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'4. Nor did I do this by halves: my Father's law and justice, that
were both concerned in the threatening upon transgression, are both
now satisfied, and very well content that Mansoul should be
delivered.

'5. Nor am I come out this day against thee, but by commandment of
my Father; it was he that said unto me, "Go down and deliver
Mansoul."

'Wherefore be it known unto thee, O thou fountain of deceit, and be
it also known to the foolish town of Mansoul, that I am not come
against thee this day without my Father.

'And now,' said the golden-headed Prince, 'I have a word to the
town of Mansoul.' But so soon as mention was made that he had a
word to speak to the besotted town of Mansoul, the gates were
double-guarded, and all men commanded not to give him audience. So
he proceeded and said, 'O unhappy town of Mansoul, I cannot but be
touched with pity and compassion for thee. Thou hast accepted of
Diabolus for thy king, and art become a nurse and minister of
Diabolonians against thy sovereign Lord. Thy gates thou hast
opened to him, but hast shut them fast against me; thou hast given
him an hearing, but hast stopped thine ears at my cry. He brought
to thee thy destruction, and thou didst receive both him and it: I
am come to thee bringing salvation, but thou regardest me not.
Besides, thou hast, as with sacrilegious hands, taken thyself, with
all that was mine in thee, and hast given all to my foe, and to the
greatest enemy my Father has. You have bowed and subjected
yourselves to him, you have vowed and sworn yourselves to be his.
Poor Mansoul! what shall I do unto thee? Shall I save thee?--shall
I destroy thee? What shall I do unto thee? Shall I fall upon
thee, and grind thee to powder, or make thee a monument of the
richest grace? What shall I do unto thee? Hearken, therefore,
thou town of Mansoul, hearken to my word, and thou shalt live. I
am merciful, Mansoul, and thou shalt find me so: shut me not out
of thy gates.

'O Mansoul, neither is my commission nor inclination at all to do
thee hurt. Why fliest thou so fast from thy friend, and stickest
so close to thine enemy? Indeed, I would have thee, because it
becomes thee to be sorry for thy sin, but do not despair of life;
this great force is not to hurt thee, but to deliver thee from thy
bondage, and to reduce thee to thy obedience.

'My commission, indeed, is to make a war upon Diabolus thy king,
and upon all Diabolonians with him; for he is the strong man armed
that keeps the house, and I will have him out: his spoils I must
divide, his armour I must take from him, his hold I must cast him
out of, and must make it a habitation for myself. And this, O
Mansoul, shall Diabolus know when he shall be made to follow me in
chains, and when Mansoul shall rejoice to see it so.

'I could, would I now put forth my might, cause that forthwith he
should leave you and depart; but I have it in my heart so to deal
with him, as that the justice of the war that I shall make upon him
may be seen and acknowledged by all. He hath taken Mansoul by
fraud, and keeps it by violence and deceit, and I will make him
bare and naked in the eyes of all observers.

'All my words are true. I am mighty to save, and will deliver my
Mansoul out of his hand.'

This speech was intended chiefly for Mansoul, but Mansoul would not
have the hearing of it. They shut up Ear-gate, they barricaded it
up, they kept it locked and bolted, they set a guard thereat, and
commanded that no Mansoulonian should go out to him, nor that any
from the camp should be admitted into the town. All this they did,
so horribly had Diabolus enchanted them to do, and seek to do for
him, against their rightful Lord and Prince; wherefore no man, nor
voice, nor sound of man that belonged to the glorious host, was to
come into the town.

So when Emmanuel saw that Mansoul was thus involved in sin, he
calls his army together, (since now also his words were despised,)
and gave out a commandment throughout all his host to be ready
against the time appointed. Now, forasmuch as there was no way
lawfully to take the town of Mansoul but to get in by the gates,
and at Ear-gate as the chief, therefore he commanded his captains
and commanders to bring their rams, their slings and their men, and
place them at Eye-gate and Ear-gate, in order to his taking the
town.

