The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

however he flattered me — that if he brought me to his house, he would
sell me for a slave! So I told him to be quiet, for I would not come near
the door of his house. Then he reviled me, and told me that he would
send one after me, who would make my way most bitter! So just as I
turned to leave him, I felt him take hold of my flesh, and he pulled me
with such a fierce wrench, that I thought he had torn part of me off.
This made me cry out, 'O what a wretched man I am!' So I escaped, and
went on my way up the hill.
"Now when I had gone about half way up, I looked behind me, and saw
one coming after me, as swift as the wind. He overtook me just about
the place where the arbor stands.”
CHRISTIAN: "That was the same place where I sat down to rest; and
being overcome with sleep, I lost my scroll!"
FAITHFUL: "But, good brother, hear me out. As soon as the man
overtook me, he gave me a blow, and knocked me down, nearly killing
me. When I somewhat revived, I asked him why he abused me so. He
replied, 'Because of your secret inclining to Adam the First!'
"With that he struck me another deadly blow on my chest, and beat me
down backward — so I lay at his feet as dead. When I recovered again, I
cried to him for mercy — but he said, 'I do not know how to show
mercy!' And with that he knocked me down again. No doubt he would
have made an end of me — but that One came by, and commanded him
to refrain."
CHRISTIAN: "Who was it that made him stop?”
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