 This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Joy Chan. The Holy War, made by Shadiah Pontiabolus for the regaining of the metropolis of the world. Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul, by John Bunyan. To the reader. To strange to me, that they that love to tell, things done of old, yea and that do excel, they're equals in historiology. Speak not of Mansoul's wars, but let them lie, dead, like old fables or such worthless things, that to the reader no advantage brings. When men, let them make what they will their own, till they know this, are to themselves unknown. Of stories I well know, there's diverse sorts, some foreign, some domestic, and reports are thereof made as fancy leads the writers. By books a man may guess at the inditers. Some will again of that which never was, nor will be, feign and that without a cause. Such matter, raise such mountains, tell such things of men, of laws, of countries and of kings. And in their story seems to be so sage, and with such gravity clothe every page, that though their frontispiece says all is vain, yet to their way disciples they obtain. But readers, I have some what else to do, than with vain stories thus to trouble you. What here I say, some men do know so well, they can with tears enjoy the story tell. The town of Mansoul is well known to many, nor are her troubles doubted of by any, that are encrated with those histories, that Mansoul and her wars anatomize. Then lend thine ear to what I do relate, touching the town of Mansoul and her state, how she was lost, took captive, made a slave, and how against him set that should her save. Yea, how by hostile ways she did oppose her lord and with his enemy did close. For they are true, he that will them deny must needs the best of records vilify. For my part, I myself was in the town, both when it was set up and when pulling down. I saw Diabolus in his possession, and Mansoul also under his oppression. Yea, I was there when she owned him for lord, and to him did submit with one accord. When Mansoul trampled upon things divine and wallowed in filth as Dotha swine, when she but took herself unto her arms, fought her Immanuel, despised his charms. Then I was there, and did rejoice to see Diabolus and Mansoul so agree. Let no men then count me a fable maker, nor make my name or credit a partaker of their derision. What is here in view of my own knowledge I dare say is true. I saw the princes armed men come down by troops by thousands to besiege the town. I saw the captains heard the trumpet sound and how his forces covered all the ground, yea, how they set themselves in battle ray. I shall remember to my dying day. I saw the colours waving in the wind, and they within to mischief how combined to ruin Mansoul and to make a way her prime and mobile without delay. I saw the mounts cast up against the town, and how the slings were placed to beat it down. I heard the stones fly whizzing by mine ears. What longer kept in mind than gotten fears? I heard them fall and saw what work they made, and how odd moors did cover with his shade the face of Mansoul. And I heard her cry, were worth the day in dying I shall die. I saw the battering rams, and how they played to beat Oat Eargate. I was afraid not only Eargate, but the very town would by those battering rams be beaten down. I saw the fights and heard the captains shout, and in each battle saw who faced about. I saw who wounded were, and who were slain, and who, when dead, would come to life again. I heard the cries of those that wounded were, while others fought like men bereft of fear. And while the cry, kill, kill, was in mine ears, the gutters ran not so with blood as tears. Indeed the captains did not always fight, but then they would molest us day and night. Their cry, up, fought on, let us take the town, kept us from sleeping or from lying down. I was there when the gates were broken oak, and saw how Mansoul then was stripped of hope. I saw the captains march into the town, how there they fought and did their foes cut down. I heard the Prince bid Boronages go up to the castle and there sees his foe, and saw him and his fellows bring him down, in chains of great contempt, quite through the town. I saw Emmanuel when he possessed his town of Mansoul, and how greatly blessed a town his gallant town of Mansoul was when she received his pardon, loved his laws. When the Diabolonians were caught, when tried and went to execution brought, then I was there. Yea, I was standing by when Mansoul did the rebels crucify. I also saw Mansoul clad all in white. I heard her Prince call her his heart's delight. I saw him put upon her chains of gold, and rings and bracelets goodly to behold. What shall I say? I heard the people's cries, and saw the Prince wipe tears from Mansoul's eyes. I heard the groans and saw the joy of many, tell you of all I neither will nor can I. But by what here I say, you well may see that Mansoul's matchless wars no fables be. Mansoul, the desire of both princes was. One keep his gain would, the other gain his loss. Diabolus would cry, the town is mine. Emmanuel would plead it right divine unto his Mansoul, then to blows they go, and Mansoul cries, these wars will me undo. Mansoul, her wars seemed endless in her eyes, she's lost by one becomes another's prize, and he again that lost her last would swear, have her I will or her in pieces tear. Mansoul, it was the very seat of war. Wherefore her troubles greater were by far than only where the noise of war is heard, or where the shaking of a sword is feared, or only where small skirmishes are fought, or where the fancy fighteth with a thought. She saw the swords of fighting men made red, and heard the cries of those with them wounded. Must not her fright then be much more by far than theirs that to such doing strangers are, or theirs that hear the beating of a drum, but not made fly from fear from house and home. Mansoul not only heard the trumpet sound, but saw her gallant's glassping on the ground, wherefore we must not think that she could rest with them whose greatest earnest is but jest, or where the blustering threatening of great wars do end in palies or in wording jars. Mansoul, her mighty wars they did pretend, her real, her woe, and that world without end. Wherefore she must be more concerned than they whose fears begin and end the self-same day, or where none other harm doth come to him that is engaged, but loss of life or limb. As all must needs confess that now do dwell in universe and can this story tell. Count me not then with them that to amaze the people, set them on the stars to gaze, insinuating with much confidence that each of them is now the residence of some brave creatures. Yea, a world they will have in each star, there would be past their skill to make it manifest to any man. That reason hath will tell his fingers can. But I have too long held thee in the porch and kept thee from the sunshine with a torch. Well now go forward, step within the door, and there behold five hundred times much more of all sorts of such inward rarities, as please the mind will, and will feed the eyes with those which, if a Christian, thou wilt see not small, but things of greatest moment be. Nor do thou go to work without my key. In mysteries men soon do lose their way, and also turn it right, if thou wouldst know my riddle, and wouldst with my heath of plough. It lies there in the window. Fare thee well, my next may be to ring thy passing bell. John Bunyan An advertisement to the reader. Some say the pilgrim's progress is not mine, insinuating as if I would shine in name and fame by the worth of another, like some made rich by robbing of their brother. All that so fond I am of being sire, our father bastards, or if need require, I'll tell a lie in print to get applause. I scorn it, John such dirt heap never was, since God converted him, that this suffice to show why I my pilgrim patronise. It came from mine own heart, so to my head, and fence into my fingers trickled, then to my pen from fence immediately, on paper I did dribble it daintily. Manor and matter, too, was all mine own, nor was it unto any mortal known till I had done it, nor did any then by books, by wits, by tongues, or hand or pen add five words to it, or wrote half a line thereof. The whole and every wit is mine. Also for this thine eye is now open. The matter in this manner came from none but the same heart, and head, fingers, and pen, as did the other. Witness all good men, for none in all the world, without a lie, can say that this is mine, excepting I. I write not this of my ostentation, nor cause I seek of men their condemnation. I do it to keep them from such surmise, as tempt them will my name to scandalise. Witness my