The Riches of Bunyan | Page 2

man in the iron cage
XXI. THE CHURCH From the preface to the "Holy City"
Church-fellowship The church a light Spiritual character of the church
Warning to the professor Church-order The church in affliction Satan's
hostility to the church Security of the church Future glory of the church
XXII. THE MINISTRY Importance of the ministry Duty of churches to
the ministry Different classes of ministers Duty of ministers Ministers
warned Ministers servants of the church Gifts and grace in ministers
The false minister The minister at the day of judgment Bunyan's
ministry Bunyan's character and principles
XXIII. ANTICHRIST Antichrist described Rise and progress of
antichrist Corruption of the church by antichrist Conflict between the
church and antichrist Fall of antichrist Manner of antichrist's
destruction Present state of antichrist Slaying of the witnesses Reasons
for antichrist's destruction Time of antichrist's destruction Signs of
antichrist's destruction Hope of antichrist's destruction Effects of
antichrist's destruction Warning against a return to antichrist
Introduction to the "Holy City" The wooden cross
XXIV. DEATH Death of the sinner Death of the Christian The
Christian wishing to depart The dying Christian Death of Mr. Badman's
wife Death of Standfast Death of Christian and Hopeful Bunyan's death
XXV. THE RESURRECTION Salvation complete at the resurrection
XXVI. THE JUDGMENT The saints judged Saints rewarded at the
judgment Sinners judged Sinners without excuse at the judgment
"Ignorance" condemned at the judgment
XXVII. HEAVEN Happiness and glory of heaven Employments of
heaven Soul and body glorified in heaven Christ the glory of heaven

The glory of salvation Heaven
XXVIII. HELL
XXIX. MISCELLANEOUS The Sabbath Woman The family Bunyan's
domestic character Dr. Owen Truth Style The old and new
dispensations The Pilgrim in New England

NOTICES OF BUNYAN
PREFATORY NOTICE.

The subscriber has been requested by his friend the Rev. Jeremiah
Chaplin, the worthy son of an honored father, [Footnote: The late Rev.
Dr. Chaplin, the founder and first president of Waterville college, in the
state of Maine.] and the editor of the present selections from Bunyan, to
attach to them some prefatory remarks. Needless as he feels it himself
to be, and presumptuous as, to some, the attempt even may seem, to say
aught in behalf of a work that, faithfully drawn as it is from Bunyan's
overflowing stores, can require no other recommendation; yet the
subscriber could not refuse all compliance with the wishes of one who
has given diligent and hearty and appreciating study to the rich and
varied remains of "the immortal Dreamer."
Many of the Christians of our time, though conversant with the
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, and HOLY WAR, are apparently little aware
of the glowing genius, and fervent piety, and strong sense, and
picturesque imagery, and racy, vigorous English, that mark the many
other writings of the honored tinker of Elstow. These last, if less known
than the story of the pilgrimage to the Celestial City, and of the siege
and recovery of the good town of Mansoul, yet bear all of them the
traces of the same vivid fancy, the same earnest heart, and the same
robust and sanctified intellect. To save from comparative disuse and
consequent unprofitableness--from being buried in an undeserved
seclusion, if not oblivion, many sparkling truths, and pithy sayings, and
pungent rebukes, likely to do great good if they could but have, in our
busy day, a more general currency over the wide mart of the
world;--and to bespeak a new circle of influence, and a broader sphere
of notoriety and usefulness for these overlooked legacies of a good and
great man of a former age, has been the editor's object in the prolonged

sifting to which he has subjected all Bunyan's writings. Of that patient
and conscientious study the present selection has been the result. It is
not hoped, or even wished for them, that in the case of any readers able
to give the requisite leisure, these excerpts should supersede the
original writings. But these last, in mass, are beyond the means and the
time which are at the command of many Christians, who would yet
greatly prize the briefer examples of Bunyan's experience and Bunyan's
teachings that are here presented. And even to others of more affluence
and leisure, this manual may serve to commend the author's works in
their entireness. Mr. Chaplin himself would most anxiously disavow
any claim to have exhausted the mines from which he brings these
gatherings. His specimens resemble rather those laces which the good
Bunyan tagged in Bedford jail--not in themselves garments, but merely
adjuncts and ornaments of larger fabrics. He who would see the entire
wardrobe of the Dreamer's mind, and the shape and proportions of the
goodly vestures of truth in which he sought to array himself and his
readers, must, after handling these the LACES, turn to the ROBES,
from