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So, when they were come to the door of the Prince's pavilion, they
cast themselves prostrate upon the place. Then one went in and
told his Lord that the prisoners were come down. The Prince then
ascended a throne of state, and sent for the prisoners in; who when
they came, did tremble before him, also they covered their faces
with shame. Now as they drew near to the place where he sat, they
threw themselves down before him. Then said the Prince to the
Captain Boanerges, Bid the prisoners stand upon their feet. Then
they stood trembling before him, and he said, Are you the men that
heretofore were the servants of Shaddai? And they said, Yes, Lord,
yes. Then said the Prince again, Are you the men that did suffer
yourselves to be corrupted and defiled by that abominable one
Diabolus? And they said, We did more than suffer it, Lord; for we
chose it of our own mind. The Prince asked further, saying, Could
you have been content that your slavery should have continued under
his tyranny as long as you had lived? Then said the prisoners,
Yes, Lord, yes; for his ways were pleasing to our flesh, and we
were grown aliens to a better state. And did you, said he, when I
came up against this town of Mansoul, heartily wish that I might
not have the victory over you? Yes, Lord, yes, said they. Then
said the Prince, And what punishment is it, think you, that you
deserve at my hand for these and other your high and mighty sins?
And they said, Both death and the deep,[200] Lord; for we have
deserved no less. He asked again if they had aught to say for
themselves, why the sentence that they confessed that they had
deserved should not be passed upon them? And they said, We can say
nothing, Lord; thou art just, for we have sinned. Then said the
Prince, And for what are those ropes on your heads? The prisoners
answered, These ropes [sins] are to bind us withal to the place of
execution, if mercy be not pleasing in thy sight. So he further
asked, if all the men in the town of Mansoul were in this confession
as they? And they answered, All the natives [powers of the soul],
Lord; but for the Diabolonians [corruptions and lusts] that came
into our town when the tyrant got possession of us, we can say
nothing for them.[201]

Then the Prince commanded that a herald should be called, and that
he should, in the midst, and throughout the camp of Emmanuel,
proclaim, and that with sound of trumpet, that the Prince, the
Son of Shaddai, had, in his Father's name, and for his Father's
glory, gotten a perfect conquest and victory over Mansoul, and
that the prisoners should follow him, and say, Amen. So this was
done as he had commanded. And presently the music that was in the
upper region sounded melodiously. The captains that were in the
camp shouted, and the soldiers did sing songs of triumph to the
Prince, the colours waved in the wind, and great joy was everywhere,
only it was wanting as yet in the hearts of the men of Mansoul.[202]

Then the Prince called for the prisoners to come and to stand
again before him, and they came and stood trembling. And he said
unto them, The sins, trespasses, iniquities, that you, with the
whole town of Mansoul, have from time to time committed against
my Father and me, I have power and commandment from my Father to
forgive to the town of Mansoul; and do forgive you accordingly.
And having so said, he gave them written in parchment, and sealed
with seven seals, a large and general pardon, commanding both my
Lord Mayor, my Lord Will-be-will, and Mr. Recorder, to proclaim,
and cause it to be proclaimed to-morrow by that the sun is up,
throughout the whole town of Mansoul.

Moreover, the Prince stripped the prisoners of their mourning weeds,
and gave them 'beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness' (Isa 61:3)

Then he gave to each of the three, jewels of gold, and precious
stones, and took away their ropes, and put chains of gold about
their necks, and ear-rings in their ears. Now the prisoners, when
they did hear the gracious words of Prince Emmanuel, and had beheld
all that was done unto them, fainted almost quite away; for the
grace, the benefit, the pardon, was sudden, glorious, and so big,
that they were not able, without staggering, to stand up under
it.[203] Yea, my Lord Will-be-will swooned outright; but the Prince
stepped to him, put his everlasting arms under him, embraced
him, kissed him, and bid him be of good cheer, for all should be
performed according to his word. He also did kiss, and embrace,
and smile upon the other two that were Will-be-will's companions,
saying, Take these as further tokens of my love, favour, and
compassion to you; and I charge you, that you, Mr. Recorder, tell
in the town of Mansoul what you have heard and seen.

