Bible Stories and Religious ClassicsWells, Philip P. (Philip Patterson)
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Bible Stories and Religious Classics
Wells, Philip P. (Philip Patterson)
Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian literature for children
Then went the jury out, whose names were Mr. Blindman, Mr. No-good, Mr.
Malice, Mr. Lovelust, Mr. Liveloose, Mr. Heady, Mr. High-mind, Mr.
Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. Hatelight, and Mr. Implacable; who
everyone gave in his private verdict against him among themselves, and
afterward unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the judge.
And first among themselves, Mr. Blindman, the foreman, said, I see
clearly that this man is a heretic. Then said Mr. No-good, Away with
such a fellow from the earth. Ay, said Mr. Malice, for I hate the very
looks of him. Then said Mr. Lovelust, I could never endure him. Nor I,
said Mr. Liveloose, for he would always be condemning my way. Hang him,
hang him, said Mr. Heady. A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind. My heart
riseth against him, said Mr. Enmity. He is a rogue, said Mr. Liar.
Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. Let us despatch him out
of the way, said Mr. Hatelight. Then said Mr. Implacable, Might I have
all the world given me, I could not be reconciled to him; therefore, let
us forthwith bring him in guilty of death.
And so they did; therefore he was presently condemned to be had from the
place where he was, to the place from whence he came, and there to be
put to the most cruel death that could be invented.
They, therefore, brought him out, to do with him according to their law:
and first they scourged him, then they buffeted him, then they lanced
his flesh with knives; after that they stoned him with stones; then
pricked him with their swords; and last of all, they burned him to ashes
at the stake. Thus came Faithful to his end.
Now I saw that there stood behind the multitude a chariot and a couple
of horses, waiting for Faithful, who, so soon as his adversaries had
despatched him, was taken up into it, and straightway was carried up
through the clouds with sound of trumpet, the nearest way to the
celestial gate.
But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to
prison; so he there remained for a space. But he who overrules all
things, having the power of their rage in his own hand, so wrought it
about, that Christian for that time escaped them, and went his way.
And as he went he sang, saying:
Well, Faithful, thou hast faithfully profest
Unto thy Lord, with whom thou shall be blest,
When faithless ones, with all their vain delights,
Are crying out under their hellish plights;
Sing, Faithful, sing, and let thy name survive,
For though they killed thee, thou art yet alive.
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