Question

Which two parts of this excerpt from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim’s Progress show that the central character is devoutly religious and God-fearing? Then said Evangelist, Why not willing to die, since this life is attended with so many evils? The man answered, Because I fear that this burden is upon my back will sink me lower than the grave, and I shall fall into Tophet [Isa. 30:33] And, Sir, if I be not fit to go to prison, I am not fit, I am sure, to go to judgement, and from thence to execution; and the thoughts of these things make me cry

Answer 1

1.Because I fear that this burden is upon my back will sink me lower than the grave.

In this statement, he emphasize the fact that the burden he carries is so strong and wrong before the eyes of God that he prefers the punishment as an exit for his consciousness and his soul.

2.The thoughts of these things make me cry.

In the second statement, he concludes that not getting any kind of penitence makes him cry because of the big guilt that he feels and the fear that he has for God.