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• With this he struggled desperately and finally climbed out of the mire on the side of the bog nearest to his house. Once out, he didn’t even turn to help Christian. In fact, he didn’t even say good-bye. Instead, he walked away covered in filth and headed straight toward his house.
• This is why he always goes to the town of Morality to church, because he loves the doctrine taught there because he thinks it saves him best from the cross.
• Evangelist spoke from his heart with great passion. “You cannot be justified by the works of the law, because it isn’t how one follows the law or the good things they do that rids one of their burden. This makes Worldly Wiseman nothing more than an illegal guide and Mr. Legality a cheat. As for Legality’s son Civility, he is full of hot air. With h...
• “Your sin is very great, for you have committed two evils. You abandoned the way that is good, and you chose to walk in forbidden paths. Yet the man at the gate will receive you, for he has good will for men. But be careful not to turn aside again, because if you do, you may perish altogether when his wrath is ignited.”
• This is to show you that the law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, does in fact arouse it. (So that without the law I lived for some time; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. – Rom. 7:9)