when he did so, such clouds of dust flew up, that it made
Christian choke.

Then said Interpreter to a maid that stood by; Make the floor
moist that the dust may not rise; and when she had done this, it
was swept with ease.

Christian.--What means this?

Interpreter.--This room is the heart of that man who knows not
the grace of God. The dust is his first sin and the vice that is
in him. He that swept first is the Law, but she who made the
floor moist is The Book which tells Good News to Man. Now as soon
as you saw the first of these sweep, the dust did so fly that the
room could not be made clean by him; this is to show you that the
law as it works does not cleanse the heart from sin, but gives
strength to sin, so as to rouse it up in the soul.

Then you next saw the maid come in to lay the dust; so is sin
made clean and laid low by faith in The Book.

Now, said Christian, let me go hence.

Well, said Interpreter, keep all things so in thy mind that they
may be a goad in thy sides; and may faith guide thee!

Then I saw in my dream that the high way which Christian was to
tread, had a wall on each side, and the name of that wall was
Salvation. Up this high way did Christian run, but with great
toil for the load on his back. He ran thus till he drew near to a