So _Christian_ turned out of his way. But when he was got hard by the hill, it hung so much over the way, that he was afraid to venture on, lest it should fall upon his head. Wherefore he stood still, and knew not what to do. Likewise his burthen seemed heavier than before. There came also flashes of fire out of the hill, that made him afraid he should be burnt: insomuch that he now quaked for fear, and was sorry he came out of his way. And with that he saw _Evangelist_ coming to meet him, at the sight of whom he blushed for shame: so he came up to him, and with a severe countenance said. _Evangelist._ What dost thou here? To which he knew not what to answer, but stood speechless before him. _Evangelist._ Art thou not the man whom I found crying without the walls of the city of _Destruction_? _Christian._ Yes, Sir, I am. _Evangelist._ Did I not direct thee to the little gate? How is it that thou art so quickly turned aside? _Christian._ I met a gentleman who told me, I might find one in yonder village that could take off my burthen. Then said _Evangelist_, stand still a little that I may tell thee the words of the Lord. So he stood trembling. Then _Evangelist_ said, _See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: for the just shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him_. Then _Christian_ fell down at his feet as dead. But _Evangelist_ caught him by the right-hand, and said, _All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto men: be not faithless but believing_. At this his spirit a little revived, and he stood up trembling before _Evangelist_. Then _Evangelist_ said, _Give more earnest heed unto the things_ that I shall tell thee of. There are three things in the counsel of the man that met thee, which thou must utterly abhor. 1. His turning thee out of the way. 2. His labouring to make the cross odious to thee. 3. His setting thy feet in the way that leadeth to death. _First_, Thou must abhor his turning thee out of the way; for this is to reject the counsel of God, seeing the Lord saith, _Strive to enter in at the strait gate_, the gate to which I sent thee. _Secondly_, Abhor his labouring to make the cross odious to thee; for thou art to prefer it before _the treasures of Egypt_. Besides the Lord hath said, _If any man come after me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple_. The doctrine therefore which teacheth to hate or shun the cross, thou must utterly abhor.