Yetwashetroubledtothinkthatmeninthatdangershouldsolittlecareforthekindnessofhimthatsoofferedtohelpthem, bothbyawakeningofthem, advisingthem, , ashewastroubledthereabout, heespiedtwomencometumblingoverthewallonthelefthandofthenarrowway; , , asIsaid, theydrewupuntohim, whothusbegantalkingwiththem:
, whencecameyou, andwhithergoyou?
, andaregoingforpraisetoMountZion.
? Knowyenotthatitiswritten, "Hethatcomethnotinbythedoor, butclimbethupsomeotherway, thesameisathiefandarobber?"
, byalltheircountrymen, countedtoofarabout; andthatthereforetheirusualwaywastomakeashortcutofit, andtoclimboverthewallastheyhaddone.
, thustodisobeyHiswill?
, thatasforthat, heneedednottroublehisheadthereabout; forwhattheydidtheyhadcustomfor, andcouldshow, ifneedwere, testimonythatcouldproveitformorethanathousandyears.
CHRIS."But," saidChristian, "willitstandatrialatlaw?"
, itbeingofsolongstandingasaboveathousandyears, woulddoubtlessnowbeadmittedasathingaccordingtolawbyafairjudge."Andbesides," saidthey, "ifwegetintotheway, whatmatterisitwhichwaywemaygetin? Ifwearein, wearein: thouartbutintheway, who, asweperceive, cameinatthegate; andwearealsointheway, thatcametumblingoverthewall: wherein, now, isthyconditionbetterthanours?"
; ; , andshallgooutbyyourselveswithoutHismercy.
Tothistheymadehimbutlittleanswer; , withoutmuchtalkingonewithanother; savethatthesetwomentoldChristian, that, astolawandrules, theydoubtednotbutthattheyshouldascarefullydothemashe."Therefore," saidthey, "weseenotwhereinthoudifferestfromus, butbythecoatwhichisonthyback, whichwas, aswebelievegiventheebysomeofthyneighborstohidetheshameofthynakedness."
, , itwasgiventomebytheLordoftheplacewhitherIgo; andthat, asyousay, ; , , thinkI, whenIcometothegateofthecity, theLordthereofwillknowmeforgood, sinceIhaveHiscoatonmyback; , amarkinmyforehead, ofwhichperhapsyouhavetakennonotice, whichoneofmyLord', moreover, thatIhadthengivenmearollsealed, tocomfortmebyreadingasIgointheway; Iwasalsobidtogiveitinattheheavenlygate, intokenofmycertaingoinginafterit; allwhichthings, Idoubt, youwant, andwantthembecauseyoucamenotinatthegate.
Tothesethingstheygavehimnoanswer; onlytheylookeduponeachother, , savethatChristiankeptbefore, whohadnomoretalkbutwithhimself, andsometimessighingly, andsometimescomfortably; alsohewouldbeoftenreadingintherollthatoneoftheShiningOnesgavehim, bywhichhewasrefreshed.
