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THE 
 
 HOLY W A 
 
 MADE B V 
 
 S H A D D A I 
 
 UPON 
 
 D I A B L U S, 
 
 For the Regaining of th* 
 
 METROPOLIS of the WORLDj 
 
 Qr, the Losing and Taking again of the 
 
 TOWN of M A N S O U L. 
 
 By Mr. JOHN B U N Y A N< 
 
 Late MINISTER of the GOSPEL in BEDFORD, and Author of 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, Complete in Two Parts. 
 
 An ENTIRE NEW and CORRECT EDITION, 
 ILLUSTRATED WITH 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 EXPLANATORY, EXPERIMENTAL, and PRACTICAL, 
 
 In the fame Manner as thofe lately added to The Pilgrim's Progress, 
 
 By W. MASON. 
 
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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. 
 
 OME fay the Pilgrim's Progress is not mine, 
 Insinuating as if I would fhine 
 
 In name and fame by the worth of another, 
 
 Like fome made rich by robbing of their brother: 
 
 Or that fo fond I am of being fire, 
 
 I'll father baltards ; or, if need require, 
 
 I'll tell a lye in print to getapplaufe : 
 
 1 fcorn it ; John fuch dirt-heap never was, 
 Since God converted him. Let this fuffice 
 To fliew why I my Pilgrim patronize. 
 
 It came from mine own heart, fo to my head, 
 And thence into my fingers trickled ; 
 Then to my pen, from whence immediately 
 On paper I did dribble it daintily. 
 
 Manner and matter too were 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 
 j\dd five words to it, or write half a line ; 
 Therefore, the whole, and every whit is mine. 
 
 Alfo for this, thine eye is now upon, 
 The matter in this manner came from none 
 But the fame heart, and head, fingers, and pen, 
 As did the others. Witnefs all good men : 
 For none in all the world, without a lye, 
 Can fay that this is mine, excepting I. 
 
 I write not this of any oftentation, 
 Nor 'caufe I feek of men their commendation (a) ; 
 I do it to keep them from fuch furmize, 
 'As tempt them will my name to fcandalize : 
 Witnefs my name, if anagram'd to thee. 
 The letters make, Nu hony in a B. 
 
 JOHN BUNYAN. 
 
 («) The whole work evin:es, that, as a converted peifon, he fought not the 
 praifc of men, but tht honor which coflieih from God, to whom all gl»rj is due. 
 

 [ iii ] 
 
 P R E F A C E 
 
 B Y T H E 
 
 AUTHOR 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 IT might be juftly deemed impertinent and ab- 
 furd, here, to endeavour to beflow any enco- 
 mium on Mr. John Bunyan's Holy War, the 
 merit of which (as well as of his Pilgrim's Progrefs) 
 is {q .generally acknowledged by perfons of every 
 denomination. It may however be obferved, that 
 many parts of it are rather dark to readers in 
 general, who cannot be expected to (pare much 
 time in removing the difficulties ; v.ijch require 
 faithful explanation, in order that the fpiritua] 
 end and delign of the Author may be underftood. 
 J have often therefore wiflhed to fee fome explana- 
 tory notes on particular palTages, and having been, 
 foiicited to undertake this elucidation of my fa- 
 vourite author (whom I have frequently, 1 trul't, 
 read and ftudied with much pica lure and profit i 
 I have endeavoured, through God's affiitance, to 
 execute the arduous talk in as faithful a manner 
 
 a 2 as 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 as pofiible. Perhaps no human compofitions have 
 been more generally received, nor more highly 
 efteemed, than the Holy War and Pilgrim's 
 Progress : therefore, I hope the neceffary notes 
 and illuftrations will have the mod happy tendency 
 in making the readers attend more clofely to, 
 and underitand more clearly, the doctrinal, moral, 
 practical, and experimental defign of the pious 
 and familiarly entertaining author. 
 
 N. B. Thofe Perfons who wifh to have the mod 
 correct, elegant, and iuperb Edition of the Pil- 
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 MASON's NEW EDITION OF 
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 Illuftrated with NOTES &c. 
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 T O 
 
TO THE READER. 
 
 5>Tp I S ftrange to me, that they that love to tell 
 
 A Things done of old, yea, and that do excel 
 Their equals in Hiftoriology, 
 Speak net of Manfoul's wan , but let them lie 
 Dead like old fables, or fuch worthlefs things 
 That to the reader no advantage brings : 
 When men, let them make what they will their own. 
 Till they know this, are to themfelves unknown. 
 
 Of llories I well know there's divers forts, 
 Some foreign, forne domeftic } and reports 
 Are thereof made, as fancy leads the writers ; 
 (By books a man may guefs at the inditers). 
 
 Some will again of that which never was, 
 Nor will be, feign (and that without a caufe) 
 Such matter, raife fuch mountains, tell fuch things • 
 Of men, of laws, of countries, and of kings ; 
 And in their ftory leem to be fo fage, 
 And with fuch gravity cloath every page, 
 That though their frontrfpiece fays all is vain, 
 Yet to their way difciples they obtain. 
 
 But, readers, I have fomewhat elfe to do, 
 Than with vain ftories thus to trouble you ; 
 
 What here I fay fome men do know fo well, True Ckrif- 
 
 They can with tears of joy the ftory tell. tians. 
 
 The town of Manfoul is well known to many, 
 Nor are her troubles doubted of by any. 
 
 That are acquainted with thofe Hiftories The Scrip- 
 
 That Manfoul and her wars anatomize («) turct - 
 
 Then lend thine ear to what I do relate 
 Touching the town of Manfoul, and her ftate; 
 How fhe was loft, took captive, made a flave ; 
 And how againft him fet, that fhould her lave ; 
 Yea, how by hoftile ways fhe did oppofe 
 Her Lord, and with his enemy did clofe : 
 For they are true, he that will them deny, 
 Muft needs the beft of records vilify ; 
 For my part, I myfelf was in the town, 
 Both when 'twas fet up, and when pulling down ; 
 I faw Diabolus in its pofleffion, 
 And Manfoul alfo under his opprefCon. 
 Yea, I was there when fhe own'd him for lord, 
 And to him did fubmit with one accord. 
 
 When Manfoul trampled upon things divine, 
 And wallowed in filth as doth a fwine : 
 
 (*} The quickning Spirit gives light and life through the word. 
 
 Wheu 
 
vi TO THI READEI, 
 
 When fhe betook herfelf onto her arms, 
 His eoun-. fought her Emanuel, and defpis'd his charms j 
 ftls. Then I was there, and forely grieved to fee 
 
 Diabclus and Manfoul fo agree. 
 
 Let no man, then, count me a fable-maker, 
 Nor make my name or credit a partaker 
 Of their derifion ; what is here in view, 
 Of mine own knowledge I dare fay is true (a). 
 
 I faw the Prince's armed men come down 
 By troops, by thoufands, to b^.fiege the town ; 
 1 faw the captains, heard the trumpets found, 
 And how his forces cover'd all the ground : 
 Yea, how they fet themfelves in batthf ray, 
 I (hall remember to my dying day. 
 
 I faw the colours waving in the wind, 
 And they within to mifchief how combin'd 
 To ruin Manfoul, and to take away 
 .Her Sou'. H er Primum Mobile without delay. 
 
 I faw the monnts caft up againft the town, 
 And how the flings >vere plac'd to beat it down. 
 I heard the ftones fly whizzing by my ears 
 (What's longer kept in mind, than got in fears ?) 
 I heard them fall, and faw what work they made, 
 Death ^ n< * now c ^ Mors did cover with his fhade 
 
 The face of Manfoul, and I heard her cry, 
 Woe worth the day, " in dying, I fhall die ! " 
 
 I faw the battering-rams, and how they play'd 
 To beat up Ear-gate ; and I was afraid, 
 Not only Ear-gate, but the very town 
 Woold by thoie battering-rams be beaten down* 
 
 I faw the fights, and heard the captains fltout, 
 Lufts. And in each battle faw who fae'd about : 
 
 I faw who wounded were, and who were flain, 
 And who, when dead, would come to life again. 
 
 I heard the cries of thofe that wounded were 
 (While othersfcught like men bereft of fear) ; 
 And while the cry, Kill, kill, was in mine ears, 
 The gutters ran not fo with blood as tears. 
 
 Indeed the captains did not always fighr, 
 But when they would moleft us day and night ; 
 They cry, Up, fall on, let us take the tov\n, 
 Keep us from fleeping, or from lying down. 
 J was there when the gates were broken ope, 
 And faw how Manfoul then was ftript of hope. 
 
 (a) Here follows the bleflidnefs of experimental religion. 
 
 I faw 
 
TO THE READER. nt 
 
 I faw the captains march into the town, 
 
 How there they fought, and did their foes cut down. 
 
 1 heard the Prince bid Boanerges go 
 Up to the caftle, and there feize his foe j 
 And faw him and his (ellow$ bring him down 
 In chains of great contempt quite through the town. 
 
 I faw Emanuel, when He pofleft 
 His town of Manfoul : and how greatly bleft 
 A town his gallant town of Manfoul was 
 When fhe received his pardon, lov'd his laws. 
 
 When the Diabolonians were caught, 
 When try'd, and when to execution brought. 
 Then I was there j yea, I was Handing by 
 When Manfoul did the rebels crucify. 
 
 I alfo faw Manfoul clad all in white, 
 And heard her Prince call her his heart's delight ; 
 I faw him put upon her chains of gold, 
 And rings and bracelets, goodly to behold. 
 
 What fhall i fay ? I heard the people's cries. 
 And faw the Prince wipe tears from Manfoul's eyes. 
 I heard the groans, and faw the joy of many : 
 Tell you of all, I neither will, nor can I ; 
 But by what here 1 fay, you well may fee 
 That Manfoul's matchlefs wars no fables be («). 
 
 Manfoul! the defire of both Princes was, 
 One keep his gain would, t'other gain his lofs ; 
 Diabolus would cry, The town is mine j 
 Em an opt, would plead a right divine 
 Unto hfa Manfoul : then to blows they go, 
 Aud Manfoul cries, " Thefe wars will me' undo ! " 
 Manfoul, her wars feem'd endlefs in her eyes, 
 She's loft by one, becomes another's prize j 
 And he again that loft her laft would fwe«r, 
 Have her i will, or her in pieces tear. 
 
 Manfoul thus was the very feat of war ; 
 Wherefore her troubles greater wore by f*r 
 Than only where the noife of war is heard, 
 Or where the making of a fword is fear'd I 
 Or only where fmail fcirmiflies ar^ fought, 
 Or where the fancy fighteth with a thought, 
 
 She faw the fwords of fighting men made red, 
 And hesrd the cries of thoie with thein wounded. 
 Muft not her frights, then, be much more by far 
 Than they that to fuch doings Grangers are I 
 
 if) The tififtian courfe » a warfare : but faJvation is f the f.ord. 
 
 Or 
 
 / 
 
viii TO THE READER. 
 
 Or theirs that hear the beating of a drum, 
 But need net fly for fear from houfe arid home ? 
 
 Manfoul not only heard the trumpet found, 
 But faw her gallants gafping on the grouud ; 
 Wherefore we muft not think that fhe could reft 
 With them whofe greateft earneft is but jeft : 
 Or where the bluft'ring threat'ning of great wars 
 Do end in parlies, or in wording jjrs. 
 
 Manfoul her mighty wars they do portend 
 Her weal, her woe, and that world without end; 
 Wherefore (he muft be more concern'd than they 
 Whofe fears begin and end the-felf fame day (a) ; 
 Or where none other harm dcth come to him 
 That is engag'd, but lofs of life or limb, 
 As all muft needs confefs that now do dwell 
 Jn Univerfe, and can this ftory cell. 
 
 Count me not, then, with them who, to amaze 
 The people, fet them on the ftars to gaze ; 
 Infinuating with much confidence 
 They are the only men that have fcience 
 Of fome brave creatures; yea, a world they will 
 Have in each ftar, tho' it be pail their (kill 
 To make it manifeft unto a man 
 That reafon hath, or tell his fingers can. 
 
 But I have too long held thee in the porch. 
 And kept thee from cbe fun-fhinewith a torch. 
 Well, now go forward, ftep within the door, 
 And there behold five hundred times much more 
 Of all forts of fuch inward rarities. 
 As pleafe the mind will, and will feed the eyes, 
 With thofe which of a chriftian, thou wilt fee j 
 The marglni Nor do thou go to work without my key 
 (In myfteries men do of en lofe their way) 
 Andalfo turn it right ; if thou would'ft know 
 My riddle, and wou'd'ft with my heifer p!ow ; 
 It lies there in the window. Fore thee well, 
 My next may be, to ringrthy paffing bell. 
 
 JOHN BUNYAN. 
 
 (a) Implying, that religion is of the utmoft importance : holding out to man- 
 kind heaven or hell, happiaifs or sufery to all eternity. May we chufetjiebtt. 
 ter part ! 
 
 NOTES, 
 
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 <f •*• ™ *■</> •» 
 
 THE 
 
 LIFE and DEATH 
 
 O F 
 
 Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 
 
 LATE 
 
 Minifter of the Gospel in BEDFORD. 
 With NOTES of Illuftration. 
 
 Psalm cxii. 6. 
 
 77* righteous [ball be had in everlajiing remembrance. 
 
 5^^^^5 R ' ^° HN BuNYAN was born at Elfton, 
 ||#^#^ in the county of Bedford, within a 
 
 %m U iKcf littIe mile of that town '> of honeft » 
 
 fe # 3!R£#5t but very poor parents * j his original 
 kj*g2#£§^jy( being fo mean, that I know not in 
 whom the words of the great apoftle to 
 the Gentiles, in the firft chapter of his epiftle to the 
 Corinthians, were more fully exemplified than in Mr. 
 
 * God's election is abfolutely free : he acts hsrein as a fovereign. The 
 defpifed poor are made heirs of the kingdom of heaven, and have the gofpel 
 preached unto them ; while the proud rich libertine and pharifee are left to , 
 peri/h in their iins : for «« God hath «hofenthe poor of this world, rich in 
 faith," James ii. 5. 
 
 A John 
 
J The Life and Death 
 
 John Bunyan. The words are thefe : " For you fee 
 your calling, brethren ; how that not many wife men 
 after the flefh, not many mighty, not many noble, are 
 called j but God hath chofen the foolifh things of the 
 world to confound the wife 5. and God hath chofen the 
 weak things of the world to confound the things that 
 are mighty ; and bafe things of the world, and things 
 which are defpifed, hath God chofen ; — that no flcfli 
 might glory in his prefence.'* And this he himfelf 
 was ready upon all occafions to own, that God might 
 have the glory of his own grace : for though his ori- 
 ginal and birth was but poor and defpifed, yet it 
 pleafed God to chufe him, before many others, to be 
 an inftrument for the bringing of many fouls unta 
 God : and that the grace of God, which was given 
 him, may be the mere exceedingly magnified, we will- 
 give fome brief account of what he was before the 
 grace of God appeared to him. 
 
 I have already told you, that his parents were very 
 mean, but that they took care to give him that learn- 
 ing which was fuirable to their condition, bringing 
 him up to read and write ; but fo great was his natu- 
 ral depravity, and his pronenefs to all evil, that he 
 quickly forgot both, being only wife to do evil j but 
 to do or learn that which was good or praife-worthy, 
 he had no heart or knowledge, addiding himfelf fo 
 much in his very childhood to curfing, fwearing, 
 lying, and blafpheming, that he had few equals in 
 wickednefs (a) : infomuch that I remember I have 
 heard him fay, with grief of heart, be ivas a town- 
 fivearer j that is to fay, one that was taken notice of a& 
 
 {a) The converfion of fuch a notorious finner as this can be afcribed to- 
 noihing lefs than the almighty, ineligible power of the quickening Spirit.— 
 In him, fin abounded beyond meafurc, that the riches of the grace of Go4 
 in Chrift Jefus might much more abound, to his own falvation, and the com- 
 fort and eftsbliihnacnt of many others* Scv Rom, v. 20. 
 
 « a pcrfon 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 3 
 
 a perfon that was notorioufly wicked, by all the town 
 where he lived : yet was not his confcience feared, but 
 would often give him fuch twinges as made him very 
 uneafy : being alfo often affrighted with dreams, and 
 terrified with viiions in the night ; fearing- left, for 
 the fins he had committed in the day, he fhould be 
 taken away by devils in the night, and by them t be 
 bound down with the chains of darknefs to the judg- 
 ment of the great day. And thefc fears were frequent 
 with him, when he had hardly reached to the age of 
 ten years (a). And thefe thoughts did not only attack 
 him in the night-feafon, but fometimes alfo in the 
 midit of his childifh vanities, among his vain compa- 
 nions j and fometimes, in that condition, defpair had 
 taken lb much hold on him, that he has wifhed, that 
 cither there had been no hell, or that himfelf had 
 been a devil, fuppofing that the devils were only tor- 
 menters of others, but v/ere not tormented themfelves. 
 And yet, when thefe thoughts had left him, he fol- 
 lowed his finful pleafures with all the eagernefs ima- 
 ginable ; as if he had never had thofe difmal, defpair- 
 ino- thoughts. So that the whole courfe of his life, 
 from his childhood till his marriage, was what the 
 apoftle defcribes in Ephef, ii. 2, 3. " according to the 
 courfe of this world, and the fpirit that now worketh 
 in the children of difobedience, being filled with all 
 unrighteoufnefs, and led captive by the devil at his 
 will ;** and, as he himfelf exprelTes it, the very ring- 
 leader of all the youth that kept him company, in all 
 manner of vice and ungodlinefs. 
 
 (a) Beheld how the goodnefs of the Lord followed him from his early 
 age. Thefe dreadful apprehenfions, both fleeping and waking, were evident 
 tokens of God's gracious purpofes towards him ; the Lord, as a quickening 
 Spirit, working on his confidence. Many eminent chriftians can bear wiu 
 nefs to the like gracious dealings to them in their youth, in Older to lead 
 them to Chrift. _ 
 
 A 2 But, 
 
4 The Life and Death 
 
 [* But, notwithftanding all this wickednefs of his, God 
 did not utterly leave him, but followed him fometimes 
 with convictions, and fometimes with judgments, but 
 yet fuch as had in them a mixture of mercy : at one 
 time he fell into a creek of the fea, and then hardly 
 efcaped drowning ; and at another time he fell out of 
 a boat into Bedford river ; but there he alfo was pre- 
 ferved, though with great difficulty : but alas ! it was 
 neither mercy nor judgment that could yet awaken him, 
 for he had given up himfelf to the love of fin, and was 
 fully refolved to go on, whatever rubs he met with in 
 his way (a). 
 
 Yet God left not himfelf without a witnefs in his 
 foul, often checking him in one way or another ; as 
 one day being at Sly with his companions, a voice 
 fuddenly darted from heaven into his foul, faying, 
 IVili thou leave thyjins, and go to heaven ? or have thy Jins, 
 and go to hell? This put him into fuch a confternation, 
 that he immediately left his fport, and, looking up to 
 heaven, thought he faw the Lord Jefus looking down 
 upon him, as one hotly difpleafed with him, and 
 threatening him with fome grievous puniihments for 
 his ungodly practices. 
 
 But fee the works of S*tan ! No fooner had this made 
 fome impreffion on his mind, but the devil fuggefted 
 to him, that he had been a great and grievous finner j 
 and that it was now too late for him to look after hea- 
 ven, for Chrift would not forgive him, nor pardon 
 his tranfgreffions. And this is no other than the devil's 
 ufual practice : firft, to draw finners to commit all ini- 
 quity with greedintfs, and then to perfuade them 
 there is no hope of mercy left, that thereby the finner 
 
 T(a) Thus we fee that neither outward judgments nor inward calls can 
 effectually and favingly work upon the foul, till the Lord, the great phyfician, 
 '£'* put forth his hand, and fay, 1 will, be thou clean;" Matt, viii, 3. 
 
 may 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 5 
 
 may be prevailed with to go on in fin. And this was 
 the effect that this fuggeftion had upon Mr. Bunyan j 
 who, looking upon himfelf as one that had finned be- 
 yond the reach of mercy, thought within himfelf, 
 that he would take his fill of fin, it being the only 
 pleafure he was ever like to have (a). And yet thefe 
 pleafures of An, thro' the, wonderful operations of the 
 Holy Spirit, were fo often imbittered to him, that he 
 could take but little fatisfa&ion in them j for, M the 
 labour of the natural man (or man before converfion) 
 doth but weary him, becaufe he knoweth not the way 
 to the city of God," Ecclef. x. 15. 
 
 Once as he was going on in the full career of fin, 
 and belching out oaths like the madman that Solomon 
 fpeaks of, who fcatters abroad firebrands, arrows, and 
 death, he was reproved feverely by a woman who was 
 a notorious hnner herfelf ; who told him, that he was 
 the ugliefi fellow for /wearing that ever Jhe heard in all her 
 life ; and that, by his doing thus, he was able tofpoil all tht 
 youth in tht town, if they came into his company. This 
 reproof, coming from fuch a woman, whom he knew 
 to be very wicked and ungodly, filled him with great 
 {hame ; and wrought more with him than many that 
 had-heen given him before, by thofe that were fober 
 and godly ; and made him v/ifh that he had never 
 known what it was to be a f wearer, and even made 
 him out of love with it, and from that time forward 
 
 (a) The utmoft exertion of Satan's power, malice, and rage, rtiall not 
 hir.der a fiagje foul, on whom the Lord has fet his love, from Coming to> 
 Chrift; but ijp|l rather tend to raife a more ftately monument of gratitude 
 and praife to divine, unexampled goodnefs, and lay the humbled finner low 
 in the duft at the feet of Jefus j for they who have much forgiven, will, 
 with penitent Mary, alfo love much ; fee Luke vii. 37—47. That love 
 to God, which flows from a lively fenfe of his pardoning mercy towards us 
 in and through Chrift: Jel'a;, will ever be a coriftraining motive to hoi? obe« 
 dieace. 
 
 very 
 
6 The Life and" Death 
 
 very much to refrain from it (a). This puts me in 
 mind of a ftory I have read in the life of holy Mr. 
 Perkins, who in his younger years was as great a 
 debauche as any in the univerfity of Cambridge, where 
 he was brought up. He coming one time through the 
 out-parts of the town, heard a woman fay to her child 
 that was froward and pee villi, Either hold your tongue^ 
 or F 11 give you to drunken Perkins yonder. Thefe words 
 were fo great a reproof to him, finding himfelf made a 
 Common bye-word among people, that it made him 
 refolve upon a reformation ; and this, by God's gra- 
 cious and all-difpenfing providence, was one great ftep 
 towards his converfion. 
 
 But to return to Mr. Bunyan : God having a defign 
 of grace towards him, gave him frequent checks and 
 interruptions in the midft of his ftrongeft refolutions 
 to go on in his fin : fometimes fearing him with 
 dreams, and terrifying him with vifions, in an extra- 
 ordinary manner j verifying that of Elihu to Job, in 
 the xxxiiid chapter of that book, and the 14th verfe, 
 and forward : '* For God fpeaketh once, yea, twice, 
 yet man perceiveth it not : in a dream, in a vifion of 
 the night ; when deep fleep faileth upon men, in (lum- 
 berings upon the bed : then he openeth the ears of 
 men, and fealeth their inftrucYion : that he may with- 
 draw man from his purpofe, and keep back his foul 
 from the pit, and his life from periihing." For once 
 he dreamed that he faw the face of the heavens, as it 
 were, all on fire, and the firmament cracking and fhi- 
 
 (<j) Converfion is fometimes effected, through infinite wifdom, by the 
 molt unlikely means and instruments.— —-Many, who perifh in their fins, 
 J»ave involuntarily darted convictions, tending to falvation, into the minds of 
 God's people, as in the preterit inftance. May we not therefore exclairri 
 With tha apoftle, Rom. xi. 33. " O the depth of the riches, both of the 
 witfom and knowledge of God I how unfearchablc are his judgments, and 
 big way* paft fiixling oat 1" 
 
 verins: 
 
of Mr, JOHN BUNYAN. 7 
 
 verlng with the noife of mighty thunders, and that 
 an archangel flew in the midft of heaven, founding a 
 trumpet ; and a throne of glory was feated in the eart, 
 whereon fat a per fori in brightnefs like x the morning- 
 ftar. Upon which Mr. Bunyan, thinking in his dream 
 that it was the end of the world, fell upon his knees, 
 and with" uplifted hands towards heaven, cried out, 
 O Lord God, have mercy upon me ! What faall I do ! The 
 day of judgment is come, and I am not prepared! and then 
 immediately he heard a voice behind him, faying, 
 Repent. And upon this he awaked, and found it was 
 but a dream : but furely it was a very awful dream, 
 and a memento fent from heaven ; and it had an effeft 
 accordingly, for upon this he grew more ferious, and 
 it remained in his mind a confiderable time [a). This 
 was a part of God's dealing with him, to withdraw 
 him from his purpofe of finning, and to keep back his 
 foul from the pit of deftrudtion. 
 
 At another time he dreamed that he was in a plea- 
 fant place, living in riot and luxury, banquetting and 
 feafting his fenfes : where, on a fudden, even in a mo- 
 ment, a mighty earthquake rent the earth in funder, 
 and out of the wide and dreadful gap came bloody 
 and amazing flames, and in thofe flames the figures of 
 men toffed up in globes of fire, and falling down again, 
 with horrid fhrieks, cries, and execrations ; whilft 
 fome devils, that were mingled with them, laughed 
 aloud at their torments. And whilft he flood trem- 
 bling at this affrighting vifion, he thought the earth 
 
 (<j) By the terrors of the Lord, great finners may be psrfuaded to forfake 
 their impious ways for a feafiin, and fit about a fpecious kind of reforma- 
 tion, after many folemn warning?, as was the cafe of Mr. Bunyan : but as 
 convictions do not always iffue in conversion, fo the feeble refolutions pro* 
 duced by them frequently prove as the morning cloud, ani paft away as the 
 early dew, Hof. vi. 4. " Salvation is of the Lo?>i," jun.h ii. 9. and to him 
 all the glory e-f it is juftlv due. 
 
 fhook 
 
8 The Life and D b a ffi 
 
 (hook under him, and a circle of flame inclofed him '. but 
 when he thought himfelf juft at the point of perimingj 
 one in white fhining raiment defcended, and plucked 
 him out of that dreadful place ; whilft the devils cried 
 after him, to leave him with them, that he might re- 
 ceive the juft punifhmcnt his iins had deferved : yet 
 he efcaped the danger. He was extremely affrighted 
 wi^h this dream, and not a little glad he found it to ba 
 but a dream, though indeed it was a great deal more* 
 for it was the fecret working of the Almighty upon 
 his fpirit, to draw him from his fins, although he was 
 ignorant of Chrift, and fo wedded unto fport and play 
 that he could not leave it. 
 
 But in a little time after he fell into the company 
 of a poor man that made profeflion of religion, whofe 
 difcourfe of religion and of the fcriptures fo affected 
 JMr. Bunyan, that he betook himfelf to reading the 
 bible, efpecially the hiftorical part thereof; but was 
 yet ignorant both of the corruption and depravity of 
 His nature, and, by a neceflary confequence, of the 
 want and worth of Jefus Chriir. to fave him. 
 
 However, this produced outward reformation both 
 in his words and life ; and he now was fallen into a 
 kind of legal religion, working for life, and making 
 up a righteoufnefs for himfelf thereby (a) ; fo that 
 while he thought he kept the commandments, he had 
 comfort ; but when at fome times he broke any of 
 them, his confeience was full of guilt and trouble : 
 but then upon his forrow and repentance he healed 
 
 (a) The religion of the pharifee leaves the firmer juft as it found him; 
 yea, rather brings him into a fool's paradife, which his pride and felf- 
 righteoufnefs will not fuffer him to quit. Regeneration is the ground-work 
 of talvitioa ; according to John iii. 3. <( Except a man be born again, lie 
 cannot fee the kingdom of God j" he can have no adequate conception of 
 the natarg qf that fciagdoro, much, left «*a he cojoy the blefllngs of it. 
 
 himfelf 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUN YAN. 9 
 
 hnnfclf again, and thought thereby he had made God 
 amends, and all was well. 
 
 And thus he continued for fome time, very near a. 
 year j his neighbours all that time taking him for a 
 very good man, and wondering at his reformation ; 
 though indeed all that time he was as far from the 
 way of life, as when he was rnoft profane {a) : tho*, 
 as himfelf phrafes it, his change of life and man- 
 ners was as remarkable, as for Tom of Bedlam to be* 
 come a fober man. 
 
 And now thoie that fpoke ill of him before, began to 
 praife and commend him, both to his face and behind 
 his back ; which, notwithllanding his reformation, 
 puffed him up with pride, and filled him with hypo- 
 crjfy. He had been mightily addicted to ringing, 
 and, for all his reformation, was very unwilling to 
 leave it : but his confeience beginning to be tender, 
 he thought the practice thereof to be but vain, and fo 
 forced himfelf to leave it, yet could not keep his 
 mind from hankering after it ; and therefore would not- 
 ring. But then he was furprifed with fears, that pof- 
 fibly one of the bells might fall and kill him j and 
 then he durft no longer go into the fteeple, but would 
 frand at the door, and even there he was afraid left the 
 fteeple itfelf {hould fall upon him. This both (hewed 
 continual conviction, and that yet the love of plea- 
 fures frill remained, and his corrupt affections were 
 
 (a) A mere outward reformation, with the he;rt unrenewed, is unavailable 
 to falvation. No effectual faving change can tak-^ place in a firmer, till, in 
 the glafs of God's law, it is given him to fee his abominable nature by the 
 fall, his numberlcfs a&ual (ins, and obnoxioufnsfs to the wrath of Go3, and 
 evtrlafting banifhment from his prefence and gbry, on the account of them. 
 This humbling view is wrought in the foul by tl»e quickening Spirit of God, 
 which in due time points it to the Saviour an.1 F.-.end of the miferabie and 
 needy— to his atoning facrifice for pardon, to his divine righteoufnefs for 
 ^unification and acceptance with God. 
 
 B unmodified. 
 
10 The Life and Death 
 
 unmortified. Dancing was alfo another thing in 
 which he much delighted ; and he found it a hard thing 
 fo relinquifh that alfo, it being near a year before he 
 could leave it off. 
 
 But, alas ! this was but lopping off the branches of 
 fin, whilft the root of unregeneracy remained : this 
 was but building upon the old foundation, which muft 
 all be overturned, where God intends to carry on his 
 work in truth. But it pleafed God, in his wonderful 
 wifdom and goodnefs, to let him pafs through thefe 
 things, that he might the better know how to direct 
 thofe poor wandering fouls that fhould be afterwards 
 in fuch a ftate, which in itfelf is very dangerous : for 
 no fort of finners are in a more defperate condition 
 than thofe that are " pure in their own eyes, and yet 
 are not cleanfed from their filthinefs," Prov. xxx. 12. 
 
 Not long after, the providence of God fo ordered 
 it, that Mr. Bunyan went to Bedford to work at his 
 calling^ and happened there to hear three or four poor 
 women, who were fitting in the fun, difcourfing toge- 
 ther about the things of God ; which caufed him to 
 draw near to them, for he was by this time himfelf 
 become a mighty talker of religion : but when he had 
 heard them awhile, as himfelf confefkd, he heard in- 
 deed, but he underftood not, for they fpoke of things' 
 above his reach (a) ; difcourfing of the new birth, and 
 the work of God on their hearts, and how they were 
 convinced of their miferable ftate by nature : they 
 
 (e) As, on the one hard, " thr natural man receiveth not the things of 
 the Spirit of God— becaufe they are fpiritually difecrned,'* i Cor. li. 14. 
 the rr.yfteries of the kingdom of God being only revealed to new-born foul* : 
 fo, on the o'.htr, the fpiritual communion of the children of God is always 
 attended v-ith blcfled cfFecIs to their own fouls, and is frequently inftru- 
 mcntal to the conviction of others, as appears in the fequel. In fuch hea- 
 venly conferences, Jkfus is fure to make one of the company. See Luke 
 x*iv. ir. 
 
 talked, 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. n 
 
 talked, how God had vifited their fouls with his Jove 
 in the Lord Jefus ; and with what words and.promifes 
 they had been refrefhed, comforted, and fupported. 
 againft the temptations of the devil : they alfo reafoned 
 of the fuggeftions and temptations of the evil one in 
 particular; and told each other by which they had 
 been afflicted , and how they were borne up under his 
 aflaults. He heard them likewife difeourfe of the 
 wretchednefs of their own hearts, and of their unbe- 
 lief: and of contemning and abhorring their own 
 righteoufnefs, as filthy, and infufficient to do them 
 any good. And all this appeared to him to be fpoken 
 with fuch an air of joy and pleafantnefs of fcripture- 
 lauguage, and with fuch an appearance of grace in 
 all they faid, that they feemed to him as if they had 
 found a new world j as if they were people that dwelt 
 alone, and Were not to be reckoned among their neigh- 
 bours. 
 
 It was upon this difeourfe of theirs that he- began 
 to feel fome unufual agitations in his own heart, and 
 to be confeious to himfelf that his own condition, was 
 not fo good as he had thought it to be ; becaufe, in all 
 his thoughts about religion and falvation, the new birth 
 never entered into his mind ; but he found it was a 
 thing he was wholly a ftranger to, and unacquainted 
 with : nor did he know the comfort of a word or pro- 
 mife, nor the deceitfulnefs or treachery of his own 
 wicked heart (a) : and as for fecret thoughts, he had, 
 
 (.a) It is often lone, very Inne, before the myftery of iniquity within w, 
 and the depths of Satan, are unfolded to theb.liever: this is an eflkc\of 
 the tender mercy of our God. The work of grace is gradunl ; "forit 
 is God that worketh in us both to will and to go, of his own good p'e'a- 
 fure," Philip, ii. 13. The Lord deals with his people, acrorJing Bs'thVy 
 can bear his manifeftations. Mav he make us humble, thankful r«c?ive'rs 
 of the ineftimable blelTings of redemption he fo freely belrows ! To fach, 
 he will give more grace $ from fuch, he will with-hold bo needful blefling. 
 
 B 2 never 
 
It The L t f e and Death 
 
 never taken any notice of them ; nor did he at aH ufl- 
 deruund what Satan's temptations were, or how they 
 were to be withftood or rcfiiled* 
 
 But however, this difcourfe of thefc good women 
 mightily alTecled him, and made him very desirous to 
 hear further of thefe things : and therefore he made 
 it his bufinefs to be going often into the company of 
 thofe people, for God had touched his heart by their 
 difcouric,and he could not ftay away (<z). And fo intent 
 was his mind upon the knowledge of thefe things^ 
 that his heart, like the horfe-leech at the vein, ftill 
 cried out, *' Give, Give," Prov. xxx. 15. And now 
 nothing but the revelation of the myftery of faith in 
 his own heart could fatisfy him : for his whole foul 
 was then fo fixed on eternity, and the things of the 
 kingdom of God, fo far as he knew, that neither plca- 
 fures nor profits, perfuafions nor threats, could make 
 him let 20 his hold ; infomuch that I have heard him 
 fay, that it would have been as difficult, at that time, 
 to have taken his mind from heaven to earth, as he 
 found it often fince to get it from earth to heaven. 
 
 But after divine grace had been thus kindled in his 
 heart, thr» devil ftrove hard, by divers winds of tempta- 
 tions, to blow it out again (b) ; caufmg him to make* 
 feveral obje&ions again!! himfelf : as, ' that he was 
 1 ■ .i ' ,. 1 1 11. ■) 
 
 {a) Th*Ioving-kindne<s of the Lord will furely follow, to the day of eter- 
 nal redemption, all thofe on wham he has frvingly wrought by bis Spirit c 
 cfFe&uai grace given, i* glory begun. The Lord alluringly draws with the 
 cords of a man, and f weedy detains with the bands of love. It will be our 
 wifioat to maintain holy and happy communion with a covenant God j and, 
 to that rsi t " grieve not the Spirit of God whereby ye are fealed unto the, 
 <bj of' redemption," Eph. it. 30. 
 
 f b) Satan, the reftlefs enemy of fouls, after he has loft his prey, will never- 
 thekfs parfoe it with malicious rage, and worry and diftrefe the Lambs of 
 ChruTs flock by a variety of temptations and fiery darts: no period of a be- 
 liever's life is exempt from them ; but blefled be our loving and almighty 
 Shepherd for that encouraging promtfe, Ifi, .'It. 17. " No weapon formed 
 a&jintl ihce tsull profper/* 
 
 caft, 
 
of Mr. JOHN B UNYAN. 13 
 
 caft away ; and one that had no faith, and never could 
 ba*e any, becaufe he was not ele&ed.* 
 
 One thing, that was likewife a great ftumbling- 
 felock to him, was, that the devil was let loofe at this 
 time in a fort of people that called themfelves Ranters ; 
 and indeed they deferved that name, giving up them- 
 felves to thofe filthy uncleanneffes that ought not to be 
 named amongft chrilHans : notwithstanding which, 
 they wrote feveral books that were highly in eftcem 
 among thofe who were old profeflbrs. And among 
 thofe that became Ranters, was that poor man before 
 fpoken of, who had been all along Mr. Bunyan's inti- 
 mate companion (a) ; this man turned one of the worft 
 and vileft of thefe people, living in all manner of filthi- 
 jiefs ; denying there was either God, angel, or fpirit^ 
 and laughing at all exhortations to fobriety ; and when 
 Mr. Bunyan rebuked him for it, he would laugh the 
 more, and pretend that he had gone through all reli- 
 gions, and could never alight on the right till then ; 
 perfuading him to be of the fame opinion with him, 
 and a companion of his wickednefs. But God dc- 
 fign'd to make him a chofen velTel of honour, and 
 an initrument for the carrying on the purpofes 
 of his own glory, and therefore begat in his 
 heart fo great an averfion to, and loathing of thofe 
 wicked principles, that he quite left his company, 
 and became a. greater ftranger to. him afterwards than 
 he had been a familiar before (b). But becaufe fevcrai 
 old profeflbrs (as has been already faid) feemed to ap- 
 
 (a) See before, page S. 
 
 (6) No doubt but this good man had recount to the word of Cod in this 
 difficult cafe; and, from that, judged of principle! from practices. He thcr# 
 faw that Chrift could have no concord with Ueli.il, x Cor. vi. 15. He then, 
 ffifely applied to the throne of grace, for wifdom and direction from that 
 bountiful God who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not, James i. 5. To be 
 like-minded on fuch occafions, will prove a happy means of deliverance ia 
 «pry time of tcouble, diftrrfs, and danger. 
 
 prove 
 
14 The Life and Death 
 
 prove of their books, Mr. Bunyan ventured to read 1 
 fome of them ; but not being able (as he faid) to 
 make a judgment of them, he addrefled himfelf to God 
 in the following words : * O Lord, I am a fool, and 
 notable to know the truth from error : Lord, leave 
 me not to my own blind nefs, either to approve or con- 
 demn this doctrine : if it be of God, let me not de- 
 fpife it ; if it be of the devil, let me not embrace it. 
 Lord, I lay my foul in this matter only at thy foot ; 
 let me not be deceived, I humbly befeech thee.' I 
 could not forbear inferting this paflage (which I 
 tranferibed out of his book called Grace Abounding), 
 becaufe it fhews at once both the great fincerity and 
 tendernefs and deep humility of this holy man, and of 
 what an excellent fpirit he was. 
 
 But thefe people's errors, and much more their 
 wicked practices, endeared God's word to him exceed- 
 ingly '; fo that now he began to look upon the Bible 
 with new eyes, as it were, and to read fo as he never 
 read before. At firft, he only took pleafure in reading 
 the biftorical part ; but now the epiftles of Paul were 
 fweet and pleafant to him : yea, fo much fweetnefs did 
 he find therein, that he was fcarcely ever abfent (when 
 he had an opportunity) from reading of them, or medi- 
 tating on them ; ftill crying out to God, that he might 
 know the truth, and the way to life and glory. 
 
 Bot he was a long time troubled with very fore 
 temptations, as I faid before ; and three things there 
 were that the tempter made ufe of to try him (#)«. 
 
 [a) All are not tempted in the fame way ; the adverfary has various en- 
 gines for his purpofe :.he knows our befstting and conftitutional fin. But 
 our Jefus has conquered him for us, and, through faith and prayer, will 
 conquer him in us, and give ftrength to refift his utmofl efforts and fnares. 
 If we cleave to this all-fufficient Saviour in loving obedience, and walk in 
 his ways, he will, in his own bed time and manner, refcue us from every 
 enemy to our peace, and at length magnify his grace in our complete and 
 everlafting falvarion. Wait, I fay, on the Lord. 
 
 One 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNY.AN. 15 
 
 One. great thing was, the queftioning of his faith, 
 having frequently fuch thoughts as thefe injected into 
 his mind : ' How if .you want faith?' And, ' How 
 can you tell that you have faith ?' This put him to 
 great perplexities : he knew not that he had it ; and 
 yet, without it, he faw he was like to perifh for 
 ever : fo that though at firft he was willing to over- 
 look it, yet confidering of how great moment it was 
 for him to be fatisfied therein, he was willing to put 
 himfelf upon the trial, whether he had faith, or no (a). 
 But while he was confiderino- how he fhould make a 
 fatisfactory trial of this matter, the tempter fought 
 again to take advantage upon him, coming in with 
 this delulion, ' that there was no W2y for him to try 
 whether he had faith, but by trying to work fome 
 miracle.' Nor wanted he fcripture to back it ; for, 
 as he perverted the fcriptures when he tempted our 
 bleiTed Lord, fo did he alfo the words of our bleffed 
 Saviour, in tempting this his fervant, urging Matth. 
 xvii. 20. *' If ye have faith as a grain of muftard- 
 feed, ye mail fay unto this mountain, Remove hence 
 to yonder place, and it fhall remove ; and nothing 
 {hall be impoffible to you." The temptation pro- 
 ceeded fo far, that one day Mr. Bunyan, being; be- 
 tween Elftow and Bedford (the temptation being then 
 hot upon him, to try his faith by doing fome miracle), 
 
 (0) Inquiries of this fort oft^n bring young converts into great embarraiT- 
 $Bents. The fcriptural definition of faith is, that it is " the f ibftince of 
 things hoped for, the evidence of things not feen," Heb. xi. I. Faith comes 
 by venturing on C'hrift as he is offered in the word ;— mercy to the miferv 
 able, falvation to the loft. If we honour God, by giving credit to his word, 
 he will honour that faith, by giving us joy and peace i.v believing. Chrift 
 fays, " IVbofotver will, let him come," Sec. Let every doubting heart re- 
 ply, Lord, I, an unworthy, wretched iinner, am cne of the number thou in> 
 
 viteft : fave me, er I perifh ! God's call is univerfa] j let none exclude 
 
 thenifelves j but take the water of life freely. As faith is the gift of God, 
 we fiiould pray for that bluffing, and an incrcafing poffefiion of it, 
 
 he 
 
1 6 The Life and Death 
 
 he was about to fay to fome puddles that were then io 
 the horfe-pad, Be dry / and as he was going to fpeak, 
 this thought came into his mind, * Pray firji y that 
 God would make you able ,' and when he was about 
 to pray, he had fome fecret impulfe that prevailed 
 with him, not to put his faith upon that trial ; and 
 fo he continued for fome time at a great lofs, not 
 knowing whether he had faith, or not. 
 
 Another temptation, with which he was affaulted, 
 was, * Whether or no he was elected :' and this tempta- 
 tion was ftrengthcr.ed with this fcripture, " It is not 
 of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of 
 God that fheweth mercy," Rom. ix. 16. for by this 
 fcripture he evidently favv, that, unlefs God had 
 chofen him to be a vefl'el of grace, all he could do 
 would be ineffectual for the obtaining of falvation ; 
 2nd theicfore this was continually in his mind, ' How 
 can you tell that you are elected ? And what if you 
 fhould not ?' (a) And thefe queflions feemed fo hard, 
 and to be of that weight, that he knew not how to 
 anfwer them. But there is nothing too hard for di- 
 vine grace to overcome : for one day, juft as his hope 
 was giving up the ghoft, and that he was at the utmoft 
 point of defpair, the following fentence was darted 
 into his foul as if it had been immediately from hea- 
 ren, and fell with great weight upon his fpirit, 
 *' Look at the generations of old, and fee, did ever 
 
 (*) The beft way to be allured of our eleftion, is, not to cavil at, ridicule, 
 •r argue prefumptuoufiy about the doctrine; but to examine and compare 
 our ftate with the touchftone of truth, the word of God. A good tree is al- 
 ways known by its fiuks : the eleel of God, in like manner, know Chrift, 
 cftecm him precious, and chearfully obey him from principles of love and 
 gratitude. A?, by faith, we embrace the Siviour, and live upon bit fullnefs; 
 fb all comforte, a'.Vurance, holintfs, patience, perfeverance, &c. come in the 
 way of believing. Thefe fruits prove our election. Note well, the Lord is 
 a God oi msanfj and of order: beware, thirefore, of enthufiafm, and of 
 teBifctingCjd, Head 1 John it. 3. John \i/. k. 
 
 any 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 17 
 
 any truft in God, and was confounded ?" This gave 
 him mighty encouragement in that cafe, and was thus 
 expounded to him : c Begin at the beginning of Ge- 
 ' nefis, and read to the end of the Revelation, and fee 
 
 * if you can find there was any that ever trufted in 
 
 * God, and was confounded. And if none that trufted 
 ' in God ever mifcarried, then your duty is, to truft 
 
 * in God, and not to concern yourfelf about election, 
 ' which is a fecret thing.' 
 
 Another temptation that violently aflaulted him, 
 was, ' How if the day of grace mould be paft and 
 ' gone ? ' And, to aggravate this, the tempter fuggefted 
 to him, that the good people in Bedford (before named) 
 being converted already, they were all that God would 
 fave in thofe parts, and therefore he was come too late, 
 for they had got the blefling before him. This was a 
 very cutting thing to him, for he verily thought it 
 might be fo: and thofe thoughts made him wander up 
 and down in the bitternefs of his fpirit, bemoaning 
 his fad condition (a), and crying out, \ Oh that I 
 ' had turned fooner ! O how have I trifled away my 
 
 * time, till heaven and my foul are loft ! ' But after he 
 had patted many days in this difconfolate ftate, it 
 pleafed the Father of mercies to fhinc upon his foul by 
 that blefled word, Luke xiv. 23, 24. " Compel them 
 to come in, that my houfe may be filled : — and yet 
 there is room." The laft words gave him abundant 
 confolation, and were a full anfwer to Satan's fug- 
 geftion, that the day of grace was paft. 
 
 [a) We cannot have too humiliating a perception of our finful nnure 
 and actual tranfgrtflions ; but at the fame time let us beware of detracting 
 from the infinite extent of the grace of God in Chrirt Jefus, by defpair and 
 unbelief: for where fin hath abounded, grace hath much more abounded to 
 the penitent and fin-forfaking foul. May the long-f'iffering of God, and 
 his unmerited, unfought-for mercy, lead every poor defponding foul tr> re- 
 pentance, and acknowledgment of the truth ! Thus Jirfus will be glorified, 
 and the hearts of difconfelate finners refrefhed. 
 
 C But 
 
18 The Life and Death 
 
 But this holy man had been a great finner, which he 
 always aggravated again ft himfelf on all occafions ; 
 reckoning up, like Paul, his own vilencfs before his 
 converfion : " I was mad againft the faints," fays that 
 bleffed apoftle in one place ; and, in another, " I per- 
 fecuted the church of God." So in the like manner 
 our worthy Mr. Bunyan cries out of himfelf, ' I was 
 ' a town finner : I was the vileft in the country, a 
 ' Jerufalem finner ; murdering the Son of God afrefh 
 * by my ungodly deeds, and putting him to open 
 ' fliame.' This, I fay, made him undergo many of 
 the bufferings of Satan, and the hidings of God's 
 countenance for months and years together ; ftill 
 mourning as a dove, and chattering as a fwallow. 
 And yet in this alfo behold the wifdom and goodnefs 
 of God : for by thefe things men live, and ih all 
 thefe things was the life of his fpirit. God won- 
 derfully fitted him, by all thefe temptations, to be a 
 fupport to many others that laboured under thofe 
 or other temptations; for by this means he was one 
 that knew how to fpeak a word in feafon to the weary 
 and fainting foul, adminiffering to others thofe com- 
 forts wherewith he himfelf had been comforted of 
 God (a). 
 
 But to return where we left off, even to his tempta- 
 tions : he was mightily buffeted, by the enemy of fouls, 
 about effectual calling; for that beingoneof thelinksof 
 the golden chain of falvation mentioned by the apoftle 
 
 {a) Mr. Banyan's fupport amidft thefe fiery trials, confumed-the truth 
 of that fcripture, "The Lord knoweth hew to deliver the godly out o» 
 temptations," 2 Pet. ii. 9. Bleffed is the foul, that, ftill waiting upon God in 
 "bis ways, can, under every afflicting difpenfation, fay with the prophet 
 Micah, vii. 9. " I will bear the indignation of the Lord, becaufe I have 
 linned agiinft him;" and with Jeremiah, Lam, iii. 39. " Wherefore doth 
 ^living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ?" " Lit pa- 
 tience, therefore, have her perfect work," James i. 4. 
 
 in 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 19 
 
 in the ninth of the Romans, ' if that be left out, the 
 * whole chain was broken :' this made him pant and 
 breathe and cry, with al! the longing of an enamoured 
 foul, to Chrift, to call him ; for then he faw fuch a 
 beauty in a converted and called ftate, that he could 
 not be contented without it : and I have heard him 
 affirm, that at that time, had he had the whole world, 
 it had all gone, yea ten thoufand worlds, could he 
 have purchafed the bleffing of a called and converted 
 ftate with others ! for fuch were the only lovely perfons 
 in his eyes. But that word of Chrift, Mark iii. 13. 
 flood like a brafen wall againfr him, to fhut him out 
 from all the hopes of happinefs : his words were thefe ; 
 " He (Chrift) went up into a mountain, and called 
 to him whom he would." This word made him 
 faint and fear, and yet it kindled a fire in his foul : that 
 which made him fear, was, left Chrift fhould have no 
 liking to him, for he called whom he would. 
 And God was pleafed to let him lie many months in 
 that condition ; and then he gave him comfort by that 
 word in Joel, iii. 21. " I will cleanfe their blood that 
 I have not cleanfed :" encouraging him thereby ftill 
 to wait upon God ; and though he was not already, 
 yet he might ftill be called. 
 
 About this time he began to make his condition 
 known to thofe poor people, whofe difcourfe had been 
 the firft occafion of his real converfion (a). When 
 they had heard him, they told Mr. GifFord, the worthy 
 paftor of that church, who was himfelf willing to be 
 
 (a) Chriftian converfation is often made happily instrumental to faving 
 knowledge, tends to remove unbelieving doubts and fears, strengthen weak 
 believers, and confirm others in the faith j therefore the advice is, " For- 
 fake not the afTembling of yourfelves together," Heb. x. 25. and the en- 
 couragement our dear Lr.rd gives for fpirtual conference, is very engaging, 
 •' Where two or three are met together in my name, there am I in the midlr 
 •f them," Matt, xv'ai. ao. 
 
 C 2 well 
 
20 The Life and Death 
 
 well perfuaded of him, and he invited him to his own 
 houfe, where he heard him converfe with others about 
 the dealings of God with their fouls : from which he 
 ftill received further convictions, and faw more of the 
 deceitfulnefs of his own heart. 
 
 After this, a very great ftorm of temptation fell 
 upon him, whereof he had fome warning before, from 
 that fcripture following him, " Simon, Simon, when 
 thou art] converted, flrengthen thy brethren ;" altho' 
 then he underftcod not the meaning of it. This 
 temptation was a flood of blafphemous thoughts poured 
 in upon him, infomuch that he queftioned the very 
 being of God, and of his beloved Son, doubting whe- 
 ther there was at all in truth a God or Chrift ; and 
 whether the holy fcriptures were not rather cunningly- 
 devifed fables, than the pure word of God. 
 
 The tempter alfo aflaulted him with this, ' How 
 ' can you tell but the Turks may have as good a fcrip- 
 ' ture, to prove their Mahomet the Saviour, as we have 
 * to prove that our Jefus is (a) ?* with many the like 
 blafphemous fuggeftions. 
 
 Under this fore affliction and defertion he went a 
 great while ; but when God's time to comfort him 
 was come, he heard one preach a fermon on Canticles 
 iv. i. c< Behold, thou art fair, my love ; behold, thou 
 art fair." But at that time the minifter made thefe 
 two words, " my love," the fubject of his fermon : 
 
 (a) It behoves every one, who Is in earned about their falvation, to be 
 firmly perfuaded, that the fcriptures, from their (Implicit)-, purity, confid- 
 ence, f lf-denying precepts, and univerfal oppofition to fin, can be no other 
 than the unerring word of the God of wifdom, truth, and love,— the tranf- 
 fcript of the Divine Mind. This being allowed, the abfurd notion of uni- 
 verfal redemption, or of falvation by any other method than that propofed 
 in the gofpel, will appear to be founded in pride, ignorance, and be of dan- 
 gerous tendency; forafmuch as we are told, that " there is no other name, 
 given under h-av-n. whereby men can be faved, but that of Jefus Chrift," 
 Afls iv. 12. '« Bleffed are all they Cut put their truft in him !" Pf. ii. 12, 
 
 from 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 21 
 
 from which, after he had a little opened the text, he 
 drew thefe feveral conclufions : 
 
 1. That the church, and fo every facred foul, is 
 Chrift's love, when lovelefs. 
 
 2. Chrift's love, without a caufe. 
 
 3. Chrift's love, when hated of the world. 
 
 4. Chrift's love, when under temptation and defer- 
 tion. 
 
 6. Chrift's love, from firft to laft. 
 
 The fermon (though very excellent) was nothing to 
 him : but that which moft affected him, was, the ap- 
 plication of the fourth particular, which was, ' If it 
 
 * be fo, that the faved foul is Chrift's love, when under 
 ' temptations and under defertion, then, poor tempted 
 1 foui, when thou art afTaultcd and afflicted with tempta- 
 e tions, and the hidings of God's face, yet ftill think 
 
 * on thefe two words, my love.'' And as he was going 
 home, thefe words came into his thoughts again, info- 
 much that he faid in his heart, ' What fhall I get by 
 ' thinking on thefe words ?' And this thought had 
 no fooner parted, but thefe words began to kindle on 
 his fpirit, * Thou art my love, thou art my love,' 
 twenty times together (a) ; and ftill as they ran in his 
 mind, they grew ftronger and warmer, and began a 
 little to revive him : but being ftill between hope and 
 fear, he faid in his heart, * But is it true ? But is it 
 6 true ?' ingeminating the words. At which that fen- 
 tence darted into his mind, '* He wift not that it was 
 
 {a) Thus we fee, that when effectual grace has begun to work favingly 
 upon a Tinner's heart, by the drawings of the Father, God's purpofes of love 
 are, like himfelf, unchangeable and erernal : no obftacle /hall be able to 
 counteract or fet them afide : for, " the gifts and calling of God are with- 
 out repentance", Rom. xi. 29. " God reds in his love," Zeph. iii. 17* 
 and " whom he loves, he loves unto the end," John iii. 1. May thefe gra- 
 cious declarations call forth our gratitude and love to God, incline us to devote 
 our hearts and lives to his frrvice ; and difpofe us, thro' hit grace, to glorify 
 
 our Cod and Saviour in all things ! 
 
 true 
 
22 The Life and Death 
 
 true that was done unto him of the angel," Acts xii. 6. 
 And then he began to give place to the word that 
 made this joyful found within his foul : c Thou art 
 ' my love, thou art my love, and nothing fhall feparate 
 * thee from my love.' 
 
 Many more were his temptations at fundry times, 
 and on divers occafions ; but God delivered him out 
 of them all, and at laft fet his feet in a large place, 
 filling his foul with joy and gladnefs. 
 
 About the year 1655 he was baptized, and admitted 
 a member of the church at Bedford ; who having had 
 experience of the grace of God that was in him, and 
 how eminently God had fitted him for the work of the 
 miniftry, he was earneftly defired, by the congrega- 
 tion, to communicate to them thofe fpiritual gifts with 
 which God had bleffed him. He at firffc very modeftly 
 excufed himfelf out of a fenfe of his own weaknefs 
 and inability (a) ; but being further preiTed unto it by 
 them, he confented : but though his bafhfulnefs did 
 fit firft decline a public affembly, and he difpenfed his 
 
 {a) The work of the miniftry is undoubtedly a moft important charge : 
 " Who is fufficient for tbefe things ?" None fhould eng3ge in it, unlefs 
 they are confeious of a divine call, left, the blind leading the blind, they 
 both fall into the ditch, and perifh together. It fhould never be entered 
 upon without earncft prayer for God's affirmance and fupport throughout, well 
 knowing the awful account they muft one day give at Chrift's judgment- 
 bar. Thus did Ifaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and others under the Old Ttfte- 
 ment: fo have done, and will do, every true ftiepherd under the New; 
 but, " an hireling careth not for the fheep," John x. 12. he can neither feed 
 er defend them.— Seeing, then, the duties of the fdcred office are fo painful 
 and weighty, it fhould be equally the concern of every pious chriftian to 
 b«^, that the God of all grace will grant to each faithful labourer ftrength, 
 matter, and utterance in the arduous employ; and that, experiencing the ex- 
 cellency and fuitablenefs of Ch rift to their own fouls (his precious blood to 
 pardon, his perfect righteoufnefs to juftify, and his holy Spirit to fancYify), 
 t'ney may he able to let hirn forth a-, the chief and only good to others ; 
 and that their blsffed Matter may fulfil his gracious promife concerning 
 them, " Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world," Matt. 
 2xviii. to, 
 
 gift 
 
of Mr. J O H N B U N YA N. 23 
 
 gift only in private among friends, yet it was with i© 
 much life and power, and fo exceedingly to their edi- 
 fication, that they could not but give thanks to the 
 Father of mercies, for the great grace he had beftowed 
 upon him. 
 
 After this, when fome of the congregation were 
 fent forth into the country to teach, they defired Mr. 
 Bunyan to go along with them, which accordingly he 
 did : and, by their perfuafions, did exercife his gift 
 (but ftill privately) among the good people. where he 
 came : which they alfo received, with rejoicing at the 
 mercy of God fhewed toward him, profeffing their 
 fouls very greatly edified thereby. 
 
 Some time after which, he was, by folemn prayer 
 to the Lord, and failing, more particularly called 
 forth and fet apart for the more public preaching of 
 the word of God : which he entered upon with great- 
 fear and trembling, and with a deep fenfe of his own 
 wnworthinefs : and God was pleafed to blefs and pro- 
 fper the work of his hand, fo that many fouls were 
 every-where brought to lay hold upon the Lord Jefvjs 
 by believing, and to the receiving of the truth in the 
 love thereof, through his miniftry, to the praife and 
 glory of God's grace (a). 
 
 One remarkable inftance I cannot omit, and that 
 is, That being to preach in a church in a country- 
 village (before /the Reftoration of king Charles) in 
 
 (a) See the preceding note : to whkh we my here add, that as the bleif- 
 ings arifing from a lively, gofpel miniftry, cannot bi too highly prized ; nor 
 thofe heavenly meflengers too much reverenced and beloved for their ufeful 
 labours in promoting the glory of God by the falvation offinners, in which 
 moDentons concern their whole ftrength, time, and tajents are engaged ;— 
 fo nothing can contribute mors to their joy, than when they fee their paftoral 
 charge become fruitful branches in the heavenly Vine ; and that they do not 
 only fpeculatively believe, but, receiving the truth in love, obey ana walk 
 in it. This they will do by looking ftedtaftly to Jefus, and deriving from his 
 fulnefe giace for grace- Herein our privile^ hap;.- '•net's, and duty unite. 
 
 Cam- 
 
24. The Life and Death 
 
 Cambridgefhire ; and the people being gathered toge- 
 ther in the church-yard, a Cambridge fcholar, and 
 none of the fobereft of them neither, inquired what 
 the meaning of that concourfe of people was (it being 
 upon a week-day) ; and being told that one Bun^an, a 
 tinker, was to preach there, he gave a boy two-pence 
 to hold his horfe, faying, He was refolved to hear the 
 tinker prate : and fo he went into the church to hear 
 him. But God met him there by his miniftry, fo that 
 he came out much changed, and would, by his good 
 will, hear none but the tinker for a long time after, 
 he himfelf becoming a very eminent preacher in that 
 county afterwards. This ftory I know to be true, 
 having many times difcourfed with the man, and there- 
 fore I could not but fet it down as a lingular inftance 
 of the power of God that accompanied his miniftry [a). 
 But a powerful miniftry being the greateft enemy to 
 the devil's kingdom, as that which plucks his vaflals 
 out of the very jaws of hell, no wonder that he rallied 
 all his force againft Mr. Bunyan ; for he having 
 preached the gofpel about five years, was apprehended 
 at a meeting, and carried before a juftice of peace, 
 who committed him to prifon, though he offered fecu- 
 rity for his appearing at the next feflions ; his reafon 
 for it being, becaufe his fecurity would not confent 
 to being bound up that he fliould preach no more to 
 the people. 
 
 (j) Here we fi»d, that the foolilhnefs of preaching became the power of 
 God to the falvation of a great finner. Thus it will always be : for where- 
 ever a faithful minil'er is fent foith to publish the gofpel, the Lord is about 
 to evidence his mercy and grac« to fome, by opening the eyes of their minds, 
 delivering them from the bondage of fin and Satan, and bringing them into 
 that liberty wherewith the Son of God makes them free indeed. See John 
 viii. 36. This is the only liberty worth contending for ; fince it fubduea 
 the empire of fin, gives aecefs to God, and will end in an eternal deliverance 
 from fin, furrow, pain, and every evil, both to foul and body, in that king- 
 dom above, where will be quietnefs and aflurajice for ever. 
 
 At 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 25 
 
 At the feffions, he was indicled for an upholder and 
 maintainer of unlawful affemblies and conventicles, 
 and for not conforming to the church of England. 
 Mr. Bunyan was a man of a free and open fpirit, and 
 would not difTemble to fave himfelf, efpecially in his 
 Matter's caufe : and therefore frankly owned his being 
 at a meeting, and preaching to the people j and that 
 he was a di {Tenter from the eftablifhed worfhip, ac- 
 knowledging (as the apoftle Paul had done before him), 
 that " after the way which they called herefy, fo wor- 
 fhipped he the God of his fathers." The juftices took 
 this open and plain dealing with them for a confeffion 
 of the indictment ; and fentenced him to a perpetual 
 banifhment, becaufe he refufed to conform, in purfu- 
 ance of an aft made by the then parliament. Upon 
 which he was again committed to prifon, where, tho* 
 his fentence of banifhment was never executed upon 
 him, yet he was kept in prifon for twelve years toge- 
 ther, bearing that tedious confinement in an uncom- 
 fortable and clofe prifon, and fometimes under cruel 
 and oppreflive gaolers, with that chriftian patience and 
 preftnee of mind as became a minifter of Jefus Chrifr, 
 and luch a caufe as he was engaged in, and fuffered 
 for (*); 
 
 But though his enemie.% ftirred up thereto, were 
 very many, yet were they with-held by a divine power 
 from executing the fentence of his banifhment j for 
 
 (a) The true and zealous ambaffadors of Cbriir are in nothing more di£ 
 tinguifhed from the world, than by the fuffcrings ihey endure in calling 
 finners to jepentance : the rage of men and devils will then be let loofe 
 upon th> m ; ih-ir names wi!l be c^ft out as evil, their oo&rine defamed, and 
 their perfons abufed and affli&ed : but their Lord forewarned them or" thefe 
 things, when he faid, *' Marvel not if the world hate you ; it hate! q>e, 
 before it hated you," John xv. iS. and to this day it prrfecutrs Cbrift in 
 his members, and the fame Spirit in both ; fee Matt. x. 22. But our al- 
 mighty Redeemer, who never changes in his leve, will make his people 
 more than conquerois, by the power of his grace working in and for them. 
 
 D God 
 
26 The Life and Death 
 
 God had other work for him to do in England : and 
 then his bonds and imprisonment, through the over- 
 ruling providence of that God, who is both wonder- 
 ful in his counfel, and excellent in working, tended 
 much to the furtherance of the gofpel ; and, by his 
 fuffering here, he confirmed and feaied the truth which 
 before he had preached. 
 
 It was by making him a vifit in prifon that I firft 
 faw him, and became acquainted with him ; and I 
 muft profefs, I could not but look upon him to be a 
 man of an excellent fpirit, zealous for his Mailer's 
 honour, and chearfully committing all his own con- 
 cernments unto God's difpofal. When I was there, 
 above threefcore diffenters were in the prifon, be- 
 fides himfelf, taken but a little before at a religious 
 meeting at Kaiftow, in the county of Bedford ; befides 
 twoeminent difTenting minifters, to wit, Mr. Wheeler, 
 and Mr. Dun (both very well known in Bedfordshire, 
 though long fince with God) ; by which means the 
 prifon was much crouded. Yet in the midft of all 
 that hurry which fo many new-comers occafioned, I 
 have heard Mr. Bunyan both preach and pray with 
 that mighty fpirit of faith, and plethory of divine 
 afliftance, that has made me Stand and wonder (a). 
 
 Nor did he, while he was in prifon, fpend his time 
 in a fupine and carelefs manner, or eat the bread of 
 idlenefs, for there I have been witnefs that his own 
 hands have miniftered to his and to his family's necef- 
 fities, by making many hundred grofs of long tagged 
 
 (.1) When afBiftions for the troth's fake abound, the confolations of 
 God's dear children will neither be few nor fmali. ]n the mean time, they 
 fhould commit themfelves, and all their concerns, into the hands of a faithful 
 Creator and Saviour, 1 Pet. iv. 19. well knowing, that the Lord can either 
 deliver his minifters out of prifon by an angel, as he twice did Peter, Afts 
 v. xii. or, by the power of his Spirit, make their imprifonment conduce 
 more to his glory than their enlargement might have done j which was pro- 
 tably the cafe with refpeft to his beloreJ fe: vant here. 
 
 thread 
 
ofMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 27 
 
 thread laces, to fill up the vacancies of his time, 
 which he had learned for that purpofe, fince he had 
 been in prifon. There alfo I furveyed his library, 
 the leaft, and yet the beft that ever I faw, confuting 
 only of two books, a Bible, and the Book of Martyrs. 
 And during his imprifonment (fince I have fpoke of 
 his library), he wrote feveral excellent and ufeful 
 treatifes ; particularly, The Holy City, Chriftian_ 
 Behaviour, The Refurrection of the Dead, and Grace 
 abounding to the Chief of Sinners ; with feveral 
 others. 
 