Then were their fetters broken to pieces before their faces, and
cast into the air, and their steps[204] were enlarged under them.
Then they fell down at the feet of the Prince, and kissed his
feet, and wetted them with tears; also they cried out with a mighty
strong voice, saying, 'Blessed be the glory of the Lord from this
place' (Eze 3:12). So they were bid rise up, and go to the town,
and tell to Mansoul what the Prince had done. He commanded also
that one with a pipe and tabor should go and play before them all
the way into the town of Mansoul. Then was fulfilled what they never
looked for, and they were made to possess that which they never
dreamed of.[205] The Prince also called for the noble Captain
Credence, and commanded that he and some of his officers should
march before the noble men of Mansoul with flying colours into
the town. He gave also unto Captain Credence a charge, that about
that time that the Recorder did read the general pardon in the town
of Mansoul, that at that very time he should with flying colours
march in at Eye-gate with his ten thousands at his feet, and that
he should so go until he came by the high street of the town,
up to the castle gates, and that himself should take possession
thereof against his Lord came thither. He commanded, moreover,
that he should bid Captain Judgment and Captain Execution to leave
the stronghold to him, and to withdraw from Mansoul, and to return
into the camp with speed unto the Prince.

And now was the town of Mansoul also delivered from the terror of
the first four captains and their men.[206]

[CHAPTER IX]

[CONTENTS:--The liberated prisoners return to Mansoul, where they
are received with great joy--The inhabitants request Emmanuel to
take up his residence among them--He consents--Makes a triumphal
entry amid the shouts of the people--The town is new modeled, and
the image of Shaddai erected.]

Well, I told you before how the prisoners were entertained by the
noble Prince Emmanuel, and how they behaved themselves before him,
and how he sent them away to their home with pipe and tabor going
before them. And now you must think that those of the town that
had all this while waited to hear of their death, could not but
be exercised with sadness of mind, and with thoughts that pricked
like thorns. Nor could their thoughts be kept to any one point; the
wind blew with them all this while at great uncertainties, yea,
their hearts were like a balance that had been disquieted with a
shaking hand. But at last, as they with many a long look looked
over the wall of Mansoul, they thought that they saw some returning
to the town; and thought again, Who should they be too, who should
they be? At last they discerned that they were the prisoners;
but can you imagine how their hearts were surprised with wonder,
especially when they perceived also in what equipage and with what
honour they were sent home? They went down to the camp in black,
but they came back to the town in white; they went down to the
camp in ropes, they came back in chains of gold; they went down
to the camp with their feet in fetters, but came back with their
steps enlarged under them; they went also to the camp looking
for death, but they came back thence with assurance of life; they
went down to the camp with heavy hearts, but came back again with
pipe and tabor playing before them. So, so soon as they were come
to Eye-gate, the poor and tottering town of Mansoul adventured to
give a shout, and they gave such a shout as made the captains in
the Prince's army leap at the sound thereof.

Alas for them, poor hearts! who could blame them, since their dead
friends were come to life again? for it was to them as life from
the dead, to see the ancients of the town of Mansoul shine in
such splendour. They looked for nothing but the axe and the block;
but behold, joy and gladness, comfort and consolation, and such
melodious notes attending of them that was sufficient to make a
sick man well. So when they came up, they saluted each other with
Welcome! welcome! and blessed be he that has spared you (Isa
33:24). They added also, We see it is well with you, but how must
it go with the town of Mansoul? and, Will it go well with the town
of Mansoul? said they. Then answered them the Recorder and my Lord
Mayor, Oh tidings! glad tidings! good tidings of good and of great
joy to poor Mansoul! Then they gave another shout that made the
earth to ring again. After this they inquired yet more particularly
how things went in the camp, and what message they had from Emmanuel
to the town, So they told them all passages that had happened
to them at the camp, and everything that the Prince did to them.
This made Mansoul wonder at the wisdom and grace of the Prince
Emmanuel. Then they told them what they had received at his hands
for the whole town of Mansoul; and the Recorder delivered it in
these words--PARDON, PARDON, PARDON for Mansoul; and this shall
Mansoul know to-morrow. Then he commanded, and they went and
summoned Mansoul to meet together in the market-place to-morrow,
there to hear their general pardon read.

