, poorman! thiscouldnotbutbeagreatgriefuntohim.
! ay, , hadwebeenusedashe, toberobbedandwoundedtoo, andthatinastrangeplace, ashewas? Itisawonderhedidnotdiewithgrief, poorheart! Iwastoldthathescatteredalmostalltherestofthewaywithnothingbutdolefulandbittercomplaints; tellingalsotoallthatovertookhim, orthatheovertookinthewayashewent, wherehewasrobbed, andhow; whotheywerethatdidit, andwhathehadlost; howhewaswounded, andthathehardlyescapedwithlife.
, thathemighthavewherewithtorelievehimselfinhisjourney.
, ortowhomshouldhesellthem? Inallthatcountrywherehewasrobbed, hisjewelswerenotaccountedof; , hadhisjewelsbeenmissingatthegateoftheCelestialCity, hehad (andthatheknewwellenough) beenshutoutfromaninheritancethere; andthatwouldhavebeenworsetohimthanthecomingandvillanyoftenthousandthieves.
, Christian, thesethreefellows, Iampersuadedinmyheart, arebutacompanyofcowards: wouldtheyhaverunelse, thinkyou, astheydidatthenoiseofonethatwascomingontheroad? WhydidnotLittle-Faithpluckupagreaterheart? Hemight, methinks, havestoodonebrushwiththem, andhaveyieldedwhentherehadbeennoremedy.
, , Little-Faithhadnone; andIperceivebythee, mybrother, hadstthoubeenthemanconcerned, thouartbutforabrush, , verily, sincethisistheheightofthycouragenowtheyareatadistancefromus, shouldtheyappeartotheeastheydidtohim, , theyarebutjourneymen-thieves; theyserveunderthekingofthebottomlesspit, who, ifneedbe, willcomeintotheiraidhimself, -Faithwas, : andIbeginninglikeaChristiantoresist, theygavebutacall, , asthesayingis, havegivenmylifeforapenny, butthat, asGodwouldhaveit, , andyet, thoughIwassoprotected, , buthethathathbeeninthebattlehimself.
