2.  “Good woman,” said the post to Christiana, the wife of Christian the pilgrim; “Hail, good woman, I bring thee tidings that the Master calleth for thee, and expecteth thee to stand in His presence in clothes of immortality within this ten days.”  Fore-fancy that also.  Now the day was come that she must be gone.  And so the road was full of people to see her take her journey.  But, behold, all the banks beyond the river were full of horses and chariots which were come down from above to accompany her to the city gate.  So she came forth and entered the river with a beckon of farewell to those that followed her to the river-side.  And thus she went and entered in at the gate with all the ceremonies of joy that her husband had done before her.  Fore-fancy, if you can, some of those ceremonies of joy.

3.  When Mr. Fearing came to the river where was no bridge, there again he was in a heavy case.  Now, he said, he should be drowned for ever and never see that Face with comfort he had come so many miles to behold.  And here also I took notice of what was very remarkable; the water of that river was lower at this time than ever I saw it in all my life.  So he went over at last not much above wet-shod.  Fore-fancy and fore-arrange, if it be possible, for a passage like that.  When he was going tip to the gate Mr. Greatheart began to take his leave of him, and to wish him a good reception above.  “I shall,” he said, “I shall.”  Be fore-assured, also, of a reception like that.

4.  In process of time there came a post to the town again, and his business was this time with Mr. Ready-to-halt.  So he inquired him out and said to him, “I am come to thee in the name of Him whom thou hast loved and followed, though upon crutches.  And my message is to tell thee that He expects thee at His table to sup with Him in His kingdom the next day after Easter.”  After this Mr. Ready-to-halt called for his fellow-pilgrims and told them, saying, “I am sent for, and God shall surely visit you also.  These crutches,” he said, “I bequeath to my son that he may tread in my steps, with a hundred warm wishes that he may prove better than I have done.”  When he came to the brink of the river, he said, “Now I shall have no more need of these crutches, since yonder are horses and chariots for me to ride on.”  The last words he was heard to say were, “Welcome life!” Let all ready-to-halt hearts fore-fancy all that.

5.  Then Mr. Feeble-mind called for his friends and told them what errand had been brought to him, and what token he had received of the truth of the message.  “As for my feeble mind,” he said, “that I shall leave behind me, for I shall have no need of that in the place whither I go.  When I am gone, Mr. Valiant, I desire that you would bury it in a dung-hill.”  This done, and the day being come in which he was to depart, he entered the river as the rest.  His last words were, “Hold out faith and patience.”  Fore-fancy such an end as that to your feeble mind also.