 I cannot leave the fubjeft of his imprifonment, till 
 I have given the reader a tafte of fome of his expe- 
 rience there. He profefTed he never had fo great an 
 inlet, in all his life, into the word of God, as then. 
 Thofe fcriptures, that he faw nothing in before, were 
 then in prifon made to fliine upon him. Jefus Chrift 
 alfo was never more real and fenfible to him than 
 then : ■ for there,' faid he, ' 1 have feen him and felt 
 him indeed :' and that word, 2 Pet. i. 16. " We have 
 not preached unto you cunningly-devifed fables," was 
 a blefTed word unto him there. He has fometimes been 
 fo carried up above all fears and temptations (#), that 
 he has been able to laugh at deftruction, and to fear 
 neither the horfe nor his rider. There it was that 
 God gave him fweet and precious lights of the for-- 
 
 (a) As our precious, fympathiz'ng Redeemer <!*ares in all the fufferings 
 of his people, for his righteous caufe : fi', undsi every trying circurr.ftance, 
 while they humbly and patiently depend upon his almighty arm and loving 
 heart, he will fupport, ttrengthen, and comfort them whh unufual mani- 
 festations of hismoft tender regard and fp-cial favour. He his done fo from 
 the beginning, as his dear fervors now in heaven can tcftify ; and he has 
 promifed in his word of infallible truth, that he will never leave r.or forfake 
 them, till he has fubdued all their enenre?, and fent for;h j udgment ur.to 
 victory, Matt. xii. 20. he will alfo caufe their light afflictions to work cat 
 for them a far more exceeding aad eternal weight of c'ory, z Cor. i». 17, 
 
 D 2 g:\enefs 
 
28 The L x r e and Death 
 
 givenefs of his fins, and of his being with Jefus in 
 another world : yea» here it was that he found, upon 
 every temptation, that God ftood by him, and rebuked 
 the tempter. 
 
 But, notwithstanding all this, he found he was a 
 man compafled with infirmities, and that a concern- 
 ment for his poor wife and children would now-and- 
 then be thrufting in, the parting from whom would 
 be to him like the pulling off the flefh from his bones ; 
 for he was both a loving and tender hufoand, and an 
 indulgent father, perhaps fomewhat to a fault ; and 
 the many miferies > hardfiiips, and wants, that his poor 
 family was like to meet withal, if he fnould be taken 
 from them, would often come into his mind (a); efpe- 
 cially his daughter, who was blind, which lay nearer 
 his heart than all the reft ; and the thoughts of her 
 enduring hardmip, would at fome times be almoft 
 ready to break his heart : but he found God gracious 
 to him even in this particular alfo, greatly fupporting 
 him by thefe two fcriptures, Jer. xlix. n. xv. n. 
 " Leave thy fatherlefs children, I will preferve them 
 alive ; and let thy widows truft in me." " The Lord 
 faid, Verily it fliall go well with thy remnant : verily 
 I will caufe the enemy to intreat thee well in the time 
 of evil." 
 
 After this bleffed man had fufFered twelve years im- 
 prifonment for the teftimony of a good confeience, 
 and ftopp'd the mouths of his greateft' enemies, by his 
 holy, harmlcfs, and inoftenfive converfation, it pleafed 
 God to ftir up the heart of Dr. Barlow, bifhop of 
 
 (a) The tender feelings of chnftians for thf ir difhefiVd relatives are by 
 no means incompatible with grace, but, on the contrary, are evidences of it : 
 yet at the f«me time, undrr anxious and diftrufting fears on their account, 
 it will be our happinefs to h.iwe recourfe to fome of the precious and en- 
 couraging promifes contained in God's word ; being aflured, he is faithful 
 that hath promifed, and knows how to apply them for our comfott. O for 
 more waiting frith on the adorable Emanuel I 
 
 Lincoln, 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 29 
 
 Lincoln, to be a means of his deliverance ; which I 
 mention to this bifhop's honour. 
 
 After his being at liberty, he made it a great part of 
 his bufinefs to vifit the faints of God abroad, paying 
 his chriftian acknowledgments to them, efpecially fuch 
 whofe hearts God had drawn forth to fupport him 
 under. his fufFerings, preaching the gofpel where-ever 
 he came, and exhorting all not to be afraid or afhamed 
 of taking up the crofs of Chrift, or to forfake the 
 affembling of themfelves together, though the laws 
 were againft it, as knowing that God ought to be 
 obeyed before man : and for fuch as were under fuf- 
 ferings upon that fcore, he made it his particular care 
 to get and femi relief to them. He alfo took great 
 care to vifit the fick, and to fupport them both exter- 
 nally and internally, according- to their wants, and 
 his ability. And God fo blefted his minittry, and ac- 
 companied it with his fpecial prefence, that many 
 fouls were brought to the acknowledgment of the. 
 truth as it is in Jefus. 
 
 He was alfo very ready and fuccefsful in reconciling 
 the differences that were among God's people, where- 
 ever he found them j and by that means had faved 
 many families from ruin ; being an ambaflador of 
 peace in every refpcdt (a). 
 
 He would frequently look back upon former deli- 
 verances, and blefs God ; of which fome were ex- 
 ceedingly remarkable, and none more fo than that 
 which I am now going to relate. Being a foldier in 
 
 [a) So oppofite was Mr. Bunyan's fpirit to that of an An'inomian, that 
 he not only enforced and publifhed the do&rines of grace in their genuine 
 purity and confiftencyj but alfo believed, held, and preached (agreeable to 
 the infpired writings of Paul, James, and the reft of the apoftles), that the 
 faith which does not work by love to God and man, cannot be the faith of 
 God'j elect. That thefe were the fentiraenta of this good man, the abo*« 
 attestations of his kind and benevolent difpofition (not to mention his wri- 
 tings throughout), tvidsntly prove, 
 
 the. 
 
30 The Life and Death 
 
 the parliament's army, at the fiege of Leicefter, in 
 1645, he was drawn out to ftand centinel, but another 
 foldier voluntarily defired to go in his room ; which 
 Mr. Bunyan confenting to, he went j and, as he 
 ftood centinel there, was fhot into the head with a 
 mufket-bullet, and died. This was a deliverance that 
 Mr. Bunyan would often mention, but never without 
 thankfgiving to God. 
 
 He was a man of a piercing judgment, and had a 
 great infight into things ; as appeared in the late 
 reign, when liberty of confeience was fo unexpectedly 
 given by king James II. to diffenters of all perfua*. 
 lions. He faw it was not out of kindnefs to diffenters 
 that they were fo fuddenly fet at liberty, and freed 
 from the hard perfecutions that had long lain fo heavy 
 upon them. He acknowledged, that liberty of con- 
 feience was good, and was every man's birthright by 
 a. divine charter $ but he could not believe it was then 
 given out of a good end ; and that the bright funfhine 
 of the prefent liberty, was but to introduce a black 
 cloud of flavery upon us, when once the defigns then 
 laying were ripe for execution j and therefore exhorted 
 his congregation at Bedford, and others alfo, to make 
 ufe of the Ninevites' remedy, to avert the impending 
 ftorm (a). 
 
 It was his conftant practice, when "he had his li- 
 berty, to come up once a year to London, and to 
 preach in feveral places there, but more particularly 
 
 {a) Mr. Bunpn had the penetration to difcem, as all wife and good men 
 have, that the Chriftlefs woild, whatever fair appearances they may put on, 
 can ultimately mean no real good to the caufe, people, and ways of God : 
 fome finifter Gefign often luiks under their fpecious pretences. It muft be 
 fo, in the nature of things $ for the upright chriftian, by his principles and 
 practice, condemns the world, and is hated by it j and " can two walk to- 
 gether, except thty be agreed ?" Amos iii. 3. In every exigence, and in all 
 difficulties, if we apply to the Lord Jefus in humihty, and by fading and 
 prayer, he will give wifdom, fuccour, power, aftd victory over every Spiri- 
 tual eni-tny, and, in the end, eternal lalvatiory 
 
 in 
 
of Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 31 
 
 in Southwark, near the Falcon ; and his labours met 
 with a general acceptance from all his auditors. And 
 from London he ufed to ride his circuit in the country, 
 vifiting the faints, and ftrengthening their hands in 
 the ways of God. 
 
 In his family, he kept up a daily and conftant courfe 
 of prayer, reading, and exhortation ; inftrucling his 
 children, and exhorting them to walk in the ways of 
 God. He had the bleffing that Agar prayed for, 
 " neither poverty nor riches ;" but God always gave 
 him food convenient. I once told him of a gentleman 
 in London, a wealthy citizen, that would take his fon 
 Jofeph apprentice without money, which might be a 
 great means to advance him : but he replied to me, 
 ' God did not fend him to advance his family, but to 
 preach the gofpel' (a). 
 
 The laft acl of his life was a labour of love and 
 charity : for a young gentleman, who was Mr. Bun- 
 yan's neighbour, having fallen under the difpleafure 
 of his father, he defired Mr. Bunyan to be the inftru- 
 ment of making up the breach ; which he both under- 
 took, and happily effected : but in his return to Lon- 
 don, being overtaken with exceflive rains, and coming 
 to his lodgings very v/et (which was at Mr. Strad- 
 dock's, a grocer, at the Star upon Snow-hill), he fell 
 fick of a violent fever, which he bore with much con- 
 stancy and patience, refigning himfelf to the will of 
 
 (a) This worthy labourer, agreeable to the advice given by Jeremiah to 
 Baruch, Jer. xlv. 5. fought not great things for himfelf j but, like a faithful 
 fteward of the gifts of God, preferred the glory of bis divine Matter, and 
 the falvation of immortal foul?, to every inferior object. He had, no 
 doubt, often meditated with holy, humble confidence, on that queftion of 
 our Lord to his difcipks, Luke xxii. 35. " When I fent you without purfe 
 and fcrip and (hoes lacked ye any thing ? And they faid, Nothing." He well 
 knew, that as the God who poffeffes heaven and earth had imparted to him 
 the bread of life to break to his people, h» would with-hold no earthly bleffing 
 from him and his. May the Lord increafe our faith in this bountiful Saviour J 
 
 God, 
 
2% The Life and Death, &c. 
 
 God, -nd defiring to be diflblved, that he might be 
 with Chrift : he looked upon life as a delay of that 
 bleffednefs which his foul was afpiring to, and thirft- 
 ing after : and in this holy longing frame of fpirit, 
 after a ficknefs of ten days, he breathed out his foul 
 into the hands of his blefled Redeemer, following his 
 happy Pilgrim from the City of Deftrudtion to the 
 Heavenly Jerufalem (a). 
 
 A few days after his deceafe, his remains were interred 
 in Bunhill-Fields burying-ground, and a handfome 
 tomb erected to his memory, which is ftill to feen. 
 » i . ■ i» 
 
 (a) He now hungers and thirds no more, but derives endlefs fupplies of 
 love, peace, and joy, from the inexhauftible iulnefs of the God-Man : he 
 now waits for the reunion of foul and body, the day of eternal redemption, 
 when ** they that be wife ftiall fhine as the brightnefs of the firmament, 
 and they that turn many to righteoufnefs as the liars for ever and ever," 
 Pan. xii. 3. Reader, may the Lord the Spirit enable us fo to follow him, 
 as he followed Chrift, that we, together with him and the redeemed, may 
 enter into the joy of our Lord, and unite our fongs of praife, with the ce- 
 leftial hoir, to Him that fitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever 
 and ever ! Amen. 
 
 The following ftiort ELEGY waj written by a Friend of his : 
 
 In Memory of Mu JOHN B UN YA N, who departed this Life Aug. 17. 
 
 3688. and in the fifty-ninth Year of his Age. 
 
 THE PiiGiiM, travelling o'er the world's vaft ftage, 
 
 At laft does end his weary pilgrir age : 
 
 He now in pleafant valli. s does fit aown, 
 
 And, for bis toil, receives a glorious crown j 
 
 The ftorms are part, the terrors vanim all, 
 
 Which in his way did lo affrighting fall. 
 
 He grieves not, fighs no more, his race it run 
 
 Succefsiully that was fo well begun. 
 
 You'll fay, He's dead : Alas, he cannot die; 
 
 He's only chang'd to immortality. 
 
 Weep not for him who has no caufe of tears : 
 
 Hi ih then your fighs, and calm your needlcfs fears. 
 
 Jf any 'huig in love to him is meant, 
 
 Trca.' his 'aft fteps, and your own fins repeat. 
 
 If knowlcge of things here at all remains 
 
 Beyond the grave, to pleafe him for his paint 
 
 And fufFenog; in this world, then live upright, 
 
 An4 that will be to him a grateful fight. 
 
 Ron furh a race, as you again may meet, 
 
 And find your converfation far more fweet, 
 
 When, pnrg'd from droit, you fhall, unma'd, poflefs 
 
 The pureft cflTence of eternal blifs. 
 
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 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 
 Author of the Pilcrim's Progress, &c. 
 
 A Relation of the HOLY WAR, &c. 
 
 JK")^$6^1^ N my travels, as I walked through 
 ^*^^*^ many regions and countries, it was my 
 °$° w I v? 1 ^ cnance to arrive at that famous conti- 
 4^*"3?3£ # ^ nent of Univerfe. A very large and 
 k^^^J^f fpacious country it is : it lieth between 
 the two poles, and juft amidft the four 
 points of the heavens. It is a place well watered, and 
 richly adorned with hills and vallies, bravely fituated; 
 and for the moft part (at leaft where I was) very fruit- 
 ful ; alfo well peopled, and a very fweet air (a). 
 
 (a) The world defcribed, as irr its prefent ftate ; wherein, notwithstanding 
 the alteration it incurred by fin, we may ftill difcern the moft lively traces cf 
 the wifdom, power, and providence of God : fince " the invifible things of 
 him, from the creation of the woild, are clrarly feen and understood by the 
 things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead," Rom. i. 20. 
 
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2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The people are not all of one complexion, nor yet 
 of one language, mode, or way of religion ; but differ 
 as much (it is faid) as do the planets themfelves : 
 fome are right, and fome are wrong, even as it hap- 
 peneth to be in lefler regions (a). 
 
 In this country, as I faid, it was my lot to travel j 
 and there travel i did, and that fo long, even cill I 
 had learned much of their mother- tongue, together 
 with the cuftoms and manners of them among whom 
 I was. And, to fpeak truth, I was much delighted 
 to fee and hear many things which I faw and heard 
 among them : yea, 1 had, to be fure, even lived and 
 died a native among them (I was fo taken with them 
 and their doings), had not my Mafter fent for me 
 home to his houfe, there to do bufinefs for him, and 
 to overfee bufinefs done (b). 
 
 Now there is, in this gallant country of Univerfe, 
 a fair and delicate town, a corporation called Man- 
 
 (a) The world (with refpect to its inhabitants) is here delineated in the 
 disordered ftate it was reduced to by the f<t\\ of our firit parents, who in» 
 volved all their pofterity. Biforc that fata! event, all was harmony, beauty, 
 and united praifes to the beneficent Creator; but fin introduced difcord, a 
 comparative deformity, difeafe, and deaih, and entailed a curfe on the whole 
 creation : thenceforward the mind became depraved, and debilitated in all 
 it: faculties, fo that the underftanding, will, and affections, were not only 
 totally alienated and eftrjnged from God, but branched out into various 
 fpecies of error and difcord snry, in propoition as mankind increafed, whofe 
 hearts, being thus infected, became utterly blind, and their imaginations 
 vain ; giving thcmfelv?s up to cunrnic all kinds of abomination with greedi- 
 nefs; which, in the early ages, provoked God, after much forbearance and 
 long-!offering, to fweep them all off, except one family of eight petfons, 
 from the face of the eaitb, by a deluge of water, Gen. vii. 23, 
 
 [b) True itis, that, in our natural ftate, the lull of the flefh, the luft of 
 the eye, and the pride of life, captivate and enfnare the foul ; fo that, if 
 the Lord did net work a miraculous change upon us by th? quickening power 
 of his Spirit, we could be conttr.t to take up with the poor, unfatisfying 
 enjoyments of time and fenie which this world affords ; to remain unac- 
 quain'ed with, and regardlefs of, God and h.2ppinefs ; and, what is'worft of 
 all (but inevitable, if unrenewed at death) to become certain heirs of eternal 
 onifery in the life to come. 
 
 SOUL 
 
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By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 3 
 
 soul ; a town for its building fo curious, for its £tua- 
 tion fo commodious, for its privileges fo advantageous 
 (I mean with reference to its original), that I may fay 
 of it, as was faid before of the continent in which 
 it is placed, " There is not its equal under the whole 
 heaven" (#). 
 
 As to the fituation of this town, it lieth between 
 the two worlds .: and the firft founder and builder of it, 
 fo far as by the befr. and moft authentic records I can Scriptures, 
 gather, was one SHADDAI (b) ; and he built it for TheAi- 
 his own delight, Gen. i. 26. He made it the mirror 
 and glory of all that he made, even the top-piece, be- 
 yond any thing elfe that he did in that country. Yea, 
 fo goodly a town was Manfoul, when firft built, that 
 it is faid by fome, the gods, at the fetting up thereof, Created an- 
 came down to fee it, and fung for joy. And as he 6els * 
 made it goodly to behold, fo alfo mighty to have domi- 
 nion over all the country round about. Yea, all were 
 commanded to acknowledge Manfoul for their metro- 
 politan, all were enjoined to do homage to it. Ay, the 
 town itfelf had pofitive commiffion, and power from 
 her King, to demand fervice of all, and alfo to fubdue 
 thofe that any- ways denied it. 
 
 (a) The foul of man, being immortal, is of ineftimable value. It is 
 the breath of God, a particle of the divine nature: created, at fiift, in 
 righteoufnefs and true holinefs, but now dreadfully disfigured and dtfihd by 
 fin ; very far (not to fay wholly) gone from original righteoufnefs. The 
 foul is all that is intrinsically and fupereminently valuable in the human 
 compofhion ; for according to the nature, difpofition, and bias of it, fo is 
 the whole man. The body dies, and moulders to duft : but the fcul lives 
 for ever, and, if re-united to God here, will riounlri in immortal youth in 
 a better world. The care of that precious nepofit (if I may fo term it) is 
 therefore of the utmpft confequence ; for '-' what will it profit a man, to 
 gain the whole world, and lofe his own foul ? or what can he give in ex- 
 change for his foul ?** Matt. xxvi. 25. O may the promoting its eternal and 
 beft interefts be our principal oujecl and concern ! 
 
 (b) All-fufficent $ or almighty, as in the margin. Grammarians differ 
 with refpect to the etymology of this word ; fome deriving it from the He- 
 brew, others fiom the Greek, 
 
 A 2 There 
 
4 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The heart. There was reared up, in the midft of this town, a 
 moft famous and ftately palace : for ilrength, it may 
 be called a caftle ; for pleafantnefs, a paradife ; for 
 largenefs, a place fo copious as to contain all the 
 world, Ecclef. iii. u. This place, the King Shaddai 
 intended but for himfelf alone, and not another with 
 him (a) : partly becaufe of his own delights, and partly 
 becaufe he would not that the terror of ftrangers mould 
 The prwers be upon the town. This place Shaddai made alfo 
 a garrifon of ; but he committed the keeping of it only 
 to the men of the town. , 
 
 The body.' The walls of the town were well built ; yea, fo faft 
 and firm were they knit and compacted together, that, 
 had it not been for the townfmen thcmfelves, they 
 could not have been fliaken or broken for ever. 
 
 For here lay the excellent wifdom of him that built 
 Manfoul, that the walls could never be broken down 
 nor hurt, by the moft mighty adverfe potentates, un- 
 lefs the townfmen gave confent thereto. 
 The five This famous town of Manfoul had Eve gates, at 
 
 which to come out, and at which to go in ; and thefe 
 were made likewife anfwerable to the walls, to wit, 
 impregnable, and fuck as could never be opened nor 
 forced, but by the will and leave of thole within. 
 The names of the gates were thefe : Ear-gate, Eye- 
 gate, Mouth- gate, Nofe-gate, and Feel gate. 
 
 Other things there were that belonged to the town 
 of Manfoul, which, if you adjoin to thefe, will yet 
 
 (a) The heart of man, in its incorrupt ftate, was ever afpiring towards 
 God in adoration, love, and praifs ; extolling and admiring his divine perfec- 
 tions, and the wonders of creation, in his various works. Such a heart alio 
 God himfelf delighted to dwell in, Prov. viii. But alas ! how is the purs 
 gold become dim ! how is the fine gold crranped ! By loving the creature 
 more than the Creator, the heart of man is become deceitful, and defperattJy 
 
 wicked, a cage of unclean birds! Profeflbr, if thy heart be idolatrous, 
 
 or devoted to the world and thy lufts, thy religion is vain, thou deceived 
 thine own foul 5 for God fays to all, " My foo, give me thine heart," Prov. 
 xxiii. 26. give 
 
 fenfes. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 5 
 
 give further demonftration to all, of the glory and 
 
 ftrength of the place. It had always a fufficiency of The Gate of 
 
 provifion within its walls (a) ; it had the beft, moft fi r fi. 
 
 wholfome and excellent law, that was then extant in 
 
 the world. There was not a rogue, rafcal, or trai- 
 
 terous perfon then within its walls : they were all true 
 
 men, and fail joined together; and this, you know, is 
 
 a great matter. And to all thefe, it had always, fo 
 
 long as it had the goodnefs to keep true to Shaddai 
 
 the king, his countenance, his protection, and it was 
 
 his delight, &c. 
 
 Well, upon a time there was one Diabolus (£), a 
 mighty giant, made an aflault upon the famous town 
 of Manfoul, to take it, and make it his own habita- 
 tion. This giant was king of the Blacks or Negroes, Devils, the; 
 and a moft raving prince he was. We will, if you geli f n 
 pleafe, firft difcourfe of the original of this Diabolus, Theoriginal 
 and then of his taking of this famous town of Man- <>f Diabolus, 
 foul. 
 
 This Diabolus is indeed a great and mighty prince, 
 and yet both poor and beggarly. As to his original, 
 he was at firft one of the fervants of king Shaddai, 
 by whom he was made, and raifed to a moft high and 
 mighty place, yea, and was put into fuch principalities 
 
 (a) That man, as he came from the hands of God, was endued with 
 power fufficient to enable him to remain happy in the divine favour, though 
 ftiil liable to fall by the prevalence of temptation, ought to be univerfally 
 allowed, as being confonant with fcripture, and agreeable to well informed 
 reaibn. — This fentiment is very elegantly exprefTed by our own poet, Mil- 
 ton, in the angel Raphael's addrefs to Adam t 
 
 " God made thee perfect, not immutable ! 
 And good he made thee ; but to perfevere, 
 He left it in thy povv'r : ordain'd thy will 
 By nature free, not over-ruled by fate 
 Inextricable, or ftrict neceffity." 
 
 [h) The devil j a fallen angel, an evil fpirit ; Satan, the adverjary of Go4 
 and man, 
 
 as 
 
6 THE HOLYWAR, 
 
 as belonged to the beft of his territories and dominions, 
 Ifa. xiv. 12. This Diabolus was made fon of the 
 morning, and a brave place he had of it ; it brought 
 him much glory, and gave him much brightnefs : an 
 income that might have contented his. Luciferian 
 heart, had it not been infatiable, and enlarged as hell 
 itfelf. 
 
 Well, he feeing himfelf thus exalted to greatnefs 
 and honour, and raging in his mind for higher ftate 
 and degree, what doth he but begin to think with 
 himfelf, how he might be fet up as lord over all, 
 and have the fole power under Shaddai (a), i Pet. 
 ii. 4. Jude 6. (Now that did the King referve for his 
 Son, yea, and he had already beftowed it upon him) j 
 wherefore he firft confults with himfelf what had beft 
 
 (a) Thus we fee that pride, envy, and malice, excited rebellion in the 
 angels, and caft them down from heaven : they could not brook the decree 
 iffued by Sovereign. Wifdom, that the Messiah mould be King and Lord 
 over all created beings, to the glory of God the Father ; fee Ff. it. 6, 7. 
 but each faid in their hearts. " I will afcend into heaven, I will exalt my 
 throne above the flars of God ; I will alfo fit upon the mount of the con- 
 gregation, in the fides of the north 1 WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HlGH," 
 
 Ifa. xiv. 13, 14. But, their defign being no fooner formed than difcover*d by 
 the nil-piercing eye of God, they were immediately punifhed for their horrid 
 confpiracy with everlafting deftruCt,ion from his prefence, b^nifhed from heaven 
 and happinefb for ever 3 and are now referved in chains of darknefs, to re- 
 ceive their full and final doom at the judgment cf the great day, z Pet, ii. 4. 
 Well had it been for the hum3n race, if the evii had ftopt here ; but alas ! 
 the fame rebellious fpirit, that fhut the angels out of heaven, keeps the 
 bulk of fallen man from it: they will not have this man to reign over 
 then, Luke xix. 14. they rejtdt the God-Man, Jefus; renounce the falva- 
 tiq-i of God's own gracious appointment ; and, after a life of fin here, flat- 
 ter themfelves with vain, delufjve hopes of future hapuinefs, by a b\ind 
 reliance on the mercy of an abfolute God, who to all fuch will be a con- 
 iuming fire : while others oppofe their own righteoufnefs to, or endeavour 
 to join it with, the righteoufnefs of Chrift, for their juftification and ac- 
 ceptance at God's righteous bar. — All which is the genuine leaven of Armi- 
 nianifm, and leads by a direct, road to the pit of mifery and ruin : for God 
 will not give his glory to another, Ifa. xlviii. 11. neither is th-re any other 
 name, given under heaven, whereby loft iinners can be faved, but that of 
 Jesus ; and there is falvation in no other, Aits iv. 12, 
 
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By Mr. 'J OHNBUNYAN. 7 
 
 to be done ; and then breaks his mind to fome others 
 of his companions, to which they alfo agreed. So, 
 in fine, they came to this ifTue, that they mould make 
 an attempt upon the King's Son to deftroy him, that 
 the inheritance might be theirs. Well, to be fhort, 
 the treafon, as I faid, was concluded, the time ap- 
 pointed, the word given, the rebels rendezvoufed, and 
 the aflault attempted [a). Now the King and his Son, 
 being all and always eye, could not but difcern all paf- 
 fages in his dominions ; and he having always a love 
 for his Son, as for himfelf, could not, at what he faw, 
 but be greatly provoked and offended : wherefore what 
 does he, but takes them in the very nick, and firft trip 
 that they made towards their defign, convicts them of 
 the treafon, horrid rebellion, and confpiracy that they 
 had devifed, and now attempted to put into practice, 
 and cafts them altogether out of all place of truft, 
 benefit, honour, and preferment : this done, he banifhes 
 them the court, turns them down into horrid pits ; 
 never more to expect the leaft favour from his hands, 
 but to abide the judgment that he had appointed, and 
 that for ever and ever. 
 
 Now they being thus caft out of all place of truft, 
 profit, and honour, and alio knowing that they had 
 loft their Prince's favour for ever, being banifhed his 
 court and caft down to the horrible pits, you maybe fure 
 they would now add to their former pride what malice 
 
 (a) The reb.-iiious combination of Satan and his apellate confederates, 
 as alio their expulfion from heaven, and the banifhment they incurred, fecm 
 to be very clearly pointed out in that parage in Rev. xii. 7 — 9. ** And 
 there was war in heaven j Michael ad his angels fought again:* the dragon, 
 and the dragon fought, and his angels : and prevailed not, neither was their 
 place founa any more in heaven. And the great dragon was caft out, that 
 ©Id ferpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole wotld: 
 he was caft out into th • earth, and his angels were caft out with him." 
 Sinners, beware, left, by obfiinately rejecting Chrift, ye fall into the fame 
 condemnation : but rather ". l:ifs the Son, left he bs aagry, and fo ye peri£h 
 frcm the right way," Pf, ii, ult. 
 
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8 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 and rage againft Shaddai, and againft his Son, they 
 could, i Pet. v. 8. Wherefore roving and ranging in 
 much fury from place to place (if perhaps they might 
 find fomething that was the King's ), to revenge 
 themfelves on him, by fpoiling that j at laft they hap- 
 pened into this fpacious country of Univerfe, and 
 fteered their courfe towards the town of Man foul : and 
 confidering that that town was one of the chief works 
 and delights of king Shaddai ; what do they, but, 
 after counfel taken, make an affault upon that. I fay, 
 they knew that Manfoul belonged unto Shaddai ; 
 for they were there when he built, and beautified it 
 for himfelf («). So when they had found the place, 
 they fhouted horribly for joy, and roared on it like as 
 a lion upon his prey ; faying, Now we have found the 
 prize, and how to be revenged on king Shaddai for 
 A council of what he hath done to us. So they fat down, and called a 
 Diabolus. ^ council of war ; and confidered with themfelves, what 
 ways and methods they had beft engage in, for the 
 • winning to themfelves this famous town of Manfoul : 
 and thefe foux things were then propounded to be con- 
 fidered of. 
 
 Firft, Whether they had beft all of them to fhew 
 themfelves in this defign to the town of Manfoul ? 
 
 Secondly, Whether they had beft to go and fit down 
 againft Manfoul, in their now ragged and beggarly 
 guife ? 
 
 Thirdly, Whether they had beft fhew to Manfoul 
 their intentions, and what defign they came about ; 
 
 (a) The rebel angels, as well as the elect ones, were prefent at that glo- 
 rious difplay of the wifdom and goodnefs of God, in his laft, beft work, the 
 formation of man in the divine im-ig^ j for we read ; Job xxxviii. 7. that 
 when the work of creation was completed, and that accompli/hed creature 
 man was produced as lord of the lower world, " the morning ftars fang 
 together, and a!' the fons of God ihouted for joy." Nor is the foul of man lefl 
 dear in God's fight than ever ; for our Lord tells us, Luke xv 10. " There 
 is joy in the prefence of the angels of God, over one finner that re- 
 penteth." qj- 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 9 
 
 *r whether to affault it with words and ways of de- 
 ceit r 
 
 Fourthly, Whether they had not beft give out pri- 
 vate orders, to fome of their companions, to take the 
 advantage, if they fee one or more of the principal 
 townfmen, to moot them ; if thereby they fhall judge 
 their caufe and defign will the better be promoted. 
 
 It was anfwered, to the firft of thefe propofals, in 
 the negative j to wit, that it would not be beft that all 
 fhould fhew themfelves before the town, becaufe the 
 appearance of many of them might alarm and frighten 
 the town ; whereas a few, or but one of them, was 
 not fo likely to do it. And to caufe this advice to 
 take place, it was added further, that if Manfoul was 
 Frighted, or did take the alarm, it is impoffible, faid 
 Diabolus (for he fpoke now), that we mould take the 
 town : for that none can enter into it without its own 
 confent [a). Let therefore but a few, or but one, af- 
 jfault Manfoul, and, in my opinion, faid Diabolus, let 
 me be he. Wherefore to this they all agreed : and 
 then to the fecond propofal they came, namely, 
 
 II. Whether they had beft to go and fit down before 
 Manfoul, in their now ragged and beggarly guife ? 
 
 To which it was anfwered alfo in the negative, 
 By no means ; and that becaufe, though the town 
 
 (a) Satan could gain no advantage over Adam in psradifc, without the 
 concurrence of his judgment, and confent of his will j but thefe being 
 weakened, and at length overcome, by liftening to the temptation, he be- 
 came an eafy prey to his fubtle and powerful enemy. Even fo it is now : inaf- 
 much as Satan cannot compel men to commit fin, but only tempt them to it j 
 for, as the apoftle James remarks, ch. i. 4. '* Every man is tempted, when 
 he is drawn away of his own luft, and enticed :" the tempter works upon 
 our corrupt nature, which is ever prone to, and fufceptible of evil ; for, by 
 teafon of that depravity inherent in, and ever cleaving to us, even believers 
 themfelves are rqually liable with the unregenerate, were it not for the re- 
 training powf r of divine grace, to yield to any temptation, as tinder is apt 
 t» catch the fpark. 
 
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 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 of Manfoul had been made to know,, and to have to do' 
 
 with, before now, things that are inviilble ; they never 
 
 did as yet fee any of th>ir fellow creatures in fo bad* 
 
 and rafcally a condition as they :■ and this was the ad- 
 
 Alcdo. vice of the fierce Aleclo (</). Then faid Apollyon (b) r 
 
 Apoiiyon. The advice is pertinent; for even one of us appearing 
 
 to them as we are now, muft needs both beget and 
 
 multiply fuch thoughts in them, as will both put 
 
 them into a condensation of fpirit, and neceflitate 
 
 them to put themfelves upon their guard : and if fo, 
 
 faid he, then, as Diabolus faid but now, it is in> 
 
 vain for us to think of taking the town. Then faid 
 
 that mighty giant Beelzebub (c), The advice that is 
 
 already given is fafe ; for though the men of Manfoul 
 
 have feen fuch things as we once were, yet hitherto 
 
 they did never behold fuch things as we now are. And 
 
 it is beft, in my opinion, to come upon them in fuch 
 
 a guife as is common to, and moft familiar among- 
 
 them [d). To this when they had confentcd j the 
 
 (a) An heathen appellative for one of the furies of hell. 
 
 (b) A name given to one of the devils J a Ccfiiytr. 
 
 {c) Or Beizebob, the lord o/fies; a fuppofed princ: of devils, next, in 
 tommand to Satan. 
 
 (d) We perceive, above, the unanimity that prevailed among thofe maleve* 
 lent fpirits, in conferring about the mode of attatk to be made on man; 
 and, for that purpofe, their agreeing to prefer the affumed form of one of 
 the creatures, to fuch an appearance as might create a fufpicion of theh* 
 hellim intentions. — W.iuld to God there wtre as firm concord and union 
 amongft chriflians, to promote the glory of God, his intereft, and their own 
 happinefs in the woild ! and this the rather, as the devils are as full of 
 fubtle'ty and maiicious rage now, in thstr attempts to prevent the good of 
 mankind, and deftroy immortal fouls, as they were upwards of 5000 years 
 ago : they nlfo well know the believer's we^k fide, his moft predominant 
 appetite, which they ftimulate and work upon : it therefore behoves all who 
 belong to Chrift, and are not ignorant of Satan's devices, to be fobcr and 
 vigilant, as well as enrmft at the throne of mercy, for grace, wifdom, and 
 the whole armour of Ood, whrrewith to oppofe and fruttrite all the mif- 
 chievous attempts of this reftlcfs and irreconcilcablr. foe to our peace and 
 falvation ; fo that we may b; enabled ta;.\ i'.hiizzi in the evi! diy ; and hav- 
 itu u'oiie all, to ftand, Eph, vi, 13.. 
 
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By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. n 
 
 Jiext thing to be confidered, was, in what fhape, hue, 
 or guife, Diabolus had beft to fhew himfelf, when he 
 went about to make Manfoul his own. Then one laid 
 ■one thing, and another the contrary. At Iaft Luci- 
 fer (a) anfwered, That, in his opinion, it was beft 
 that his lordfhip ihould aflume the body of pne of 
 ■thofe creatures that they of the town had dominion 
 over : for, quoth he, thofe are not only familiar to 
 them, but, being under them, they will never ima- 
 gine that any attempt mould by them be made upon 
 the town; and, to blind all, let him afTume the body 
 of one of thofe beafts that Manfoul deems to be wifer 
 than any of the reft, Gen. iii. I. Rev, xx. I, 2. This 
 advice was applauded of all ; fo it was determined 
 that the giant Diabolus fhould afTume the dragon ; for 
 that he was, in thofe days, as familiar with the town 
 of Manfoul, as now is the bird with the boy ; for no- 
 thing that was in its primitive ftate was at all amazing 
 to them. They then proceeded to the third thing, 
 which was, 
 
 III. Whether they had beft fhew their inclinations, 
 ©r the defign of their coming to Manfoul, or no ? 
 
 This alfo was anfwered in the negative, becaufe of 
 the weight that was in their former reafons, to wit, 
 for that Manfoul were a ftrong people, a ftrong people 
 in a ftrong town, whofe wall and gates were impreg- 
 nable (to fay nothing of their caftles), nor can they 
 by any means be won but by their own confent. Be- 
 fides, faid (b) Legion (for he gave anfwer to this), a 
 
 («) Literally, light-bearer; the moming-ftar : the nam of one of the 
 fallen angels; the ar. h-devil. 
 
 (£) A military term ; it antiently fignified a body of Roman foldiers, con- 
 fifting, according to fome, of about five thoufar.d men. We find cbis name 
 adorned in the New Teftament, by the furious daemoniac who ifiued from 
 the tombs, of whom Jefus afked, faying, " What is thy name? And he 
 faid, Lejion : becaufe many devils were entered into him." See Mark v. 9. 
 and Luke viii, 30, 
 
 B 2 tlifco- 
 
ii T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 difcovery of our intentions may make them fend t« 
 their Kino for aid (a) j and if that be done, I know 
 what time of the day it will be with us : therefore let 
 us aflault them in all pretended fairnefs, covering our 
 intentions with all manner of lyes, flatteries, delufive 
 words ; feigning things that will never be, and pro- 
 mifmg that to them which they fhall never find : this 
 is the way to win Manfoul, and to make them wilU 
 ingly open their gates to us ; yea, and defire us alfo 
 to come in to them. 
 
 And the reafon why I think that this project will do, 
 is, becaufe the people of Manfoul are now every one 
 iimple and innocent j all honeft and true : nor do they 
 as yet know what it is to be afTaulted with fraud, guile, 
 and hypocrify. They are ftrangers to lying and diflem- 
 "bling lips j wherefore we cannot, if thus we be dif- 
 guifed, by them at all be difcerned j out lyes (hall go 
 for true fayings, and our diffimuiation for upright 
 dealings.. What we promife them, they will in that 
 believe us j efpecially if in all our lyes and feigned 
 words we pretend great love to them, and that our 
 defign is only their advantage and honour. Now. 
 there was not one bit of a reply againft this, for it 
 went as current down as doth the water down a fteep 
 defcent : wherefore they go to eonfider of the laft pro- 
 pofal, which was, 
 
 (a) Craft and diffimuiation are here defcribed as deitru&ive weapons in 
 the hand of our grand adverfary, in which he placed his chief hopes of fuc» 
 cefs. The danger, weaknefs, and ruin of our firft parents arofe, if not 
 from too great confidence in their own ftrength, yet at lead from not fufpe£t- 
 jng the baneful views of the tempter: therefore Satan accofts them in fuch. 
 a guife as might beft cover his defign, induce them to turn away their eye 
 from God, and confent to a parley with a too potent eaemy. — May this teach 
 us, who are by nature infin'tely weaker than they were, to look to the rtrong 
 for ftrcnethj and apply inceifiintly to ths God if all grace, by prayer ; which as 
 %ve fhall find it a fource of new frrength, fo it will be a certain forerunner of 
 vicWy :' « Pray without ceafing," fhould be the chriftian's motto, engrayed 
 vpor. his fhield of faith, 
 
 IV. Whether 
 
B y Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. i $ 
 
 IV. Whether they had not beft to give out orders 
 to fome of their company, to {hoot fome one or more 
 of the principal of the townfmen ; if they judge that 
 their caufe might be promoted thereby. 
 
 Thi c was carried in the affirmative j and the man 
 that was defigned by this ftratagem to be dsftroyed, 
 was one Mr. Refiftance (a), otherwife called Captain Of captal* 
 Refiftance, and a great man in Manfoul this captain RefiftaQC «* 
 Refiftance was j and a man that the giant Diabolus, 
 and his band, more feared, than they feared the whole 
 town of Manfoul befides. Now who fhould be the 
 aftor to do the murder ; that was the next : and they 
 appointed one Tifiphone (£), a fury of the lake, to do 
 it. 
 
 They thus having ended the council of war, rofe Therefufc 
 tip, and afTayed to do as they had determined : they council, 
 marched towards Manfoul, but all in a manner invi- 
 fible, fave only one ; nor did he approach the town in 
 his own likenefs, but under the fhape and in the body 
 of the dragon. 
 
 fa) Obsta principiis, ' withftand the beginnings,' is a wife maxim 
 among phyficians ; becaufe it is much eafier to nip a diforder in the bud, 
 than to remove it when it has taken root in the eonftitution. — This rule it 
 not fefs ufeful in fpiritual concerns : Had Eve refitted with abhorrence the 
 firft fuggeftion of the tempter, /he would undoubtedly have repulfed him, and 
 retained her integrity. — — In like manner, for our better fecurity, we ar© 
 are exhorted to refift the devil, and he will flee from us, James iv. 7. Sa- 
 tan is a coward, when manfully refilled ; but grows bolder, and the tempted 
 foul weaker, by yielding. But a victory cannot be obtained, unlefs we be ftrong 
 in the Lord, and go forth in the power of his might, Eph. vi. 10. In our own 
 flrength, which is perfect weaknefs, we lhall be unequal to the combat; 
 but in the ftrength of Chrift, the captain of our.falvation, we mail come 
 off more than conquerors. The Lord give us watchful hearts, and an ear- 
 ned looking for grace and ftiength in every time of need, that, being fted- 
 faft in the faith, we may be enabled to refift, and efcape the fnares of the 
 wicked- one ! 1 Pet. v. 9, 
 
 (/>) Literally, the avenger of murder. In heathen mythology, one of the 
 furies, whofe head was. laid to be covered with frakw iaftwd ti hair, 
 
*4 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 So they drew up, and fat down before Ear-gate; 
 
 for that was the place of hearing for all without the 
 
 P'abolus town, as Eye-gate was the place pf perception. So, 
 
 toThctown. ^ 3 ^ f a ^> ne came U P w i fn his train to the gate, and 
 laid his ambufcade for captain Rdiftance, within bow- 
 fhot of the town. This done, the giant afcended up 
 clofe to the gate, and called to the town of Manfoul 
 for audience. Nor took he any with him but one 
 Ill-paufe, who was his orator in all difficult matters. 
 Now, as I faid, he being come up to the gate (as the 
 manner of thofe times was), founded his trumpet for 
 
 The lords of audience j at which the chief of the town of Manfoul, 
 
 ^"aici fuch as m y lord Innocent > m Y lord Will-be-will («)- 
 my Lord-mayor, Mr Recorder [b) y and captain Re- 
 mittance, came down to the wall to fee who was there, 
 and what was the matter. And my lord Will-be-will, 
 when he looked over, and faw who ftood at the gate, 
 demanded what he was, and wherefore he was come, 
 and why he roufed the town of Manfoul with fo un- 
 , ufual a found ? 
 
 J>;^olu»'s Diabolus then, as if he had been a lamb, began his 
 o:'ation, and faid, '* Gentlemen of the famous town 
 
 (-) The will. While that remained unfliaken, as before obferved, the 
 enemy could gain no advantages man's will, and God's, wtre origimlly 
 one ; but are now in a fta'e of oppofiti©n and contrariety. However, when) 
 grace has rectified the wii.', and given it a bias to what is holy, juft, and 
 good, it ie th-n in a meafure brought into a conformity to the will of God j 
 ;!ie Lord having made us willing, in th<: day of his power, PL ex. 3. and 
 Ciod accepts our imperfect /ervices, when performed in faith, through the 
 prevailing interceiEon of Chrift, if there be firft a willing mind. See 2 Cor. 
 *;ii. 12. 
 
 lb) The confeience. It evidently appears from many places in fcripture, 
 *hat there is in man a confeience j fee Rom. ix. 1, &c, which is 2s a light, 
 or witnefs for God in the foul : the book of confeience is one of thofe ouc 
 5i" which the ungodly world will be judged at the great day, Sr. Paul, fpeak« 
 >ng ©f the henthens, obferve?, that their confeience bears them witnefs, ei- 
 ther by accufinj-, or elfs excufing thsm, Rom. ii. 15. — Sins againft that 
 , JauLful raoflitor, confeience, will-be fevwely fmarted for by the believer. 
 
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 aratjon. 
 
ByMp. JOHNBUNYAN. 1$ 
 
 &f Manfoul, 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 fervicc I can j where- 
 fore, that I mav be fdth, ul to myfelf and to you, I have 
 fomewh«3t of concern to impart unto you ; wherefore 
 grant me your audience, and hear me patiently. And, 
 firft, I wili aflure you, it is not myfl'f but you, not 
 mine but your advantage, that I feek by what I now 
 do; as will full well be made manifeft, by that I have 
 opened my mind to you. For, Gentlemen, I am (to> 
 tell you the truth) come to (hew you how you may 
 obtain great and ample deliverance from a bondage 
 that unawares to yourfelves you are captivated and en- 
 slaved under." At this the town of Manfoul began Manfoul 
 to prick up its ears. " And what is it, pray ? what en 8 a 6 ed » 
 is it?" thought they. And he faid, " I have fome- 
 thing to fay to you concerning your King, concerning 
 kis law, and alfo touching yourfelves. Touching your 
 King, 1 know he is great and potent ; but yet, all 
 that he has faid to you is neither true, nor yet for 
 your advantage (a)* I. It is not true ; for that where- Diabohw's 
 with he hath hitherto awed you, fhall not come to madVupof 
 pafs, tho' you do the thing he hath forbidden. But if •*•* 
 there was danger, what a flavery is it to- live always in 
 fear of the greateft of puni/hments, for doing fo fmali 
 and trivial a thing as eating a little fruit is ! 2. Touch- 
 ing his laws, this I fay, further, they are both un- 
 reafonable, intricate, and intolerable. Unreasonable- 
 
 (a) Here our Saviour's remark was verified, that Satan is a 1) jr, and the 
 fatnrr of lyes, [oho wii. 44. for, in the beginning of the temotation, he 
 givi. . ti e Cod of treth the iye, by denying that his threatened puniftinient 
 en dtfobediencc would sm'ue ; and artfully inGnuated, that the prohibition 
 was only intended to with. hold fome real good from the foul, as fuoerior 
 knowlege, liberty, Sec — b'ltour too credulous anceftors were foon fatall) con- 
 vince, th:.t, by their ir.-.nfgreflion of the Jivine command, all good was loft, 
 and ail evil got j even fpiritual, temporal, and eternal death. 
 
 as 
 
16 THE HOLY WAR* 
 
 as was hinted before, for that the punifhment is hot 
 proportioned to the offence : there is a great difference 
 and difproportion betwixt the life, and an apple ; yet 
 the one muft go for the other, by the law of your 
 Shaddai. But it is alfo intricate, in that he faith* 
 firft, you may eat of all j and yet, after, forbids the 
 eating of one: And then, in the laft place, it muft 
 needs be intolerable ; forafmuch 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 minifter you a good as yet unknown by you. This 
 is manifeft by the very name of the tree, it is called 
 The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil : and have 
 you that knowledge as yet ? No, no j nor can you 
 conceive how good, how pleafant, and how much to 
 be defired to make one wife, it is, fo long as you 
 ftand by your King's commandment. Why mould 
 you be holden in ignorance and blindnefs ? Why 
 lhould you not be enlarged in knowledge and under- 
 Handing ? And now* O ye inhabitants of the famous 
 town of Manfoul, to fpeak more particularly to your- 
 felves, ye are not a free people [a) : ye are kept both 
 in bondage and flavery, and that by a grievous threat, 
 
 {a) This bafc and falfe fuggeftion of Satan,— that the divine injunction, 
 not to tafte the fruit, debarred man of a degree of wifdom eflential to his 
 happinefs, and laid a reftraint on the freedom of his will— injected pride, 
 and a defire of independence,' into the breaft of Eve : whereas, on the con- 
 trary, the beneficent Creator, knowing that the tranfgreflion of his command 
 could only impart the knowledge that they would thereby become the fub- 
 jedts of fin and mifery, gracioufly warned them by the threatened penalty.— 
 The true and nobler freedom and rectitude of the will was totally deftroyed 
 as foon as fin had perverted it : it was then free to nothing but evil continu- 
 ally, and ever rebellious againft God. Hence we fee, and feel too. the 
 
 dire effects of not implicitly obeying the precept iflued by Goodnefs itfelf, 
 
 and the dreadful confequences of reafoaing with the temptation. Reader, 
 
 note well, that all the commands and threatenings of God, if duly attended 
 «o, will be found, in the end, to be tokens of love and kindnefs to thy tea 
 impatient and unliable foul. 
 
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 no reafon being annexed, but, 80 I will have it, fo 
 it fhall be. Ami is it not grievous to think on, that 
 ■that very thing yon are forbidden to do, might you 
 but do it, would yield you both wifdom and honour f 
 for then your eyes wiil be opened, and you (hall be. 
 as gods. Now, iiv.ce trigs is thus, quoth he, can 
 you be kept by. any prince in more flavery, and in 
 greater bondage, than you are under this day ? You 
 are made underlings, and are wrapt up in inconve- 
 niences, as I have well made appear : for. what bon- 
 dage greater, than to be kept in blindneis ? Will not 
 reafon tell you, that it is better to have eyes, than to 
 be without them r and that to be at liberty, is better 
 than to be fhut up in a dark and ftinking cave ?" 
 
 And ju/> now, while Diabolus was fpeaking thefe 
 words to Manfoul, Tifi phone fhot at captain Refift- 
 ance, where he itood on the gate, and mortally wounded Captain Re- 
 him in the head ; fo that he, to the amazement of the nain. 
 townfmen, and the encouragement of Diabolus, fell 
 <low;: d-s:\d quite over the wall. Now when captain 
 R&fiuance was d :.d (and he was the only man of war 
 in the town), poor Man foul was wholly left naked of 
 courage, nor had fhe new any heart to reftfl: : but this 
 was a? the devil would have it. Then flood forth 
 that Hl, Mr. Hi paufe, that Diabolus brought with 
 him, who was his orator, and he addrefled himfelf to 
 fpeak to the town of Manfoul : the tenor of vvhofe 
 fpecch here follows : 
 
 Ijl-pause. Gentlemen, quoth he, it is my matter's Mr. ilf- 
 happinefs, that he has this day a quiet and teachable (a\ fp^hV* 
 
 j f i ths town of 
 
 Manfoul. 
 (a) Beware of flattery and hypocrify ; efpechlly of that cunning craftinefs 
 ©f falfe teachers, whereby they lie in wait to deceive unwary fouls, having 
 itching ears.— To the fincere, unfufpecliug proftflbr, the white devil,, that 
 endeavours to elate the finner with a conceit of his own inherent right* ouf* 
 nefs, and thus fills hjm with pr'de and vain confidence, is much more dan- 
 gerous than the black one, who irrigates to lull and profrcenefs— f* Watch, 
 therefore," Matt* xxiv. 42, 
 
 C auditory j 
 
iS THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 auditory ; and it is hoped by us, that we fhall pre* 
 vail with you not to caft off good advice : my mafter 
 has a very great love for you ; and although 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 fhoi'ld be fpoken to confirm for truth what he 
 hath faid j there is not a word but carries with itfelf 
 evidence in its bowels ; the very name of the tree may 
 put an end to all controverfy in this matter. I there- 
 fore at this time (hall only add this advice to you, un- 
 <ier and by the leave of my lord (and with that he 
 made Diabolus a very low congee) : Confider his 
 words ; look on the iree, and the promifing fruit 
 thereof; remember alfc, that yet you know but little, 
 and that this is the way to know more : and if your 
 reafon be not conquered to accept of fuch good coun- 
 fel, you are not the men I took you to be. " But 
 when the towns-folk faw that the tree was good for 
 food, and that it was pleafant to the eye, and a tree 
 to be defired to make one wife," they did as old 111- 
 paufe advifed, they took and did eat thereof. Now 
 this I fhould have told you before, that even then, 
 when this Ill-paufe was making this fpeech to the 
 My lord In- townfmen, my lord Innocency (whether by a fhot 
 *°" ncy s from the camp of the giant, or from fome qualm that 
 fuddenly took him, or whether by the {linking breath 
 of that treacherous villain, old Ill-paufe, for fo I am 
 rnoft apt to think) funk down in the place where he 
 flood, nor could he be brought to life again (a). Thus 
 
 thefe 
 
 (a) When difbelief of the truth of God's word took place in the human 
 »nind, there was end of mail's innocence and righteoufnefs forever: guilt 
 and condemnation fupervened, with their attendant fir, which entered like 
 ?n inefUhbie torrent. The understanding and judgment became immediately 
 
 darkened 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 19 
 
 thefe two brave men died ; brave men I call them, for 
 they were the beauty and glory of Manfoul, fo long as 
 -they lived therein : nor did there now remain any 
 more a noble fpirit in Manfoul ; they all fell down and 
 yielded obedience to Diabolus, and became his flaves 
 and vafTals, as you (hall hear. 
 
 Now thefe being dead, what do the reft of the townf- The town 
 folk, but, as men that had found a fool's paradife, they 
 prefently, as afore was hinted, fell to prove the tiuth 
 of the giant's words : and hrft, they did as Ill-paufe 
 had taught them, they looked, they confidered, they 
 were taken with the forbidden fruit, " they took 
 thereof, and did eat " and, having eaten, they became 
 immediately drunken therewith ; fo they opened the 
 gates, both ear-gate and eye gate, and let in Diabolus 
 with all his bands, quite forgetting their good Shad- 
 dai, his law, and the judgment that he had annexed 
 with folemn threatening to the breach thereof (a). 
 
 Diabolus, having now obtained entrance in at the 
 gates of the town, marches up to the middle thereof, 
 
 to 
 
 darkened and depraved ; wrong principles produced corrupt practices, and de- 
 filed the whole maff. — Chriftian, take heed of difbslieving the oracles of 
 truth : reft your whole foul upon their veracity, attend diligently to them, 
 pray over them, and fail not to implore the grace of the holy Spirit to en- 
 lighten your mind, that you may rightly underftan.: the fcriptures, which 
 are able to make you wife unto falvation, through faith which is in Chnit 
 Jefus, 2 Tim. iii. 15. 
 
 {a) Thus man, by tranfgreiHen, fe'\, from being the fervant and favourite 
 of theever-blefiei God, ir.to the fiavery and bondage of the devil and his 
 lifts : 
 
 " O what a fall ! a fteep from hkh to low ! 
 
 Extremes of blifs, to what extr.-.rnes of wee ! 
 
 Plumb from hh heav'n this fecond angel fell 
 
 Down his own deoth. his Cod-abandon'd hell : 
 
 Horror of horrors ' iarknefs and defpair ! 
 
 He looked for comfort— but no gleam was there I" Bsooirt, 
 
 Thuj we read, Jame« i. 5. that " when hill hath conceded, It bringeth forth 
 Jia i and ftn, When it it finUhs*, bringeth forth death." Bv o Be iin, death 
 
25 THE HOLY W A'R, 
 
 to make his conqueft as fure as he could ; and finding", 
 by this time, the afFe&ions of the people wsrmly in- 
 clining to him, he, thinking it was beft ftriking while 
 the iron is hot, made this further ftcceiveble fpc-ech 
 unto them, faying, " Alas, my poor Manfoul !• I have 
 done thee indeed this fervice, as to promote thee to- 
 honour, and to greaten thy liberty ; but alas ! alas ! 
 poor Manfoul, thou wanteft now one to defend thee j 
 for a flu re thyfeif, when Shad DAT fhall hear what is 
 done, he will come j for forty will he be that thou haft 
 broken his bonds, and call his cords away from thee. 
 What wilt thou do ? Wilt thou, after enlargement* 
 iuffer thy privileges to be invaded and taken away ? 
 or what wilt thou rcfolve with thyfeif?" Then they 
 all with one confent faid to this bramble, Do thou 
 Rabolusis reign over us. So he accepted the motion, and be- 
 
 entertaiiKd ° g . ,„,. . . 
 
 for their came the king or the town or Manioul. 1 his being 
 king * done, the next thing was, to give him pofleflion of the" 
 
 cafHe, and fo of the whole ftrength of the town. 
 Wherefore into the caftle he goes (it was that which 
 Skaddai built in Manfoul, for his own delight and 
 pkafure) : this was now become a. den and hold fo.r 
 Heispof- the giant 'Diabolus. Now having got pofleflion of 
 
 JefTed of the i • - n i i n « i i • i i i 
 
 cattle and *his ltately palace or caftle, wnat dotn he, but ma.<e 
 
 ferofieth it it a garrifon for himfelf, and ftrenethens and fortifies 
 for bioafelf. ..:-..' r .,. ' . „ , , - o 
 
 it with all forts of provilions againft the king 6had- 
 
 dai, or thofe that fhcul'd endeavour the regaining of 
 
 it to him and his obedience again. 
 
 entered into the world, wiih all its train of complicated miferies and woe* : 
 " F.^rth felt the won id ; and nature, fiom her feat, 
 Sighing thro' all hex works, gave figns of woz r 
 That all wai loit " -. » Milton* 
 
 Since Adam £nned at a public per'.cn, temporal and et°rna1 ruin were en- 
 tailed on himfelf and 1 • is defceiid^nts : the corrupt root infecled every part of 
 tr.-e; the Whole man became ear.hly, fenf^al , dcvilifh j and, having degene- 
 rated into a ftaic of oppofition and enmity to God, " the thoughts and ima» 
 girption? of Lis bear: ws« only evil continu^ily," Gca. v. 50. 
 
 Tbi* 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. si 
 
 This done, but not thinking himfelf yet fecure DJaboIus 
 enough, in the next place he bethinks himfelf of new- "he townl 
 modelling the town (a) : and fo he does, fetting up 
 one, and putting down another at pleafure. Wherefore 
 my lord mayor, whofe name was my lord Underftand- 
 ing, and Mr. Recorder, whofe name was Mr. Con- 
 fcience, thefe he put cut of place and power. 
 
 As for my lord mayor, though he was an under- The lord 
 ftanding man, and one too that had complied with the j^/of place* 
 reft of the town of Manfoul in admitting the giant 
 into the town, 2 Cor. x. 4, 5. yet Diabolus thought 
 not- fit to let him abide in his former luftre and glory, 
 becaufe he was a feeing man, Eph. iv. 18, 19. where- 
 fore he had darkened him not only by taking from him 
 his office and power, but by building of an high and 
 ftrong tower, juft between the fun's reflections and 
 the windows of my lord's palace ; by which means the 
 houfe, and the whole of his habitation, was made as 
 dark as darknefs itfelf : and thus, being alienated from 
 
 (a) God's image of holinefs being obliterated, Satan, with all his horrid 
 crew of lufts and vile affections, gained admittance: the undemanding. was 
 perverted, and the affections eftranged 5 the dreauful refult was, 
 
 ." Foul diftruft, and breach. 
 
 Difloyal, on the part of man ; revolt, 
 
 And difobeciencs : en the part of hcav'n, 
 
 (Now alienated) diftance and diftafte, 
 
 Anger and juft rebuke, and judgment giv'n, 
 
 That brought into this world a world of woe; 
 
 Sin, and her ihadow death 3 and mifery, 
 
 Death's harbinger" ■■■ MiLTott# 
 
 May the consideration of the awful effects of fin lead thee and me, rea^i-r, 
 to the blood of Jefur continually for the atonement of it ; and to the throne, 
 of grace, for power againft it — that it may appear exceeding finful ; beins 
 moit loarhfome in the fight of God, and dsftructivc of man's happinefs. Sin 
 expellee the angels fiom heaven, man from parauife, and, if unatoned for, 
 tnrouj ' ardnefs of heart, impenitence, and unbelief, will fliut up both foul 
 and body in the prifon of hell for evermore. The Lord enable us to abhor 
 th.e Isill apfitaiaose of evil, wi to cleave unto that which is good ! 
 
 the 
 
li THE HOLY tVAfc, 
 
 the lio-ht, he became as one that was born blind. id 
 
 this houfe my lord was confined, as to a prifon ; nor 1 
 
 might he, upon his parole, go further than within his 
 
 own bounds. And now* had he had an heart to do for 
 
 Manfoul, what could he do for it, or wherein couTd 
 
 he be profitable to her ? So then, fo long as Manfoul 
 
 was under the power and government of Diabolus 
 
 (and fo long it was under him, as it was obedient to 
 
 him ; which was even until by a war it was refcued" 
 
 out of his hand) ; fo long my lord mayor Was rather 
 
 an impediment in, than an advantage to, the famous 
 
 town of Manfoul. 
 
 The Rfcor- As f cr M r « Recorder, before the town was takenj 
 
 derputout he vvas a man well read in the laws of his King, and 
 
 alfo a man of courage and faithfulnefs to fpeak truth 
 
 on every occdion ; and he had a tongue as bravely 
 
 hung, as he had an head filled with judgment. Now 
 
 this man, Diabolus could by no means abide, becaufe, 
 
 tho' he gave his confent to his coming into the town, 
 
 yet he could not, by all wiles, trials, ftratagems, and 
 
 devices that he could ufe, make him his own. True, 
 
 he was much degenerated from his former king, and 
 
 alfo much pleafed with the giant's fervice, and many 
 
 of his laws. But this would not do, forafmuch as he 
 
 _, , was not wholly his: he would now- and- then think 
 
 He fome- ' 
 
 times fpeaks upon Shaddai, and have a dread of his law upon 
 
 Sling.' fi ' ft him » and then lie would *P eak a g a i»ft Diabolus with 
 a voice as great, as when a lion roareth [a) : yea, 
 
 and 
 
 (*) The grand reafon why fuch multitudes live and die iiv their firrs, and 
 p«ri(h everlaftingly, is, because rhry ft.fle the friendly checks and warning* 
 of confeitnee, which, if encouraged, might, through divine grace, point 
 tbe way to feif-knowledge, and an intereft in the Redeemer : but alas ! poor, 
 blind, obftinarc finntrs, by mistaking the benevolent eid intended by h?s 
 inward conlcioufnefs of good and evil, endeavour, by vain pk-afures, to fupw 
 prefs all fuch thoughts us might Uai them to the nwaisu'.uus duty of con- 
 
 ii deration I 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 23 
 
 and would alfo at certain times, when his fits were 
 upon him (for you muft know, that fcmetimes he had 
 terrible fus), make the whole town of Manfoul fhake 
 with his voice ; and therefore the new king of Man- 
 foul could not abide him. 
 
 Diabolus therefore feared the Recorder more'than 
 any that was left alive in the town of Manfoul, be- 
 caufe, as I ("aid, his words did fhake the whole town ; 
 they were like the rattling of thunder, and alfo like 
 thunoer-cL'ps. Since therefore the giant could not 
 make him wholly his own, what doth he do, but ftu- 
 dies all that he could to debauch the old gentleman, 
 and, by debauchery, to fiupefy his mind, and more 
 Jiarden his heart in the ways of vanity. And as he at- He is mora 
 tempted, fo he accomplifhed his defign : he debauched t ^ aa b e f otCj 
 the man, aiui by little and little fo drew him into fin 
 2nd wickednefs, that at laft he was not only debauched 
 as at firff, and fo by confeque'nee defiled, but was 
 almoft (at lalt, I fay) paft all confeience of fin. And 
 this was the fartheii Diabolus could go. Wherefore 
 }ie bethinks -him of another project, and that was, to 
 perfuade the men of the town that Mr. Recorder was 
 mad, and fo r.ot to be regarded. And for this he urged 
 his fits, and faid, If he be himfelf, why doth he not 
 -do thus always ? But, quoth he, all mad folk have 
 their fits, and in them raving language j fo hath this 
 old and doating gentleman. Thus by one means or The town 
 other he quickly got Manfoul to flight, neglect, and ^"^Id- 
 ing h'm. 
 
 fideration, til) by continuance in fin their cor.fciences are feared as with a hot 
 iron, 1 Tim. iv. 6. But " this is the condemnation," faith our Lord, " that 
 light is conv into the world, and men loved darknefs rather than light, be- 
 cause their deeds were evil." Such would do well now to liften to the voice 
 of confeience, as the poet advifes : 
 
 ■ " O give it leave to fpeak j 
 For it will fpeak ere long ! O hear it now, 
 While ufeful its advice, its accent mild,'' Yowkg. 
 
 6*0 tt? note, p. if. 
 
 defpife 
 
24 
 
 THE HOLY WA'K, 
 
 How con- 
 &ientv be- 
 comes fo ri- 
 diculous as 
 with carnal 
 men .tit* 
 
 Sataaicsl 
 lhetorie. 
 
 defpife whatever Mr. Recorder could fay. For, be- 
 fides what you have already heard, Diabolus had a 
 way to make the old gentleman, when he was merry, 
 unfay and deny what he in his fits had affirmed (<?). 
 And indeed this was the next way to make himfelf 
 ridiculous, and to caufe that no man fhould regard 
 him. Alfo now he never fpake freely for king Shad- 
 DAi, but always by force and conftraint. Bcfidcs, he 
 would at one time be hot againft that, about which at 
 another he would hold his peace, fo uneven wa& he 
 now in his doings. Sometimes he would be as if faft , 
 afleep, and again fometimes as dead, even then when 
 the whole town of Manfoul was in her career after 
 vanity, and in her dance after the giant's pipe. 
 
 Wherefore fometimes, when Manfoul did ufe to be 
 frighted with the thundering voice, of the Recorder 
 that was, and when they did tell Diabolus of it, he. 
 would anfwer, that what the old gentleman laid was 
 neither out of love to him, nor pity to them, but of 
 a foolifh fondnefs that he had to be prating; ami fo 
 Would hufil, full, and put r^l to quiet again. And that 
 he might leave no argument unurged that might tend 
 to make them fecurc, he faid, and faid it often, Oh 
 Manfoul ! coniider, that notwithftanding'thc old gen- 
 tleman's rage, and the rattle of his high and thunder-, 
 ing words, you hear nothing of Shaddai himfelf 
 (when, lyar and deceiver that he was, every outcry of 
 
 (a) Though many enregenerate perfons, thro' a natursl ter.dernefs of 
 difpofitian, may make a fair fhew in the flefh, and, like Herod, may hear 
 the word gladly, and alfo do many good works in confequence thereof ; yet 
 having no roct in themfelves, nor the fear of God in their hearts, they fre- 
 quently bring a (caudal upon religion by their evil practices at other times, 
 and caufe the good way of the Lord to be blafphemed. To all fuch I would] 
 "lay, with the apofile, z Ccr. xiii. 5. f* Examine yourfelves, whether ye be 
 in the faith; prove your own fehes : know ye not your own felves, how 
 that ^sfas'Cbrift h in jqo ) except y« be reprobates ?" 
 
 Mtv- 
 
By Mr. JOHN -BUN Y AN. • 25 
 
 Mr. Recorder againft the fin of Manfoul was the 
 voice of God in him to them). But he goes on, and 
 fays, You fee that he values not the lofs nor rebellion 
 of the town of Manfoul ; nor will he trouble himfelf 
 with calling his town to a reckoning, for their giv- 
 ing themfelves to me. He knows, that though ye were 
 his, now you are lawfully mine ; fo' leaving us to one 
 another, he hath now fhaken his hands of us. 
 
