warn men from those who might hurt their souls. I choose scenes
from real life, as they are not too hard for you to grasp, when I
fit them to your own case; and it is the love I have for your
souls that prompts me to show you these things.

Christiana:--Pray let us see some more.

Interpreter then took them to his field, which was sown with
wheat and corn; but when they came to look, the ears were cut
off, and there was nought but the straw left.

Interpreter:--What shall we do with the crop?

Christiana:--Burn some, and use the rest to dress the ground
with.

Interpreter:--Fruit, you see, is the thing you look for, and for
want of that you cast off the whole crop. Take heed that in this
you do not seal your own doom; for by fruit I mean works.

Now when they came back to the house the meal was not yet spread,
so did Christiana beg of Interpreter to show or tell them some
more things.

Interpreter:--So much the more strong a man's health is, so much
the more prone is he to sin. The more fat the sow is, the more
she loves the mire. It is not so hard to sit up a night or two,
as to watch for a whole year; just as it is not so hard to start
well as it is to hold out to the end. One leak will sink a ship,
and one sin will kill a man's soul. If a man would live well, let