velled on securely, and none of those furies made any effectual attempt upon us.

Allapsus. Then you have fared much better than I have done; but it will be a wonder to me if you are not met with in this manner before your journey

ends.

Smooth-tongue. No, no; we have gotten past that danger, Allapsus, and so would you with much more ease, if you had taken less notice of what Evangelus said to you. But let us now pursue our journey.

For happy are they, who, releas'd from their fears,

Their sorrows, their troubles, their griefs, and their tears;
Securely travel along the glad road.

To the mansions of rest, and the kingdom of God.
Our virtue shall be our constant defence,

Our religion derived from reason and sense.

While Bigots and Zealots may rave and may prate,
And run on with their rant at a wonderful rate,
We'll turn a deaf ear to their nonsense, and try
This plain easy path to the glories on high,
The Lord of the kingdom esteems us as well
As those fiery bigots, who think they excel:-
So while to their notions and ways they are tied,
And think that mistaken all else are beside;
We'll pity their weakness, and joyfully run
Our own happy way, 'till our journey is done.
When at the last day all things shall be known,
And the Lord of the city shall gather his own,
Our ortue shall seat us upon a high throne.
We then shall be honoured as highly as they,
And bask in the bliss of celestial day.

Thus Mr. Smooth-tongue scattered the gloom which hung upon the mind of Allapsus, and they went on their way with seeming cheerfulness. But I found that these travellers did not meet with all that pleasure and satisfaction which they expected; and which Smooth-tongue and Lukewarm were so confident they should enjoy. I observed that they often stumbled and fell, and received considerable injury, especially Allapsus, with whom these occurrences were more frequent. After they had

stumbled or fallen, I observed them take up certain fragments of paper which were scattered in their way, as I imagined, by some kind hand who intended their good, for I found they contained good advice, cautions, warnings, and threatenings. These papers lay so conspicuously before them, that they could not avoid taking notice of them. Sometimes they picked up fragments with such words as these written upon them. "Take heed to thy ways." "Ye would none of my counsel." "They stumbled at the word, being disobedient." "Examine your

selves."

"He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth." " Misery and destruction are in their ways" "I sware in my wrath they shall not enter into my rest." "So we see they could not enter in because of unbelief." These, and many more of a similar nature, often troubled them, and pierced even to their hearts like a twoedged sword; but instead of taking proper methods to escape the torments which they felt, they continued to pursue the road in which their inquietude must certainly be increased..

On either hand of this road, at certain distances, were placed houses for the entertainment and refreshment of travellers. Those on the right were called houses of refreshment, and those on the left houses of entertainment. They are distinguished by these names because those on the right furnish such food to travellers as will, in reality, refresh and strengthen them; but those on the opposite side supply only such food as pleases for a time, and cannot refresh or strengthen them; but frequently operates as a poison. Of this important fact, travellers had no occasion to continue ignorant, for I beheld some kind friends frequently addressed them in the following manner, whenever they were about to enter the houses on the left hand side of the road. "O ye simple passengers, why will you spend your money for that which is not bread?"

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and on the opposite doors these words were written in legible characters. "Ye hungry and thirsty souls, come and buy wine and milk without money and without price." Now, I observed that there was this difference in the food of each place, that those who partook on the left hand, ate, but were not satisfied; and those on the right ate to the satisfying of the soul.

I oberved also, that Allapsus and his companions always entered into the left hand houses for their food. Sometimes they came out very much delighted, as though they had partaken of something very much to their benefit; but they did not travel far before one or other of them began to complain of being disordered. They soon became faint again, and went in for a fresh supply, and I always observed that the oftener they ate and drank, the more hungry and thirsty they became. This raised my curiosity, and I minutely examined what it was they so frequently partook of. I soon discovered that it was not bread, nor milk, nor wine; but a certain chaff, called pleasure; a vapour, called vanity, and their drink was a corrupted liquor flowing from an impure fountain, which they drank in like water. It was sweet to the taste, and therefore much thirsted after and loved; but bitter in the belly, and gave them many uneasy sensations. However, they still continued to take their principal entertainment in these houses; they did, however, sometimes step into the houses on the other side, but they did not relish what was there provided, and only tasted and then came out again, and began to find fault with what was offered them, though it was all freely provided. They found fault with the person of the house, and the dressing of the food. They descanted very freely upon the quality of it, though they did not prove its efficacy;- pitied the persons who partook of it, and had a great deal to say as they went along; though, as I apprehended they knew very little

about the matter. I also observed, that what was offered them in these houses, appeared to give them much pain, and sometimes stirred up their malice and anger. Thus they went on for some considerable time, without any thing material happening, except that sometimes they met with a person who pointed them to a better road, saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it" at other times, some calling out to them, "Ye do err, not knowing the truth," and again very vehemently and loud, "Look unto me and be ye saved:" and again," He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my word, hath one that judgeth him." All this had no effect upon them, they heedlessly went on, and I beheld in my dream, that they came at last to a place where the road seemed to terminate or rather lose itself in another. There was a small turn in the road, which immediately discovered a large, open, spacious way, in which a vast multitude were travelling with the greatest speed and apparent satisfaction. Into this road, then, these travellers immediately turned, and joined the multitude they found there. Now I soon understood that this road was called the broad way; a road I had heard much talk of, and had myself known too much of it. The remembrance of this caused me to tremble, and being much affected with the danger to which these men were exposed, I could not help breaking out into the following apostrophe.

Ye powers above! Is this the dreadful way,
In which so many thousands run astray?
Is this the awful way my feet have trod,
Which led me far from happiness and God?
It is, my soul. The cursed path I know,
Which millions leads to everlasting woe..
But, ah! will these poor travellers dare to run
This very road, they always dream'd to shun?
Can they, so often warn'd, so often taught,
The direful ills with which this road is fraught;
Can they be ignorant to what place it tends,
Nor know that this broad road to hell descends.

If they are blind, they must have clos'd their eyes,
And he who ruleth here, hath with his lies
Deluded them indeed. But this I feared,
So deaf they always prov'd to what they heard
From those, who to be real friends appear'd.
Well, let me learn how far they will proceed,
And mark their footsteps 'till their fate's decreed.

Now, I saw, that as soon as they entered into this broad way, and joined the multitude, Allapsus lost sight of his companions, Smooth-tongue and Lukewarm, and never beheld them more. Being anxious to know what would become of them, I kept an eye upon them both, and I saw that they partook very greedily of all the entertainments in this path, feasting upon them with the most craving appetite, and lamenting that they bad so long deprived themselves of such enjoyments. Here, I beheld, every fleshly and vain enjoyment stood ready for them, and thousands of the inhabitants invited them to partake, rejoicing with a hellish joy that these two persons had joined them in their way. But I found their enjoyments here were of very short duration, for they had not travelled far before they imperceptibly entered into a dark straight passage, called the lane of affliction, and the door at the entrance immediately closing upon them, every enjoyment and pleasure were excluded, and the utmost horror fell upon them. An escape was impossible, for an invisible and irresistible hand forced them on in this lane until they came to the valley of death. Here a thousand inconceivably dreadful ideas and cutting reflections crowded upon their minds. The mercies they had abused, the warnings they had slighted, the counsels they had rejected, the delusion they had been under, the dreadful apprehension of things to come, and the impossibility of staying any longer with their companions in the broad way, with many other things of a similar nature, overwhelmed their souls. In