 Moreover, O Manfoul ! quoth he, confider how I 
 have ferved you, even to the uttermoft of my power ; 
 and that with the beft that I have, could get, or pro- 
 cure for you in all the world : befides, I dare fay, 
 that the laws and cuftoms that you now are under, 
 and by which you do homage to me, do yield you 
 more folace and content than did the paradife that at 
 firft you poffeffed («). Your liberty alfo, as yourfelves Satan's flat- 
 do very well know, has been greatly widened and en- *"'"• 
 larged by me ; whereas I found you a pen'd up people, Confdence. 
 I have not laid any reftraint upon you : you have no 
 law, ftatute, or judgment of mine to fright you ; I call 
 none of you to account for your doings, exeept the 
 madman, you know who I mean : I have granted you 
 to live, each man like a prince in his own palace, even 
 with as little controul from me as I have from you. 
 
 And thus would Diabolus hufh up and quiet the town Men fome- 
 ... , ir» 1 i_ t» 1 • times angry 
 
 of Manfoul, when the Recorder that was, did at times whh their 1 
 
 moleft them ; yea, and with fuch curfed orations as thefe Cunfcience « 
 
 would fet the whole town in a rage and fury againft the 
 
 (a) A delight in fin, and an enmity to God and holiness, are the wretched 
 inheritance of every unconverted perfon ; who prefer finful, fleeting pJeafures 
 ro (Mid joys, a phantom of happinefs to the fountain of life : notwithftand- 
 jng tbefi vain pu'fuirs, deaih and judgment are at the door, thro' tear of 
 which they are all theit life-time fubjecl to bondage, Hcb. ii. 15. O that 
 Chrift. the only erftclusl c'elivtrcr from evil, would (hew poor finners (he path 
 of life, and break their rocky hearts by his word »nd Spirit, that the waters 
 •f repentance may flow forth, to the praife of the glory of his grace! 
 
 D old 
 
%% THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 old gentleman ; 'yea, the rafcally crew at fome times 
 would be for deftroying him. They have often wiflicd, 
 in my hearing, that he had lived athoufand miles off" from 
 them; his«compuny. his words, yea the fight of him, and 
 efpecially when they remembered how in old times he 
 did ule" to threaten and condemn them (for all he was 
 now fo debauched), did terrify and afflict them fore. 
 
 But all theirwifb.es were vain; for I don't know how, 
 unlefs by the power of Shaddai, and his wifdom, he 
 was preferved in being amongft them. Befides, his 
 houfe was as ftrong as a caftle, and flood hard by a 
 ftrong-hold of the town : moreover, if at any time any 
 111 thoughts. f trie cr ew or rabble attempted to make him away, he 
 *0f fears, could pull up the fluices *, and let in fuch floods as 
 
 would drown all round about him. 
 The will. But to leave Mr. Recorder, and to come to my lord 
 
 Will-be-will, another of the gentry of the famous 
 town of Man foul. This Will-be-will was as high- 
 born in Manfoul, and was as much, if not more, a 
 freeholder, than many of them were : befides, if I 
 remember my tale*aright, he had fome privileges pecu- 
 liar to himfelf in the famous town of Manfoul. Now, 
 together with thcfe, he was a man of great ftrength, 
 refolution, and courage, nor in his occafion could any 
 turn him away. But I fay, whether he was proud of 
 i his eftate, privileges, ftrength, or what (but fure it 
 •was through pride of fomething), he fcorns now to be 
 a flave in Manfoul (a) ; and therefore refolves to bear 
 
 {c) All wkkednefs among men arifes from the rebellion of the will againft 
 Ged'i righteous word and way. — Man loft every good by following his own 
 will: he mult, in order to regiin it, deny hin.felf. Our will is naturally 
 \ fiafui, corrupt, perveiTe. The adorable Jefus, for our fakes, came not to do 
 h:; own will, John vi. 38. tho' he kn»w no fin. May the fame mind be in 
 us ! that i'o we may h .iifpofed, by c\ vine grace, to do and hiffenhe whole will 
 of God ; and " no Jonger iive in tbe flefli to the lulls of men, but to the will 
 of God," 1 Pet, iv, 2, 
 
 afRce 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 2 ; 
 
 office under Diabolus, that he might (fuch a one as 
 he was) be a petty ruler and governor in Man foul ; 
 and (headftrong man that he was) thus he began be- 
 times ; for this man, when Diabolus did make his ora- 
 tion" at Ear-gate* was one of the firft that was for 
 confenting to his words, and for accepting of his 
 counfel as wholefome, and that was for opening the 
 gate, and letting him into the town : wherefore Dia- - 
 bolus had a kindnefs for himj and for that reafon de- 
 figned him for a place; and, perceiving the valour 
 and ftoutnefs of the man, he coveted to have Jiim for 
 one of his great ones, to act and do in matters of the 
 higheft concern. 
 
 So he fent for him, and talked with him of that fe- 
 cret matter which lay in his breaft ; but there needed 
 not much perfuafion in the cafe : for as at firft he was The will 
 willing that Diabolus fhould be let into the town, fo un ,j e r a»- 
 now he was as willing to ferve him there. When the koll,s * 
 tyrant, therefore, perceived the willingnefs of my lord 
 to ferve him, and that his mind ftood bending- that 
 way, he forthwith made him captain of the caftle («), 
 governor of the wall, and keeper of the gates of Man- 
 foul : yea, there was a claufe in his commiffion, that 
 no thing without him fhould be done in all the town 
 of Manfoul : fo that now, next to Diabolus himfelf, 
 who but my lord Will-be-will in all the town of 
 Manfoul ! nor could any thing be now done, but at 
 his will and pleafure, throughout the town of Manfoul, 
 Rom. viii. 7. He had alfo one Mr. Mind (b) for his Mr. Miwfc 
 
 r ip-V . "»y lord's 
 CieiJC » clerk. 
 
 {a) By' this, and the two following places, we are to underftand, the heart, 
 the fisfti, and the fenfcs. 
 
 (b) The mind } i. e. the judgment, whereby we diftinguirti between good 
 and evil, lawful and unlawful, 2 Cor. iii. 14. Tit. i. 5. it is the fjurce of 
 ideas, fenfation, and recollection : it is alfo that faculty which acts in fab- 
 ♦rdinatiofl to the will, and determines on the mode of conduct to be pur- 
 
 D a lued. 
 
s>3 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 clerk i a man, to fpeak on, every way like his mafler; 
 for he and his lord were in principle one, and in prac- 
 tice not far afunder, Eph. ii. 2, 3, 4. And now was 
 Manfoul brought under to purpofe, and made to fulfil 
 the lufts of the will, and of the mind. 
 
 But it will not be out of my thoughts, wjaat a de- 
 fperate one this Will^be-will was, when power was 
 put into his hand. Firft, He flatly denied that he owed 
 any fuitor fervice to his former prince and liege lord. 
 This done, In the next place he took an oath, fwore 
 fidelity to his great mafter Diabolus, and then being 
 ftated and fettled in his place, office, advancement, 
 and preferment, Oh you cannot think, unlefs you had 
 feen it, the ftrange work that this workman made in 
 the town of Manfoul. 
 The carnal Firft, He maligned Mr. Recorder to death ; he 
 conicicnce." would neither endure to fee him, nor hear the words of 
 his mouth : he would fhut his eyes when he faw him, 
 and ftop his ears wh n he heard him 'fpeak. Alfo he 
 could not endure that fo much as a fragment of the 
 law of Shaddai mould be any-where feen in the town. 
 For example, his clerk, Mr. Mind, had fome old 
 rents, Nehem. ix. 26. and torn parchments of the 
 law of good Shaddai in his houfe : but when Will- 
 be-will faw them, he caft them behind his back (a). 
 
 fued. This arbitrary principle is impatient of controul, and may not im- 
 properly be termed the eye of the foul, as it refpe&s the intention : hence 
 our Lord fays, Matt, vi. 12, " If thine eye be fingle [0. d. thy intention be 
 upright and fincere], thy whole body fhall be full of light." " To be car- 
 nally minded, is <!eath," Rom. viii. 6. 
 
 (<z) Unconverted men have a rooted antipathy to the fcriptures ; they come 
 not to the light, left their deeds mould be reproved, John iii. 20. and tbo* 
 there may be perceived, in the minds and cor/ciences of fuch people, fome 
 faint traces of the law of God, yet, thro' the corruption and depravity of 
 the will, their conceptions of divine things are erroneous and unfcriptural ; 
 they call good evilj and evil good. Till the Lord the Spirit rectify the will 
 and affections, ungodly finners delire aot the knowledge of God, and reje£t 
 his word with conttmp , 
 
 True, 
 
B y M r. J O H N B U N Y A N. 29 
 
 True, Mr. Recorder had fome of the laws in his 
 
 ftudy ; but my lord could by no means come at them : 
 
 he alfo thought, and faid, the , windows of my old £°™f d *)JJ 
 
 lord mayor's houfe were always too light for the profit underftand- 
 
 of the town of Manfoul. The light of a candle he ing * 
 
 could not endure. Now nothing at all pleafed Will- 
 
 be-will, but what pleafed Diabolus his lord. 
 
 There was no other like him to trumpet about the 
 ftreets the brave nature, the wife conduct, and great 
 glory of the king Diabolus. He would range through- 
 out all the ftreets of Man foul, to cry up his illuftrious 
 lord; and would make himfelf even as an abject, Va ' n , 
 among the bafe and rafcally crew, to cry up his valiant 
 prince. And I fay, when and wherefoever he found 
 thofe valTals, he would even make himfelf as one of 
 them. In all ill courfes, he would act without bid- 
 ding, and do mifchief without commandment. 
 
 The lord Will-be-will alfo had a deputy under him, 
 and his name was Mr. Affection : one that was alfo 
 greatly debauched in his principles, and anfwered 
 thereto in his life, Rom. i. 25. he was only given to 
 the flefh, and therefore they call him Vile Affection. 
 Now there was he, and one Carnal-Luit, the daughter 
 of Mr. Mind (like to like, quoth the devil t« the 
 collier), that fell in love and made a match, and were A match be- 
 married ; and, as I take it, they had feveral children, Afea; ont * 
 as Impudence, Black-mouth, and Hate-reproof. Thefe and ' Carnal - 
 three were black boys ; and, befides thefe three, they 
 had three daughters, as Sccrn-truth, Slight-God, and 
 the name of the youngeft was Revenge (a) ; thefe were 
 1 
 
 {a) A goodly progeny ! but the genuine fruit of fin, which is of an impu- 
 dent, fcornful, and revengeful nature, and has made the foul an avowed ene- 
 my to juftice, mercy, and truth. The intent of the gofpel is, to deftroy the 
 works of Satan in the foul, and erect on their ruins a kingdom of rlghteouf- 
 nefs, peace, and joy. This is the fole work of Chrift by .his Spirit, when 
 he becomes our prophet to inftru& and direct, our prieft to atone for and 
 pardon our fins, and our king to rule in our fou!s ; the lord of every motion 
 there ! Even fo, Come, Lord Jefut ! all 
 
"What No- 
 te utb did. 
 
 All law. 
 books de- 
 flioyed that 
 could be 
 found. 
 
 $* THE HOLY W- A R, 
 
 all married in the town, and alfo begot and yielded 
 many bad brats, too many to be inferted, But to pafs 
 by this : 
 
 When the giant had thus ing-arrifoned himfelf in the* 
 town of Manfoul, and had put down and fet up whom 
 he thought good, he betakes himfelf to defacing. 
 Now there was in the market-place of Marifoiil, and 
 alfo upon the gates of the caflle, an image of the 
 blefTed king Shaddai ; this image was fo exactly en- 
 graven (and it was engraven in gold), that it did the 
 moft refemble Shaddai himfelf, of any thing that 
 then was extant in the world. This he bafely com- 
 manded to be defaced, and it was bafely done by the 
 hand of Mr. No-truth. Now you muft know, that as 
 Diabolus had commanded, and that by the hand of 
 Mr. No-truth, the image of Shaddai was defaced; 
 he likewife gave order that the fame Mr. No-truth 
 fhould fet up, in its ftead, the horrid and formidable, 
 image of Diabolus ; to the great contempt of the for- 
 mer King, and debating his town of Manfoul. 
 
 Moreover, Diabolus made havock of all remains of 
 the laws and ftatutes of Shaddai, that could 
 be found in the town of Manfoul ; to wit, fuch as 
 contained either doctrines or morals, with all civjl 
 and natural documents : alfo relative feverities he 
 fought to extinguifh {a). To be fhort, there was no- 
 thing of the remains of good in Manfoul, which he 
 and Will-be-will fought not to deftroy ; for their de- 
 
 (a) When Satan has obtained full pofleflion of the heart, he gradually 
 draws it off from the obfervance of thofe duties we owe to God and man, as 
 reafonable creatures ; fuch as ordinances, public and private prayer, obedi- 
 ence and afT.-6r.ion to parents and relative? ; and alfo from that important duty, 
 effential to the welfare of our immortal fpirits, self-examination.— 
 Thel'c being neglected, the finner becomes at length, by evil courfes, to 
 every good work reprobate, Tit. i. 16. May the Lord ftir us up to ufs the 
 mear s 0' grace, that we may not thus makr Ihipwreck of fiirh. and a good 
 confcicnce! 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 31 
 
 £gn was, to turn Manfoul into a brute, and to make 
 it like to the fenfual fow, by the hand of Mr. No- 
 truth. 
 
 When he had deftroyed what law and good orders 
 he could, then further to effect his defign, namely, 
 to alienate Manfoul from Shaddai her king, he com- 
 mands, and they fet up his own vain edicts, ftatutes, 
 and commandments, in all places of refort or con- 
 course in Manfoul, 1 John ii. 16. to wit, fuch as gave 
 liberty to V the lufts of the flefh, the lufts of the eyes, 
 and the pride of life, which are not of Shaddai, but of 
 the world." He encouraged, countenanced, and pro- 
 moted, lafcivioufnefs and all ungodlinefs there. Yea, 
 much more did Diabolus to encourage wickednefs in 
 the town of Manfoul ; he promifed them peace, con- 
 tent, joy, and blifs, in doing his commands, and that 
 they fhould never be called to an account for their not 
 jdoing the contrary. And let this ferve to give a tafte 
 to them trjat love to hear of what is done beyond their 
 Jcnowledge, afar off in other countries (a). 
 
 Now Manfoul being wholly at his beck, and brought 
 
 wholly to his bow, nothing was heard or feen therein 
 
 but that which tended to fet up him. 
 
 But now, he having; difabled the Lord-Mayor and Theyhavea 
 , - . J new lord- 
 
 Mr. Recorder from bearing any office in Manfoul, and ma yor, anj 
 
 feeing that the town, before he came to it, was the < "jj^ re " 
 moft antient of corporations in the world ; and fear- 
 ing, if he did not maintain greatnefs, they at any 
 
 [a) Mrre fpeculative knowledge is hurtful, and often deftruclive, to many 
 fouls. — Be it rememiiered, that man loft happinefs by afpiring to know be- 
 yond the bounds of bis duty, Self-knowledge, i. e. a due fenfe of our 
 wretchednefs and wants, is a bieiTcd means, thro' grace, of regaining a 
 happier par^dife than we loft ; fince it leads to the Saviour, who is the full- 
 nefsof every dtfireable bleifing. Hence, the moft profitable fcience is, to 
 know the only true God, and Je-'us Chiift whom he hath tent : this is eternal 
 life, John xvii, 3, May w; fo run, as to obtain thejg'orious prije !. 
 
 time 
 
The new 
 
 lord-mayor. 
 
 The new 
 recorder. 
 
 3 S THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 time fhould obje£t that he had done them an injury ; 
 therefore, I fay (that they might fee that he did not 
 intend to leffen their grandeur, or to take from them 
 any of their advantageous things), he did chufe for 
 them a lord mayor and a recorder himfelf ; and fuch 
 as contented them to the heart, and fuch alfo as pleafed 
 him wondrous well. 
 
 The name of the mayor that was of Diabolus's mak- 
 ing, was the lord Luftings. 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 beaft (a) ; 
 and that which made him yet more ignoble, tho' not 
 to Manfoul, yet to them that beheld, and were grieved 
 for its ruin, was, that he could never favour good, 
 but evil. 
 
 The Recorder was one whofe name -was Forget- 
 good ; and a very forry fellow he was : he could re- 
 member nothing but mifchief, and to do it with de- 
 light (b). He was naturally prone to do things that are 
 hurtful ; even hurtful to the town of Manfoul, and 
 to all the dwellers there. Thefe two, therefore, by 
 their power and practice, examples, and fmiles upon 
 evil, did much more mifchief, and fettled the common 
 people in hurtful ways ; for who doth not perceive, 
 
 (a) A (hocking, but true picture of every man by the fall !— a compound 
 of deviliih and beaftly tufts and appetites, if we look around, we may fee 
 that irregular aims and defires deluge the world. Mod men have no higher 
 object or purfuit than the narrow limits of this vain, perifhing world, and 
 are therefore led captive by Satan at his will. Thus it will be, till fovereign 
 grace effects a change; for at that happy period, a new world arifes in the 
 regenerate foul. But they who life and die flaves to their lufts and paflions, 
 muft periih everlaftingly ; fo reafon and fcripture evince. " If ye live after 
 the flefti, ye fhall die," Rom. vii. 13. 
 
 {b) Ever fince the fall, the memory is become fo depraved, that it natu- 
 rally retains evsl, but lets flip that which is good ; and the imagination is 
 more apt to be taken with the former, than with the latter : be it therefore 
 our daily prayer for a fanctified memory to retain divine things, and that 
 we mey grow up in the knowledge, belief, and love of the truth. 
 
 that 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 33 
 
 that when thofe that fit aloft are vile and corrupt 
 themfelves, they corrupt the whole region and country 
 where they are [a). 
 
 Befides thefe, Diabolus made feveral burgefles and Hedoth 
 aldermen in Manfoul ; fuch as out of whom the town, m e * w e J^*£ 
 when it needed, might chufe them officers, governors, men. 
 and magiftrates ; and thefe are the names of the chief 
 of them : Mr. Incredulity, Mr. Haughty, Mr. Swear- 
 ing, Mr. Whoring, Mr. Hard-heart, Mr. Pitilefs, 
 Mr. Fury, Mr. No-truth, Mr. Stand-to- lyes, Mr. 
 Falfe Peace, Mr. Drunkennefs, Mr. Cheating, Mr. 
 Atheifm ; thirteen in all. Mr. Incredulity is the eldefr, 
 and Mr. Atheifm the youngeft of the company. 
 
 There was alfo an election of common-council-men, 
 and others : as bailiff, ferjeants, conftables, &c. but all 
 of them, like thofe afore-named, being either fathers, 
 brothers, coufins, or nephews to them, whofe names, 
 for brevity-fake, I omit to mention. 
 
 When the giant had thus far proceeded in his work, He lu'ldeth 
 in the next place he betook him to build fome ftrono- l hr , ee ftr0BS 
 
 r , b holds. 
 
 holds in the town ; and he built three that feemed to 
 be impregnable. The firft he called the hold of Defi- 
 ance, becaufe it was made to command the whole town, 
 and to keep it from the knowledge of its antient King. 
 The fecond he called Midnight hold, becaufe it was 
 built on purpofe to keep Manfoul from the true know- 
 ledge of itfelf. The third was called Sweet-fin-hold, 
 
 (a) Attend to the following friendly cautions and admonitions : " Evil 
 communications corrupt good manners," i Cor. xv, 33. " Abftain from 
 the leaft appearance of evil," 1 Theft", v. 22. " Wa'ch and pray, that ye 
 enter not into temptation," Matt, xxvi. 41. Ever keep a gcod watch over 
 "the thoughts of your heart, which, our Lord tells us, is the fource of every 
 abomination, Matt. xv. 19. — ' Our thoughts are heard in heav'n.' Young. 
 
 " Chrift purg'd his temple : fo mtift thou thy heart. 
 All finful thoughts arc thieves together met, 
 To cozen thee"— — Herbert. 
 
 E becaufe 
 
34 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 becaufe by that he fortified Manfoul again ft all defircs 
 of good. The firfl of thefc hold? flood clofc by Eye- 
 gate, that the light might as much as poffible be dark- 
 ened there. The fecund was built hard by the old 
 caftle, to the cud that that might be made more blind, 
 if poffible. And the third flood in the (a) market- 
 place. 
 
 He th.:i Diabolus made governor over the firft of 
 thefe, was one Spite-God, a moil blafphemous wretch. 
 He came with the whole rabble of them that came 
 againfr. Manfoul at firft, and was himfelf one of them- 
 feJves. He thut was made the governor of Midnight 
 hold was one Love-no-light, he was alfo one of them 
 that came firil againft the town. And he that was 
 made the governor of the hold called Sweet-fin-hold, 
 was one whofe name was Love-flefh ; he was alfo a 
 very lewd fellow, but not of that country from whence 
 the others are bound. This fellow could find more 
 fweetneis when he was fucking a luft, than he did in 
 the Paradife of God (b). 
 DlaWwjshas And now Diabolus thought himfelf fafe ; he had 
 nttt. taken Manfoul ; he had ingarrifoned himfelf therein ; 
 
 he had put down the old officers, and fet up new ones ; 
 he had defaced the image of Shaddai, and had fet up 
 his own ; he had fpoiled the old law-books, and had 
 promoted his own vain lyes ; he had made him new 
 magiftrates, and fet up new aldermen j he had built 
 
 (a) Thus Satan fixe9 his empire in the foul : i. by means of its enmity 
 and averfenefs to divine inftrudtion ; 2. by the blindnefs of the underftanding, 
 and pcrverfenefs of the will, whereby the knowledge of its lamentable ftate, 
 and of God, are concealed j and, 3. by a habit and delight in fin, rolling it 
 as a fweet morfel under the tongue j all which, if grace prevent not, drown 
 men in deftru&ion and perdition. 
 
 [b) The language of the depraved fcnfualifFs heart is, ■« Depart from me, O 
 God, I oefire not the know ledge of thy ways :" let other9 take Chrift and hea- 
 ven j pleafurcs and hell fhall be my portion. * Evil, be thou my good." Milt. 
 
 his 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 35 
 
 his new holds, and had man'd them for himfelf. And 
 all this he did to make himfelf fecure, in cafe the good 
 Shaddai, or his Son, fhould come to make an incur- 
 fion upon him. 
 
 Nov.- you may well think, that, lon^- before this Tidingscar- 
 
 ' - J ' <=■ . tied to -he 
 
 time, word by fome or other could not but be carried coon, of 
 to the good king Shaddat, how his Manfoul on the J^JL^ t0 
 continent of Univerfe was loft ; and that the giant Manfoul. 
 Diabolus, once one of his Majefty's fervants, had, in 
 rebellion agaihft the King, made fure thereof for him- 
 felf: yea, tidings were brought to the King thereof, 
 and that to a very circumftance (a). 
 
 At firft, How Diabolus came upon Manfoul (they 
 being afimple people and innocent) with craft, fubtlety, 
 lyes, and guile : Item, That he had treacheroufly flaln 
 their right noble and valiant captain, the captain 
 Refiftance, as he flood upon the gate with the reft of 
 the townfmen : Item, How my brave lord Innocent 
 f?ll down dead (with grief, fome fay ; or with being 
 poifoncd with the (linking breath of one 111 paufe, as 
 fay others) at the hearing of his juft lord and rightful 
 prince Shaddai fo abufed by the mouth of fo filthy 
 a Diabolonian ls that varlet ill -paufe was. The mef- 
 fenger further told, thai after this 111 -paufe had made 
 a ihert oration to the townfmen, in behalf of Diabolus 
 his mailer, the fimple town, believing to be true what 
 was faid, with one content did open Ear-gate, the. 
 
 («) Cod forefaw and foreknew the f jII, and its fatal confequences ; 
 *' for what can Ycape the eye 
 
 Of God all-feeing, or deceive his heart 
 
 Omnifciem ?" Milt. Par. Loft. 
 
 But, eternal praifes to redeeming Jove ! a remedy vial from everlafting pro- 
 vided in Cniift Jcfus, for lep.i'ri g the breach fin had rradej whereby God's 
 darling attribute, mercy, mi^ht be for ever glorified in his creature's falva- 
 tion, reinftat«m:nt in the divine favo'ir, an; delivery from all evil. 
 
 E 2 chief 
 
36 TftEHOLYW A'R, 
 
 chief gate of the corporation, and did let him v/ith 
 his crew into the poffeflion of the famous town of 
 Manfoul. He further (hewed how Diabolus had ferved 
 the Lord -mayor and Mr. Recorder, to wit, that he 
 had put them from all place of power and truft : 
 Item, He fhewed alfo, that my lord Will-be-will was 
 turned a very rebel and runnagate, and that fo was one 
 Mr. Mind, his clerk ; and that they two did range and 
 revel it all the town over, and teach the wicked ones 
 their ways. He faid moreover, that this Will-be-will 
 was put into great truft, and particularly that Diabolus 
 had put into Will-be-will's hand all the ftrong places 
 in Manfoul ; and that Mr. Affection was made my 
 lord Will-be-wili's deputy, in his moft rebellious af- 
 fairs. Yea, faid the meffenger, this monfter, lord 
 Will-be-will, has openly difavowed the king Shad- 
 dai, and hath horribly given his faith and plighted 
 troth to Diabolus. 
 
 Alfo, faid the meffenger, befides, this the new king, 
 or rather rebellious tyrant, over the once famous, but 
 now perifhing town of Manfoul, has fet up a lord- 
 mayor and recorder of his own. For mayor, he has 
 fet up one Mr. Luftings ; and, for recorder, Mr. 
 Forget-good j two of the vilcft of all the town of 
 Manfoul. This faithful meffenger alfo proceeded, 
 and told what a fort of new burgeffes Diabolus had 
 made* alfo that he had built feveral ftrong forts, 
 towers, and ftrong-holds in Manfoul. He told too, 
 the which I had almoft forgot, how Diabolus had put 
 the town of Manfoul into arms (a), the better to ca- 
 
 (e) Every fin is a rebellious weapon lifted up againft th: God of heaven. 
 
 May the Lord take the love of it out of all our hearts, and make us truly 
 
 fenftble that it will be an evi! and bitter thing to depart from the living God, 
 
 who alone can make us happy in time and eternity, and whofe favour is better 
 
 I thin, the life itfelf ! 
 
 pacitate 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 37 
 
 pacitate them, on his b; half, to make rdiftance againft 
 
 Shaddai their king, fhould he come to reduce them 
 
 to their former obedience. 
 
 Now the tidings-teller did not deliver his relation Griefat 
 
 3 court to heat 
 
 of things in private, but in open court, the King and the tiding!. 
 
 his Son, high lords, chief captains, and nobles, being 
 all there prefent to hear. But by that they had heard 
 the whole of the vtory, it would have amazed one to 
 have feen, had he been then.: to behold it, what forrow 
 and grief, and compunction of fpirit, there was among 
 all forts, to think that the famous Manfoul was now 
 taken : only the King and his Son forefaw all this 
 long before, yea, and fufficiently provided for the re- 
 lief of ivianfoul, the' tbv.y told not every-body thereof. 
 Yet, becaufe they too would have a (hare in condoling 
 the mifery of Manfoul, therefore they alfo did, and 
 that at a rate of the higheft degree, bev/ail the loiing 
 of Manfoul. The King laid plainly, that " it grieved 
 him at the heart," Gen. vi. 5, 6. and you maybe fure 
 that his >on was not a whit behind him. Thus they 
 gave conviction to all about them, that they had love 
 and companion for the famous town of Manfoul (a). 
 Well, when the King and his Son were retired into 
 the privy-chamber, they there again confulted about 
 
 (a) For ever be admired the riches of God's grace in Chrift Jefus, that 
 tho' incxoiible jufticf might have left all nankind in their ruined ftate, to 
 reap in eternal mifeiy the fruit of thzt •: :!tafy ; ytt in his unmerited mercy 
 he found a glorious ranfom for the hei.,-3 of falvation ! We may well fay, 
 
 " Wh.t tongue can ipealc thy comprehenfive grace! » 
 What thoughts thy depths unfathomable trace ! 
 • Whtn loft iu fin our ruin d nature lay, 
 
 When awful juftice clai.ti'd her righteous pay! 
 
 S.e the mild Saviouk bend his pitying eye, 
 
 And flops the lightning juft prepar'd to fly ! " Boyse. 
 
 What abundant reafon has every object of this mercy to adopt the words of 
 the apoftle, in rapturous drains of praife, '' Verily he took not on him the 
 nature of angtls, but the feed of Abraham !" Heb, ii. 16. 
 
 what 
 
38 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The fecrets 
 of his pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 The Son of 
 God. 
 
 A brave de- 
 fjgn fet on 
 foot for the 
 town of 
 
 Manfoul. 
 
 * By the 
 Holy Ghoft. 
 
 what they had dcfigncd before, to wit, That as Man- 
 foul mould in time be fufFered to be loft ; fo as cer- 
 tainly it fliould be recovered again. Recovered, I 
 fay, in fuch a way, as that both the King and his 
 Son would get themfelvcs eternal fame and glory 
 thereby. Wherefore, after thisconfultation, the Son of 
 Shaddaj (a fweet and comely perfon, and one that 
 had always great affection for thofe that were in afflic- 
 tion, but one that had mortal enmity in his heart 
 againft Diabolus, becaufe he was defigned for it, 
 and becaufe he fought his crown and dignity, Ifaiah 
 xlix. 5. 1 Tim. i. 15. Hof. xiii. 14.) ; this Son of 
 Shaddai, I fay, having ftricken hand with his Father, 
 and promifed that he would be his fervant to recover 
 Manfoul again, flood by his refolution, nor would he 
 repent of the fame. The purport of which agreement 
 was this, to wit, That at a certain time, prefixed by 
 both, the King's Son fhould take a journey into the 
 country of Univerfe, and there in a way of juftice and 
 equity, by making amends for the follies of Manfoul, 
 he fhould lay the foundation of her perfect deliverance 
 from Diabolus, and from his tyranny. 
 
 Moreover, Emanuel refolved to make, at a time con- 
 venient, a war upon the giant Diabolus* , even while 
 he was pofTefled of the town of Manfoul ; and that he 
 would fairly, by ftrength of hand, drive him out of 
 his hold, his neft, and take it to himfelf, to be his 
 habitation («). 
 
 (a)^This glorious difplay of the divine benignity is beautifully delineated 
 by an eminent poet : 
 
 '• Yes, from my bofom my Belov'd I give, 
 That my loft creatures may return, and live : 
 He, for your fakes, fhall lay bis glory by, 
 For you be born and fuffer, gafp and die j 
 The price of guilt my Holy-one /hall pay, 
 And tread of death and hell the bitlereft way." 
 
 Brooke's Redemption. 
 
 This 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 39 
 
 This now being refolved upon, order was given to The holy 
 
 the lord chief Secretary, to draw up a fair record of cr) P tures> 
 
 what was determined, and to caufe that it fhould be 
 
 publifhed in all the corners of the kingdom of Uni- 
 
 verfe. A fhort breviat of the contents thereof, you 
 
 may, if you pleafe, take here as follows : 
 
 ' Let all men know, who are concerned, that the The con * 
 
 . . tentt « 
 
 * Son of Shaddai, the great King, is engaged, by 
 
 ' covenant to his Father, to bring his Manfoul to him 
 
 * again ; yea, and to put Manfoul too, through the 
 ' power of his matchlefs love, into a far better and 
 ' more happy condition than it was in before it was 
 c taken by Diabolus.' 
 
 Thefe papers, therefore, were publifhed in feveral 
 places, to the no little moleftation of the tyrant Dia- 
 bolus j for now, thought he, I fhall be molefted, and 
 my habitation will be taken from me. 
 
 But when this matter, I mean this purpofe of the 
 King and his Son, did at firft take air at court, who 
 can tell how the high lords, chief captains, and noble 
 princes that were there, were taken with the bufinefs ! 
 Firft, They whifpered it to one another *, and after * Among 
 that it began to ring throughout the King's palace, all l can £ e5 ' 
 wondering at the glorious defign (a) that between the 
 King and his Son was on foot for the miferable town 
 of Manfoul : yea, the courtiers could fcarcely do any 
 
 (a) If angels, on this joyful occafion, this new creaion, could procla : m, 
 " Glory be to God in the hightft ; and on earth peace, good-will towards 
 men !" (Luke ii. 4.) how much greater caufe have the redeemed, who are 
 the proper fubjects of this great falvation, to begin their triumphant for.st, 
 and, with humble adoration, blefs God for his free, unmerited, and inefti- 
 mahle gift of a precious Saviour ! 
 
 " O wondrous grace, una/k'd, divine, and free, 
 Lodg'd in the womb of vaft eternity! 
 Matuiing time unfolds th' amazing plan, 
 Completes and opens what love firft brga.i." Giles. 
 
 thin 
 
 „» 
 
40 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 thing, either for the king or kingdom, but they would 
 mix, with the doing thereof, a noife of the love of the 
 King and his Son, that they had for the town of 
 Manfoul. 
 
 Nor could thefe lords, high captains, and princes, 
 be content to keep this news at court'; yea, before the 
 records thereof were perfected, themfelvcs came down 
 and told it in Univerfe. At laft it came to the ears, 
 Diabolus as I faid, of Diabolus, to his no little difcontent ; 
 tbe P ncws. at f° r y ou mu ft think it v/ould perplex him to hear of 
 fuch a defign againft him. Well, but after a few cafts 
 in his mind, he concluded upon thefe four things : 
 
 Firft, That this news, thefe good tidings (if pof- 
 fible) fhould be kept from the ears of the town of Man- 
 He condu- foui(tf); for,faid he, if they fhall once come to the know- 
 nl thinA. 2 " ledge, that Shaddai their former King, and Emanuel 
 his Son, are contriving good for the town of Manfoul, 
 what can be expedled by me, but that Manfoul will 
 make a revolt from under my hand and government, 
 and return again to him ? 
 
 Now to accomplifh this his defign, he renews his 
 
 flattery with my lord Will-be-will, and alfo gives him 
 
 Firft, bow ftricl charge and command, that hefhouid keep watch 
 
 n^ws^om 6 by ^ a y anc * n 'g nt at a ll tne gates of the town, efpe- 
 
 Manfoul. cially Ear gate and Eye-gate : for I hear of a defign, 
 
 quoth he, a defign to make us all traitors, and that 
 
 Manfoul muft be reduced to its firft: bondage again. 
 
 {a) It is the bufinefs of the reftlefs enemy of foul*, to keep men ignorant 
 of their loft ftate, left the light of the glorious gofpel fhould mine into their 
 minds: for finntrs will not ft-ek for help, till they know their danger; nor 
 for a cure, till they feel their difeafe. The word of God makes the difco- 
 very : the holy Spirit oprn-, and makes it rffe&ual. For want of fearching 
 thefcriptures, and a tenJmg the worfhip of God, the greateft part of man- 
 kind live and die in their fns, and mud for ever abide under the wrath and 
 eorfe of God ; and Trutii itfelf declaits, " Herein is the condemnation, that 
 light is come into the world, but men love darknefs rather than light, — be- 
 caufe their deeds ar« evil," John iii. iy. 
 
 I hope 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN VAN. 41 
 
 I hope they are but flying {lories, quoth he ; how- 
 ever, let no fuch news by any means be let into Man- 
 foul, left the people be dejected thereat : I think, my 
 lord, it can be no welcome news to y ou > I am ^ ure it 
 is none to me : and I think, that at this timeitihould The w;i1 
 
 engaged a- 
 
 be all our wifdoms and care to nip the head of all fuch gainft the 
 rumours as (hall tend to trouble our people ; \vhere- q P *}' 
 fore I defire, my lord, that you will in this matter do thoughts 
 as I fay. Let there be flrong guards daily kept at " u " f m'q- 
 every gate of the town. Stop alfo and examine from fou1, 
 whence fuch come, whom you perceive do come from 
 far hither to trade : nor let them by any means be 
 admitted into Manfoul, unlefs you fhall plainly per- 
 ceive that they are favourers of our excellent govern- 
 ment. I command moreover, faid Diabolus, th^t All good 
 there be fpies continually walking up and down tb.e words are to 
 town of Manfoul ; and let them have power to fup- ^ e . fuppref * < 
 prefs and deftroy any they fhall fee to be plotting againft 
 us, or that fhall prate of what by Sh addai and Ema- 
 nuel is intended [a). 
 
 This therefore was accordingly done : my lord Will- 
 be-will hearkened to his lord and mafter, went will- 
 ingly after his commandment, and, with all the dili- 
 gence he could, kept any that would from going out 
 abroad, or that fought to bring thefe tidings to Man- 
 foul, from coming into the town. 
 
 {a) Various are the ways by which Satan captivates the foul : the plea- 
 fures, honours, riches, and tumuLuous bjfinefs of life, enflave myriads, and, 
 like a devouring gulf, drown them in perdit.on, excluding from their minds 
 the knowledge of the bitffed God, and all concern about 'eternal things.— 
 For want of ferioufly reflecting on our irate, and viewing it in the glafs of the 
 word, the corruption and madnefs of man's heart predominates over reafon, 
 which, if fuffered to be rightly inftrucled by the Spirit of wifdom, would 
 point out the way to duty and h?.ppir.e*s. The neceffity and falutary effect 
 of attending to the word of God clearly appears from that ihort admonition 
 inlfa, lv. 3. " Hear, and your fcul fhall live." See alfy Ecclef. ix. 3. 
 
 Secondly, 
 
42 THE HOLY WAR,. 
 
 A new oath Secondly, This done, in the next place, Diabolus, 
 iaipofed. t ^ at ne m jght ma Ic e Manfoul as fure as he could, 
 frames and impofes a new oath and horrible covenant 
 upon the town's- folk. : 
 
 To wit, That thejr fhould never defert him, nor his 
 government, nor yet betray him, nor feek to alter his 
 laws : but that they mould own, confefs, ftand by, and 
 acknowledge him for their rightful king, in defiance of 
 any that do, or hereafter mall, by any pretence, law, or 
 title whatfoever, lay claim to the town of Manfoul, 
 Ifo. xxviii- 15. thinking belike that Shaddai had not 
 power to abfolve them from this covenant with death, 
 and agreement with hell. Nor did the filly Manfoul 
 ftick or boggle at all at this moft monftrous engage- 
 ment, but, as if it had been a fprat in the mouth of a 
 whale, they fwallowed it without any chewing. Were 
 they troubled at it ? Nay, they rather bragged and 
 boatted of their fo brave fidelity to the tyrant their 
 pretended king ; fwearing, that they would never be 
 changelings, nor for fake their old lord for a new (a). 
 Thus did Diabolus tie poor Manfoul faft ; but jea- 
 Joufy, that never thinks itfelf firong enough, put him 
 in the next place upon another exploit, which was, 
 yet more, if poifible, to debauch this town of Man- 
 foul : wherefore he caufed, by the hand of one Mr. 
 
 (it) When men determine to refift the counfel of God againft thennfelves, 
 they become by degrees hardened in fin, lb as even to glory in their fhame, 
 and feoff At the moll foiemn truths j and this they do, becaufe, as the poet 
 juftly obferves, they 
 
 " rejedl the fuftenance divine, 
 
 T« beggarly vile appetites detcend ; 
 
 Alk alms of earth, for guefts that came from heav'nj 
 
 Sink into tlaves; and fell for prefent hire 
 
 Their rich rev.'rfion, and (what mares its fate) 
 
 Their native freedom, to th; prince who fvrays 
 
 This aether wotld; * .... Young. 
 
 FilOi, 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 43 
 
 Filth r an odious, nafty, lafcivious piece of beaftlinefs * * Odious 
 to be drawn up in writing, and fet upon the gates : p amp hiets, 
 whereby he granted and save licence to all his true and filthy 
 
 7 & & . baliads and 
 
 and trufty Tons in Manfoul to do whatfoever their luft- romances 
 ful appetites prompted them to do, and that no man d " ' ( " 
 
 was to let, hinder, or controul them, upon pain of 
 incurring the difpleafure of their prince. 
 Now this he did for thefe reafons : 
 
 1. That the town of Manfoul might be yet made Reafons for 
 weaker and weaker, and fo more unable, fliould tidings j ng; 
 come that their redemption was deligned, to believe, 
 
 hope, or confent to the truth thereof; for reafon fays, 
 * the bigger the finner, the lefs ground or hope of 
 mercy' (a). 
 
 2. The fecond reafon was, If perhaps Emanuel, 
 the Son of Shaddai their King, by feeing the hor- 
 rible and profane doings of the town of Manfoul, 
 might repent, though entered into a covenant of re- 
 deeming them, of purfuing that covenant of their re- 
 demption ; for he knew that Shaddai was holy, and 
 that his Son Emanuel was holy ; yea, he knew it by 
 woful- experience : for, for the iniquity and fin of 
 Diabolus was he caft from the higheft orbs. Where- 
 fore what more rational than for him to conclude, that 
 thus for fin it might fare with Manfoul ? But fearing 
 left alfo this knot mould break, he bethinks himfelf 
 of another, to wit : 
 
 Thirdly, To endeavour to poffefs all hearts in the 
 town of Manfoul, that Shaddai was railing an army, 
 
 la) When the wretched, fallen fons of Adam are brought, by a continu- 
 ance in fin, to throw the reins over their lufts and pafiions, working all un- 
 cleannefs with greedinefs, the heart then becomes callous, God's bkfied 
 ways defpifed, his laws trampled upon, his mercy defpaired of. and therefore 
 flighted and unfought for. Thefe are dreadful forebodings of that hard and 
 impenitent heart which " treafures up unto itfeif wrath aga-nft the day of 
 •wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God," Rom. ii. 5. 
 
 F 2 to 
 
44 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 to come to overthrow arid utterly to deftroy the town 
 of Manfoul (and this he did to foreftall any tidings 
 that might come to their ears, of their deliverance) ; 
 f©r, thought he, if I firfl fpread this abroad, the tidings 
 that might come after will all be fwallowed up of this ; 
 for what elfe will Manfoul fay, when they fhall hear 
 that they muft be delivered, but that the true meaning 
 is, Shaddai intends to deftroy them (a) ? Wherefore 
 *The^>lace he fummons the whole town into the market-place*, 
 and of con- an d there with deceitful tongue thus he addreffes him- 
 
 fidering. fc] f unto them . 
 
 " Gentlemen, and my very good friends, you are 
 all, as you know, my legal fubjecls, and men of the 
 famous town of Manfoul ; you know how, from the 
 £rft day that I have been with you until now, I have 
 behaved myfelf among you, and what liberty and great 
 privileges you have enjoyed Under my government j 
 I hope, to your honour and mine, and alfo to your 
 content and delight. Now, my famous Manfoul, a 
 noife of trouble there is abroad, of trouble to the 
 town of .Manfoul ; forry I am therefore for your fakes. 
 For I received but now by the poft, from my lord 
 Lucifer (and he ufed to have good intelligence), that 
 -your old King Skaddai is raifing an army to come 
 againfl you, tc deftroy you root and branch : and this, 
 O Manfoul, is now the catife that at this time I have 
 called you together, namely, to advife what in this 
 juncture is beft to be done. For my part, 1 am but 
 
 {<*) From a love to their finful ways, the profane will always raife an evil 
 repoit concerning the good land ; reprefenting true religion as a dull, me- 
 lancholy purfuir, 'ending to deftroy all happinefs and peace. But the reverfe 
 is the truth : fince God, al!-wife and grac.ous, exhorts to nothing but what 
 makes for our prefent and eternal benefit, and diffuades from nothing but 
 what would be hurtful to us; his promifes, and threatenings too, flow alikrt 
 from love to fouls. " Wifdom is juftified of her children," Matt. xi. 19, 
 " #er ways are ways of pleafantnefs, and all her paths peace," Prov. iii. 17. 
 
 one, 
 
*Jne /'/<>/</<> e/ //i<- ///most.) iJtm&t cr Manfoul a///'t-tt'J /'// 
 
3y Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 45 
 
 ene^ and can with eafe fhift for myfclf, did I lift to 
 fcek my own eafe, and to leave my Man foul in all 
 danger : but my heart k fo firmly united to you, and 
 ft) loth am I to leave you, that I am willing to ftand 
 and fall with you, to the utmoft hazard that mall befal 
 fne{a). What fay you, O my Manfoul JJ will you 
 now defert your old friend j or do yOu think, of ft,and r 
 *ng by me ?" 
 
 Then as one man, with one mouth, they cried out 
 together, " Let him die the death that will not." 
 
 Then fai'd Diabolus again, " 'Tis in vain for us to Verydeceit- 
 hope for quarter, for this King knows not how to guLe"" 
 fhew it. True, perhaps he, at his firft fitting dowft 
 before us, will talk of, and pretend to mercy, that 
 thereby with the more eafe^ and lefs trouble, he may 
 again make himfelf the matter of Manfoul ; whatever 
 therefore he iribuld fay, believe not one fyllable or 
 tittle of it, for all fuch language is but to overcome 
 us; and to make us, while we wallow in our blood, 
 the trophies of his mercilefs victory. My mind is, 
 therefore, that we refolve to the laft man to refift him, 
 and not to believe him on any terms ; far in at that 
 door will come our danger. But fhall we be flattered out 
 of our lives ? I hope you know more of the rudiments 
 of politics, than to fuffer yourfelves to be fo pitifully 
 ferved. 
 
 {a} Our da'ly prayer ftinuld be. for wifdom ro difcern, grace to watch 
 igarntt, and fttength to overco:i>e, the wiles and device* of the deftroyer, 
 " hfc dy any rrtsans, as the ferpent beguiled Ev= through his fubtlety, our 
 .minds fhbnld be edrriiptrd from the limplie'ty that is in Chrift," z Cor. xi. 3. 
 By liftening; to this iyar ind murderer, contrary to the divine command, fin 
 and every evfl entered, the Whole mais oeing .hereby defiled.— —Satan is a 
 mercilefs tyrant; his fetvice is the vileft drudgery $ his wages are pain, for- 
 row, fkknefs, temporal and etetnal death ; — death to all happinefs for ever 
 "both of body arid foul. But. on the contrary, the fervice of Chriftis a rea- 
 fonabie fervice, Rom, xii. 1. and perfeft freedom* 
 
 " But 
 
46 THE HOLY-WAR, 
 
 ' " But fuppofe he mould, if he get us to yield, fave 
 
 fome of our lives, or the lives of fome of them that 
 
 are underlings in Manfoul, what help will that be to 
 
 you that are the chief of the town, efpecially you 
 
 whom 1 have fet up, and whofe greatnefs has been 
 
 procured by you through your faithful flicking to me ? 
 
 lying Un- And fuppofe again, that he fhould give quarter to 
 
 * u 8e * every one of you, be fure he will bring you into that 
 
 bondage under which you were captivated before, or a 
 
 wor'fe, and then what good will your lives do you ? 
 
 Shall you with him live in pleafure* as you. do now ? 
 
 , No, no, you mull be bound by laws that will pinch 
 
 you, and be made to do that'.whichat prefent is hateful 
 
 He is afraid to you (*)♦ I am for you, if you are for me ; and it 
 
 Manfoul. is . better to. die valiantly, than to live like pitiful 
 
 flaves. But I fay, the life of a flave will be accounted 
 
 a life too good for Manfoul now; blood, blood, no r 
 
 thing but blood, is in every b I aft of Shaddai's trum T 
 
 j>et,againft poor Manfoul now : pray be concerned, I 
 
 Jhear. he is coming up, and ftand to your arms, that 
 
 now, while you have leifure, I may teach you fome 
 
 He put? feats of war. Armour for you I have, and by me it 
 
 arm?nip POn IS J vea > an ^ I* is, fufficient for Manfoul, from top to 
 
 themfelver. toe: nor can you be hurt by what his force can do, if 
 
 you fhall keep it well girt and faftened about you ; 
 
 come therefore to my caftle and welcome, and harnefs 
 
 yourfelves for the war. There is helmet, breaft-plate, 
 
 (a) Here Satan unwittingly fpeaks truth for once; becaufe when the work 
 
 of regeneration is begun, old things (loved before) becdme hateful, and all 
 
 things become new ;■ namely, the will, affections, and aims; and whereas, 
 
 before eonverfion, the (inner was led captive by the enemy at his will, now, 
 
 •after thatblefled change has taken place, his language is, * Draw me ; we 
 
 • will run after thee," Cant. i. 4. Before the Lord draws, we can't ftir a, 
 
 \rVefVJiay, we rather (like fallen Adam in Paradife) run away from God : 
 
 .RBf fo after eonverfion, for then we walk, yea delight in his ways ; then w« 
 
 move freely and fwiftly to him, as the centre of our hopes, and fource of out 
 
 •felicity. May this ever be our happy lot ! 
 
 fword, 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 47 
 
 fword, fhield, and what not, that you will fight like 
 men. 
 
 " I. My Helmet, otherwife called an head-piece, is His helmet, 
 hope of doing well at laft, what lives foever you live, 
 Deut xxix. 19. This is that which they had, who 
 faid, that ** they mould have peace, tho' they walked 
 in the wickednefs of their heart, to add drunkennefs 
 to thirft :" a piece of approved armour is this; and 
 whoever has it, and can hold it, fo long no arrow, 
 dart, (word, or fliield, can hurt him ; this therefore 
 keep on, and thou wilt ward off many a blow (a), my 
 Manfoul. 
 
 " 2. My Breaft-plate is a breaft-plate of iron, His bread- 
 Rev, ix. 9. I had it forged in mine own country, and * 
 all my foldiers are armed therewith ; in plain lan- 
 guage, it is an hard heart, an heart as hard as iron, 
 and as much paft feeling as a ftone j the which if you 
 get and keep, neither mercy fhall win you, nor judg- 
 ment fright you. This therefore is a piece of armour 
 moft neceflary for all to put on that hate Shaddai, 
 and that would fight againft him under my banner. 
 
 " 3. My Sword is a tongue that is fet on fire of hell, H '« **•«*• 
 Pf. lvii. 4. lxiv. 3. James iii. 6. and that can bend it- 
 felf to fpeak evil of Shaddai, his Son, his ways, and 
 people ; ufe this, it has been tried a thoufand times 
 twice told j whoever hath it, keeps it, and makes ufe 
 
 (a) They who blindly rely on the mercy of a God out of Chrift, and die 
 in their fins unrepented of and unatoned for, as all baptized infidels do, 
 will find themfelves at length the miferable objects of divine juftice: for 
 they that think to behaved (as the modern mere moralifts do) any other way 
 than by that which may redound equally to the honour of the divine juftice 
 and mercy, fall under the cenfure of the poet, who declares, they 
 — — fet at odds HeavVs jarring artributes : 
 Maim heav'n's perfection, break its equal beams. 
 Bid mercy triumph over— God himfelf, 
 Vndeify'd by their opprobrious praife; ■« 
 A God ail ojwcy is 5 Cud anj'A YovKC* 
 
 Of 
 
48 THE HOLY" WAR, 
 
 of it as I would have him, can neyer be conquered by 
 mine enemy. 
 H'uOiitU. " 4. My Shield is unbelief, Job xv. 26. Pf. Ixxvi. 3. 
 Mark vi. 5, 6. or calling into queftion the truth of 
 1 the word, or all the fayings that (peak of the judg- 
 ment that Shaddai has appointed for wicked men : 
 ufe this Shield ; many attempts he has made upon it, 
 and fometimes, 'tis true, it has been bruifed ; but they 
 that have writ of the wars of Emanuel, againft my 
 fervants, have terrified, that " he could do no mighty 
 work there, becaufe of their unbelief." Now, to 
 handle this weapon of mine aright, is, not to believe 
 things becaufe they are true, of what fort, or by whom- 
 soever aflerted : if he fpeaks of judgment, care not for 
 it; if he fpeaks of mercy, care not for it; if he pror 
 mifes, if he fwears that he would do to Manfoul, if it 
 turns, no hurt, but good, regard not what is faid, quef- 
 tion the truth of all [a) ; for this is to wield the fhield 
 of unbelief aright, and as my fervants ought, and do : 
 and he that does otherwife, loves me not, nor do I 
 count him but an enemy to me. 
 
 *' 5. Another part or piece, faid Diabolus, of mine 
 excellent armour, is, ' a dumb and prayerlefs fpirit,' 
 a fpirit that fcorns to cry for mercy ; wherefore be you, 
 my Manfoul, fure that you make ufe of this. What ! 
 
 {a) M Thou haft magnified thy word above all thy name," faith Chrift, 
 Pf. exxxviii. 2. The veracity of Jehovah is engaged to fulfill it. The not 
 believing and difregarding the divine teftimony, therefore, is offering the 
 higheit diflionour and /nfult to the God of truth, whofe word cannot be 
 broken, John x. 35. It expelled man from paradife : and, to this day, un- 
 belief of the fcripture, which is ever accompanied with contempt of God and 
 religion, obftrucls the intercourfc between God and man. Hence a wide duor 
 is opened to all manner of licentioufne's, and everlafting mifery in the life 
 to come. But to them th^t believe, Chrift is precious; his word is fweet t 
 by believing the record which God hath given of his Son, they fet to their 
 feal, that he is true; and take comfort from the promife, John iii. 15. 
 " whofoever believeth in him fliall not pciilh, but have eternal life. 1 ' 
 
 cry 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 49 
 
 cry for quarter ? Never do that, if you would be 
 mine : I know you flout men ; and am fure that I 
 have clad you with that which is armour of proof; 
 wherefore to cry to Shaddai for mercy, let that be 
 far from you. Befides all this, I have a maul, fire- 
 brands, arrows, and death, all good hand weapons, and 
 fuch as will do execution (a). 
 
 After he had thus furnifhed his men with armour 
 and arms, he addrefTed himfelf to them in fuch- like 
 words as thefe : * Remember, quoth he, that I am He backs.il 
 
 * * with a 
 
 your rightful k»ng ; and that you have taken an oath, fpeech to 
 and entered into covenant, to be true to me and to my m * 
 caufe : I fay, remember this, and lhew yourfelvcs ftout 
 and valiant men of Manfoul. Remember alfothekind- 
 nefs that I have always mowed to you, and that without 
 your petition. I have granted to you external things ; 
 wherefore the privileges, grants, immunities, profits, 
 and honours, wherewith I have endowed you, do call 
 forth at your hands returns of loyalty, my lion-like 
 men of Manfoul : and what fo fit a time to {hew it, 
 as when others mall feck to take my dominion over 
 you into their own hanJs ? One word more, and I 
 have done : Canwe but iland, and overcome this one 
 {hock or brunt, I doubt not but in little time all the 
 world will be ours ; and when that day comes, my 
 
 (a) We have feen above, how ckarly and :'cr:pturally this judicious au- 
 thor defcribes the weapons of rebellion with which rhe unregTterate tnind 
 fifbts againft the blefTcd God and i(s own happineis ; fame of them are the 
 following, namel;., a fake and ill- founded fecurity, hard heartednej"?, frofr- 
 ing at divine truths, profanenefs, unbelief, and ayerfenefs to prayer: but 
 the greattft and molt hurtful of trufe, berauia it is the foi>rce of all the 
 reft, is unbelief*. By roesns of that accurfed r< ot of b-titrnefs, the carcafes 
 of the antient Ifraelitcs fell in the wilderneis, Heb. ii : . %, which will be 
 found ftt icily true, in a foiritual fenfe, with refpcC~r. to the foul, and its eter- 
 nal concern?. Wru: is the remedy in thb and every forlorn circumitance ? 
 To look unto Jems, crave help, and flfength from hi' almighty arm, and 
 truft to receive from his Cullnefs a funply of all needful bit/Tings. 
 
 G true 
 
5 o THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 true hearts, ] /ill make you kings, princes, and cap- 
 tains, and what brave days fhall wc have then (a) ! 
 
 Diabolus having thus armed and fore armed his 
 
 fervants and vaflals in Manfoul, againft their good 
 
 and lawful king ^haddai in the next place he dou- 
 
 blcth his guards at the gates of the town, and betakes 
 
 Ma7fo°ul himfelf to the caftle, which was his ftrong hold : his 
 
 fliew their vaflals alfo N , to fhew their wills, and fuppofed (but ip-- 
 
 loyalty to , . . ' ., ,''..' , & 
 
 the giant. noble J gallantry, exercne them in their arms every day, 
 and teach one another feats of war ; they alfo defied 
 their enemies, and fung up the praifes of their ty- 
 rant ; they threatened alio what men they would be, 
 if ever things mould rife fo high as a war between 
 Shaddai and their king. 
 
 ShaWaipre- Now all this time the good King, the King Shad- 
 
 parerh an . r ° ° b 
 
 armyforthe DAi ? was preparing to fend an army to recover the 
 Manfoul. town Q f Manfoul again from under the tyranny of their 
 pretended king Diabolus : but he thought good, at the 
 firft, not to fend them by the hand and conduct of 
 brave Emanuel his Son, but under the hand of fomc 
 of his fervants 3 to fee firft by them the temper of 
 Manfoul, and whether by them they would be won to 
 the obedience of their King. The army confifted of 
 above forty thoufand, all true men ; for they came 
 from the King's own court, and were thofe of his 
 
 own chufing (If). 
 
 They 
 
 (a) Satan firft beguiles, then dell roys, and, laftly, torments: he flatters, 
 only to betray and ruin : '• All thale things will I give thee (faith this 
 arch-deceiver), if thou wilt fall down, and wormip me." This he had the 
 impudence to fuggeft to the God who made him, Matt. iv. 9. But what 
 was the refult ? Our blefled Lord repels him with abhorrence, '* Get thee 
 behind me, Satan I" May you and I, fcllow-finner, fcek and find grace to 
 rtfift the devil at all times, and he will flee from us, James iv. 7. But this 
 can only be effected by the power of the Bruifer of the ftrpent's head. 
 
 (b) The Lord has in all ages provided his minifter*, as infiruments in the 
 hand of the Spirit, to confirm his gracious promifes made to the elect, in 
 
 Ghrift, 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 51 
 
 They came up to Manfoul under the conduct of four 
 ftout generals, each man being captain of ten thoufand 
 men ; and thefe are their names, and their enfigns. 
 The name of the firfr. was captain Boanerges ; the Thecap- 
 
 r , r 1 • r> • (-»• ^u tains name?. 
 
 name of the lecond was captain Conviction ; the name 
 of the third, captain Judgment ; and the name of the 
 fourth was captain Execution. Thefe were the cap- 
 tains that Shaddai fent to regain Manfoul. 
 
 Thefe four captains (as was faid) the King thought 
 fit in the firft place to fend to Manfoul, to make an 
 attempt upon it ; for indeed generally, in all his wars, 
 he did ufe to place thefe four captains in the van, for 
 they were very ftout and rough-hewn men (#), Pfal. 
 Ix. 4. men that were fit to break the ice, and to make 
 their way by dint of fword, and their men were like 
 themfelves. 
 
 To each of thefe captains the King gave a banner, 
 that it might be difplayed, becaufe of the goodnefs of 
 his caufe, and becaufe of the right that he had to 
 Manfoul. 
 
 Firft, To captain Boanerges, for he was the chief, to 
 him, I fay, were given ten thoufand men j his enfign 
 was Mr. Thunder : he bore the black colours, and his 
 fcutcheon was the three burning thunderbolts, Mark 
 iii. 17. 
 
 Chrift, Gen. iii. 15. The patriarchs, prophets, apofties, and their fuccef- 
 foro to the end of time, are the publifhers of this bleffed news to perifhing 
 tinners. 
 
 (a) Thefe were, 1. the powerful preaching of the word. 1. Compunc- 
 tion under it, which extorts the cry, '* What /hali I do to be faved ? " 
 Acts xvi. 30. 3. The threatenings of the law, its terrors, dread of the 
 wrath of God and eternal punifhment for (in. as denounced in the fcriptures 
 of truth. 4. Thofe awakenings which the quickening Spirit of God ex. 
 cites in the foul, from a retrofpective view of its original guilt, numberlefs 
 aggravated actual tnnfgreflions, anc obnoxioufnefs to the pun./hmtnt due to 
 the broken law. Thefe are the bleffed operations of that divine grace which 
 «lone bnngeth falvatiofl) and is an earneft of future glory, 
 
 G 2 The 
 
5 2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The fecond captain was captain Convi£lion ; to 
 him were given ten thoufand men : his cnfign's name 
 was Mr. Sorrow ; he did bear the pale colours, and 
 his fcutcheon was the book of the law wide open, 
 from whence ifTued a flame of fire, Deut. xxxiiL 2. 
 
 The third captain was captain Judgment ; to him 
 were given ten thoufand men : his enfign's name was 
 Mr. Terror j he bare the red colours, and his fcutcheon 
 was a burning fiery furnace, Matt. xiii. 4.0, 41. 
 
 The fourth captain was captain Execution : to him 
 were given ten thoufand men : his enfign was one Mr. 
 Juftice ; he alfo bare the red colours, and his fcutcheon 
 was a fruitlefs tree, with an ax lying at the root there- 
 of, Matt. iii. 10. 
 
 Thefe four captains, as I faid, had every one of 
 them under his command ten thoufand men, all of 
 good fidelity to the King, and ftout at their military 
 actions (a). 
 
 Well, the captains and their forces, their men and 
 under-officers, being had upon a day by Shaddai into 
 the field, and there called all over by their names, 
 were then and there put into fuch harnefs as became 
 their degree, and that fervice that now they were going 
 about for their King. 
 
 Now when the King had mufter'd his forces (for it 
 was he that mufterM the hoft to the battle), he gave unto 
 the captains their feveral commiflions, with charge and 
 commandment, in the audience of all the foldiers, that 
 they fhould take heed faithfully and courageoufly to 
 
 (a) Though the above-recited are the ordinary means by which the Lord 
 works favingly upon the hearts of finncrs, yet is he not confined to thefe, 
 but can make the ffighteft incident inflrumental to the accomplishing nt- his 
 bltffed purpofes : " in a dream, in a vifion of the night, when deep flcep 
 filleth upon men ; then be openerh the cars of men, and fealeth their in- 
 Sruftion," &c. Job xxxiii, ij, 16. 
 
 do 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 53 
 
 do and execute the 'fame. Their commiffions were, 
 for the fubftance of them, the fame in form, tho' as 
 to name, title, place, and degree of the captains, there 
 might be fome, but very fmall variation : and here let 
 me give you an account of the matter and fum con- 
 tained in their commifiion. 
 
 A Commission from the great King Shaddai (a), 
 King of Manfoul, to his trufty and noble captain, 
 the captain Boanerges (£), for making war upoa 
 the town of Manfoul. 
 
 « /"\ THOU Boanerges, one of my flout and thunder- 
 
 * i ng captains, over one ten thoufand of my valiant 
 ' and faithful fervants, Matt. x. II. Luke x. 5. Go 
 
 * thou in my name, with this thy force, to the mifer- 
 
 * able town of Manfoul ; and when thou comeft thi- 
 ' ther, offer them firft conditions of peace ; and com- 
 
 * mand them, that, cafting off the yoke and tyranny of 
 
 * the wicked Diabolus, they return to me, their right- 
 
 * ful prince and lord ; command them alfo, that they 
 
 * cleanfe themfelves from all that is his in the town of 
 
 * Manfoul (and look to thyfelf, that thou have good 
 
 * fatisfa£tion touching the truth of their obedience). 
 
 (0) Shall love and mercy fue to the wretched to accept deliverance* and 
 they r.ot liften ? Shall goodnefs itfelf invite tbe hopelefs and helplefs to em- 
 brace fubftantial and permanent happinefs, and invite in vain ? Nay rather, 
 thou prifoner of hope, 
 
 " Turn thou thine eyes on wifdotn's fairer pian, 
 To frailly fuited, and defign'd for man : 
 To teach him wifdom, and, in that, to know, 
 His fall how great, his wretchednefs how low ! 
 To fave from ruin, as lhe makes him wife, 
 And hide definition from the Granger's eyes." 
 (J) Literally, fons of thunder; meaning, properly, powerful preacking of 
 the gofpel, made effectual is the heart by the operation of the Holy Ghcft, 
 by which it becomes the power of God to falvation, Figuratively, it may 
 mean the quickening influences of the Spirit of God, The two for» of 
 Zcbedee are thus furnamed by Chrift, Mark iii, 17. 
 
 • Thus 
 
r 
 
 54 THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 * Thus when thou haft commanded them (if they In 
 
 * truth fubmit thereto), then do thou to the uttermoft 
 
 * of thy power, what in thee lies, to fet up for me a 
 
 * garrifon in the famous town of Manfoul ; nor do 
 ' thou hurt the leaft native that moveth or breatheth 
 
 * therein, if they will fubmit themfelves to me, but 
 ' treat thou fuch as if they were thy friends or bre- 
 ' thren •> for all fuch I love, and they fliall be dear 
 c unto me ; and tell them, that I will take a time to 
 ' come unto them, and to let them know that I am 
 'merciful (<z), i Theft, ii. 7 11. 
 
 ' But if they mail, notwithftanding thy fummons, 
 ' and the producing of my authority, refift, ftand out 
 " againft thee, and rebel ; then I do command thee to 
 ' make ufe of all thy cunning, power, might, and 
 ' force, to bring them under by ftrength of hand. 
 ' Farewel.' 
 
 Thus you fee the fum of their commiflions ; for, as 
 I faid before, for the fubftance of them, they were 
 the fame that the reft of the noble captains had. 
 
 Wherefore they having received each commander 
 his authority, at the hand of their king ; the day being 
 appointed, and the place of their rendezvous prefixed, 
 each commander appearing in fuch gallantry as his 
 They pre- catife and calling required j fo after a new entertain- 
 mlrciT * ment from Shaddai, with flying colours they fet for- 
 ward to march towards the famous town of Manfoul. 
 Captain Boanerges led the van, captain Conviction 
 
 (a) May the consideration of fuch ftupendous, unmerited goodnefs, evsr 
 produce ftrains of the Jivelieft gratitude in the hearts of thofe whom the 
 Lord hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ! Struck with a con- 
 fciouiiicfs of our demerits, who can refrain from faying, 
 
 " Ah, Father, author, God of boundlefs grace, 
 What, what is man, w.th all his recreant race, 
 That he with thine own Jefus fho !d be weigh'd ; 
 And, for their rar.lom, fuch a price b< paid I " Brooks. 
 
 and 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN YAN. 55 
 
 and captain Judgment made up the main body, and 
 captain Execution brought up the rear. They then 
 having a great way to go (for the town of Manfoul 
 was far off from the court of Shaddai [a), Eph. ii. 
 13. 17.), marched through the regions and coun- 
 tries of many people, not hurting or abuling any, but 
 bleffing where-ever they came. They alfo lived upon 
 the King's coft, all the way they went. 
 
