The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Then Christian said to his fellow, "Now I see my error. Did not the
Shepherds bid us to beware of the Flatterer? As is the saying of the wise
man — so we have found it this day: 'Whoever flatters his neighbor, is
spreading a net for his feet!'"
HOPEFUL: "They also gave us a note with directions so that we could
surely find the way — but we forgot to read it, and have wandered into
the paths of the destroyer. Here David was wiser than we; for he said,
'By the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of the
destroyer.'"
Thus they lay in the net, bewailing themselves. At last they sighted a
Shining One coming towards them, with a whip of small cords in his
hand. When he arrived at the place where they were, he asked them
where they came from, and what they were doing there.
They told him that they were poor Pilgrims going to the Celestial City —
but were led out of their way by a man who was clothed in white, who
bid them to follow him, for he was going there also.
Then the Shining One replied, "That was the Flatterer! He is a false
apostle, who transforms himself into an angel of light."
So he cut the net, and freed the Pilgrims. Then he said to them, "Follow
me, so that I may place you in the right path again."
So he led them back to the way which they had left to follow the
Flatterer. Then he asked them, "Where did you stay last night?"
They answered, "With the Shepherds, upon the Delectable Mountains."
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