But who can think what a turn, what a change, what an alteration
this hint of things did make in the countenance of the town of
Mansoul! No man of Mansoul could sleep that night for joy;[207]
in every house there was joy and music, singing and making merry,
telling and hearing of Mansoul's happiness, was then all that
Mansoul had to do; and this was the burden of all their song--Oh,
more of this at the rising of the sun! more of this to-morrow! Who
thought yesterday, would one say, that this day would have been
such a day to us? And who thought, that saw our prisoners go down
in irons, that they would have returned in chains of gold! yea, they
that judged themselves as they went to be judged of their judge,
were by his mouth acquitted, not for that they were innocent, but
of the Prince's mercy, and sent home with pipe and tabor. But is
this the common custom of princes? do they use to show such kind
of favours to traitors? No! this is only peculiar to Shaddai, and
unto Emmanuel. his Son.[208]

Now morning drew on apace, wherefore the Lord Mayor, the Lord
Will-be-will, and Mr. Recorder came down to the market-place at
the time that the Prince had appointed, where the townsfolk were
waiting for them; and when they came, they came in that attire and
in that glory that the Prince had put them into the day before, and
the street was lightened with their glory. So the Mayor, Recorder,
and my Lord Will-be-will drew down to Mouth-gate, which was at the
lower end of the market-place, because that of old time was the
place where they used to read public matters. Thither therefore
they came in their robes, and their tabret went before them. Now
the eagerness of the people to know the full of the matter was
great.

Then the Recorder stood up upon his feet, and first beckoning with
his hand for a silence, he read out with loud voice the pardon.
But when he came to these words, 'The Lord, the Lord God, merciful
and gracious, pardoning iniquity, transgression, and sin'(Exo 34:6);
and to these, 'all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven,'
&c. (Mark 3:28); they could not forbear but leap for joy. For this
you must know, that there was conjoined herewith every man's name
in Mansoul; also the seals of the pardon made a brave show.[209]

When the Recorder had made an end of reading the pardon, the townsmen
ran up upon the walls of the town, and leaped and skipped thereon
for joy; and bowed themselves seven times with their faces towards
Emmanuel's pavilion, and shouted out aloud for joy, and said, Let
Emmanuel live for ever! Then order was given to the young men in
Mansoul, that they should ring the bells for joy. So the bells
did ring, and the people sing, and the music go in every house in
Mansoul.[210]

When the Prince had sent home the three prisoners of Mansoul with
joy, and pipe, and tabor; he commanded his captains, with all the
field-officers and soldiers throughout his army, to be ready in
that morning that the Recorder should read the pardon in Mansoul,
to do his further pleasure. So the morning, as I have showed, being
come, just as the Recorder had made an end of reading the pardon,
Emmanuel commanded that all the trumpets in the camp should sound,
that the colours should be displayed, half of them upon Mount
Gracious, and half of them upon Mount Justice.[211] He commanded
also that all the captains should show themselves in all their
harness, and that the soldiers should shout for joy. Nor was
Captain Credence, though in the castle, silent in such a day, but
he, from the top of the hold, showed himself with sound of trumpet
to Mansoul, and to the Prince's camp.

Thus have I showed you the manner and way that Emmanuel took to
recover the town of Mansoul from under the hand and power of the
tyrant Diabolus.

Now when the Prince had completed these, the outward ceremonies of
his joy, he again commanded that his captains and soldiers should
show unto Mansoul some feats of war. So they presently addressed
themselves to this work. But oh, with what agility, nimbleness,
dexterity, and bravery did these military men discover their skill
in feats of war to the now gazing town of Mansoul!

They marched, they counter-marched, they opened to the right and
left, they divided and subdivided, they closed, they wheeled, made
good their front and rear with their right and left wings, and
twenty things more, with that aptness, and then were all as they
were again, that they took, yea, ravished the hearts that were
in Mansoul to behold it. But add to this, the handling of their
arms, the managing of their weapons of war, were marvellous taking
to Mansoul and me.[212]

When this action was over, the whole town of Mansoul came out as
one man to the Prince in the camp to thank him, and praise him for
his abundant favour, and to beg that it would please his grace to
come unto Mansoul with his men, and there to take up their quarters
for ever. And this they did in most humble manner, bowing themselves
seven times to the ground before him. Then said he, All peace be
to you. So the town came nigh, and touched with the hand the top
of his golden scepter, and they said, Oh that the Prince Emmanuel,
with his captains and men of war, would dwell in Mansoul for ever;
and that his battering-rams and slings might be lodged in her for
the use and service of the Prince, and for the help and strength
of Mansoul. 'For,' said they, 'we have room for thee, we have
room for thy men, we have also room for thy weapons of war, and a
place to make a magazine for thy carriages. Do it, Emmanuel, and
thou shalt be King and Captain in Mansoul for ever. Yea govern
thou also according to all the desire of thy soul, and make thou
governors and princes under thee of thy captains and men of war, and
we will become thy servants, and thy laws shall be our direction.'

