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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 202 BUT CARRIED BACK THE BY-WAY TO HELL. carried him through the air to the door that I saw in the side of the hill, and put him in there. Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven, as well as from the city of DeStruction.So I awoke, and beheld it was a dream. tXD OF PART I. NOTES THE FIRST PART. chapter{{Section 4NOTES THE FIRST PART. Tk' larger figures refer -to the page, the smaller to the lint, 1f the text, at which the passage commented upon begint, . Bunyan was confined, at different times, about twelve years in Bedford jail, for excercising his ministry contrary to the statutes then in force. This was ' the den, in which he slept and dreamed: ' here he penned this instructive allegory, and many other useful works, which evince that he was neither soured nor disheartened by persecution. The christian, who understands what usage he ought to expect in this evil world, comparing our present measure of religious liberty with the rigours of that age, will see abundant cause for gratitude; but they, who are disposed to complain, can never be at a loss for topics, while so much is amiss among all ranks and orders of men, and in the conduct of every individual., ..4. 1 saw...Thc allegory opens with a description of theprin- cipal character to which it relates. The view, which the author in his dream had of him, as ' clothed in rags, ' implies, that all men are sinners, in their dispositions, affections, and conduct; that their supposed virtues are radically defective, and worthless in the sight of God; that the pilgrim has discovered this in his own case, so that he perceives his own righteousSO6 NOTES UPON PART f. nesses to be insufficient for justification, even as sordid rags would be unsuitable raiment for those who s..."
| ISBN-13 | 9781458929228 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458929221 |
| Weight | 0.71 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.49 In |
| List Price | $12.23 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 214 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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