 Having travelled thus for many days, at laft they 
 came within fight of Manfoul ; the which when they 
 faw, the captains could for their hearts do no lefs than 
 for a while bewail the condition of the town ; for 
 they quickly faw that it was profrrate to the will of 
 Diabolus, and to his ways and defigns. 
 
 Well, to be fhort, the captains come up before, the 
 town, march up to Ear- gate, and fit down there (for 
 that was the place of hearing). So when they had 
 pitched their tents, and intrenched themfelves, they 
 addrefled themfelves to make their affault. 
 
 Now the townsfolk at firft, beholding fo gallant a !5 e JT 1 * 
 
 ' 3 c are con- 
 
 company, fo bravely accoutred, and fo excellently dif- Tin ed h Y 
 ciplined (£), having on their glittering armour, and ordered life 
 cfifplaying their colours, could not but come out of ofti "g° di y» 
 
 (a) The immenfe diftance of the foul from God, by original fin, is very 
 jaftty fet forth in the church homily on Chrift's N-.tivity : u Inftead ef the 
 image of God, he was now b-.come the image of the devil ; inftead of the 
 citizen o;~ heaven, he was now become the bond-fhve of hell 9 having in 
 himfelf no one'par? of his former purity and cleannefs, but being altogether 
 fjjottta and defiled ; infomich that he now leemed to be nothing elfe but a 
 lump of fin, and therefore, by the : nft judgment of God, was condemned to 
 everlafting d.-ath." A pride-humbling picture ! which in'irely demolifhes 
 the towring fabric of the dignity of bum.^.n nature, fo mut-h boafted of and 
 extolled. 
 
 (6) Though the world approve of and commend the gocly converfation of 
 ■Scene chriiHans, yet their rebellious nature revolts againft the way, nor can 
 they be prevailed on to chufe it, till alm'ghtv and irrefiitible grace removes 
 the enmity, and makes ;hem willing in the day of God's power. 
 
 their 
 
56 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 their houfes and gaze. But the cunning fox Diabo- 
 lus, fearing that the people, after this fight, fhould, 
 on a fudden fummons, open the gates to the captains, 
 came down with all hafte from the caftle, ancf made 
 them retire into the body of the town ; who, when 
 he had them there, made this lying and deceivable 
 fpeech unto them {a). 
 alienate! ' Gentlemen, quoth he, although you are my trufty 
 
 their minds and well-beloved friends, yet I cannot but (a little) 
 chide you for your late uncircumfpe£l action, in going 
 out to gaze on that great and mighty force that but 
 yefterday fat down before (and have now intrenched 
 themfelves, in order to the maintaining of the fiegc 
 againft) the famous town of Manfoul. Do you know 
 who they are ? whence they came ? and what is their 
 purpofe in fitting down before the town of Manfoul ? 
 They are they of whom I have told you long ago, 
 that they would come to deftroy this town (£), and 
 againft whom I have been at the coft to arm you cap- 
 a-pie for your body, befides great fortifications for 
 Satan great- your mind. Wherefore then did you not rather, even 
 GoV^mini- at trie & r & appearance of them, cry out, Fire the bea- 
 *'"' *.*!*' cons, and give the whole town an alarm concerning 
 fet Manfoul them, that we might all have been in a pofture of de- 
 3 §am . f encCj ant j have been ready to have received them with 
 the higheft a&s of defiance ? then had you fhewed your- 
 
 (a) As " faith comas by hearing, and hearing by the word of God," 
 Rom. x. 17. fo the enemy of fouls, aware of the danger his kingdom is 
 in by the conviction and converfion of finners, through the miniftry of the 
 word, ftrives, by every ftratagem his art and canning can fu^geft, to divert 
 th«m from the ufe of thefe means of falvation, Ly cauling them to be 
 defpil'ed and neglected ; while riches, honours, and fading joys, are pre- 
 ferred to heavenly wifdom and eternal good.— But, in fpite of his utmoft 
 efforts to prevent ir, God will work, and none fhall let it ; and the innume- 
 rable company of the eleft fhall be accomplished, to glorify him for ever. 
 
 (4) That's falfe, Satan, 
 
 ftlves 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 57 
 
 felves men to my liking, whereas by what you have 
 done, you have made me half afraid ; I fay, half 
 afraid, that when they and we fhall come to pufh a 
 pike, I fhall find you want courage to ftand it out a»y 
 longer. Wherefore have I commanded a watch, and 
 that you mould double your guards at the gates ? 
 Wherefore have I endeavoured to make you as hard 
 as iron, and your hearts as a piece of the nether mill- 
 ftone ? Was it, think you, that you might fhew your- He **""» 
 felves women ; and that you might go out, like a bid defiance 
 company of innocents, to gaze ©n your mortal foe ? t0 .l r e ™ l * 
 Fie, fie, put yourfelves into a pofture of defence, beat the word, 
 up the drum, gather together in warlike manner, that 
 our foes may know, that, before they fhall conquer 
 this corporation, there are valiant men in Manfoul (a). 
 
 ' I will leave off" now to chide, and will not further 
 rebuke you : but I charge you, that henceforwards 
 you let me fee no more of fuch actions. Let net 
 henceforwards a man of you, without order firft ob-» 
 tained from me, fo much as fhew his head over the 
 wall of the town of Manfoul : you have now heard 
 me j do as I have commanded, and you fhall caufe me 
 that I dwell fecurely with you, and that as I take 
 care for myfelf, fo for your fafety and honour al fo. 
 Farewel.' 
 
 Now were the townsfolk ftrangely altered j they were When fi n. 
 as men ftricken with a panic fear : they ran to and fro "n^o "tan,- 
 in the ftreets of the town of Manfoul, cryinp- out, ,he y are fet 
 
 * J & ' in a rage 
 
 . againft god- 
 
 linefs. 
 (a) It is melancholy torefleft, that fo great an afcendancy have the igno- 
 rance and enmity contracted by fin gained in the foul, that thofe ministers of 
 the gofpe), who defcribe man's mifery and total departure from God by tho 
 fall, and exalt Chrift as a finable and complete Saviour, have in all ages 
 keen defpifed, reviled, and perfecuted. But. " as in the beginning, they 
 that were born after the flefli perfecuted them that were born after the Spirit, 
 even fo it it now," Gal. iv. *g. and, we may add, will be to the end of 
 liiKi 
 
 H " Help ! 
 
58 
 
 THE HOLY WAR. 
 
 The King's 
 trumpet 
 founded at 
 Ear-gate. 
 
 They will 
 mot hear. 
 
 A fecond 
 
 fuTimons 
 rejullcd. 
 
 " Help ! Help ! the men that turn the world upficle 
 down, are come hither alfo." Nor could any of them 
 be quiet after; but ftil), as men bereft of wit, they 
 cried out, " The deftroyers of our peace and people are 
 come." This went down with Diabolus : Ah ! quoth 
 he to himfelf, this I like well, now it is as I would 
 have it, now you fhew your obedience to your prince ; 
 hold you but here, and then let them take the town if 
 they can. 
 
 Well, before the King's forces had fet before 
 Man foul three days, captain Boanerges commanded 
 his trumpeter to go down to Ear-gate ; and there, in, 
 the name of the great Shaddai, to fummon Manfoul 
 to give audience to the meflage that he in his Matter's 
 name was commanded to deliver to them. So the 
 trumpeter, whofe name was Take-heed-what-you- 
 hear, went up as he was commanded to Ear-gate, and 
 there founded his trumpet for a hearing : but there 
 was none that appeared, that gave anfwer or regard (<?), 
 for fo had Diabolus commanded ; fo the trumpeter 
 returned to his captain, and told him what he had 
 done, and alfo how he had fped ; whereat the captain 
 was grieved, but bid the trumpeter go to his tent. 
 Again captain Boanerges fendeth his trumpeter to 
 Ear-gate, to found as before for an hearing ; but they 
 
 (e ) The heart of the natural man fpurns at God's commands ; fee Jer. 
 xliv. 16, &c. Repeated calls from God, who is love, we may ev« obferve, 
 make no impreffion on the obltinate hearts of finners, who, tho' prefiingly 
 invited by their infinitely wife Creator to embrace life and happinefs, yet, 
 like the deaf adder, refufe to hear the voice of the charmer : fo totally has 
 the god of this world blinded their eyes, and his delufive offers enfnared 
 them ! Surely of every fuch felf- deceiver we may juftly remark : 
 
 '« Thou happy wretch ! by blindnefs art thou bltft, 
 By dotage dandled to perpetual fmiles :— 
 Know, fmiler, at thy peril'ait thou pleas'tf j 
 Thy pleafure is the promife of tby pain.' ' Y o u k a . 
 
 agaia 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 59 
 
 again kept clofe, came not out, nor would they give 
 him an anfwer, fo obfervant were they of the com- 
 mand of Diabolus their king. Then the captains and A council 
 other field-officers called a council of war, to confider 
 what further was to be done for gaining the town of 
 Manfoul : and, after fome clofe and thorough debate 
 upon the contents of their commiffions, they concluded 
 yet to give the town, by the hand of the forenamed 
 trumpeter, another iummons to hear j but if that fhall 
 be refufed, fay they, ?nd that the town mail ftand it 
 out ftill, Luke xiv. 23. then they determined, and bid 
 the trumpeter tell them lo, that they would endeavour 
 by what means they could to compel them by force to 
 the obedience of their King. 
 
 So captain Boanerges commanded his trumpeter to A third 
 go up to Ear-gate again (#), and, in the name of the 
 great King Shaddai, to give it a very loud fummons 
 to come down without delay to Ear-gate, there to give 
 audience to the King's molt noble captains. So the 
 trumpeter went, and did as he Was commanded : he 
 went up to Ear-gate, and founded his trumpet, and 
 gave a third fummons to Manfoul, Ifa. lviii. I. He 
 faid moreover, that if this they mould ftill refufe to 
 do, the captains of his Prince would with might come 
 down upon them, and endeavour to reduce them to 
 their obedience by force. 
 
 (a) Behold the long- differing and forbearance of a merciful God 1 O that 
 it may lead finners to repentance and amendment ! He waits to be gra- 
 cious; and knocks continually at the hearts of finners by judgments, afflic- 
 tions, providences, &c. if by any means they may be brought to the know- 
 ledge of the truth, and be faved from mifery. Who can count the many 
 earnell invitations in fcripture ! " O that there were fuch an heart in them, 
 that they would fear me, — that it might be well with them ! O that they 
 were wife, that they would confider their latter-end !" faith the divine Phi- 
 lanthropist, Deut. v. 29. xxxii. 29. May the Lord the Spirit give this heart* 
 and indiae finners to feek, fo as to find a precious Jcfus ! 
 
 H 2 Theu 
 
€6 
 
 THE HOLY WAR. 
 
 The trum 
 
 pettr. 
 
 lord will- Then flood up my lord Will-be-will, who was the 
 fpeechtotha governor of the town (this Will-be-will was the apo- 
 txumpeter. ftate, of whom mention was made before (a), and the 
 keeper of the gates of Manfoul. He therefore, with 
 big and ruffling words, demanded of the trumpeter, 
 who he was, whence he came, and what was the 
 caufe of his making fo hideous a noife at the gate, and 
 fpeaking fuch unfufferable words againft the town of - 
 Manfoul ? 
 
 The trumpeter anfwered, I am fervant to the moft 
 noble captain, captain Boanerges, general of the forces 
 of the great King Shaddai, againft whom both thy- 
 felf and the whole town of Manfoul have rebelled, 
 and lift up the heel ; and my matter the captain hath 
 a fpecial meflage to this town, and to thee as a mem- 
 ber thereof : the which if you of Manfoul {hall peace- 
 ably hear, fo ; if not, take what follows. 
 
 Then faid the lord Will-be-will, I will carry the 
 
 words to my lord, and will know what he will fay (b). 
 
 Trumpeter. But the trumpeter replied, faying, Our mefTage is 
 
 not to the giant Diabolus, but to the miferable town 
 
 of Manfoul ; nor fhall we at all regard what anfwer 
 
 W~ill.be 
 will. 
 
 (a) See before, p. 28. 
 
 ( % b) Mankind are fo wretchedly depraved by the fall, that they will fooner 
 liften to carnal, erring reafon, or the fuggeftions of Satan, than to the God 
 of wifdom, truth, and love, for needful advice and help— Pity it is that many 
 weak believers alfo rather apply to others the gracious promifes of the gofpel, 
 when held out to them by godly minifters, inftead of them fel vet : but thefe 
 things ought not fo to be. For as, in the firft inftance, no cafe of loft finners 
 can be too dcfperate to baffle the /kill of the great Phyfician : fo, in the fe- 
 cond, the glorious work of redemption lies between the Triune God in cove- 
 nant and each individual foul,— the finner and the Saviour. The declara- 
 tions and tenders of mercy, In the word, are indifcriminately made to all s 
 but the lambs of the flock, as they feel their great need, fo they have an un- 
 doubted right to appropriate them. Chrift fays, Rev. xxii. 17. «* Whofoever 
 will, let him take of the water of life freely ;" without exception to any ; 
 tho' it is free, fovereiga grace alone, that bringtth falvation through Chrift 
 Jefuj, Tit. iit II* 
 
 by 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 6i 
 
 by him is made, nor yet by any for him ; we are fent 
 to this town, to recover it from under his cruel ty- 
 ranny, and to perfuade it to fubmit, as in former times 
 it did, to the moft excellent King Shaddai. 
 
 Then faid the Lord Will -be- will, I will do your Will-Bc- 
 
 . i_ . will- 
 
 errand to the town. 
 
 The trumpeter then replied, Sir, do not deceive us, Trumpet*, 
 left, in fo doing, you deceive yourfelves much more. 
 He added moreover, For we are refolved, if in peace- 
 able manner you do not fubmit yourfelves, then to 
 make war upon you, and bring you under by force. 
 And of the truth of what 1 fay, this fhall be a fign 
 unto you, you fhall fee the black flag, with its hot 
 burning thunderbolts, fet upon the mount to-morrow, 
 as a token of defiance againft your prince, and of our 
 refolution to reduce you to our Lord and rightful 
 King. 
 
 So the faid lord Will-be-will returned from off the Tketrum- 
 wall, and the trumpeter :ame into the camp. When to the camp, 
 the trumpeter was come into the camp, the captains 
 and officers of the mighty King Shaddai came toge- 
 ther, to know if he had obtained a hearing, and what 
 was the ^fFecl of his errand. So the trumpeter told, 
 faying, When I had founded my trumpet (#), and 
 called aloud to the town for a hearing, my lord Will- 
 be-will, the governor of the town, and he that hath 
 charge of the gates, came up, when he heard me found, 
 
 (a) The trumpeters are the r/vnifters cf the evcrlafting gofpel of peace : 
 they proclaim the glad tidings of falvation through the blood-fhedding and 
 finished work, of the Son of God ; whereby glory is brought in the higheft to 
 the ever-blefifed and adorable Trinity, and on earth peace and good will thro* 
 a reconciling Saviour, in whom the Father is well pleafed for his righteoufnafs 
 fake.- May the eternal Spirit realize Jcfus, make him precious to poor 
 finners, and (hew them the things pertaining to his great falvation, before 
 they are everlaftingly hid from their eyes ! for the hearing car, and the un* 
 derftanding heart ! . 
 
 and, 
 
U THE HOLY WAR. 
 
 and, looking over the wall, he afked me what I was, 
 whence I came, and what was the caufe of my making 
 this noife ? So I told him my errand, and by whofe 
 authority I brought it. Then faid he, I will tell it 
 the governor, and to Manfoul : and then 1 returned 
 to my Lord. 
 Carnal fouh Then faid the brave Boanerges, Let us yet for a 
 
 make a ° ' J 
 
 wrong inter- while ftill lie in our trenches, and fee what thefe re- 
 
 thedcfignof bels w ^ do. Now when the time drew nigh that 
 a gofpel mi- audience by Manfoul muft be given to the brave Boa- 
 nerges and his companions, it was commanded, that 
 all the men of war throughout the whole camp of 
 Shaddai fliould, as one man, ftand to their arms, and 
 make themfelves ready, if the town of Manfoul (hall 
 hear, to receive it forthwith to mercy ; but if not, to 
 force it to a fubje&ion. So the day being come, the 
 trumpeters founded, and that throughout the whole 
 camp, that the men of war might be in readinefs for 
 that which then mould be the work of the day. But 
 when they that were in the town of Manfoul heard 
 the found of the trumpet throughout the camp of 
 Shaddai, and thinking no other but that it muft be 
 in order to ftorming the corporation, they at firft were 
 put to great confternation of fpirit (d) ; but after they 
 were a little fettled ag^in, they made what preparation 
 
 (a) Repeated ol Tervation teaches u;, that conviction does not always end 
 in conversion ; the cares or pleafures or the world, or the deceitfulnefs of 
 riches, confpire together to deftroy the feen fown by the word, unlef6 the 
 Lord the Spirit prepare the foil, and difpofe the heart, to receive and retain 
 it : for, where this is notthe cafe, it wn frequently happens, that 
 
 " Phafures or cares fome he (h attack begin, 
 Objects without, or paffjons from within.— 
 In vain he feeks to fcun th' unpleafing ftrife, 
 Still harafs'd in the civil feud of life : 
 In vain his pow'rs would turn on reafon's part, 
 The ruling inclination holds his heart." 
 
 they 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 63 
 
 they could for a war, if they did ftorm j elfe to fecure 
 themfelves. 
 
 Well, when the utmoft time was come, Boanerges 
 was iefolved to hear their anfwer ; wherefore he fent 
 omt his trumpeter again to fummon Manfoul to a hear- 
 ing of the meflage that they had brought from Shad- 
 dai : fo he went and founded, and the townfmen came 
 up, but made E ar-gate as fure as they could, Zech. 
 vii. 11. Now when they were come up to the top of 
 the wall, captain Boanerges defired to fee the lord 
 mayor j but my lord Incredulity was then lord mayor, 
 for he came in the room of my lord Luftings : fo In- 
 credulity came up and mewed himfelf over the wall. 
 But when the captain Boanerges had fet his eyes upon Boanerges 
 him, he cried out aloud, This is not he ; where is my make Incre . 
 lord Underftandinp- the antient lord mayor of the dulitv a , 
 
 judge of 
 
 town of Manfoul ? for to him I would deliver my whatheha* 
 
 ^f \ to deliver to 
 
 a g e (*)- thefamou, 
 
 Then faid the Giant (for Diabolus was alfo come town of 
 1 \ t • \'r ■ A' • 1 1 Manfoul. 
 
 down) to the captain : Mr. Captain, you have, by 
 
 your boldnefs, given to Alanfoul at leaic four fum- 
 mons, to fubjecl: herfelf to your King : by whofe au- 
 thority, I know not ; nor will I dilpute that now. 
 I afk, therefore, what is the reafon of all this ado ? 
 or what would you be at, if you knew yourfelvt ? 
 
 (a) The Lord's holy and almighty arm may be faid to have got himfelf 
 the viftory over the oppofing power of unbelief in the fcul, when the under- 
 ftanding and judgment are, by the word and Spirit, convinced of the reality 
 and excellency of divine truths, and the falvation of Jefus : then the bisffed 
 work is, by grace, carried profperoufly on j carnal reafon is filenced and 
 fubdued ; the glories of redemption are expounded to the humbled, in- 
 quiring foul; the fuitablenefs of the Saviour in all his offices, and the rea- 
 fonsblenefs of ferving, loving, and praifing a covenant God for every mercy 
 01 his providence and grace, appear in a delightful point of view, a..d con- 
 ftrain to love and holy obedience. True faith in the heart always operates 
 by gratitude to God for his diftinguifhing goodnefa, and will ever be accom- 
 panied by a godly life and converfation. 
 
 Then 
 
64 THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 Boanerges'* Then captain Boanerges, whofe were the black co 
 * eeeh » lours, and whofe efcutcheon was three burning thun- 
 derbolts (taking no notice of the giant, or of his 
 fpeech), thus addreffed himfelf to the town of Man- 
 foul : Beit known unto you, O unhappy and rebellious 
 Manfoul ! That the moft gracious King, the great 
 King Shaddai, my matter, hath fent me unto you, 
 with commiffion (and fo he mewed to the town his 
 broad feal) to reduce you to his obedience. And" 
 he hath commanded me, in cafe you- yield upon my 
 fummons, to carry it to you as if you were my friends 
 or brethren j but he alfo hath bid, that if, after fum- 
 mons to fubmit, you ftill ftand out and rebel, we mould 
 endeavour to take you by force (a). 
 
 5!* pta .'!!. . Then ftood forth captain Conviction, and faid 
 Conviftton's , . , . r ■ *■'*■»• « 
 
 fpeech. (his were the pale colours, and for a fcutcheon 
 
 he had the book of fhe law wide open, &c.) ' Hear, 
 
 O Manfoul : Thou, O Manfoul, waft once famous 
 
 for innocency, but now thou art degenerated into 
 
 lyes and deceit; Rom. iii. 10— — — 19. 23. chap. 
 
 xvi. 17, 18. Pfalm 1. 21, 22. Thou haft heard 
 
 what my brother, the captain Boanerges, hath faid, 
 
 and it is your wifdom, and will be your happinefs, to 
 
 (a) Tho' the power of divine grace is irrefiftible in all, yet fome are 
 wrought on by mild and perfuafive means, and theirj hearts broken and 
 jnelted down by the benign influences of the love of God. Others, more 
 hardened and wedded to fin, are roufed from their lethargy by fearching and 
 alarming doctrines, fo as to be overcome and perfuaded by the terrors of the 
 Lord, 2 Cor. v. 11. So fpiritually dead, and loft to all fenfe of duty, it 
 fallen man, that none but Chrift, the almighty Saviour, who in due time 
 died for the ungodly, could reft ore the perifhing foul to happinefs and peace ; 
 and (eternal bit flings on him !) 
 
 " Upon the chaos of man's world he came, 
 
 And piere'd the darknefs with his living beam ; 
 Then caft a rein on the reluctant will, 
 And bid the tempeft of the foul be ftill.'* 
 
 Brooks's Redemption. 
 
 iloop 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 65 
 
 fioop to, and accept of, conditions of peace and mercy, 
 when offered ; efpecially when offered by one, againft 
 whom thou haft rebelled, and one who is of power to 
 tear thee in pieces, for fo is Shaddai our King ; nor, 
 when he is angry, can any thing ftand before him. 
 If you fay you have not finned, or a&ed rebellion 
 againft our King, the whole of your doings, fince the 
 day that you caft off his fervice (and there was the 
 beginning of your fin), will fufficiently teftify againft 
 you j what elfe means your hearkening to the tyrant, 
 and \our receiving him for your king ? What means 
 elfe your rejecting the laws of Shaddai, and your 
 obeying Diabolus ? Yea, what means this your taking 
 ur arms againft, and the fhutting your gates upon us,' 
 the faithful fervants of your King ? Luke xii. 58, 59. 
 Be ruled, then, and accept of my brother's invitation, 
 and overftand not the time of mercy, but agree with 
 thine adverfary quickly. Ah Manfoul ! fufFer not thy- 
 felf to be kept from mercy, and to be run into a thou- 
 fand miferies, by the flattering wiles of Diabolus : 
 perhaps that piece of deceit may attempt to make you 
 believe, that we feek our own profit in this our fer- 
 vice (a) : but know, it is obedience to our King, and 
 love to your happinefs, that is the caufe of this under- 
 taking of ours. 
 
 Again, I fay unto thee, O Manfoul, confider if it 
 be not amazing grace, that Shaddai fliould fo humble 
 
 («) The good ways of God were, from the beginning, evil fpoken of by 
 unconverted worldlings : nevertheless, " wifdom is jollified of her children,'* 
 Matt, xi. 19. God would have been inconceivably bleffed forever, if all the 
 race of mankind had prrifhed with the fallen angels: but free, Sovereign,, 
 unmerited love, ftept forth to the rtlief of apeftate man ; and all the oivine 
 perfections will be eternally glorified both in the punifhment of loft, and the 
 redemption of faved tinners. May we ever remember, with the profoundeft 
 humility, that not for our fakes (for we can have no claim to favour), but 
 " according to his mercy, be fcvtd us," Tit. iii. 5, 
 
 I himfelf, 
 
66 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 himfelf as he doth, 2 Cor. v. iS — 21. Now he, by 
 
 us, regions with you, in a way of intrcaty and fweet 
 
 perfusion, that vou would fubjedl yourfelves to him. 
 
 Has he that need of you, that we are fure you have of 
 
 him ? No, no ; but he is merciful, and will not that 
 
 \ Manfoul fhouid die, but turn to him and live. 
 
 Captain \ Then flood forth captain Judgment, whofe were 
 
 Judgments • ° 
 
 Ipecch. the red colours, and for a fcutcheon had the burning 
 
 fiery furnace ; and he faid, * O ye inhabitants of the 
 
 town of Manfoul, that have lived fo long in rebellion 
 
 and adts of treafon againft the King ShaddaI j know, 
 
 that we come not to-day to this place, in this manner, 
 
 with our mefiage, of our own minds, to or revenge our 
 
 own quarrel ; it is the King our matter that hath fent 
 
 us to reduce you to your obedience to him ; the which 
 
 if you refufe in a peaceable way to yield, we have com- 
 
 miffion to compel you thereto. And never think of 
 
 yourfelves, nor yet fuffer the tyrant Diabolus to per- 
 
 fuade you to think, that our King, by his power, is 
 
 not able to bring you down, and lay you under his 
 
 feet : for he is the Former of all things j and if he 
 
 touches the mountains, they fmoke. Nor will the gate 
 
 of the King's clemency ftand always open : for the day 
 
 that fhall burn like an oven, is before him ; yea, it 
 
 hafteth greatly, and fmmbereth not (<?), Mai, iv. 1. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 3. O Manfoul, is it little in thine eyes, 
 
 that our King does offer thee mercy, and that after fo 
 
 many provocations ? Yea, he ftill holdeth out his 
 
 (a) As death leaves the foul, judgment will find it; ** where the tree 
 falis, there it lieth,*' Ecc'ef. ti. 9. for '* there is no woik, nor device, nor 
 knowledge, nor wifdoin in ihe grave, whither thou goefr," Eetlef. ix. 10, 
 Sinre the impoitant concerns of ettrnity depend, for aught we knew, on the 
 prefent moment, may the Lord the Spirit incline (inners to iiiten to the 
 voice of heavenly love, thus intrtatiog s " To-day, if ye w. til hear his voice, 
 harden not yaat ttta<»," Pf.jcctr. 7, 8. snd JVeeily conihain them to obey 
 the call ! 
 
 golden 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 67 
 
 golden fceptre to thee, and will not fuffer hi* gate to 
 be jhut againft thee : wilt thou provoke him to do it ? 
 Confider of what I fay ; *' To thee it fhall be opened 
 no more for ever," Job xxxvi. 14. 18. Pf. ix. 7. Ifa. 
 lxvi. 15. " If thou faycft thou (halt not fee him, yet 
 judgment is before him ; therefore truft thou in him. 
 Yea, becaufe there is wrath, beware left he take thee 
 away with his ftroke ; then a great ranfom cannot de- 
 liver thee. Will he cfteem thy riches ? No, not gold, 
 nor all the forces of ftrength. He hath prepared his 
 throne for judgment ; for he will come with fire, and 
 with his chariots, like a whirlwind, to render his anger 
 with fury, and rebukes with flames of fire." 'There- 
 fore, O Man foul, take heed, left, after thou haft ful- 
 filled the judgment of the wicked, juftice and judg- 
 ment fhould take hold of thee.' Nov/ while captain 
 Judgment was making this oration to the town of 
 Manfoul, it was obferved by fome, that Diabolus 
 trembled (a). But he proceeded in his fpeech, and 
 faid, O thou woful town of Manfoul ! wilt thou not 
 yet fet open the gate to receive us, the deputies of the 
 King, and thofe that would rejoice to fee thee live ? 
 i.zek. xxii. 14. " Can thine heart endure, or can thine 
 nands be ftrong, in the day that he fhall deal in judg- 
 ment with thee?" I fay, canft thou endure to be 
 forced to drink, as one would drink fvveet wine, the 
 fea of wrath that our King has prepared for Diabolus 
 and his angels ? Confider, betimes confider.' 
 
 (a) Judgmrnt without mercy is rcferved for devils j but juftice and mercy 
 are made to harmoii'ze in extricating finners from ruin. — What an inefti- 
 mable bkfling, that fuch foul revolters as we are, can be reconciled, thro' 
 the blood of the crof<, to an infini'ely holy God ! That this God " c .n be 
 juft, and yet the iufifirr of the ungocly, who bel eveth in Jtfus !" Rom. iii. 
 26. O my foul, may thy gratitude, for fuch amazing condefceniion and good- 
 lier!, be teftified by thy walking in love and holy obedience, to the glory of 
 fuch a" precious Saviour ! 
 
 I 2 Then 
 
68 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Captain Then flood forth the fourth captain, the noble cap- 
 
 J x e £J t > ion ' 8 tain Execution, and faid : « O town of Manfoul, 
 once famous, but now like the fruitlefs bough ; once 
 the delight of the high ones, but now a den for Dia- 
 bolus : hearken alfo to me, and to the words that I 
 fliall fpeak to thee, in the name of the great Shaddai. 
 Behold, " the ax is laid to the root of the tree ; every 
 tree, therefore, that bringeth not forth good fruit, is 
 hewn down, and caft into the fire," Matt. iii. 7 — 10. 
 ' Thou, O town of Manfoul, haft hitherto been this 
 fruitlefs tree $ thou bareft nought but thorns and briers, 
 Deut xxxii. 32. Thy evil fruit forefpeaks thee not to 
 be a good tree : thy grapes are grapes of gall, thy clufters 
 are bitter. Thou haft rebelled againft thy King (a) ; 
 and lo we, the power and force of Shaddai, are the 
 ax that is laid to thy roots. What fay'ft thou ? Wilt 
 thou turn ? I fay again, Tell me, before the fir ft blow 
 is given, wilt thou turn ? Our ax muft firft be laid to 
 thy root, before it be laid at thy root ; it muft firft be 
 laid to thy root in a way of threatening, before it is 
 laid at thy root by way of execution ; and between 
 thefe two is required thy repentance, and this is 
 all the time thou haft What wilt thou do ? Wilt 
 thou turn, or lhall I fmite ? If I fetch my blow, 
 Manfoul, down you go : for I have commiffion to lay 
 my ax at, as well as to, thy root ; nor will any thing, 
 but yielding to our King, prevent doing of execution. 
 
 (a) God is dethroned from his place in the heart* of all natural men: 
 they render him no fcrvice, either by calling upon him, or thanking him 
 for any of his numberlefs mercies : they reject his blefied Self, fayiagt 
 " Depart from us, for we defire not the knowledge of thy ways," Job 
 aui. 14. This their enmity to God is attended with a love of fin ; (o that 
 they became fpiritual idolaters, and make a league with hell.' ■ ■ May the 
 good Lord break the horrid confederacy, and fet up the kingdom of Chrift, 
 which is righteoufnefs, peace, _and joy, on the ruins of that of (in and 
 Satan ! 
 
 What 
 
Bv Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 69 
 
 What art thou fit for, O Manfoul, if mercy preventeth. 
 not, but to be hewn down and caft into the fire and 
 burnt ? 
 
 ' O Manfoul ! patience and forbearance do not aft for 
 ever (a) : a year or two, or three, they may ; but if thou 
 provoke by a three years rebellion (and thou haft al- 
 ready done more than this), then what follows, but 
 " cut it down ? " nay, after that, M thou fhalt cut it 
 down," Luke xiii. 8. And doft thou think that thefe 
 art but threatening, or that our King has not power 
 to execute his words ? O Manfoul, thou wilt find, 
 that in the words of our King, when they are by fin- 
 ners made little or light of, there is not only threaten- 
 ing, but burning coals of fire. 
 
 ' Thou haft been a cumber-ground long already, 
 and wilt thou continue fo ftill ? Thy fin has brought 
 his army to thy walls, and fhall it bring in judgment 
 to do execution to thy town ? Thou haft heard what 
 the captains have faid, but as yet thou fhutteft thy 
 gates : fpeak out, Manfoul, wilt thou do fo ftill ', or 
 wilt thou accept of conditions of peace ? ' 
 
 Thefe brave fpeeches of thefe four noble captains, 
 the town of Manfoul refufed to hear ; yet a found 
 thereof did beat againft £ar-gatc, though the force 
 thereof could not break it open. In fine, the town Manfon «3e* 
 denied a time to prepare their anfwer to thefe demands. mi k t za . 
 The captains then told them, ' that if they would fwer * 
 throw out to them one Ill-pgufe, that was in the 
 
 (a) Happy event, when an affefting fenfe of the goodnefs and tendrr 
 znercy of God leads firmer* to repentance and the throne of grace ! God 
 would not invite, woo, aad befeech. as he d«ies, if faJvation and happinefa 
 were not of infinite importance, and the lofs of them inconceivably great : 
 though thr'/ much tribulation the godly enter into the k : ngdom of God, 
 yet their worft thir.gs, becaufe fancYified, are preferable to ali the delights of 
 the wicked : for they enjoy the favour of God here, and are hers of an in- 
 hrrfaace above, that facelb net sway, refeivtd in heaven, for them, 
 
 town, 
 
70 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 town, that they might reward him according to his 
 
 works, then they would give them time to cenfider : 
 
 Upon what Du t if they would not call him to them over the wall 
 
 eond tions r ■»««•»- i i ,, , . 
 
 the c^ui. s of Manloul, then they would give them none : for, 
 vouid give jv^ they, we know, that fo long as Ill-paufe draws 
 
 them time. . - ' " ° r 
 
 breath in Manfoul, all good confiderations will be 
 
 confounded, and nothing but mifchief will come 
 
 thereon (a). 
 
 Diabolusin- Then Diabolus, who was there prefent, being loth 
 
 th"m P , and to l°fe IH-paufe, becaufe he was his orator (and yet 
 
 few incre- be fure he had, could the captains have laid their fin- 
 
 dulitytoan- " r 
 
 /wer ihvxn. gers on him), was refolved at this inftant to give them 
 anfwer by himfeif ; but then changing his mind, he 
 commanded the then lord mayor, the lord Incredulity^ 
 to do it ; faying, My lord, do you give thefe rene- 
 gades an anfwer, and fpeak out, that Manfoul may 
 hear and understand you. 
 
 Hufpeech, g I ncre dulity, at Diabolus's command, began and 
 faid, * Gentlemen, you have here, as we do behold, 
 to the disturbance of our prince, and moleftation of 
 the town of Manfoul, encamped againft it : but from 
 whence you come, we will not know ; and what you 
 are, we will not believe. Indeed, you tell us in your 
 terrible fpeech, that you have this authority from 
 Shaddai ; but by what right he commands you to do 
 it, of that we fhall be yet ignorant.' 
 
 (a) IJI-paufe, he is rightly named. Giving ear to the whifperings of 
 corrupt and carnal reafon, is too frequently a means of preventing the foul 
 from clofing with Chrift. Reafon is no judge of thefe matters. It is the 
 duty and intereft of all, to fuffer the word of exhortation : to give implicit 
 credit to God, who cannot err or deceive, for his teftimony concerning m, 
 as recorded in the fcriptures of troth, and wait in a way of duty for the 
 fulfilment of it to our comfort, which will come in due time : " Wait, I 
 fay, on the Lord," x»vii. 14. O that finners would meekly fit at the feet of 
 jefus for initrutlion ! then would he enable them to hear and believe tbe 
 word of eternal life, which i» abjlc to Uv« their fouls. 
 
 'Yon 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 7 j 
 
 c You have alfo, by the authority aforefaJd, fum- 
 nioned this town to defert her lord, and for proteaion 
 to yield up herfelf to the great Shaddai your king : 
 flatteringly telling her, that if me will do it, he will 
 pafs by, and not charge her with, her paft offences. 
 
 ' Further, you have alfo, to the terror of the town 
 of Manfoul, threatened with great and fore deftrue- 
 tion to punifh this corporation, if me confents hot to 
 do as your wills would have her. 
 
 1 Now, captains, from whencefoever you come, and T he true 
 thoogh your defigns be ever fo right, yet know ye, J22f, 
 that neither my lord Diabolus, nor I his fervant In- 
 credulity, nor yet our brave Manfoul, doth regard 
 either your perfons, meffage, or the King that you fay 
 hath fent you : his power, his greatnefs, his vengeance 
 we fear not j nor will we yield at all to your fum- 
 mons (a). 
 
 c As for the war that you threaten to make upon us, 
 we muft therein defend ourfelves as well as we can ; 
 and know ye, that we are not without wherewithal to* 
 bid defiance to you. And in fhort (for I will not be 
 tedious), I tell you, that we take you to be fome vaga* 
 bond runagate crew, who, having maken off all obe- 
 dience to your king, have gotten together in a tumul- 
 tuous manner, and are ranging from place to place, 
 to fee- if, thro' thofe flatteries you are fkilled to make, 
 on the one fide ; and threats wherewith you think 
 to fright, on the other ; you can make fome filly town, 
 
 (a) This and the foregoing is the real language of unbelief: It arms all th* 
 fowers of the mind again/t the important truths of the gofpel : like thofe 
 of old, modern unbelievers do in effecT: fay, « We will not have this Mah 
 to reign over us/* Luko xix. 14. Thus rejecting Chrift, and all hapjh.nf. 
 in him, through an unbelieving heart, blind mortals prefer the vanities or 
 time and fenfe to the riches and joys of eternity ; a falfe paradife, to li heaven 
 below, for heaven- enjoy'd above." May the Lord take away this incredu- 
 lous and ilor:y heart, and giw an h«rt of fl.fh ! as promifed Ezek.xi. re,. 
 
 city 
 
72 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 city, or country, to defert their place, and leave it to 
 you : but A-tanfoul is none of them. 
 
 ' To conclude : We dread you not, we fear you 
 not, nor will we obey your fummons : our gates we 
 will keep fhut againft you, our place we will keep you 
 out of j nor will we long thus fuffer you to fit down 
 before us. Our people muft live in quiet : your ap- 
 pearance doth difturb them, Luke xi. 21. ; wherefore, 
 arife with bag and baggage, and be gone, or we will 
 * Fkfli. let fly from the walls * againft you' [a). 
 
 This oration, made by old Incredulity, was feconded 
 
 by defperate Will-be-will, in words to this effect : 
 
 Thefpeeeh Gentlemen, We have heard your demand, and the 
 
 Will-be- noife of your threats, and heard the found of your 
 
 * lU » fummons ; but we fear not your force, we regard not 
 
 your threats, but we will abide as you found us. 
 
 And we command you, that in three days . time you 
 
 ceafe to appear in thefe parts, or you (hall know what 
 
 it is once to dare to offer to roufe the lion Diabolus, 
 
 when afleep in the town of Manfoul. 
 
 The recorder, whofe name was Forget-good, he alfo 
 
 Thefpeeeh added as followeth : Gentlemen, My lords, as you 
 
 good, the ^, have with mild and gentle words anfwered your • 
 
 ucorder. rough and angry fpeeches ; they have moreover, in my 
 
 hearing, given you leave quietly to depart as you 
 
 came : wherefore take their kindnefs, and be gone. 
 
 We might have come out with force upon you, and 
 
 have caufed you to feel the dint of our fwords : but 
 
 {a) That obftinacy and rebellion, which is fo deeply rooted in the hearts 
 of natural men, is a powerful inftrument of Satan againft the reception of 
 the gofpel. While finners are fuffered to go on unmolefted in the devil's high 
 way to deftruftion, all feems well with them : the prophets, too, prophefy 
 feooth things, and unregenerate people Jove to have it fo. But -when 
 the word comes with po*er to the heart, Satan's kingdom (hakes, fife 
 peace gives place to godly forrow for (in, the rebellious will is fubdued, anil 
 " every high thought is brought into captivity to the obedience of Chrift," 
 a Cor, x. 5. O blelTcd and definable change ! 
 
 99 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 73 
 
 as we love eafe and quiet ourfelves, fo we love not to The town 
 hurt or moleft others (a). refolvedto 
 
 v ' withftand 
 
 Then did the town of Manfoul fhout for joy, as if thecaptaing, 
 by Diabolus and his crew fome great advantage had 
 been obtained over the captains. They alfo rang the 
 bells, and made merry, and danced upon the walls. 
 
 Diabolus alfo returned to the caftle, and the lord 
 mayor and recorder to their places : but the lord Will- 
 be-will took fpecial care that the gates fhould be fe- 
 cured with double guards, double bolts, and double 
 locks and bars. And that Ear-gate, efpecially, might 
 be the better looked to (for that was the gate, in at 
 which the King's forces fought moft to enter), the 
 lord Will-be-will made one old Mr. Prejudice (an 
 angry and ill-conditioned fellow) captain of the ward 
 at that gate; and put under his power fixty men, Thebandof 
 called deaf-men ; men advantageous for that fervice. ? eaf - m , en 
 
 C C U 1 1 t0 *eep 
 
 Joralmucn as they mattered no words of the captains, E ar-gate. 
 nor of the foldiers [b). 
 
 Now when the captains heard the anfwer of the great Thecaptainj- 
 ones, and that they could not get an hearing from the Jj^'Jim 
 old natives of the town, and that Manfoul was re- battle « 
 folved to give the King's army battle ; they .prepared 
 themfelves to receive them, and to try it out by the 
 
 (a) Forgetfulnefs of our true flate, and difreeard of the commands of God 
 and his ways, lull the foul into carnal fecurity, and plunge multitudes into 
 deftruftion and perdition ; the reafon of this is given by our Lord : " They 
 will not come to me, that they might have life," John v. 40 — becaufe 
 their minds being ertranged from God, they love darknefs rather than light j 
 and will, till the Lord the enlightening Spirit work a frving change. 
 
 (t) Be men everfo deaf to the inviting calls of Chrift in the word, how 
 blind foevrr they may remain to fpiritual things while furrounded with the 
 minmg light of the gofpel ; yet the time is haftening on apace, when that 
 ineftimable treafure the Bible, which they now defpife, will be a fwift Wit* 
 ntfsagainft them: they will then, overwhelmed with defpair, utter that 
 doleful lamentation, Prov. v. ii. " Hew have we hated inrtruflion, and 
 our heart defpifed reproof I " &c. Let wilful finners vake timely warning. 
 
 K power 
 
74 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 power of the arm. And, firft, they made their-" force 
 more formidable againft Ear-gate j for they knew, 
 that unlefs they could penetrate that, no good could 
 be done upon the town. This done, they put the reft of 
 their men in their places. After which, they gave out 
 the word, which was, Ye must be born again [a). 
 The battle Then they founded the trumpet : then they in the town 
 egun * made the anfwer, with fhout againft fhout, charge 
 
 Two guns againft charge, and fo the battle began. Now they 
 Ear-gate. m tne town had planted upon Manfoul over Ear gate, 
 two great guns, the one called High-mind, and the 
 other Heady. Unto thefe two guns they trufted much ; 
 they were caft in the caftle by Diabolus's founder, 
 whofe name was Mr. Puff-up : and mifchievous pieces 
 they were (£). But fo vigilant and watchful were the 
 captains when they faw them, that though fomc times 
 their fhot would go by their ears with a whiz, yet 
 they did them no harm. By thefe two guns, the 
 townsfolk made no queftion but greatly to annoy the 
 camp of Shaddai, and well enough to fecure the 
 Gate ; but they had not much caufe to boaft of what 
 
 (a) Notwithstanding modern Nirodemufes may attempt to metaphorize 
 away the fpiritual meaning of thtfe wor^s, it is undeniably trw, that as 
 we mnft be born into the natural wo. Id, before we can partake of the bene- 
 ficial influences of the fun that gives waimth and liuht to it ; fo hkewife 
 mufl. all be born anew, by the quickening operation of the Holy Ghoft, 
 into the fpiritual world, before they can know, believe in, love, or obey, 
 Chrift the Sun of righteoufnefs, and fliare in the bleffings of his kingdom. 
 See John iii. This inc'ifpenfable praj-requifite is too little attended to. 
 
 (£) How many do we every day behold, efpecially among the rich and 
 great, who, thro' pride and vain conceit, contemn Jefus and his blefTed fal- 
 ■vation ; accounting ail his followers as fools or madmen ! But almighty grace 
 is able to bring even thefe mountains low, wh le it exalts the vallies, the 
 humble and fuppiiant publican. A learned, perfecuting Saul was, in the 
 day of God's power, made a chofen vsffe-. But the day of vengeance is at 
 hand, when defpifers will wonder and periili ; and " all that are incenfed 
 againft Chriit fhill be a/hamed," Ifa, xlv. 24. 
 
 execu- 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 75 
 
 execution they did, as from what follows will be ga- 
 thered. 
 
 The famous Man foul had alfo fome other fmall pieces 
 in it, of the which they made ufe againft the camp of 
 Shaddai. 
 
 They from the camp alfo did as floutly, and with 
 as much of that as may in truth be called valour, let 
 fly as faft at the town, and at Ear-gate ; for they faw, 
 that unlefs they could break open Ear-gate, it would 
 be but in vain to batter the wall. Now the Kind's Tne fcn* 
 
 in- ° ', tence and 
 
 captains had brought with them leveral flings, and power of 
 two or three battering-rams j with their flings, there- the v/0ld ' 
 foi«:, they battered the houfes and people of the town, 
 and with their rams they fought to break Ear-gate 
 open. 
 
 The camp and the town had fe'veral fkirmifhes and 
 brifk encounters ; while the captains, with their en- 
 gines, made many brave attempts to break open or beat 
 down the tower that was over Ear gate, and at the 
 faid gate to make their entrance: but Manfoul flood The town 
 it out fo Iuftily, through the rage of Diabolus, the ftanVout 
 valour of the lord Will-be- will, and the conducl: of *ndthecap- 
 
 tains return 
 
 old Incredulity the mayor, and Mr. rorget-good the to their 
 recorder, that the charge and expence of that fummer's 
 wars (on the King's fide) feemed to be almoft intirely 
 loft, and the advantage to return to Manfoul [a) : 
 but when the captains faw how it was, they made a 
 
 (<j) The oppofition marie to the work of grace by a raging devil, and in- 
 bred lufts and corrupt affection*^ his afibtiates anJ coadjutors, is fo great, 
 that the moft aMe miniikrs (:ho' revolving, by divine affifiance, to fpend and 
 be fpent in the fervice) an: fometirrrs almoft ready to give over the conteir, 
 as defpairing of fuccefs j and complain, with their Lord, '* Who hath be- 
 lieved our report ; and to whom is the aroi of the Lord revealed ?" Iia. 
 liii. 1. But they perfeveringly rely on thofe fjveet and encouraging wore's of 
 promife: •• Bchols, I am with you always," Matt, xxviii. 20. aAd " All 
 that the Father giveth me, shall come to me," John vi. 37. 
 
 K 2 fair 
 
 winter- 
 quarters. 
 
•j6 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 fair retreat, and intrenched themfelves in their wintcr- 
 An account quarters. Now in this war, you muft needs think 
 with refer-' there was much lofs on both fides of which be pleafcd 
 
 ence to the to ^^g t hj s brief account following. 
 
 lols on both _ ° 
 
 fees. The King's captains, when they marched from the 
 
 court to come againft Manfoul to war, as they came 
 
 The three crofting over the country, they happened to lijrht upon 
 oewfoluiers. b J ] 3 . f\ % ... 
 
 three young men that had a mind to go tor loldiers ; 
 
 proper men they were, and men of courage (and (kill) 
 to appearance. Their names were' Mr. Tradition, 
 Mr. Human Wifdom, and Mr. Man's Invention. So 
 they came up to the captains, and proffered their fer- 
 vice to Shaddai. The captains then told them of 
 their defign, and bid them not to be rafh in their 
 offers ; but the young men told them, that they had 
 confidered the thing before, and that hearing they were 
 upon their march for fuch a defign, came hither on 
 purpofe to meet them, that they might be lifted under 
 their excellencies. Then captain Boanerges, for that 
 they were men of courage, lifted them into his com- 
 pany, and fo away they went to the war. 
 
 Now, when the war was begun, in one of the 
 brifkeft ikirmifhes, fo it was, that a company of the 
 lord Will-be-will's men fallied out of the fally-ports, 
 or pofterns of the town, aud fell in upon the rear of 
 captain Boanerges's men, where thefe three fellows 
 
 They are happened to be, fo he took them prifoners (a), and 
 taken pri- 
 foners. ■ ..n.i , i ■ . . 
 
 (a) Thus it will ever be with falfe profeffors, who have any other foun- 
 dation than Chrift Jefusj " in time of temptation, they fall away," Luke 
 viii. 13. When violently affaulted by Satan, or their carnal appetites, they 
 baftly yield, and are taken captive by the enemy.— —Not fo with thofe 
 whom fovereign grace has enlifted under the banner of Jefus: they, being 
 divinely ftrengthened with might in their inner man, grow ftronger and 
 flroneer ; and, leaning on the holy and omnipotent arm of the Captain of 
 their falvation, are by him led triumphantly on to Zion, in fpite of fin, hell, 
 aad death; " fuch honour have ail his fain ts !" Pf, cxlix, 9. 
 
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By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 77 
 
 away they carried them into the town ; where they had 
 not lain long in durance, but it began to be noifed 
 about the ftreets of the town, what three notable pri- 
 foners the lord Will-be-will's men had taken, and 
 brought in prifoners out of the camp of Shaddai, 
 As length tidings thereof were carried to Diabolus to 
 the caftle, to wit, what my lord Will-be-will's men , 
 had done, and whom they had taken prifoners. 
 
 Then Diabolus called for Will-be-will, to know They are 
 the certainty of this matter. So he afked him, and f ot sDiabo- 
 he told him. Then did the giant fend for the pri- lus > and are 
 
 & r content to 
 
 foners, and, when they were come, he demanded of fight under 
 them who they were, whence they came, and what. 1S ner " 
 they did in the camp of Shaddai ? and they told him. 
 Then he fent them into ward again. Not many days 
 after, he fent for them to him again, and then afked 
 them, if they would be willing to ferve him againft 
 their former captains ? They then told him, that they 
 did not fo much live by religion, as by the fates of 
 fortune ; and that, fince his lordfhip was willing to 
 entertain them, they fhould be willing to ferve him. 
 Now while things were thus in hand, there was one 
 captain Any-thing, a great doer in the town of Man- Any-thing. 
 foul, and to this captain Any-thing did Diabolus 
 fend thefe men (a), with a note under his hand, to 
 receive them into his company j the contents of which, 
 letter were thefe : tfr^CSj 
 
 ' Any-thing, my darling, the three men that are Hetkerrfoi* 
 
 , , r , . , , > r r ■ fends them 
 
 the bearers ol this letter, have a dehre to lerve me in t0 cap tain 
 
 Any-thing 
 - with alette* 
 
 . {a) Tradition, human reafon, and mam's invention, have ever oppofed the 
 irelidon of Chrift. When the only true religion is difcarded, profeflbrs of 
 this dafs will be ready to take up with that mod in fafhion, how contrary 
 ioever to the word, mind, aid will of God. But, though men may deceive 
 themfelves, to the utter ruin of their fouls, yet God is not mocked ; for 
 " whatfoever a man fowcth, that frail he alio reap," &c. Gal. vi. 7,3. 
 
 the 
 
78 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 the war : nor know I better to whofe condudt to com- 
 mit them, than to thine : receive them therefore in my 
 name, and, as need malbrequire, make ufe of them 
 Any-ihing againft Shaddai and his men. Farewel.' So they 
 ihemTnto came, and he received them, and he made two of them 
 hisfervke. ferjeants ;\ but he made Mr. Man's Invention his An- 
 cient Bearer. But thus much for this, and now to 
 return to the camp. 
 
 They of the camp did alfo fome execution upon the 
 
 The roof of town ; for they did beat down the roof of the new 
 
 Tity^houfc" * or( ^ ma y or ' s houfe, and fo laid him more open than 
 
 beaten he was before. They had almoft (with a fling) flain 
 
 my lord Will-be-will outright; but he made fhift to 
 
 recover again. But they made a notable (laughter 
 
 among the aldermen, for with only one mot they cut 
 
 Six alder- off fix of them ; to wit, Mr. Swearing, Mr. Whoring, 
 
 Mr. Fury, Mr. Stand-to-lyes, Mr. Drunkennefs, and 
 
 Mr. Cheating f». 
 
 The two They alfo difmounted the two great guns that flood 
 
 riimoumed. upon the tower over Ear- gate, and laid them flat in 
 
 the dirt. I told you before, that the King's noble 
 
 captains had drawn off to their winter-quarte*rs, and 
 
 had.there intrenched themfelves and their carriages, fo 
 
 as with the beft advantage to their King, and the 
 
 greateft annoyance to the enemy, they might give the 
 
 feafonable and warm alarms to the town of Manfoul. 
 
 A.nd this defign of them did fo hit, that I may fay 
 
 they did almoft what they would to the moleftation of 
 
 the corporation. 
 
 Continual For now could not Manfoul fleep fecurelv as before. 
 
 alarms given ... , . , . J 
 
 za Manfoul. -n™ could they now goto their debaucheries with that 
 
 (a) Grofs fins may be broken off, without godly forrow for fin : an out- 
 ward reformation, and an inward change of heart, arc widely different. 
 True converfion is the fole work of the Spirit : it is both effectual in pro- 
 moting true holinefs, and faving in its fruits and effects. 
 
 quiet- 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 79 
 
 quietnefs as in times paft : for they had from the camp 
 
 of Shaddai fuch frequent, warm alarms j yea, alarms 
 
 upon alarms, firft at one gate, and then at another, 
 
 and again at all the gates at once ; that they were 
 
 broken as to former peace : yea, they had their alarms The effete 
 
 fo frequently, and that when the nights were at the tions 
 
 longer!, the weather coldeft, and fo confequently the thou * h 
 
 * ' . ' J common, if 
 
 feafon mod unfeafonable, that that winter was to the abiding. 
 town of Manfoul a winter by itfelf. Sometimes the 
 trumpet? would found, and fometimes the flings would 
 whirl the ftones into the town [a). Sometimes ten 
 thoufand of the King's foldiers would be running 
 round the walls of Manfoul at midnight, fhouting, 
 and lifting up their voice for the battle. Sometimes The town 
 again, fome of them in the town would be wounded, J^^ mo ~ 
 and their cry and lamentable voice would be heard, to 
 the great moleftation of the now languifhing town of 
 Manfoul, Yea, fo diftrefled were they with thofe that 
 laid fiegc againft them, that I dare fay Diabolus- their 
 Jcing had in thefe days his reft much broken. 
 
 In thefe days, as I was informed, new thoughts, Change of 
 and thoughts that began to run counter one to an- ManfouiV* 
 other, by degrees pofTefTed the minds of the men of the 
 town of Manfoul. Some would fay, * There is no 
 living thus.' Others would then reply, ? This will 
 be over fhortly.' Then would a third ftand up and 
 anfwer, ' Let us turn to King Shaddai, and fo put 
 an end to all thefe troubles.' And a fourth would 
 
 (a) Happy fo: thofe, who, wheftHn a meafure reached by the preaching of 
 the goipei. have recour.e to prayer, reading the fcriptures, and attendance on 
 public worihtp ; thefe are means, in the hand of the Spirit, to forward the 
 good work ^-gun. But many, alas ! when their cenfeiences begin to be 
 alarmej ?nd un^afy, betake themfelves to tlte pleafures and vanities of the 
 world for a cure: thus they choke the good feed, and too often turn their 
 backs on God and happinefc for em. Their cafe is truly depbrable. 
 
 come 
 
8o 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 \ 
 
 Confidence 
 ipeaki. 
 
 A famine in 
 
 Manfoul. 
 
 They are 
 fummoned 
 *gain to 
 
 Jield. 
 
 Manfoul in 
 
 diftrefs. 
 
 come in with a fair fpecch, faying, * I doubt he will 
 not receive us.' 
 
 The old gentleman too, the recorder, that was fo 
 fo before Diabolus took Manfoul, he* alfo began to 
 talk aloud, and his words were now to the town of 
 Manfoul as if they were great claps of thunder. No 
 noife now fo terrible to Manfoul as was his, with the 
 noife of the foldiers, and fhoutings of the captains. 
 
 Alfo things began to grow fcarce in Manfoul ; now 
 the things that her foul lulled after were departed from 
 her, Luke xv. 14, 15. Upon all her pleafant things 
 there was a blaft, and burning inflead of beauty. 
 Wrinkles now, and fome fhews of the fhadow of 
 death, were upon the inhabitants of Manfoul. And 
 now, O how glad would Manfoul have been to have 
 enjoyed quietnefs and fatisfafiion of mind, tho' joined 
 with the meaneft condition in the world ! (a) 
 
 The captains alfo, in the deep of. the winter, did 
 fend, by the mouth of Boanerges's trumpeter, a fum- 
 mons to Manfoul, to yield up herfelf to the King, 
 the great King Shaddai. They fent. it once, and 
 twice, and thrice ; not knowing but that at fome time 
 there might be in Manfoul fome willingnefs to furren 7 
 der up themfelves unto them, might they but have the 
 colour ®f an invitation to do it under. Yea, fo far 
 as I could gather, the town had been furrendered up 
 to them before now, had it not been for the oppofition 
 of old Incredulity, and the ficklenefs of the thoughts 
 of my lord Will-be-will. Diabolus alfo began to 
 rave j wherefore Manfoul, ^ to yielding, was not as 
 
 (a) When the infinite worth of the foul, and the importance of eternal 
 concerns, take place in the mind, all inferior objr&s lofe their weight} and 
 the diftrefied finner is ftript of every hope for peace and fafety, and every 
 dependence for falyation, but Chrift Jefus, the only foundation th3t God has 
 laid in Zion, 
 
 yet 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 81 
 
 yet all of one mind, therefore they (till lay diftreffed 
 
 under thefe perplexing fears. 
 
 I told you but now, that they of the King's army 
 
 had this winter (a) fent three times to Manfoul, to 
 
 fubmit herfelf. 
 
 The fir ft time the trumpeter went, he went with The ccn- 
 
 words of peace ; telling them, that the captains, the XT^m- * 
 
 noble captains of Shaddai, pitied and bewailed the mQns - 
 inifery of the now perifhing town of Manfoul, and 
 
 were troubled to fee them Hand fo much in the way of 
 
 their own deliverance. He faid moreover, that the 
 •captains bid him tell them, that if now poor Manfoul 
 wpuld humble herfelf, and turn, her former rebellions 
 and moll notorious treafons fhould, by their merciful 
 King, be forgiven them, yea, and forgotten too. And 
 having bid them beware that they flood not in their 
 own way, that they oppofed not themfelves, nor made 
 themfelves their own lofers ; he returned again into 
 the camp. 
 
 The fecond time the trumpeter went, he treated The con- 
 them a little more roughly j for, after found of trum- fa nn & (uan 
 pet, he told them, that their continuing in their >»°ns. 
 rebellion did but chafe and heat the fpirit of the cap- 
 tains, and that they were refolved to make a conqueft 
 of Manfoul, or lay their bones before the town walls. 
 
 He went again the third time, and dealt with them The con- 
 yet more roughly; telling them, that now, fince they [h"rd fifm^* 
 had been fo horribly profane, he did not know, not mons. 
 
 (a) The-condition of the foul, iq&s tiitural flare, is here fitly compared 
 to winter j for, in many unconverted perfons, not io much as the leaves of 
 profeflTion are to be found, much lefs any fruit unto God ; all the power 1 ; of 
 the mind are benusnbed, Tfelef:, and barren, with Tefpecl to the things of 
 Cod : the whole man, being thus ftript of union and communion with God, 
 if he remains fo till death, after being wretched in lime. muR neceffarily be 
 miserable to all eternity; for we read, in John viii.2l. they that die in their 
 fins, can have no admittance into Chrift's prefence in heaven, 
 
 L certainly 
 
82 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 certainly know, whether the captains were inelinin*; 
 to mercy or judgment (a) ; only, faid he, they com- 
 manded me to give you a fummons to open the 
 gates unto them : fo he returned, and went into the 
 camp. 
 The town Thefe thrce r ummori? and c fpecially the two lair, 
 
 lo<inds tor a » * / * 
 
 i>»;!ey. fo diftreiled the town, that they prefently call a con- 
 
 futation, the refult of which was this, that my lord 
 Will-be-will mould go up to Ear-gate, and there, with 
 found of trumpet, call to the captains of the camp 
 for a parley. Well, the lord Will-be-will founded 
 upon the wall ; fo the captains came up in their har- 
 nefs, with their ten thoufands at their feet. The 
 townfmen then told the captains, that they had heard 
 
 They pro- {inc j confidered their fummons ; and would come to 
 
 pound con- 
 
 tions of an agreement with them and with their king Shaddai, 
 agreement. U p 0n fa^ certain terms, articles, and proportions, as, 
 with and by the order of their prince, they to them 
 were appointed to propound : to wit, they would agree 
 upon thefe grounds to be one people with them (£). 
 Firft Propo- i. ' If that thofe of their own company, as the 
 now lord-mayor* and their Mr. Forget-good, with 
 their brave lord Will-be-will, might, under Shaddai, 
 be rtill the governors of the town, caftle, and gates of 
 Manfoul.* 
 
 ( t) Sinners in general have the utmoft reafon to look for deftrved judg- 
 ment, without mercy j for " all have finned," Roti. i:i. 23. But though 
 elfclion is of jrace alait. yet the merciful invitation is addreffed to all: 
 *' Him that cometh to me, ! will in no-wife cart out," John vi. 37. May 
 the Lord enable his dear people to truftjg all his precious promifes, unto eter- 
 nal lift ! ^ 
 
 (£) Many would embrace religion, and be candidates for heaven, if they 
 mi^ht withal retain their old lords and ruler:, r.amrly, their lufts and inor- 
 dinate attentions. Eut this cannot be ; old '.hings mud paf» away, and all 
 thinjs become new. Chiift can hsve no concord with Belial: he will be a 
 complete Saviour, to cliarAlt, rjnew, and far.ftify, thai he may, as nioft 
 varthy, have all the fjfarj in earth and heaven. 
 
 2. < Pro- 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 83 
 
 2. * Provided that no man, that now ferved under s «°jH p*o- 
 
 • pofmon. 
 
 the great giant Diabolus, be by Shaddai caft out of 
 
 houfe, harbour, or the freedom that he hath hitherto 
 
 enjoyed in the famous town of Manfoul.' 
 
 •?. * That it mail be granted them, that thev of the Third pro- 
 r , r . , . ° . r . . . j , pofition. 
 
 town of Manloul enjoy certain oi their ngnts and 
 
 privileges j to wir, fuch as have formerly been granted 
 them, and that they have long lived in the enjoyment 
 of, under the reign of their king Diabolas, that now 
 is, and long has been, their only lord and great de- 
 fender." 
 
 4. * That no new lav/, officer, or executioner of Foorth pre- 
 law or office, fhall have any power over them, with- 
 out their own choice and confent. 
 
 £ Thefe be our proportions, or conditions of peace : 
 and upon thefe terms, faid thev, we will fubmit to vour 
 King.' 
 
 But when the captains had heard this weak and 
 feeble offer of the town of Manfoul, and their high 
 and bold demands, they made to them again, by their 
 noble captain, the captain Boanerges, this fpeech fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 * O ye inhabitants of the town of Manfoul, when I Bo * n "g«'s 
 
 3 ; anfwer. 
 
 heard your trumpet found for a parley with us, I can 
 truly fay, I was glad j but when you faid you were 
 willing to fubmit yourfclves to our Lord and King, 
 then I was yet more glad : but when, by your filJy 
 provifoes and fooliih. cavils, you laid the ftumbling- 
 block of your iniquity before your faces, then was my 
 gladnefs turned into forrows, and my hopeful begin- 
 nings of your return into languishing and fainting 
 
 fears (a). 
 
 ' I count, 
 
 (a) The itzx minifters of Chrift, well knovyir.g ihit ths falvaticn of an 
 immoital foul is of infinite coriiequence, and the lofa of il inconceivably 
 
 L a dre-adful, 
 
84 THE HOLY. WAR, 
 
 ' I count, that old 111 paufe, the ancient enemy of 
 Manfoul, drew up thefe propofals that now you pre- 
 fent us with, as terms of an agreement j but they de- 
 ferve not to be admitted to found in the ear of any 
 man that pretends to have fervice for Shaddai, 
 2 Tim. ii. 19. We do therefore jointly, and that with 
 the higheft difdain, refufe and reject fuch things, as 
 the greateft of iniquities. 
 
 f But, O Manfoul, if you will give yourfelvcs into 
 our hands, or rather into the hands of our King, and 
 will truft him to make fuch terms with you and for 
 you, as ftiall feem good in his eyes (and I dare fay 
 they (hall be fuch as you fhall find to be mo ft profit- 
 able to you), then we will receive you, and be at 
 peace with vou : but if you like not to truft yourfelves 
 in the arms of Shaddai our king, then things arc 
 but where they were before, and we know alfo what 
 we have to do. 5 
 
 fHincre- Then cried out old Incredulity, the lord-mayor, 
 dulity s re- . J ■ 
 
 jjy. and (aid, e And who, being out of the hands of their 
 
 enemies, as ye fee ye are now, will be fo foolifh as to 
 
 put the ftafF oilt of their own hands, into the hands of 
 
 they know not who ? I, for my part, will never yield 
 
 t'r^eliefne- to fo unlimited a propofition. Do you know the 
 
 a le in talk" manner and temper of their King ? 'Tis faid by fome, 
 
 '«t always t fa t hewill be anervwith his fubjects, if but the 
 
 fpeaks mif- . r 
 
 diievoufiy. breadth of an hair they chance to ftep out of the way : 
 and by others, that he requireth of them much more 
 than they can perform. Wherefore it feems, O Man- 
 
 dreadful, rejoice at the mod diflant'profpec"i of its return to God and happi- 
 nefs. Hit, thro' the infenfibility and hardnefs of mens' hearts, their hopes 
 of convrrfion are often fruftratcci ; and, inftead of feeing a fuccefsful end to 
 their labouts in the Lcrd, they have often abundant tez(on to lament, that 
 the convictions of feme hearers are as the morning cloud, and go away as tha 
 early dew, Hof. vi. 4. Hereby they are convinced, that " Paul may preach, 
 and Apollos may water, but God giveth the increafe," 1 Cor. iii, 6. 
 
 foul, 
 
By. Mr. JOHN EUNYAN. S5 
 
 foul, to be thy wifdom to take good heed what thou 
 doft in this matter ; for if ycu once yield, you give up 
 yourfelves to another, and fo you are no more your 
 own : wherefore to give up yourfelves to an unlimited 
 power, is the greateft folly in the world ; for now in- < 
 oeed you may repent, but can never juftly complain. 
 But do you indeed know, when you are his, which of 
 you he will kill, and which of you he will fave alive ? 
 or whether he will not cut eff every one of us, and 
 Tend out of his country another new people, and caufe 
 them to inhabit this town ? ' [a). 
 