name, if anagrammed to thee, the letters make new honey in a bee. In my travels, as I walked through many regions and countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous continent of universe, a very large and spacious country it is. It lieth between the two poles, and just amidst the four points of the heavens. It is a place well watered, and richly adorned with hills and valleys, bravely situate, and for the most part, at least where I was, very fruitful, also well peopled, and a very sweet air. The people are not all of one complexion, nor yet of one language, mode, or way of religion, but differ as much as, it is said, do the planets themselves. Some are right and some are wrong, even as it happeneth to be in lesser regions. In this country, as I said, it was my lot to travel, and their travel I did, and that so long, even till I learned much of their mother tongue, together with the customs and manners of them among whom I was. And, to speak truth, I was much delighted to see and hear many things which I saw and heard among them. Yea, I had to be sure, even lived and died a native among them, so was I taken with them in their doings, had not my master sent for me home to his house, there to do business for him, and to oversee business done. Now there is in this gallant country of universe a fair and delicate town, a corporation called Mansoul, a town for its building so curious, for its situation so commodious, for its privileges so advantageous. I mean with reference to its origin, that I may say of it, as was said before of the continent in which it is placed, there is not its equal under the whole heaven. As to the situation of this town, it lieth just between the two worlds, and the first founder and builder of it, so far as by the best and most authentic records I can gather, was one Shaddai, and he built it for his own delight. He made it the nearer and glory of all that he made, even the top piece beyond anything else that he did in that country. Yea, so goodly a town was Mansoul when first built, that it is said by some, the gods at the setting up thereof, came down to see it and sang for joy. And as he made it goodly to behold, so also mighty to have dominion over all the country round about. Yea, all were commanded to acknowledge Mansoul for their metropolitan, all were enjoined to do homage to it. I, the town itself, had positive commission and power from her king to demand service of all, and also to subdue any that anyways denied to do it. There was reared up in the midst of this town a most famous and stately palace, for strength it might be called a castle, for pleasantness a paradise, for largeness a place so copious as to contain all the world. This place the king Shaddai intended but for himself alone, and not another with him, partly because of his own delights, and partly because he would not that the terror of strangers should be upon the town. This place Shaddai made also a garrison of, but committed the keeping of it only to the men of the town. The walls of the town were well built, yea, so fast and firm were they knit and compact together that, had it not been for the townsmen themselves, they could not have been shaken or broken forever. For here lay the excellent wisdom of him that builded Mansoul, that the walls could never be broken down nor hurt by the most mighty adverse potentate, unless the townsmen gave consent there too. This famous town of Mansoul had five gates in at which to come, out of which to go, and these were made likewise answerable to the walls, to it impregnable, and such as could never be opened nor forced but by the will and leave of those within. The names of the gates were these, Eargate, Eyegate, Mouthgate, Nosegate, and Feelgate. Other things there were that belonged to the town of Mansoul, which if you had joined to these, will yet give further demonstration to all of the glory and strength of the place. It had always a sufficiency of provision within its walls. It had the best, most wholesome and excellent law, that then was extant in the world. There was not a rascal, rogue or traitorous person then within its walls. They were all true men, and fast joined together. And this you know is a great matter, and to all these it had always, so long as it had the goodness to keep true to Shadiah the king, his countenance, his protection, and it was his delight, etc. Well, upon a time there was one Diabolus, a mighty giant, made an assault upon this famous town of Mansoul to take it and make it his own habitation. This giant was king of the blacks, and a most raving prince he was. We will, if you please, first discourse on the origin of this Diabolus, and then of his taking of this famous town of Mansoul. This Diabolus is indeed a great and mighty prince, and yet both poor and beggarly. As to his origin, he was at first one of the servants of King Shadiah, made and taken and put by him into most high and mighty place. Ye was put into such principalities as belonged to the best of his territories and dominions. This Diabolus was made son of the morning, and a brave place he had of it. It brought him much glory, and gave him much brightness. An income that might have contented his Luciferian heart, had it not been insatiable, and enlarged as hell itself. Well, he seeing himself thus exalted to greatness and honour, and raging in his mind for high estate and degree, what doth he but begins to think with himself how he might be set up as Lord over all, and have the sole power under Shadiah. Now that did the king reserve for his son, Ye, and had already bestowed it upon him. Wherefore he first consults with himself what had best to be done, and then breaks his mind to some other of his companions, to the which they also agreed. So, in fine, they came to this issue, that they should make an attempt upon the king's son to destroy him, that the inheritance might be theirs. Well, to be short, the treason, as I said, was concluded, the time appointed, the word given, the rebels rendezvoused, and the assault attempted. Now the king and his son being all and always I could not but discern all passages in his dominions, and he, having always loved for his son as for himself, could not at what he saw but be greatly provoked and offended. Wherefore what does he but takes them in the very nick and first trip that they made towards their design, convicts them of the treason, horrid rebellion, and conspiracy that they had devised, and now attempted to put into practice, and cast them altogether out of all place of trust, benefit, honour, and preferment. This done, he banishes them the court, turns them down into the horrible pits, as fast-bound in chains, never more to expect the least favour from his hands, but to abide the judgment that he had appointed, and that forever. Now they being thus cast out of all place of trust, profit and honour, and also knowing that they had lost their prince's favour forever, being banished his court and cast down to the horrible pits. You may be sure they would now add to their former pride what malice and rage against Shaddai, and against his son they could. Wherefore roving and ranging in much fury from place to place, if perhaps they might find something that was the king's, by spoiling of that to revenge themselves on him. At last they happened into this spacious country of universe, and steer their course towards the town of Mansoul, and considering that that town was one of the chief works and delights of King Shaddai. What do they, but after counsel taken, make an assault upon that? I say they knew that Mansoul belonged unto Shaddai, for they were there when he built it, and beautified it for himself. So when they had found the place, they shouted horribly for joy, and roared on it as a lion upon the prey, saying, now we have found the prize, and how to be revenged on King Shaddai for what he had done to us. So they sat down and called a council of war, and considered with themselves what ways and methods they had best to engage in for the winning to themselves this famous town of Mansoul, and these four things were then propounded to be considered of. First, whether they had best all of them to show themselves in this design to the town of Mansoul. Secondly, whether they had best to go and sit down against Mansoul in their now ragged and beggarly disguise. Thirdly, whether they had best show to Mansoul their intentions and what design they came about, or whether to assault it with words and ways of deceit. Fourthly, whether they had not best to some of their companions to give out private orders to take the advantage if they see one or more of the principal townsmen to shoot them, if thereby they shall judge their cause and design