and, Second, To show you that at this day the doctrine of this gr
- 455 Thus, we see, that though in the first day of the gospel, the poor, the halt, the lame, and the blind are chief in the embracing of the tenders of grace, yet in the latter day thereof G.o.d will take hold of kings.'And the kings of the earth do bring
- 454 There will not then be that backwardness to do good, and to receive G.o.d, as there is in these more dry and empty days of the gospel.As gold is pleasing to the covetous man and worldling, so shall the ways of G.o.d be to the saints and G.o.dly at that da
- 453 Truth shall appear in its old and mature colours, and as such shall be embraced, and lived and delighted in, both by Jews and Gentiles, as I have showed.But secondly, The twelve foundations that here you read of, they are the same with those twelve stones
- 452 Thus you see the measure of the city, gates, and wall, and the effect of that; and thus you see also the measure of the portion for the city, with what it is: wherefore it remaineth that we see what is to be the effect of that also.'And he measured t
- 451 [How we are to understand the word TWELVE.]'And in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.' This word twelve must be warily understood, or else the weak will be ready to stumble and take offence; wherefore, to prevent this, consider,
- 450 'And had twelve gates.' In that he saith twelve gates, he alludeth to the city of Jerusalem that was of old, which had just so many (Neh 3: 12:37-29); and are on purpose put into the number of twelve, to answer to the whole number of the elect o
- 449 First. Therefore, at her returning, she shall not only have his grace upon her, but the very glory of his grace shall be seen upon her; the glory of pardoning grace shall now s.h.i.+ne in her own soul, and grace in the glory of it shall appear in all her
- 448 'And he carried me away,' &c. Mark, And he carried me [away] &c.As a man must have much of the Spirit that sees much of G.o.d, and his goodly matters; so he must be also carried away with it; he must by it be taken off from things carnal and ear
- 447 How vile is that sectarian spirit which in cold blood consigns all but its own sect to eternal misery. How strange the calculation of that Jewish Rabbi,[1] who, dooming to miserable and eternal slavery all but his own little party, gives to every Jew two
- 446 [1] It was the commonly received opinion that, at the moment of death, the angels and devils strove to carry away the soul.If the dying man had received the consecrated wafer, the devils were scared at it, and lost their victim. Hence the prayer--'Fr
- 445 G.o.d, he is for making of his a willing people to serve him; and the devil, he doth what he can to possess the will and affection of those that are his, with love to sin; and therefore when Christ comes close to the matter, indeed, saith he, 'Ye wil
- 444 Second, Because you know that though a man do run, yet if he do not overcome, or win, as well as run, what will he be the better for his running? He will get nothing. You know the man that runneth, he doth do it that he may win the prize; but if he doth n