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\"Great-Heart\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Interpreter then called for a manservant of his, one Great-Heart, and bade him take sword, and helmet, and shield. \u201cAnd take these my daughters,\u201d said he, \u201cand conduct them to the house called Beautiful, at which place they will rest next.\u201d So he took his weapons, and went before them; and the Interpreter said, \u201cGod speed!\u201d Those also that belonged to the family sent them away with many a good wish; so they went on their way, and sung:

\u201cThis place has been our second stage:
Here we have heard and seen
Those good things that, from age to age,
To others hid have been.
The Dunghill raker, Spider, Hen,
The Chicken, too, to me
Hath taught a lesson: let me then
Conformed to it be.
The Butcher, Garden, and the Field,
The Robin, and his bait\u2014
Also the Rotten Tree\u2014doth yield
Me argument of weight:
To move me for to watch and pray;
To strive to be sincere;
To take my cross up day by day,
And serve the Lord with fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Notes and Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the pilgrims prepare to resume their journey, the Interpreter graciously provides for a pressing need. Since setting out for the Celestial City, they have lacked a guide. As they begin the next stage of their journey, the Interpreter commissions one of his male servants to \u201cconduct them to the House called Beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in their journey, the pilgrims encountered perils along the Way. They heard the barking of a menacing dog. They were enticed by forbidden fruit. And they were assaulted by two ill-favored ones. In all these circumstances, they lacked a guide to help them recognize and avoid danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading Notes and Commentary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text for <\/strong>The Pilgrim’s Progress<\/strong><\/em> is public domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes and Commentary for Part II \u00a92014, 2025 Ken Puls<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from 
the New King James Version (NKJV) \u00a91982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to A Guide to John Bunyan\u2019s The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Interpreter then called for a manservant of his, one Great-Heart, and bade him take sword, and helmet, and shield. \u201cAnd take these my daughters,\u201d said he, \u201cand conduct them to the house called Beautiful, at which place they will rest next.\u201d So he took his weapons, and went before them; and the Interpreter said, \u201cGod […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[12,177,48,11,248,67,66],"class_list":["post-2285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-the-pilgrims-progress","tag-john-bunyan","tag-leadership","tag-pastor","tag-pilgrims-progress","tag-scripture","tag-spiritual-armor","tag-spiritual-warfare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lLgO-AR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions\/2289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}