The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

"Seeing, then, that God prefers His divine religion, and a tender
conscience; and that those who make themselves fools for the kingdom
of Heaven are the wisest; and that the poor man who loves Christ is
richer than the greatest man in the world who hates Him — depart
Shame, for you are an enemy to my salvation! Shall I take your side,
against my sovereign Lord? If I am now ashamed of His ways and
servants — how then shall I look Him in the face, and receive His
blessing at His coming?
"Indeed, this Shame was a bold villain! I could scarcely shake him off.
Yes, he continued haunting me and whispering in my ear, some of the
hindrances which attend true religion. But at last I told him that it was
in vain to attempt to further dissuade me. For those things which he so
disdained — were the most glorious in my eyes. So at last I got past this
most troublesome person. When I had finally shaken him off, then I
began to sing:
The trials that those men do meet withal,
Who are obedient to the heavenly call,
Are manifold, and suited to the flesh,
And come, and come, and come again afresh;
That now, or sometime else, we by them may
Be taken, overcome, and cast away.
O let the Pilgrims, let the Pilgrims, then,
Be vigilant, and act courageous like men."
CHRISTIAN: "I am glad, my brother, that you withstood this villain so
bravely; for as you say, I think he has the wrong name. For he is so bold
as to follow us in the streets, and to attempt to put us to shame before
all men. He seeks to make us ashamed of that which is good. If he were
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