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The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
The life and death of Mr. Badman presented to the world in a familiar dialogue between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive / by John Bunyan ...
London: printed by J. A. for Nath. Ponder, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Wise. Why Sir, the Sun is not so low, we have yet three hours to night.
Atten. Nay; I am not in any great hast, but I thought you had even now done with his Life.
Wise. Done! no, I have yet much more to say.
Atten. Then he has much more wickedness than I thought he had.
Wise. That may be.1 But let us proceed: This Mr. Badman, added to all his wickedness this, He was a very proud man, a Very proud man. He was exceeding proud and haughty in mind; He looked, that what he said, ought not, must not be contradicted or opposed. He counted himself as wise as the wisest in the Country, as good as the best, and as beautiful as he that had most of it. He took great delight in praising of himself, and as much in the praises that others gave him. He could not abide that any should think themselves above him, or that their wit or personage should by