When Emmanuel had put all things in a readiness to give Diabolus
battle, he sent again to know of the town of Mansoul, if in
peaceable manner they would yield themselves, or whether they were
yet resolved to put him to try the utmost extremity? They then,
together with Diabolus their king, called a council of war, and
resolved upon certain propositions that should be offered to
Emmanuel, if he will accept thereof, so they agreed; and then the
next was, who should be sent on this errand. Now, there was in the
town of Mansoul an old man, a Diabolonian, and his name was Mr.
Loth-to-stoop, a stiff man in his way, and a great doer for
Diabolus; him, therefore, they sent, and put into his mouth what he
should say. So he went and came to the camp to Emmanuel, and when
he was come, a time was appointed to give him audience. So at the
time he came, and after a Diabolonian ceremony or two, he thus
began and said, 'Great sir, that it may be known unto all men how
good-natured a prince my master is, he has sent me to tell your
lordship that he is very willing, rather than go to war, to deliver
up into your hands one half of the town of Mansoul. I am therefore
to know if your Mightiness will accept of this proposition.'

Then said Emmanuel, 'The whole is mine by gift and purchase,
wherefore I will never lose one half.'

Then said Mr. Loth-to-stoop, 'Sir, my master hath said that he will
be content that you shall be the nominal and titular Lord of all,
if he may possess but a part.'

Then Emmanuel answered, 'The whole is mine really, not in name and
word only; wherefore I will be the sole lord and possessor of all,
or of none at all, of Mansoul.'

Then Mr. Loth-to-stoop said again, 'Sir, behold the condescension
of my master! He says, that he will be content, if he may but have
assigned to him some place in Mansoul as a place to live privately
in, and you shall be Lord of all the rest.'

Then said the golden Prince, 'All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and of all that he giveth me I will lose nothing--no,
not a hoof nor a hair. I will not, therefore, grant him, no, not
the least corner of Mansoul to dwell in; I will have all to
myself.'

Then Loth-to-stoop said again, 'But, sir, suppose that my Lord
should resign the whole town to you, only with this proviso, that
he sometimes, when he comes into this country, may, for old
acquaintance' sake, be entertained as a wayfaring man for two days,
or ten days or a month, or so. May not this small matter be
granted?'

Then said Emmanuel, 'No. He came as a wayfaring man to David, nor
did he stay long with him, and yet it had like to have cost David
his soul. I will not consent that he ever should have any harbour
more there.'

Then said Mr. Loth-to-stoop, 'Sir, you seem to be very hard.
Suppose my master should yield to all that your lordship hath said,
provided that his friends and kindred in Mansoul may have liberty
to trade in the town, and to enjoy their present dwellings. May
not that be granted, sir?'

Then said Emmanuel, 'No; that is contrary to my Father's will; for
all, and all manner of Diabolonians that now are, or that at any
time shall be found in Mansoul, shall not only lose their lands and
liberties, but also their lives.'

Then said Mr. Loth-to-stoop again, 'But, sir, may not my master and
great lord, by letters, by passengers, by accidental opportunities,
and the like, maintain, if he shall deliver up all unto thee, some
kind of old friendship with Mansoul?'

Emmanuel answered, 'No, by no means; forasmuch as any such
fellowship, friendship, intimacy, or acquaintance, in what way,
sort, or mode soever maintained, will tend to the corrupting of
Mansoul, the alienating of their affections from me, and the
endangering of their peace with my Father.'

Mr. Loth-to-stoop yet added further, saying, 'But, great sir, since
my master hath many friends, and those that are dear to him, in
Mansoul, may he not, if he shall depart from them, even of his
bounty and good-nature, bestow upon them, as he sees fit, some
tokens of his love and kindness that he had for them, to the end
that Mansoul, when he is gone, may look upon such tokens of
kindness once received from their old friend, and remember him who
was once their king, and the merry times that they sometimes
enjoyed one with another, while he and they lived in peace
together?'

Then said Emmanuel, 'No; for if Mansoul come to be mine, I shall
not admit of nor consent that there should be the least scrap,
shred, or dust of Diabolus left behind, as tokens of gifts bestowed
upon any in Mansoul, thereby to call to remembrance the horrible
communion that was betwixt them and him.'

