eyes up to look at him, and Simple said: I would fain take more
sleep. Presumption said: Let each man look to his own. And so
they lay down to sleep once more.

Then I saw in my dream that two men leapt from the top of the
wall and made great haste to come up to him. Their names were
Formalist and Hypocrisy.

Christian.--Sirs, whence come you, and where do you go?

Formalist and Hypocrisy.--We were born in the land of Vain-glory,
and are on our way to Mount Zion for praise.

Christian.--Why came you not in at the Gate? Know you not that he
that comes not in at the door, but climbs up to get in, the same
is a thief?

They told him that to go through the gate was too far round; that
the best way was to make a short cut of it, and climb the wall,
as they had done.

Christian.--But what will the Lord of the town to which we are
bound think of it, if we go not in the way of his will?

They told Christian that he had no need for care on that score,
for long use had made it law, and they could prove that it had
been so for years. Christian.--But are you quite sure that your
mode will stand a suit at law?

Yes, said they, no doubt of it. And if we get in the road at all,