 This fpeech of the lord-mayor undid all, and threw Thefpeecfc 
 Bat to the ground their hopes of an accord : where- ' 
 
 fore the captains returned to their trenches, to their 
 £ents, and to their men, as they were j and the mayor 
 to the caftle, and to his king. 
 
 Now Diabolus had waited for his return, for he had 
 heard that they had been at their points. So when he 
 Was come into the chamber of ftate, Diabolus faluted 
 him with, * Welcome, my lord ; how went matters 
 betwixt you to-day ?' Then the lord Incredulity (with 
 a low conge) told him the whole of the matter, fay- 
 ing, Thus faid the captain of Shaddai, and thus 
 and thus faid I. The which as it was told to Dia- but'tpWd 
 bolus, he was very glad to hear ; and faid, i My lord r e e/i 
 mayor, my faithful Incredulity, I have proved thy 
 fidelity above ten times already, but never found thee 
 falfe. I do promife thee, if we rub over this brunt, 
 
 (a) Thefe hard fpeeches againft God, are the genuine fuggeftions of an 
 evil heart of unbelief; inafmuch as God, who is love, intends ne evil, but 
 pnJy good to man. God delighteth in mercy; and in the return of finners 
 to himfelf, the fountain of blifsi and therefore he fays, Deut. xxxii. 47. 
 ** It is not a vain thing for you [to forfake fin, and ferve the Lord] becaufe 
 it is your life :" q. d. it is cfiential to the happinefs of your foul ; and is the 
 e-nly means of your efcaping mifery both here and for ever.— This fcriptural 
 truth all real chriftians will fubferibe to, a$ their own happy experience. 
 
 t9 
 
86 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 to prefer thee to a place of honour, a place far better 
 than to be lord mayor of Manfoul : I will make thee 
 my univerfal deputy ; and thou malt, next to me, 
 have all nations under thy hand j yea, and thou (halt 
 lay bands upon them, that they may not refift thee ; 
 nor mail any of our vaflals walk more at liberty, but 
 thofe that (hall be content to walk in thy fetters (a). 
 
 Now came the lord- mayor out from Diabolus, as if 
 he had obtained a favour indeed ; wherefore to his ha- 
 bitation he goes in great ftate, and thinks to feed him- 
 felf well enough with hopes, until the time came that 
 his greatnefs mould be enlarged. 
 
 I$ut now, tho* the lord mayor and Diabolus did thus 
 
 well agree, yet this repulfe to the brave captains put 
 
 Manfoul into a mutiny ; for while old Incredulity 
 
 went into the caftle, to congratulate with his lord on 
 
 what had paffed, the old lord mayor that was fo before 
 
 Theunder- Diabolus came to the town, to wit, my lord Under- 
 
 confciencV ftanding, and the old recorder Mr. Confciencc, getting 
 
 fcegmtore- intelligence of what had patted atEar- gate (for you mud 
 
 Virion, and know that they might not be fuffered to be at that debate, 
 
 iBthubbnb. ^ tnev fh°uld then have mutinied for the captains) j 
 
 but I fay, they got intelligence what had patted there, 
 
 and were much concerned therewith ; wherefore they 
 
 getting fome of the town together, began to poffefs 
 
 them with the reafonablenefs of the noble captains' 
 
 demands, and with the bad confequences that would 
 
 follow upon the fpeech of old Incredulity the lord 
 
 mayor : to wit, how little reverence he fhewed therein, 
 
 ■ » I ■!■■■»■ 
 
 T i diiii mm - n «« . i l » » n »» i i» i ■ m il 
 
 («) As the fervice of God is perfect freedom, fo a difpofition to fcrve fin, 
 through unbelief, expofes to the worft of flavery ; becaufe the fubjecb of it, 
 confeious that God is their enemy, and judgment at hand, " are, through 
 fear of death, all their lfe-time fubjeft to bondage," Heb. ii. 15. Such 
 Chrift came to deliver, by his blocd-ftiedding and righteoufnefs, having con- 
 quered death and bell, and obtained eternal redemption for thczn. 
 
 eith«r 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. t 7 
 
 •ither to the captains, or their King • alfo how he im- 
 plicitly charged them with unfaithfulrtefs and trea- 
 chery : for what lefs, quoth he, could be made of his 
 words, when he faid he would not yield to their pro- 
 portion ? and added moreover a fuppoiition that he 
 would deftroy us, when before he had fent us word, 
 that he would (hew us mercy ?' (a). The multitude, Amutirrym 
 being now pofTefled with the conviction of the evil old 
 Incredulity had done, began to run together by com- 
 panies in all places, and in every corner of the ftreets 
 pf Manfoul ; and firft they began to mutter, then to 
 talk openly j and after that they ran to and fro, and 
 cried as they ran, O the brave captains of Shaddai I 
 Would we were under the government of the captains, 
 and of Shaddai their king ! When the lord mayor 
 had intelligence, that Manfoul was in an uproar, 
 down he comes to appeafe the people, and thought to 
 have quafhed their heat with the bignefs and the fhew 
 of his countenance. But when they faw him, they 
 came running upon him, and had doubtlefs done hiin 
 mifchief, had he not betaken himfelf to his houfe. 
 However, they ftrongly afTaulted the houfe where he 
 was, to have pulled it down about his ears ; but the 
 place was too ftrong, fo they failed of that. Then he, Incredulity 
 taking fome courage, addreffed himfelf out of a win- q U i et the 
 dow to the people in this manner : people. 
 
 (a) The mirjifters of the gofpel of reconciliation are very uniufily flan- 
 ewcd, as though they proclaimed nothing but wrath and damnation to do- 
 ners in general} whereas they oniy denounce inevitable dcftruclion to the 
 obftinately rebellious : but free, fovereign, b. undlefs mercy, and everlafting 
 love, through the Lord Jefus Chrift, to fenfible, returning Tinners, who ara 
 enabled to ob-y the gracious invitation. — May the divine Spirit quuken many 
 <ead fouls, and difpofe them to accept the offers of peace and falvation, in 
 this their day : for 
 
 « Mercy and graoe arreft the thunoer r.vai, 
 But cannot laag avert tb,« thresten'd blow." 
 
 <r Gentle- 
 
88 THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 * Gentlemen, What is the reafon that there is fuch 
 an uproar here to-day ? ' 
 MyJoHUn- Und. Then anfwered my lord Undefftanding : ' It 
 
 ct-rftanding '. i /• i n 
 
 anfwers is even becaufe thou and thy matter have carried it not 
 
 tim » rightly, and as you mould, to the captains of Shad- 
 
 Dai ; for in three things you are faulty (a) : Firft, In 
 that you would not let Mr. Confcience and myfclf 
 be at the hearing of your difcourfe. Secondly, In 
 that you propounded fuch terms of peace to the cap- 
 tains, which by no means could be granted, unlefs 
 they had intended that their Shaddai mould have 
 been only a titular prince ; and that Manfoul mould 
 ft ill have had power, by law, to have lived in all lewd- 
 nefs and vanity before him, and fo by confequence 
 Diabolus fhould ftill here be king in power, and the 
 other only king in name. Thirdly, For that thou 
 didit thyfelf, after the captains had (hewed us upon 
 what conditions they would have received to mercy* 
 even undo all again with thy unfavory and unfeafonable 
 and ungodly fpeech.' 
 Sin and the Incred. When old Incredulity had heard this fpeech, 
 foul at odds. he cricd outj < Treafon ! Treafon ! To your arms ! 
 To your arms ! O ye, the trufty friends of Diabolus 
 in Manfoul !' 
 
 Und. ' Sir, you may put upon my words what mean- 
 ing you pleafe, but I am fure that the captains of fuch 
 an high Lord as theirs is deferved a better treatment at 
 your hands.' 
 
 (a) Thus we f e what infurmouBtablex>bftacles, were it not for almighty 
 grace, unbelief throws in the way, to hinder poor finners from coming to 
 Chrift: the motions of confcience are fuppreffed, the undemanding not fuf- 
 fered to exert its powers ; terms cf reconciliation propofed that are disho- 
 nourable to God, and hts righteous law, as well as degrading to the glory of 
 Chrift's complete work; and, laftly, the falfe and ungodly Hjeaeflions of an 
 evil-and unbelieving heart, keep back the foul from clofing with the tenders 
 ef mercy and grace in thegofpel, L.rd, give faith, and inewfe it ! 
 
 Incred. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 89 ' 
 
 Incred. Then faid old Incredulity, c This is but They chide 
 little better. But, Mr, quoth he, what I Fpake, I fpake fides. 
 for my prince, for his government, and the quieting 
 of the people, whom, by your unlawful actions, you 
 have this day fet to mutiny agaiiift us.' 
 
 Conf. Thf=n replied the old recorder, wnofe name was ■ 
 Mr. Confciencc, and faid, e Sir, you ought not *hus 
 to retort upon what my lord Underftanding hath faid : 
 it is evident enough that he hath fpoken the truth, 
 and that you are an enemy to Manfoul (a) ; be con- * 
 vinoed. then, o. the evil of your faucy and malapert 
 language, and of the grief that you have put the cap- 
 tains to ; yea, and of the damages that you have done 
 to Manfoul thereby. Had you accepted of the coadi- 
 tions, the found of the trumpet and the alarm of 
 war had now ceafed about the town of Manfoul ; 
 but that dreadful found abides, and your want ox wif- 
 dom in your fpeech has been the caufe of it. 
 
 Incred. Then faid old Incredulity, * Sir, if I live, 
 I will do your errand to Diabolus, and there you /hall 
 have an aniwer to your words. Mean while we will 
 fctk the good of the town, and not afk counfel of 
 you.' 
 
 UnJ. ' Sir, your prince and you are foreigners to 
 Manfoul, and not the natives thereof. And who can 
 tell but that when you have brought us into greater 
 ftraits (when you alfoihall fee that yo -arrives c^n bs 
 fafe by no other means than by flight), you may leave 
 us, and fhift for you r fl-lves , or fet us on fire, and go 
 away in the iTnoke, or by the light of our burning, 
 and fo leave us in our ruins.' 
 
 (a) Hapfj' tbey, vvha ?re : n thrxr inmoft font* convinc?«? of the excellence 
 •f truth, and the importance of eternal ronterns : thiir 'ouls vfhi then 
 ac(juiric» in all God's desttingrs, become huirMe and thankful receiver} out of 
 the htllncfs of Jefas, and rejoice in bis precious ssij &&i&cd ialvation. 
 
 M Incred. 
 
go T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Incred. ' Sir, you forget that you are under a go- 
 vernor, and that ycu ought to demean yourfelf like a 
 fubiedt ; and know ye, when my lord the king (hall 
 hear of this day's work, he will give you but little 
 thanks fer your labour.' 
 Men <»f Nov/ while thefe gentlemen were thus in their 
 
 chiding words, down come from the walls and gates 
 o f the town the lord Will-be-will, Mr. Prejudice, 
 old 111 paufe, and feveral of the new-made aldermen, 
 and burgefles ; and they afked the reafon of the hubbub 
 and tumult. And with that every man began to tell 
 his own tale, fo that nothing could be heard diftindtlv. 
 Then was filence commanded, and the old Fox Incre- 
 dulity began to fpeak : ' My lord, quoth he, here are 
 a couple of peevifh gentlemen, that have, as a fruit of 
 their bad difpofitions, and, as I fear, thro' the advice 
 of one Mr. Difccntent, tumultuoufly gathered this 
 company againfl this day ; and alfo attempted to run 
 the town into a&s of rebellion againft our prince' (a). 
 a great Then flood up all the Diabolonians that were pre- 
 
 u-ntufion. fentj an( j a f£ rrne( i tne f e things to be true. 
 
 Nov/ when they that took part with my lord Under- 
 Handing, and with Mr. Confcience, perceived that 
 they v/ere like to come by the worft, for that force 
 and power was on the other fide, they came in for 
 their help and relief j'fo a great company was on both 
 fides. Then they on Incredulity's fide would have had 
 the two old gentlemen prefently away to prifon ; but 
 they on the other fide faid they fhould not. Then 
 they began to cry up parties again : the Diabolonians 
 cry up old Incredulity, Forget-good, the new alder- 
 
 (a) Whf n Satan, the ftrong man «rmed, is lofing his power, by the hory 
 Spirit'! enliven;- g lnfioriices en thr heait, u.uch'd with a fenfe of danger, 
 and •• • ing up a • rv for mercy ; then unbelief and guilty feare intrude, to op- 
 po c tHt work. But nil in vain : for before Zerubbabel every mountain (hall 
 iycoiue a plain, the Lord alone be exalted, and glory ciown what grace began. 
 
 men, 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 91 
 
 men, and their great one Diabolus ; and the other 
 party as fafl cried up Shaddai, the captain', his 
 lews, their mercifulncfs, and applauded their condi- 
 tions and ways. Thus the biekerment went a while : Thiv fail 
 at laft they paffed from words to blows, and now there t o blows, 
 were knocks on both fides. The good old gentleman 
 Mr. Confcience was knocked down twice by one of 
 the Diabolonians, whofe name was Mr. Benumbing. 
 And my lord Underftanding had like to have been flaia 
 with an harquebus, but that he that had fhot, failed 
 to take his aim aright. Nor did the other fide wholly 
 efcape ; for there was one Mr. Rafh-head, a Diabolo- 
 nian, that had his brains beaten out by one Mr. Mind, 
 the lord Will-be-will's fervant : and it made me laugh A hot ffcir- 
 to fee how old Mr. Prejudice was kick'd and tumbled 
 about in the dirt : for though a while fince he was 
 made a captain of the Diabolcnians, to the hurt and 
 damage of the town, yet now they had got him under 
 their feet ; and I'll allure you, he had, by fome of the 
 lord Understanding's party, his crown crack'd to 
 boot (a). Mr. Any-thing alfo became a brifk man in 
 the broil ; but both fides were againft him, becaufe he 
 was true to none. Yet he had, for his malapertnefs, 
 one of his legs broken j and he that did it, wifhed it 
 had been his neck. Much harm more was done on Harm done 
 both fides : but this muft not be forgotten, it was now ° n both • 
 
 ' fides. 
 
 a wonder to fee my lord Will-be-will fo indifferent as 
 he was ; he did not feem to take one fide more than 
 another, only it was perceived that he fmiled to fee 
 how old Prejudice was tumbled up and down in the 
 dirt ; alfo when captain Any-thing came halting up 
 before him, he feemed to take but little notice of him, 
 
 (a) *' The carnal mind is enmity againft God," Rom. viii. 7. Bar it 
 is the peculiar office of the divine Spirit, to drftroy the enmity, and root out 
 prejudice j to enlighten the unierflanamg, that the ways of tbe all- wife 
 
 Cod may be raanifdted, that they are holy, juft, and good. 
 
 M 2 Now 
 
eoaicicwBft 
 to do. 
 
 gz THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 The two Now when the uproar was over, Diabolus fends for 
 
 rnc/oTi- in mv l° r ^ Unuerftanding and Mr. Confcience, and claps 
 prifon, *« them both up in prifon, as ihe ringleaders and managers 
 o/rhj»u»el- of this motr heavy r:otoui rout in Man foul, bo now the 
 root * town began to be quiet again, and the prifoners were 
 
 ufed hardly ; yea, he thought to have made them away, 
 but that the pfefent juncture did not ferve for that 
 purpofe, for that war was in all their gates. But let 
 Us return to our fto:y : The captains, when they were 
 go. t t back from the gate, and were come into the camp 
 Th" -ap- again, called a council of war, to confult what was 
 council, rod further for them to do. Now fome faitl, Let us go 
 prefently and fall upon the town : but the greateft part 
 thought, rather better 'twould be to give them another 
 fummons to yield ; and the reafon why they thought 
 this to be the beft, was, becaufe that, fo far as could 
 be perceived, the town of Manfoul now was more in- 
 clinable than heretofore [a). And if, faid they, while 
 fome of them are in a way of inclination, we fhould 
 by ruggednefs give them diftafte, we may fet them fur- 
 ther from clofing with our fummons, than we would 
 be willing they fhould. 
 
 The refult Wherefore tonhis advice they agreed, and called s. 
 
 is, they lend • v - 
 
 another trumpeter, put words into his mouth, fet him his" 
 
 toxwe-man time, and bid him God fpeed. Well, many hours 
 
 thetowato W ere not expired, before the trumpeter addreffed him- 
 
 felf to his journey. Wherefore, coming up to the 
 
 wall of the town, he fleered his courfe to Earrgate ; 
 
 and there founded, as he was commanded. They then 
 
 (a) Tbe Lord rejoice* in his work b;gun, ftill waits to be gracious, and lor- 
 i«j,*v invito r'unrrs to Jefus, the four< e of all bleflednefs and peace : 
 fi O ye. mat rlwy, by (ins la!I'e-e!«iing led, 
 Ja vice deep funk, companions of the dead, 
 The light approach ; to the fliait paths repair, 
 See your falvatien, your Redeemer hear! 
 W Com*-, all ye weary, by your woes opprefs'd, 
 I will refreih you, I will give you reft." Matt, xi. sS. 
 
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By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 93 
 
 that were with in, came out to fee what was the matter, 
 and the trumpeter made them this fpeech following : 
 
 " O hard-hearted and deplorable town of Manfoul ! Tbe r um- 
 how long wilt thou love thy finful limplicity ; and ye 
 fools, delight in your fcorning ? As yet defpife you the 
 offers of gr;tce and deliverance ? As yet will ye refufe 
 the golden offers of Shaddai, and truft to the lyes and 
 falfehood of Diabolus. Think you, when Shaddai 
 fhall have conquered you, that the remembrance of thefe 
 your carriages towards him will yield you peace and 
 comfort ? or that by ruffling language you can make him 
 afraid as a grafshopper ? Doth he intreat you, for fear 
 of you ? Do you think that you axe ftronger than he ? 
 Look to the heavens, and behold and confider the (Hrs, 
 how high are they ? Can you ftop the fun from running 
 his courfe, and hinder the moon from giving her light? 
 Can you count the number of the ftars, or ftop the 
 bottles of heaven ? Can you call for the waters of the 
 fea, and caufe them to cover the face of the ground ? 
 Can you behold every one that is proud, and abafe 
 him ; and bend their faces in fecret ? Yet thefe are 
 fome of the works of our King, in waofe name, this 
 day, we come up unto you, that you may be brought 
 under his authority. In his name, therefore, I fummon 
 you again to yield up yourfelves to his captains (a)." 
 
 At this fummons the Manfoul ians feemed to be at a The town 
 ftand, and knew not what anfwer to make : wherefore 
 Diabolus forthwith appeared, and took upon him to do 
 it hi.mfelf; and thus he begins, but turns his fpeech 
 to them of Manfool. 
 
 ' <• ' ' '" r ' 
 
 [a) Altbo' the everlafting and incompreienfible Jehovah, our Savior is 
 •f power ifi-tiiflible, and inconceivably happy, yet fuch is Lis love to precious 
 ieuls, thjt, as the Friind of finners, he condefcends to fue for admittance 
 Into their heart?, inviting them to turn to him, and live. O that the Lord 
 may daily fee of the travail of bis foul, and his glory advanced, by the ccn- 
 victioQ ot fia/iers, aijd the profperitv of his people I 
 
 « Gentle- 
 
f4 
 
 THE HOLY W A £, 
 
 D'ubolus * Gentlemen, quoth he, and my faithful fubje&Sj 
 
 fp«ch to *& it is true what this fummoner hath faid, concerning, 
 the to*n, tne g-reatnefs «f their King : by his terror, vou will 
 
 and endta. 5 . a ' J * J 
 
 voursto'er- always be kept in bondage, and fo be made to fneak. 
 
 thRpreatnefs Yea, how can you now, tho' he is at a diftance, endure 
 
 of God. to think of fuch a mighty One ? And if not to think, 
 of him, while at a diftance, how can you endure to be 
 in his prefence r 1 your prince am familiar with you* 
 and you may play with me as you would with a grafs- 
 hopper. Confider, therefore, what is for your profit, 
 and remember the immunities that I have granted you* 
 ' Farther, If all be true that this man hath faid, 
 how comes it to pafs that the fubjccls of Shaddai 
 are fo enflaved in all places where they come ? None in 
 the univerfe fo unhappy as they, rtpne lb trampled 
 upon as they. 
 
 * Confider, my Manfoul ; would thou wert as loth 
 
 % to leave me, as I am loth to leave thee. But confider, 
 
 I fay, the ball is yet at my foot ; liberty you have, if 
 you know how to ufe it : yea, a king you have too,, 
 if you can tell how to love and obey him (a).' 
 
 Upon this fpeech, the town of Manfoul again har- 
 dened their hearts yet more againft the captains of 
 
 H- drives Shaddai. The thoughts of his holinefs funk them 
 
 todefpairl"" * n defpair, wherefore, after a fliort confutation, they 
 (of the Diabolonians' party they were) fent back this 
 
 Manfoul word by the trumpeter : That, for their parts, they 
 
 grows worfe r . . ... . . . . . , , /. 
 
 and worfe. were refolved to ltick to their king, but never to yield, 
 to Shaddai j (o it was but in vain to give them any 
 further fummons, for they had rather die upon the 
 place, than to yield, And now things feemed to be 
 
 («) The love and practice of fin is the vileft drudgery, and the fervice of 
 Satan the mofl cruel tyranny: its wages will be the never-dying worm, and 
 unquenchable fire.— — Reaie-, may the Lord eDible us, in faith, to refill 
 the devil, efcape his fnares, and ftand faft in that bleCTed liberty wherewith, 
 tic Son'ot God makes hit difciples free indeed J fee John viii. 36, 
 
 gone 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 95 
 
 gone quite back, and Manfoul to be out of reach or 
 yet the captains, who knew what their Lord 
 could do, would not be beat out of heart ; they there- 
 fore fe t them another fummons, more (harp and fevere 
 than the laft ; but the foonsr they were fent to recon- 
 ciS- to ShaddaIj the farther off they were, Hoi*, xi. 2. 
 * ; As they called them, fo they went from them," yea, 
 tho' they called them to the Moft High. 
 
 So they ceafed to deal any more with them in that The cap- 
 way, and inclined to think of another way. The or rtofum- 
 captains, therefore, gathered themfelves together, to J" 01 "- and 
 have free conference among themfelves, to know what themfelves 
 was yet to be done to gain the town, and to deliver it t0 P' aver * 
 from the tyranny of Diabolus [a). And one faid after 
 this manner, another after that. Then flood up the 
 right noble captain Conviction, and faid, " My bre- 
 thren, my opinion is this : 
 
 ii Firfr, That we continually play our flings into the 
 town, and keep them in a continual alarm, molefting 
 them day and night ; by thus doing, we {hall flop the 
 growth of their rampant fpirits : for a lion may be 
 tamed by continual moleftation. 
 
 " Secondly, This done, I advife, that, in the next 
 place, we, with one confent, draw up a petition to our 
 Lord Shaddai, by which, after we have (hewed our 
 king the condition of Manfoul, and of affairs here, 
 and have begged his pardon for our no better fuccefs, 
 we will earneftly implore his Majefty's help ; and that 
 he will pler.fe to fend us more force and power, and 
 fome gallant and well-fpoken commander to head them, 
 that fo his Majefty may not lofe the benefit of thefe 
 
 [a) Known only to the Lord are the appointed heir6 of filiation j there* 
 foie gedly minifters are unwearied and afliduous, and alfo frquent in their 
 addrtffes at the throne of mercy, for the converfion of pcor finnert: thefe 
 they continue to reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-fuffering and doc- 
 trine j retting ifiurtd, that their labour will not be in rain in the Lord. 
 
 his 
 
• 6 THE HOLT WAR, 
 
 his good beginnings, but may complete his cor.queft" 
 ApGri the town of Manfoul (a)." 
 
 To this f;x*ech of the noble captain Conviction they 
 as one man confented, and agreed that 2. petition 
 fhould forthwith be drawn up, and fent by a fit man 
 away to Shaddaj with fpecd. The contents of the 
 petition were thus: 
 
 " Mofr gracious and glorious King, the Lord of the 
 beft world, and Builder of the town of Manfcul ; wc 
 hi«ve, dread Sovereign, at thy command, put our lives in 
 jeopardy, and at thy bidding made war upon the famous 
 town of Manfoul. When we went up againft it, we 
 did ; according to our commiffion, firft offer conditions 
 of peace unto it> Matt. *xii. 5. Prov. r. Zech. vii. 
 
 10 13. But they, great King, fet light by our 
 
 counfel, and would none of our reproof. They were 
 for fhutting their gates, and fo keeping us out of the 
 town : they alfo mounted their guns, they fallied out 
 upon us, and have done us what damage they could j 
 but we purfued them with alarm upon alarm, requiting 
 them with fuch retribution as was meet, and have done 
 fome execution upon the town. 
 
 " Diabolus, Incredulity, and Will-bc-will, are the 
 great doers againft us : now we are in our winter- 
 quarters, but fo as that we do yet with an high hand 
 moleft and diftrefs the town. 
 
 " Once, as we think, had we had but one fubftantial 
 friend in «h~ i r 'wn. fuch as would have but feconded 
 the found of our fummons as they ought, the people 
 i$M$ht bave yielded themfelves : but there were none 
 
 («) In all d ftfflcs. e pecialiv thofe rdpecling the way of falvation, it Is 
 an inefti*r>able privilege to hive fr?e accefs to a Covsnant Goj, tor ohUoa* 
 ing wifdom and ftr^ngrb ! this rich blefling all bel-.evers enjjy through the 
 blood of Jefus nisir propitiation ; thro' his prevailing interxeffion, their 
 prayers are heard and accepted, and, for his fake, every ne«dful grace, ratrcr, 
 and comfort, arc ocitowtd on th< heuihold cf faith. 
 
 *Ut 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 97 
 
 but enemies there, nor any to fpeak in behalf of our 
 Lord to the town : wherefore, tho' we have done as we 
 could, yet Manfoul abides in a ftate of rebellion againft 
 thee (a). 
 
 " Now, King of kings, let it pleafe thee to pardon 
 the unfuccefsfulnefsof thy fervants, who have been no 
 more advantageous in fo defireable a work as the con- 
 quering of Manfoul is : and fend, Lord, as we now 
 defire, more forces to Manfoul, that it may be fub- 
 dued ; and a man to head them, that the town may 
 both love and fear. 
 
 * We do not thus fpeak becaufe we are willing to 
 relinquifh the war (for we are for laying our bones 
 againft the place), but that the town of Manfoul may 
 be won for thy Majefty. We alfo pray thy Majefty, 
 For expedition in this matter, that, after conqueft, we 
 may be at liberty to be fent about other thy gracious 
 defigns. Amen." 
 
 The petition, thus drawn up, was fent away with who carried 
 hafte to the King by the hand of that good man, Mr. this P etitioa » 
 Love-to-Manfoul. 
 
 When this petition was come to the palace of the Jo whom 
 King, who fhould it be delivered to, but the King's vere( i. 
 Son. So he took it, and read it ; and becaufe the 
 contents of it pleafed him well, he mended it, and 
 alfo in fome things added to the petition himfelf. So 
 after he had made fuch amendments and additions as 
 he thought convenient, with his own hands, he carried 
 it unto the King : to whom when he had with obei- 
 fance delivered it, he put on authority, and fpake to it 
 himfelf. 
 
 {a) Bp. Wilkins, in his Gift of prayer, gives an awful picture of man'*, 
 total depravity and departure from God by the fall : ** What a world of 
 tnlfchief (lays he) is there in os;r feveral parts! cur wills, our affections, 
 our tongues, and eyes ! and y«t all thefe are but as little rivulets j the foun- 
 tain, or rather the k», rlut feeds them, is cur corrupted nature." 
 
 N Now 
 
$8 "THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The King New the King, at the fight of the petition, was 
 
 rec«iv« k ^ j j, ut ^ow muc h mor?, think you, when it was 
 
 with glic- o » ' ^ 
 
 uef». feconcied by his Sen ! It pleafed him alfo to hear that 
 
 his fervants, who encamped againft Manfoul, were fo 
 hearty in the work, and fo ftedfaft in their refolves, 
 and that they had alrcadygot fome ground upon the 
 famous town of Manfoul. 
 The King Wherefore the King called to him Emanuel his 
 
 calhbi*S//n, g w j^ f a ;j jj ere am j m p at ' ncr# Then faid the 
 
 and tells htm ' * .J. 
 
 thathcftail King, Thouknowcft, as I do myfelf, the condition 
 quer°th°e n " °f t ^ e town °f Manfoul, and what thou haft done to 
 tawmof redeem it (a). Come now therefore, my Son, .and 
 
 M'cubuij , . 
 
 and he is prepare thy felf for the war, tor thou lhalt go to my 
 pieaied at it. ^jp.^ Manfoul : thou (halt alfo there profner and 
 
 prevail, and conquer the town of Manfoul. 
 HefoUceth Then faid the King's Son, " Thy law is within my 
 
 himf. :i in ■ ' ' , . / 
 
 thethoughts heart: 1 delight to do thy will, Heb. x. This is 
 offauwo.k. tne j a y t-^at I have longed for, and the work that I 
 have waited for all this while. Grant me therefore 
 what force thou (halt in thy wifdom think meet } and 
 I will go, and will deliver from Diabolus-, and from 
 his power, thy .peri filing town of Manfoul. My 
 heart has been often pained within me, for the refer- 
 able town of Manfoul : but now it is rejoiced, but 
 now it is glad ; and with that he leaped over the 
 mountains for joy, faying, I have not in my heart 
 thought any thing too dear for Manfoul : the day of 
 vengeance is in mine heart for thee, my Manfoul ; and 
 glad am I that thou, my Father, haft made me the 
 
 (a) The great woith of fouls is evident fiom the infinite price paid fot 
 their rinfoTi, the blood of God, AUs xx. zS. H : nce the near minifttrs of 
 Chrift are inceffantly urging repentance towards God, and faith in Jtfus, at 
 the means in.the hand of th; Sp ; rk : they, in their Matter's name, 
 • ; Proclaim falvatioff for a guihy rjee, 
 
 Undone by nature, but redeem'd by grace— 
 Ye fons of men, repeat the lolemn found, 
 '1 he Lord a raniicm for Iks fons hath found." 
 
 captain 
 
ByMr.JOHNBUNYAN. 99 
 
 captain of their falvation, Heb. ii. 10. And I will 
 
 now begin to plague all that have been a plague to my 
 
 town of Manfoul, and I will deliver it from their 
 
 hands (a). 
 
 When the King's Son had faid thus to his Father, Tie JiJgheft 
 
 it prefefitly flew like lightning round about at court: tf.jll 1 " 6 
 r / » c< • kn joom co- 
 
 yea, it there became the only talk, what Emanuel was ve | '» s° i» 
 
 to go to do for the famous town of Manfoul. But " s * 
 
 you cannot think how the courtiers too were taken 
 
 with this dcfign of the Prince ; yea, fo afFeiTrd were 
 
 they with this work, and with the juftnefs of the war, 
 
 that the higheft lord and greateft peer of the kingdom 
 
 coveted tohavecomminions undr-rEMANUEL, tocroar.d 
 
 help to recover again to Shaddai that miferable town 
 
 of Manfoul. 
 
 Then was it concluded that fome fhould go and 
 carry tidings to the camp, that Emanuel was to come 
 to recover Manfoul ; and that he would bring along 
 with him fo mighty, fo impregnable a force, that he 
 could not be refilled. But Oh ! how ready were the 
 high ones at court to run like lacquies to carry thefe 
 tidings to the camp that was at Manfoul ! 
 
 Now when the captains perceived that the King Thec3mp 
 
 would fend Emanuel his Son, and that it alfo delighted j ov> when 
 
 the Son to be fent on this errand bv the great Shad- l ' uyh ' i:ar 
 
 * ° the tiding*. 
 
 dai his Father; they alfo, to mew how they were 
 pleafed at the thoughts of his coming, gave a fhout 
 that maie the earth rend at the found thereof; yea, 
 the mountains anfwered the echo, and Diabolus him- 
 felf tottered and fhook. 
 
 [a) The Lord's own arm brir^.? falvation. As Bp. Hall obferves, " when 
 the inw.-rd call of the Spirit accompanies the outward tali of the word, tbt 
 foul rea'liy complies, and prefenily yklds obedience to the voice of *-3od — 
 Wh-.n Chrift fpeaks by his Spirit to or hearts, Satan rball uot hold us 
 down, the world (hall not keep us back; but we flail atifs anj follow cur 
 Lord and Wafter," See Ifa. Ixiii, 5. and Luke *ii, 6. 
 
 N 2 Now 
 
ioo TttEHOLYWAR, 
 
 Now you muft know, tliat tho' the town of Man- 
 foul itfelf was not much, if at all, concerned with the 
 project (for, alas for them ! they were wofully befot- 
 ted, for they chiefly regarded their pleafure and lufts) ; 
 Piabolns yet Diabelus their governor was, for he had his fpies 
 
 afraid at the J . ,, , 111 ,,..,.. 
 
 news of his continually abroad, who brought him intelligence of 
 coaurg. a n things ; and they told him what was doing at 
 court againft him, and that Emanuel would certainly 
 come Ihortly with a power to invade him. Nor was 
 there any man in court, nor peer of the kingdom, that 
 Diabolus fo feared, as he feared this Prince : for, if 
 you remember, I fhewed you before, that Diabolus 
 had felt the weight of his hand already j fo that fince 
 it was he that was to come, this made him fore afraid. 
 Well, you fee how I have told you that the King's 
 Son was engaged to come from the court to fave Man- 
 foul (o), and that his Father had made him the cap- 
 The Prince tain of the forces : the time therefore for his fetting 
 bimfrif for forth being now expired, he addrefled himfelf for the 
 his journey. marc h ; and taketh with him, for his power, five 
 noble captains and their forces (b). 
 
 1. The firft was that famous captain, the noble cap- 
 tain Credence j his were the red colours, and Mr. 
 ftromife bare them, John i. 29. Eph. vi. 16. and for 
 an efentcheon he had the holy Lamb and golden fhield ; 
 and he had ten thoufand men at his feet. 
 
 2. The fecond was that famous captain, the captain 
 Good Hope ; his were the blue colours, Heb. vi. 19. 
 His ftandard- bearer was Mr. Expectation ; and for an 
 
 (a) Behold., ye wretched, \> hat almighty Love has done, auc can do : 
 " The Saviour comes, by antie.it frers foretold t 
 Hear him, ye deaf ; ar«i nil ye blind, behold : 
 He from thick films ihall purge the vifual ray, 
 And on the*fightl»fs eye- balls pour the day : 
 The dumb /hall fing, the lame his crutch forego, 
 And leap exulting like the bounding roe." Pope's Messiah. 
 (i) The powerful influences, gifts, and graces of the holy Spirit j faith, 
 liopr, love, goolncftj patience, humility, heavenly-minitdnefs, &c. 
 
 efcutcheon 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. ioi 
 
 efcutcheon he had Three Golden Anchors ; and he 
 had ten thoufand men at his feet. 
 
 3. The third was that valiant captain, the captain 
 Charity, 1 Cor. xiii. His ftandard^bearer was Mr. 
 Pitiful ; his were the green colours, and for his efcut- 
 cheon he had Three Naked Orphans embraced in the 
 bofom ; and he had ten thoufand at his hct. 
 
 4. The fourth was that gallant commander, the cap- 
 tain Innocent, Mat. x. 16. His ftandard-bearer was 
 Mr. Harmlefs ; his were the white colours ; and for 
 his efcutcheon he had Three Golden Doves. 
 
 5. The fifth was the truly loyal and well-beloved 
 captain, the captain Patience : his ftandard-bearer was 
 Mr. Suffer-long ; his were the black colours, and for an 
 efcutcheon he had Three Arrows thro' a Golden Heart. 
 
 'Thefe were Emanuel's captains, thefe their ftandard- Faith ana 
 bearers, their colours, and efcutcheons, and thefe the theworkf 
 men under their command, Heb. vi. 12. So, as was 
 faid, the brave Prince took his march, to go to the 
 town of Manfoul. Captain Credence led the van, and 
 captain Patience brought up the rear. So the other 
 three, with their men, made up the main body. The 
 Prince himfelf rode in his chariot at the head of them. 
 
 But when they fet out for their march, Oh how The ' r 
 the trumpets founded, their armour glittered, and how 
 the colours waved in the wind ! The Prince's armour 
 was all gold, and it lhone like the fun in the firma- 
 ment. The captains' armour was of proof, and was 
 jn appearance like the glittering liars. There were 
 alfo fome from the court that rode reformades, for 
 the love that they had to the King Shaddai, and for 
 the happy deliverance of the town of Manfoul (a). 
 
 Emanuel 
 
 (a) The Lord our adorable Redeemer's praife will be the delightful and ever- 
 |afting theme of faints and angels : his heart and hands are now full of bleff- 
 
 ingi 
 
102 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The holy Emanuel alfo, when he had thus fet forwards to g& 
 
 taininz^i" to rec ^ver the town of Manfoul, took with him, at 
 books. the command of his Father, fifty- four battering- 
 
 rams, and twelve flings to whirl ftones withal. Every 
 on^ of thcfc was made of pure gold ; and thefe they 
 carried with them in the heart and body of their army, 
 all along as they went to Manfoul (a). 
 
 So they marched till they came wi:h ; n lefs than a 
 
 league of the town j and there they iay till the firft 
 
 four captains came thither, to acquaint them with 
 
 matters. Then they took their journey to go to the 
 
 Tke force? town of Manfoul, and unto Manfoul they came; but 
 
 rejoicing! when "he old foldiers, that were in the camp, faw that 
 
 they had n**w forces to join with, they again gave fucha 
 
 fhout before ihe'vallsof Manfoul, that it putDiabolus 
 
 into another fright. So they fat down before the town, 
 
 not now as the other four captains did, to wit, againft 
 
 Manfoul be- the gates of Manfoul only,' but they environed it round 
 
 leaguered on every fide and befe* it behind and before ; fo that 
 
 round. i 
 
 now, let Manfoul look which way it would, it faw 
 Mounts cafl force and power lie in fiege againft it. Be/ides, there 
 »p a s ain were mounts caft up againft it ; the mount Gracious 
 was on the one iide, and mount JufHce on the other. 
 Farther, there were feveral fmall banks and advance 
 grounds, as Plain-truth Hill, and No-fin Banks, where 
 many of the flings were placed againft the town. Upon 
 mount Gracious were planted four, and upon mount 
 
 ings for his people^ rut when h.s glorious worlcfhall receive its foil acccTO- 
 pliftiment in the heavenly maniioss, 
 
 " No figh, no murmur, bis eleft fhall hear, 
 Fr«m ev'ry face he'll wipe off ev'ry tear j 
 In adamantine chains {hall Death be bound, 
 And Hell's grim tyrant feel th'eternal wound." Messiah. 
 
 («) " Faith comes by hearing, acd bearing by the word of God," Rom. x. 
 17. Chrifr, as the Saviour of h>ft fianers, is the fwn and fubftance of the 
 Bible. " Search the fcripturc;," John v, 39. thoy ure the grand inftrument 
 •f eonTrrfion artd&lvation, through tha blttfed Spirit's powerful influence. 
 
 * JufHee 
 
Bunyans HOLY-WAR ,withNotes. 
 
 Hamilton aWin . 
 
 Goidar* jet& . 
 
 <JfuUt'%i<te*J}lfyjirtmm&3 <m/:su/i cm ararr>//rrr/'/< 
 
 I'uiltj-Aedlyjilexrireyy « A'td fairrrwsterHcrwJaiu j 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 103 
 
 Juftice were placed as many : and the reft were con- 
 veniently placed in feveral parts round about the town. 
 Five of the belt battering rams, that is, of the biggeft 
 of them, were placed upon mount Hearken, a mount 
 caft up hard by Ear-gate, with intent to break that 
 open [a). 
 
 Now when the town of Manfoul faw the multitude, The heart 
 and the foldiers that were come up again ft the place, begins t» 
 and the rams and flings, and the mounts on which fai1 * 
 they were planted ; together with the glittering of the 
 armour, and the waving of their colours j they were 
 forced to fhift and fhift, and again to fhift their 
 thoughts ; but they hardly changed for thoughts more 
 ftout, but rather for thoughts more faint; for though 
 before they thought themfelves fufficiently guarded, 
 yet now they began to think that no man knew what 
 would be their hap or lot. 
 
 When the good prince Emanuel had thus belea- The white) 
 guered Manfoul, in the firft place he hangs out the out. 
 white flag, which he caufed to be fet up among th« 
 golden flings that were planted upon mount Gracious. 
 And this he did for two reafons : i. To give notice to 
 Manfoul, that he could and would yet be gracious, if 
 they turned to him. 2, And that be might leave thern 
 the more without excufe, fhould be deftroy them ? 
 they continuing in their rebellion. 
 
 So the white flag, with the Three Golden Doves on 
 it, was hung out for two days together, to give them 
 time and fpace to confider. But they, as was hinted 
 before, as if they were unconcerned, made no reply t& 
 the favourable fignal of the Prince. 
 
 («) The Lord, the eternal Spirit, muft firft give the hearing ear, and the 
 fcnderftanding heart, ere any faving work can be begun ; but, after that happy 
 period, the foul will rsadily hearken to the voice of God, in bis word, will 
 become fenfible of its ruinous ftate, and flee to Cbrift for pardun and peace, 
 ifcro' his atoning blood, and juftifying righteoufnefs. 
 
 Then. 
 
to* T H E H L Y W A R, 
 
 There.? flag Then he commanded, and they fet the red flag uport 
 ungout. t ^ t inount called mount Juftice. It was the red flag 
 of captain Judgment, whofe efcutcheon was the Burn- 
 ing Fiery Furnace : alfo this ftood waving before them 
 in the wind for feveral days together- But look, how 
 they carried it under the white flag, when that was 
 hung out, fo did they alfo when the red one was : and 
 yet he took no advantage of them (a). 
 
 TheUaeic Then he commanded again that his fervants fhould 
 
 flag hung k an g out t jj e bi^ fl a g f Defiance againft them, 
 whofe efcutcheon was the Three Burning Thunder-, 
 bolts. But as unconcerned was Manfoul at this, as at. 
 thofe that went before. But when the Prince faw that 
 neither mercy nor judgment, nor execution of judg- 
 ment, would or could corrffe near the- heart of Manfoul, 
 he was touched with much compunction, and faid, 
 SuTely this ftrange carriage of the town of Manfoul 
 . doth, rather arjfe, from ignorance of the manner and 
 feats of war, than from a fecret defiance of us, and 
 
 <Jhrift abhorrence of their own' lives : or, if they know the 
 
 makes not . • i 
 
 *-ar as the manner or the war of their own, yet not the rites and 
 world does. cerer!;on ; es f t } la wars in which we are concerned, 
 
 Yjpeh I make wars upon mine enemy Diaboluss, 
 
 Therefore he. fent to the town of Manfoul, to let. 
 
 them know what he meant by thofe figns and cere- 
 He fendt to monies of ;he flag: and- alfo to know of them which 
 
 know it 
 
 they would of the things .they will chufe, whether grace and 
 iave mercy m'ercv, :, i:nd the execution of judgment. • 
 
 or judg- * J o ' J D 
 
 ta$nu All thir while they kept the gates fnut with locks, 
 
 bolts, and bars, as fafl as they couid. Their guards 
 
 * — ■ — - — ■■ ■ ■ — ■ 
 
 (a) This, i>n A . the preceding part, exhibit a gtoriaus difplay of the good- 
 nefs, tang fufftmrg; ana forb-arance of Cod ! judgrrv.ee and mercy, lite ana 
 food; 'Jeath and .-■ ■••!. are Get asfore fin.iers, for theii ci.oice. — Ami nh< 
 ehcYon be intirely of fir-e gracr yei ut t'.ie grjeat day the whole world of th«.. 
 ungodly and. uoj be r ji!'. an f '■"- condemned at the dt of a 
 
 holy God. the rigbteQu* judge ct quick and drad. See D.ut. xxx. 15. 19. 
 John ii.'. 19. Let obP.iiu:- finners hear and tremble., 
 
 were 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 105 
 
 were alfo doubled, and their watch made as ftrong as 
 they could. Diabolus alfo plucked up what heart he 
 could, to encourage the town to make refi fiance (a). 
 
 The townfmcn alfo made anfwer to the Prince's 
 mefTenger, in fubftance, according to that which fol- 
 lows : 
 
 4 Great Sir, As to what, by your mefTenger, you The town£ 
 have fignined to us, whether we will accept of your f wer , 
 mercy, or fall by your juftice j we are bound, by the 
 law and cuftom of this place, and can give you no 
 pofitive anfwer : for it is againft the law, government, 
 and the prerogative royal of our king, to make either 
 peace or war without him. But this we will do, we 
 will petition that our prince will come down to the 
 wall, and there give you fuch a treatment as he fhall 
 think fit and profitable for us.' 
 
 When the good Prince Emanuel heard this anfwer, En " n " el 
 
 ' grieved at 
 
 and faw the flavery and bondage of the people, and the folly of 
 how contented they were to abide in the chains of the anouJ » 
 tyrant Diabolus, it grieved him at the heart. And 
 indeed, when at any time he perceived that any were 
 contented with the flavery of the giant, he would be 
 affected with it. 
 
 But to return again to our purpofe. After the town 
 had carried this news to Diabolus, and had told him 
 moreover, that the Prince, that lay in the leaguer 
 without the wall, waited upon them for an anfwer j 
 he refufed, and huffed as well as he could, but in DJabola) 
 heart he was afraid. 
 
 Then faid he, c I will go down to the gates myfelf, 
 and give him fuch an anfwer as I think fit. So he 
 Went down to Mouth- gate, and there addreffed him- 
 « ■ ' ..I'. 
 
 {a) This is a true, but a<«ful pifture of all natural men } they harden 
 their hearts, flop their ears againft th: truth, and relift ihe counfel of God 
 agahft themfelves 5 and th« enemy, by various device* and temptation-:, 
 keep* them under the power of fpiritual blir.dnefs and unbelief. 
 
 O felf 
 
io6 
 
 THE HOLY WAR. 
 
 His fpeech 
 to the 
 Prince. 
 
 * Heart. 
 
 felf to fpeak to Emanuel (but in fuch language as 
 the town underftood not), the contents whereof were 
 as follow : 
 
 ' O thou great Emanuel, Lord of the world, [ 
 know thee, that thou art the Son of the great Sh ad- 
 da i ! Wherefore art thou come to torment me, and. 
 to caft me out of my poffeflion ? This town of Man- 
 foul, as thou very well knowefr, is mine by right of 
 conqueft ; I won it in the open field : and " fhall the 
 prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive 
 delivered ?" 2. This town of Manfoul is mine alfo by 
 their fubje&ion. They have opened the gates of their 
 town unto me, they have fworn fidelity to me, and 
 have openly chofen me to be their king. They have 
 alfo given their caftle * into my hands ; yea, they have 
 alfo put the whole ftrength of Manfoul under me. 
 
 e Moreover, this town of Manfoul hath difavowed 
 thee : yea, they have caft thy law, thy name, thy 
 image, and all that is thine, behind their back ; and 
 have accepted, and let up in their room, my law, my 
 name*, my image, and all that ever is mine (a). Afk 
 elfe thy captains, and they will tell thee, that Man- 
 foul hath, in anfwer to all their fummons, fhewn love 
 and loyalty to me ; but always difdain, defpite, con- 
 tempt, and fcorn to thee and thine. Now, thou who 
 art the Jul! One and the Holy (and fiiouldft do no 
 iniquity), depart then, I pray thee, from me, and 
 •leave me to my juft inheritance peaceably.' 
 
 This oration \vas made in the language of Diabolus- 
 himfelf ; for altho' he can to every man fpeak in their 
 language (clfe he could not tempt them as he does)j 
 
 {a) The devil firti tempts, then accufes, au4 iaflly torments, all' who live 
 and die in his v^ffoJagc: but the dear Lord Jefus has conquered the powers of 
 darknefs in his own perfort ; and has promifed to deftroy fin's dominion in 
 his people, thro' the prayer of faith. CbriAian, may the Lord beftow this 
 precious gift on us, and on ail who an de*v 10 tbtcjiofen. few ! 
 
 yet 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 107 
 
 y§t he has a language proper to himfelf, and it is the 
 .language of the infernal cave, or black pit. 
 
 Wherefore the town of Manfoul (poor hearts !) 
 underftood him not : nor did they fee hew he crouched 
 and cringed while he flood before Emanuel their 
 Prince. Yea, they all this while took him to be one 
 of that power and force that by no means could be re- 
 filled : wherefore while he was thus intreating that he 
 might have yet his refidence there, and that Emanuel . 
 would not take it from him by force, the inhabitants 
 boafted even of hjs valour, faying, Who is able to 
 make war with him ? 
 
 Well, when this pretended king had made an end of 
 what he would fay, Emanuel the golden Prince 
 ftood up, and fpake ; the contents of whofe words 
 follow. 
 
 <c Thou deceiving one, faid he, I have in my Fa- 
 ther's name, in my own name, and on the behalf and 
 for the good of this wretched town of Manfoul, fome- 
 what to fay. unto thee. Thou pretender! a right, a 
 lawful right, to the deplorable town of Manfoul, when 
 it is moft apparent to all my Father's court, that the 
 entrance which thou haft obtained in at the gates of 
 Manfoul was thro' thy lyes and falfchnod : thou belyedft 
 my Father, thou belyedir. his law, and fo deceivedft 
 the people of Manfoul (a). Thou pretendeft that the 
 people have accepted thee for their king > their captain, 
 and right liege lord, but that alfo was by the excreife 
 of deceit and guile. Now if lying, wilinefs, finful 
 craft, and all manner of horrible hypocrify, will go, 
 in my Father's court (in which court thou mult be 
 tried), for equity and right j then will I confefs unto 
 
 (a) Satan was a lyar, deceiver, and murderer from the beginning : he ftill 
 hates the truth; fo do the wicked ; they will not come to ;He light, Uft 
 their deeds fhould be reproved, John iii, 20. Lord, caft thU lying fpirit out 
 •f every heart, and fet up thy kingdom on the ruins of tiie Bsitroyer s ! 
 
 O 2 thee, 
 
iog T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 thee, that thou haft made a lawful conqueft. But alas ! 
 what thief, what tyrant, what devil is there, that may 
 not conquer after this fort ? But I can make it appear, 
 O Diabolic, that thou, in all thy pretences to a 
 conqueft of Manfoul, haft nothing of truth ta fay. 
 Thinlceft thou this to be right, that thou didft put the 
 lye upon my Father, and madeft him (to Manfoul) the 
 greateft deluder in the world ? And what fayeft thou 
 to thy perverting, knowingly, the right purport and 
 intent of the law ? Was it good alfo that thou madeft 
 a prey of the innocency and fimplicity of the now 
 miferable town of Manfoul ? Yea, thou didft overcome 
 Manfoul, by promifing to them happinefs in their 
 tranfgrefuons againft my Father's law, when thou 
 kneweft, and couldft not but know, hadft thou con- 
 fulted nothing but thy own experience, that that was 
 the way to undo them. Thou haft alfo thyfelf (O 
 thou mafter of enmity ! ) of fpite defaced my Father's 
 image in Manfoul, and fet up thy own in its place ; 
 to the great contempt of my Father, the heightening 
 of thy fin, and to the intolerable damage of the perifh- 
 ing town of Manfoul. 
 
 V Thou haft moreover (as if all thefe were but 
 little things with thee) not only deluded and undone 
 this place ; but by thy lyes, and fraudulent carriage, 
 haft fet them againft their own deliverance. How haft 
 thou ftirred them up againft my Father's captains, and" 
 made them to fight againft thofe that were fent of him 
 to deliver them from their bondage (a) ! All thefe 
 things, and very many more, thou haft done againft 
 thy light, and in contempt of my Father, and his 
 
 (a) Sitan's ufurped power over men has produced a lamentable enmity 
 againft their own mercies. — But the dear children of God, as they are not 
 their own, but redeemed by a price) fo they are divinely taught t» glorify 
 their God and Saviour in all things. This is their reafonable fervice ; and 
 Chit ?!occ will bring happinefs and peace, in life and death. See Rom. xii. i. 
 
 law: 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 109 
 
 law : yea, and with defign to bring under his difplca- 
 fure for ever the miferable town of Manfoul. I am 
 therefore come to revenge the wrong that thou haft 
 done to my Father, and to deal with thee for the blaf- 
 phemies wherewith thou haft made poor Manfoul blaf- 
 pheme his name ; yea, upon thy head, thou prince of 
 the infernal cave, will I requite it. 
 
 " As for myfelf, O Diabolus, I am come againft 
 thee by lawful power ; and to take, by ftrength of 
 hands, this town of Manfoul out of thy burning 
 fingers : for this town of Manfoul is mine, O Dia- 
 bolus, and that by undoubted right, as all ihall fee 
 that will diligently fearch the mod ancient and mod 
 authentic records, and I will plead my title to it to 
 the confufion of thy face. 
 
 " Firft> For the town of Manfoul, my Father built 
 and fafhioncd it with his hand. The palace alfo, that 
 is in the midft of the town, he built for his own de- 
 light. This town of Manfoul, therefore, is my Fa- 
 ther's, and that by the beft of titles ; and he that 
 gainfays the truth of this, muft lye againft his foul. 
 
 li Secondly, O thou mafter of the lye, this town of 
 Manfoul is mine : 
 
 " 1. For that I am my Father's heir, his firft-born, 
 and the only delight of his heart, Heb. i. 2. John 
 xv. 16. I am therefore come up againft thee in mine 
 own right, even to recover mine own inheritance out 
 of thine hands [a), 
 
 " 2. But further, As I have a right and title to 
 Manfoul by being my Father's heir, fo I have alfo by 
 my Father's donation, John xvii. His it was, and he 
 gave it me ; nor have 1 at at any time offended my 
 
 (a) Man's restoration to the divine favour is folely of the Lord ; for, being 
 dead in trefpafles and fins thro' the firft Adam ; the Lord from heaven, the 
 fecond Adam, is made a quickening Spirit. All glory to the eternal Three 
 for this great falvation : See Eph. ii. 6, i John iv, 10. i Cor, irv. 45. 
 
 Father, 
 
no THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Father, that he fhould take it from me, and give it to 
 thee, Ifa. 1. i. Nor have I been forced, by playing 
 the bankrupt, to fell or (et to fale to thee my beloved 
 town of Manfoul. Manfoul is my defire, my delight, 
 Sand the joy of my heart. But, 
 
 " Manfoul is mine by right of purchafe. I have 
 bought it, O Diabolus, I have bought it for myfelf. 
 Now fince it was my Father's and mine, as I was his 
 heir, and fince alfo I have made it mine by virtue of 
 a great purchafe, it followeth, that by all lawful right 
 the town of Manfoul is mine j and that thou art an 
 ufurper, tyrant, and traitor, in thy holding pofleflion 
 thereof. Now the caufe of my purchafing it was 
 this : Manfoul had trefpafTed againft my Father. Now 
 my Father had faid, that in the day that they broke his 
 law, they fhould die : now it is more poffible for heaven 
 and earth to pafs away, than for my Father to break- 
 his word, Matt. v. 18. Wherefore when Manfoul had 
 finned indeed by hearkening to thy lye, I put in and 
 became a furety to my Father, body for body, and foul 
 for foul, that I would make amends for ManfouPs tranf- 
 O fweet grcilions : and my Father accepted thereof. So when 
 Pnnce t jj e t j me appointed was come, I gave body for body, 
 
 foul for foul, life for life, blood for blood, and fo re- 
 deemed my beloved Manfoul [a). 
 
 " 4. Nor did I this by halves ; my Father's love and 
 juftice, that were b«th concerned in the threatening 
 upon tranfgreffion, are both now fatisfied, and very 
 well content that Manfoul fhould be delivered. 
 
 *' 5. Nor am I come out this day againft thee, but 
 by commandment, from my Father ; 'twas he that faid 
 unto me, Go down, and deliver Manfoul. 
 
 (a) If God had not fiift loved and chofen us in his dear Son, we fhould 
 have remained in our fin and mifery for ever. But eternal thanks to free 
 trace for the Father's electing love, and the Spirit's effectual call. *' Of his 
 owb will begat he U9| x with the word of truth." James i. 18. Rom. v. 8. 
 
 " Where- 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. hi 
 
 ** Wherefore be it known unto thee, O thou fountain 
 of deceit, and be it alfo known to the fooliih town of 
 Manfoul, that I am not come againft thee this da/ 
 without my Father, 
 
 *' And now, faid the golden-headed Prince, I have 
 a word to the town of Manfoul (But fo ibon as men- 
 tion was made, that he had a word to fpeak to the 
 -befotted town of Manfoul, the gates were double- 
 guarded, and all men commanded not to give him au- 
 dience) ; fo he proceeded, and faid, O unhappy town 
 gf Manfoul, I cannot but be touched with pity and 
 companion for thee. Thou haft: accepted of Diabolus 
 for thy king, and art become a nurfe and minifter of 
 Oiabolonians againft thy fovereign Lord. Thy gates 
 <thou haft opened to him, but haft fhut them faft 
 <a.gainft me ; thou haft given him a hearing, but haft; 
 4lopt thine ears to my cry : he brought to thee thj 
 deftruclion, and thou didft receive both him and it; 
 I am come to thee bringing falvation, but thou re- 
 gardeft me not. Beiides, thou haft with facrilegious 
 hands taken thyfelf, with all that was mine in thee, 
 and haft given ail to my foe, and to the greateft enemy 
 jny Father has. You have bowed and fubje&ed your- 
 felves to him, you have vowed and fworn yourfelves to 
 be his. Poor Manfoul ! what ihall I do unto thee I 
 .Shall I fave thee I Shall I deftroy thee ? What fhall.I 
 <do unto thee? Shall I fall upon thee, and grind thee 
 to powder j or make thee a monument of the richeil 
 grace ? What fhall I do unto thee ? Hearken there- 
 fore, thou town of Manfoul, hearken to my word (# ), 
 and thou ftialt live. I am merciful, Manfoul, and 
 
 w^w—w wp.»iiww^. i i i i i ■ ii i ii i i m i ■ m^ 
 
 (a) The fcriptures contain the whole will of God concerning man : they 
 comprife the great charter of falvatipn, of which they are the powerful inftru- 
 rneot, by the enlivening influences of the holy Spirit. In them, mercy and 
 iuftice, wifdom and truth, glorio'.fiy iTiine and harmonize in delivering from 
 rai;i, and promoting the evsriafiinj f.lic; r . ; of poor fiuneis. 
 
 then' 
 
ii2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 thou (halt find me fo : (hut me not out of thy gates, 
 Cant. v. 2. 
 
 " O Manfoul, neither is my commiffion or inclina- 
 tion at all to do thee hurt : why flyeft thou fo faft from 
 thy friend, and ftickeft fo clofe to thine enemy f Indeed 
 I would have thee, hecaufe it becomes thee, to be forry 
 for thy fin ; but do not defpair of life : this great force 
 is not to hurt thee, but to deliver thee from thy bon- 
 dage, and to reduce thee to thy obedience. 
 
 " My commiffion indeed is, to make war upon Dia- 
 feolus thy king, and upon all Diabolonians with him j 
 for he is the ftrong man armed that keeps the houfe ; 
 but I will have him out; his fpoils I mull divide, his 
 armour I muft take from him, his hold I muft caft him 
 out of, and muft make it an habitation for myfelf. 
 And this, O Manfoul, (hall Diabolus know, when he 
 fhall be made to follow me in chains, and when Man- 
 foul (hall rejoice to fee it too. 
 
 " I could, would I now put forth my might, caufe 
 that forthwith he (hould leave ycu, and depart ; but 
 I have it in my heart fo to deal with him, as that the 
 juftice of the war, that I (hall make upon him, may 
 be feen and acknowledged by all. He hath taken 
 Manfoul by fraud, and keeps it by violence and de- 
 ceit $ and I will make him bare and naked in the eyes 
 of all obfervers. All my words are true : I am mighty 
 to fave, and will deliver my Manfoul out of hi* 
 hand "(a). 
 
 This fpeech was intended chiefly for Manfoul, but 
 Manfoul would not have the hearing of it. They 
 (hut up Ear-gate, they barricadoed it up, they kept it 
 locked and bolted, they fct a guard thereat, and com. 
 
 (*) Thie merciful declaration proves, that falvation is the pure effect of 
 Itft everl?!ting, fovereign, and gracious decree and purpofe of Jehovah « 
 JUjn n. really rejecls Chrift as a Saviour ; till almighty grace humbles tho 
 proud tinner* bead* the flu boor a will, aad inclines the h*ut to obedience. 
 
 manded 
 
By Mr. JOHN RUN VAN. u 3 
 
 tnanded that no Manfoulian fhoujd go out to him, nor 
 that any from the camp, mould be' admitted into the 
 town.; all this they did, fo horribly had Diabolus in- 
 fhanted them to do., and. to fee.k to do fpr him, againft 
 their rightful Lord and Prince; wherefore no man.-, 
 nor voice, nor found, of man that belonged to the glo- 
 rious hoft, was to come into the town («), 
 
 So when Emanuel faw that .Manfoijl was thus in- Sfl*M»*tM 
 volved in fin, he called his army together (fxnce.now Se'wY* 
 all his words were defpifed), .and gave out a com- u { ?™ Vun ' 
 rnandment throughout all his hofts, to be ready againft 
 the time appointed. Now forafmuch as there was no 
 way. lawfully to take the town of Manfoul, but to get ■ U 
 
 in by the gates, and at Ear-gate as the chief, there;, 
 fore he commanded his captains and commanders to 
 bring their rams, their flings, and their men, andplacp 
 them at Eye.gate and Ear-gate, in order toJifi takino- 
 .the town. .• f 
 
 , When .Emanuel had put all things in readinefs tb 
 bid Diabolus battle, he fent again to know of the tow.n 
 of Manfdul,Mf.in peaceable manner th'ey would yield • : V: 
 .themfelyes ; .or whether they were- yet refolvedio piit 
 :hirn to try the utmoft extremity ? They. then, *pg 9 - 
 ,ther with Diabolus the king, called, a council of -war, 
 and refolved. upon certain propofxtions that (houM be 
 Toff^red Emanuel, :if he will accept thereof; fo fhey 
 agreed ; and then the next was, who fhould be feM on 
 .this errand. Now there was in the town of Manfoul an bi.b.!« 
 old man, a ; D,abolonian, and h.s name was Xylf. LothL ££ g'-fi 
 .to-itoo Pi aftiffman inhis way^.and agreaf doer fqr ^wnfrkr, 
 Diabolus: him therefore they lent, and put'^into his fl^S, 
 mouth what he mould fay. So he went, and carrfe to him h * 
 
 pfopmin^s 
 
 ___ condMor.so? 
 
 («) Unhappy for poor, blind, d ead ffnoerV, that they refirt rhe co 
 GoJ.g.mft themes, p re f Cir ; ng mK . ly to hap , -^ „. • - {y •£ 
 
 ZT n : ££ : b : gra,: " the ^™* ^ ^ •>"***£'& 
 
 fength get hunfe.f the n&ory, i„ the eternal faction of his peofJc! ' 
 
 P the 
 
 ueace. 
 
ii 4 THE HOLY WAR> 
 
 the camp to Emanuel ; 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 s and faid, Tit. i. 16. * Great Sir, 
 that it may be known unto all men, how good-natured 
 * prince my mafter is, he hath fent me to tell your 
 lordfhip, that he is very willing, rather than go to 
 Mark this, war, to deliver up into your hands one half of the 
 town of Manfoul (a). I am therefore to know if your 
 Mightinefs will accept of this propofition.' 
 
 Then faid Emanuel, « The whole is mine by gift 
 and purchafe, wherefore I will never lofe one half." 
 Mark this, Then faid Mr. Loth-to^ftoop, « Sir, my mafter hath 
 faid, that he will be content that you fhall be the no- 
 minal and titular Lord of all, if he may poffefs but a 
 part," Luke xiii. 25. 
 
 Then Emanuel anfwered, " The whole is mine 
 really, not in name and word only ; wherefore I will 
 be the fole lord and poffeflbr of all, or of none at all, 
 in Manfoul." 
 Mark this. Then Mr. Loth-to-ftoop faid again, * Sir, behold 
 the condefcenfion of my mafter ! He fays, that he will 
 be content if he may but have affigned to him fome 
 place in Manfoul, as a place to live privately in, and 
 
 you fhall be Lord of all the reft/ Ads v. 1 5. 
 
 Then faid the Golden Prince, " All that the Father 
 giveth me, fhall come to me j" and of all that he hath 
 given me I will lofe nothing, no not a hoof nor a 
 hair ; I will not therefore grant him, no not the leaft 
 corner in Manfoul to dwell in, I will have all to my- 
 felf. 
 
 {e) A co'.d, lifelefs profeflion, without poffeffiag Chjifl th; hope'of glory, is 
 not chriiWily. An almoft chriftian is a very infidel. We cannot ferve two 
 matters, God and Mammon. Jefus is worth; of alljove and fervice. In 
 him are treafured up every needful Welling for time and eternity. 
 
 Tten 
 
Bunjans HOLYWAR withNotes. 
 
 <",/ (1/ 
 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 115 
 
 Then Loth-to-ftoop faid again, c But, Sir, fuppofe Maik Q>& 
 that my Lord fhould refign the whole town to. you 
 only with this provifo, that he fometimes, when he 
 comes into this country, may, for old acquaintance 
 fake, be entertained as a wayfaring man for two days, 
 or ten days, or a month, or fo ; may not this /mail , 
 
 matter be granted ?' 
 
