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The Pilgrim’s Progress Quotes by John Bunyan: Context & Meanings

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John Bunyan’s Christian allegory, first published in two parts in 1678 and 1684

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Pilgrimage, faith, humility, contentment, perseverance, temptation and spiritual struggle through allegorical characters.

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“He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low, no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.”
John Bunyan · The Pilgrim’s Progress · 1678–1684
Voice: Fictional character · Shepherd boy

The shepherd boy’s song presents lowliness as freedom from the anxieties attached to status and pride, joining humility with contentment inside Bunyan’s Christian pilgrimage allegory.

Source note: The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part II, Valley of Humiliation, Project Gutenberg #131. Mr. Great-heart and the pilgrims hear a shepherd boy sing the stanza; the line is therefore structured as fictional/allegorical character speech rather than Bunyan autobiography.