would the better be promoted. One, it was answered to the first of these proposals in the negative, to wit, that it would not be best that all should show themselves before the town, because the appearance of many of them might alarm and frighten the town, whereas a few, or but one of them, was not so likely to do it. And to enforce this advice to take place it was added further, that if Mansoul was frightened or did take the alarm, it is impossible, said Diabolus, for he spake now, that we should take the town, for that none can enter into it without its consent. Let therefore but few, or but one assault Mansoul, and in my opinion, said Diabolus, let me be he. Wherefore to this they all agreed. Two, and then to the second proposal they came, namely, whether they had best go and sit down before Mansoul in their now ragged and beggarly guise, to which it was answered also in the negative, by no means, and that because though the town of Mansoul had been made to know and to have to do before now with things that are invisible, they did never as yet see any of their fellow creatures in so sad and rascally condition as they. And this was the advice of that fierce elector. Then said Apollyon, the advice is pertinent, for even one of us appearing to them as we are now must needs both beget and multiply such thoughts in them as will both put them into a consternation of spirit and necessitate them to put themselves upon their guard. And if so, said he, then as my Lord Diabolus said but now, then vain for us to think of taking the town. Then said that mighty giant Beelzebub, the advice that already is given is safe, for though the men of Mansoul have seen such things as we once were, yet hitherto they did never behold such things as we now are, and it is best, in my opinion, to come upon them in such a guise as is common to and most familiar among them. To this, when they had consented, the next thing to be considered was, in what shape Hugh or Guy's Diabolus had best to show himself when he went about to make Mansoul his own. Then once said one thing and another the contrary. At last Lucifer answered that, in his opinion, it was best that his lordship should assume the body of some of those creatures that they of the town had dominion over. For, quoth he, these are not only familiar to them, but, being under them, they will never imagine that an attempt should by them be made upon the town, and, to blind all, let him assume the body of one of those beasts that Mansoul deems to be wiser than any of the rest. This advice was applauded of all. So it was determined that the giant Diabolus should assume the dragon, for that he was in those days as familiar with the town of Mansoul, as now is the bird with the boy. For nothing that was in its primitive state was at all amazing to them. Then they proceeded to the third thing, which was three, whether they had best to show their intentions or the design of his coming to Mansoul or no. This also was answered in the negative, because of the weight that was in the former reasons, to wit, for that Mansoul were a strong people, a strong people in a strong town, whose wall and gates were impregnable to say nothing of their castle, nor can they by any means be won but by their own consent. Besides, said Legion, for he gave answer to this, a discovery of our intentions may make them send to their king for aid, and if that be done, I know quickly what time of day it will be with us. Therefore let us assault them in all pretended fairness, covering our intentions with all manner of lies, flatteries, delusive words, feigning things that never will be and promising that to them that they shall never find. This is the way to win Mansoul and to make them of themselves open their gates to us, yea, and to desire us too to come into them. And the reason why I think that this project will do is because the people of Mansoul now are everyone, simple and innocent, all honest and true, nor do they as yet know what it is to be assaulted with fraud, garl and hypocrisy. They are strangers to lying and dissembling lips, therefore we cannot, if thus we be disguised, by them at all be discerned. Our lies shall go for true sayings and our dissimulations for upright dealings. What we promise them they will in that believe us, especially if, in all our lies and feigned words, we pretend great love to them, and that our design is only their advantage and honour. Now there was not one bit of a reply against this. This went as current down as doth the water down a deep descent. Wherefore they go to consider of the last proposal which was four, whether they had not best to give out orders to some of their company to shoot some one or more of the principal of the townsmen if they judge that their cause may be promoted thereby. This was carried in the affirmative and the man that was designed by this strategy to be destroyed was one Mr. Resistance, otherwise called Captain Resistance. And a great man in Mansoul this Captain Resistance was and a man that the giant Diabolus and his band more feared than they feared the whole town of Mansoul besides. Now who should be the actor to do the murder? That was the next and they appointed one to Sphony, a fury of the lake to do it. They thus having ended their council of war, rose up and a say to do as they had determined. They marched towards Mansoul, but all in a manner invisible save one, only one. Nor did he approach the town in his own likeness but under the shade and in the body of the dragon. So they drew up and sat down before Eagate for that was the place of hearing for all without the town as Eagate was the place of perspection. So as I said he came up with his train to the gate and laid his amboscado for Captain Resistance within bow shot of the town. This done the giant ascended up close to the gate and called to the town of Mansoul for audience. Nor took he any with him but one ill pause who was his orator in all difficult matters. Now as I said he being come up to the gate as the manner of those times was sounded his trumpet for audience at which the chief of the town of Mansoul such as my Lord Innocent, my Lord Will Be Will, my Lord Mayor, Mr. Recorder and Captain Resistance came down to the wall to see who was there and what was the matter. And my Lord Will Be Will when he had looked over and saw who stood at the gate demanded what he was wherefore he was come and why he roused the town of Mansoul with so unusual a sound. Diabolus then as if he had been a lamb began his oration and said gentlemen of the famous town of Mansoul I am as you may perceive no far dweller from you but near and one that is bound by the king to do you my homage and what service I can wherefore that I may be faithful to myself and to you I have somewhat of concern to impart unto you wherefore grant me your audience and hear me patiently and first I will assure you it is not myself but you not mine but your advantage that I seek by what I now do as will full well be made manifest by that I have opened my mind unto you for gentlemen I am to tell you the truth come to show you how you may obtain great and ample deliverance from a bondage that unawares to yourselves you are captivated and enslaved under at this the town of Mansoul began to prick up its ears and what is it pray what is it thought they and he said I have somewhat to say to you concerning your king concerning his law and also touching yourselves touching your king I know he is great and potent but yet all that he had said to you is neither true nor yet for your advantage one it is not true for that wherewith he hitherto or you shall not come to pass nor be fulfilled though you do the thing that he hath forbidden but if there was danger what a slavery is it to live always in fear of the greatest of punishments for doing so small and trivial a thing of a little fruit is two touching his laws this I say further they are both unreasonable intricate and intolerable unreasonable as was hinted before for that the punishment is not proportioned to the offense there is a great difference and disproportion between the life and an apple yet the one must go for the other by the law of your Shaddai but it is also intricate in that he sayeth first you may eat of all and yet after forbids the eating of one and then in the last place it must needs be intolerable for as much as that fruit which you are forbidden to eat of if you are forbidden any is that and that alone which is able by your eating to minister to you a good as yet unknown by you this is manifest by the very name of the tree it is called the tree of knowledge of good and evil and have you that knowledge is yet no no nor can you conceive how good how pleasant and how much to be