 Then faid Emanuel, ** No. He came as a way- 
 faring man to David, nor did he ftay long w^th him, 
 and yet it had like to have coft David his foul, 2 Sam. 
 xii. 1 5. I will not confent that he ever fhould 
 have any harbour more there.'* 
 
 Then faid Mr. Loth-to-ftoop, * Sir, you feem to be Sin «nd«a!» 
 very hard. Suppofe my mafter ihould yield to all that 
 your lordfhip hath faid, provided that his friends and 
 kindred in Manfoul may have liberty to trade in the 
 town, and to enjoy their prefent dwellings ; may not 
 that be granted, Sir ?* (a) 
 
 Then faid Emanuel, " No ; that is contrary to 
 my Father's will, Rom. v>. 13. Col. lis. 5. Gal. v. 24. 
 For all, and all manner af Biabolonians that -now are, 
 or that at any time fhall be found in Manfoul, fhail 
 not only lofe their lands and liberties, hut alfo their 
 lives/* 
 
 Then faid Mr. Loth-to-ftoop again, * But, Sir, Marker 
 may not my mafter and great lord, by letters, by paf- 
 fengers, by accidental opportunities, and the like, 
 maintain, if he fhall deliver up all unto thee, fome 
 kind of old friendihip with Manfoul ?' John x. 8L 
 
 Emanuel anfwered, ct No, by no means ; foraf- 
 much as any fuch fellowship, friendfhip, intimacy, or 
 
 (*) No wonder that the f<wr, being alienated from the Hfe *t Cod, ruuJs 
 it fo difficult to part with ami darling lufi, and fue for mercy at the feel t£ 
 Cnrii}. But when any iinner is horn again from above, the projxJ heart is 
 humbled and wonderfully tarned ZitMi-wajd, aadrnxde the habitation of God, 
 thro* the Spirit. 
 
 Pa acquaint- 
 
n6 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 acquaintance, in what way, fort, or mode foever main- 
 tained, will tend to the corrupting of Manfoul, the 
 alienating of their affections from me, and the endan- 
 gering their peace with my Father." 
 
 Mark this. • Mr. Loth-to-ftoop yet added further, faying, « But, 
 great Sir, fince my mafter hath many friends, and 
 thofe that are dear to him in Manfoul, Rom. vi. 12, 
 13. may he not, if he depart from them, even of his' 
 bounty and good nature, beftow upon them, as he fees 
 fit, fome tokens of his love and kindnefs that he had 
 for them, to the end that Manfoul, when he is gone, 
 may look upon fuch tokens of ktftd fiefs once received 
 from their old friend, and remember him who was once 
 their king, and the merry times that they fometimes 
 enjoyed one with another, while he and they lived in 
 peace together?' 
 
 Then faid Emanuel, " No 3 for if Manfoul come 
 to be mine, I fhall not admit of, nor confent that there 
 (hould be the leaft fcrap, fhred, or duft of Diabolus left 
 behind, as tokens or gifts beftowed upon any in Man- 
 foul, thereby to call to remembrance the horrible com- 
 munion that was betwixt them and him" (#), 
 
 Mark this. 'Well, Sir, faid Mr. Loth-to-ftoop, I have one 
 thing more to propound, and then I am got to the end 
 of my com'miffion; 2 Kings i. 3. 6, 7. Suppofe that 
 when my mafter is gone from Manfoul, any that yet 
 fhall live in the town, fhall have fuch bufmefs of high 
 concerns to do, that, if they be neglected, the party 
 fhall be undone : and fuppofe, Sir, that nobody can 
 help, in that cafe, (o well as my mafter and lord j may 
 not now my matter be fent for upon i'o urgent an occa- 
 sion as this ? Or if he may not be admitted into the 
 
 (a) Chvifr is worthy of our whol^ he:;rt 2nd fupreroe afTe&ion : our duty 
 and happinefs c-!l on us to give it him : the moie we are renewed in his 
 iir.aj':, the gr-?;er ftrCngth we thai! derive tro.Ti his lulnels, for our walk 
 %ad, warfare. May we therefore daily die to fin, and iive to God alone! 
 
 town, 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 117 
 
 town, may not he and the perfon concerned meet in 
 fome of the villages near Manfoul, and there lay their 
 heads together, and there confult together ?' 
 
 This was the laft of thofe enfnaring propofitions 
 that Mr. Loth-to-ftoop had to propound to Emanuel 
 on behalf of his mafter Diabolus : but Emanuel 
 would not grant it ; for he faid, there can be no cafe, 
 or thing, or matter, fall out in Manfoul, when thy 
 mafter (hall be gone, that may not be folved by my 
 Father, 1 Sam. xxviii. 15. Befides, it will be a great 
 difparagement to my Father's wifdom and (kill, to ad- 
 mit any from Manfoul to go out to Diabolus for ad- 
 vice, when they are bid before, in every thing, by 
 prayer and fupplication, to let their requefts be made 
 known to my Father, 2 Kings i. 2, 3. Further, this, 
 fhould it be granted, would be to grant that a door 
 fhould be fet open for Diabolus, and the Diabolonians 
 in Manfoul,. to hatch and plot and bring to pafs trea- 
 sonable defigns, to the grief of my Father and Me, 
 and to the utter deftru&ion of Manfoul" (a). 
 
 When Mr. Loth-to-ftoop had heard this anfwcr, he Loth-to- 
 took his leave of Emanuel, and departed, faying, fl ^ lle " 
 that he would carry word to his mafter concerning this 
 whole affair. So he departed, and came to Diabolus 
 in Manfoul, and told him the whole of the matter $ 
 and how Emanuel would not admit, no not by any 
 means, that he, when he was once gone out, mould 
 ever have any thing more to do either in, or with any 
 that are of, the town of Manfoul. When Manfoul 
 and Diabolus had heard this relation of things, they 
 with one confent concluded to ufe their beft endeavours 
 
 v a) Mtn'a total departure from God is undeniably evidenced in the refift- 
 snct fioncrs xake to the gofpel of free grace and mercy. This conduct 
 grieves the holy Spirit. But the Redeemer is almighty to fave, tho' devil* 
 and men oppofe. The Lord waits to be gracious. May he fee of the travail 
 or his foul, and rrjcict in his work! 
 
u8 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 to keep Emanuel out of Manfoul ; and fent old If!- 
 paufe, of whom you have heard before, to tell the 
 Prince and his captains fo. 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, 
 Afycrehof fc e f a jj « J have in commandment from my bio-h k>rd 
 tMtocaof, t r > bid you tell it to your prince Emanurl, *bat Man- 
 foul, and their king, are refolved to f!and and fall to- 
 gether, and that it h in vain for your Prince to think 
 of ever having Manfoul in his hand, unlefs he can 
 take it by force.* So fome went and told Emanuel. 
 what old 111 paufe, a Diabolonian in Manfoul, had 
 faid. Then faid the Prince, I mail try the power of 
 my fword, Eph. vi. 17. for I will not (fo? all the re- 
 bellions and repulfes that Manfoul has made againft 
 me) raife rny fiege and depart, but will afturedly take 
 my Manfoul, and deliver it from 'her enemy (a). And 
 Thfymuft w j t j 1 tna t he gave out a commandmea*, that captain 
 Preparations Boanerges, captain Conviction, captain Judgment, 
 tl^ * and captain Execution, fhould march forthwith op 
 to Ear-gate, with trumpets founding, colours fly- 
 ing, and with lhouting for the battle. Alfb he 
 would that captain Credence fhould join himfelf in 
 with them : Emanuel moreover gave orders that cap- 
 tarn Good-hope and captain Charity £hould draw 
 themfelves up before Eye-gate. He bid alfo that the 
 refi; of his captains and their men fhould place ttaem- 
 felves to the belt of their advantage againft the enemy, 
 round about the town ; and all was 'done as he com- 
 manded. Then he bid that the word fiiould be given 
 forth, and the word was at that time EMANUEL. 
 Then was an alarm {oixndcd y and the battering rams 
 
 {a) Sinful man, in his unconverted ftatCj may be accounted wcrfe than 
 dead; for h not only delights in fib, !vjc fcornfuily reject mercy, thro' rive 
 jebellious enrriry of his heart. But the Lord, by his word and Spiri:, 
 fttbdu« An, d«lbron«i Satan, and ere<fls hisbkfled k'ngdoro in the foul. 
 
 were 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 119 
 
 were played, and the flings whirled (tones into the town 
 amain ; and thus the battle began. Now Diabolus 
 himfeif managed the townfmen in the war, and that at 
 every gate ; wherefore their refiftance was the more 
 forcible, hellifti, and offenfive to Emanuel. Thus 
 was the good Prince engaged and entertained by Dia- 
 bolus and Manfoul for feveral days together j and a 
 fight worth feeing it was, to behold how the captains 
 of Shad dai behaved themfelves in the war (a). 
 
 And firft for captain Boanerges (not to undervalue Boanerges 
 the reft), he made three moft fierce-aflaults, one after ^^ 3tUe 
 another, upon Ear-gate, to the fhaking of the pofts 
 thereof. Captain Conviction alfo made up as faft 
 with Boanerges as pcflibly he could ; and both discern- 
 ing that the gate began to yield, they commanded that 
 the rams fhould ftill be played againft it. Now cap- 
 tain Conviction going up very near to the gate, was Conviaioa 
 with great force driven back, and received three wounds woundc ' 
 in the mouth ; and thofe that rode reformades *, went * Angels, 
 about to encourage the captains. 
 
 For the valour of the two captains made mention of 
 before, the Prince fent for them to his pavilion j and 
 commanded that awhile they fhould reft themfelves, 
 and that with fomewhat they fhould be refrefhed. 
 Care was alfo taken for captain Conviction, that he 
 ftiould be healed of his wounds; the Prince alfo gave 
 them a chain of gold, and bid them yet be of good 
 courage. 
 
 Nor did captain Good-hope nor captain Charity Good-hope 
 come behind in this moft defperate fight, for they too fo a ? d ^* uty 
 behaved themfelves at Eye-gate, that they had almoft at Eye-gate. 
 
 (a) The captains are gofpel minifters: they preach the word; man's total 
 depravity fay the fall ; the excellency and fuitablenefs of Chrift, who faves the 
 vileft finners; and the fullnefs, freene/s, and precioufnefs of his fimftied fal- 
 vation. The holy Spirit ftrikes conviction to the foul thro' the word, and 
 points the alarmed finner to Emanuel fur peace acd laivation. 
 
 broken 
 
no THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 broken it quite open. Thefe had alfo a reward from 
 
 their Prince, as alfo had the reft of the captains, be- 
 
 caufe they did valiantly round about the town. 
 
 In this engagement, feveral of the officers of Dia- 
 
 bolus were flain, and fome of the townfmen wounded* 
 
 tJaptain for among the officers there was one captain Boafting 
 
 flain. flain. This Boafting thought that nobody could have 
 
 fhajcen the poft of Ear- gate, nor have fhaken the heart 
 
 Captain _ of Diabolus. Next to him there was one captain Se- 
 Securs flain. _ 
 
 cure flain ; this Secure ufed to fay, that the blind and 
 
 lame in Manfoul were able to keep the gates of the 
 town againft Emanuel's army, 2 Sam. v. 6* This. 
 captain Secure did captain Conviction cleave down the 
 head with a two-handed fword, when he himfelf re- 
 ceived three wounds in the mouth (a), 
 Capta ; n - Befide$ r there was one captain Bragman, a very de- 
 
 flam."" 1 * Operate fellow, and "he was captain over a band of thofe 
 that threw firebrands, arrows, and death ; he alfo re- 
 ceived, by the hand of captain Good-hope at Eye- 
 gate, a mortal wound in the breaft. 
 Mr. Feel- There was moreover one Mr. Feeling, but he was no 
 captain, but a great ftickler to encourage Manfoul to 
 rebellion ; he received a wound in the eye by the hand 
 of one of Boanerges's foldiers, and had by the captain 
 himfelf. been flain, but that he made a fudden retreat. 
 Will-be- But I never faw Will-be-will fo daunted in all my 
 
 will hurt. jjf e . }j e was n ot able to do as he was wonf ; and fome 
 fay he alfo received a wound in the leg, and that fome 
 of the men in the Prince's armyliad certainly feen him 
 limp as he afterwards walked on the wall. 
 Many of the I fhall not give you a particular account of the 
 Manfoul Dames of the foldiers that were mafmed, wounded, 
 
 iUin. 
 
 (a; It is the property of gr<»ce, to fet before the foul its true but dreadful 
 fla'e, todrftrqy falfe dependence, and to caft down imaginations, and every 
 high thing that exalteth itfelf againft the knowledge of God, 2 Cor. x. 5. 
 May this lake crTccTl in every heart! 
 
 and 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 121 
 
 and flain : for when they few that the ports of Ear- 
 gate (hook, and Eye-gate was well-nigh broken quite 
 open ; and a!fo that their captains were flain ; this 
 took away the hearts of many of the Diabolonians, 
 fo that they fell alfo by the force of the lhot that were 
 fent by the golden flings into the midil of the town of 
 Manfoul. 
 
 Of the town fmen, there was one Love-no-good; he Love-no- 
 was a townfman, but a Diabolonian ; he alfo received | e(}< woun " 
 his mortal wound in Manfoul, but he died not very 
 foon. 
 
 Mr. Ill-paufc alfo, who came along with Diabolus 
 when at firft he attempted the taking of Manfoul, re- 
 ceived a grievous wound in the head ; fome fay that Ill-paufe 
 his brain-pan was cracked : this J have taken notice woundcd ' 
 of, that he was never after this able to do that mif- 
 chief to Manfoul as he had done in times paft. Alfo 
 old Prejudice and Mr. Any-thing fled. 
 
 Now when the battle was over, the Prince com- 
 manded that yet once more the white flag mould be The white 
 fet upon mount Gracious, in fi°;ht cf the town of fl l 8 hu ." g 
 
 r a out again. 
 
 Manfoul ; to {hew that yet Emanuel had grace for the 
 wretched town of Manfoul (a). 
 
 When Diabolus few the white flag hung out again, Dia bolus's 
 and knowing that it was not for him, but Manfoul ; new P rank « 
 he cafl: in his mind to play another prank, to wit, to 
 fee if Emanuel would raife his fiege and be qone, 
 upon promife of reformation. So he went down to 
 the gate one evening, a good while after the fun was 
 gone down, and called to fpeak with Emanuel ; who 
 prefently came down to the gate, and Diabo'.us laith 
 unto him : 
 
 (a) No day nor hour but fefus knocks *t hurmn heir'*. By his word 
 and Spirit, be gradually fubdurs his enemie? ; and a length lets up his bleiTcd 
 kingdom. The gr:ce of Cod brings faNa ion, Tit. ii. II. 
 
 Q, For- 
 
to £ha< 
 
 MJEl. 
 
 122 T H E HOLY WAR, 
 
 Hisfpecch ' Forafmuch as thou makeft it appear by the white 
 flag, that thou art wholly given to peace and quiet ; 
 I thought meet to acquaint there, that we are ready to 
 accept thereof upon terms which thou mayeft admit. 
 
 * I know that thou art given to devotion, and that 
 holinefs pleafes thee ; yea, that thy great end in 
 making a war upon Manfoul, is, that it may be an 
 holy habitation. Well, draw off* thy forces from the 
 town, and I will bend Manfoul to thy bow. 
 
 ' Firft, 1 will lay down all a&s of hostility againft 
 thee, and will be willing to become thy deputy ; and 
 will, as I have formerly been againft thee, now ferve 
 thee in the town of Manfoul (a). And more parti- 
 cularly, 
 niaboius * i. I will perfuade Manfoul to receive thee for their 
 
 Emam - lord ; and I know that they will do it fooner, when 
 *t.'eo: : uty, t h ev f kl i] un derftand that I am thy deputy. 
 
 ' 2. I will mew them wherein they have erred, and 
 that tranfgreffion ftands in the way to life. 
 
 ' 3. I will fhew them the holy law unto which they 
 muft conform, even that which they have broken. 
 
 ' 4. I will prefs upon them the necefiity of a re- 
 formation, according to law., 
 and wood « c. And moreover, that none of thefe things may fail, 
 
 turn redr- _ ;, 
 
 mer. I mylelf, at my own proper colt and charge, will let 
 
 up and maintain a fufficient miniftry, befides lectures, 
 in Manfoul. 
 
 ' 6. Thou fhalt receive, as a token of our fubjcclion 
 to thee, continually year by year, what thou (halt 
 think fit to lay and levy upon us, in token of fuch 
 fubjedtion/ 
 
 (a) Many, when under convictions for fin, apply in vain to the condemn- 
 ing law for jufiification unto life ; whereas the letter killeth, but the Spirit 
 giveth life; and Chrifl: is the end of the law, for righteoufnefs, to all them 
 that believe, Rom. x. 4. No compofiticn can be admitted: Jefus has dons 
 and will do all for, in, and by us : to hith, therefore, all the glory is due. 
 
 Then 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 123 
 
 Then faid Emanuel to him, " O full of deceit, Theanfwer, 
 how moveable are thy ways ! How often haft thou 
 changed and re- changed, if fo be thou mighteft ftill 
 keep pofleffion of my Manfoul ! though, as has been 
 plainly declared before, I am the right heir thereof. 
 Often haft thou made thy propofals already, nor is this 
 Iaft a whit better than they, 2 Cor. xi. 14. And fail- 
 ing to deceive when thou fhewedft thyfelf in thy black, 
 thou haft now transformed thyfelf into an angel of 
 light, and wouldft, to deceive, be now as a minifter 
 of righteoufnefs (a). 
 
 " But know thou, O Diabolus, that nothing muft 
 be regarded that thou canft propound, for nothing is 
 done by thee but to deceive ; thou neither haft con- D^bolus 
 fcience to God, nor love to the town of Manfoul ; &™Z' 
 whence then fhould thefe thy fayings arife, but from Godl ror 
 finful craft and deceit ? He that can°lift and will pro- bul?^ 
 pound what he pleafes, and that therewith he may de- 
 ftroy them that believe him, is to be abandoned, with 
 all that he fhall fay. But if righteoufnefs be fuch a 
 beauty-fpot in thine eyes now, how is it that wicked- 
 nefs was fo clofely ftuck to by thee before ? But this 
 by the bye. 
 
 " Thou talkeft now of a reformation in Manfoul, 
 and that thou thyfelf, if I pleafe, will be at the head 
 ot that reformation ; all the while knowing, that the 
 greateft proficiency that mm can make in the law, and 
 the righteoufnefs thereof, will amount to no more, for 
 the taking away of the curfc from Manfoul, than juflr 
 nothing at all ; for a law being broken by Manfoul, 
 that had before, upon a fuppofition of the breach- 
 
 {*) Reft.ng in an outward reformation, a mere form of godlintfs, ,< „ 
 moft dangerous flat*. Bsware of felf-riv-hteoumns ; this fsir-lcoking fpint 
 perfuades f.nners they art toq holy to need Chrlft f<,r their fanflmratiur, and 
 too healthy to need him as a phjfician to heal them. Se: Luke xviii. cj. aad 
 -Matt. »xiii, 13, & Ce^{. 
 
 Q. 2 thereof, 
 
124 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 He knows thereof, a curfe pronounced againft him for it of God-, 
 do no good, can never, by his obeying the law, deliver bimfclf 
 whichyeihe therefrom (a). (To fay nothing of what a reforma- 
 
 pr;pounds . . ... . . . •» i r i 11- 
 
 for the tion is like to be let up in Manfoul, when the devil is 
 
 Ma^f °\ become the corrector of vice). Thou knoweft that all 
 that thou haft now faid in this matter is nothing but 
 guile ami deceit ; and as it was the f.rfr, fo is it the 
 Jail card that thou halt to play. Many there be that 
 difcern thee, when thou iheweft them thy cloven foot ; 
 but in thy white, thy light, and in thy transforma- 
 tion, thou art feen but of a few. But thou (halt not 
 do thus with my Manfoul, O Diabolus, for I do frill 
 love mv Manfoul . 
 
 * c Belides, I am not come to put Manfoul upon 
 works, to live thereby ; (hould I do fo, I mould be like 
 unto thee ; but I am come, that by me, and by what 
 I have and {hall do for Manfoul, they may to my Fa- 
 ther be reconciled, though by their Jin they have pro- 
 voked him to anger, and' though by the law they can- 
 not obtain mercy. 
 
 4< Thou talked of fubje&ing this town to good, 
 when none defircth it at thy hands. I am fent by my 
 Father to poffefs it my ill f, and to guide it, bv the 
 fkilfulnefs of my hands, into fuch a conformity to him 
 as mall be plealing in his fight. 1 will therefore pof- 
 fefs it my felf: I will difpoflefs and caft thee, out: I 
 will fet up mine own ftandard in the midft of them : 
 All things I -^rjii z \{ o-overn than by new laws, new officers, 
 
 fill* it be new 
 
 in. Manfoul. new motives, and new ways : yea, I will pull down 
 this town, and build it again, and it fhall be as tho' 
 
 - ■■ ■ ■ — — — ...I. .- i, . , ,, . 
 
 (<z) Man k&vhtz. TTZflfgrdfti ' u e divin; lnw in Ad/Tn hi? progenitor; (her? 
 lias, ever Cnce that fatal period, b;i:n an end of his righteopfnefs for ever } 
 U-i Gal. Hi. 10, u better v.^* t.j. ;i nteifoti, to juftify him. By the law, the 
 knowledge ef our fu: and milc-y is revealed ; but grace and truth conies by 
 Chri:t Jefus, thro' faith which wotbetb, by love, Gal. v. 6. 
 
 . . it 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 125 
 
 it had not been, and it fhall be the glory of the whole 
 univerfe" (<z). 
 
 When Diabolus heard this, and perceived that he Diaj>olus 
 was difcovered in all his deceits, he was confounded, 
 and utterly put to a nonplus ; but having in himfelf 
 the fountain of iniquity, rage, and malice againft both 
 Shaddai and his Son, and the beloved town of Man- 
 foul, what doth he but ftrengthen himfelf what he 
 could to give frefh battle to the noble prince Emanuel. 
 So then, now we muft have another fight before the Ne . w P re P"- 
 town of Manfoul is taken. Come up then to the fi g h t . 
 mountains, you that love to fee military actions, and 
 behold by both fides how the fatal blow is given j, 
 while one feeks to hold, and the other feeks to make 
 himfelf mafter of, the famous town of Manfoul. 
 
 Diabolus therefore withdrew himfelf from the walk 
 to his fort that was in the heart of the town of Man- 
 foul ; Emanuel alfo returned to the camp ; and both 
 of them, after their divers ways, put themfeives into, 
 a pofturc fit to give battle one to another.'' Diabolus* ?' r ab ? luS r 
 
 r to m . defpairs of 
 
 as filled with defpair of retaining in his hands the holding 
 famous town of Manfoul, refolved to do what in if- and' there- 
 chief he could (if indeed he could do any) to the fo f e CQn r - 
 
 - , _, . tuves.tod* 
 
 army of the Prince, and to the tamous tpwn of Man- it wfcafmif- 
 foul : for alas ! it was not the- happinefs of the filly chief he 
 
 ' » l 4 . can. 
 
 town of Manfoul that was chiigned by Diabolu-, 
 but the utter ruin and overthrow thereof/ -as bow h 
 enough in view, Mark xxvi. 27. Wherefore he com* 
 mands his officers that they fhould then, when 
 faw that they could ho]d the town no longer. J^ 
 it what harm and mifehief they could, rending and 
 
 («0 WhenChriit takes polTeffion of the foul-hy regeneration, he 'rafts out 
 fiie birytrs Swfr-fcllers } old things pafs away, and all things betdtfrt n;v.-; 
 the defires, affections, hope?, fears, purfuks, ends, and aims, ?ii iiaoprry. 
 
 tend to tit;, glory of God, and the praifc of his difcrirr/rnating : |r'lcf; 
 
 ' 
 
 tearing 
 
ia6 T H E H O L V W A R, 
 
 tearing men, women, and children (a) ; for, faid he, 
 
 we had better quite demolifh the place, and leave it 
 
 a ruinous heap, than that it mould be an habitation 
 
 for Emanuel. 
 
 Emanuel again, knowing that the next battle would 
 
 iffue in his being made matter of the place* gatfe out 
 
 a royal commandment to all his officers, high captains, 
 
 and men of war, to be lure to fhew themfelves men of 
 
 war againft Diabolus and all Diabolonians ; but fa- 
 
 . vourablt, merciful, and meek to the old inhabitants of 
 
 Man foul. Bend therefore, faid the noble Prince, the 
 
 hotteft front of the battle againft Diabolus and his 
 
 men. 
 
 The battle So the dav beino- come, the command was given, 
 
 joined, and . " . 
 
 they fight and the Prince's men flood bravely to their arms ; nor 
 
 fier«J h . flde8 **"*' as before, bend their forces againft Ear gate and 
 
 Eye-gate. The word was then, Mansoul is won : 
 
 fo they made their aiTault upon the town. Diabolus 
 
 alfo, as faft as he could, with the main of his power, 
 
 made refiftance from within, and his high lords and 
 
 chief captains for a time fought very cruelly againft 
 
 the Prince's army. 
 
 Ear.gate jg ut a f ter three or four notable charges by the 
 
 broke open. • , 
 
 Prince and his noble captains, Ear-gate was broke 
 
 open, and the bars and bolts, wherewith it was ufed 
 
 to be faft (hut up againft the Prince, were broken into 
 
 J b ' p,1,, " , • a thoufand pieces (£). Then did the Prince's trum- 
 
 op. and the pets found, the captains fhout, the town (hake, and 
 
 J^Vmi Diabolus retreat to his hold. Well, when the Prince's 
 
 tt the cattle, forces had broke open the gate, himfelf came up, and 
 
 did fet up his throne in it j alfo he fet his ftandard 
 
 [a) riert by Satan's malice, and his enmity to man's felicity, appears j for 
 whom be can no longer rule, he will peri'ecute, diftrefs, and tempt : but our 
 Jefus Is .Imighty and mult prcva I, and his oreeious promifes are infallible. 
 
 (J) O blc-iTed event! A fure oken for good, :san attentive ear ! Suntg and 
 anjeii rejoice at it. See Ha. xlii. (8. lv. 3. Jer. xi. 2, James i, 16. 
 
 near 
 
Wiai* TUT 
 
 1 Town ofiMubraul. - -//,. j2„, 
 
 ^4n?iyof Q)° & m/'C> / / / 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 12 y 
 
 near it, upon a mount that his men had before caft up 
 to place the mighty flings 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 alfo that the golden flings [a) mould yet 
 be played upon the town, efpecially againft the caftle, 
 becaufe for fhelter thither was Diabolus retreated. 
 Now from Ear-gate the ftreet was ftrait, even to the 
 houfe of him who was the recorder before Diabolus 
 took the town ; and hard-by his houfe flood the cattle, 
 which Diabolus for a long time had made his irlcfome 
 den. The captains therefore quickly cleared the ftreet 
 by the ufe of their flings, fo that way was made up to 
 the heart of the town. Then the Prince commanded 
 that captain Boanerges, captain Conviction , and captain 
 Judgment, fhould forthwith march up the town to the 
 old gentleman's * gate. Then did the captains in moft * Con- 
 warlike manner enter into the town of Manfoul, and, fdencc ' 
 marching in with flying colours, they came up to the They go up 
 Recorder's houfe (and that was aimoft as ftronrr as the to ?«, R «- 
 cattle;. Battering-rams they took alfo with them, to houfe.. 
 plant againft the calrle-gates. When they were come 
 to the houfe of Mr, Confcience, they knocked, and 
 demanded entrance (*). Now the old gentleman, not 
 knowing as yet fully their defign, kept his gates (hut 
 all the time of this fight. Wherefore Boanerges de- They de- 
 manded entrance at his gates j and no man making ^* a ' 
 aniwer, he gave it one ftroke with the head of a ram, 
 and this made the old gentleman fhake, and his houfe 
 tremble and totter. Then came Mr. Recorder down 
 to the gate, and as well as he could, with quivering 
 lips, he afked who was there ? Boanerges anfwered, 
 
 (a) The promifes, brought home to the heart by the Spirit of God. 
 
 (6) Confcience is a faithful monitor, a witnefs for God in the foul j when 
 awakened, it difcerns, l oves> and approves the word, way,, and will of God 
 in a reconciling Saviour. May we not rejeft its friendly admonitions ' 
 
 We 
 
n3 T p E H O L Y WA R, 
 
 We are the captains and commanders of the great 
 Shaejpai, and of the bleflcd Emanuel his Son, and 
 . we demand pofTeffion of your houfe for the ufe of 
 our noble Prince. And with that the battering-ram 
 gave the gate another fhake : this made the old gen- 
 tleman tremble the more, yet durft he not but open 
 
 They go in. the gate r.then the King's forces marched in, namely, 
 the three brave captains mentioned before. Now the 
 Recorder's houfe was a place of mych convenience for 
 Emanuel, not only becauie it was near and fronted 
 the, cattle, the den where now Djabolus was ; for he 
 
 They keep was now afraid to come cut of his hohl. As for Mr. 
 
 refeTvedly' , Recorder, the captains carried it very refervedly to 
 
 from the him,: as yet he knew nothing of the great defigns of 
 Recorder. ; ' j-j V " , • j 
 
 Emanuel -, fo that h? .did not know what judgment 
 
 to make, nor what would be the end of fuch thunder- 
 
 His.boqfe ing beginnings (a). It w?.s aifo nailed in the town, 
 
 war. how tne Recorder's houfe was ppfjTefTed, his rooms 
 
 .taken, up, and his palace made the feat of war ; and 
 
 no fooner was it noifed abroad, but they took the 
 
 alarm as warmly,, and gave it .out to others of his 
 
 friends ; .and as, you know, a fnow-ball lofes nothing 
 
 by rolling, fo in Jittle timp the whole town was pof- 
 
 feffed, that they muft expect nothing from the Prince 
 
 but deftru&ion ; and the ground of the bufmefs was 
 
 this, the Recorder trembled, and the captains -carried 
 
 it ttrangely to him : (p many came to fee ; but when 
 
 they with their own eyes beheld the captains in the 
 
 palace, and their battering-rams ever played at the 
 
 cattle-gates to beat them down, they were riveted in 
 
 their fears, zn<i it made them as in amaze. And, as I 
 
 ■» ■■ » i - i i • i I. i ■ i n i n 
 
 («) The consciences of the unconverted are in a profound leth?rgy ; fome 
 eannet be roufed but by the thundering terrors of the law ; and, when 
 ■wounded with the arrows of corjviclion, nothing but the blood of the Lamb 
 ef Qq4 the kalJH of the cirinc Physician, can heal or comfort them. . 
 
 laid, 
 
By Mr, JOHNBUNYAN, 119 
 
 faid, the men of the houfe would increafe all this ; for Theoffi:e 
 whoever came to him, or difcourfed with him, nothing enw.Vhe* 
 would he talk of, tell them, or hear, but that death he»»wa- 
 and deftrudtion now attended Man foul. 
 
 For (quoth the old gentleman) you are all of you 
 fenfible that we have all been traitors to that once 
 defpifed, but now famoufly victorious and glorious 
 prince Emanuel ; for he now, as you fee, doth not 
 only lie in clofe liege about us, but hath forced his 
 entrance in at our gates : moreover, Diabolus flies be- 
 fore him j and he hath, as you behold, made of my 
 houfe a garrifon againft the caftle, where he is. I for 
 my part have tranfgreffed greatly ; and he that is 
 clean, it is well for him. But, I fay, I have tranf- 
 greffed greatly, in keeping filence, when I fhould 
 have fpoken$ and in perverting juftice, when I fhould 
 have executed the fame [a). True, I have fuffered. 
 ibmething at the hands of Diabolus, for taking part 
 with the laws of king Shaddai ; but that, alas ! what 
 will that do ! Will that make compenfation for the 
 rebellions and treafons that I have done, and have fuf- 
 fered, without gainfaying, to be committed in the town 
 of Manfoul ? O I tremble to think what will be the 
 end of this fo dreadful and fo ireful a beginning ! 
 
 Now while thefe brave captains were thus bufy in Thebnve 
 the houfe of the old recorder, captain Execution was as captainEr;- 
 bufy in other parts of the town, in fecuring the back 
 ftreets and the walls. He alfo hunted the lord Will-be- 
 wiH forely, and fuffered him not to reft in any corner. 
 He purfued him fo hard, that he drove his men from 
 him, and made him glad to thruft his head into a hole. 
 Alfo this mighty warrior cut three of lord Will-bc- 
 
 (o) Convj&ion prer?c>f, tho' it (foes not always end in converiion : but 
 th* confeience mult firft be frruck with a fenfe of guilt and deferved vrj'h, 
 before it will iue for mercy. When thus afTe&ed, Chrift pours the oil of 
 Jorjirencl's, and the wine of bis grace, icto the wounded foirit, 
 
 R will's 
 
 cjtion< 
 
1 30 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Old Preju- will's officers down to the ground ; one was old Mr. 
 dice flam* Prejudice, he that had his crown crack'd in the mu- 
 tiny: this man was made, by my lord Will-be-will, 
 keeper of Ear- gate, and fell by the hand of captain 
 Execution. There was alfoone Mr. Backward-to-ali- 
 but-naught, and he alfo was one of the lord Will-be- 
 will's officers, and was the captain of the two guns 
 that once were mounted on the top of Ear-gate ; he 
 alfo was cut down to the ground by the hands of cap- 
 Cain Execution. Befides thefc two, there was another, 
 a third, and his name was captain Treacherous, a vile 
 man this was, but one that Will-be-will put a great 
 deal of confidence in ; but him alfo did this captain 
 Execution cut down to the ground with the reft. He 
 alfo made a very great Slaughter among my lord Will- 
 be-wilPs foldiers, Icillinor manv that were ftout and 
 fturdy, and wounding many that for Diabolus were 
 nimble and active. But aM thefe were Diabolonians ; 
 there was not a man, a native of Man foul, hurt. 
 Captain Other feats of war were likewife performed by other 
 
 jBood-hope f tne ca ptains, as at Eye-gate, where captain Good- 
 Jlindfold} hope and captain Charity had a charge, was great exe- 
 cution done ; for captain Good-hope, with his own 
 hands, flew one captain Blindfold (a)> the keeper of 
 that gate : this Blindfold was captain of a thoufand 
 men, and they were they that fought with mauls ; he 
 alfo purfued his men, flew many, and wounded more, 
 and made the reft hide their heads in corners. 
 
 There was alfo at that gate Mr. Ill-paufe, of whom 
 you have heard before j he was an old man, and had a 
 beard that reached down to his girdle ; the fame was 
 and old in. he that was orator to Diabolus : he did much mifchief 
 in the town of Manfoul, and fell by the hands of cap- 
 tain Good- hope. 
 
 (a) Awfully Mind are the mind? of carnal men to the things that belong 
 to their peaee : till the Lord the Spirit enlighten them, grofs da koefs covers, 
 the people, amidft th< blaze of gofpd day, Wb-it 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN YAN, i 3 t 
 
 What (hall I fay ? The Diabolonians in thefe days 
 lay dead in every corner, though too many yet v/ere 
 alive in Man foul. 
 
 Now the old recorder, and my lord Underftamiing, The old 
 with fome others of the chief of the town, to wit, fuch ^eet and™ 
 as knew they muft ftand or fall with the famous town confult. 
 of Manfoul, came together upon a day, and, after con- 
 futation had, jointly agreed to. draw up a petition, 
 and fend it to Emanuel, now while he fat in the 
 gate of Manfoul. So they drew up their petition to 
 Emanuel, the contents whereof were thefe: " That The town 
 
 •l it-it- .-it-ill f petition, and 
 
 they, the old inhabitants or the deplorable town of areanfwered 
 Manfoul, conferred their fin, and were forry that they WIth filence » 
 had offended his princely Majefty, and prayed that he 
 would fpare their lives." 
 
 Unto this petition he gave no anfwer at all, and that 
 troubled them yet fo much the more [a). Now all this 
 while the captains that were in the recorder's houfe 
 were playinp- with the batterinjr-rams at the sates of the Tne caft,e 
 
 gate broke 
 
 caftle, to beat them down. So after fomc time, labour open, 
 and travail, the gate of the caftle that was called Im- 
 pregnable was beaten open, and broken into feveral 
 fpl inters, and fo a way was made to go into the hold 
 in whioh Diabolus had hid himfelf. Then were tidings 
 fent down to Ear-gate, for Emanuel ftill abode there, 
 to let him know that a way was made in at the gates 
 of the caftle of Manfoul. But O how the trumpets at 
 the tidings founded throughout the Prince's camp, for 
 that now the war was fo near an end, and Manfoul 
 itfelf of being fet free ! 
 
 Then the Prince arofe from the place where he was, Emanuel 
 and took with him fuch of his men of war as were Manfoul!" 
 
 {a) Tho' the Lord feems for a feafon not to heaiken to the prayers of his 
 dear people, yet, becaufe his love to them is ever the fame, (hey muft continue 
 to wait on him, who will in due time fend an anfwer of peace, and not 
 forfake them, 
 
 R 2 fit tell 
 
13* THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 fitteft for the expedition, and marched up the ftrcets 
 of Man foul to the old recorder's houfe. 
 
 Now the Prince himfelf was clad all in armour of 
 gold, and fo he marched up the town, with his ftan- 
 dard borne before him j but he kept his countenance 
 much referved all the way as he went, fo that the -peo- 
 ple could not tell how to gather to themfelves love or 
 hatred by his looks. Now as he marched up the 
 ftreet, the townsfolk came out at every door to fee, 
 and could not but be taken with his perfon, and the 
 glory thereof, but wondered at the refervednefs of his 
 countenance [a) ; for as yet he fpake more to them by 
 his actions and works, than he did by words or fmiles. 
 Fow they But alfo poor Manfoul (as in fuch cafes all are apt to 
 Emanu- do) interpreted the carriage of Emanuel to them, as 
 si's car. did fofeph's brethren his to them, even all the quite 
 contrary way: for, thought they, if Emanuel loved, 
 u:, he would fhew it to us by word or carriage j but 
 none of thefe he does, therefore Emanuel hates us. 
 Now if Emanuel hates us, Manfoul fliall be flain, 
 then Manfoul fhall become a dunghill. They knew 
 that they had tranfgrefied his law, and that againft 
 him they had been in league with Diabolus his enemy. 
 They alfo. knew that prince Emanuel knew all this ; 
 for they were convinced that he was an angel of God, 
 to know ?11 things that are done in the earth. And this 
 made then* think that their condition was miferable, 
 and that the good Prince would make them defolate. 
 
 And, thought they, what time fo fit to do this in, 
 as now, when he has the bridle of Manfoul in his 
 hand i And this I took fpecial notice of, that the in- 
 
 (..') There is f;n enough in us to provoke the Lord to hide his face from 
 us for ever } but his companions fail not. God hates fin, but loves the con- 
 tike fir.ner, with vfhom, viewed in Chrift, and for his righteoufnefs fake, 
 tbe Ua:her is well pleafed, See L«m, iii. zz. J r a, xii:'. 21. 
 
 habitants, 
 
ByMr.JOHN BUNYAN. 135 
 
 habitants, notwithstanding all this, could not, no, they 
 
 could not, when they faw him march thro' the town, 
 
 but cringe, bow, bend; and were ready to lick the 
 
 duft off his feet : they alfo wifhed a thoufand times 
 
 over, that he would become their prince and captain, 
 
 and would become their protector. They would alfo 
 
 talk one to another 'of the comelinefs of his perfon, 
 
 and how much for glory and valour he outftript the 
 
 great ones of the world. But, poor hearts ! as to 
 
 themfelves, their thoughts would change, and go upon 
 
 all manner of extremes. Yea, thro' the working of 
 
 them backward and forward, Manfoul became as a ball 
 
 toffed, and as a rolling thing before a whirlwind. 
 
 Now when he was comfi to the caitie gates, be com- He comes to 
 
 manded Diabolus to appear, and to furrender himfelf and com J 
 
 into his hands. But Oh how loth was the beaft to mands Dia- 
 
 boius to fur- 
 appear ! How he ftuck at it ! how he {hrunk 1 how he render him- 
 
 cringed ! Yet now he came to the Prince. Then e * 
 Emanuel commanded, and they took Diabolus, and 
 bound him faft.in chains (#), the better to referve him 
 to the judgment that he had appointed for him. But 
 Diabolus (tood up to intreat for himfelf, that Ema- 
 nuel would not fend him into the deep, but fuffer 
 him to depart out of Manfoul in peace. 
 
 When Emanuel had taken him and bound him in Heist»Jc«8, 
 chains, he led him into the market-place, and there be- in " c ^ n1 
 fore Manfoul ftript him of his armour which he boafted 
 fo much of before. This now was one of the acis of tri- 
 umph of Emanuel over his enemy ; and all the while 
 the giant was ftripping, the trumpets of the Golden 
 Prince founded amain ; the captains alfo fliouted, and 
 
 (a) Tho' Cod's people often write bitter things ayainft themfehe? (and, 
 confidering what they are by nature, they can never be enough abal'ed) ; yet 
 they fhould never difhonour the Lord's faithfelnefs by delpair, but credit 
 his word of promife, which faith, •* The God of peace 2ull bruife Satan 
 Wider your feet fliortly," Rom. xvi. 20, 
 
 the* 
 
uiufi. i.bold 
 it. 
 
 134 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Manfoni the foldiers fang for joy. Then was Manfoul called 
 upon to behold Emanuel's triumph over him in whom 
 they had fo much trufted, and of whom they had (o 
 much boafted in the days when he flattered them. 
 Heis bound Thu' hiving made Diabolus naked in the eyes or* 
 rftt wheels. Manfoul, and before the commanders of the Prince, 
 in the next place he commands that Diabolus (hould 
 be bound with chains to his chariot-wheels, Eph. iv. 
 Then leaving fome of his forces, to wit, captain 
 Boanerges and captain Conviction, a guard for the 
 caftle gates, that refiftance might be made on his be- 
 half (if any that heretofore followed Diabolus fhould 
 The Prince make an attempt to poflefs it), he rode in triumph 
 nd«s in tn- over fr m q U jte through the town of Manfoul, and fo 
 
 omph over to j 
 
 kim in the out at and before the gate called Eye- gate, to the 
 
 Manfeui. plain where his camp lay,. 
 
 But you cannot think, unlefs ydu had been there 
 (as I was) what a fliout there was in Emanuel's 
 camp, when they faw the tyrant bound by the hand 
 of their noble Prince, and tied to his chariot-wheels. 
 
 They fing. A n <^ they faid, He hath led captivity captive, and hath 
 fpoiled principalities and powers : Diabolus is fub- 
 jecSted to the power of the fword, and made the object 
 of all derifion (a). 
 
 Therefor- Thofe alfo that rode reformades, and that came 
 
 ■wes' joy. down to fee the battle, fhouted with that greatnefs of 
 voice, and fung with fuch melodious notes, that they 
 caufed them that dwelt in the higheft orbs to open 
 their windows, put out their heads, and look down 
 to fee the caufe of that glory, Luke xv. 7, 10. 
 
 The men of The townfmen alfo, fo many of them as beheld this 
 
 taken with f J g nt s were as it were aftoniflied, while they looked 
 
 Zmamvei. 
 
 (e) This was at our Lord's afcenfion, when he triumphed over all the 
 force of dealh and hell, obtained eternal redemption for us, and received of 
 bis Father all power in heaven and earth for his elect, till their number is 
 accomplished. Then faints and angels will unite in ringing the glories of the 
 jiew creation, ar,d the everhfting praifes of the Redeemer. 
 
 betwixt 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 135 
 
 betwixt the earth and the heavens. True, they could 
 not tell what would be the iflue of things as to them, 
 all things beinp- done in fuch excellent methods ; and 
 I cannot tell how, but things in the management of 
 them feemed to caft a fmile towards the town j fo that 
 their eyes, their heads, their hearts, and their minds, 
 and all that they had, were taken and held while they 
 ©bferved Emanuel's order. 
 
 So when the brave Prince had finiihed this part of 
 his triumph over Diabolus his foe, he turned him up 
 in the midft of his contempt and fhame, having given 
 him a charge no more to be a pofleflor of Manfoul. 
 Then went he from Emanuel, and out of the midft 
 of his camp, to inherit the parched places in a fait 
 land, feeking reft, but finding none, Matt. xii. 34. 
 
 Now captain Boanerges and captain Conviction Tfieeamm 
 were both of them men of very great majefty ; their °[ s a ° n * d n ^~ 
 faces were like the faces of lions, and their words like tain Con- 
 
 viuion 
 
 the roaring of the feas ; and they ftill quartered in cruihestts 
 Mr. Confcicnce's houfe, of whom mention was made m" 1 ^ 
 before. When therefore the high and mighty Prince 
 had thus far finiihed his triumph over Diabolus, the 
 townfmen had more leifure to view and behold the 
 actions of their noble captains. But the captains car- 
 ried it with that terror and dread in all they did (and 
 you maybe fure they had private inftruclions {o to do), 
 that they kept the town under continual heart- aching, 
 and caufed (in their apprehenuon) the well-being of 
 Manfoul for the future to ftand in doubt before them, 
 fo that for fome confiderabl* time they neither knew 
 what reft or eafe or peace or hope meant (<?). 
 
 (<*) The terrifying alarms of fome awakened finnerj are intended, by the 
 fcoly Spirit, to bring them to a fight of their mifery and danger ihro' fin, 
 that they may flee to Chrift for refuge from the avenger. Sin-fide fouls may 
 be allured they will find him an sll-fufluient Phyficien, if (hey follow his 
 advise; and the efficacious prefcriptisns written in his war!, See Holer, vi. 3. 
 
 Ner 
 
 Manfoul. 
 
The Prince 
 commands, 
 and the cap- 
 tains put the 
 three chief 
 of Man foul 
 in ward. 
 
 Man foul 
 greatly dif- 
 treffed. 
 
 They fend a 
 petition to 
 Emanvf.l 
 
 by the hand 
 of Mr, 
 Would live. 
 
 136 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Nor did the Prince himfelf as yet abide in the town 
 of Manfoul, but in his royal pavilion in the camp, 
 and in the midft of his Father's forces. So at a time 
 convenient he fent fpecial orders to captain Boanerges, 
 to fummons Manfoul, the whole of the townfmen* 
 into the caftle-yard, and then and there, before their 
 faces, to take my lord Understanding, Mr. Confcience, 
 and that notable one the lord Will-be-will, and put 
 them all three in ward, and that they fhould fet 2 
 ftrong guard upon them there, until his pleafure con- 
 cerningthem was further known. Which orders, when 
 the captains had put them in execution, made no fmall 
 addition to the fears of the town of Manfoul ; for now, 
 to their thinking, were their former fears of the ruin 
 of Manfoul confirmed. Now what death they fhould 
 die, and how long they fhould be in dying, was that 
 which moft perplexed their heads and hearts : yea, 
 they were afraid that Emanuel would command them 
 all into the deep, the place that the prince Diabolus 
 was afraid of j for they knew they had deferved it. 
 Alfo to die by the fword in the face of the town, and 
 in the open way of difgrace, from the hand of fo good 
 and fo holy a prince, that, too, troubled them fore : 
 the town was alfo greatly troubled for the men com- 
 mitted to ward, for that they were their ftay and their 
 guide ; and for that they believed, that if thofe men 
 were cut off, their execution would be but the begin- 
 in£ of the ruin of the town of Manfoul. Wherefore 
 what do they, but together, with the men in prifon, 
 draw up a petition (a) to the Prince, and fent it to 
 Emanuel by the hand of Mr. Would-live. So he 
 went, and came to the Prince's quarters, and pre-" 
 fented the petition ; the fum of which was this : 
 
 {a) Humble prayer opens the gates of heaven, and derives fhowers of 
 bleflings frcm the loving heart and bountiful hand of our Redeemer, wh»- 
 delights in fliewing mercy. '* Fray without ceafing," 1 Theff. v. 17. 
 
 Great 
 
By Mr. JOHN B UN YAN. 137 
 
 * Great and wondciful Potentate, victor over Diabo- 
 lus, and conqueror of the town of Manfoul : we the 
 miferable inhabitants of that moft woful corporation, 
 humbly beg that we may find favour in thy fight, and 
 remember not againft us our former tranfgreffions, nor 
 yet the fins of the chief of our town, but fpare us 
 according to the greatnefs of thy mercy, and let us 
 not die, but live in thy fight ; i'o fhall we be willing 
 to be thy fervant c , an:!, if thou (halt think fit, to ga- 
 ther our meat under thy table. Amen.' 
 
 So the petitioner went, as was faid, with his peti- Th . e y a « 
 tion to the Prince; and the Prince took it at his with filence, 
 hand, but fent hjm away with filence. This ftill 
 afflicted the town of Manfoul ; but yet- confidering 
 that now they mull either petition or die (for now 
 they could not do any thing elfe), therefore they con- 
 fulted again, and fent another petition, which was 
 much after the form and method of the former. 
 
 When the petition was drawn up, by whom fhould T' iey V f . u ~ 
 
 * _ . U0Q again. 
 
 they fend it, was the next queflion ; for they would 
 not fend it by him by whom they fent the nrft (for 
 they thought that the Prince had taken feme offence 
 "at the manner of his deportment before him), fo- they 
 attempted to make captain Conviction their meflen- They can- 
 ger with it ; but he faid, that he neither durft nor ^ho^to* 
 would petition Emanuel for traitors, i.or be to the fend it. 
 Prince an advocate for rebels : yet withal, faid he, 
 our Prince is good, and you may adventure to fend it 
 by the hand of one of your town j provided he w nt 
 with a rope about his head, and pleaded nothing but 
 mercy (a). 
 
 (a) What can miferabls, condemned malefactors want or plead but mercy ! 
 Tho* called, juftified, and lanctified, jet ,: God be tntrcitul to me a iiiuer 5" 
 may be the dying language of every believer. But it is eood, in the d.irk:ft 
 feafops ftill to wait upon the Lord, who will fuddenly come to his tempU;, Mai. 
 iii I, 
 
 S VV..11. 
 
Mr.Dcfires- 
 ?wake goes 
 with the pe- 
 tition. 
 
 His enter- 
 tainment. 
 
 138 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 They made, thro' fear, their delays as long as they 
 could, and longer than delays were good ; but fearing; 
 at laft the danger of them, they thought, but with 
 many a faincing in their minds, to fend their petition 
 by Air. D" lire: -awake ; fo they fent for Mr. Defires- 
 awake. Now he dwelt in a very mean cottage in 
 Manfoul ; and he came at his neighbour's requeft. 
 So they told him what they had done, and what they 
 would do concerning petitioning, and that they de- 
 fired of him that he would go therewith to the Prince. 
 Then faid Mr. Defires-awake, Why mould not I do 
 the beft I can to fave fo famous a town as Manfoul 
 from deftru£tion ? They therefore 'delivered the peti- 
 tion to him, and told him how he mufl addrefs him- 
 felf to the pjince, and wiihed him ten thoufand good 
 fpeeds. So he came to the Prince's pavilion, as the 
 firft, and afked to fpeak with his Majefty : fo word 
 was carried to Emanuel, and the Prince came out to 
 the man. When Mr. Defires-awake (sw the Prince, 
 he fell flat with his face to the ground, and cried out, 
 
 that Manfoul^night live before thee ! and with 
 that he prefentcd the petition. The which when the 
 Prince had read, he turned away for a while, and 
 wept ; but, refraining himfelf, he turned again to the 
 man (who all this while lay crying at his feet as at 
 firft), and faid to him, Go thy way to thy place, and 
 
 1 will confider of thy requefts («). 
 
 Nov/ you may think that they of Manfoul that had 
 fent him, what with guilt, and what with fear, left 
 thir petition mould be rejected, could not but look 
 with many a longing look, and that too with ftrange 
 
 ta) The Lord fcrms to turn a deaf ear to the prayers of his dear prople, 
 
 not thar they (hould he filent, but rather more importunate; bearing in 
 
 rig tfuth and declaration, " I faid noi unto the ftcd of 
 
 . J, Seek ve me in vjin," Ifa. xlv. 19. 
 
 tin&f 
 
BY Mft. JOHNBUNYAN. 139 
 
 workings of heart, to fee what would become of their 
 petition. At laft they faw their meffenger coming 
 back; fo when he was come, they afked him how His return, 
 he fared? what Emanuel faid ? and what was be- to them that 
 come of the petition ? But he told them, that he kit him; 
 would be iilent till he came to the prifon to my lord 
 mayor, my lord Wiil-be-will, and Mr. Recorder. 
 So he went forwards towards' the prifon-houfe, where 
 the men of Manfoul lay bound. But O ! what a 
 multitude flocked after, to hear what the meffenger 
 faid. So when he was come, and had fhewed himfelf 
 at the gate of the prifon, my lord-mayor himfelf 
 looked as white as a clout, the Recorder alfo quaked ; 
 but they afked, and faid, Come, good Sir, what did 
 the great Prince fay to you ? Then faid Mr. Defires- 
 awake, When I came to my Lord's pavilion, I called, 
 and he came forth ; fo 1 fell proftrate at his feet, and 
 delivered to him my petition (for the greatnefs of his 
 perfon, and the glory of his countenance, would not 
 fuffer me to iland upon mv legs). Now as he received 
 the petition, I cried, O that Manfoul might live be- 
 fore thee ! So when for a while he had looked there- 
 on, he turned about, and faid to his fervant, Go thy 
 way to thy place again, and I will confider of thy 
 requefts. The meffenger added moreover ^ and faid, 
 The Prince to whom you fent me, is fuch a one for 
 beauty and glory j that whofo fees him, mutt love and 
 fear him [a) : I for my part can do no leCs ; but I 
 knpw not what will be the end of thefe things. At Manfoo! 
 this anfwer they were all at a ftand, both they in pri- "the^n! 
 fon, and they that followed the meffenger thither to (ww 
 
 (a) It betolcens.true converfion, when the foul csn, as it were, with one 
 eye behold its tptal defilement by fin, and abhor itfeif in dufl and afh s • 
 and, with the oth^r. be ftruck with the glory and excelhncy of Cmift's 
 perfon and work, and the all-fufficicncy of hi3 filvition. 
 
 S a hear 
 
140 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 The pHfon 
 ers* judg- 
 ment upon 
 the Prince's 
 anfwer. 
 
 Mifgivir.g 
 thoughts 
 breed con- 
 fufion in 
 Manfoul, 
 
 hear the news ; nor knew they what, or what manner 
 of interpretation to put upon what the Prince had 
 faid. Now wht n the prifon was cleared of the throng, 
 the prifoners began to comment among themfelves 
 upon Emanuel's words. My lord mayor faid, that 
 the anfwer did not look with a rugged face ; but Will- 
 be-will faid it betokened evil ; and the Recorder, that 
 it was a meflenger of death. Now they that were 
 left, and that flood behind, and fo could not fo Well 
 hear what the prifoners faid, fome of them catched 
 hold of one piece of a fentence, and fome on a bit of 
 another ; fome took hold of what the meflenger faid, 
 and fome of the prifoners' judgment thereon, fo none 
 had a right underftanding of things ; but you cannot 
 imagine what work thefe people made, and what con- 
 fufion there-was in Manfoul now. 
 
 For prefently they that had heard what was faid, 
 flew about the town, one crying one thing, and an- 
 other the quite contrary, and both were fure enough 
 they told true, for they heard, they faid, with their 
 ears what was faid, and therefore could not be de- 
 ceived. One would fay, " Wemuft all be killed j" 
 another would fay, '* Wc muft all be faved ;" and a 
 third would fay, cs That the Prince would not be 
 concerned with Manfoul ;" and a fourth, * 6 That the 
 prifoners muft be fuddenly put to death"' (a) : and, as 
 I faid, every one flood to it, that he told his tale the 
 righteft, and that all others but he were out. Where- 
 fore Manfoul had now moleftation upon moleftation, 
 nor could any man know on what to reft the fole of 
 his foot ; for one would go by now, and, as he went, 
 if he heard his neighbour tell his tale, to be fure he 
 
 (A) Thoughts d fparsging to the grace of God will prevail in the fool, 
 till Chrift be formed in us the hope of glory ; which bleffing may the Lord 
 frant to every doubting and defponding finner .' 
 
 would 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 141 
 
 would tell the quite contrary, and both would ftand 
 in it that he told the truth. Nay, fome of them had 
 got this ftory by the end, ' That the Prince intended 
 to put Manfoul to the fword.' And now it began to Mjnfooti* 
 be dark ; wherefore poor Manfoul was in fad per- 
 plexity all that night, until the next morning. 
 
 But, fo far as I could gather by the beft informa- 
 tion I could get, all this hubbub came through the 
 words that the Recorder, faid, when he told them, that what will 
 in his judgment the Prince's anfwer was a mefTenger not S u, "°*: 
 of death. 'Twas this that fired the town, and that 
 began the fright in Manfoul ; for Manfoul in former 
 times ufed to count that Mr. Recorder was a feer, 
 that his fentence was equal to the beft of oracles j 
 and thus was Manfoul a terror to itfelf. 
 
 And now they began to feel the effects of ftubborn 
 rebellion, and unlawful refiftance againft their Prince : 
 I fay, now they began to feel the effects thereof by 
 guilt and fear, that now had fwallowed them up ; and 
 who more involved in the one, but they that were 
 mot in the other, to wit, the chief of the town of 
 Manfoul ? 
 
 To be brief ; when the fame of the fright was out They re* 
 of the town, and the prifoners had a little recovered t ° t j V on again, 
 themfelves, they take to themfelves fome heart, and 
 think to petition the Prince again for life (#). So Their pctU 
 they drew up a third petition, the contents whereof 
 were thefe : 
 
 * Prince Emanuel the Great, Lord of all worlds, 
 and Mafter of mercy, we thy poor, wretched, mifer- 
 able, dying town of Manfoul, do confei's unto thy 
 great and glorious Majefty, that we have finned. 
 
 {a) Unitr the alarmings of confcience, or in any 1'cre affliction, the ef- 
 fectual fervent pra>er or faith availeth much, Janus v. 16. May we pray 
 without ceafing, mi in evtry thing give thanks ! 
 
 a^ainft 
 
Prayer at- 
 tended with 
 difficulty. 
 
 Old Good- 
 deed pro- 
 pounded as 
 a fit perfon 
 to carry the 
 petition. 
 
 The old Re- 
 corder op- 
 pofes it, and 
 he is re- 
 jected. 
 
 142 T H E H O L Y W A R,- 
 
 againft thy Father and Thee j and are no more wortb-y 
 to be called thy Manfoul, but rather to be call into 
 the pit. If thou wilt flay?us, we have deferved it* 
 If thou wilt condemn us to the deep, we cannot but 
 fay thou art righteous. We cannot complain, what- 
 ever thou dorr, or however thou carrieft it towards us. 
 But Oh ! let mercy reign, and let it be extended to 
 us ! O let mercy take hold upon us, and free us from 
 our tranfgrefiions, and we will fing of thy mercy, and 
 of thy judgments! Amen.' 
 
 This petition, when drawn up, was defigned to be 
 fent to the Prince as the firft j but who fhould carry 
 it, that was the queftion. Some faid, let him do it 
 that went with the firft; but others thought good not 
 to do that, and that becaufe he fped no better. Now 
 there was an old man in the town, and his name was 
 Mr. Good-deed ; a man that bare only the name, but 
 had nothing of the nature of the thing. Some were for 
 fending him ; but the Recorder was by no means for 
 that : for, faid he, we now ftand in need of, and are 
 pleading for mercy, wherefore to fend our petition by 
 a man of his name, will feem to erofs the petition it- 
 felf, fhould we make Mr. Good-deed our mefienger, 
 when our petition cries for mercy (a). 
 
 Befides, quoth the old gentleman, fhould the Prince 
 now, as he receives the petition, afk him, and fay, 
 What is thy name ? (and nobody knows but he will) 
 and he fhould fay, Old Good-deed ; what think you 
 would Emanuel fay but this, Ay, is old Good-deed yet 
 alive in Manfoul ? then let old Good-deed five you from 
 your diftreffes. And if he fays fo, I am fure we are 
 
 {a) We rmift addrefs the throne of grace not through or-r ^ghteoufnefs, 
 Vut tbat of the God-man mediator; for, not by our work's (which we can- 
 aot perform acceptably), but by his mercy in Chrift Jefus he faveth us, 
 Jcr. xxiii. 6. Tit. iii. 3. 
 
 loft, 
 
4 
 By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 143 
 
 loft, nor can a thoufand of old Good-deeds fave 
 Man foul. 
 
 After the Recorder had given in his reafons, why 
 old Good-deed Ihould not go with this petition to 
 Emanuel, the reft of the prifoners and chiefs of 
 Manfoul oppofed it alfo ; and fo old Good-deed was 
 laid afide, and they agreed to fend Mr. Defires-awake 
 again. Accordingly they fent for him, and defired 
 that he would a fecond time go with their petition to 
 the Prince ; and he readily told them he would : but 
 they bid him, that in any wife he fhould take heed 
 that in no word or carriage he gave offence to* the 
 Prince ; for by doing fo, for aught we can tell, faid 
 they, you mav bring Manfoul into utter deftru&ion. 
 
 Now Mr. Deft res -awake, when he faw that he muft Mr - D « fir «- 
 
 ' aw alee goes 
 
 go on this errand, befought that they would grant a g m, and 
 that Mr. Wet-eyes might go with him (a). Now this wee'em 
 Wet-eyes was a near neighbour of Mr. Defires, a Wltil hi*"* 
 poor man, a man of broken fpirit, yet one that cou'd 
 fpeak well to a petition. So they granted that he 
 fhould go with him. Wherefore they addrefs them- 
 felves to their bufinefs : Mr. Defires put a rope upon 
 his head, and Mr. Wet-eyes went with his hands 
 wringing together. Thus they went to the Prince's 
 pavilion. 
 
 Now when they went to petition this third time, 
 they were not without thoughts that bv often coming 
 they might be a burden to the Prince. Wherefore 
 when they were come* to the door of his pavilion, they TKIr ? ; «- 
 firft made their r.pology for themfelves, and for their Ijl'TL 
 
 » OV ■» tn'lr COD • 
 
 coming to trouble Eman t tjfl fo often ; and they faid, iug again. 
 that they came not hither to-day for that they delighted 
 to hear themfelves talk, but for that neceffity caufed 
 
 — 1 ., , ,,, 
 
 {a) Pride and fclf-rightcoufriefs God abhors; but the humble and con- 
 trite fpirit he will pot contemn or rejeft. Pf. xxxiv. 18, li, 17, Ifj. Ivii. 1-. 
 
 then 
 
 / 
 
144 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 them to come to his Majefty j they could, they faid, 
 have no reft day nor night becaufe of their tranfgref- 
 fions againft ^haddai and Emanuel his fon. They 
 alfo thought that fome mifbehaviour of Mr. Defires- 
 awake, the laft .time, might give fome difguft to his 
 Highnefs, and fo caufe that hs returned from fo mer- 
 ciful a Prince empty, and without countenance. So 
 when they had made this apology, Mr. Defires-awake 
 caft himfelf proftrate upon the ground, as at the firft, 
 at the feet of the mighty Prince, faying, Oh that 
 IV^anfoul might live before thee ! fo he delivered his 
 petition. The Prince, when he had read the'petition, 
 turned afide awhile as before ; and, coming again to 
 Prince the place where the petitioner lay on the ground, he 
 demanded what his name was, and of what efteem in 
 the account of Manfoul, for that he, above all the 
 multitude in Manfoul, fhould be fent to him on fiich 
 an errand ? [a). Then faid the man to the Prince, 
 Mr, Drfir-V q j et not m y L or d be angry ; and why inquireft thou 
 te-jiiPrince. after the name of fuch a dead dog as I am ? Pafs by s 
 I pray thee, and take no notice of whom I am, be- 
 caufe there is, as thou very well knoweft, fo great a 
 difproportion between me and thee. Why the towns- 
 men chofe to fend me on this errand to my Lord, is 
 beft known to themfelves ; but it could not be for that 
 they thought I had favour with my Lord. For my part, 
 I am cut of charity with myfelf ; who then fhould be in 
 love with me ? Yet live I would, and fo would I that 
 my townfmen mould ; and becaufe both they and my- 
 felf are guilty of great tranfgreffions, therefore they 
 have fent me, and I am come in their names to beg, 
 
 («) Tht Lnr.l will hearken to the prayer of the poor deftitute, who hope 
 in his mercy, Pf. c:i. jj. and though he knows our wants better than we»- 
 ytt hi w>li t>€ bumbly inquired of for a fupply ; fie Ezek. xxxvi. 37. 
 
 of 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N YA N. i 45 
 
 6f my Lord for mercy. Let it pleafe thee therefore 
 to incline to mercy 9 but afk not what thy fervants 
 are. 
 
 Then faid the Prince, And what is he that is be- 
 come thy companion in this fo weighty a matter ? So 
 Mr. Defires told Emanuel, that he was a poor neigh- 
 bour of his, and one of his mod intimate aflbciates ; 
 and his name, faid he, may it pleafe your mod excel- 
 lent Majefty, is Wet-eyes of the town of Manfoul. 
 I know that there are many of that name that are 
 naught ; but I hope it will be no offence to my Lord, 
 that I have brought my poor neighbour with me. 
 
 Then Mr. Wet-eyes fell on his face to the ground 
 and made this apology for coming with his neighbour 
 90 his Lord : 
 
 4 Omy Lord, quoth he, whatl am,Tknownotmyfelf; Mr. Wet- 
 
 11 1 c • a , . ,. fyes'apology 
 
 nor whether my name be reigned or true, efpecially « r coming 
 when I begin to think what fome have faid, namely, 
 that this name was given me, becaufe Mr. Repentance 
 was my father. Good men have bad children, and the 
 fincere do oftentimes beget hypocrites. My mother alfo 
 called' me by this name from my cradle ; whether be- 
 caufe of the moiftnefs of my brain, or the foftnefs of 
 my heart, I cannot tell. I fee dirt in my own tear:--, 
 and filthinefs in the bottom of my prayers (a), But 
 I pray thee (and all this while the gentleman wept), 
 that thou wouldft not remember againfl us our tranf- 
 greflions, nor take offence at the unqualifiednefs of thy 
 fervants, but mercifully pafs by the fin of Manfoul, 
 and refrain from the glorifying of thy grace no lonc-er.' 
 So at his bidding they arofe, and both flood trembling 
 before him, and he fpake to them to this purpofe : 
 
 (<z) Our befl fervices have in them a mixture of fin. This confideratiori 
 ftiouM keep us humble. In humility is our fafety, improvement, growth, 
 tni f&fceptibility of divine grace. 
 
 T «< The 
 
 with his 
 neighbour. 
 
146 THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 ThePrlnct's ** The town of Manfoul hath grievoufly rebelled 
 
 •nfwer. againft my Father, in that they have rejected him 
 
 from being their king, and chofe for themfelves, for 
 
 their captain, a lyar, a murderer, and a runnagatt Have. 
 
