"I left off to watch, and be sober; I laid the reins upon the neck of my lusts; I sinned against the light of the Word, and the goodness of God."

— Bunyan, John (bap. 1628, d. 1688)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Nath. Ponder
Date
1678
Metaphor
"I left off to watch, and be sober; I laid the reins upon the neck of my lusts; I sinned against the light of the Word, and the goodness of God."
Metaphor in Context
Chr.
But how camest thou in this condition?

Man.
I left off to watch, and be sober; I laid the reins upon the neck of my lusts; I sinned against the light of the Word, and the goodness of God: I have grieved the Spirit, and he is gone; I tempted the Devil, and he is come to me; I have provoked God to anger, and he has left me; I have so hardened my heart, that I cannot repent.
(p. 29)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
See The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream, Wherein Is Discovered the Manner of His Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey. (London: Printed for Nath. Ponder, 1678). <Link to EEBO-TCP>

Reading The Pilgrims's Progress, ed. Cynthia Wall (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).
Date of Entry
09/02/2014

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.