"Then it came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his House, he would sell me for a Slave."
— Bunyan, John (bap. 1628, d. 1688)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Nath. Ponder
Date
1678
Metaphor
"Then it came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his House, he would sell me for a Slave."
Metaphor in Context
Faith.
Then it came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his House, he would sell me for a Slave. So I bid him forbear to talk, for I would not come near the door of his House. Then he reviled me, and told me that he would send such a one after me, that should make my way bitter to my soul: So I turned to go away from him: But just as I turned my self to go thence, I felt him take hold of my flesh, and give me such a deadly twitch back, that I thought he had pull'd part of me after himself; This made me cry, O wretched Man! So I went on my way up the Hill.
(pp. 91-92)
Then it came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his House, he would sell me for a Slave. So I bid him forbear to talk, for I would not come near the door of his House. Then he reviled me, and told me that he would send such a one after me, that should make my way bitter to my soul: So I turned to go away from him: But just as I turned my self to go thence, I felt him take hold of my flesh, and give me such a deadly twitch back, that I thought he had pull'd part of me after himself; This made me cry, O wretched Man! So I went on my way up the Hill.
(pp. 91-92)
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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).
Reading The Pilgrims's Progress, ed. Cynthia Wall (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).
Date of Entry
09/02/2014