They added, moreover, and prayed his Majesty to consider thereof;
'for,' said they, 'if now, after all this grace bestowed upon us
thy miserable town of Mansoul, thou shouldest withdraw, thou and
thy captains from us, the town of Mansoul will die.[213] Yea,' said
they, 'our blessed Emmanuel, if thou shouldest depart from us now
thou hast done so much good for us, and showed so much mercy unto
us; what will follow but that our joy will be as if it had not been,
and our enemies will a second time come upon us with more rage
than at the first. Wherefore, we beseech thee, O thou the desire
of our eyes, and the strength and life of our poor town, accept
of this motion that now we have made unto our Lord, and come and
dwell in the midst of us, and let us be thy people. Besides, Lord,
we do not know but that to this day many Diabolonians may be yet
lurking in the town of Mansoul, and they will betray us when thou
shalt leave us, into the hand of Diabolus again; and who knows
what designs, plots, or contrivances have passed betwixt them about
these things already; loth we are to fall again into his horrible
hands. Wherefore, let it please thee to accept of our palace for
thy place of residence, and of the houses of the best men in our
town for the reception of thy soldiers, and their furniture.'[214]

Then said the Prince, 'If I come to your town, will you suffer
me further to prosecute that which is in mine heart against mine
enemies and yours, yea, will you help me in such undertakings?'

They answered, 'We know not what we shall do; we did not think
once that we should have been such traitors to Shaddai as we have
proved to be; what then shall we say to our Lord? Let him put no
trust in his saints, let the Prince dwell in our castle, and make
of our town a garrison, let him set his noble captains, and his
warlike soldiers over us. Yea, let him conquer us with his love,
and overcome us with his grace, and then surely shall he be but
with us, and help us, as he was, and did that morning that our
pardon was read unto us, we shall comply with this, our Lord, and
with his ways, and fall in with his word against the mighty.

'One word more, and thy servants have done, and in this will
trouble our Lord no more. We know not the depth of the wisdom of
thee our Prince. Who could have thought that had been ruled by his
reason, that so much sweet as we do now enjoy should have come
out of those bitter trials wherewith we were tried at the first?
but, Lord, let light go before, and let love come after; yea, take
us by the hand, and lead us by thy counsels, and let this always
abide upon us, that all things shall be for the best for thy
servants, and come to our Mansoul, and do as it pleaseth thee. Or,
Lord, come to our Mansoul, do what thou wilt, so thou keepest us
from sinning, and makest us serviceable to thy Majesty.'[215]

Then said the Prince to the town of Mansoul again, 'Go, return to
your houses in peace, I will willingly in this comply with your
desires. I will remove my royal pavilion, I will draw up my forces
before Eye-gate to-morrow, and so will march forwards into the
town of Mansoul. I will possess myself of your castle of Mansoul,
and will set my soldiers over you; yea, I will yet do things in
Mansoul that cannot be paralleled in any nation, country or kingdom
under heaven.'

Then did the men of Mansoul give a shout, and returned unto their
houses in peace; they also told to their kindred and friends the
good that Emmanuel had promised to Mansoul. And to-morrow, said
they, he will march into our town, and take up his dwelling, he
and his men in Mansoul.

Then went out the inhabitants of the town of Mansoul with haste to
the green trees, and to the meadows, to gather boughs and flowers,
therewith to strew the streets against their Prince, the Son
of Shaddai, should come; they also made garlands, and other fine
works, to betoken how joyful they were, and should be to receive
their Emmanuel into Mansoul; yea, they strewed the street quite from
Eye-gate to the castle-gate, the place where the Prince should be.
They also prepared for his coming what music the town of Mansoul
would afford, that they might play before him to the palace, his
habitation.

