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  Part one, the eighth stage. They went then till they came to the
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  delectable mountains, which mountains belonged to the Lord of that hill of which we
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  have spoken before. So they went up to the mountains to behold the gardens
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  and orchards, the vineyards, and fountains of water, where also they drank
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  and washed themselves, and did freely eat of the vineyards. Now they were
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  on the tops of these mountains shepherds feeding their flocks, and they stood by
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  the highwayside. The pilgrims therefore went to them, and, leaning upon their
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  staffs, as is common with weary pilgrims when they stand to talk with any
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  by the way, they asked, whose delectable mountains are these? And whose
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  be the sheep that feed upon them? The shepherds. These mountains are Immanuel's
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  land, and they are within sight of his city. And the sheep also
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  are his, and he laid down his life for them John ten eleven and
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  fifteen, Christian, is this the way to the celestial city? The shepherds,
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  you are just in your way? Christian? How far is it thither
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  the shepherds? Too far for any but those who shall get thither Indeed,
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  Christian is the way safe or dangerous. The shepherds safe for those for whom
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  it is to be safe, but transgressors shall fall Therein Joseiah fourteen nine.
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  Christian is there in this place any relief for pilgrims that are weary and faint
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  in the way the shepherds. The lord of these mountains hath given us a
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  charge not to be forgetful to entertain strangers Hebrews thirteen to two. Therefore,
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  the good of the place is before you. I saw also in my dream
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  that when the shepherds perceived that they were wayfaring men, they also put questions
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  to them, to which they made answer, as in other places, as
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  whence came you? And how got you into the way? And by what
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  means have you so persevered therein? For but few of them that begin to
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  come hither to show their face on these mountains. But when the shepherds heard
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  their answers, being pleased therewith, they looked very lovingly upon them, and
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  said, welcome to the delectable mountains. The shepherds, I say, whose
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  names were knowledge, experience, watchful and sincere, took them by the hand
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  and had them to their tents and made them partake of that which was ready
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  at present. They said, moreover, we would that you should stay here
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  a while to be acquainted with us, and yet more to solace yourselves with
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  the good of these delectable mountains. They told them that they were content to
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  stay. So they went to their rest that night, because it was very
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  late. Then I saw in my dream that in the morning the shepherds called
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  up Christian and Hopeful to walk with them upon the mountains. So they went
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  forth with them, and walked awhile, having a pleasant prospect on every side.
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  Then said the shepherds one to another, shall we show these pilgrims some
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  wonders. So when they had concluded to do it, they had them first
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  to the top of a hill called er, which was very steep on the
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  farther side, and bid them look down to the bottom. So Christian had
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  hopeful, looked down and saw at the bottom several men dashed all to pieces
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  by a fall that they had had from the top. Then said Christian,
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  what meaneth this? The shepherds answered, have you not heard of them that
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  were made to air? By hearkening to Hymenius and Philetus as concerning the faith
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  of the resurrection of the body two Timothy two seventeen and eighteen. They answered
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  yes, Then said the shepherds. Those that you see lie dashed in pieces
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  at the bottom of this mountain are they? And they have continued to this
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  day unburied, as you see, for an example to others to take heed
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  how they clamber too high, or how they come too near the brink of
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  this mountain. Then I saw that they had them to the top of another
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  mountain, and the name of that is caution, and bid them look afar
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  off, which when they did, they perceived, as they thought, several
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  men walking up and down among the tombs that were there. And they perceived
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  that the men were blind, because they stumbled sometimes upon the tombs, and
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  because they could not get out from among them. Then said Christian, what
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  means this? The shepherds then answered, did you not see a little below
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  these mountains a style that led into a meadow on the left hand of this
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  way? They answered yes, Then said the shepherds, from that style there
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  goes a path that leads directly to doubting Castle, which is kept by giant
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  Despair. And these men pointed to them among the tombs came once on pilgrimage,
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  as you do now, even until they came to that same style,
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  And because the right way was rough in that place, they chose to go
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  out of it into the meadow, and there were taken by giant despair and
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  cast into doubting castle, where after they had a while been kept in the
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  dungeon, he at last had put out their eyes and led them among those
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  tombs, where he had left them to wander till this very day, that
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  the saying of the wise man might be fulfilled underreuth. Out of the way
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  of understanding, shall remain in the congregation of the dead, Proverbs twenty one
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  sixteen. Then Christian and Hopeful looked upon one another with tears gushing out,
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  but yet said nothing to the shepherds. Then I saw in my dream that
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  the shepherds had them to another place, in a bottom, where was a
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  door on the side of a hill, and they opened the door and bid
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  them look in. They looked in therefore, and saw that within it was
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  very dark and smoky. They also thought that they heard there a rumbling noise
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  as of fire, and a cry of some tormented, and that they smelt
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  the scent of Brimstone then said Christian, what means this? The shepherds told
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  them this is a by way to hell, a way that hypocrites go in
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  at, namely, such as sell their birthright with Esil, such as sell
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  their master with Judas, such as blasphemed the Gospel with Alexander, and that
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  lie and dissemble with Anoneus and Sophia his wife then said, hopeful to the
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  shepherds, I perceived that these had on them, even every one, a
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  show of pilgrimage, as we have now, had they not? The shepherds
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  yes, and held it a long time too hopeful. How far might they
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  go on in pilgrimage in their day, since they, notwithstanding, were miserably
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  cast away the shepherds, some father and some not so far as these mountains.
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  Then said the pilgrims one to the other. We had need to cry
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  to the strong for strength. The shepherds aye, and you will have need
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  to use it when you have it too. By this time the pilgrims had
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  a desire to go forward, and the shepherds desire they should. So they
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  walked together towards the end of the mountains. Then, said the shepherds one
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  to another, let us here show the pilgrims the gates of the celestial city,
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  if they have skilled to look through our prospective glass. The pilgrims lovingly
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  accepted the motion. So they had them to the top of a high hill
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  called clear, and gave them the glass to look. Then they tried to
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  look, but the remembrance of that last thing that the shepherd had shown them
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  made their hands shake, by means of which impediment they could not look steadily
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  through the glass. Yet they thought they saw something like the gate, and
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  also some of the glory of the place. Then they went away and sang,
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  thus, by the shepherd's secrets are revealed, which from all other men
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  are kept concealed. Come to the shepherds, then if you would see things
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  deep, things hid, and that mysterious bee. When they were about to
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  depart, one of the shepherds gave them a note of the way. Another
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  of them bid them beware of the flatterer, the third bid them take heed
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  that they slept not upon enchanted ground, and the fourth bid them god speed.
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  So I awoke from my dream end Part one. The eighth stage