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
Now the Lord Willbewill did put into execution his commission, with great
Diligence, his man. He took Fooling in the streets, and hanged him up in
Want-wit-Alley, over against his own house. This Fooling was he that
would have had the town of Mansoul deliver up Captain Credence into the
hands of Diabolus, provided that then he would have withdrawn his force
out of the town. He also took Mr. Let-Good-Slip one day as he was busy
in the market, and executed him according to law. Now there was an
honest poor man in Mansoul, and his name was Mr. Meditation, one of no
great account in the days of apostasy, but now of repute with the best of
the town. This man, therefore, they were willing to prefer. Now Mr.
Let-Good-Slip had a great deal of wealth heretofore in Mansoul, and, at
Emmanuel’s coming, it was sequestered to the use of the Prince: this,
therefore, was now given to Mr. Meditation, to improve for the common
good, and after him to his son, Mr. Think-Well; this Think-Well he had by
Mrs. Piety his wife, and she was the daughter of Mr. Recorder.
After this, my lord apprehended Clip-Promise: now because he was a
notorious villain, for by his doings much of the King’s coin was abused,
therefore he was made a public example. He was arraigned and judged to
be first set in the pillory, then to be whipped by all the children and
servants in Mansoul, and then to be hanged till he was dead. Some may
wonder at the severity of this man’s punishment; but those that are
honest traders in Mansoul, are sensible of the great abuse that one
clipper of promises in little time may do to the town of Mansoul. And
truly my judgment is, that all those of his name and life should be
served even as he.
He also apprehended Carnal-Sense, and put him in hold; but how it came
about, I cannot tell, but he brake prison, and made his escape: yea, and
the bold villain will not yet quit the town, but lurks in the Diabolonian
dens a days, and haunts like a ghost honest men’s houses a nights.
Wherefore, there was a proclamation set up in the market-place in
Mansoul, signifying that whosoever could discover Carnal-Sense, and
apprehend him and slay him, should be admitted daily to the Prince’s
table, and should be made keeper of the treasure of Mansoul. Many,
therefore, did bend themselves to do this thing, but take him and slay
him they could not, though often he was discovered.
But my lord took Mr. Wrong-Thoughts-of-Christ, and put him in prison, and
he died there; though it was long first, for he died of a lingering
consumption.
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