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The Pilgrim’s Progress

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Part I

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    • Evangelist points Christian toward the wicket-gate.
    • Pliable turns back at the Slough of Despond.
    • Worldly-wiseman directs Christian toward Legality.
    • Evangelist corrects Christian’s wrong turn.
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    • Goodwill admits Christian through the wicket-gate.
    • Interpreter teaches through vivid emblems.
    • Hidden oil shows Christ sustaining grace.
    • Christian leaves grateful and watchful.
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    • Christian’s burden falls away at the cross.
    • Sleep costs him his sealed roll and time.
    • The chained lions test his faith.
    • Palace Beautiful welcomes and equips him.
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    • Christian answers accusation with his Prince’s pardon.
    • He defeats Apollyon with his sword.
    • “All-prayer” sustains him in the dark valley.
    • Daylight reveals the dangers he survived.
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    • Faithful recounts his different temptations.
    • Shame attacks through social contempt.
    • Talkative’s conduct contradicts his speech.
    • Faithful tests profession by inward and outward fruit.
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    • Evangelist warns of suffering ahead.
    • The pilgrims refuse Vanity Fair’s wares.
    • Faithful is condemned by a corrupt court.
    • Christian escapes after Faithful’s death.
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    • Hopeful joins Christian after Vanity Fair.
    • By-ends makes religion serve comfort and profit.
    • The pilgrims stray into Bypath Meadow.
    • Promise frees them from Doubting Castle.
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    • The Shepherds welcome and examine the pilgrims.
    • Error and Caution display grave dangers.
    • The perspective glass offers an unsteady glimpse.
    • The Shepherds provide directions and warnings.
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    • Flatterer traps pilgrims who neglect their directions.
    • Atheist cannot persuade them to turn back.
    • Hopeful recounts conviction, prayer, and faith.
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    • Ignorance trusts his heart and works rather than God’s Word.
    • Right fear drives the soul toward Christ and produces reverence.
    • Temporary’s decline moves from avoiding judgment to abandoning devotion and openly returning to sin.
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    • Christian and Hopeful cross the river.
    • Their certificates secure admission to the City.
    • Ignorance is rejected without a certificate.
    • The Conclusion urges discernment in reading the allegory.

Part II

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    • Christiana repents and receives the King’s invitation.
    • Mercy chooses to accompany her.
    • Timorous and her neighbours mock the pilgrimage.
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    • Mercy is admitted at the wicket-gate.
    • The Keeper promises pardon by word and deed.
    • A Reliever rescues the party from two attackers.
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    • The Interpreter teaches through household emblems.
    • Mercy explains how Christiana’s testimony moved her.
    • The pilgrims are washed, sealed, clothed, and given Great-heart as guide.
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    • Great-heart explains pardon through Christ’s righteousness and blood.
    • The pilgrims climb Hill Difficulty without taking the byways.
    • Great-heart defeats Grim, and the chained lions cannot hurt the party.
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    • Palace Beautiful welcomes and teaches the pilgrims.
    • Mr. Skill heals Matthew after the forbidden fruit makes him ill.
    • Great-heart returns to guide the party onward.
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    • The low Valley of Humiliation is peaceful and fruitful.
    • Great-heart kills Giant Maul after crossing the Shadow of Death.
    • Fearing’s doubts do not stop him; Self-will’s confidence excuses sin.
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    • Gaius hosts the company, and Mercy marries Matthew.
    • Great-heart kills Slay-good and rescues Feeble-mind.
    • Believers in Vanity repeatedly wound the monster.
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    • The youngest children are entrusted to the riverside folds.
    • Doubting Castle is destroyed and its prisoners freed.
    • Valiant-for-truth joins after resisting three attackers.
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    • The pilgrims counter drowsiness through guidance and companionship.
    • Prayer is followed by wind that clears the fog.
    • Stand-fast refuses Madam Bubble and prays for help.
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    • Christiana and several companions receive individual summonses.
    • Each crosses the river with a distinct final testimony.
    • The narrator leaves Christian’s children living and ends his account.