8/3/2023 0 Comments Pilgrims progress![]() ![]() ![]() They move through a plain called Ease, and then up a small hill, on the side of which is a silver mine. The four schoolmates are stumped, and Christian and Hopeful move on. He cites John 6:1-60, in which Jesus calls himself "the living bread which came down for heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever." He then offers examples of men who became religious for the wrong reasons, and they were heathens and were punished. ![]() Christian is a dissenter, stating that "it be unlawful to follow Christ for loaves" (120). The men bring their justification to Christian and Hopeful to see if they agree. By-ends, where they had learned the "art of getting." The men talk among themselves, trying to justify a religion of conforming and materiality, criticizing Christian and Hopeful for being too righteous for their own good. Christian has heard of this "knave" before and tells him will be problematic if he wishes to come with them, because they will most certainly be going against wind and tide.Ĭhristian and Hopeful leave him, but they look back and see him meeting Mr. He tells the two men that his religion never goes "against wind and tide", because his faith is not quite so strict. He is married to the virtuous daughter of the Feigning family. By-ends hails from the rich town of Fairspeech, and he has done well for himself materially. Not long after they set out from Vanity, they run into By-ends. Christian does not leave Vanity alone, for Hopeful had been inspired by Faithful's steadfast faith and thus decides to accompany Christian. ![]()
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