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Adam the First is an honest-looking old man whom Faithful meets at the foot of the Hill Difficulty. Adam the First invites Faithful to live with him in the town of Deceit and work for him in exchange for good wages and an inheritance. When Faithful declines and walks away, Adam the First attacks him relentlessly, saying he doesn’t know how to show mercy, but Christ intevenes. Later, Christian explains to Faithful that Adam the First was really Moses.
Adam the First/Moses Quotes in The Pilgrim’s Progress
The The Pilgrim’s Progress quotes below are all either spoken by Adam the First/Moses or refer to Adam the First/Moses. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: Christian and Faithful Quotes
So soon as the man overtook me, he was but a word and a blow, for down he knocked me, and laid me for dead. But when I was a little come to myself again, I asked him wherefore he served me so? He said, Because of my secret inclining to Adam the First: and with that he struck me another deadly blow on the breast, and beat me down backward, so I lay at his foot as dead as before. So when I came to myself again I cried him mercy; but he said, I know not how to shew mercy; and with that knocked me down again. He had doubtless made an end of me, but that one came by, and bid him forbear.
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When Christian’s new companion, Faithful, tells the story of his pilgrimage thus far, he narrates a chilling encounter with a shadowy figure whom he calls Adam the First. Adam the First beats Faithful mercilessly and declines to show him mercy, claiming he cannot. This confusing passage makes more sense in the context of Protestant Reformed (Puritan) theology. Briefly, Adam was humanity’s first ancestor, whose sin corrupted all his descendants with sin, too. All people, therefore—even those who, like Faithful, aim to follow Christ—“[incline] to Adam the first” in their hearts, sinning despite their best intentions. The reason “Adam the first” Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit
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Adam the First/Moses Character Timeline in The Pilgrim’s Progress
The timeline below shows where the character Adam the First/Moses appears in The Pilgrim’s Progress. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Christian and Faithful
...foot of the Hill Difficulty, he met an honest-looking old man who identified himself as Adam the First from the town of Deceit. Adam the First asked Faithful if he’d be willing to...
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At first, Faithful was tempted to accept Adam the First ’s offer. Then he noticed written on Adam’s forehead “Put off the old man with...
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