Acacia John Bunyan

A Book for Boys and Girls
or
Temporal Things Spritualized.


By J O H N.B U N Y A N.

Licensed and entered according to order.


L O N D O N,
Printed for, and sold by, R. Tookey,
at his Printing House in St. Christopher's Court,
in Threadneedle Street, behind the Royal Exchange, 1701.

First published thirteen years after John Bunyan's death.

Edited by George Offor.



ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.



TO THE READER.


I.

UPON THE BARREN FIG-TREE IN GOD'S VINEYARD



II.

UPON THE LARK AND THE FOWLER.



III.

UPON THE VINE-TREE.



IV.

MEDITATIONS UPON AN EGG.



V.

OF FOWLS FLYING IN THE AIR.



VI.

UPON THE LORD'S PRAYER.



VII.

MEDITATIONS UPON PEEP OF DAY.



VIII.

UPON THE FLINT IN THE WATER.



IX.

UPON THE FISH IN THE WATER.



X.

UPON THE SWALLOW.



XI.

UPON THE BEE.



XII.

UPON A LOWERING MORNING.



XIII.

UPON OVER-MUCH NICENESS.



XIV.

MEDITATIONS UPON A CANDLE.



XV.

UPON THE SACRAMENTS.



XVI.

UPON THE SUN'S REFLECTION UPON THE CLOUDS
IN A FAIR MORNING.




XVII.

UPON APPAREL.



XVIII.

THE SINNER AND THE SPIDER.



XIX.

MEDITATIONS UPON THE DAY BEFORE THE SUN-RISING.



XX.

OF THE MOLE IN THE GROUND.



XXI.

OF THE CUCKOO.



XXII.

OF THE BOY AND BUTTERFLY.



XXIII.

OF THE FLY AT THE CANDLE.



XXIV.

ON THE RISING OF THE SUN.



XXV.

UPON THE PROMISING FRUITFULNESS OF A TREE.



XXVI.

UPON THE THIEF.



XXVII.

OF THE CHILD WITH THE BIRD AT THE BUSH.


XXVIII.

OF MOSES AND HIS WIFE.



XXIX.

OF THE ROSE-BUSH.



XXX.

OF THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN.



XXXI.

UPON THE FROG.



XXXII.

UPON THE WHIPPING OF A TOP.



XXXIII.

UPON THE PISMIRE.



XXXIV.

UPON THE BEGGAR.



XXXV.

UPON THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.



XXXVI.

UPON THE SIGHT OF A POUND OF CANDLES
FALLING TO THE GROUND.




XXXVII.

UPON A PENNY LOAF.



XXXVIII.

THE BOY AND WATCHMAKER.



XXXIX.

UPON A LOOKING-GLASS.



XL.

OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST.



XLI.

ON THE CACKLING OF A HEN.



XLII.

UPON AN HOUR-GLASS.



XLIII.

UPON A SNAIL.



XLIV.

OF THE SPOUSE OF CHRIST.



XLV.

UPON A SKILFUL PLAYER OF AN INSTRUMENT.



XLVI.

OF MAN BY NATURE.



XLVII.

UPON THE DISOBEDIENT CHILD.



XLVIII.

UPON A SHEET OF WHITE PAPER.



XLIX.

UPON FIRE.




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