The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Christian — so there was a long silence among them. Therefore Mr. Byends
and his friends began to lag behind, so that Christian and Hopeful
might travel on ahead of them.
Hopeful approved of the soundness of Christian's answer. Then
Christian said to his fellow-traveler, "If these men cannot stand before
the sentence of men — then what will they do when they stand before
the sentence of God? And if they are speechless when dealt with by
vessels of clay — then how will they respond when they are rebuked by
the flames of the devouring fire?”
THE HILL LUCRE
Then Christian and Hopeful traveled on ahead of the others, until they
came to a pleasant meadow, called Ease, where they journeyed with
much delight. As the meadow was only a short length — they quickly
traveled over it.
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Now at the farthest side of that meadow was a little hill called Lucre —
and in that hill was a silver mine. Because this was so rare, some of
those who had formerly gone that way had turned aside to see it — but
going too near to the brink of the pit, and the ground being unstable
under them — it broke away, and they were killed. Some others were so
injured that they could not, to their dying day, be recovered.
Then I saw in my dream, that a little way off the road, near the silver
mine stood a gentleman named Demas. He called out to passing
travelers to come and see. He beckoned to Christian and Hopeful, "Ho!
turn aside here — and I will show you something quite special!”
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