desired to make one wise it is so long as you stand by your king's commandment why should you beholden in ignorance and blindness why should you not be enlarged in knowledge and understanding and now only inhabitants of the famous town of Mansoul to speak more particularly to yourselves you are not a free people you are kept both in bondage and slavery and that by grievous threat no reason being annexed but so I will have it so it shall be and is it not grievous to think on that that very thing which you are forbidden to do might you but do it would yield you both wisdom and honour for then your eyes will be opened and you shall be as gods now since this is thus can you be kept by any prince in more slavery and in greater bondage than you are under this day you are made underlings and are wrapped up in inconveniences as I have well made appear for what bondage greater than to be kept in blindness will not reason tell you that it is better to have eyes than to be without them and so to be at liberty to be better than to be shut up in a dark and stinking cave and just now while Diabolus was speaking these words to Mansoul Tissaphone shot at Captain Resistance where he stood on the gate and mortally wounded him in the head so that he to the amazement of the townsmen and the encouragement of Diabolus fell down dead quite over the wall now when Captain Resistance was dead and he was the only man of war in the town poor Mansoul was wholly left naked of courage nor had she now any heart to resist but this was as the devil would have it then stood forth he, Mr. Ill-Paul's that Diabolus brought with him who was his orator and he addressed himself to speak to the town of Mansoul the tenor of whose speech he follows gentlemen, quote he it is my master's happiness that he has this day a quiet and teachable auditory and it is hoped by us that we shall prevail with you not to cast off good advice my master has a very great love for you and although, as he very well knows that he runs the hazard of the anger of King Shaddai yet love to you will make him do more than that nor doth there need that a word more should be spoken to confirm for truth what he had said there is not a word that carries with itself self evidence in its bowels the very name of the tree may put an end to all controversy in this matter I therefore at this time shall only add this advice to you under and by the leave of my lord and with that he made Diabolus a very low congee consider his words look on the tree and the promising fruit thereof remember also that yet you know but little and that this is the way to know more and if your reasons be not conquered to accept of such good counsel you are not the men that I took you to be but when the townsfolk saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eye and a tree to be desired to make one wise they did as old ill-poors advised they took and did eat thereof now this I should have told you before that even then when this ill-poors was making his speech to the townsmen my lord innocencey whether by a shot from the camp of the giant or from some sinking quam that suddenly took him or whether by the stinking breath of that treacherous villain old ill-poors for so I am most apt to think sank down in the place where he stood nor could be brought to life again thus these two brave men died brave men I call them for they were the beauty and glory of man's soul so long as they lived therein nor did there now remain any more a noble spirit in man's soul they all fell down and yielded obedience to Diabolus and became his slaves and vassals as you shall hear now these being dead what did the rest of the townsfolk but as men that had found a false paradise they presently as a foe was hinted fall to prove the truth of the giant's words and first they did as ill-poors had taught them they looked they considered they were taken with the forbidden fruit they took thereof and did eat and having eaten they became immediately drunken therewith so they opened the gate both ear gate and eye gate and let in Diabolus with all his vans quite forgetting their good should I his law and the judgment that he had annexed with solemn threatening to the breach thereof Diabolus having now obtained entrance in at the gates of the town marches up to the middle thereof to make his conquest as sure as he could and finding by this time the affections of the people warmly inclining to him he as thinking it was best striking while the iron is hot made this further deceivable speech unto them saying alas my poor man's soul I have done thee indeed this service as to promote thee to honour and to greaten thy liberty but alas alas poor man's soul thou wantest now want to defend thee for assure thyself that when should I shall hear what is done he will come for sorry will he be that thou hast broken his bonds and cast his cords away from thee what wilt thou do wilt thou after enlargement suffer thy privileges to be invaded and taken away or what wilt resolve with thyself then they all with one consent said to this bramble do thou reign over us so he accepted the motion and became the king of the town of man's soul this being done the next thing was to give him possession of the castle and so of the whole strength of the town wherefore into the castle he goes it was that which should I built in man's soul for his own delight and pleasure this now was become a den and hold for the giant diabolus now having got possession of this stately palace or castle what doth he but makes it a garrison for himself and strengthens and fortifies it with all sorts of provision against the king should I or those that should endeavour the regaining of it to him and his obedience again this done but not thinking himself yet secure enough in the next place he bithinks himself of new modelling the town and so he does setting up one and putting down another at pleasure wherefore my Lord Mayor whose name was my Lord understanding and Mr. Recorder whose name was Mr. Conscience these he put out of place and power as for my Lord Mayor though he was an understanding man and one too that had complied with the rest of the town of man's soul in admitting the giant into the town yet diabolus thought not fit to let him abide in his former lustre and glory because he was a seeing man wherefore he darkened him not only by taking from him his office and power but by building an high and strong tower just between the sun's reflections and the windows of my Lord's palace by which means his house and all and the whole of his habitation were made as dark as darkness itself and thus being alienated from the light he became as one that was born blind to this his house my Lord was confined as to a prison nor might he upon his parole go farther than within his own bounds and now had he had an heart to do for man's soul what could he do for it or wherein could he be profitable to her so then so long as man's soul was under the power and government of diabolus and so long it was under him as it was obedient to him which was even until by a wart was rescued out of his hand so long my Lord Mayor was rather an impediment in than an advantage to the famous town of man's soul as for Mr. Recorder before the town was taken he was a man well read in the laws of his king and also a man of courage and faithfulness to speak truth at every occasion and he had a tongue as bravely hung as he had a head filled with judgment now this man diabolus could by no means abide because though he gave his consent to his coming into the town yet he could not by all the wiles trials, stratagems and devices that he could use make him wholly his own true he was much degenerated from his former king and also much pleased with many of the giants' laws and service but all this would not do for as much as he was not wholly his he would now then think upon Shaddai and have dread of his law upon him and then he would speak against diabolus with a voice as great as when a lion roared Yein would also at certain times when his fits were upon him for you must know that sometimes he had terrible fits make the whole town of Mansoul shake with his voice and therefore the now king of Mansoul could not abide him diabolus therefore feared the recorder more than any that was left alive in the town of Mansoul because as I said his words did shake the whole town they were like the rattling thunder and also like thunder claps since therefore the giant could not make him wholly his own what doth he do but studies all that he could to deport the old gentleman and by debauchery to stupefy his mind and more hardened his heart in the ways of vanity and as he attempted so he accomplished his design he debauched the man and by little and little so drew