mind in an aspect more arresting to a mind like his, "And Peter said
unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make
three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
Elias. For he wist not what to say, for he was sore afraid. And
there was a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the
cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear him." "Then I saw that
Moses and Elias must both vanish, and leave Christ and his saints
alone."

We have now arrived at the happy time when these doubts and
distractions were exchanged for songs of deliverance. We relate it
in the words of Bunyan's own narrative: "One day as I was passing
into the field, and that too with some dashes on my conscience,
fearing lest yet all was not right, suddenly this sentence fell upon
my soul, 'Thy righteousness is in heaven;' and methought withal, I
saw with the eyes of my soul, Jesus Christ at God's right hand;
there, I say, was my righteousness; so that wherever I was, or
whatever I was doing, God could not say of me, 'He wants my
righteousness,' for that was just before him. I also saw, moreover,
that it was not my good frame of heart that made my righteousness
better, nor my bad frame that made my righteousness worse; for my
righteousness was Jesus Christ himself, 'the same yesterday, to-day,
and for ever.' Now did my chains fall off my legs indeed; I was
loosed from my afflictions and my irons; my temptations also fled
away; so that from that time those dreadful scriptures of God left
off to trouble me. Now went I also home rejoicing for the grace and
love of God; so when I came home I looked to see if I could find that
sentence, 'Thy righteousness is in heaven,' but could not find such a
saying; wherefore my heart began to sink again, only that was brought
to my remembrance, 'He is made unto us of God, wisdom, righteousness,