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
Self-Love was also taken and committed to custody; but there were many
that were allied to him in Mansoul, so his judgment was deferred. But at
last Mr. Self-Denial stood up, and said: ‘If such villains as these may
be winked at in Mansoul, I will lay down my commission.’ He also took
him from the crowd, and had him among his soldiers, and there he was
brained. But some in Mansoul muttered at it, though none durst speak
plainly, because Emmanuel was in town. But this brave act of Captain
Self-Denial came to the Prince’s ears; so he sent for him, and made him a
lord in Mansoul. My Lord Willbewill also obtained great commendations of
Emmanuel, for what he had done for the town of Mansoul.
Then my Lord Self-Denial took courage, and set to the pursuing of the
Diabolonians, with my Lord Willbewill; and they took Live-by-Feeling, and
they took Legal-Life, and put them in hold till they died. But Mr.
Unbelief was a nimble Jack: him they could never lay hold of, though they
attempted to do it often. He therefore, and some few more of the
subtlest of the Diabolonian tribe, did yet remain in Mansoul, to the time
that Mansoul left off to dwell any longer in the kingdom of Universe.
But they kept them to their dens and holes: if one of them did appear, or
happen to be seen in any of the streets of the town of Mansoul, the whole
town would be up in arms after them; yea, the very children in Mansoul
would cry out after them as after a thief, and would wish that they might
stone them to death with stones. And now did Mansoul arrive to some good
degree of peace and quiet; her Prince also did abide within her borders;
her captains, also, and her soldiers did their duties; and Mansoul minded
her trade that she had with the country that was afar off; also she was
busy in her manufacture.
When the town of Mansoul had thus far rid themselves of so many of their
enemies, and the troublers of their peace, the Prince sent to them, and
appointed a day wherein he would, at the market-place, meet the whole
people, and there give them in charge concerning some further matters,
that, if observed, would tend to their further safety and comfort, and to
the condemnation and destruction of their home-bred Diabolonians. So the
day appointed was come, and the townsmen met together; Emmanuel also came
down in his chariot, and all his captains in their state attending him,
on the right hand and on the left. Then was an oyes made for silence,
and, after some mutual carriages of love, the Prince began, and thus
proceeded:—
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