| Page 12 ( 3 Points to remember ) | -Bunyan was playing a game of cat when he heard a voice from heaven, “ Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell?”
-Bunyan concludes that it is too late, is cast into despair, and resolves to make the most of his sin, thinking that he was already damned
-Returned to his game, and decided to make the most of his sins |
| Page 13 ( 4 points to remember) | -Believes that the temptation of “no hope” is very common
-Continues in sin for 1 month before an ungodly woman rebukes him for cursing while he was standing outside a shop window
-Put to secret shame by the reproof, and thought reform was a vain thought
-Left his swearing, which allowed him to talk better than before |
| Page 14 (4 Points to remember) | -Bunyan became a friend of a poor man who professed Christ, and encouraged Bunyan to read his Bible; Bunyan takes delight in reading the historical parts thereof
-Outward reformation began, and he thought he pleased God as well as any Englishman
-Continued in outward reformation for 1 year; neighbours assume him to be a very godly man, yet he knew not Christ
-Neighbours are amazed at his “ conversion” and begin to praise him; pleased Bunyan to hear this; is proud of his “godliness” |
| page 15 | -Bell ringing
-Full year to leave dancing
-Ignorant of Jesus Christ & was going about to establish his own "righteousness" |
| page 16 | -Came across the 3-4 godly women speaking in Bedford; he could not understand them;
-Joy seemed to make them speak as they did;
-His heart began to shake, mistrusting his condition as naught; did not understand how to withstand Satan's temptations; |
