_Goodwill._ We make no objections against any. Whatever they have done before they came, if they knock, the gate is opened to them. Him that cometh, we in no wise cast out. But come with me, and I will teach thee concerning the road. Dost thou see this narrow way? That is the way thou must go. It was cast up by the patriarchs, prophets, Christ and his apostles. _Christian._ But are there no ways that turn out of this? _Goodwill._ Yes, many; but they are crooked and wide. The right way only is strait and narrow. Go on therein, till thou comest to the house of the _interpreter_, and he will shew thee excellent things. So _Christian_ went on till he came to the house; where he knocked, and asked for the master of the house. To whom, when he came, he spoke thus. Sir, I am a man that am come from the city of _Destruction_, and am going to mount _Zion_. And I was informed by him at the gate, that if I called here, you would shew me excellent things. Then said the _Interpreter_, “Come in, and I will shew thee that which will be profitable to thee.” So he took him by the hand, and led him into a large parlour that was full of dust. After a while he called for a man to sweep; which he had no sooner begun to do, than the dust so abundantly flew about, that _Christian_ was almost choaked. Then the _Interpreter_ said to a damsel, “Bring hither water, and sprinkle the room.” After which it was easily swept and cleansed. This parlour, said the _Interpreter_ to _Christian_, is the heart of a natural man. The dust is his original sin, and inward corruptions, of every kind. He that first began to sweep is the _law_; she that sprinkled it, is the _gospel_. Now whereas thou sawest, that by his sweeping, the dust was only raised, and the room not cleansed at all; this is to shew thee, _that the law_, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive and increase it in the soul. For, by _the law_ is only the _knowledge of sin_; but not deliverance from it. Again, Thou sawest the damsel sprinkle the room; after which it was cleansed with pleasure: this is to shew thee, that when _the gospel_ comes into the heart, sin is easily subdued; and the soul made clean thro’ faith, and fit for the king of glory to inhabit. He then led me into a place, where was a fire burning against a wall, and one continually casting water upon it, yet could he not quench it, but the flame rose higher than before. This fire, said he, is the work of grace that is wrought in a believing heart. He that casts water upon it is the devil. Yet can he not quench it, for the reason thou shalt now see. So he carried him to the other side of the wall, where was a man with a vessel of oil in his hand, out of which he continually cast into the fire, Then said _Christian_, What means this?