{Verse 310}

By GitCitadel Publishing January 17, 2026
A book by John Bunyan about his journey to the Celestial City.
{Verse 310}

When Christian saw that the man was "wise in his own conceit", he said to Hopeful, whisperingly, "There is more hope of a fool than of him." [Prov. 26:12] And said, moreover, "When he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool." [Eccl. 10:3] What, shall we talk further with him, or out-go him at present, and so leave him to think of what he hath heard already, and then stop again for him afterwards, and see if by degrees we can do any good to him? Then said Hopeful--

Let Ignorance a little while now muse

 On what is said, and let him not refuse

 Good counsel to embrace, lest he remain

 Still ignorant of what's the chiefest gain.

 God saith, those that no understanding have,

 Although he made them, them he will not save.

HOPE. He further added, It is not good, I think, to say all to him at once; let us pass him by, if you will, and talk to him anon, even as he is able to bear it.

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