 The original For this Diabolus, your pretended prince, tho' once 
 
 «i Diaboius, f highly accounted of by you, made rebellion againft 
 
 my Father and Me, even in our palace and higheft 
 
 court there, thinking to become a prince and king. 
 
 But being timely difcovered and apprehended, and for 
 
 his wickednefs bound in chains, 'and feparated to the 
 
 pit with thofe that were his companions, he offered 
 
 himfelf to you, and you have received him. 
 
 '* Now this is, and for a long time hath been, an 
 high affront to my Father ; wherefore my Father fent 
 to you a powerful army, to reduce you to your obe- 
 dience. But you know how thofe men, their cap- 
 tains and their eounfels, were efteemed of you, and 
 what they received at your hand. You rebclkd againft 
 them, you fhut your gates upon them, you bid them 
 battle ; you fought them, and fought for Diabolus 
 againft them. So they went to my Father for more 
 power ; and I, with my men, am come to fubdue you. 
 But as you treated the fcrvants, fo you treated their 
 Lord : You ftood up in hoftile manner againft me, 
 you (hut up your gates againft me, you turned a deaf 
 ear to me, and refilled as long as you could ; but now I 
 have made a conqueft of you. Did you cry tome for 
 mercy fo long as you had hopes that you might prevail 
 againft me {a) ? But new I have taken the town, you 
 cry ; but why did you not cry before, when the white 
 flag of my mercy, the red flag of juftice, and the black 
 flag that threatened execution, were fet up to cite you 
 
 (a) AU converted foals will confefs, that if God the Spirit had not arrefW 
 and ftopt them in their mad career, they would have lived, died, and periled 
 for ever in their fin?, 
 
 t(* 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 147 
 
 to it ? Now I have conquered your Diabolus, you 
 come to me for favour ; but why cid you no* - helj.» ic 
 againft ttie mighty ? Yet I will confider your petition, 
 and will anfwer it fo as will be fcr my glory. 
 
 ** Go, bid capta'in Boanerges and captain Convict on 
 bring the prifoners out to me into the camp to- 
 morrow ; and fay you to captain Judgmenc and cap- 
 tain Execution, Stay in the .caftle, and take good 
 heed to yourfelves that you keep all quiet in Manfoul, 
 until you {hall hear further from me." And with that 
 he turned himfelf from them, and went into his royal 
 ^pavilion again. 
 
 So the petitioners, having received this anfwer from 
 the Prince, returned as at the firli, to go to their com- 
 panions again. But they had not gone far but thoughts 
 began to work in their minds, that no mercy as yet 
 was intended by the Prince to Manfoul : fo they went 
 to the place where the prifoners lay bound; but thefe 
 workings of mind, about what would become of 
 Manfoul, had fuch ftrong power over them, that by 
 that they were come unto them that fent them, they 
 were fcarce able to deliver their mefTage (a). 
 
 But they came at length to the gates of the town 
 (now the townfmen were waiting with eagernefs for 
 their return), where many met them, to know what 
 anfwer was given to the petition. Then they cried 
 out to thofe that were fent, What news from the 
 Prince ? And what hath Emanuel faid ? But they 
 faid, that they mult (as afore) go up to the prifon, 
 and there deliver their mefTage. So away they went 
 to the prifon, with a multitude * at their heels. Now • 0f .' in ~ 
 when they were come to the gates of the prifon, they Noughts. 
 
 (a) The Lord makes fmners di-eoly fefefible of their defperate fituation by 
 nature, and that they are altogether unworthy of the me^cy he is willing to 
 bellow : this he dots, in order that his own free grace may h.3ve the glory. 
 
 T 2 told 
 
i 4 S THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 told the firft part of Emanuel's fpeech to the pri- 
 foner?, to wit, how he reflected upon their diftoyalty 
 to his Father and himfelf j and how they had chofen 
 and clofed with Diabolus and fought for him, hear- 
 kened to him and been ruled by him ; but had defpifed 
 The mef- him and his men. This made the prisoners look pale ; 
 tewfnfMhdr but tne mcflengers proceeded, and faid, He the Prince 
 iaU,f r ;ehten f a id moreover, that yet he would confider your peti- 
 
 the pnfon- J J . 
 
 em. tion, and give fuch anfwer thereto as will ftand with 
 
 his glory. And as thefc words were fpokcn, Mr. 
 
 Wet-eyes gave a great figh. At this they were all of 
 
 them ftruck into their dumps, and could not tell what 
 
 to fay : fear alfo poffefTed them in marvellous manner, 
 
 and death feemed to fit upon fome of their eyebrows (tf). 
 
 rid inqui. Now there was in the company a notable fharp-witted 
 
 £uv< * fellow, a mean man of eftate, and his name was old 
 
 Inquifitive ; this man afked the petitioners if they had 
 
 told out every whit of what Emanuel faid. And they 
 
 anfwered, Verily no. Then faid Inquifitive, I thought 
 
 i'o indeed. Pray what was it more that he faid unto 
 
 you ? Then they paufed awhile, but at lafr. they brought 
 
 out all, faying, The Prince ordered us to bid captain 
 
 Boanerges and captain Conviction bring the prifoners 
 
 down to him to-morrow \ and that captain Judgment 
 
 and captain Execution fhould take charge of the caftle 
 
 and town, till they fhould hear further from him. 
 
 They faid alfo, that when the Prince had commanded 
 
 them fo to do, he immediately turned his back upon 
 
 them, and went into his royal pavilion. 
 
 But Oh ! how this return, and efpecially this laft 
 claufe of it, that the piiloners mull go out to the 
 
 (j) When it is giv. n the foul to fee its incurable malady thro' the fall, 
 \ difuefs and anguifh Arize it, the fear of eternal wrath and mi.'ery alarms it> 
 till, ftKpt of all ft If- con fide net, it is enabled to flee for refuge to Jefus its 
 only Lope, who beah and reconciles by the blood of his crofs. ' 
 
 Prince 
 
• Confci- 
 ence. 
 
 By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 149 
 
 Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces ! 
 •Wherefore with one voice they fet up a cry that 
 reached up to the heavens. This done, each of the 
 three prepared himfelf to die (and the * Recorder faid 
 unto them, This was the thing that I feared), for they 
 concluded, that to-morrow, by that the fun went 
 down, they fliould be tumbled out of the world. The 
 whole town alfo counted of no other, but that in their 
 time and order they mult all drink of the fame cup. 
 Wherefore the town of Manfoul fpent. that night in 
 mouiuing and fackcloth and afhes. The prifoners 
 alio, when the time was come to go down before the 
 Prince, drefled themfelves in mourning attire, with 
 ropes upon their heads. The whole town of Manfoul 
 alfo mewed themfelves upon the wall, and clad in 
 mourning weeds, if perhaps the Prince with the fight 
 thereof might be moved with companion [a). But Oh 
 how the bufy-bodies, that were in the town of Man- Vain 
 foul, now concerned themfelves ! They ran here and ou8 
 there through the ftreets of the town by companies, 
 crying out as they ran in tumultuous wife, one after 
 one manner, and another the quite contrary, to the 
 almofr utter diftraction cf Manfoul. 
 
 Well, the time is come that the prifoners mul go 
 down to the canp, and appear before the Prince. And Tlie p«fon. 
 
 - 1 , «• i ' - • , ^, . ers had to 
 
 thus was the manner or their going down : Captain trial. 
 Boanerges went with a guard before them, and captain 
 Conviction came behind, and the prifoners went down 
 bound in chains in the midfr. ; fo 1 fay, the prifoners 
 went in the midfr, and the guard went with flying co- 
 lours behind and before, but the prifoners went with 
 drooping fpirits. Or more particularly, thus : 
 
 (a) A fight of our multiplied abominations, and deferved punishment for 
 thern, fliould not only abaie, but drive us (not to defpair, Satan's refource, 
 tut) to Thrift thp only propitiatory factifice. and to the God of all mercy and 
 grace, for full falvatioa thro' him, in whom he is w*;ll pleafed, 
 
 The 
 
15© THE H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Wow they The prifoners went down all in mourning, tfrey 
 
 put ropes upon themfelvcs, they went on fmitino- 
 therafelves on their breafts, but durft not lift up their 
 eyes to heaven. Thus they went out at the gate of 
 Manfoul, till they came into the midft of the Prince's 
 army, the fight and glory of which greatly heightened 
 their affliction. Nor could they now longer forbear 
 but cry out aloud, O unhappy men ! O wretched 
 Manfoul ! Their chains ft 1 1 1 mixing their dolorous 
 notes with the cries of the prifoners, made the noife 
 more lamentable. 
 They fell So when they were come to the door of the Prince's 
 
 fhate before pavilion, they caft themfelves profrrate upon the place : 
 *"»• then one went in and told the Lord, that the prifoners 
 
 were come down. The Prince then afcended a throne 
 of ftate, and fent for the prifoners in ; who, when they 
 came, trembled before 'him j alfo they covered their 
 faces with fhame (a). Now as they drew near the place 
 where he fat, they threw themfelves down before him. 
 Then faid the Prince to the captain Boanerges, Bid 
 the prifoners ftand upon their feet. Then they ftood 
 TUey are trembling before him j and he faid, Are you the men 
 trial. that heretofore were the fervants of Shaddai I And 
 
 they faid, Yes, Lord, yes. Then faid the Prince again, 
 Are you the men that fufFered yourfelves to be cor- 
 rupted and defiled by that abominable one Diabolus ? 
 And they faid, We did more than fuiter it, Lord ; for 
 we chofe it of our mind. The Prince afked further, 
 faying, Could you have been content that your flavcry 
 Ihould have continued under his tyranny as long as 
 you had lived ? Then faid the prifoners, Yes, Lord, 
 yes ; for his ways were pleafing to our fkfh, and we 
 
 (a) That conviction, which precedes true converfion, lays the finner in the 
 duft, and fills the conference with compunction for its foul ingratitude.— 
 But the Lord Jefuscame from heaven to fct the captives free, bind up the 
 Irofcsnheaited, ani cc»»i"ort ths mounters in Zion. Ifa. lxi. »j z* 
 
 were 
 
ByMr.JOHNBUNYAN, 151 
 
 were grown aliens to a better ftate. And did you, faid 
 he, when I came againft this town of Manfoul, hear- 
 tily wifh that 1 might not have the victory over you ? 
 Yes, Lord, yes, faid they. Then faid the Prince, 
 And what puniihment is it, think you, that you de- 
 ferve at my hands, for thefe and other your high and 
 mighty fins ? And they faid, Both death and the deep, 
 Lord ; for we have deferved no lefs. He afked again, 
 If they had aught to fay for themfelves, why the fen- , 
 tence, which they confefled they had deferved, fhould 
 not be pafled upon them ? And they faid, We can fay They con- 
 nothing, Lord ; thou art juft, for we have finned. f*,™ 1 ^ 
 Then faid the Prince, And for what are thefe ropes 
 on your heads ? The prifoners anfwered, The * ropes * Sim. 
 are to lead us withal to the place of execution, 
 if mercy be not pleafing in thy fight, Prov. v. 22. 
 So he further afked, If all the men -in the town of 
 Manfoul were in this confeflion, as they? And they 
 anfwered, All the natives f, Lord; but for the Dia- f Powers »f 
 bolonians J, that came into our town when the tyrant + Cn m 
 got poiTeffion of us, we can fay nothing for them [a), tons and 
 
 Then the Prince commanded that an herald fhould 
 be called j and that he fhould in the midft and through- 
 out the camp of Emanuel proclaim, and that with A victor* 
 found of trumpet, that the Prince, the Son of Shad- ^ ala ' aiid ' 
 dai, had in his Father's name, and for his Father's 
 glory, gotten a perfect conqueft and victory over 
 Manfoul j and that the prifoners fhould follow him, 
 and fay Amen. So this was done as he had commanded. 
 
 And prefrntly the mufic that was in the upp^r re- Jpytgr^s 
 gion founded mclodioufly. The captains that were vi:UTy ' 
 in the camp Qiouted, and the foldiers funor fono-s of 
 
 (a) They who are brought to confefs and a'Co forsake fin* CnAl find 
 mercy, Prov. xxviii. 13. Believers ia the holy Jsuis ataJet no truce vvit,!j 
 GoH's euemes ; ut .wait their innate coirupt-or-.j, and look to the ah. 
 Mighty Saviour tor grace and f:r;ngth to fubduuth-.rr.. 
 
 triumph 
 
Thry are 
 pardoned ; 
 which is 
 commanded 
 to be pro- 
 claimed to- 
 morrow in 
 Manfoul. 
 
 / 
 
 Their rags 
 are taken 
 from them. 
 
 A ftrange 
 
 alteration. 
 
 152 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 triumph to the Prince, the colours waved in the wi.id, 
 and ffreat joy was every- where, only it was wanting 
 as yet in the hearts of the men of Manfoul. 
 
 Then the Prince called to the prifoners to come and 
 ftand again before him ; and they came and flood 
 trembling. And he faid unto them, The fins, tref- 
 pafTes, and iniquities, that you, with the whole town- 
 of Manfoul, have from time to time committed againft 
 my Father and Me, I have power and commandment 
 from my Father to forgive to the town of Manfoul ; and 
 do forgive you accordingly. And having fo faid, he gave 
 them written in parchment, and fealed with feven feals,< 
 a large and general pardon, commanding my lord mayor, 
 lord Will-be-will, and Mr. Recorder, to proclaim, 
 and caufe it to be proclaimed to-morrow, by that the 
 fun is up, throughout the whole town of Manfoul (#). 
 
 Moreover, the Prince ftripped the prifoners of their 
 mourning weeds, and gave them beauty for afhes, the 
 oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praife 
 for the fpirit of heavinefs, Ifa. lxi. 3. 
 
 Then he gave to each of the three, jewels of gold 
 and precious ftones ; and took away their ropes, ancf 
 put chains of gold about their necks, and ear-rings in 
 their ears. Now the prifoners,, when they heard the 
 gracious words of prince Emanuel, and had beheld 
 all that was done unto them, fainted almoft quite 
 away ; for the grace, the benefit, the pardon, was 
 fudden, glorious, and fo big, that they were not able, 
 without ftaggering, to ftand up under it. Yea, my 
 lord Will-be-will fwooned outright ; but the Prince 
 ftept to him, put his everlafting arms under t him, em- 
 braced him, kified him, and bid him be of good chear, 
 
 {0) Thus our loving Lord forgives freely, fully, ererlaftingly ; but the 
 pardoned finper, tho' confcious of this amazing mercy, yet fe fible of his 
 weaknefs, as alfo his numerous and potent foes, continues humbly to depend 
 •n 3 and implore fucrour from, the Lord his righteogfnefs and ftrcngth. 
 
 for r 
 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 153 
 
 for all fhould be performed according to his word. He 
 ! alfo kifled, embraced, and fmiled upon the othe^ two 
 that wereWill-be-will's companions, faying,Takethefe 
 as further tokens of my love, favour, and companions 
 to you ; and I charge you, that you Mr. Recorder tell 
 the town of Manfoul what you have heard and feen. 
 
 Then were their fetters broken to pieces before Their guilt, 
 their faces, and caft into the air, and their fteps were 
 ' enlarged under them. Then they fell down at the 
 feet of the Prince, kifled them, and wetted them with 
 - tears ; they alfo cried out with a mighty ftrong voice, 
 faying, " Bleffed be the glory of the Lord from this 
 pkce ! " So they were bid rife up, and go to the town 
 and tell Manfoul what the Prince had done. He com- They are 
 manded alfo, that one with pipe and tabor fhould go with pipe 
 and play before them all the way into the town of and tabor * 
 Manfoul. Then was fulfilled what they never looked 
 for, and they were made to pofTefs what they never 
 dreamt of (a). 1 he Prince alfo called for the noble Captain Cre- 
 
 v ' dence guards 
 
 captain Credence, an*d commanded that he and fome them home, 
 of his officers fhould march before the noblemen of 
 Manfoul, with flying colours into the town. He gave w "™ faith 
 
 ... • /-, 1 1 11 .and Pardon 
 
 alio unto captain Credence a charge, that about tne meec toge- 
 time that the Recorder read the general par-ion in the ther ' J u l g * 
 
 D * ment and 
 
 town of Manfoul, that at that very time he fhould Execution 
 with flying colours march in at Eye-gate, with his ten thThearT. 1 " 
 thoufand at his feet ; and that he fhould fo go until 
 he came by the high ftreet of the town, up to the 
 cafile-gates ; and that himfelf fhould take poffefflon 
 thereof, againft his Lord came thither. He commanded 
 moreover, that he fhould bid captain Judgment and 
 
 
 
 (a) Vain worldlings, while dead in fins, are Arrangers to fpiritual j r y?. 
 But when the foul is (o divinely changed, as to tafte the love and grace of God 
 in Cinift, heaven is opened within it, and, abhorring its forme'T felf, glorifies 
 God for the wondeis he has wrought for the children of mea, 
 
 U captain 
 
154 THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 captain Execution leave the ftrong hold to him,, and 
 withdraw from Manfoul, and return into the camp 
 with fpeed unto the Prince. 
 
 And now was the town of Manfoul alfo delivered 
 from the terror of the firfl four captains and their 
 men (a). 
 
 Well, I told you before how the prifoners were en- 
 tertained by the noble prince Emanuel, and how they 
 behaved themfelves before him, and bow he fent them 
 away to their home with pipe and tabor going before 
 them. And now you muft think that thofe of the 
 town, that had all. this while waited to hear of their 
 death, could not but be exercifed with fadnefs of 
 mind, and with thoughts that pricked like thorns. 
 Nor could their thoughts, be-kept to any one point ; 
 the wind blew them all this while at great uncertain- 
 ties, yea, their hearts were like a balance that had been 
 difquietcd with a fhaking hand. But at laft, as they, 
 with many a long look, looked over the wall of Man- 
 foul, they thought that they faw fome return to the 
 town ; and thought again, who mould they be too, 
 who fhould they be ? At laft they difecrned that they 
 were the prifoners ; but can you » imagine how their 
 hearts were furprifed with wonder, efpecially when 
 they perceived alfo in what equipage, and with what 
 A flrange honour, they were fent home ! Thev 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 feet in fetters, but came back with their 
 ftcps enlarged under them ; they went to the camp 
 looking for death, but came back from thence with 
 afTurance of life; they went down to the camp with 
 
 {a) From the guik and dominion of fin, the fear of death, judgment, the 
 tvrath 0/ Cod, a.id everitfUng stifery, without hope and without remedy. 
 
 heavy 
 
 ^iteration. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 155 
 
 heavy heart?, but came back again with pipe and labor 
 playing before them. As foon as they came to Eye- 
 gate, the poor and tottering town of Manfoul adven- 
 tured to give a fhout ; and they gave fuch a fhout as 
 made the captains in the Prince's army leap at the 
 found thereof. Alas for them, poor hearts ! who could 
 blame them ? fince their dea<l friends were come to life 
 again $ for it was to them as life from the dead, to fee 
 the ancients of the town of Manfoul ihine in fuch 
 fplendor. They looked for nothing but the ax and the 
 block ; but behold, joy and gladnefs, comfort and 
 confolation, and fuch melodious notes attending them, 
 that was fufficient to make a fick man well, Ifa. xxxiii. 
 24. So when they came up, they faluted each other : 
 Welcome, welcome, and bleflfed be he that fpared you ! 
 They added alfo, We fee it is well with you ; but how 
 muft it go with the town of Manfoul ? And will it go 
 well with the town of Manfoul ? faid they. Then 
 anfwered them the recorder and my lord mayor : Oh ! 
 Tidings ! glad tidings ! good tidings of good, and of 
 great joy to poor Manfoul ! Then they gave another 
 fhout that made the earth ring again. After this, they 
 inquired yet more particularly how things went in the 
 camp, and what meiTage they had from Emanuel to 
 the town. So they told them all paiTages that had 
 happened to them 2t the camp, and c\ery thing that 
 the Prince did to them. This made Manfoul wonder 
 at the wifdom and grace of the prince Emanuel {a\ : 
 then they told them what they had received at his 
 hands for the whole town of Manfoul, and the re- 
 corder delivered it in thefe words ; " Pardon, pardon O the joy 
 for Manfoul j and this (hall Manfoul know to-morrow." f m ! 
 
 {a) The glories or" this great, free, fui', and everl-ifling falvation, aftonitfirs 
 the renewed fcul, when it contemplates the amazing p\m as recorded in the 
 word : this excites gratitude, manifef ed in all holy Jove and obedieufe. 
 
 U 2 Then 
 
156 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Then he commanded, and they went and fummoncd 
 Manfoul 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 made in the counte- 
 nance of the town of Manfoul ! No man of Manfoul 
 could fleep that night for joy ; in every houfe there 
 was joy and mufic, finging and making merry : telling 
 and hearing of Emanuel's happinefs, was then all 
 that Manfoul had to do : and this was the burden oft 
 Town-talk a H their fong, *' Oh more of this at the rifing of the 
 mercy. fun! more of this to-morrow ! Who thought yefter- 
 
 day, one would fay, that this day would have been fuch 
 a day to us ! And who thought, that fawour prifoners 
 go down in irons, that they mould have returned in 
 chains of gold ! Yea, they that judged themfelves, 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 fent home with pipe and 
 tabor. But is this the common cuftom of princes ? 
 Do they ufe to fhew fuch kind of favours to traitors ? 
 No! this is only peculiar to Shaddai, and unto 
 Emanuel his Son (a).' 
 
 Now morning drew on apace ; wherefore the lord- 
 mavor, 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 wait- 
 ing for them : and when they came, they came in that 
 attire and in that glory which the Prince had put them 
 into the day before, and the ftreet was 'lightened with 
 their glory : fo the mayor, recorder, and my lord 
 
 (a) It is ufual with men to beftow favours on the moft worthy ; but God 
 
 extends mercy to enemies,. rebels and beggars ; whom he' drips of their filthy 
 
 ! rags of pride and felf-righrcoufhefs,. blots out their fins by the blood of his 
 
 •troff, and arrays wi'.h the bell tobeof Jefus, now their whole falvation and truft. 
 
 Will 
 
The manner 
 
 By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 157 
 
 Will-be-wijl, drew down to Mouth-gate, which was 
 at the lower end of the market-place, becaufe that of 
 old time was the place where they ufed to read public 
 matters : thither therefore they came in their robes, 
 and their tabor went before them. Now the eagernefs 
 of the people'Sto. know the full matter was great. 
 
 Then the recorder flood up upon his feet, and, firft T f he ™|" n< 
 beckoning with his hand for filence, he read out with tho pardon. 
 3, loud voice the pardon. But when he came to thefe 
 words, " The Lord, the Lord God is merciful and 
 *' gracious, pardoning iniquity, tranfgreflions, and 
 " fins j" and to them, 6i all manner of fin and blaf- 
 tc phemy fhallbe forgiven," &c. Exod.xxxiv. Mark Hi. 
 they could not forbear leaping for joy : for this you 
 mull know, that there was conjoined herewith every, 
 man's name in Manfoul, alfo the feals of the pardon 
 made a brave fliew (a). 
 
 When the recorder had made an end of reading the How they 
 pardon, the townfmen ran upon the walls of the town, t hefle(n! n 
 leaped thereon for joy, and bowing themfelves feven 
 times with their faces towards Emanuel's pavilion, 
 (houted aloud for joy, and faid, " Let Emanuel live 
 for ever ! 
 
 Then order was given to the young men in Man- L >» e ly an<1 
 foul, that they fhould ring the bells for joy j fo the thoughts, 
 bells rung, the people fung, and the mufic played in 
 every houfe in ManfouL 
 
 When the Prince had fent home the three prifoners The carriage 
 of Manfoul with joy and pipe and tabor, he com- 
 manded his captains, with all the field officers and 
 foldiers throughout his army, to be ready on the morn- 
 ing that the recorder fhould read the pardon in Man- 
 fa) The names of believers are written in heaven, and in the Lamb's 
 book of life} Heb. xii. 23. Rev. xxi. 27. They are fealed by the holy Spirit 
 to the day of eternal redemption, Eph. i. 13. iv. 20. and evidence their faith 
 by their works, ani holy life and converfation, James ii. 18. iii, 13. 
 
 foul, 
 
i 5 8 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 foul, to do his further pleafure. So the morning, as I 
 have fhewed, being come, juft as the recorder had made 
 an end of reading the pardon, Emanuel commanded 
 that all the trumpets in the camp fhould found, that 
 the colours fhould be difplayed, half of them upon 
 mount Gracious, and half of them upon mount Juf- 
 tice. He commanded alfo, that all the captains fhould 
 fhew themfelves in their complete harnefs, and that the 
 
 Faith will foldiers fhould fhout for joy. Nor was captain Cre- 
 
 not befihnt . J J i f j 
 
 when Man- dence, though in the cattle, hlent on lueh a day, but 
 
 foul .aved. fo e f rom t ^ e tQ p f t | re ^old fh eW ed himfelf with the 
 
 found of trumpet toManfoul, and to the Prince's camp. 
 
 Thus have I fhewn you the manner and way that 
 
 Emanuel took to recover the town of Manfoul from 
 
 under the hand and power of the tyrant Diabolus. 
 
 The Prince Now when the Prince had completed thefe outward 
 
 erate?before ceremonies of his joy, he again commanded that his 
 
 Manfoul. captains and foldiers fhould fhew unto Manfoul fome 
 
 feats of war. So they prefently addrefTed themfelves 
 
 to this work. But Oh ! with what agility, nimble- 
 
 nefs, dexterity, and bravery, did thefe .military men 
 
 difcover their fkill in feats' of war to the now gazing 
 
 town of Manfoul ! (a) 
 
 They marched, they countermarched, they opened 
 
 to the right and left, they divided and fubdivided, 
 
 they clofed, they wheeled, made good their front and 
 
 rear with their right and left wings, and twenty things 
 
 more, with that aptnefs, and then were N all as they 
 
 They are were again, that they took, yea ravifhed the hearts 
 
 thefight of tnat were > n Manfoul to behold it. But add to this, 
 
 them. the handling of their arms, the managing of their wea- 
 
 (a) The Lord having now given them fpiritual armour, th«y are enabled 
 to fight manfully under the banner of the invincible Captain of their falva- 
 tion againft the world, the flelh, and the devil, with their affeftions and 
 lufts, i John ii. 16. 
 
 pons 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 159 
 
 pons of war, were marvellous taking to Manfoul and 
 me. 
 
 When this adlion was over, the whole town of 
 Manfoul came out as one man to the Prince in the 
 camp, to praife him, and thank him for his abundant 
 favour, and to beg that it would pleafe his Grace to "T^? be S 
 come unto Manfoul with his men, and there to take Prince and 
 up their quarters for ever. And this they did in the ^' s u y e " w „ 
 moll humble manner, bowing themfelves feven times with them 
 to the ground before him. Then faid he, " All peace 
 be to you:" So the town came nigh, and: touched 
 with the hand the top of his golden fceptre ; and they 
 faid, Oh 1 that the prince Emanuel, with his cap- 
 tains and men of war, would dwell in Manfoul for 
 ever ; and that his battering rams and llings might 
 be lodged in her, for the ufe and fervice of the Prince, 
 and for the help and ftrength of Manfoul ! for, faid 
 they, we have room for thee, we have room for thy 
 men, we have alfo room for thy weapons of war, and 
 a place to make a magazine for thy carriages. Do it, Say, and 
 EmaVuel, and thou fhalt be king and captain in Manfour* 
 Manfoul for ever : yea, govern thou alfo according to 
 all the defire of thy foul, and make thou governors 
 and princes under thee of thy captains and men of 
 war, and we will become thy fervants, and thy laws 
 lhall be our direction. 
 
 They added moreover, and prayed his Majefly to 
 confider thereof; for, faid they, if now, after all this 
 grace bellowed upon us thy miferable town of Man- 
 foul, thou fhouldft withdraw, thou and thy captains 
 from us, the town of Manfoul will die [a). Yea, 
 faid they, our blefled Emanuel, if thou fhouldft depart 
 
 (<j) This fear of lofing the Lord's prefence, is good ; and will be retained 
 by humble prayer for continual grace, watching thereunto with all petftve- 
 raneej and a holy walk ; £ph,vi. i3, 
 
 from 
 
160 THE HOLT WAR, 
 
 from us now, after thou haft done fo much good for 
 us, and (hewed fo much mercy unto us j what will 
 follow, but that our joy will be as if it had not been, 
 and our enemies will a fecond time come upon us 
 with more rage than at the firft ? Wherefore we be- 
 feech thee, O thou the defire of our eyes, and the 
 ' ftrength and life of our poor town, accept of this mo- 
 tion that now we have made unto our Lord, and come 
 and dwell in the midft of us, and let us be thy people. 
 
 Their fears. Befidcs, Lord, we do not know but that to this day- 
 many Diabolonians may be yet lurking in the town 
 of Manfoul ; and they will betray us, when thou {halt 
 leave us, into the hands of Diabolus again ; and who 
 knows what defigns, plots, and contrivances, have 
 palTed betwixt them about the,fe things already ? Loth 
 we are to fall again into his horrible hands. Where- 
 fore let it pleafe thee to accept of our palace for thy 
 place of refidence, and of the houfes of the beft men 
 in our town for the reception of thy foldiers, and their 
 furniture. 
 
 ThePrince's Then faid the Prince, If I come to your 'town, 
 
 Manfoul! wi ^ y ou ^ u ^ er me father to profecute that which is 
 in my heart againft mine enemies and yours ? Yea, 
 will you help me in fuch undertakings ? 
 
 Their an- They anfwered, We know not what we mall do ; 
 
 we did not think once that we mould have been fuch 
 traitors to Shaddai as we have proved to be. What 
 then (hall we fay to our Lord ? Let him put no truft 
 in his faints (a) : let the Prince dwell in our caftle, 
 and make of our town a garrifon ; let him fet his 
 noble capt?.ins and his warlike foldiers over us ; yea, 
 let him conquer us with his love, and overcome us, 
 
 {a) This is the genuine language of a fenfible chriftian : confeious they 
 are without ftrength, and ever prone to turn afide, they cry, ** Hold up my 
 goings in thy paths, that my footfteps flip not," Pf, xvii. 5. 
 
 and 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. .161 
 
 and help us, as he was and did that morning our pardon 
 was read unto us, we fhall comply with this our Lord 
 and with his ways, and fall in with his word againft 
 the mighty {a). 
 
 One word more, and thy fervants have done, and 
 in this will trouble our Lord no more. We know not 
 the depth of the wifdom of thee our Prince. Who 
 could have thought, that had been ruled by his reafon, 
 that fo much fweet as we now enjoy fhould have come 
 out of thofe bitter trials wherewith we were tried 
 at 'the firft ! But, Lord, let light go before, and let 
 love come after : yea, take us by the hand, and lead 
 us by thy counfels j and let this always abide upon us, 
 that all things fhall be for the beft for thy fervants, 
 and come to our Manfoul, do as it pleafeth thee. Or, 
 Lord, come to our Manfoul, and do what thou wilt, 
 fo thou keepeft us from finning (£), and makefl us 
 ferviceable to thy Majefty. 
 
 Then faid the Prince to the town of Manfoul again, He confent- 
 Go, return to your houfes in peace. I will willingly ;„ M° an fou] 
 in this comply with your defires : I will remove my ar \ d ? T °- 
 royal pavilion ; I will draw up my forces before Eye- come into- 
 gate to-morrow, and fo will march forwards into the m<,Trow " 
 town of Manfoul j 1 will poffefs myfelf of your caftle 
 of Manfoul, and will fet my foldiers over you ; yea, 
 I will yet do things in Manfoul that cannot be paral- 
 leled in any nation, country, or kingdom under heaven. 
 
 Then did;. the men of Manfoul give a fhout, and 
 return into their houfes in peace j they alfo told to 
 their kindred and friends the good that Emanuel had 
 promifed to Manfoul. And to morrow, faid they, 
 
 {a) True ii is, " Without Chrift, we can do nothing," John xv, e. 
 But, '* My grace is fuificient for thee," a Cor. xii. 9. fee alfo Phil. iv. 13. 
 
 (&) Right. To hate fin, and walk in humble obedience to our God, is 
 an effsntial part of the cbriflian character. 
 
 X he 
 
162 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Manfaul's 
 preparation 
 for his re- 
 ception. 
 
 He enters 
 the town of 
 Manfoul, 
 and how. 
 
 he will march into our town, and take up his dwell- 
 ing, he and his men, in Manfoul. 
 
 Then went out the inhabitants of the town of Man- 
 foul with hafte to the green trees, and to the meadows, 
 to gather boughs and flowers, therewith to frrew the 
 ftreers againft their Prince the Son of Shaddai mould 
 come y they alio made garlands^, and other fine works, 
 to betoken how joyful they were and mould be to re- 
 ceive their Emanuel into Manfoul j yea, they ftrewed 
 the ftreet quite from Eye-gate to the caftle-gate, the 
 place where the Prince fhould be. They alfo prepared 
 for his coming what mufic the town of Manfoul could 
 afford, that they might play before him to the place 
 of his habitation. 
 
 So at the time appointed he makes his approach to 
 Manfoul, and the gates were fet open for him; there 
 alfo the ancients and elders of Manfoul met him, to 
 falute him with a thoufand welcomes. Then he arofe 
 and entered Manfoul, he and all his fervants. The 
 elders of Manfoul alfo went dancing before him, till 
 he came to the caftle-gates. And this was the manner 
 of his going up thither : he was clad in his golden ar- 
 mour, he rode in his royal chariot, the trumpets 
 founded about him, the colours were difplayed, his 
 ten thoufands went up at his feet, and the elders of 
 Manfoul danced before him {#). And now were the 
 walls vi the famous town of Manfoul filled with the 
 tramplings of the inhabitants thereof, who went up 
 thither to view the approach of the blefled Prince and 
 his royal army. Alfo the cafements, windows, bal- 
 conies, and tops of the houfes, were all now filled with 
 pcrfons of ,.\ forts, to behold how their town was to 
 be filled with rood. 
 
 (a) When the glory of Cbrift's perfon and work is clearly rmnifrfted, the 
 rrnrwed fou), trnnfportrd with joy at the fight, finds him to be the faireft 
 
 .»tncng 'tn tbgiifsng fair, and altog««her tovtiy. 
 
 Now 
 
Bunjans HOLY WAR ,witkNotes 
 
 ySmanuet/ aferaat'n&nafne' ifafory ^n/^f^^ia rn<ex/<m'n' #f^ — \ 
 
 '?uHto1iedty^leA?JIi>?<rJV?i(>?aler7iarlerJit/w, Jane tj : nsz . 
 
By Mr, JOHN BUNYAN. 163 
 
 Vow when he was come To far into the town as to 
 the Recorder's houfe, he commanded that one fhould 
 go to captain Credence, to know whether the cattle 
 of Manfoul was prepared to entertain his royal pre- • 
 fence (for the preparation of that was left to that cap* 
 tain), and word was brought that it was, A&s xv, g. 
 Then was captain Credence commanded alfo to come 
 forth with his power to meet the Prince; which was 
 done as he had commanded, and he conducted him 
 into the cattle, Eph. iii. 17. This done, the Prince 
 that night lodged in the cuttle with his mighty cap- 
 tains and men of war, to the joy of the town of 
 Manfoul. 
 
 Now the next care of the townsfolk, was, how the The townf - 
 oaptains and foldiers of the Prince's army fhould be wL* fhail 
 quartered among them ; and the care was, not how * 'he^oi- 
 they fhould fhift their hands of them, but how they d > er » ,n,t 
 fhould fill their houfes with them : for every man in t be Pnince. 
 Manfoul now had that etteem of Emanuel and his 
 men, that nothing grieved them more, than becaufe 
 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 thofe days run at their bidding like lao 
 queys (a). At laft they came to this refult : 
 
 1. That captain Innocency fhould quarter at Mr. How they 
 
 ■art *" ere V 1 "" 
 
 Keaion S. teredintb* 
 
 2. That captain Patience fhould quarter at Mr. SSInfruL 
 Mind's. This Mr. Mind was formerly the lord Will- 
 be-will's clerk in the time of the rebellion. 
 
 3. It was ordered that captain Charity fhould qtffcr- 
 ter in Mr. Affc&ion's houfe. 
 
 {a) O the wonderful change grace produces ! When the Lord dwells in the 
 heart by faith, love to Chrift evidences itfelf in ftriving to live to his glory : 
 the foul then delights in the Lord, his ways and people. May this be our lot ! 
 
 X 2 4, That 
 
164 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 4. That captain Good-hope fhould quarter at my 
 lord mayor's. Now for the houfe of the recorder, 
 hirnfelf defired, becaufe his houfe was next to the 
 caftle, and becaufe from him it was ordered by the 
 Prince, that if need be, the alarm fhould be given to 
 Manfoul : it was, I fay, defired by him, that captain 
 Boanerges and captain Conviction fhould take up 
 their quarters with him, even they and all their men. 
 
 5. As for captain Judgment and captain Execution, 
 my lord Wili-be-will took them and their men to 
 him, becaufe he was to rule under the Prince for the 
 good of the town of Manfoul now, as he had done 
 before under the tyrant Diabolus for the hurt and da- 
 mage thereof, Rom. vi. 19. Eph. iii. 17. 
 
 6. Anijl throughout the reft of the town were quar- 
 tered the reft of Emanuel's forces j but captain Cre- 
 dence, with his men, abode ftill in the caftle. So the 
 Prince, his captains and his foldiers, were lodged in 
 the town of Manfoul (a). 
 
 Manfoul in- Now the ancients and elders of the town of Man- 
 tbeir prince foul thought that they never fhould have enough of 
 Emanubl. trie prince Emanuel j his perfon, his actions, his 
 words and behaviour, were fo pleafing, to taking, fo 
 defireable to them. Wherefore they prayed him, that 
 though the caftle of Manfoul was his place of refidence 
 (and they defired that he might dwell there for ever), 
 yet that he would often vifit the ftreets, houfes, and 
 people of Manfoul j for, faid they, dread Sovereign, 
 thy prefence, thy looks, thy fmiles, thy words, arc 
 the life, ftrength, and finews of the town of Manfoul. 
 Befides this, they craved that they might have, with- 
 out difficulty or interruption, continual accefs unto 
 
 (a) Thus when the enlivening gales of the Spirit blow on the foul, the 
 fpic.es thereof flow forth ; fin becomes hateful, holinefs delightful, and Jefut 
 precious, who, by his grace, enables us both to fuflfer and to do his will. 
 
 him ; 
 
Br Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 165 
 
 him ; fo for that very purpofe he commanded that the They have 
 gates mould ftand open, that they might there fee the nim . 
 manner of his doings, the fortifications of the place, 
 and the royal manfion-houfe of the Prince. 
 
 When he fpake, they all flopped their mouth?, and ^ h g m earn 
 gave audience ; and when he walked, it was their de- 
 light to imitate him in his goings. 
 
 Now upon a time Emanuel made a feaft for the 
 town of Manfoul ; and, upon the feafting-day, the 
 townsfolk were come to the caftle to partake of his 
 banquet. And he feafted them with all manner of 
 outlandifh food ; food that grew not in the fields of 
 Manfoul, nor in all the whole kingdom of Univerfe. 
 It was food that came from his Father's court, and fo 
 there was dim after dim fet before them, and they were Prom;fe » f - 
 
 ter pronv.fe. 
 
 commanded freely to eat. But ftill, when a frefh difh 
 was fet before them, they would whifperingly fay to 
 each other, " What is it ?" for they wift not what to 
 call it, Exod. xvi, 15. They drank alfo of the water Brave enter-* 
 
 . , . , .... tainment. 
 
 that was made wine ; and were very merry witn him. 
 There was mufic alfo all the while at the table, and 
 man did eat angels food, and had honey given him out 
 of the rock ; fo Manfoul did eat the food that was pe- 
 culiar to the court, yea, they had now thereof to the 
 full (a), Pfi lxxviii. 24, 25. 
 
 I muft not forget to tell you, that as at this table 
 there were muficians, fo they were not thofe of the 
 country, nor yet of the town of Manfoul ; but they 
 were the matters of the fang's that were fiifr* at fcftfe 
 court of Shaddai. 
 
 Now after the feaft was over, Emanuel w?.s for 
 entertaining the town with fome Curious riddles of R<Me*« 
 
 {a) Thefe fweet views of Chrift, and the comforts of his Spirit, are not 
 uncommon at the foul's efpoufals to him after conversion, when he bring* 
 her into his banquecing-houfe, and his banner ovsr her is lore. Song ii. 4. 
 
 fee rets 
 
166 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 fecrets drawn up by his Father's fecretary, by the 
 wifdom and fkill or' Shaddai ; the like to thefe there 
 are not in any kingdom. 
 ■ he holy Thefe riddles were made upon kin^ Shaddai him- 
 
 Irriptures. ' ° 
 
 felf, and upon Emanuel his Son, and upon his wars 
 and doings with Manfoul. 
 
 Emanuel alio expounded unto them fome of thofe 
 riddles himfelf ; but Oh how they were lightened ! 
 They faw what they never faw before ; they could not 
 have thought that fuch raiities could have been couched 
 in fo.few and fuch ordinary words. I told you before, 
 whom thefe riddles did concern ; and as they were 
 opened, the people evidently faw it was fo (a). Yea, 
 they gathered that the things themfelves were a kind 
 of portraiture, and that of Emanuel himfelf; for 
 when they read in the fcheme where the riddles were 
 writ, and looked in the face of the Prince, things 
 looked fo like one to the other, that Manfoul could 
 not forbear but fry, This is the Lamb, this is the Sa- 
 crifice, 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. 
 
 And thus he difmifTed the town of Manfoul. But 
 can you imagine how the people of the corporation 
 The end of were taken with his entertainment? Oh they were 
 I«t. ban " tranfported with joy, they were drowned with wonder, 
 while they faw and understood and coniidered what 
 their Emanuel entertained them withal, and what 
 tnyfteries he opened to them ; and when they were at 
 home in their houfes, and in their moll retired places, 
 they could not but fing of him and of his a&ions. 
 Yea, fo taken were the townfmen now with their 
 Prince, that they would fing of him in their lleep. 
 
 '■■I i m i i n ii i .1 i i ■ 
 
 («) The word teftifies, to the enlightened mind, of the wonderful incarna- 
 tion, twlefs »ie> eipwtory death, glorious refurreftion, afrtnfion, Sec. of Jefu*. 
 
 Now 
 
BvMr.JOHNBUNYAN. 167 
 
 Now it was in the heart of the prince Emanuel to Manfoul 
 new-model the town of Manfoul, and to put it into ™w_ m C d c i. 
 fuch a condition as might be mod pleafing to him, and led * 
 that might bed {land with the profit and fecurity of the 
 now flourtfhing town of Manfoul. He provided alfo 
 againfl infurrections at home, and invafions abroad : 
 fuch love had he for the famous town of Manfoul. 
 
 Wherefore he firft of all cornmanded that the great The Inftru- 
 flings, that were brought from his Father's court when "a" mount- 
 he came to the war of Manfoul, fhould be mounted, cd# 
 fome upon the battlements of the caftle, fome upon 
 the towers ; for there were towers in the town of 
 Manfoul, towers new built by Emanuel fince he 
 came thither. There was alfo an inftrument invented A namelefc 
 by Emanuel, that was to throw ilones from the l^mint^ 
 caftle of Manfoul, out at Mouth-gate (a) ; an inftru- Manfiwfc 
 ment that could not be refilled, nor that could mifs 
 of execution ; wherefore, for the wonderful exploits 
 that it did when ufed, it went without a name ; and 
 it was committed to the care of, and to be managed 
 by, that brave captain, the captain Credence, in cafe 
 of war. This done, Emanuel called the lord Will- Wiu-He- 
 
 , .„ , . , • . will nro- 
 
 bs-will to him, and gave him in commandment to mote.w 
 take care of the gates, the wall, and towers in Man- 
 foul : alfo the Prince gave him the militia into his 
 hand, and a fpecial charge to withftand all infurrec- 
 tions and tumults that might be made in Manfoul 
 againfl the peace of our Lord the King, and the peace 
 and tranquillity of the town of Manfoul. He alfo 
 gave him in commiflion, that if he found any of the 
 Diabolonians lurking in any corner of the famous 
 town of Manfoul, he {hould forthwith apprehend them 
 and flay them, or commit them to fafe cuftody, that 
 they may be proceeded againft according to law. 
 
 (m) The pny«r »f faitb j fee Mat. xxi, «. Mark xi. »z. alfo H«'>. f 1. 
 
 Thea 
 
Mr. Know- 
 ledge made 
 
 168 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 My lord- Then he called unto him the lord Undcrftandinw, 
 
 mayor put °' 
 
 into place, 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 life-time. He bid him alio build him a palace 
 near Eye-gate, and that he fhould build it in fafhion 
 like a tower for a defence. He bid him alfo read in the 
 revelations of myfteries (a) all the days of his life, that 
 he might know how to perform his office aright. 
 He alfo made Mr. Knowledge the recorder, not of 
 
 recorder. contempt to old Mr. Confcience, who had been re- 
 corder before ; but for that it was in his princely mind 
 to confer upon Mr. Confcience another employ ; of 
 which he told the old gentleman he fhould know more, 
 hereafter. 
 
 The image Then he commanded that the image of Diabolus 
 
 ofthePrince & 
 
 ■nd his Fa- (hould be taken down from the place where it was fet 
 »gaTn?n UP U P (^) i anc * that the y fa°"^ utterly deftroy it, beat- 
 Manfoul. i n g jt into powder, and cafting it inco the wind, with- 
 out the town-wall ; and that the image of Shaddai 
 his Father fhould be fet up again, with his own, upon 
 the caftle-gates ; and that it (hould be more fairly 
 drawn than ever, forafmuch as both his Father and 
 himfelf were come to Manfoul in more grace and 
 mercy than heretofore, Rev. xxii. 4. He would alfo 
 that his name fhould be fairly engraven upon the front 
 of the town, and that it fhould be done on the beft of 
 gold, for the honour of the town of Manfoul. 
 
 After this was done, Emanuel gave out a com- 
 mandment that thofe three greateft Diabolonians 
 (hould be apprehended, namely, the two late lord- 
 mayors, to wit, Mr. Incredulity and Mr. Luflings, 
 and Mr. Forget-good the recorder. Befides thefe, there 
 
 (a) The fcripture. (i) Chrift came to deftroy the woiks of the devii, 
 
 and mike his tk€t, thro' faith, partaken of the divine nature, 1 P<.t. i. 4. 
 
 were 
 
B* Mr, JOHN BUN VAN. 169 
 
 were fome of them that Diabolus made burgeffes and SomeDIa- 
 aidermen in Manfoul, that were committed to ward ^'Sto 
 bv the hand of the now valiant and how right noble, pnfo" under 
 
 / ■ the nana or 
 
 the brave lord Will-be- Will. Mr.Tme- 
 
 And thefe were their names : Alderman Atheifm, ™"^ c 
 alderman Hard-heart, and alderman Falfe-peace. The 
 burgelTes were, Mr. No-truth, Mr. Pitilefs, Mr. 
 Haughty, with the like. Thefe were committed to 
 clofe cuftody ; and the gaoler's name was Mr. True- 
 man : this Truernan was one of thofe that Emanuel 
 brought with him from his Father's court, when at firft 
 he made a war upon Diabolus in the town of Manfoul. 
 
 After this, the Prince gave a charge that the three Diaboius's 
 ftrong holds, which at tke command of Diabolus the pulled down. 
 Diabolonians built in Manfoul, mould be demolifhed 
 and utterly pulled down ; of which holds, and their 
 names, with their captains and governors, you read a 
 little before. But this was long in doing {a), becaufe 
 of the largenefs of the places, and besaufe the ftones, 
 the timber, the iron, and all the rubbilh, was to be 
 carried without the town. 
 
 When this was done, the Prince gave order that A court to 
 the lord- mayor and aldermen of Manfoul mould call a iry the Dia- 
 court of judicature for the trial and execution of the DO|on »a«". 
 diabolonians in the corporation, now under the care 
 of Mr. Truernan the gaoler. 
 
 Now when the time was come, and the court kt 7 The prifon- 
 commandment was fent to Mr. Truernan the gaoler, ^"th^bfr. 1 
 to bring the prifoners down to the bar. Then were 
 the prifoners brought down, pinion'd and chain'd to- 
 gether, as the cuftom of the town of Manfoul was. 
 So when they were prefented before the lord mayor, 
 
 (a) Much oppofition to God** will and work is in every believer's heart 9 
 but bleiTed be the Lord the Spirit, he both can and will cart down every thing 
 that exalteth itfelf againft the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity 
 every thought to the obedience of Chart; 1 Cor. x. 5. 
 
 Y the 
 
Tbe jury 
 impanne'ed, 
 and witnef- 
 fes fworn. 
 
 Do-rigbt 
 the clerk. 
 
 Atheifm fet 
 to the bar. 
 
 His indift- 
 aent. 
 
 170 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 the recorder, and the reft of the honourable bench, 
 firft, the jury was impanncied, and then the witnefTes 
 fworn. The names of the jury were thefe : Mr. Be- 
 lief, Mr. True-heart, Mr. Upright, Mr. Hate-bad, 
 Mr. Love-God, Mr. See-truth, Mr. Heavenly-mind, 
 Mr. Moderate, Mr. Thankful, Mr. Good-work, Mr. 
 Zeal-for-God, and Mr. Humble. The names of the 
 witnefTes were, Mr. Know-all, Mr. Tell-true, Mr. 
 Hate-lies, with my lord Will-be-will, and his man, 
 if need were. 
 
 So the prifoners were fet to the bar. Then faid Mr. 
 Do-right (for he was the town-clerk), Set Atheifm 
 to the bar, gaoler. So he was fet to the bar. Then 
 faid the clerk, Atheifm, hold up thy hand. Thou 
 art here indicted by the name of Atheifm (an intruder 
 upon the town of Manfoul), for that thou haft per- 
 nicioufly and doubtifhly taught and maintained, that 
 there is no God, and fo no heed to be taken to reli- 
 gion (a). This thou haft done againft the being, ho- 
 nour, and glory of the King, and againft the peace 
 and fafety of the town of Manfoul. What fay'ft thou ? 
 art thou guilty of this indictment, or not ? 
 
 Atheifm. Not guilty. 
 
 Oyer. Call Mr. Know-all, Mr. Tell-true, arid 
 Mr. Hate-lyes into the court. 
 
 So they were called, and they appeared. 
 
 Clerk. Then faid the clerk, You the witnefTes fof 
 the King, look upon the prifoner at the bar j do you 
 know him ? 
 
 Know. Then faid Mr. Know-all, Yes, my lord, 
 we know him ; his name is Atheift, he has been a 
 very peftilent fellow for many years in the rmferable 
 town of Manfoul. 
 
 (a) The unconverted are practical atheifts : living without hope, and with- 
 •ut God in the world ; they neither pray unto, nor praifc him : they evi- 
 dence their unbelief by wicked woiks. May the Lord awaken fuch ! 
 
 Clerk. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. i 7 i 
 
 Clerk. You are fure you know him ? 
 
 Know. Know him ! Yes, my Lord, I have hereto- 
 fore too often been in his company, to be at this time 
 ignorant of him. He is a Diabolonian, the fon of a 
 'Diabolonian; I knew his grandfather and his father. 
 
 Clerk. Well faid : he ftandeth .here indicted by the 
 name of Atheifm, &c. and is charged that he hath main- 
 tained and taught that' there is -no God, and fo no heed 
 to be taken to any religion (a). What fay you the 
 King's witneffes to this ? Is he guilty, or not ? 
 
 Know. My lord, I and he were once in VUlains- 
 lane together, and he at that time talked brifkly of 
 divers opinions ; and then and there I heard him fay, 
 that for his part he believed there was no God : but, 
 faid he, I can profefs one, and be religious too, if the 
 company I am in, aad the circumftances ox other 
 things fhall put me upon it. 
 
 Clerk. You are fure you have heard him fay thus? 
 
 Know. Upon mine oath, I heard him fay thus. 
 
 Then faid the Clerk, Mr. Tell- true, what fay you 
 to the King's judges, touching the prifoner at the bar ? 
 
 Tell. My lord, I formerly was a great companion 
 of his (for the which I now repent me), and I have 
 often heard him fay, and that with very great ftomach- 
 fulnefs, that he believed there was neither God, an- 
 gel, or fpirit. 
 
 Clerk. Where did you hear him fay fo ? 
 
 Tell. In Black-mouth-laue, and in Blafphemers- 
 row, and in many other places bcfides. 
 
 Clerk. Have you much knowledge of him ? 
 
 Tell. I know him to be a Diabolonian, the fon of 
 a Diabolonian, and an horrible man to deny a Deity ; 
 his father's name was Never- be-good, and he had 
 
 (a) Infidelity (heart- atheifin), immorality, profanenefs, and hypocrify, arc 
 always aflbciates. But at the appnaching judgment- day the fecrets of all 
 hearts will be. difclofed, the ways of God juftifisd, and his ene/rrss confounded. 
 
 Y 2 more 
 
Luftinps fet 
 to the bar. 
 
 His ineict- 
 thent. 
 
 liis plea. 
 
 172 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 more children than this Atheifm. I have no more to 
 fay. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Hate-lyes, look upon the prifoner at 
 the bar : do you knew him ? 
 
 Hate. My lord, this Atheifm is one of the vileft 
 wretches that ever I came near, or had to do with in my 
 life : I have heard him fay that there is no God j I have 
 heard him fay that there is no world to come, no fin, 
 nor punifhment hereafter; and moreover, I have heard 
 him fay that it was as good to go to a whore- houfe, as 
 to go to hear a fermon (a). 
 
 Clerk. Where did you hear him fay thefe things ? 
 
 Hate. In Drunkard's-row, juft at Rafcals-lane end, 
 at the houfe in which Mr. Impiety lived. 
 
 Clerk. Set him by, gaoler, and fet Mr. Luftings to 
 the bar. 
 
 Mr. Luftings, thou art here indi&cd by the name 
 of Luftings (an intruder upon the town of Manfoul), 
 for that thou haft devilifhly and traiteroufly taught by 
 practice and filthy words, that it is lawful and profit- 
 able to man to give way to his carnal defires j and 
 that thou, for thy part, haft not, nor ever wilt, deny 
 thyfelf of any finful delight as long as thy name is 
 Luftings. How fayeft thou? art thou guilty of this 
 indictment, or not ? 
 
 Luftings. Then faid Mr. Luftings, My lord, I am 
 a man of high birth, and have been ufed to plfafures 
 andpaftimes and greatnefs. I have not been wont to 
 be fnub'd for my doings, but have been left to follow 
 any will as if it were law. And it feems ftrange to me 
 that I fhould this day be called into queftion for what 
 not only I, but almoft all men, do either fecretly or 
 openly countenance, love, and approve of. 
 
 (a) Thus thinks the carnal mind, which is enmity againft God : till thai 
 k: removed, there can be no friendship with, union to, "or delight in Cod. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 173 
 
 Clerk. Sir, we concern not owrfelves with your 
 greatnefs (though the higher, the better you fhould 
 have been), but we are concerned, and fo are you, 
 about an indictment preferred againft you : How fay 
 you ? are you guilty of it, or not ? 
 
 Luft. Not guilty. 
 
 Clerk. Cryer, Call upon the witnefTes to ftand forth, 
 V^ and give their evidence. 
 
 Cryer. Gentlemen, you the witnefles for the King, 
 come and give in your evidence for our Lord the King, 
 againft the prifoner at the bar. 
 
 Clerk. Come, Mr. Know-all, look upon the prifoner 
 at the bar. Do you know him ? 
 
 Know. Yes, my lord, I know him. 
 
 Clerk. What is his name ? 
 
 JCnow. His name is Luftings : he is the fon of one 
 Beaftly ; his mother bare him in Flefh-ftreet j (he was 
 one Evil-concupifcence's daughter. I knew all the 
 generation of them. 
 
 Clerk. Well faid. You have heard his indi&ment : 
 What fay you to it ? Is he guilty of the things charged 
 againft him, or not ? 
 
 Know. My lord, he has, as he faith, been a great 
 man indeed j and greater in wickednefs than by pedi- 
 gree, more than a thoufand-fold. 
 
 Clerk. But what do you know of his particular ac- 
 tions, and efpecially with reference to his indictment ? 
 
 Know. I know him to be a fwearer, a lyar, a 
 fabbath-breaker ; I know him to be a fornicator, and 
 an unclean perfon ; I know him to be guilty of abun- 
 dance of evils. He has been, to my knowledge, a 
 very filthy man. 
 
 Clerk. But where did he ufe to commit his wicked- 
 nefles ? in fome private corners, or more openly jand 
 ihamelefsly ? 
 
 Know. All the town over, my lord. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
»74 
 
 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Incredulity 
 fet to the 
 bar. 
 
 His indict- 
 ment. 
 
 His plea. 
 
 CJerk. Come, Mr. Tell-true, what have you to fay 
 for our Lord the King, againft the prifoner at the bar ? 
 . Tell. My lord, all that the firft witnefs has faid, I 
 know to be true, and a great deal more befides. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Luftings, do you hear what thefe gen- 
 tlemen fay ? 
 
 Luft. I was ever of opinion, that the happieft life 
 that a man could live on earth, was, to keep himfelf 
 from nothing that he defired in the world ; nor have I 
 been falfe at any time to this opinion of mine, but 
 have lived in the love of my notions all my days : nor 
 was I ever fe churlifli, having found fuch fweetnefs in 
 them myfelf, as to keep the commendation of them 
 from others (a). 
 
 Court. Then faid the court, There hath proceeded 
 enough from his own mouth to lay him open to con- 
 demnation ; wherefore fet him by, gaoler, and fet Mr. 
 Incredulity to the bar. , 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Incredulity, thou art here indicted by 
 the name of Incredulity (an intruder upon the town of 
 Manfoul), for that thou haft felonioufly and wickedly, 
 and that when thou wert an officer in the town of 
 Manfoul, made head againft the captains of the great 
 Shaddai, when they came, and demanded pofTeflion 
 of Manfohl ; yea, thou didft bid defiance to the name, 
 forces, and caufe of the King; and didft alfo, as did 
 Diabolus thy captain, ftir up and encourage the town 
 of Manfoul to make head againft and refift the faid 
 force of the King \b). What fayeft thou to this in- 
 dictment ? art thou guilty, or not I 
 
 Then faid Incredulity, I know not Shaddai : I 
 loved my old prince ; I thought it my duty to be true 
 
 \a) Sin is a many-headed monfter, and a fpreading plague; the heart of 
 an unconverted perfon is a cage of unclean birds, and like a troubled fea;— 
 yea, a* myftery of iniquity. (i) The natural man's affections being 
 
 alienated, his will is rebellious againft the God of his mercies. May the 
 Lord humble proud fpiritjy by giving faith, and an obedient, loring heart ! 
 
 to 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 175 
 
 to my trirft, and to do what I could to poflefs the 
 minds of the men of Manfoul to do their utmoft to 
 refift ftrangers and foreigners, and with might to fight 
 againft them. Nor have I, nor fhall I, change my 
 (opinion for fear of trouble, though you at prefent arc 
 pofTeffed of place and power. 
 
 Court. Then faid the court, The man, as you fee>- 
 is incorrigible ; he is for rhaintaining his villainies by 
 ftoutnefs of words, and his rebellion with impudent 
 confidence. And therefore fet him by, gaoler 1 and Forget.gcoi 
 
 c * k ^ fet to the 
 
 let Mr. Forget-good to the bar. bar. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. For get- good, thou art here indicted by Hisindift- 
 the name of rorget-gooa (an intruder upon the town 
 of Manfoul), for that thou, when the whole affairs of 
 the town of Manfoul were in thy hand, didft utterly 
 forget to ferve them in what was good, and didft fall 
 in with the tyrant Diabohis againft Shaddai the 
 king, againft his captains, and all his hoft, to the dis- 
 honour of Shaddai, the breach of his law, and the 
 endangering of the deftru&ion of the famous town of 
 Manfoul, What fayeft thou to this indictment ? art 
 thou guilty, or not guilty ? 
 
 Then faid Forget-good, Gentlemen, and at this time H " P 1 "' 
 my judges, As to the indictment by which I ftand ac- 
 cufed of feveral crimes before you, pray attribute my 
 forgctfulnefs to my age, and ftot to my wilfulnefs ; to 
 the crazinefs of my brain, and not the careleffnefs of 
 my mind ; and then I hope I may by your charity be 
 excufed from great puniihment, tho' I be guilty. 
 
 Then faid the court, Forget-good, Forget-good, 
 thy forgetfulnefs of good was not fimply of frailty, 
 but of purpofe, and for that thou didft loathe to keep 
 virtuous things in thy mind («). What was bad, 
 
 (a) God is not in all the worldling's thoughts ; they bid h»m depart from 
 ' tiitm, and itfac Hot the knowledge of his ways. Pf. x. 4* Job xxi. 14. 
 
 thOtf 
 
176 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 thou couldft retain ; but what was good, thou couldft 
 not abide to think of: thy age, therefore, and thy 
 pretended crazinefs, thou makeft ufe of to blind the 
 court withal, and as a cloak to cover thy knavery. 
 But let us hear what the witneffes have to fay for the 
 King, againft the prifoner a't the bar. Is he guilty 
 of this indictment, or not ? 
 
 Hate-lyes. My lord, I have heard this Forget-good 
 fay, that he could never abide to think of goodnefs, 
 no not for a quarter of an hour. 
 
 Clerk. Where didfl thou hear him fay fo ? 
 • Hate. In All-bafe-lane, at a houfe next door to the 
 fign of the Confcience-feared-with-a-hot-iron. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Know-all, what can you fay for our 
 !Lord the King, againft the prifoner at the bar I 
 
 Kaow. My lord, I know the man well $ he is a 
 Diabcionian, the fon of a Diabolonian, his father's 
 name was Love-naught j and for him, I have often 
 heard him fay, that he counted the very thoughts of 
 goodnefs the moft burdenfome thing in the world. 
 
 Clerk. Where have you heard him fay thefe words ? 
 
 Know. In Flefli-lane, right oppofite to the church. 
 
 Then faid the clerk, Come, Mr. Tell-true, give in 
 your evidence concerning the prifoner at the bar, 
 about that for which he flands here, as you fee, in- 
 didled before this honourable court. 
 
 Tell. My-lord, I have heard him often fay, he had 
 rather think of the vileft thing, than of what is con- 
 tained in the holy fcriptures {a). 
 
 Clerk. Where did you hear him fay fuch grievous 
 words ? 
 
 Tell. Where ! In a great many places ; particularly 
 in Naufeous-ftreet, in the houfe of one Shamelefs j and 
 
 (a) The ungodly rejeft and defplfe the ward ; thus hating the light, they 
 remain dark and dead j naiferaMe here, and e*poied to oerlaftinj definition. 
 
 in 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 177 
 
 in Filth-lane, at the fign of the Reprobate, next cioor 
 to the Deicent into the pit. 
 
 Court. Gentlemen, you have heard the indiftment, 
 his plea, and the teftimony of the witneflcs. 
 
 Gaoler, fet Mr. Hard-heart to the bar. 
 
 He is fet to the bar. g^g- 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Hard-heart, thou art here indi&ed by bar. 
 the name of Hard- heart (an intruder upon the town 
 of Manfoul), for that thou didft moft defperately and Hislndift- 
 wickedly pofTefs the town of Manfoul with impenr- 
 tency and cbduratenefs [a) ; and didft keep them from 
 remo.fe and forrow for their evils, all the time of their 
 apoftafy from, and rebellion againft, the blefTed king 
 Shaddai. What fayeft thou to this indictment ? art 
 thou guilty, or not guilty ? 
 
 Hard. My lord, 1 never knew what remorfe or for- 
 row meant, in all my life : I am impenetrable, I care 
 for no man ; nor can I be pierced with men's grief, 
 their groans will not enter into my heart ; whomfoever 
 I mifchief, whomfoever I wrong, to me it is mufic, 
 when to others mourning. 
 
 Court. You fee the man is a right Diabolonian, 
 and has convi&ed himfclf. Set him by, Gaoler, and 
 fet Mr. Falfe peace to the bar. 
 
 Mr. Falfe-pcace, fhou art here indicted by the Faife-peace 
 name of Falfe peace (an intruder upon the town of bar> 
 Manfoul), for that thou didft moft wickedly and fa- His in-iia- 
 tanically bring, hold, and keep the town of Manfoul, mcnt * 
 both in her apoftaiy, and in her hellifh rebellion, in a 
 falfe. groundlefs, and dangerous peace, and damnable 
 fecurity (£), to the difhonour of the King, the tranf- 
 greffion of his law, and the great damage of the town 
 -of Manfoul. What fayeft thou ? art thou guilty of 
 this indictment, or not ? 
 
 (a) See the woful end of fuch, in Rom. ii. 5, {b\ See Jer, vi. 14. 
 
 Z Then 
 
178 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Then faid Mr. Falfe-peacc, Gentlemen, and you 
 now appointed to be my judges, I acknowledge that 
 my name is Mr. Peace ; but that my name is Falle- 
 He denies peace, I utterly deny. If your honours mould pleafe 
 to fend for any that intimately know me, or for the 
 midwife that laid my mother of me, or for the gofiips 
 that were at my chriftening, they will any or all of 
 them prove, that my name is not Falfe-peace, but 
 Peace. Wherefore I cannot plead to this indictment, 
 forafmuch as my name is not infertcd therein ; and as 
 is my true name, fo alfo are my conditions. I was 
 always a man that loved to live at quiet j and what I 
 oved myfelf, that I thought others might love alfo. 
 Wherefore when I faw that any of my neighbours 
 laboured under a difquicted mind, I endeavoured to 
 help them what I could j and I could give many in- 
 ftances of this good temper of mine : As, 
 
 1. When at the beginning our town of Manfoul 
 declined the ways of Shaddai, lbmc of them after- 
 wards began to have difquieting reflections on tb.em- 
 frlves for what they had done : but I, as one troubled 
 to fee them difquicted, prcfently fought out means to 
 get them quiet again. 
 
 2. When the ways of the old world, and of Sodom, 
 were in fafhion ; if any thing happened to.maleft 
 thofe that were for the cu items of the prefent times. I 
 laboured to make them quiet again, and to caufe them 
 to a£t without moleflation. 
 