'Well, sir,' said Mr. Loth-to-stoop, 'I have one thing more to
propound, and then I am got to the end of my commission. Suppose
that, when my master is gone from Mansoul, any that shall yet live
in the town should have such business of high concerns to do, that
if they be neglected the party shall be undone; and suppose, sir,
that nobody can help in that case so well as my master and lord,
may not now my master be sent for upon so urgent an occasion as
this? Or if he may not be admitted into the town, may not he and
the person concerned meet in some of the villages near Mansoul, and
there lay their heads together, and there consult of matters?'

This was the last of those ensnaring propositions that Mr. Loth-to-
stoop had to propound to Emmanuel on behalf of his master Diabolus;
but Emmanuel would not grant it; for he said, 'There can be no
case, or thing, or matter fall out in Mansoul, when thy master
shall be gone, that may not be solved by my Father; besides, it
will be a great disparagement to my Father's wisdom and skill to
admit any from Mansoul to go out to Diabolus for advice, when they
are bid before, in everything, by prayer and supplication to let
their requests be made known to my Father. Further, this, should
it be granted, would be to grant that a door should be set open for
Diabolus, and the Diabolonians in Mansoul, to hatch, and plot, and
bring to pass treasonable designs, to the grief of my Father and
me, and to the utter destruction of Mansoul.'

When Mr. Loth-to-stoop had heard this answer, he took his leave of
Emmanuel, and departed, saying that he would carry word to his
master concerning this whole affair. So he departed, and came to
Diabolus to Mansoul, and told him the whole of the matter, and how
Emmanuel would not admit, no, not by any means, that he, when he
was once gone out, should for ever have anything more to do either
in, or with any that are of the town of Mansoul. When Mansoul and
Diabolus had heard this relation of things, they with one consent
concluded to use their best endeavour to keep Emmanuel out of
Mansoul, and sent old Ill-Pause, of whom you have heard before, to
tell the Prince and his captains so. So the old gentleman came up
to the top of Ear-gate, and called to the camp for a hearing, who
when they gave audience, he said, 'I have in commandment from my
high lord to bid you tell it to your Prince Emmanuel, that Mansoul
and their king are resolved to stand and fall together; and that it
is in vain for your Prince to think of ever having Mansoul in his
hand, unless he can take it by force.' So some went and told to
Emmanuel what old Ill-Pause, a Diabolonian in Mansoul, had said.
Then said the Prince, 'I must try the power of my sword, for I will
not (for all the rebellions and repulses that Mansoul has made
against me) raise my siege and depart, but will assuredly take my
Mansoul, and deliver it from the hand of her enemy.' And with that
he gave out a commandment that Captain Boanerges, Captain
Conviction, Captain Judgment, and Captain Execution should
forthwith march up to Ear-gate with trumpets sounding, colours
flying, and with shouting for the battle. Also he would that
Captain Credence should join himself with them. Emmanuel,
moreover, gave order that Captain Good-Hope and Captain Charity
should draw themselves up before Eye-gate. He bid also that the
rest of his captains and their men should place themselves for the
best of their advantage against the enemy round about the town; and
all was done as he had commanded.

Then he bid that the word should be given forth, and the word was
at that time, 'EMMANUEL.' Then was an alarm sounded, and the
battering-rams were played, and the slings did whirl stones into
the town amain, and thus the battle began. Now Diabolus himself
did manage the townsmen in the war, and that at every gate;
wherefore their resistance was the more forcible, hellish, and
offensive to Emmanuel. Thus was the good Prince engaged and
entertained by Diabolus and Mansoul for several days together; and
a sight worth seeing it was to behold how the captains of Shaddai
behaved themselves in this war.

And first for Captain Boanerges, (not to under-value the rest,) he
made three most fierce assaults, one after another, upon Ear-gate,
to the shaking of the posts thereof. Captain Conviction, he also
made up as fast with Boanerges as possibly he could, and both
discerning that the gate began to yield, they commanded that the
rams should still be played against it. Now, Captain Conviction,
going up very near to the gate, was with great force driven back,
and received three wounds in the mouth. And those that rode
reformades, they went about to encourage the captains.

For the valour of the two captains, made mention of before, the
Prince sent for them to his pavilion, and commanded that a while
they should rest themselves, and that with somewhat they should be
refreshed. Care also was taken for Captain Conviction, that he
should be healed of his wounds. The Prince also gave to each of
them a chain of gold, and bid them yet be of good courage.

