Bunyan wrote, “Entering [into death], Christian began to sink, and crying out to his good friend Hopeful, he said, ‘I sink in deep waters; the billows go over my head, all the waves go over me’... Then Hopeful said, ‘Be of good cheer, my brother, I feel the bottom, and it is good.’ Christian responded, ‘Ah! My friend, the sorrows of death have surrounded me, I shall not see the Land that flows with milk and honey.’ And with these words, a great darkness and horror fell upon Christian so that he could not see before him... [So] Hopeful also would endeavor to comfort him, saying, ‘Brother, I see the Gate, and men standing by to receive us!’ But Christian would answer, ‘It’s you, it’s you they wait for; you have been hopeful ever since I knew you.’ ‘And so have you,’ replied Hopeful. Christian responded, ‘Ah, Brother! surely if I was right, He would now rise to help me, but for my sins He has brought me into the snare, and has left me.’ Hopeful replied, ‘My Brother, you have quite forgot the text where it is said of the wicked, “There are no bands in their death, but their strength is firm, they are not troubled as other men, neither are they plagued like other men.” These troubles and distresses that you go through in these waters are no sign that God has forsaken you, but are sent to try you, to discover whether you will call to mind all that you have received of His goodness, and depend upon Him in your distress.’ ¶ Then I saw in my dream that Christian was as in a muse a while. To whom also Hopeful added these words, ‘Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ makes you whole.’ And with that Christian broke out with a loud voice, ‘Oh, I see him again!...’” (Pilgrim’s Progress, empha
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