So, at the time appointed, he makes his approach to Mansoul, and the
gates were set open for him, there also the ancients and elders of
Mansoul met him, to salute him with a thousand welcomes. Then he
arose and entered Mansoul, he and all his servants. The elders of
Mansoul did also go dancing before him till he came to the castle
gates. And this was the manner of his going up thither. He was clad
in his golden armour, he rode in his royal chariot, the trumpets
sounded about him, the colours were displayed, his ten thousands
went up at his feet, and the elders of Mansoul danced before
him.[216] And now were the walls of the famous town of Mansoul
filled with the tramplings of the inhabitants thereof, who went up
thither to view the approach of the blessed Prince, and his royal
army. Also the casements, windows, balconies, and tops of the houses
were all now filled with persons of all sorts to behold how their
town was to be filled with good. [217] Now when he was come so far
into the town as to the Recorder's house, he commanded that one
should go to Captain Credence, to know whether the castle of Mansoul
was prepared to entertain his Royal Presence, for the preparation of
that was left to that captain, and word was brought that it was
(Acts 15:9).[218] Then was Captain Credence commanded also to come
forth with his power to meet the Prince, the which was, as he had
commanded, done, and he conducted him into the castle (Eph 3:17).
This done, the Prince that night did lodge in the castle with his
mighty captains and men of war, to the joy of the town of Mansoul.
Now the next care of the townsfolk was how the captains and soldiers
of the Prince's army should be quartered among them, and the care
was not how they should shut their hands of them, but how they
should fill their houses with them; for every man in Mansoul now had
that esteem of Emmanuel and his men, that nothing grieved them more
than because they were not enlarged enough, every one of them to
receive the whole army of the Prince, yea, they counted it their
glory to be waiting upon them, and would in those days run at their
bidding like lackeys. At last they came to this result:--1. That
Captain Innocency should quarter at Mr. Reason's. 2. That Captain
Patience should quarter at Mr. Mind's. This Mr. Mind was formerly
the Lord Will-be-will's clerk, in time of the late rebellion. 3. It
was ordered that Captain Charity should quarter at Mr. Affection's
house. 4. That Captain Good-hope should quarter at my Lord Mayor's.
Now for the house of the Recorder, himself desired, because his
house was next to the castle, and because from him it was ordered by
the Prince, that, if need be, the alarm should be given to Mansoul;
it was, I say, desired by him that Captain Boanerges and Captain
Conviction should take up their quarters with him, even they and all
their men. 5. As for Captain Judgment and Captain Execution, my Lord
Will-be-will took them, and their men to him, because he was to rule
under the Prince for the good of the town of Mansoul now, as he had
before, under the tyrant Diabolus for the hurt and damage thereof
(Rom 6:19; Eph 3:17). 6. And throughout the rest of the town were
quartered Emmanuel's forces, but Captain Credence with his men abode
still in the castle. So the Prince, his captains, and his soldiers
were lodged in the town of Mansoul.[219] Now the ancients and elders
of the town of Mansoul thought that they never should have enough of
the Prince Emmanuel; his person, his actions, his words, and
behaviour, were so pleasing, so taking, so desirable to them.
Wherefore, they prayed him, that though the castle of Mansoul was
his place of residence, and they desired that he might dwell there
for ever, yet that he would often visit the streets, houses, and
people of Mansoul. For, said they, Dread Sovereign, thy presence,
thy looks, thy smiles, thy words, are the life, and strength, and
sinews of the town of Mansoul.[220] Besides this, they craved that
they might have, without difficulty or interruption, continual
access unto him, so for that very purpose he commanded that the
gates should stand open, that they might there see the manner of his
doings, the fortifications of the place, and the royal mansion-house
of the Prince. When he spake they all stopped their mouths and gave
audience; and when he walked, it was their delight to imitate him in
his goings. Now upon a time Emmanuel made a feast for the town of
Mansoul, and upon the feasting-day the townsfolk were come to the
castle to partake of his banquet. And he feasted them with all
manner of outlandish food, food that grew not in the fields of
Mansoul, nor in all the whole Kingdom of Universe. It was food that
came from his Father's court, and so there was dish after dish set
before them, and they were commanded freely to eat. But still when a
fresh dish was set before them, they would whisperingly say to each
other, What is it? (Exo 16:15) [221] For they wist not what to call
it. They drank also of the water that was made wine; and were very
merry with him. There was music also all the while at the table, and
man did eat angels' food, and had honey given him out of the rock.
