E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Faithful,
in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, is seized at Vanity Fair, burnt to death, and taken to heaven in a chariot of fire. A Puritan used to be called Brother Faithful. The abiding disciples of any cult are called the faithful.
1
Jacob Faithful. The hero of Captain Marryat’s novel so called.
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Father of the faithful. Abraham (Rom. iv.; Gal. iii. 6–9).