him into sin and wickedness that at last he was not only debauched as at first and so by consequence defiled but was almost at last I say passed all conscience of sin and this was the farthest diabolus could go wherefore he bethinks him of another project and that was to persuade the men of the town that Mr. Recorder was mad and so not to be regarded and for this he urged his fits and said if he be himself why doth he not doth us always but, quote he as all mad folks have their fits and in them their raving language so hath this old and doting gentleman thus by one means or another he quickly got Mansoul to slight neglect and despise whatever Mr. Recorder could say for, besides what already you have heard diabolus had a way to make the old gentleman when he was merry unsay and deny what he in his fits had affirmed and indeed this was the next way to make himself ridiculous and to cause that no man should regard him also now he never spake freely for King Shaddai but also by force and constraint besides he would at one time be hot against that at which at another he would hold his peace so uneven was he now in his doings sometimes he would be as if fast asleep and again sometimes as dead even then when the whole town of Mansoul was in her career after vanity and in her dance after the Giants pipe wherefore, sometimes when Mansoul did used to be frighted with the thundering voice of the Recorder that was and when they did tell diabolus of it he would answer that what the old gentleman said was neither of love to him nor pity to them but of a foolish fondness that he had to be preting and so would hush still and put all to quiet again and that he might leave no argument unerged that might tend to make them secure he said and said it often O Mansoul, consider that notwithstanding the old gentleman's rage and the rattle of his high and thundering words you hear nothing of Shaddai himself when liar and deceiver that he was every outcry of Mr. Recorder against the sin of Mansoul he has the voice of God in him to them but he goes on and says you see that he values not the lost nor rebellion of the town of Mansoul nor will he trouble himself with calling his town to a reckoning for they're giving themselves to me he knows that though you were his now you are lawfully mine so leaving us one to another he now has shaken his hands of us moreover Mansoul, quote he how I have served you even to the uttermost of my power and that with the best that I have could get or procure for you in all the world besides I dare say that the laws and customs that you now are under and by which you do homage to me do yield you more solace and content than did the paradise that at first you possessed your liberty also as yourselves do very well know has been greatly widened and enlarged by me as I found you a pinned up people I have not laid any restraint upon you you have no law, statute or judgment of mine to fright you I call none of you to account for your doings except the mad man you know who I mean I have granted you to live each man like a prince in his own even with as little control from me as I myself have from you and thus would our bolus hush up and quiet the town of Mansoul when the recorder that was did at times molest them Yayim with such cursed orations as these would set the whole town in a rage and fury against the old gentlemen Yayim the rascal crew at some times would be for destroying him they have often wished in my hearing that he had lived a thousand miles off from them his company, his words Yayim the sight of him and especially when they remembered how in old times he did use to threaten and condemn them for all he was now so debauched did terrify and afflict them sore but all wishes were vain for I do not know how unless by the power of Shaddai and his wisdom he was preserved in being amongst them besides his house was as strong as a castle and stood hard by a stronghold of the town moreover if at any time any of the crew or rabble attempted to make him away he could pull up the sluices and let in such floods as would drown all round about him but to leave Mr. Recorder and to come to my Lord Willbewill another of the gentry of the famous town of Mansoul this Willbewill was as high-born as any man in Mansoul and was as much if not more a free holder than many of them were besides if I remember my tailor right he had some privileges peculiar to himself in the famous town of Mansoul now together with these he was a man of great strength, resolution and courage nor in his occasion could any turn him away but I say whether he was proud of his estate privileges, strength or what but short was through pride of something he scorns now to be a slave in Mansoul and therefore resolves to bear office under Diabolus that he might, such an one as he was be a petty ruler and governor in Mansoul and headstrong man that he was thus he began betimes for this man when Diabolus did make his oration at Eargate was one of the first that was for consenting to his words and for accepting his counsel as wholesome and that was for the opening of the gate and for letting him into the town wherefor Diabolus had a kindness for him and therefore he designed for him a place and perceiving the valor and stoutness of the man he coveted to have him for one of his great ones to act and do in matters of the highest concern so he sent for him and talked with him of that secret matter that lay in his breast but there needed not much persuasion in the case for as at first he was willing that Diabolus should be let into the town so now he was as willing to serve him there when the tyrant therefore perceived the willingness of my lord to serve him and that his mind stood bending that way he forthwith made him the catanoth castle governor of the wall and keeper of the gates of Mansoul yea there was a clause in his commission that nothing without him should be done in all the town of Mansoul so that now next to Diabolus himself who but my lord will be will in all the town of Mansoul nor could anything now be done but at his will and pleasure throughout the town of Mansoul he had also won Mr. Mind for his clerk a man to speak on every way like his master for he and his lord were in principle one and in practice not far asunder and now was Mansoul brought under to purpose and made to fulfill the lusts of the will and of the mind but it will not out of my thoughts what a desperate one this will be will was when power was put into his hand first he flatly denied that he owed any suit or service to his former prince and liege lord this done in the next place he took an oath and saw fidelity to his great master Diabolus and then being stated and settled in his places offices advancements and preferments but oh you cannot think unless you had seen it the strange work that this workmen made in the town of Mansoul first he maligned Mr. Recorder to death he would neither endure to see him nor hear the words of his mouth he would shut his eyes when he saw him and stop his ears when he heard him speak also he could not endure that so much as a fragment of the law of Shaddai should be anywhere seen in the town for example his clerk Mr. Mind had some old rent and torn compartments of the law of Shaddai in his house but when will be will saw them he cast them behind his back true Mr. Recorder had some of the laws in his study but my lord could by no means come at them he also thought and said that the windows of my old lord mares house were always too light for the prophet of the town of Mansoul the light of a candle he could not endure now nothing at all pleased will be will but what pleased Diabolus his lord there was none like him to trumpet about the streets the brave nature the wise conduct and great glory of the king Diabolus he would range and rove throughout all the streets of Mansoul to cry up his illustrious lord and would wake himself even as an object among the base and rascal crew to cry up his valiant prince and I say when and where so ever he found these vessels he would even make himself as one of them in all ill courses he would act without bidding and do mischief without commandment the lord will be will also had a deputy under him and his name was Mr. Affection one that was also greatly debauched in his principles and answerable there too in his knife he was wholly given to the flesh and therefore they called him Val Affection now there was he in one carnal lust the daughter of Mr. Mind like to like that fell in love and made a match and were married and as I take it they had several children as impudent blackmouth and hate reproof these three were black boys and besides these they had three daughters as scorned truth and slight god and the name of the