The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of MansoulBunyan, John
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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul
Bunyan, John
Christian fiction; Soul; Spiritual warfare -- Fiction
‘Behold,’ said the Prince to Mansoul, ‘my love and care towards you; I
have added to all that is past, this mercy, to appoint you preachers; the
most noble Secretary to teach you in all high and sublime mysteries; and
this gentleman,’ pointing to Mr. Conscience, ‘is to teach you in all
things human and domestic, for therein lieth his work. He is not, by
what I have said, debarred of telling to Mansoul anything that he hath
heard and received at the mouth of the lord high Secretary; only he shall
not attempt to presume to pretend to be a revealer of those high
mysteries himself; for the breaking of them up, and the discovery of them
to Mansoul lieth only in the power, authority, and skill of the lord high
Secretary himself. Talk of them he may, and so may the rest of the town
of Mansoul; yea, and may, as occasion gives them opportunity, press them
upon each other for the benefit of the whole. These things, therefore, I
would have you observe and do, for it is for your life, and the
lengthening of your days.
‘And one thing more to my beloved Mr. Recorder, and to all the town of
Mansoul: You must not dwell in, nor stay upon, anything of that which he
hath in commission to teach you, as to your trust and expectation of the
next world; (of the next world, I say, for I purpose to give another to
Mansoul, when this with them is worn out;) but for that you must wholly
and solely have recourse to, and make stay upon his doctrine that is your
Teacher after the first order. Yea, Mr. Recorder himself must not look
for life from that which he himself revealeth; his dependence for that
must be founded in the doctrine of the other preacher. Let Mr. Recorder
also take heed that he receive not any doctrine, or point of doctrine,
that is not communicated to him by his Superior Teacher, nor yet within
the precincts of his own formal knowledge.’
Now, after the Prince had thus settled things in the famous town of
Mansoul, he proceeded to give to the elders of the corporation a
necessary caution, to wit, how they should carry it to the high and noble
captains that he had, from his Father’s court, sent or brought with him,
to the famous town of Mansoul.
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