that ought not to be spoken; for he hath railed on our noble Prince Beelzebub, and hath spoken contemptibly of his honourable friends, whose names SINS ARE ALL GREAT ONES. are, the Lord Oldman, the Lord Carnal Delight, the Lord Luxurious, the Lord Desire of Vain Glory, my old Lord Letchery, Sir Having Greedy, with all the rest of our nobility; and he hath said, moreover, that if all men were of his mind, if possible, there is not one of these noble men should have any longer a being in this Town. Besides, he hath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his Judge, calling you an ungodly villain, with many other such-like vilifying terms, with which he hath bespattered most of the gentry of our Town. When this Pickthank had told his tale, the Judge directed his speech to the prisoner at the bar, saying, Thou runagate, heretic, and traitor, hast thou heard what these honest gentlemen have witnessed against thee? Faith. May I speak a few words in my own defence? Judge. Sirrah, sirrah! thou deservest to live no longer, but to be slain immediately upon the place; yet, that all men may see our gentleness towards thee, let us hear what thou, vile runagate, hast to say. FAITHFUL'S DE- Faith. 1. I say then, in answer to what Mr. Envy hath spoken, I never said aught but this, That what rule, or laws, or custom, or people, were flat against the word of God, are diametrically opposite to Christianity. I have said amiss in this, convince me of my error, and I am ready, here before you, to make my recantation. 2. As to the second, to wit, Mr. Superstition, and If his charge against me, I said only this, That in the worship of God there is required a divine faith; but there can be no divine faith without a divine revelation of the will of God. Therefore, whatever is thrust into the worship of God, that is not agreeable to divine revelation, cannot be done but by a human faith; which faith will not be profitable to eternal life. 3. As to what Mr. Pickthank hath said, I say, (avoiding terms, as that I am said to rail, and the like,) that the Prince of this Town, with all the rabblement his attendants, by this gentleman named, are more fit to be in Hell than in this Town and country: and so the Lord have mercy upon me. THE JUDGE'S JURY. Then the Judge called to the jury (who all this while stood by to hear SPEECH TO THE and observe): Gentlemen of the jury, you see this man, about whom so great an uproar hath been made in this Town; you have also heard what these worthy gentlemen have witnessed against him; also you have heard his reply and confession. It liethè now in your breasts to hang him or save his life; but yet I think meet to instruct you in our law. There was an Act made in the days of Pharaoh the Great, servant to our Prince, that lest those of a contrary religion should multiply, and grow too strong for him, their males should be thrown into the river." There was also an Act made in the days of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, another of his servants, that whoever would not fall down and worship his Golden Image, should be thrown into a fiery furnace. There was also an Act made in the days of Darius, that whoso, for some time, called upon any god but him should be Now the substance of cast into the Lions' den.9 these laws this rebel hath broken, not only in thought, (which is not to be borne,) but also in word and deed; which must therefore needs be intolerable. For that of Pharaoh, his law was made upon a supposition to prevent mischief, no crime being yet apparent; but here is a crime apparent. For the second and third, you see he disputeth against our religion; and, for the treason that he hath already confessed, he deserveth to die the death. THE JURY, AND Then went the jury out, whose names were, Mr. Blindman, Mr. No-good, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-lust, Mr. Liveloose, Mr. Heady, Mr. High-mind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hate-light, and Mr. Implacable; who every one gave in his private verdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. VATE VERDICT. And first, among themselves, Mr. EVERY ONE'S PRI- Blindman, the foreman, said, I see clearly that this man is a heretic. Then said Mr. No-good, Away with such a fellow from the earth. Aye, said Mr. Malice, for I hate the very looks of him. Then said Mr. Love-lust, I could never endure him. Nor I, said Mr. Live-loose, for he would always be condemning my way. Hang him, hang him! said Mr. Heady. A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind. My heart riseth against him, said Mr. Enmity. He is a rogue, said Mr. Liar. Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. Let us despatch him out of the way, said Mr. Hate-light. Then said Mr. Implacable, Might I have all the world given me, I could not 9 Dan. vi. THEY CONCLUDE be reconciled to him; therefore let us forthwith bring him in guilty of TO BRING HIM IN death. And so they did. Therefore GUILTY OF DEATH. he was presently condemned to be had from the place where he was to the place from whence he came, and there to be put to the most cruel death that could be invented. OF FAITHFUL. They therefore brought him out to do with him according to their law; and first they THE CRUEL DEATH scourged him, then they buffeted him, then they lanced his flesh with knives, after that they stoned him with stones, then pricked him with their swords, and, last of all, they burnt him to ashes at the stake. Thus came Faithful to his end. hind the multitude a chariot and WAIT TO TAKE AWAY a couple of horses waiting for FAITHFUL. Faithful, who (so soon as his adversaries had despatched him) was taken up into it, and straightway was carried up through the clouds, with sound of trumpet, the nearest way to the Celestial Gate. CHRISTIAN STILL But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to prison; so he remained there for a space: but He who overrules all things, having the power of their rage in His own hand, so wrought it about, that Christian for that time escaped them, and went his way. And as he went he sang, saying, THE SONG THAT OF FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN HAS AN Well, Faithful, thou hast faithfully profess'd Now I saw in my dream, that OTHER COMPANION. Christian went not forth alone; for there was one whose name was Hopeful, (being so made by the beholding of Christian and Faithful in their words and behaviour in their sufferings at the Fair,) who joined himself unto him, and entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his companion. Thus one died to bear testimony to the truth, and another rises out of his ashes to be a companion with Christian in his pilgrimage. This THERE ARE MORE FAIR WILL FOLLOW. follow after. THEY OVERTAKE BY-ENDS. Hopeful also told Christian, that there were many more of the men in the Fair that would take their time, and So I saw that, quickly after they were got out of the Fair, they over |