youngest was revenge these were all married in the town and also begot and yielded many bad brats too many to be here inserted but to pass by this Chapter 2 when the giant had thus engarrisoned himself in the town of Mansoul and had put down and set up whom he thought good he betakes himself to defacing now there was in the marketplace in Mansoul and also upon the gates of the castle an image of the Blessed King Shaddai this image was so exactly engraven and it was engraven in gold that it did the most resemble Shaddai himself of anything that then was extant in the world this he basically commanded to be defaced and it was as basely done by the hand of Mr. No Truth now you must know that as Diabolus had commanded and that by the hand of Mr. No Truth the image of Shaddai was defaced he likewise gave order that the same Mr. No Truth should set up in its stead the horrid and formidable image of Diabolus to the great contempt of the former king and debasing of his town of Mansoul moreover Diabolus made havoc of all remains of the laws and statues of Shaddai that could be found in the town of Mansoul to it such as contained either the doctrines of morals with all civil and natural documents also relative severities he sought to extinguish to be short there was nothing of the remains of good in Mansoul which he and will be will sought not to destroy for their design was to turn Mansoul into a brute and to make it like to the central sow by the hand of Mr. No Truth when he had destroyed what law and good orders he could then further to effect his design namely to alienate Mansoul from Shaddai her king he commands and they set up his own vain edicts statutes and commandments in all places of resort or concourse in Mansoul to it such as gave liberty to the lusts of the flesh the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life which are not of Shaddai but of the world he encouraged, countenanced and promoted lechivousness and all ungodliness there yea much more did Diabolus to encourage wickedness in the town of Mansoul he promised them peace, content, joy and bliss in doing his commands and that they should never be called to an account for their not doing the contrary and let this serve to give a taste to them that love to hear tell of what is done beyond their knowledge of far off in other countries now Mansoul being holy at his back and brought holy to his bow nothing was heard or seen therein but that which tended to set up him but now he having disabled the Lord Mayor and Mr. Recorder from bearing of office in Mansoul and seeing that the town before he came to it was the most ancient of corporations in the world and fearing if he did not maintain greatness they at any time should object that he had done them an injury therefore I say that they might see that he did not intend to lessen their grandeur or to take from them any of the advantageous things he did choose for them a Lord Mayor and Recorder himself and such as contented them at the heart and such also as pleased him wondrous well the name of the Mayor that was a Diabolus's making was the Lord Lustings a man that had neither eyes nor ears all that he did whether as a man or an officer he did it naturally as Doth the Beast and that which made him yet the more ignoble though not to Mansoul yet to them that beheld and were grieved for its ruin was that he never could favour good but evil the Recorder was one whose name was Forget Good and a very sorry fellow he was he could remember nothing but mischief and to do it with delight he was naturally prone to do things that were hurtful even hurtful to the town of Mansoul and to all the dwellers there these too therefore by their power and practice examples and smiles upon evil did much more grammar and settle the common people in hurtful ways for who does not perceive that when those that sit aloft are vile and corrupt themselves they corrupt the whole region and country where they are besides these Diabolus made several Burgesses and Aldermen in Mansoul such as out of whom the town when it needed might choose them officers, governors and magistrates and these are the names of the chief of them Mr. Incredulity Mr. Horty Mr. Swearing Mr. Horing Mr. Hard Heart Mr. Pitiless Mr. Fury Mr. No Truth Mr. Stantalize Mr. False Peace Mr. Drunkenness Mr. Cheating Mr. Atheism Thirteen in all Mr. Incredulity is the eldest and Mr. Atheism the youngest of the company there was also an election of common councilmen and others as bailiffs, sergeants, constables and others but all of them like to those aforenamed being either fathers, brothers, cousins or nephews to them whose names for brevity's sake I omit to mention when the giant had thus far proceeded in his work in the next place he betook him to build some strongholds in the town and he'd built three that seemed to be impregnable the first he called the hold of defiance because it was made to command the whole town and to keep it from the knowledge of its ancient king the second he called midnight hold because it was built on purpose to keep Mansoul from the true knowledge of itself the third was called sweet sin hold because by that he fortified Mansoul against all desires of good the first of these holds stood close by Eyegate that as much might be, light might be darkened there the second was built hard by the old castle to the end that that might be made more blind if possible and the third stood in the marketplace he that Diabolus made governor over the first of these was once Spitegod a most blasphemous wretch he came with the whole rabble of them that came against Mansoul at first and was himself one of themselves he that was made the governor of midnight hold was one love no light he was also of them that came first against the town and he that was made the governor of the hold called sweet sin hold was one whose name was love flesh he was also a very lewd fellow but not of that country where the other abound this fellow could find more sweetness when he stood sucking off lust than he did in all the paradise of God and now Diabolus thought himself safe he had taken Mansoul he had engulfed himself therein he had put down the old offices and had set up new ones he had defaced the image of Shaddai and had set up his own he had spoiled the old law books and had promoted his own vain lies he had made him new magistrates and set up new alderman he had builded him new holds and had manned them for himself and all this he did to make himself secure in case the good Shaddai or his son should come to make an incursion upon him now you may well think that long before this time word by some or other could not but be carried to the good king Shaddai how his Mansoul in the continent of universe was lost and that the renegade giant Diabolus once one of his majesty's servants had in rebellion against the king made sure thereof for himself yea tidings were carried and brought to the king thereof and that to a very circumstance at first how Diabolus came upon Mansoul they being a simple people and innocent with craft, subtlety, lies and guile item that he had treacherously slain the right noble and valiant captain their captain resistance as he stood upon the gate with the rest of the townsmen item how my brave lord innocent fell down dead with grief some say or with being poisoned with the stinking breath of one ill-paws as say others at the hearing of his just lord and rightful prince Shaddai so abused by the mouth of so filthy a Diabolonian as that violet ill-paws was the messenger further told that after this ill-paws had made a short oration to the townsmen in behalf of Diabolus his master the simple town believing that what was said was true with one consent did open ear gate the chief gate of the corporation and did let him with his crew into a possession of the famous town of Mansoul he further showed how Diabolus had served the Lord Mayor and Mr Recorder to wit that he had put them from all place of power and trust item he showed also that my lord will be will was turned a very rebel and renegade and that so was one Mr. Mind his clerk and that they too did range and revel it all the town over and teach the wicked ones their ways he said moreover that this will be will was put into great trust and particularly that Diabolus had put into will be will's hand all the strong places in Mansoul and that Mr. Affection was made my lord will be will's deputy in his most rebellious affairs yay said the messenger this monster lord will be will has openly disavowed his king Shaddai and had horribly given his faith and plighted his truth to Diabolus also said the messenger besides all this the new king or rather rebellious tyrant over the once famous but now perishing town of Mansoul has