He was careful not to turn afide to go over it; but looking towards Doubting castle, which he expected to find in ruins, he was surprised, and withal grieved, to fee it rebuilt, and garrifoned by a company of Mr. PHILOSOPHY's men, who had seized it as a citadel, whence they might the more conveniently annoy the fhepherds of the Delectable Mountains; whom they hated with peculiar malice, because they were the chofen fervants of the CoLESTIAL KING.

AS GOOD-INTENT paffed along, a few darts were fhot at him from the caftle walls; but when they that were within faw that he received them on the shield of FAITH, they were aware that no power was given unto them to harm him; fo he went on, without further moleftation, and foon arrived at the foot of the Delectable Mountains. But he was much aghaft, to perceive what fearful ravages the army of JACOBINISM had made in the outskirts of the pleafant land; and he obferved that one of the hills was ftrewed with the dead bodies of the fhepherds, who had been used there to pafture their flocks, while the fheep were scattered as a prey to ravening

wolves.

His road, however, leading him a different way, he foon came to the green and cultivated mountain, on which abode the four fhepherds, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, WATCHFUL,

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and SINCERE; who, ftill dwelling in the fame peace and fecurity as in former times, received and greeted him kindly; and as it was late, he gladly accepted the lodging they offered him. In the morning he told them all that had hither to befallen him on his journey, and inquired of them concerning the remainder of his way, in which they best knew how to direct him.

Then I faw in my dream, that, before they would fuffer him to depart, they were defirous to fhew him fome of the rare things which were to be seen in those mountains: so they led him to mount Caution, mount Marvel, mount Innocence, and fundry of the other places, whither they had formerly conducted CHRISTIAN and CHRISTIANA: after which, as, while they walked, they had been talking of the enemies who now threatened deftruction to all the faithful fervants of the King, to whom thofe mountains belonged as his peculiar inheritance, the fhepherds faid unto the pilgrim, "Though we "know ourselves to be, above all others, the ob"jects of the fury of those miscreants, yet do we entertain no fear of their prevailing against We are, indeed, as you fee by our pro"feffion, peaceable men, unpractifed in the use "of fuch weapons as they wield against us; but "the King, who is our mafter and yours, has "erected for our defence a strong tower, which

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"is built on the higheft of our mountains, and "commands all the country round; and as it is "plentifully fupplied with all manner of war"like ftores, and garrifoned befides with the "King's beft troops, our enemies, however "they may boaft at a distance, dare not fhew "themselves in battle-array within arrow-shot "of its walls, and we therefore dwell in fecu

rity under its protection: neither have we "yet sustained any injury from them, fave the "loss of a few of our hirelings; who, difre"garding our cautions, have strayed too far from "the tower, and whofe fheep, being, through "their neglect, at liberty to wander from their "folds, have been miferably devoured by thofe grievous wolves, which, at unawares, do "from time to time creep in among us."

"But who, then, were those shepherds," faid GOOD-INTENT, "whofe dwellings I beheld, as "I came along, so miferably destroyed, while "their own dead bodies, mingled with the car"cafes of their fheep, lay ftrewed in heaps on "the ground?"

"Those were men," faid EXPERIENCE, "who formerly were our comrades; but who "had long fince quitted the pastures in which "our mafter commanded them to feed his sheep, "and built for themselves other folds, and other "habitations, on the hill of Error. For a time, "indeed,

"indeed, they ufurped authority over us; and we were weak enough to forsake our own "dwellings at their bidding, and to fuffer them "to lead aftray the flocks which were committed "to our care, even as they had led their own; "but one of our number, who was called RE"FORMATION, happening to light on the fta"tute-book of our King, which had long been "hidden under a heap of rubbish, came to the "knowledge of the fault we had inconfiderately "committed, and brought us back, with as

many as were willing to follow him, to these "Delectable Mountains, on which our King him"felf had originally established us, and where (c we have ever fince dwelt in fafety under His "mighty protection; while thofe from whom "we feparated ourselves have perished by the "hands of the BLOOD-MEN, in the miferable

manner you have seen. We have heartily "pitied their misfortunes, and have afforded "what affiftance we could to the few, who, "efcaping the cruelty of our common enemy, "have reforted to us for fhelter; neither have "we borne in mind the injurious treatment "which we formerly experienced from them,

nor rewarded them as they in old time served "us; and we hope that in thus doing we have "fulfilled the commands of our great Mafter, "who has enjoined us to fhew hofpitality to the stranger

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"ftranger, and to do good to those who have "defpitefully used us and perfecuted us."—

Then I faw that the fhepherds propofed to conduct GooD-INTENT to the tower of which

they had spoken; and he gladly followed them

thither. Now it was called the tower of Revealed-religion, and it stood on the mountain of Evidence. So, when they brought him to the place, he exceedingly admired the ftrength of its walls, and the wonderful manner of its architecture. Then they made him obferve, that though the foundations were fuch as could on no fide be fhaken, yet the whole fuperftructure of the building was fupported by two mighty pillars, each confifting of one folid piece of adamant. One of thefe, which fronted the country through which he had already past, was called the pillar of History; and the other, which ftood on the fide that looked towards the Cœlef tial City, was called the pillar of Prophecy. Each of these was curiously engraven from the top to the bottom; and the shepherds having desired the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he followed their directions, and thereby received much edification.

The infcriptions on the pillar of History were very legible; and GOOD-INTENT read thereon the ftory of all thofe events which were recorded in the book which he carried in his bofom, in

various