Preview: Section 10
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Start: I saw then in my dream that Hopeful looked back
Stop after: they everlastingly perish in their own deceivings.
Christian and Hopeful have resisted sleep by discussing Hopeful’s conversion. Now they pause for Ignorance, whose confidence rests on his thoughts, desires, and conduct rather than on the route by which he entered the way.
Their debate turns on how inward certainty should be tested. Fine distinctions among good works, Christ’s righteousness, fear, and faith connect doctrine with ordinary habits and choices.