tailieunhanh - The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature,[1] has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.[2] Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county gaol for violations of the Conventicle Act, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England | THE PILGRIM S PROGRESS From This World To That Which Is To Come by John Bunyan Prepared and Published by Ebd Notes 1. Legends Sidenotes Bible reference Bible references 2. Sections are numbered for future reference. These sections have been chosen arbitrarily . 1 2 3. This is Part 1 but is a complete work in itself. Bunyan wrote a sequel Part 2 some years after the first part hence the Parts . Part One DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM BY JOHN BUNYAN The Author s Apology for his Book 1 When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode nay I had undertook To make another which when almost done Before I was aware I this begun. And thus it was I writing of the way And race of saints in this our gospel day Fell suddenly into an allegory About their journey and the way to glory In more than twenty things which I set down. This done I twenty more had in my crown And they again began to multiply Like sparks that from the coals of fire do fly. Nay then thought I if that you breed so fast I ll put you by yourselves lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum and eat out The book that I already am about. Well so I did but yet I did not think To shew to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode I only thought to make I knew not what nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour no not I I did it my own self to gratify. 2 Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble nor did I intend But to divert myself in doing this From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. Thus I set pen to paper with delight And quickly had my thoughts in black and white. For having now my method by the end Still as I pulled it came and so I penned It down until it came at last to be For length and breadth the bigness which you see. Well when I had thus put mine ends together I shewed them others that I might see whether They would condemn them or them justify And some .