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1、THEPILGRIM'SPROGRESSFromThisWorldToThatWhichIsToComebyJohnBunyanPreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comNotes:1.Legends:=Sidenotes[Biblereference]=Biblereferences2.Sectionsarenumberedforfuturereference.Thesesectionshavebeenchosenarbitrarily,i.e.,{1},{2}3.T

2、hisis'Part1',butisacompleteworkinitself.Bunyanwroteasequel('Part2')someyearsafterthefirstpart,hencethe'Parts'.PartOneDELIVEREDUNDERTHESIMILITUDEOFADREAMBYJOHNBUNYANTheAuthor'sApologyforhisBook{1}WhenatthefirstItookmypeninhandThusfortowrite,IdidnotunderstandThatI

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4、ngswhichIsetdown.Thisdone,Itwentymorehadinmycrown;Andtheyagainbegantomultiply,Likesparksthatfromthecoalsoffiredofly.Nay,then,thoughtI,ifthatyoubreedsofast,I'llputyoubyyourselves,lestyouatlastShouldproveadinfinitum,andeatoutThebookthatIalreadyamabout.Well,soIdid;

5、butyetIdidnotthinkToshewtoalltheworldmypenandinkInsuchamode;IonlythoughttomakeIknewnotwhat;nordidIundertakeTherebytopleasemyneighbour:no,notI;Ididitmyownselftogratify.{2}NeitherdidIbutvacantseasonsspendInthismyscribble;nordidIintendButtodivertmyselfindoingthisFr

6、omworserthoughtswhichmakemedoamiss.Thus,Isetpentopaperwithdelight,Andquicklyhadmythoughtsinblackandwhite.For,havingnowmymethodbytheend,StillasIpulled,itcame;andsoIpennedItdown:untilitcameatlasttobe,Forlengthandbreadth,thebignesswhichyousee.Well,whenIhadthusputmi

7、neendstogether,Ishewedthemothers,thatImightseewhetherTheywouldcondemnthem,orthemjustify:Andsomesaid,Letthemlive;some,Letthemdie;Somesaid,JOHN,printit;otherssaid,Notso;Somesaid,Itmightdogood;otherssaid,No.NowwasIinastrait,anddidnotseeWhichwasthebestthingtobedoneb

8、yme:AtlastIthought,Sinceyouarethusdivided,Iprintitwill,andsothecasedecided.{3}For,thoughtI,some,Isee,wouldhaveitdone,Thoughothersinthatchanneldonotrun:Toprove,then,wh