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In this treatise, Bunyan explores the concept of the Christian life as a foot race that requires great endurance (Hebrews 12:1). He begins with a discussion of the word "run" and proceeds to give directions for how to run, motivations for running, uses of this idea, and other exhortations to finish strong in the Christian life.

matter, and I fear thou wilt so little regard it, that the thoughts of the worth of the thing, and of thy too light regarding of it, doth even make my heart ache whilst I am writing to thee. The Lord teach thee the way by his Spirit, and then I am sure thou wilt know it. SO RUN. Only by the way, let me bid thee have a care of two things, and so I shall pass to the next thing. I. Have a care of relying on the outward obedience to any of God’s commands, or thinking thyself ever the better in the sight
Volume 3, Page 384