set up a Lord Mayor and a recorder of his own for Mayor he has set up one Mr. Lustings and for recorder Mr. Forget Good two of the vilest of all the town of Mansoul this faithful messenger also proceeded and told what a sort of new Burgess's Diabolus had made also that he had built several strong forts towers and strongholds in Mansoul he told too the which I had almost forgot how Diabolus had put the town of Mansoul into arms the better to capacitate them on his behalf to make resistance against Shaddai their king should he come to reduce them to their former obedience now this tidings teller did not deliver his relation of things in private but in open court the king and his son high lords chief captains and nobles being all their present to hear but by that they had heard the whole of the story it would have amazed one to have seen had he been there to behold it what sorrow and grief and compunction of spirit there was among all sorts to think that famous Mansoul was now taken only the king and his son foresaw all this long before yay and sufficiently provided for the relief of Mansoul though they told not everybody thereof yet because they also would have a share in condoning of the misery of Mansoul therefore they also did and that at a rate of the highest degree bewail the losing of Mansoul the king said plainly that it grieved him at the heart and you may be sure that his son was not a wit behind him thus gave their conviction to all about them that they had love and compassion for the famous town of Mansoul well when the king and his son were retired into the privy chamber there they again consulted about what they had designed before to wit that as Mansoul should in time be suffered to be lost so as certainly it should be recovered again recovered I say in such a way as that both the king and his son would get themselves eternal fame and glory thereby wherefore after this consort the son of Shaddai a sweet and comely person and one that had always great affection for those that were in affliction but one that had mortal enmity in his heart against Diabolus because he was designed for it and because he sought his crown and dignity this son of Shaddai I say having stricken hands with his father and promised that he would be his servant to recover his Mansoul again stood by his resolution nor would he repent of the same the purpose of which agreement was this to it that at a certain time prefixed by both the king's son should take a journey into the country of universe and there in a way of justice and equity by making amends for the follies of Mansoul he should lay a foundation of perfect deliverance from Diabolus and from his tyranny moreover Emmanuel resolved to make, at a time convenient a war upon the giant Diabolus even while he was possessed of the town of Mansoul and that he would fairly by strength of hand drive him out of his hold, his nest and take it to himself to be his habitation this now being resolved upon order was given to the Lord Chief Secretary to draw up a fair record of what was determined and to cause that it should be published in all the corners of the kingdom of universe a short briviate of the contents thereof you may, if you please take here as follows let all men know who are concerned that the son of Shaddai, the great king is engaged by covenant to his father to bring his Mansoul to him again yay into put Mansoul too through the power of his matchless love into a far better and more happy condition than it was in before it was taken by Diabolus these papers therefore were published in several places to the no-little molestation of the tyrant Diabolus for now thought he, I shall be molested and my habitation will be taken from me but when this matter I mean this purpose of the king and his son did at first take air at court who can tell how the high lords, chief captains and noble princes that were there were taken with the business first they whispered it one to another and after that it began to ring out through the king's palace all wondering at the glorious design that between the king and his son was on foot for the miserable town of Mansoul yea the courtiers could scarce do anything either for the king or kingdom but they would mix with the doing thereof a noise of the love of the king and his son that they had for the town of Mansoul nor could these lords, high captains and princes be content to keep this news at court yea before the records thereof were perfected themselves came down and told it in universe at last it came to the ears, as I said of Diabolus to his no-little discontent for you must think it would perplex him to hear of such a design against him well but after a few casts in his mind he concluded upon these four things first that this news these good tidings if possible should be kept from the ears of the town of Mansoul four said he if they should once come to the knowledge that should die their former king and Emmanuel his son are contriving good for the town of Mansoul what can be expected by me but that Mansoul will make a revolt from under my hand and government and return again to him now to accomplish this his design he renews his flattery with my lord will-be-will and also gives him strict charge and command that he should keep watch by day and by night at all the gates of the town especially ear gate and eye gate for I hear of a design Quothy a design to make us all traitors and that Mansoul must be reduced to its first bondage again I hope they are but flying stories Quothy however let no such news by any means be led into Mansoul lest the people be dejected there at I think my lord it can be no welcome news to you I'm sure it is none to me and I think that at this time it should be all our wisdom and care to nip the head of all such rumours as shall tend to trouble our people wherefore I desire my lord that you will in this matter do as I say let there be strong guards daily kept at every gate of the town stop also and examine from whence such come that you perceive do from far come hither to trade nor let them by any means be admitted into Mansoul unless you shall plainly perceive that they are favourers of our excellent government I command moreover said Diabolus that there be spies continually walking up and down the town of Mansoul and let them have power to suppress and destroy any that they shall perceive to be plotting against us or that shall pray to what by Shaddai and Immanuel is intended this therefore was accordingly done my lord will be willharkened to his lord and master went willingly after the commandment and with all the diligence he could kept any that would be from going out abroad or that sought to bring these tidings to Mansoul from coming into the town secondly this done in the next place Diabolus that he might make Mansoul as sure as he could frames and imposes a new oath and horrible covenant upon the townsfolk to wit that they should never desert him nor his government nor yet betray him nor seek to alter his laws but that they should own confess stand by and acknowledge him for their rightful king in defiance to any that do or hereafter shall by any pretense law or title whatever lay claim to the town of Mansoul thinking but like that Shaddai had not power to absolve them from this covenant with death and agreement with hell nor did the silly Mansoul stick or boggle at all at this most monstrous engagement but as if it had been a sprat in the mouth of a whale they swallowed it without any chewing were they troubled at all nay they rather bragged and boasted of their so brave fidelity to the tyrant their pretended king swearing that they would never be changelings nor forsake their old lord for anew thus did Diabolus tie poor Mansoul fast thirdly but jealousy that never thinks itself strong enough put him in the next place upon another exploit which was yet more if possible to bort this town of Mansoul wherefore he caused by the hand of one Mr. Filth an odious, nasty, lascivious piece of beastliness to be drawn up in writing and to be set upon the castle gates whereby he granted and gave license to all his true and trusty sons in Mansoul to do whatsoever their lustful appetites prompted them to do and that no man was to let, hinder or control them upon pain of incurring the displeasure of their prince now this he did for these reasons one, that the town of Mansoul might be yet made weaker and weaker and so more unable should tidings come that their redemption was designed to believe, hope or consent to the truth thereof for reason says the bigger the sinner the less grounds of hopes of mercy two, the second reason was if perhaps Emmanuel the son of Shaddai their king by seeing the horrible and profane doings of the town