Nor did Captain Good-Hope nor Captain Charity come behind in this
most desperate fight, for they so well did behave themselves at
Eye-gate, that they had almost broken it quite open. These also
had a reward from their Prince, as also had the rest of the
captains, because they did valiantly round about the town.

In this engagement several of the officers of Diabolus were slain,
and some of the townsmen wounded. For the officers, there was one
Captain Boasting slain. This Boasting thought that nobody could
have shaken the posts of Ear-gate, nor have shaken the heart of
Diabolus. Next to him there was one Captain Secure slain: this
Secure used to say that the blind and lame in Mansoul were able to
keep the gates of the town against Emmanuel's army. This Captain
Secure did Captain Conviction cleave down the head with a two-
handed sword, when he received himself three wounds in his mouth.

Besides these there was one Captain Bragman, a very desperate
fellow, and he was captain over a band of those that threw
firebrands, arrows, and death: he also received, by the hand of
Captain Good-Hope at Eye-gate, a mortal wound in the breast.

There was, moreover, one Mr. Feeling; but he was no captain, but a
great stickler to encourage Mansoul to rebellion. He received a
wound in the eye by the hand of one of Boanerges' soldiers, and had
by the captain himself been slain, but that he made a sudden
retreat.

But I never saw Willbewill so daunted in all my life; he was not
able to do as he was wont, and some say that he also received a
wound in the leg, and that some of the men in the Prince's army
have certainly seen him limp as he afterwards walked on the wall.

I shall not give you a particular account of the names of the
soldiers that were slain in the town, for many were maimed, and
wounded, and slain; for when they saw that the posts of Ear-gate
did shake, and Eye-gate was well-nigh broken quite open, and also
that their captains were slain, this took away the hearts of many
of the Diabolonians; they fell also by the force of the shot that
were sent by the golden slings into the midst of the town of
Mansoul.

Of the townsmen, there was one Love-no-Good; he was a townsman, but
a Diabolonian; he also received his mortal wound in Mansoul, but he
died not very soon.

Mr. Ill-Pause also, who was the man that came along with Diabolus
when at first he attempted the taking of Mansoul, he also received
a grievous wound in the head; some say that his brain-pan was
cracked. This I have taken notice of, that he was never after this
able to do that mischief to Mansoul as he had done in times past.
Also old Prejudice and Mr. Anything fled.

Now, when the battle was over, the Prince commanded that yet once
more the white flag should be set upon Mount Gracious in sight of
the town of Mansoul, to show that yet Emmanuel had grace for the
wretched town of Mansoul.

When Diabolus saw the white flag hung out again, and knowing that
it was not for him, but Mansoul, he cast in his mind to play
another prank, to wit, to see if Emmanuel would raise his siege and
begone, upon promise of reformation. So he comes down to the gate
one evening, a good while after the sun was gone down, and calls to
speak with Emmanuel, who presently came down to the gate, and
Diabolus saith unto him:

'Forasmuch as thou makest it appear by thy white flag that thou art
wholly given to peace and quiet, I thought meet to acquaint thee
that we are ready to accept thereof upon terms which thou mayest
admit.

'I know that thou art given to devotion, and that holiness pleaseth
thee; yea, that thy great end in making a war upon Mansoul is, that
it may be a holy habitation. Well, draw off thy forces from the
town, and I will bend Mansoul to thy bow.

'First, I will lay down all acts of hostility against thee, and
will be willing to become thy deputy, and will, as I have formerly
been against thee, now serve thee in the town of Mansoul. And more
particularly,

'1. I will persuade Mansoul to receive thee for their Lord; and I
know that they will do it the sooner when they shall understand
that I am thy deputy.

'2. I will show them wherein they have erred, and that
transgression stands in the way to life.

'3. I will show them the holy law unto which they must conform,
even that which they have broken.

'4. I will press upon them the necessity of a reformation according
to thy law.

'5. And, moreover, that none of these things may fail, I myself, at
my own proper cost and charge, will set up and maintain a
sufficient ministry, besides lectures, in Mansoul.

'6. Thou shalt receive, as a token of our subjection to thee, year
by year, what thou shalt think fit to lay and levy upon us in token
of our subjection to thee.'

