Chr. Nay, she did not promise you the content of a good
conscience.
Faith. You know what I mean; all carnal and fleshly content.
Chr. Thank God you have escaped her: The abhorred of the Lord
shall fall into her ditch.
Faith. Nay, I know not whether I did wholly escape her or no.
Chr. Why, I trow, you did not consent to her desires?
Faith. No, not to defile myself; for I remembered an old writing
that I had seen, which said, Her steps take hold on hell. So I
shut mine eyes, because I would not be bewitched with her looks.
Then she railed on me, and I went my way.
Chr. Did you meet with no other assault as you came?
Faith. When I came to the foot of the hill called Dif-
ficulty, I met with a very aged man, who asked me what I was,
and whither bound. I told him that I am a pilgrim, going to the
Celestial City. Then said the old man, Thou lookest like an
honest fellow; wilt thou be content to dwell with me for the
wages that I shall give thee? Then I asked him his name, and
where he dwelt. He said his name was Adam the First, and that he
dwelt in the town of Deceit.
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