MS Classwork for Jan 20/22

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1. Grammar Starter--The man that met you is Worldly Wiiseman, and rightly is he so called; partly, because he savors only the doctrine of this world, and partly because he loves that doctrine best, for it saves him best from the cross.

2. Quiz

3. Check and Go over HW
Chapter 3

1. What does Worldly Wise say about Evangelist's way of getting rid of the burden?

There’s not a more dangerous or troublesome way in the world than the one in which he’s directed you.

2. What does Christian say when Worldly Wise tells him that he is likely to meet with weariness, painfulness, hunger, perils, nakedness, sword, lions, dragons, darkness, and  death on his journey? Christian says that his burden is more terrible than all of that.  

3. How does Christian know about his burden? He read the Bible.

4. How does Worldly Wiseman tell Christian to get rid of his burden? Is this a good way? Why or why not?
He tells him to go to the man called Legality (or his son Civility) in the village of Morality 
5. Why does Christian stop going towards Legality's house? The way led by a high, unstable hill that had flashes of fire coming out of it, and his burden seemed even heavier. Evangelist comes and tells him that this is not the way. He must repent, stop doubting, and believe.
6. Where does Worldly Wise go to church? What is the doctrine he loves the most? He goes to church in the Town of Morality and loves the doctrine that saves him from suffering associated with the cross.
7. What three things does Evangelist tell us to despise about Worldly Wise's counsel? 
    a. Turning out of the Way by rejecting the instructions of God
    b. Making the cross (trials) offensive because "whoever wants to save his life will lose it."
    c. How the path leads to death NOT the easing of the burden of sin

All who rely on the observing of the law are under a curse. Galatians 3:10

Chapter 4
1. Why does Goodwill pull Christian in the gate quickly? Beelzebub and those with him might shoot him with arrows before he could enter. 
2. Who was the Narrow Road constructed by? How was is constructed? It was constructed by the Prophets, Christ, and His Apostles; and it is as straight as a ruler can make it. 
3. What are the paths adjacent to the Narrow Road like? They are crooked and wide. Only the right road is straight and narrow. 
4. What does Goodwill say about Christian's burden? He says that Christian should be content to bear it until he comes to the Place of Deliverance where it will fall off his back by itself. 
5. Whose house will Christian come to next? He will come to the house of Interpreter next.

Notes:
Historical Background: Mr. Worldly Wiseman 

Mr. Worldly Wiseman and By-ends did not appear in Bunyan's original Manu­script. Not until the third edition was printed did Bunyan add them to his alle­gory. It is highly probable that the two characters were the same man in Bunyan's life. Bunyan knew a number of "false professors" who might have come to his mind and caused him to include these two characters in his later edition of the book. Their most probable allusion, however, is to William Foster, whom Bunyan regarded as the man who kept him in prison. In fact, Foster, in quizzing Bunyan as to why he was trying to preach when he was only an uneducated tinker, said, "It is happened unto thee as to other weak men, who meddling with things too high for them, do suddenly fall into thy distractions." Bunyan remembered those words with delight and gave them to Mr. Worldly Wiseman in his allegory. In The Pilgrims Progress, Bunyan also said of Mr. Worldly Wiseman, ''He looked like a gentleman, and he talked a lot to me." He often gave the same description of William Foster. 
Bunyan's first encounter with Foster occurred the day after he was arrested for preaching without a license. Foster, a justice of the peace at Bedford, hated inde­pendents and nonconformists and sought to make Bunyan promise not to preach. (Nonconformists believed that a man should worship as he pleased and not be forced to go to a State-approved church. They did not believe that it was biblical for them to conform to the State in matters of faith and worship.) 
Foster started his interview with Bunyan with much flattery and pretended affection. Bunyan later said of this meeting, "He greeted me with such seeming affection, as if he would have leaped on my neck and kissed me." However, this pretended kindness was guaranteed to fail from the start; Bunyan had a natural suspicion of anyone who acted overly friendly. Bunyan later called this man "a right Judas." As the man spoke, Bunyan thought of several Bible verses, such as "Their tongues are smoother than oil," and "Beware of men.'' Therefore, he became even more wary of Foster's smooth and effusive talk. 
Bunyan, Foster explained, had merely to promise that he would not call the people together to worship
outside a State-approved church. After all, John was only a tinker, nor a preacher. Because Bunyan did not know the original Greek, he could hardly be expected co understand what he was talking about. Surely, then, he could promise not to call the people together anymore.
None of these arguments made rhe smallest impression on Bunyan. For every legal argument that Foster advanced, Bunyan had a theological or moral answer. At length, Foster gave up the attempt and remanded Bunyan to Francis Wingate for sentencing.
Soon thereafter, (May 10, 1670), Parliament passed a new Conventicle Act, which made conventicles, or meetings of independent or nonconformist worshippers, illegal if they were held in a house with more than four people who were outside of the immediate family or if they were held in a field or wood and more than four people were present. The justice of the peace was empowered to break open doors and arrest people who violated this law. Many people were arrested, and soon Bunyan had plenty or company in his jail, thanks to Foster's relentless pursuit and dogged determination wipe out the poor, ignorant independents. 
For twelve long years, Bunyan sought to gain his release from prison, but each petition, regardless of how it was filed, found its way to Foster's desk, where it was immediately rejected. Foster had one thing in mind: to seek political gain by showing how much he hated the nonconformists. Bunyan could have been speak­ing of Foster when in The Pilgrim's Progress By-ends said, "I was always lucky to jump whichever way the winds of the times were blowing, and my chance was to profit by it." 
Foster's cruelty and self-seeking interests soon gained for him a place in Parliament. To show how two-faced he was, when Charles II came to the throne late in Bunyan's life and changed the laws, Foster stood in Parliament and praised the king saying that he was behind him! Yet, the first chance he.had to return the laws that were against the nonconformists, he sought with all his power to do so.
After Foster had been long forgotten, his shadows, Mr Worldly Wiseman and By-ends, show how disgusting he really was.
PERSONAL ALLEGORY, due February 9

If time, watch a few clips from the Pilgrim's Progress movie:


the gate and Interpreter--23:05 to 29:20
the cross--37:00 to 41:00

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