Pilgrims Progress – Mason’s Notes 8 (The Gospel Minister)

This latest note from Mason is especially weighted towards ministers of the Gospel of Christ. The following note from Mason should make it clear that not every minister is a Minister of Christ. Mason wisely quotes from Mark 4:24. You may be sure that if a minister speaks more of himself than of Christ, does [...]

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Pilgrims Progress – Mason’s Notes 7

Christian: But, said Christian, are there no turnings nor windings, by which a stranger may lose his way? Goodwill: Yes, there are many ways butt down upon this, and they are crooked and wide: but thus thou mayest distinguish the right from the wrong, the right only being strait and narrow (Matthew 7:14). Then I [...]

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Pilgrims Progress – Mason’s Notes 6

No 6 in a series of posts from Mason’s Notes on Pilgrim Progress. Goodwill: That mountain (the Law) has been the death of many, and will be the death of many more: it is well you escaped being by it dashed in pieces. Christian: Why truly I do not know what had become of me [...]

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Pilgrims Progress – Mason’s Notes 5

For those that missed it, there’s some very brief info about Mason in a previous post. These posts follow a sort of format: The text of Pilgrims Progress is followed by the relevant note by Mason and then some more text of PP text and another note and so on. The text of Pilgrims Progress [...]

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Pilgrim’s Progress – Mason’s Notes 4

In part 4 of this occasional series of posts on Mason’s Notes we find Pilgrim (Christian) arriving at the gate or door as he journeys towards the Celestial City. ‘Now Christian looked for nothing but death, and began to cry out lamentably; even cursing the time in which he met with Mr. Worldly Wiseman; still [...]

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Pilgrim’s Progress – Mason’s Notes (1)

This will be the first of several posts from Mason’s Notes.  Quotations from Pilgrim’s Progress can be found at Christian Classics Ethereal Library. ‘As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den*, *Bedford jail, in which the author was imprisoned for conscience’ sake.’ Mason’s Note [...]

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