his faith is counted for righteousness. As thus: if I should owe to
two creditors ten thousand talents, the one should say unto me,
"Thou owest me five thousand talents, pay that thou owest;" the
other should say, "Thou owest me five thousand talents, and I
frankly and freely forgive thee all."

Now, these expressions are contrary one to another; even so is the
end of the convictions of the law not according to the end of the
convictions of the Spirit of Christ: the one saying, "Pay me that
thou owest;" the other saying, "Thou art frankly and freely forgiven
all."

Then the Interpreter took Christian by the hand, and led him into a
very large parlor that was full of dust, because never swept; the
which, after he had reviewed it a little while, the Interpreter
called for a man to sweep. Now, when he began to sweep, the dust
began so abundantly to fly about, that Christian had almost
therewith been choked. Then said the Interpreter to a damsel that
stood by, "Bring hither water and sprinkle the room;" the which,
when she had done, it was swept and cleansed with pleasure.

Then said Christian, "What means this?"

The Interpreter answered, "This parlor is the heart of a man that
was never sanctified by the sweet grace of the gospel; the dust is
his, original sin and inward corruptions that have defiled the whole
man. He that began to sweep at first is the law; but she that
brought water and did sprinkle it, is the gospel. Now whereas thou
sawest that so soon as the first began to sweep, the dust did so fly
about that the room by him could not be cleansed, but that thou wast