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
‘And there, O my Mansoul, thou shalt be afraid of murderers no more; of
Diabolonians, and their threats, no more. There, there shall be no more
plots, nor contrivances, nor designs against thee, O my Mansoul. There
thou shalt no more hear the evil-tidings, or the noise of the Diabolonian
drum. There thou shalt not see the Diabolonian standard-bearers, nor yet
behold Diabolus’s standard. No Diabolonian mount shall be cast up
against thee there; nor shall there the Diabolonian standard be set up to
make thee afraid. There thou shalt not need captains, engines, soldiers,
and men of war. There thou shalt meet with no sorrow, nor grief, nor
shall it be possible that any Diabolonian should again, for ever, be able
to creep into thy skirts, burrow in thy walls, or be seen again within
thy borders all the days of eternity. Life shall there last longer than
here you are able to desire it should; and yet it shall always be sweet
and new, nor shall any impediment attend it for ever.
‘There, O Mansoul, thou shalt meet with many of those that have been like
thee, and that have been partakers of thy sorrows; even such as I have
chosen, and redeemed, and set apart, as thou, for my Father’s court and
city-royal. All they will be glad in thee, and thou, when thou seest
them, shalt be glad in thine heart.
‘There are things, O Mansoul, even things of my Father’s providing, and
mine, that never were seen since the beginning of the world; and they are
laid up with my Father, and sealed up among his treasures for thee, till
thou shalt come thither to enjoy them. I told you before, that I would
remove my Mansoul, and set it up elsewhere; and where I will set it,
there are those that love thee, and those that rejoice in thee now; but
how much more, when they shall see thee exalted to honour! My Father
will then send them for you to fetch you; and their bosoms are chariots
to put you in. And you, O my Mansoul, shall ride upon the wings of the
wind. They will come to convey, conduct, and bring you to that, when
your eyes see more, that will be your desired haven.
‘And thus, O my Mansoul, I have showed unto thee what shall be done to
thee hereafter, if thou canst hear, if thou canst understand; and now I
will tell thee what at present must be thy duty and practice, until I
come and fetch thee to myself, according as is related in the Scriptures
of truth.
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