Then said Emmanuel to him, 'O full of deceit, how movable are thy
ways! How often hast thou changed and rechanged, if so be thou
mightest still keep possession of my Mansoul, though, as has been
plainly declared before, I am the right heir thereof! Often hast
thou made thy proposals already, nor is this last a whit better
than they. And failing to deceive when thou showedst thyself in
thy black, thou hast now transformed thyself into an angel of
light, and wouldst, to deceive, be now as a minister of
righteousness.

'But know thou, O Diabolus, that nothing must be regarded that thou
canst propound, for nothing is done by thee but to deceive. Thou
neither hast conscience to God, nor love to the town of Mansoul;
whence, then, should these thy sayings arise but from sinful craft
and deceit? He that can of list and will propound what he pleases,
and that wherewith he may destroy them that believe him, is to be
abandoned, with all that he shall say. But if righteousness be
such a beauty-spot in thine eyes now, how is it that wickedness was
so closely stuck to by thee before? But this is by-the-bye.

'Thou talkest now of a reformation in Mansoul, and that thou
thyself, if I will please, wilt be at the head of that reformation;
all the while knowing that the greatest proficiency that man can
make in the law, and the righteousness thereof, will amount to no
more, for the taking away of the curse from Mansoul, than just
nothing at all; for a law being broken by Mansoul, that had before,
upon a supposition of the breach thereof, a curse pronounced
against him for it of God, can never, by his obeying of the law,
deliver himself therefrom (to say nothing of what a reformation is
like to be set up in Mansoul when the devil is become corrector of
vice). Thou knowest that all that thou hast now said in this
matter is nothing but guile and deceit; and is, as it was the
first, so is it the last card that thou hast to play. Many there
be that do soon discern thee when thou showest them thy cloven
foot; but in thy white, thy light, and in thy transformation, thou
art seen but of a few. But thou shalt not do thus with my Mansoul,
O Diabolus; for I do still love my Mansoul.

'Besides, I am not come to put Mansoul upon works to live thereby;
should I do so, I should be like unto thee: but I am come that by
me, and by what I have and shall do for Mansoul, they may to my
Father be reconciled, though by their sin they have provoked him to
anger, and though by the law they cannot obtain mercy.

'Thou talkest of subjecting of this town to good, when none
desireth it at thy hands. I am sent by my Father to possess it
myself, and to guide it by the skilfulness of my hands into such a
conformity to him as shall be pleasing in his sight. I will
therefore possess it myself; I will dispossess and cast thee out; I
will set up mine own standard in the midst of them; I will also
govern them by new laws, new officers, new motives, and new ways;
yea, I will pull down this town, and build it again; and it shall
be as though it had not been, and it shall then be the glory of the
whole universe.'

When Diabolus heard this, and perceived that he was discovered in
all his deceits, he was confounded, and utterly put to a nonplus;
but having in himself the fountain of iniquity, rage, and malice
against both Shaddai and his Son, and the beloved town of Mansoul,
what doth he but strengthen himself what he could to give fresh
battle to the noble Prince Emmanuel? So, then, now we must have
another fight before the town of Mansoul is taken. Come up, then,
to the mountains, you that love to see military actions, and behold
by both sides how the fatal blow is given, while one seeks to hold,
and the other seeks to make himself master of the famous town of
Mansoul.

Diabolus, therefore, having withdrawn himself from the wall to his
force that was in the heart of the town of Mansoul, Emmanuel also
returned to the camp; and both of them, after their divers ways,
put themselves into a posture fit to give battle one to another.

Diabolus, as filled with despair of retaining in his hands the
famous town of Mansoul, resolved to do what mischief he could (if,
indeed, he could do any) to the army of the Prince and to the
famous town of Mansoul; for, alas! it was not the happiness of the
silly town of Mansoul that was designed by Diabolus, but the utter
ruin and overthrow thereof, as now is enough in view. Wherefore,
he commands his officers that they should then, when they see that
they could hold the town no longer, do it what harm and mischief
they could, rendering and tearing men, women, and children. 'For,'
said he, 'we had better quite demolish the place, and leave it like
a ruinous heap, than so leave it that it may be an habitation for
Emmanuel.'

