The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

CHRISTIAN: "Had I known him no more than you do — I might have
thought of him as you did at first. Yes, had Talkative received this report
from the enemies of true religion, I would have thought that it was a
slander — which often falls from wicked men's lips upon good men's
names and professions. But all these things, yes, along with a great
many more that I know of, which are just as bad, I can prove him
guilty of. Besides, godly men are ashamed of him — they can neither
call him brother, nor friend. The very naming of him among them
makes them blush, if they know him.”
FAITHFUL: "Well, I see that saying and doing are two different things,
and hereafter I shall better observe this distinction."
CHRISTIAN: "They are two different things indeed, and are as diverse
as the soul and the body are — for the body without the soul is but a
dead carcass. The soul of religion is the practical part: 'Religion that
God accepts as pure and faultless is this — to look after orphans and
widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
world.' Talkative is not aware of this — he thinks that merely hearing
and saying will make a good Christian, and thus he deceives his own
soul. Hearing is but as the sowing of the seed. Talking is not sufficient to
prove that fruit is indeed in the heart and life. We are sure that at the
last day, men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said
then, 'Did you believe?' But, 'Were you doers — or talkers only?' All
shall be judged accordingly. The end of the world is compared to our
harvest — and you know men at harvest want nothing but fruit. Not
that anything can be accepted by God which is not done in faith — but I
only desire to show you how insignificant the profession of Talkative
will be at that day."
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