So Mansoul did eat the food that was peculiar to the court, yea,
they had now thereof to the full (Psa 78:24,25). [222] I must not
forget to tell you that as at this table there were musicians, so
they were not those of the country, nor yet of the town of Mansoul;
but they were the masters of the songs that were sung at the court
of Shaddai.[223] Now after the feast was over, Emmanuel was for
entertaining the town of Mansoul with some curious riddles of
secrets drawn up by his Father's secretary, by the skill and wisdom
of Shaddai; the like to these there is not in any kingdom. These
riddles were made upon the King Shaddai himself, and upon Emmanuel
his Son, and upon his wars and doings with Mansoul. Emmanuel also
expounded unto them some of those riddles himself, but oh how they
were lightened! They saw what they never saw, they could not have
thought that such rarities could have been couched in so few and
such ordinary words. I told you before whom these riddles did
concern; and as they were opened, the people did evidently see it
was so. Yea, they did gather that the things themselves were a kind
of portraiture, and that of Emmanuel himself; for when they read in
the scheme where the riddles were writ, and looked in the face of
the Prince, things looked so like the one to the other that Mansoul
could not forbear but say, This is the Lamb, this is the Sacrifice,
this is the Rock, this is the Red Cow, this is the Door, and this is
the way; with a great many other things more.[224] And thus he
dismissed the town of Mansoul. But can you imagine how the people of
the corporation were taken with this entertainment? Oh they were
transported with joy, they were drowned with wonderment, while they
saw and understood, and considered what their Emmanuel entertained
them withal, and what mysteries he opened to them; and when they
were at home in their houses, and in their most retired places, they
could not but sing of him, and of his actions. Yea, so taken were
the townsmen now with their Prince, that they would sing of him in
their sleep. Now it was in the heart of the Prince Emmanuel to new
model the town of Mansoul, and to put it into such a condition as
might be more pleasing to him, and that might best stand with the
profit and security of the now flourishing town of Mansoul. He
provided also against insurrections at home, and invasions from
abroad; such love had he for the famous town of Mansoul. Wherefore
he first of all commanded that the great slings that were brought
from his Father's court, when he came to the war of Mansoul, should
be mounted, some upon the battlements of the castle, some upon the
towers, for there were towers in the town of Mansoul, towers new
built by Emmanuel since he came thither.[225] There was also an
instrument invented by Emmanuel, that was to throw stones from the
castle of Mansoul, out at Mouth-gate; an instrument that could not
be resisted, nor that would miss of execution; wherefore for the
wonderful exploits that it did when used, it went without a name,
and it was committed to the care of, and to be managed by the brave
captain, the Captain Credence, in case of war.[226] This done,
Emmanuel called the Lord Will-be-will to him, and gave him in
commandment to take care of the gates, the wall, and towers in
Mansoul. Also the Prince gave him the militia into his hand; and a
special charge to withstand all insurrections and tumults that might
be made in Mansoul, against the peace of our Lord the King, and the
peace and tranquillity of the town of Mansoul. He also gave him in
commission, that if he found any of the Diabolonians lurking in any
corner in the famous town of Mansoul, he should forthwith apprehend
them, and stay them, or commit them to safe custody, that they may
be proceeded against according to law. Then he called unto him the
Lord Understanding, who was the old Lord Mayor, he that was put out
of place when Diabolus took the town, and put him into his former
office again, and it became his place for his lifetime. He bid him
also that he should build him a palace near Eye-gate, and that he
should build it in fashion like a tower for defence. He bid him also
that he should read in the Revelation of Mysteries[227] all the days
of his life, that he might know how to perform his office aright. He
also made Mr. Knowledge the Recorder; not of contempt to old Mr.
Conscience, who had been Recorder before; but for that it was in his
princely mind to confer upon Mr. Conscience another employ; of which
he told the old gentleman he should know more hereafter. Then he
commanded that the image of Diabolus should be taken down from the
place where it was set up, and that they should destroy it utterly,
beating of it into powder, and casting it unto the wind, without the
town-wall; and that the image of Shaddai his Father should be set up
again, with his own, upon the castle gates, and that it should be
more fairly drawn than ever; forasmuch as both his Father and
himself were come to Mansoul in more grace and mercy than heretofore
(Rev 22:4). He would also that his name should be fairly engraven
upon the front of the town, and that it should be done in the best
of gold, for the honour of the town of Mansoul.[228]