Emmanuel again, knowing that the next battle would issue in his
being made master of the place, gave out a royal commandment to all
his officers, high captains, and men of war, to be sure to show
themselves men of war against Diabolus and all Diabolonians; but
favourable, merciful, and meek to the old inhabitants of Mansoul.
'Bend, therefore,' said the noble Prince, 'the hottest front of the
battle against Diabolus and his men.'

So the day being come, the command was given, and the Prince's men
did bravely stand to their arms, and did, as before, bend their
main force against Ear-gate and Eye-gate. The word was then,
'Mansoul is won!' so they made their assault upon the town.
Diabolus also, as fast as he could, with the main of his power,
made resistance from within; and his high lords and chief captains
for a time fought very cruelly against the Prince's army.

But after three or four notable charges by the Prince and his noble
captains, Ear-gate was broken open, and the bars and bolts
wherewith it was used to be fast shut up against the Prince, were
broken into a thousand pieces. Then did the Prince's trumpets
sound, the captains shout, the town shake, and Diabolus retreat to
his hold. Well, when the Prince's forces had broken open the gate,
himself came up and did set his throne in it; also he set his
standard thereby, upon a mount that before by his men was cast up
to place the mighty slings thereon. The mount was called Mount
Hear-well. There, therefore, the Prince abode, to wit, hard by the
going in at the gate. He commanded also that the golden slings
should yet be played upon the town, especially against the castle,
because for shelter thither was Diabolus retreated. Now, from Ear-
gate the street was straight even to the house of Mr. Recorder that
so was before Diabolus took the town; and hard by his house stood
the castle, which Diabolus for a long time had made his irksome
den. The captains, therefore, did quickly clear that street by the
use of their slings, so that way was made up to the heart of the
town. Then did the Prince command that Captain Boanerges, Captain
Conviction, and Captain Judgment, should forthwith march up the
town to the old gentleman's gate. Then did the captains in the
most warlike manner enter into the town of Mansoul, and marching in
with flying colours, they came up to the Recorder's house, and that
was almost as strong as was the castle. Battering-rams they took
also with them, to plant against the castle gates. When they were
come to the house of Mr. Conscience, they knocked, and demanded
entrance. Now, the old gentleman, not knowing as yet fully their
design, kept his gates shut all the time of this fight. Wherefore
Boanerges demanded entrance at his gates; and no man making answer,
he gave it one stroke with the head of a ram, and this made the old
gentleman shake, and his house to tremble and totter. Then came
Mr. Recorder down to the gates, and, as he could, with quivering
lips he asked who was there? Boanerges answered, 'We are the
captains and commanders of the great Shaddai and of the blessed
Emmanuel, his Son, and we demand possession of your house for the
use of our noble Prince.' And with that the battering-ram gave the
gate another shake. This made the old gentleman tremble the more,
yet durst he not but open the gate: then the King's forces marched
in, namely, the three brave captains mentioned before. Now, the
Recorder's house was a place of much convenience for Emmanuel, not
only because it was near to the castle and strong, but also because
it was large, and fronted the castle, the den where now Diabolus
was, for he was now afraid to come out of his hold. As for Mr.
Recorder, the captains carried it very reservedly to him; as yet he
knew nothing of the great designs of Emmanuel, so that he did not
know what judgment to make, nor what would be the end of such
thundering beginnings. It was also presently noised in the town
how the Recorder's house was possessed, his rooms taken up, and his
palace made the seat of the war; and no sooner was it noised
abroad, but they took the alarm as warmly, and gave it out to
others of his friends, and you know, as a snowball loses nothing by
rolling, so in little time the whole town was possessed that they
must expect nothing from the Prince but destruction; and the ground
of the business was this, the Recorder was afraid, the Recorder
trembled, and the captains carried it strangely to the Recorder.
So many came to see, but when they with their own eyes did behold
the captains in the palace, and their battering-rams ever playing
at the castle gates to beat them down, they were riveted in their
fears, and it made them all in amaze. And, as I said, the man of
the house would increase all this; for whoever came to him, or
discoursed with him, nothing would he talk of, tell them, or hear,
but that death and destruction now attended Mansoul.