Pilgrim's Progress - Introduction by G. K. Chesterton
Doug Vos
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0BtXDjgN-jqJshPfLE&id=Xi3TYcRkb0gC&pg=PA3
The introduction by G.K. Chesterton starts here:
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0BtXDjgN-jqJshPfLE&id=Xi3TYcRkb0gC&pg=PA6
It seems to start abruptly on page 6...
... but it appears that several pages are missing from the scan...
Does anyone have another copy of the introduction by G.K. Chesterton,
and do you know what was said in the first 5 pages.
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Doug Vos
"The peculiar frame of mind of Puritanism was a sense of the deadly
danger of existence."
The whole tendancy of England in the 16th century was ...
"... towards a pleasant piety, a satisfying learning, well-ordered
politics, an authentic philosophy, and so on."
Speaking of Buyans "Grace Abounding"... Chesterton says
"... the sinner takes refuge in place after place, only to expect that
roof after roof will crash down upon him, and that he is safe
nowhere..."
on page 13 ->
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0BtXDjgN-jqJshPfLE&id=Xi3TYcRkb0gC&pg=PA13
Chesterton continues:
"It is this general and acute sense of danger that is the soul of
Puritanism, and the soul of the 'Pilgrim's Progress.' "
Not sure that I agree with Chesterton, but we can appreciate his
efforts at trying to explain the context of Bunyan's writings.
Still looking for the missing parts of Chesterton's introduction.
Daniel Vos
was also (I have heard) one of Calvinism's fiercest critics. He found the
concept of predestination (at least as he understood it) repugnant.