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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 2

But the reader will now be eager to examine the following Introductory Notice of the translator:--

… It occupied a position analogous in some respects to that of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in modern times; and critics have frequently compared the two works. In ancient times two opinions prevailed in regard …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 15

Chap. VI.

… It is not unworthy of Bunyan.] [268] [To read into this passage the idea of "supererogatory merit" is an unpardonable anachronism. (Compare Command. iv. 4.) The writer everywhere denies human merit, extols mercy, and imputes …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 8

CHAPTER IV.--The Writings of St. Augustin.

… The historical part, to the tenth book, is one of the devotional classics of all creeds, and second in popularity only to the "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas a Kempis, and Bunyan's "Pilgrim's …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 14

It is right to point out, in connection with this part of our subject, that in regard to some at least of Augustin's self-accusations, [91]

… of that pious exaggeration of his sinfulness which, as Lord Macaulay points out in his essays on Bunyan, [92] frequently characterises deep penitence. But however this may be, justice requires us to remember, in considering …

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