of Mansoul might repent though entered into a covenant of redeeming them of pursuing that covenant of their redemption for he knew that Shaddai was holy and that his son Emmanuel was holy yea he knew it by brouhful experience for for his iniquity and sin was diabolous cast from the highest orbs wherefore what more rational than for him to conclude that thus for sin it might fare with Mansoul but fearing also lest this knot should break he befinks himself of another to wit fourthly to endeavor to possess all hearts in the town of Mansoul that Shaddai was raising an army to come to overthrow and utterly to destroy this town of Mansoul and this he did to forestall any tidings that might come to their ears of their deliverance four thought he if I first brew it this the tidings that shall come after will all be swallowed up of this for what else will Mansoul say when they shall hear that they must be delivered but that the true meaning is Shaddai intends to destroy them wherefore he summons the whole town into the marketplace and there with deceitful tongue thus he addresses himself unto them gentlemen and my very good friends you are all as you know my legal subjects and men of the famous town of Mansoul you know how from the first day that I have been with you until now I have behaved myself among you and what liberty and great privileges you have enjoyed under my government I hope to your honor and mine and also to your content and delight now my famous Mansoul a noise of trouble there is abroad of trouble to the town of Mansoul sorry I am there for your sakes for I received but now by the post from my lord Lucifer and he useth to have good intelligence that your old king Shaddai is raising an army to come against you to destroy you root and branch and this Mansoul is now the cause that at this time I have called you together namely to advise what in this juncture is best to be done for my part I am but one and can with ease shift from myself that I list to seek my own ease and to leave my Mansoul in all the danger but my heart is so firmly united to you and so unwilling am I to leave you that I am willing to stand and fall with you to the utmost hazard that shall before me what say you my Mansoul will you now desert your old friend or do you think of standing by me then as one man with one mouth they cried out together let him die the death that will not then said Diabolus again it is in vain for us to hope for quarter for this king knows not how to show it true perhaps he at his first sitting down before us will talk off and pretend to mercy that thereby with the more ease and less trouble he may again make himself the master of Mansoul whatever therefore he shall say believe not one syllable or title of it for all such language is but to overcome us and to make us while we wallow in our blood the trophies of his merciless victory my mind is therefore that we resolve to the last man to resist him and not to believe him upon any terms for in at that door will come our danger but shall we be flattered out of our lives I hope you know more of the rudiments of politics than to suffer yourself so pitifully to be served but suppose he should if he get us to yield save some of our lives or the lives of some of them that are underlings in Mansoul what help will that be to you that are the chief of the town especially you whom I have set up and whose greatness has been procured by you through your faithful sticking to me and suppose again that he should give quarter to every one of you be sure he will bring you into that bondage under which you were captivated before or a worse and then what good will your lives do you shall you with him live in pleasure as you do now no no you must be bound by laws that will pinch you and be made to do that which at present is hateful to you I am for you if you are for me and it is better to die valiantly than to live like pitiful slaves but I say the life of a slave will be counted a life too good for Mansoul now blood blood nothing but blood is in every blast of Shaddai's trumpet against poor Mansoul now pray be concerned I hear he is coming up and stand to your arms that now while you have any leisure I may learn you some feats of war armor for you I have and by me it is yea it is sufficient for Mansoul from top to toe nor can you be hurt by what his force can do if you shall keep it well good and fastened about you come therefore to my castle and welcome and harness yourselves for the war there is helmet breastplate sword and shield and what not that will make you fight like men one my helmet otherwise called and headpiece is hope of doing well at last what lives so ever you live this is that which they had who said that they should have peace though they walked in the wickedness of their heart to add drunkenness to thirst a piece of approved armor this is and whoever has it and can hold it so long no arrow dart sword or shield can hurt him this therefore keep on and thou wilt keep off many a blow my Mansoul two my breastplate is a breastplate of iron I had it forged in my own country and all my soldiers are armed there with in plain language it is a hard heart a heart as hard as iron and as much past feeling as a stone the witch if you get and keep neither mercy shall win you nor judgment fright you this therefore is a piece of armor most necessary for all to put on that hate Shaddai and that would fight against him under my banner three my sword is a tongue that is set on fire of hell and that can bend itself to speak evil of Shaddai his son his ways and people use this it has been tried a thousand times twice told whoever hath it keeps it and makes that use of it as I would have him can never be conquered by my enemy four my shield is unbelief or calling into question the truth of the word or all the sayings that speak of the judgment that Shaddai has appointed for wicked men use this shield many attempts he has made upon it and sometimes it is true it has been bruised but they that have writ of the wars of Immanuel against my servants have testified that he could do no mighty work there because of their unbelief now to handle this weapon of mine of right it is not to believe things because they are true or what sort or by whomsoever asserted if he speaks of judgment care not for it if he speaks of mercy care not for it if he promises if he swears that he would do to man's soul if it turns no hurt but good regard not what is said question the truth of all for it is to wield the shield of unbelief or right and as my servants ought and do and he that clothe otherwise loves me not nor do I count him but an enemy to me five another part or piece said Diabolus of my excellent armor is a dumb and prayerless spirit a spirit that scorns the cry for mercy wherefore be you my man soul sure that you make use of this what cry for quarter never do that if you would be mine I know you are stout men and I'm sure that I have clad you with that which is armor of proof wherefore to cry to Shaddai for mercy let that be far from you besides all this I have a maul firebrands arrows and death all good hand weapons and such as will do execution after he had thus furnished his men with armor and arms he addressed himself to them in such like words as these remember growth he that I am your rightful king and that you have taken an oath and entered into covenants to be true to me and my cause I say remember this and show yourself stout and valiant men of man soul remember also the kindness that I have always showed to you and that without your petition I have granted to you external things wherefore the privileges grants immunities profits and honors wherewith I have endowed you do call for it your hands returns of loyalty my lion like men of man soul and when so fit a time to show it as when another shall seek to take my dominion over you into his own hands one word more and I have done can we but stand and overcome this one shock or brunt I doubt not but in little time all the world will be ours and when that day comes my true hearts I will make you kings, princes and captains and what brave days shall we have then Diabolus having thus armed and forearmed his servants and vessels in man soul against their good and lawful king should I in the next place he doublet his guards at the gates of the town and he takes himself to the castle which was his stronghold his vassals also to show their wills and supposed but ignoble gallantry exercise themselves in their arms every day and teach one another feats of war they also defied their enemies and sang up the praises of their tyrant they threatened also what men they would be if ever things should rise so high as a war between Shaddai and their king End of chapter 2