Great-heart:—Men come here and bring no guide with them; hence it is they die from the snares they meet with in the way. Poor Christian! it is strange he should have got out of this place, and been safe. But God dwelt in his soul, and he had a stout heart, of his own, or else he could not have done it.
Christiana:—I wish that there were some inn here where we could all take rest.
I Well, said Mr. Honest—one whom they had just met—there is such a place not far off.
So there they went, and the host, whose name was Gaius, said: Come in, for my house was built for none but such as you.
Great-heart:—Good Gaius, let us sup. What have you for us to eat? We have gone through great toils, and stand much in want of food.
Gaius:—It is too late for us to go out and seek food; but of such as we have you shall eat.
The meal was then spread, and near the end of the feast all sat round the board to crack nuts, when old Honest said to Gaius, Tell me what this verse means:
A man there was, and some did count him mad; The more that this man gave the more he had.
Then all the youths gave a guess as to what Gaius would say to it; so he sat still a while, and then said:
He that gives his goods to the poor, Shall have as much and ten times more.