 .3. To come nearer home : When the wars broke 
 but between Shaddai and DiahoW, if at any time I 
 faw any of the town of Man foul afraid of deftruction, 
 I often ufed, by fome way, device, invention or other, 
 to labour to bring them to peace again (a). Where- 
 
 (,?) There is no peace to the wicked, Ifa. lyii. ai. Till convinced of fin, 
 ".J Chrift becoiTits thefinncr's friend, no meixv, no hcjc, do heaven. 
 
 fore, 
 
B v M r. JOHN BUNYAN. i 79 
 
 fore, fince I have been always the man of fo'virtuous 
 a temper, as fome fay a peace-maker is, and if a peace- 
 maker be fo deferving a man os fome have been bold 
 to atteft he is ; then let me, Gentlemen, be accounted 
 by you, who have a great name for jufrice and equity 
 in Manfoul, for a man that dcferveth not this inhuman 
 way of treatment, but liberty, and alfo a licence to 
 fcek damage of thofe that have been my accufers. 
 
 Then faid the clerk, Crier, make proclamation. 
 
 Crier. c O yes ! Forafmuch as the prifoner at the 
 
 * bar hath denied his name to be that which is men- 
 
 * tioned in the indictment; the court requireth, that 
 ' if there be any in this place) who can give informa- 
 ' tion, to the court, of the original and right name 
 
 * of the prifoner, they would come forth and give in 
 ' their evidence : for the prifoner ftands upon his own 
 ' innocence.' 
 
 Then came two into the court, anddefired that they 
 might have leave to fpeak what they knew concerning 
 the prifoner at the bar ; the name of the one was 
 Search-truth, and the name of the other Vouch-truth : 
 fo the court demanded of thefe men, if they knew the 
 prifoner, and what they could fay concerning him ? 
 for he frands, faid they, upon his own vindication. 
 
 Then faid Mr. Search truth, My lord — 
 
 Court. Hold ; give him his oath. Then they (wore 
 him : fo he proceeded. 
 
 Search. My lord, I know, and have known this 
 man from a child, and can atteft that his name is 
 Falfe-peace (a). I knew his father ; his name was 
 Mr. Flatterer ; and his mother, before (he was mar- 
 ried, was called by the name of Mrs. So©th-up : and 
 
 {a) The charaSeriftic of ail the unreeenerate ; for the foul can have no 
 true peace while at war with "eaven : there can: We no peace but in having 
 the God of peace reconciled to us Li Chrift Jefus, the Prince or peace. 
 
 Z 2 theft 
 
i8o THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 thefe two, when they came together, lived not long 
 without this fon ; and when he was born, th y called 
 his name Falfe-peace. I was his playfellow, only I 
 was fomewhat older than he ; and when his n other 
 ufed to call him rnme from his play, me would fay to 
 him, Falfe-peace, Falfe-peace, come home quick, or 
 I'll fetch you. Yea, I knew him when he fuck°d ; and 
 tho* I was then but little, yet I can remember, that 
 when his mother ufed to fit at the door with him, or 
 played with him in her arms, fhe would call him twenty 
 times together, l My little Falfe peace ! my pretty 
 Falfe-peace !? and, * O my fweet rogue, Kalfe ptace !* 
 and again, * Q my little bird, Falfe-peace!' and, 
 ' How do I love my child ! ' The goffips alio know it 
 is thus, tho' he has had the face to deny it in open 
 court. 
 
 Then Mr. Vouch truth was called upon to fpeak 
 what he knew of him. So they fware him. 
 
 Then faid Mr. Vouch-truth, My lord, all that the 
 former witnefs hath faid, is true : his name is Falfe- 
 peace, the fon of Mr. Flatterer, and Mrs. Sooth-up 
 his mo her. And I have in former times feen him 
 angry {a) with thofe that called him any thing elfe 
 but Falfe-peace, for he would fay that all fuch mocked 
 and nicknamed him ; but this was at the time when 
 Mr. Falfe-peace was a great man, and when the Dia- 
 bolonians were the brave men in Manfoul. 
 
 Court. Gentlemen, ycu have heard what thefe two 
 men have fworn againft the prifoner at the bar. And 
 now, Mr. Falfe-peace, to you : You have denied your 
 name to be Falfe-peace ; yet you fee that thefe honeft 
 men have fworn that this is your name. As to your 
 plea, in that you are quite befides the matter of your 
 
 («) The ungodly hate infijrucYon, love fin, reject the light of the gofpel, 
 and, dying unchanged, the wrath of God will abide upon them fox e?er! 
 
 i nd i&- 
 
By Mr. J O H N BUNYA N. 1S1 
 
 rnH jfrment, you are not by it charged for evil doing, 
 becaufe you are a man of peace, or a peace-^maker 
 among your neighbours ; but for that you did wickedly 
 and fatamcally bring, keep, and 1iold the town of 
 Man foul both under i$s apoftafy from, and in its re- 
 bellion againft its King, in a falfe, lying, and damn- 
 able peace, contrary to the law of Shaddai, and to 
 the hazard of the deftru&ion of the then miferable 
 town of Manfoul. All that you have pleaded for 
 yourfelf, is, that you have denied your name, &c. 
 but here you fee, we have wimenes to prove that you 
 are the man. 
 
 For the peace that you fo much boaft of making 
 among your neighbours, know, That the peace that 
 is not a companion of truth and holinefs, but is with- 
 out this foundation, is grounded upon a lye, and is 
 both deceitful and damnable, as alfo the great Shad- 
 dai hath faid : thy plea therefore hath not delivered 
 thee from what by thy indictment thou art charged 
 with, but rather it doth faften all upon thee. 
 
 But thou {halt have very fair play : let us call the 
 witneffrs that are to teftify as to matters of fact, and 
 fee what they have to fay for our Lord the King, 
 againft the prifoner at the bar. 
 
 Clerk. Mr Know all, what fay you for our Lord 
 the King, again!! the prifoner at the bar ? 
 
 Know. My lord, this man hath for a long time 
 made it, to my knowledge, his bufinefs to keep the 
 town of Manfoul in afinful quieinefs, in the midft of 
 all her lewdnefs, filthinefs, and turmoils j and hath 
 faid, and that in my hearing, Come, come, lee us fly 
 from all trouble, on what ground focver it comes, and 
 let us be for a quiet and peaceable life, tho' it wanteth 
 a good foundation. 
 
 (a) He that co-iimitteth tin (■• ilfully) and from a love to it,»is of the 
 devil, and knows not Go4: fee I John iii. 8, 
 
 Clerk. 
 
182 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Clerk. Come, Mr. Hate-lyes, what have you to fay ? 
 
 Hate. My lord, I have heard him fay, that peace, 
 though in a way of unrighteoufnefs, is better than 
 trouble with truth. 
 
 Clerk. Where did you hear him fay th : s ? 
 
 Hate. I heard him fay it in Folly-yard, at the houfe 
 of one Mr. Simple, next door to the figri of the Self- 
 deceiver. Yea, he hath faid thif, to my knowledge, 
 twenty times in that place. 
 
 We may fpare further witnefs ; this evidence is 
 No.tnjth plain and full. Set him by, Gaoler, and fet Mr. No- 
 l^ truth to the bar.-* — Mr. No-truth, thou art here in- 
 
 dicted by the name of No-truth (an intruder upon the 
 His Jrwia. town of Manfoul), for that thou haft always, to the 
 difhonour of Shaddai, and to the endangering of 
 the utter ruin of ihe famous town of Manfoul, fet thy- 
 felf to deface and utterly to fpoil all the remainders of 
 the law and image of Shaddai, that have been found 
 in Manfoul, after her deep apoftafy from her K!n^, 
 to Diabolus. that envious tyrant. What fayelt thou? 
 art thou guilty of this indictment, or not? 
 
 No-truth. Not guilty, my lord. 
 
 Then the witnefFes were called ; and Mr. Know-all' 
 jirft gave in his evidence againft him. 
 
 Know. My lord, this man was at the pulling down 
 of the image of Shaddai ; yea, this is he that did it 
 with his own hands. I myfelf flood by and faw him 
 do ft, and he did it at the commandment of Diabolus. 
 Yea, this Mr. No-truth did more than this, he did 
 alfo fet up the horned image of the beaft Diabolus, in ' 
 the fame place [a). This is alfo he that, at the bidding 
 *f Diabolus, rent and tore, and caufed to be con- 
 fumed, all that he could of the remainders of the law 
 
 (a) They who hate the truth, are yet in their fin 1 !; (hangers lo God, 
 bis tffeys and people, aid to the ftlvaiion of the Lord Jefui Chrift. 
 
 Of 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y A N. 183 
 
 ♦f the King, even whatever he could lay his hands on 
 in Manfoul (a). 
 
 Clerk. Who faw him do this, befides yourfelf ? 
 
 Hate. I did, my lord, and fo did many others be- 
 fide : for this was not done by ftealth, or in a corner, 
 but in the open view of all, yea, he chofe himfelf to 
 do it publicly, for he delighted in doing it. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. No -truth, hew could you have the face 
 to plead Not guilty, when you were fo manifeftly the 
 doer of all this wickednefs ? 
 
 No-truth. Sir, I thought I muft fay fomething ; 
 and as my name is, fo I fpeak : I have been advan- 
 taged thereby before now, and did not know but, by 
 fpeaking No-truth, I might have reaped the fame be- 
 nefit now. 
 
 Clerk. Set him by, Gaoler, and fet Mr. Pitilefs to Pitilefs fa 
 
 the bar. Mr. Pitilefs, thou art here indicated by His india*. 
 
 the name of Pitilefs (an intruder upon the town of ment ' 
 Manfoul), for that thou didft molt treacheroufly and 
 wickedly fhut up all bowels of companion, and wouldft. 
 not fuffer poor Manfoul to condole her own mifer.y, 
 when (he had apoftatized from her rightful King ; but 
 didft evade, and at all times turn her mind away 
 from thofe thoughts that had in them a tendency to 
 lead her to repentance. What fayeft thou to this in- 
 dictment ? Guilty, or Not guilty ? 
 
 Pitilefs. Not guilty of Pitileflhefs : all I did, was, 
 to Chear-up, according to my name ; for my name is 
 not Pitilefs, but Chear-up; and I could not abide to 
 fee Manfoul inclined to melancholy. 
 
 Clerk. How ! do you deny your name, and fay it is 
 not Pitilefs, but Chear-up ? Call for witnefs : what 
 fay you the witnefles to this plea ? 
 
 (c) Till nature's darknefs and enmity be removed by divine g r ace, finful 
 nun ' k »ftanifiiing :) lifts bis puny arm of rebslliuc *gainft Qmnbot^nee I ** 
 
 Know. 
 
i8 4 the holy war, 
 
 Know. My lord, his name is Pitilefs j (o he hath 
 wrote himfelf in all papers of concern wherein he has 
 had to do. But thefe Diabolonians Jove to counter- 
 feit their names : Mr. Covetoufnefs covers himfelf 
 with the name of Good-Hufbandry, or the like ;. Mr, 
 Pride can, when need is, call himfelf Mr. Neat, Mr. 
 Handfome, or the like, and fo of all the reft of them. 
 
 Clerk. Mr. Tell- true, what fay you ? 
 
 Tell. His name is Pitilefs, my lord : I have known 
 
 him from a child ; and he hath done all that wicked- 
 
 nefs wherewith he flandb charged in the indictment ; 
 
 but there is a company of them that are not acquainted 
 
 with the danger of damning, therefore they call all 
 
 thofe melancholy, who have ferious thoughts how that 
 
 ftate fhould be fhunned by them. 
 
 Haughty fet Clerk. Set Mr. Haughty to the bar. Gaoler. 
 
 to the bar. . . ' ° J ' 
 
 Mr. Haughty, thou art here indicted by the name of 
 
 Haughty (an intruder upon the town of Manfoul), 
 HI* india- for that thou dift mod traiteroufly and devilifhly teach 
 the town of Manfoul to carry it loftily and ftoutly 
 againft the fummonfes that were given them by the 
 captains of the King Shaddai {a). Thou didft alfo 
 teach the town of Manfoul to fpeak contemptuoufly 
 and vilifyingly of their great king Shaddai ; and 
 didft moreover encourage, both by words and exam- 
 ple, Manfoul to take up arms both againft the King, 
 and his Son Emanuel. How fayeft thou I art thou 
 guilty of this indictment, or not ? 
 
 Haughty. Gentlemen, I have always been a man 
 of courage and valour, and have not ufed, when under 
 the greateft clouds, to fneak or hang down the bead 
 like a bulrufh ; nor did it at all at any time pleafc me 
 to fee men veil their bonnets to thofe that have oppofed 
 . ■ ■ i - ..I 
 
 (a) Proud fenfualiftj defpife Chrift and hit righteoufnefs ; therefore God 
 Icholdcth then afar off} but givctb grace to th< humble penitent. 
 
 them. 
 
 ment. 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 185 
 
 them. Yea, though their ad verfaries feemed to have 
 ten times the advantage of them. I did not ufe to 
 confider who was my foe, nor what the caufe was in 
 which I was engaged ; it was enough for me, if I 
 carried it bravely, fought like a man, and came off a 
 victor. 
 
 Court. Mr. Haughty, you are not here indicted for 
 that you have been a valiant man, nor for your cou- 
 rage and ftoutnefs in times of diftrefs j but for that you 
 have made ufe of this your pretended valour to draw 
 the town of Manfoul into acts of rebellion both againft 
 the great King and Emanuel his Son (a). This is 
 the crime, and the thing wherewith thou art charged 
 in and by the indictment. But he made no anfwer to 
 that. 
 
 Now when the court had thus far proceeded againft 
 the prifoners at the bar, then they put them over to 
 the verdict of their jury, to whom they addrelTed them- 
 felves after this manner : 
 
 Court. Gentlemen of the jury, you have been here, 
 and have {een thefe men ; you have heard their indict- 
 ments, their pleas, and what the witnefTes have testi- 
 fied againft them : now what remains, is, that you 
 forthwith withdraw yourfelves to fome place, where 
 without confufion you ma\ confider of what verdict, in 
 a way of truth and rightcoulhefs, you ought to bring in 
 for the King againft them, and bring it in accordingly. 
 
 Then the jury, to wit, Mr. Belief, Mr. True heart, 
 'Mr. Upright, Mr. Hate-bad, Mr. Love-good, Mr. 
 See-truth, Mr. Heavenly-mind, Mr. Moderate, Mr. 
 Thankful, Mr. Humble, Mr. Good-work, and Mr. 
 Zeal-for-God, withdrew themfelves, in order to their 
 work. Now when they were fhut up by themfvJves, 
 
 (a) Moli m?n are too proud to accept of falvation by (Thrift, and fubmit 
 to his lighteoutnefs j therefore the (it grra<ec part perifli in their fins. 
 
 A a they 
 
186 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 they fell to difcourfe among themfelves, in order to 
 the drawing up of their verdict. 
 
 And thus Mr Belief (for he was the foreman) be- 
 gan : Gentlemen, q«oth he, for the men, the prifoncrs 
 at the bar ; ' for my patt, I believe that they all de- 
 ferve death.' ' Very right, faid Mr. True-heart, I 
 am wholly of your opinion.' * O what a mercy is it, 
 faid Mr. Hate-bad, that fuch villains as thefe are ap- 
 prehended ! ' ' Ay, ay, faid Mr. Love-good, this is 
 one of the joyfulleft days that ever I faw in my life/ 
 Then faid Mr. Fee-truth, * I know that if we judge 
 them to death, our verdict mall ftand before Shaddai 
 himfelf.' c Nor do I at all queftion it, faid Mr. 
 Heavenly-mind ;' he faid moreover, ' when all fuch 
 beafts as thefe are cafl: out of Manfoul, what a goodly 
 town will it be then ! ' Then faid Mr. Moderate, 
 * It is not my manner to pafs my judgment with rafh- 
 nefs ; but for thefe, their crimes are fo notorious, and the 
 witnefs fo palpable, that that manmuft be wilfully blind 
 who fays the prifoners ought not to die.' ' Bleffed be 
 God, faid Mr. Thankful, that the traitors are in fafe 
 cuilody.' c And I join with you in this, upon my 
 bare knees,' faid Mr. Humble. ' I am glad alfo,' faid 
 Mr. Good-work. Then faid the warm man and true- 
 hearted Mr. Zeal-for-God, ' Cut them off; they have 
 been the plague, and fought the destruction of Man- 
 foul' (*). 
 
 Thus therefore being all agreed in their verdict, 
 they came inflantly into the court. 
 
 Clerk. Gentlemen of the jury, anfwer all to your 
 names. Mr. Belief, One: Mr. True heart, Two: 
 Mr. Upright, Three : Mr. Hate-bad, Four : Mr. 
 Love- good, Five : Mr See-truth, Six : Mr. Heavenly- 
 
 (a) Sound and fintere <hr ftians rtjoice in being delivered from the domi- 
 nion of fin, their cruel enemy $ and prefer king Jcfus, as their only fove- 
 icign, that he may rule in thek hearts by faith and love, 
 
 mind, 
 
By Mr. JO FIN BUN YAN. 187 
 
 mind, Seven : Mr. Moderate, Eight : Mr. Thankful, 
 Nine : Mr. Humble, Ten : Mr. Good-work, Eleven : 
 and Mr. Zeal-for-God, Twelve ; Good men and true, 
 itand together in your verdict ; are you all agreed ? 
 
 Jury. Yes, my lord. 
 
 Clerk. Who (hall fpeak for you ? 
 
 Jury. Our foreman. 
 
 Clerk. You the gentlemen of the jury, being impa- 
 nelled for our Lord the King, to ferve here in a matter 
 of life and death, have heard the trials of each of thefe 
 men the prifoners at the bar : what fay you ? are they 
 guilty of that, and thofe crimes, for which they ftand 
 here indicted, or are they not guilty ? 
 
 Foreman. Guilty, my lord. 
 
 Clerk. Look to your prifoners, Gaoler. 
 
 This was done in the morning, and in the afternoon 
 they received fentence of death according to the law. 
 
 The gaoler, therefore, having received fuch a charge, 
 put them all fn the inward prifon, to preferve them 
 there till the day of execution, which was to be the 
 next morning. ' , 
 
 But now to fee how it happened, one of the pri- Incredulity 
 foners, Incredulity by name, in the interim betwixt fo r " ,pn " 
 the fentence and time of execution, broke prifon and 
 made his efcape, and gets him away quite out of the 
 town of Manfoul, and lay lurking in fuch places and 
 holes as he might, until he fhou'd again have opportu- 
 nity to do the town of Manfoul a mifchief {a) for 
 their thus handling of him as they did. 
 
 Now when Mr. Trueman the gaoler perceived that 
 he had loft his prifoner, he was in a heavy taking, be- 
 caufefo (that prifoner we fpeak of) was the very word 
 of all tho gang : wherefore firft he goes and acquaints 
 
 (a) Unbelief, that giant fin, is a dreadful enemy : difhonours Ood and 
 his word, and often iafsfts the foul till alraoft on the vergofaf immortality. 
 
 Aaf my 
 
i6S T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 my lord mayor, Mr. Recorder, and mv lord Will-be- 
 will with the matter, and to get of them an order to 
 make fearch for him throughout the town of Manfoul. 
 So an order he got, and fearch was made, but no fuch 
 man could now be found in all the town of Manfoul. 
 
 All that Cwuld be gathered, was, that he had lurked 
 awhile about the outnde of the town, and that here and 
 there one or other had a glimpfe of him as he made his 
 efcape out of Manfoul ; one or two alfo affirmed, that 
 they faw him without the town/going apace quite over 
 the plain. Now when he was quite gone, it was af- 
 firmed by one Mr. Didfee, that he ranged all over dry 
 Incredulity places,, til I he met with Diabolus his friend ; and where 
 
 gnes to Dia- r 
 
 bolus j fhculd they meet one another but upon Hell-gate-hill ? 
 
 But Oh ! what a lamentable flory did the old gen- 
 tleman tell to Diabolus, concerning what fad altera- 
 tion Emanuel had made In Manfoul ! (a). 
 
 I nd tel '* As, firft, how Manfoul had, after fome delays, re- 
 
 h;m what ' ' 7 J 7 
 
 Emanuel ceived a general pardon at the hands of Emanuel ; 
 
 hi'lOaaloal. zn ^ tnat tnev na ^ invited him into the town, and had 
 given him the raftle for his pofleflion. He faid more- 
 over, that they had called his foldiers into the town, 
 coveted who fhould quarter the moft of them j they 
 alfo entertained him with the timbrel, fong, and dance. 
 But that, faid Incredulity, that is the foreft vexation 
 to me, that he hath pulled down, O father, thy image, 
 and let up his own ; pulled down thy officers, and fet 
 up his own. Yea, and Will-be- will, that rebel, who, 
 one would have thought, {hould never have turnea from 
 us, is now in as great favour with Emanuel as ever he 
 was with thee. But, befides all this, this Will-be-will 
 has received a fpecial comminion from his Matter, to 
 fearch for, to apprehend, and to put to death, all and all 
 
 F f(a) Ungodly and profane infidels, like Satan, envioufly grieve at the con- 
 [ Hfitfion of ikners, which excites rejoicing and praife in the heavenly hod. 
 
 manner 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 189 
 
 manner of Diabolonians that he fhall find in Manfoul : 
 vea. and this Will- be will has taken and committed 
 to prifon already eight of my lord's moil trufty friends 
 in Manfoul (a) ; nay further, my lord (with grief I 
 fpaak it), they have been all arraigned, condemned, 
 and I doubt, before this, executed in Manfoul. i told 
 my lord of eight ; and myfelf was the ninth, who 
 ftiould afluredly have drunk of the fame cup, but that 
 through craft I have made mine efcape from them. 
 
 When Diabolus had heard this lamentable ftory, he Diabolui 
 
 '. yells at thu 
 
 yelled, and muffed up the wind like a dragon, and new«. 
 made the fky look dark with his roaring : he alfo fware 
 that he would try to be revenged of Manfoul for this. 
 So they concluded to enter into great confutation, 
 how they might get the town of Manfoul again. 
 
 Now before this time the day was come, in which 
 the prifoners in Manfoul were to be executed, Rom. 
 viii. 13. vi. 12, 13, 14. So they were brought to the 
 Crofs, and that by Manfoul, in moft folemn manner : 
 for the Prince faid, that this fhould be dysne by the hand 
 of the town of Manfoul j that I may fee, faid he, the 
 forwardnefs of my now redeemed Manfoul to keep my 
 word, and to do my commandments ; and that I may 
 blefs Manfoul in doing this deed, Gal. v. 24. Proof of 
 fincerity pleafes me well, let Manfoul therefore firft lay 
 their hands upon thefe Diabolonians to deftroy them. 
 
 So the town of Manfoul flew them, according to the 
 word of their Prince : but when the prifoners were 
 brought to the Crofs to die, you can hardly believe 
 what trouble fome work Manfoul had of it to put the 
 Diabolonians to death ; for the men knowing that they 
 muft die, and all of them having implacable enmity in 
 their heart to Manfoul, what did they do but take 
 
 (a) When the will is inclined by grae to bow to ths wil of God, hatred 
 of tin, and lev: to koline.s eafues ; thefe are evidential of wiving fa t r. 
 
 courage 
 
i 9 o T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 courage at the Crofs, and there refill the men of the 
 town of Manfoul I Wherefore the men of Manfoul 
 were forced to cry out for help to the captains and 
 men of war. Now the great Shaddai had a fecretary 
 in the town, and he was a great lover of the men of 
 Manfoul, and he was at the place of execution alfo : 
 fo be hearing the men of Manfoul cry out againft the 
 ftrugglings and unrulinefs of the prifoners, refe up 
 from his place, and catne and put his hands upon the 
 hands of the men of Manfoul (a). So they crucified 
 the Diabolonians that had been a plague, a grief, and 
 an ofrence to the town of Manfoul, Rom. viii. 13. 
 The Prince Now when this good work was done, the Prince 
 comes down came d own to fee, to viflt, to fpeak comfortably to the 
 
 to congrata- ' 7 * ■ 
 
 late th<m, men of Manfoul, and to ftrengthen their hands in fuch 
 
 work. And he faid to them, that by this act of theirs 
 
 he had proved them, and found them to be lovers of 
 
 his perfon, obfervers of his laws, and fuch as had alfo 
 
 Hfpromifes refpedt to his honour. He faid moreover (to fhew 
 
 to make them that they by this fhould noc be lofcrs, nor the 
 
 them a new J J ' 
 
 captain. town of Manfoul weakened by the lofs of them), that 
 he would make them another captain, and that of one 
 of themfelves ; and that this captain mould be the 
 ruler of a thoufand, for the good and benefit of the 
 now flourifhing town of Manfoul. 
 
 So he called one to him whofe name was Waiting, 
 
 and faid to him, Go quickly up to the caftle gate, and 
 
 Ixperienre inquire there for one Mr. Experience, that waiteth upon* 
 
 murt be the ^ nob i e ca p ta in/the captain Credence, and bid him 
 
 new cap- r » r j 
 
 »«in. come hither to me. Ho the meffenger that waited 
 
 upon the good prince Emanuel, went and faid as he 
 
 was commanded. Now the young gentleman was 
 
 waiting to fee the captain train and mufter his meo 
 
 1 
 
 (a) The co-.qucft ef fin cannot be effected by any human or inherent 
 power in us 3 but Chrift, by his almighty Spirit, fubdues it in the heart. 
 
 ill 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 191 
 
 ?n the caftle-yard. Then faid Mr. Waiting to him, 
 Sir, the Prince would that you fhould come down to 
 his Highnefs forthwith. So he brought him down to 
 Emanuel, and he came and made obeifance before 
 him. Now the men of the town knew Mr. Experience 
 well, for he was born and bred in Manfoul ; they alfo Thequalifi. 
 
 " J cations of 
 
 knew him to be a man of conduct, of valour, and a their new 
 perfon prudent in matters ; he was alfo a comely per- captai 
 ion, well fpoken, and very fuccefsful in his under- 
 takings. 
 
 Wherefore the hearts of the townfmen were trans- 
 ported with joy when they faw that the Prince him- 
 felf was fo taken with Mr. Experience, that he would 
 needs make him a captain. 
 
 So with one confenfc they bowed the knee before 
 Emanuel, and with a fhout faid, Let Emanufl live 
 for ever ! Then faid the Prince to the young gentle- 
 man whofe name was Mr. Experience, I have thought 
 good to confer upon thee a place of truft and honour [a) 
 in this my town of Manfoul (then the young man 
 bowed his head and worfhipped) : it is, faid Emanuel, 
 that thou fhouldft be a captain, a captain over a thou- 
 fand men in my beloved town of Manfoul. Then faid 
 the captain, Let the King live ! So the Prince gave out 
 orders forthwith to the King's fecretary, that he ihould 
 draw up for Mr. Experience a commiflion to make him 
 a captain over a thoufand meh ; and let it be brought 
 f*o me, faid he, that I may fet tamyfeal. So it was 
 done as commanded. The commiflion was drawn up, 
 brought to Emanuel, and he fet his feal thereto. 
 
 Then by the hand of Mr. Waiting, he fent it away H ; s c-m- 
 
 , . miffim 
 
 to the captain. fcnt hiffl . 
 
 (a) The happy effect of chriftun experience is, * conviction, by the word 
 and Spirit of revel nion, of our infufiiciency. and Ch. fit's ?!!-fi;fEciency ; tn 
 Jflfight into gofpel myftsrie! j God's vjrac;ty, faith tu Ins Is, imnou'.abili' y, &e. 
 
 Now 
 
Hi- '>nde:- 
 cfhctrs. 
 
 He renews 
 their char- 
 ter. 
 
 192 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Now fo foon as the captain had received his com- 
 miflion, he founded h ; s trumpet for volunteers, and 
 .young men came to him apace ; yea, the greateft and 
 chief men in the town fent their fons to be 'lifted under 
 his Co- ri . .i'j. Thus captain Experience came under 
 command to Emanuel, for the good of the town of 
 Maniuul. He had for his lieutenant one Mr. Skilful, 
 and for his cornet one Mr. Memory. His under- 
 officers I need not name, 1 Sam. xvii. 36, 37. His 
 colours were the White Colours, for the town of Man- 
 foul ; and ihe fcutcheon was the dead lion and the dead 
 bear. So the Prince returned to his royal palace again. 
 
 Now when he was returned thither, the elders of 
 the town of Manfoul, to wit, my lord mayor, the re- 
 corder, and the lord Will be will, went to congratu- 
 late him, and in fpecial way to thank him for his love, 
 care, and the tender compaffion which he fhewed to 
 his ever-obliged town of Manfoul. So after a while, 
 and fome fweet communion between them, the townf- 
 men, having folemnly ended their ceremony, returned 
 to their place again. 
 
 Emanuel alfo appointed them a day wherein he 
 would renew their charter (a), yea, wherein he would 
 renew and enlarge it, mending feveral faults therein, 
 that Manfoul's yoke might be yet more eafy, Heb. viii. 
 13. Mat. xi. and this he did without any defire of 
 theirs, even of his own franknefs and noble mind. 
 So when he had fent for and feen their old one, he laid 
 it by, and laid , " Now that which decayeth and waxeth 
 old, is ready to vanifh away." He faid moreover, 
 The town of Manfoul mail have another, and a better. 
 An epicene whereof take as follows : 
 
 (a) by a .fording, more fweet and appropriating views of Jelus in all hil 
 divine mediatorial offices ; the glory of his perfon and w rk, fuitablt-nefs, 
 and our ifltereft in him is the inexhauftible fource of all covenant-bleffings, 
 
 *' I Emanuel, 
 
Bunyan's HOLY-WAR, with Notes. 
 
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 u * tf ///'■ C >////#** orfh€ *Jv//v/ (>/* Uf/jt.ttw/. . _ 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 193 
 
 " I Emanuel, Prince of peace, and a gn a Iovu of 
 the town of Manfoul, do, in the n ime of my Father, 
 and of my own clemency, ' give, grrnt, and bequeath 
 to my beloved town of Manfoul : (</) 
 
 " Firft, Free and full forgivenefs of all wrongs, in- 
 juries, and offences, done by them againfl my Father* 
 me, their neighbouis, or ihemfelves, Htb. viii. John 
 xvii. 8. 14. 
 
 " Secondly, I do give them the holy law, and my 
 teftament, with all therein contained* for their ever- 
 lafting comfort and consolation, 2 Pet. i. 4. 2 Cor. 
 vi. 1. I John i. 16. 
 
 " Thirdly, I do alfo gire them a portion of the felf- 
 fame o-race and goodnefs that dwells in my Father's 
 heart and mine. 
 
 " Fourthly, I do give, grant, and beftow upon them 
 freely the world, and what is therein, for their good, 
 1 Cor. iii. 21, 22. And they fhall have that power' 
 over it, as (hall (land with the honour of my Father, 
 my glory, and their comfort, yea, I grant them the 
 benefits of life and death, and of things prefent and 
 things to come. This privilege no other city, town, 
 or corporation (hall have, but my Manfoul onr^. 
 
 " Fifthly, I do give and grant them leave, and free 
 accefs to me in my palace at all feafons, there to -rake 
 known their wants to me ; and I give thtm moreover 
 a promife, that I will hear and redrefs all their griev- 
 ances, Heb. x. 19, 20. Matt. vii. 7. 
 
 " Sixthly, I do give, grant to, and inveft the town of 
 Manfoul with, full power and authority to feek cut, 
 take, enflave, and deftroy, all and all manner of Dia- 
 bolonuns, that at any time, from whence soever, I 
 be found ilraggling in or about the town of Manfoul. 
 
 (a) The glorious privileges or t he faints. Mjy .■ • fr.en 
 
 to the glory of God, and the comfort and advantage of our own fouls ! 
 
 B h " Seventhly, 
 
194 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 li Seventhly, I do further grant to my beloved town 
 of Manfoul, that they fhall have authority not to fuf- 
 fer any foreigner or ftranger, or their feed, to be fret 
 in and of the bleffed town of Manfoul, nor to fhare 
 in the excellent privileges thereof: but that all the 
 grants, privileges, and immunities, that I beftow upon 
 the famous town of Manfoul, fhall be for thofe the 
 old natives, and true inhabitants thereof; to them, I 
 fay, and to their right i~L. d after them, Eph. iv. 22. 
 Col. iii. 5—9. But all Diabolonians, of what fort, 
 birth, country, or kingdom foever, fhall be debarred 
 a fhare therein." 
 
 So when the town of Manfoul had received their 
 gracious charter (which in itfelf is infinitely more 
 large), they carried it to Audience, that is, to the 
 market place, and there Mr. Recorder read it in the 
 prefence of all the people, 2 Cor. iii. 5. Jer. xxxi. 33. 
 Their cbar- Heb. viii. ic. This being done, it was had back to 
 
 ter fet upon . ■ ,_ , , , r . , , 
 
 the caftie- the cajtle- gates, and there fairly engraven upon the 
 * ate8, doors thereof, and laid in letters of gold, to the end 
 
 that the town of Manfoul, with all the people there- 
 of, might have it always in their view, or might go 
 where they might fee what a bleiTed freedom their 
 Prince had beflowtd upon them, that their jov mi^ht 
 be increafed in themfelves, and their love renewed to 
 their great and good Emanuel. 
 
 But what joy, what comfort, what confolation, 
 think you, did now polTefs the hearts of the men of 
 Manfoul ! The bells rung, the minftrels played, the 
 people danced, the captains fhouted, the colours waved 
 in the wind, the filver trumpets founded, and all the 
 Diabolonians now were glad to hide their heads. 
 
 When this was over, the Prince fent for the elders 
 of Manfoul, and communed with them about a mi- 
 niftry he intended to eftablifh among them ; fuch a 
 miniftry, that might open unto them, and instruct 
 
 them, 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 195 
 
 them in. the things that concerned their prefent and 
 
 future ftate {a) ; for, faid he, you, of yourfelves, . 
 
 unlefs you have teachers and guides, will not be able 
 
 to know, and, if not to know, to be fure not to do, 
 
 the will of my Father, Jer. x. 23. 1 Cor. ii. 14. 
 
 At this news, when the elders of Manfoul brought Thecom - 
 
 moo good 
 
 it to the people, the whole town came running toge- thoughts, 
 ther (for it pleafed them well, as whatever the Prince 
 now did, pleafed the people), and all with one. con- 
 fen t implored his Majefty, that he would forthwith 
 eftablifh fuch a miniftry among them, as might teach 
 them both law and judgment, ftatute and command- 
 ment j that they might be documented in all good and 
 wholfome things. So he told them he would grant 
 their requefts j and would eftablifh two among them, 
 one that was of his Father's court, and one that was 
 a native of Manfoul. 
 
 He that is from the court, faid he, is a perfon of no 
 lefs quality and dignity than my Father and I, 2 Pet. 
 i. 21. 1 Cor. ii. 10. John i. 1. v. 7. And he is the 
 Lord chief Secretary of my Father's houfe ; for he is, 
 and always has been, the chief dictator of all my Fa- 
 ther's laws ; a perfon well fkilled in all myfteries, and 
 knowledge of myfteries, as is my Father, or as myfelf 
 is. Indeed he is one with us in nature, and alfo as to 
 loving of, and being faithful to, and in theeternal con- 
 cerns of, the town of Manfoul. 
 
 And this' is he, faid the Prince, that muft be your 
 chief teacher ; for 'tis he, and he only, that can teach 
 you clearly in all high and fupernatural things: he, 
 and he only, it is, that knows the ways and methods 
 of my Father's court ; nor can any, like him, mew 
 how the heart of my Father is at all times, in all things, 
 upon all occafions, towards Manfoul (for, (i as no man 
 
 («) The Spirit of all wifdom, truth, and graee, influencing the coafcience. 
 
 B b 2 ■ knows 
 
iq6 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 knows the things of a man, but the fpirit of a man 
 which is in him," John xiv. 26. xvi. 13. 1 John ii. 
 27. fo the things of my Father knows no man, but 
 this I. is h.^h and mighty Secretary ; nor can any (as 
 hi) tell Manfoul how and what they fhall do, to keep 
 themfe'.v s in the love of my Father. He alfo iris 
 that can bring left things to your remembrance, and 
 that can tell you things to come. This teacher, there- 
 fore, muif: have the preheminence (both in our affec- 
 tions and judgment) before your other teacher; his 
 perfonal dignity, the excellency of his teaching, alfo 
 the- great dexterity that he hath to affifl: you to make 
 and draw up petitions to my Father for your help, and 
 to his pleafing, muft lay obligations upon you to love 
 him, fear him, and to take heed that you grieve him 
 not, 1 ThelT. i. 5, 6. 
 
 This Perfon can put life and vigour into all he fays ; 
 yea, and can alfo put it into your heart, A6ts xxi. 10, 
 11. This Perfon can make feers of you, and can 
 make you tell what fhall be hereafter, Jude 20. Eph. 
 vi. 18. Rom. viii. it). Rev. ii. 'J,.n, 17, 29. Eph. 
 iv. 0. Ifa. lxiii. io. By this Perfon, you muft frame 
 all your petitions to my Father and Me ; and without 
 his advice and counfel lirft obtained, let nothing enter 
 into the town or caftle of V.anfoul, for that may dif- 
 guff and gr eve this noble Perfon. 
 
 Take hee-l, I fay, that you do not grieve this mi- 
 nifter; for if you do, he may fight againft you ; and 
 fhould he once be moved by you to fet h ; mfelf againft 
 you in battle-arrays that will diftrefs you more than if 
 twelve legions fhould be fent from my Father's court 
 to make war upon you. 
 
 But (as I faid) if you fhall hearken unto him, and 
 {hill love him; if you fhall devote yourfelves to his 
 teaching, and fhall feek to have converfe, and to main- 
 communion with him ; you fhall find him ten 
 
 times 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 197 
 
 times better than is the whole world to any, 1 Cor./ 
 xiii. 14. Rom. y. 5. Yea, he will fhed abroad the 
 love of my Father in your hearts, and Manfoul will 
 be the wifeft and molt bleffed of all people. 
 
 Then did the Prince call unto him the old gentle- Confcience 
 man, who afore had been the recorder of Manfoul, Mr. n i fter# 
 Confcience by name, and told him, that forafmuch as 
 he was well fkilled in the law and government of the 
 town of Manfoul, and was alfo well fpoken, and 
 could pertinently deliver to them his Mailer's will in 
 all terrene and domeftic matters, therefore he would 
 alfo make him a minifter for, in, and to the goodly 
 town of Manfoul, in all the laws, ftatutes, and judg- 
 ments of the famous town of Manfoul. And thou 
 muft, faid the Prince, confine thyfelf to the teaching 
 of moral virtues, to the civil and natural duties ; but 
 thou muft not attempt or prefume to be a revealer of 
 thofe high and fupernatural myfteries that are kept 
 clofe in the bofom of Shaddai my Father, for thofe 
 things knoweth no man, nor can any reveal them 
 but my Father's Secretary only. Thou art a native of 
 the town of Manfoul, but the Lord Secretary is a 
 native with my Father ; wherefore, as thou haft know- 
 ledge of the laws and cuftoms of the corporation, fo 
 he of the things and will of my Father, 
 
 Wherefore, Oh Mr. Confcience, although I have 
 made thee minifter and a preacher to the town oi Man- 
 foul, yet as to the things which the Lord Secretary 
 knoweth, and lhall teach to this people, there thou 
 muft be his fchoiar, and a learner, even as the r^ft of 
 of .Manfoul are (a). Thou muft, therefore, in all hi^h 
 and fupernatural th : ngs, go to him for information ; 
 for though there be a fpirit in man, this Perfo 
 fpiration muft ^ive him underft inding, Job xxviii, 8. 
 
 (<0 Confcience muft be in <uboi«,Hation to the ail wife S 
 
 Where- 
 
198 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Wherefore, O thou Mr. Recorder, be humble, and re- 
 member, that the Diabolonians, that kept not their firfl 
 charge, but left their own {landing, are now made pri- 
 foners in the pit. Be therefore content with thy flation. 
 
 His power \ h ave made thee my Father's vicegerent on earth, 
 is Manfoul. . . 3 b 
 
 in fuch things of which I have made mention before. 
 
 And take thou power to teach them to Manfoul, yea, 
 and to impofe them with whips and chafliferrients, if 
 they fhall not willingly hearken to do thy command- 
 ments. And, Mr. Recorder, becaufe thou art old and 
 feeble, therefore I give thee leave and licenfe to go 
 when thou wilt to my fountain, my conduit, and there 
 to drink freely of the blood of my grape (a), for my 
 conduit doth always run wine, Heb. ix. 14. Thus 
 doing, thou malt drive from thy heart and ftomach all 
 foul, grofs, and hurtful humours. It will alfo lighten 
 thine eyes, and ftrengthen thy memory for the recep- 
 tion and keeping. of all that the King's moll noble 
 Secretary teacheth. 
 
 When the Prince had thus put Mr. Recorder (that 
 once fo was) into the place and office of a minifter of 
 Manfoul, and the man had thankfully accepted there- 
 of, then did Emanuel addrefs himfelf to the townf- 
 . men themfelves. 
 TTiePrince** < Behold (faid the Prince to Manfoul) my love and 
 Manfoul. care towards you ; I have added to all that is paft 
 this mercy, to appoint you preachers, the moft noble 
 Secretary, to teach you in all fublime myfteries ; and 
 this gentleman (pointing to Mr. Confcience) is to 
 teach you in all things human and domeflic, for 
 therein lieth his work. He is not, by what I have 
 faid, debarred of telling to Manfoul any thing that 
 he hath heard from the lord high Secretary ; only he 
 
 («) We have continual need of the application of Chrift's atoning blood, 
 thro' the eternal Spirit, to oardon fin, and purify the confcience. 
 
 fhall 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. i 99 
 
 {hall not attempt, or prefume to pretend, to be a re- 
 vealer of thofe high myfteries himfelf; for the break- 
 ing of them up, and the difcovery of them to Manfoul^ 
 lieth only jn the power, authority, and fkill of the 
 lord high Secretary himfelf. Talk of them he may, Alicenfct* 
 and fo may the reft of the town of Manfoul, as they Mdnfoul * 
 have opportunity, prefs them upon each other for the 
 benefit of the whole. Thefe things I would have you 
 obferve and do ; for it is for your life, and the length- 
 ening of your days (a). 
 
 * And one thing more to my beloved town of Man- 
 foul : You muft not dwell in, nor ftay upon, any 
 thing of that which he hath in commiffion to teach you 
 as to your truft and expectation of the next world : 
 of the next world, I fay ; for I propofe to give an- 
 other to Manfoul, when this with them is worn out, but 
 for that you muft wholly and folely have recourfe to, 
 and make ftay upon this doctrine, that is your teacher 
 after the firft order. Yea, Mr. Recorder himfelf muft 
 n»t look for life from that which he himfelf revealeth j 
 his dependence for that muft be founded in the doc- 
 trine of the other preachers. Let Mr. Recorder alfo 
 take heed that he receive not any doctrine, or point 
 of doctrine, that is not communicated to'him by his 
 fuperior Teacher, nor yet within the precincts of his • 
 own formal knowledge.' 
 
 Now after the Prince had thus fettled things in the He gives 
 famous town of Manfoul, he proceeded to give th? ^ e n m a " ut 
 elders of the corporaton a necef: \ry caution, to wit, thecaptain*. 
 how they fhould carry it to the noble captains that he 
 had fent or brought with him, from his Father's court, 
 to the famous town of Manfoul. ' Thefe captains, 
 faid he, love the town of Manfoul, and they are men 
 pick'd out of abundance, as men that beft fuit 3 and 
 
 («) From obedience to God's commands, true happinefs flows. 
 
 that 
 
200 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 that will moft faithfully ferve in the wars of Shaddai 
 
 againft the Diabolonians, for the prefervation of the 
 
 town of Manfoul. I charge you, therefore, faid he, 
 
 O ye inhabitants of the now flourifhing town of 
 
 Manfoul, that you carry it not untowardly to my 
 
 captains or their men ; fince they are pick'd and choice 
 
 men, men chofen out of many for the good of the 
 
 town of Manfoul. I fay, I charge you, that you 
 
 carry it not untowardly to them ; for tho' they have 
 
 the hearts and faces of lions, when at any time they 
 
 fhall be called forth to engage and fight with the 
 
 King's foes, and the enemies of the town of Man- 
 to ' 
 
 foul, yet a little difcountenance caft upon them from 
 the town of Manfoul will deject and caft down their 
 faces, will weaken and take away their courage. Do, 
 not, therefore, carry it unkindly to my valiant cap- 
 tains and courageous men of war, but love them, 
 nourifh them, fuccour them, and lay them to your 
 bofoms, and they will' not only fight for you, but 
 caufe to fly from you all thofe Diabolonians that feek, 
 and will, if poflible, prove your utter deftruction. 
 
 ' If, therefore, any of them fbould at any time be 
 fick or weak, and fo not able to perform that office of 
 love which with all their hearts they are willing to do 
 (and will do alfo when well and in health), Heb. xii. 
 12. Ifa. xxxv. 3. flight them not, nor defpife them, 
 but rather flrengthen and encourage them, tho' weak 
 and ready to die ; for they are your fence and your guard, 
 your walls, gates, locks, and bars, Rev. iii. 2. 1 ThefT. 
 v. 14. (a). And altho' when they are weak they can do 
 but little, but rather need to be helped by you, than 
 that you mould then expect: great things from them ; 
 yet when well, you know what exploits and warlike 
 atchievements they can do, and will perform for you. 
 
 («) Gofpel ntiftifters are to b« efteemed, for their eminent ufefulnefs. 
 
 « JBefides, 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 201 
 
 cc Befides, if they be weak, the town of Manfoul j 
 cannot be ftrong ; if they be ftrong, then Manfoul can- 
 not be weak : your fafety therefore doth lie in their 
 health, and in your countenancing them. Remember 
 alfo, that if they be fick, they catch that difeafe of the 
 town of Manfoul itfeif. 
 
 <c Thefe things I have faid unto you, becaufr I love 
 your welfare, and your honour : obferve therefore, Oh 
 my Manfoul, to be punctual in ail things that 1 have 
 given in charge unto you, and that not only as a town 
 corporate, and fo to your officers and guard and guides 
 in chief, but to you as you are a people who r e well- 
 being, as iingle pcrfons, depends on the obfervation 
 of the orders and comtnahdmentj of their Lord. Next, A esMHra 
 Oh my Manfoul, I warn vou of that, of which, not- D ,, 
 withftandino- the reformation that is at orefent wrought aris : ^ at . > e 
 
 « ° remain in 
 
 among you, you have need to be warned about; Manfoul.' 
 wherefore hearken diligently unto mc. I am now 
 fure, and you will know hereafter, that there are yet 
 fome Diabclonians remaining in the town of Man- 
 foul (rf) ; Diabolonians that arefturdv ^nd implacable, 
 and that do already while I am yet with you, and that 
 will yet more when I am from you, ftudy, plot, con- 
 trive, invent, and jointlv attempt to bring you to def- 
 lation, and fo to a Irate far worfe than that of Egyp- 
 tian bondage j they are the avowed friends of Diabo- 
 lus, therefore look about vou, Matt. vii. 21. 22. 
 They ufed, therefore, to lodge with their Prince in 
 the cattle, when Incredulity was lord mayor of this 
 town ; but fince my coming hither, the" lie more in 
 the outfides and walls, and have made themfelves dens 
 and caves and holes and ftrong-holds therein, Rom. 
 vii. 18. Wherefore, Oh Manfoul, thy work as to 
 
 (<j) The Canaanit^s ar; ftili in the la^id ; the lev.* end dcminljn of fin 
 pan only be iubducJ by diviu.- grace, friro' faith and ft >y r. 
 
 C c thifj 
 
202 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 this, will be fo much the more difficult and hard ; that 
 is, to take, mortify, and put them to death, according 
 to the will of my Father. Nor can you utterly rid 
 yourfelves of them, unlefs you fhould pull down the 
 walls of your town, the which I am by no means 
 willing you fhould. Do you afk me, What {hall we 
 then do ? Why, be you diligent, and quit you like 
 men j obfervc their holds, find out their haunts, af- 
 fault them, and make no peace with them : where- 
 ever they haunt, 'lurk, or abide, and what terms of 
 peace foever they offer you, abhor; and all fhall be 
 well betwixt you and me. And that you may the 
 better know them from the natives of Manfoul, I 
 will give you this brief fchedule of the names of the 
 chief of them ; and they are thefe that follow : The 
 The names ] rd Fornication, the lord Adultery, the lord Murder, 
 the Diabo- the lord Anger, the lord Lafcivioufnefs, the lord Dc- 
 jonians ; n ce ; r tne j orc i Evil-eye, Mr. Drunkennefs, Mr. Re- 
 
 Miiniou 1 , 
 
 veiling, Mr. Idolatry, Mr. Witchcraft, Mr. Vari- 
 ance, Mr. Emulation, Mr. Wrath, Mr. Strife, Mr. 
 Sedition, and Mr. Herefy (<?}. Thefe are fome of the 
 chief, O Manfoul, of thofe that will feek to overthrow 
 thee for ever : thefe, I fay, are the fkulkers in Man- 
 foul ; but look well into the law of thy King, and 
 thou {halt find their phyfiognomy, and fuch other cha- 
 racteriftical notes of them, whereby they maybe known. 
 Thefe, O my Manfoul (and I would gladly that you 
 {hould certainly know it), if they be fuffered to run, 
 and range about the town as they wifh, would quickly, 
 like vipers, eat out your bowels, yea poifon your cap- 
 tains, cut the finews of your foldiers, break the bars and 
 bolts of your gates, and turn your now moft flourifhing 
 Manfoul into a barren, defolate wildernefs and ruinous 
 heap. Wherefore, that you may take courage lo your- 
 
 (w) Set thefe cr.mijes (dill lurking within) noticed in CjI. v. 19—21. 
 
 1'elves 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 203 
 
 il'lves to apprehend thefe villains where-ever you find 
 
 them, I give to you my lord-mayor, my lord Will- A :Mmit 
 
 be- will, and Mr. Recorder, with all the inhabitants fl ° oy the " 
 
 of the town of Manfoul, full power and commiffion D . iab *> !o - 
 
 r man*. 
 
 to feek out, to take, and caufe to be put to death by 
 the crofs, all manner of Diabolonians, where-ever you 
 fhall find them lurk within or without the walls of the 
 town of Manfoul. I told you before, that I had placed 
 a {landing miniftry among you ; not that you have but 
 thefe with you, for my four firft captains, who came 
 againft the mafter and lord of the Diabolonians that 
 was in Manfoul, they can, and (if need be) if they 
 be required, will not only privately inform, but pub- 
 licly preach to the corporation, good and wholfom 
 doctrine : yea, they will fet up a weekly, and, if need 
 be, a daily lecture in thee, Oh Manfoul ! and will in- 
 fhuct thee in fuch profitable leffons, that, if attended 
 to, will do thee good at the end. And take good heed 
 that you fpare not the men whom you have a commif- 
 fion to take and crucify. 
 
 i Now as I have fet before your eyes the vagrants and A «uilo», 
 runagates by name, fo I will tell you, that among 
 yourfelves fome of them fhall creep in to beguile you, 
 even fuch as would feem, and that in appearance are, 
 Very rife and hot for religion [a) : and they, if vou 
 watch not, will do you a mifchief, fuch an one as you 
 do not think of. Thefe will fhew themfclves to you 
 in another hue than thofe under the defcription before ; 
 wherefore watch and be fober, and fuffer not thyfelf 
 to be betrayed.' 
 
 When the Prince had thus far new-modelled the 
 town of Manfoul, and had inftru&ed them in fuch 
 matters as were profitable for them to know ; then he 
 appointed another day, on which he intended, when 
 
 •m 
 
 (u) Such are felf-righteoufnefs, fpiritual pride, vain-glory, and the like. 
 
 C c 2 the 
 
2C 4 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 A-iothfr the townsfolk came together, to beftow a further badge 
 Mani'oul. ' °^ honour upon the town of Manfoul : a badge that 
 fhould diftin^uifh them from all people, kindreds, and 
 tongues, that dvyell in the kingdom of Univerfe. Now 
 it was not long before the clay appointed, came, and 
 the Prince and the people met in the King's place, 
 where firft Emanuel made a fhort fpeech unto them, 
 and then did for them as he had faid, and unto them 
 he had promifed. 
 Hi. >r f «h 4 jyj y Manfoul, faid he, that which I now am about 
 
 to do, is, to m;ike you known to the world to be mine, 
 and to diftinguim you alfo in your own eyes, from all 
 falfe traitors that may creep in among you.' 
 
 Then he commanded that thofe that waited upon 
 him fhould go and bring forth out of his treafury 
 thofe white glittering robes that I, faid he, have pro- 
 vided and laid up in ftore for my Manfoul. So the 
 white garments were fetched, and laid forth to the 
 eyes of the people, Rev. xix. 8. Moreover, it was 
 granted to them, that they fhould take them and put 
 them on. So the people were put into white, into 
 fine linen, white and clean (<?). 
 
 Then faid the Prince unto them, c This, O Man- 
 foul, is my livery, and the badge by which mine are 
 known from the fervants of others. Yea, it is that 
 which I grant to all that are mine, and without which 
 no man is permitted to fee my face. Wear them, 
 th tefore, for my fake who gave them unto you ; and 
 alio if you would be known by the world to be mine.' 
 
 But now, can you think how Manfoul fhone f It 
 was fair as the fun, clear as the moon, and terrible as 
 an army wi :h banners. 
 
 The Prince added further, and faid, c No prince, 
 potentate, or mighty ore of Univerfe, giveth this li- 
 
 . — ■ ■> 
 
 {a) Holifleftj imputed ana lm; vtcj, 
 
 very 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 205 
 
 very but myfelf: behold, therefore, as I faid before, 
 you fhall be known by it to be mine. 
 
 6 And now, faid he, I have given you my livery, 
 let me give you alio in commandment concerning them: , 
 and be fure that you take good heed to my words. 
 
 ' Firft, Wear them daily, day by day, left you fhould 
 at fomc times appear to others as if you were none of 
 mine,' Eccl. ix. 8.. 
 
 ' Secondly, Keep them always white : for if they 
 beToiled, it is difhonour to me,' Rev. iii. 2. 
 
 * Thirdly, Wherefore gird them up from the ground, . 
 and let them not be foiled with duft or dirt. 
 
 4 Fourthly, Take heed that you lofe them not, left 
 you walk naked, and they fce your fhame (a). 
 
 6 Fifthly, But if you fhould fully them, if you 
 fhould defile them (the which I am unwilling you 
 fhould, and the prince Diabolus would be glad if you 
 would), Rev. vii. 14 — 17. then fpeed to do that which 
 is written in my law, that yet you may frand, and not 
 fall before me, and before my throne, Luke xxi. 36. 
 Alfo this is the way to caufe that I may not leave you 
 nor forfake you while here, but dwell in this town of 
 Manfoul for ever.* 
 
 And now was Manfoul, and the inhabitants of it, The glo- 
 as the fignet upon Emanuel's right-hand : where "f Manfcrfj 
 was there now a town, a city, a corporation, that 
 could compare with Manfoul ! A town redeemed from 
 the hand and from the power of Diabolus ! A town 
 that the king Shaddai loved, and that he fent Ema- 
 nuel to regain from the prince of the infernal cave j 
 yea, a town that Emanuel loved to dwell in, and that 
 he chofe for his royal habitation ; a town that he for- 
 tified for himfelf, and made ftrong by the force of his 
 
 {a) Sin is difgraccful to profeflors, wounds confeiene?, is dishonourable to 
 chrifhanity, und grieves the holy Spirit, 
 
 arm. 
 
io6 THEHOLYWAR, 
 
 «rm. What fliall I fay ! Manfoul has now a moft 
 excellent prince, golden captains and men of war, 
 weapons proved, and garments as white as fnow. Nor 
 are thefe benefits to be counted little, but great ; cart 
 Manfoul efteem them fo, and improve them to that end 
 and purpofe for which they are beftowed upon them. 
 
 When the Prince had thus completed the modelling 
 of the town, to fhew that he had great delight in the 
 works of his hands, and took pleafure in the good 
 that he had wrought for the famous and flourifhing 
 Manfoul, he commanded and they fet his ftandard 
 upon the5battlements of the cafile. And then, 
 
 Firft, He gave them frequent vifits, not a day now 
 but the elders of Manfoul mull come to him (or he 
 to them) into his palace, 2 Cor, vi. 16. Now they 
 muft: walk together, and talk of all the great things 
 that he had done (# ), and yet further promifed to do 
 for the famous town of Manfoul. Thus would he 
 often do with the lord mayor, my lord Will-be-will, 
 and the honeft fubordinatc preacher Mr. Confcience, 
 and Mr. Recorder. But Oh how gracioufly, how lov- 
 ingly, how courteoufly and tenderly, did this blefTed 
 Prince carry it towards the town of Manfoul ! In all 
 the ftreets, gardens, orchards, and other places where 
 he came, to be fure the poor fhould have his blelling 
 and benediction : yea, he would kifs them, and, if 
 they were ill, he would lay hands on them, and make 
 them well. The captains alfo he would daily, yea 
 fometimes hourly, encourage with his prefence and 
 goodly words : for you muft know, that a fmile from 
 him upon them would put more vigour, life, and ftout- 
 nefs into them, than any thing elfe under heaven. 1 
 
 The Prince would now alfo feaft them, and be with 
 them continually; hardly a week would pafs, but a 
 
 (<») Jefus, and bis falvation, fhculd be our conftant theme. Pf. >*vi. 16. 
 
 banquet 
 
By Mr. J OH N BUNYA N. ioj" 
 
 banquet mull be had betwixt him and them, i Cor. 
 v. 8. You may remember, that fome pages before we 
 made mention of one feaft that they had together, but 
 now to feaft them was a thing more common j every 
 day with Manfoul was a feaft-day now. Nor did he, 
 when they returned to their places, fend them empty- 
 away ; either they muft have a ring (#), a gold 
 chain (£), a bracelet (c), a white flonc (d) y or fome- 
 thing ; fo dear was Manfoul to him now, fo lovely 
 was Manfoul in his eyes. 
 
 Secondly, When the elders and townfmen did not 
 come to him, he would fend in much plenty of pro- 
 vifion upon them ; meat that came from court, wine 
 and bread that were prepared for his Father's table : 
 yea, fuch delicates would he fend unto them, and 
 therewith would fo cover their table, that whoever 
 faw it, confeflcd that the like could not be feen in any 
 kingdom. 
 
 Thirdly, If Manfoul did not frequently vifit him as 
 he defired they mould, he would walk out to them, 
 knock at their doors, and defire entrance, that amity 
 might be maintained betwixt them and him j if they 
 .heard and opened to him, as commonly they would if 
 they were at home, then would he renew his former 
 love, and confirm it too, with fome new tokens, and 
 iigns of continued favour, Rev, iii. 20. Cant. v. 2. 
 
 And was it not now amazing to tehold, that in that Manfoul'* 
 very place where fometimes Diabolus had his abode, 8 ° ry * 
 and entertained the Diabolonians, to the almoft utter 
 deftru&ion of Manfoul, the Prince of princes mould 
 fit eating and drinking with them, while all his mighty 
 captains, men of war, trumpeters, with the finging- 
 menand finging- women of his Father, itood round about 
 
 (a) A token of marriage. (£) A token of honour. (c) A token 
 
 •f beauty. (</) A token of pardon. 
 
«o8 THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 to wait upon them ! Now did ManfouFs cup run over, 
 now did her conduits run fweet wine, now did fhe eat 
 the fineft of the wheat, and drink milk and honey out 
 of th<- Rock! Now €ne faid, How great is his good- 
 nefs ! tor fince I found favour in his eyes, how ho- 
 nourable have I been ! 
 
 The blelTcd Prince alfo ordained a new officer in 
 the town, Col. iii. 15. and a goodly perfon he was, 
 his name was Mr. God's peace (n) $ this man was fet 
 over my lord Will*be-will, my lord mayor, Mr. Re- 
 corder the fubordntate preacher, Mr. Mind, and over 
 all the natives of the town of Man :1ml. Him&lf was 
 not a native of it, but came with the prince Emanuel 
 from the court. He was a great acquaintance of cap- 
 tain Credence and captain Good-hope - t fome fay they 
 were akin, and I am of that opinion too, Rom. xv. 13. 
 This, man, as I faid, was made governor of the town 
 in general, specially over the caflle, and captain Cre- 
 dence was to help him there. .And I made great ob- 
 servations of it, that fo long as all things went in iVlan- 
 foul as this fwect-natured gentleman would, the town 
 was in moft happy condition. Now there were no jars, 
 no chidings, no interfering, no unfaithful doings, 
 in all the town of Manfoul ; every man in Manfoul 
 kept clofe to his own employment. The gentry, the 
 officers, the foldiers, and all in place, obferved their 
 Holy con- order. And as for the women and children of the 
 and good town, they followed their bufinefs joyfully, they would 
 thoughts. WO rk and fing from morning till night ; fo that quite 
 through the town of Manfoul now nothing was to be 
 found but harmony, quietnefs, joy, and health ; and 
 this lafted all that fummer. But there was a man in 
 the town of Manfoul, and his name was Mr. Carnal- 
 fecurity : this man, after all the mercy beftowed upon 
 
 (<a) A fcaf; c^pidon produces peace, l.cpe, love ; fiji»l f«ar, fcc. 
 
 this 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 2©$ 
 
 this corporation, brought the town of Manfoul into 
 great and grievous flavery and bondage (a). A brief ac- 
 count of him, and of his doings, take as followeth : 
 
 When Diabolus at firft took pofTefilon of the town Theory of 
 of Manfoul, he brought thither with himfelf a great fecurity.. 
 number of Diabolonians, men of his own conditions. 
 Now among thefe there was one whofe name was Mr. Mr. Self- 
 Self conceit ; and a notable bnfk man he was, as any toncelU i 
 that in thofe days pofTefled the town of Manfoul. Dia- 
 bolus, then, perceiving this man to be active and bold, 
 fent him upon many defperate defigns : the which he 
 managed better, and more to the pleafmg of his lord, 
 than moft that came with him from the dens could do. 
 Wherefore finding him fo fit for his purpofe, he pre- 
 ferred him, and made him next to the great lord Will- 
 be-will, of whom we have fpoken fo much before. 
 Now the lord Will- be- will, being in thofe days very- 
 well pleafed with him and with his achievements, gave 
 him his daughter, the lady Fear-nothing, to wife. 
 Now of my lady Fear- nothing did this Mr. Self- Carnai-feeu; 
 conceit beget this gentleman Mr. Carnal -fecurity. g^*. "* 
 Wherefore there being then in Manfoul thofe ftrange 
 kind of mixtures, it was hard for them, in fome cafes, 
 to find out who were natives, who not ; for Mr. 
 Carnal-fecurity fprang from my lord Will-be-will by 
 mother's fide, tho' he had for his father a Diabolonian 
 by nature. 
 
 Well, this Carnal-fecurity took much after his fa- H ; 'quH- 
 ther and mother : he was felf- conceited, he feared no- KS * 
 thing, he was alfo a very bufy man ; nothing of news, 
 nothing of dodirine, nothing of alteration or talk of 
 alteration, could at any time be on foot in Manfoul, 
 but Mr. Carnal-fecurity would be at the head or tail 
 of it. But to be fure he would decline thofe that he 
 
 {a) By rcfting in comforts, and not living on Chrift by faith. 
 
 D u dcem^i 
 
2/o THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 deemed the weakell", and flood always with them (in 
 his way of ftanding) that he fuppofed was the ftrongefl 
 fide. 
 
 Now when Shaddai the mighty, and Emanuel 
 his Son, made war upon Manfoul to take it, this Mr. 
 Canral-f.curity was thin in the town, and was a great 
 doer among the people, encouraging them in theft" re- 
 bellion, and. putting them upon hardening themfelves 
 in their refitting the King's forces i but when he faw 
 that ihe town of Manfoul was taken and converted to 
 the ufe of the glorious Prince Emanuel ; and when he 
 alfo fiw what was become of Diabolus, and how he was 
 unrooifjd, and made to quit the caftle in the greateft 
 contempt and fcorn ; and that the town of Manfoul 
 was well lined with captains, engines of war, and men, 
 and alfo provifion ; what doth he but wheel about alfo, 
 and, as he had ferved Diabolus againft the good Prince, 
 fo he feigned that he would ferve the Prince againft 
 his foes ; and, having got feme little fmattering of 
 Emanuel's things by the end (being bold), he ven- 
 tures himfelf into the company of the townfmen, and 
 attempts alio to chat among them. Now he knew 
 that the power and flrength of the town of Manfoul 
 was great, and that it could not but be pleafing to the; 
 people, if he cried up their might and their glory ; 
 JTow Mr. wherefore he beginneth his tale with the power and 
 rity b^ins * ftrength of Manfoul, and afErmeth, that it was im- 
 *'**?■ pregnable [a) j now magnifying the captains, and 
 their flings, and their rams, then crying up their for- 
 tifications and flrong holds ; and, laftly, the afTurance 
 that they had from their Prince, that%lanfoul fhould 
 be happy for ever. But when he faw that fome of the 
 men of the town were tickled and taken with this dif- 
 icourfe, he makes it his bufinefs, and, walking from 
 
 (a) EcwarC; as a pardoned f.r.r;er, of pride and felf'fufikiebcy, 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 211 
 
 ftreet to ftreet, houfe to houfe, and man to man, he 
 brought alfo Manfoul to dance after his pipe, and to 
 grow almoft as carnally-fecure as himfelf ; fo from 
 talking they went to fearing, 'and from feafting to 
 fporting, and fo to fome other matters (now Emanuel 
 was yet in the town of Manfoul, and he wifely ob-* 
 ferved their doings) : my lord mayor, my lord Will- 
 be-will, and Mr. Recorder, were alfo taken with the 
 words of this tattling Diabolonian gentleman ; for- 
 getting that their Prince had given them warning be- 
 fore, to take heed that they were not beguiled with 
 any Diabolonian Height ; he had further told them, 
 that the fecurity of the now flourifliing town of Man- 
 foul did not fo much lie in her prefent fortifications 
 and force (rf), as in her fo ufing of what fhe had, as 
 might oblige her Emanuel to abide within her caftlc. 
 For the right doctrine of Emanuel was, that the 
 town of Manfoul mould take heed that they forget not 
 his Father's love and his ; alfo that they fhould fo de- 
 mean themfelves as to continue to keep themfelves 
 therein. Now this was not the way to do it, namely, 
 to fall in love with one of the Diabolonians, and with 
 fuch an one too as Mr. Carnal-fecurity was, and to be 
 led up and down by the nofc by him : they fhould have 
 heard their Prince, feared their Prince, loved their 
 Prince, and have ftoned this naughty pack to death, 
 and taken care to have walked in the ways of their 
 Prince's prefcribing ; for then fhould their peace have 
 been as a river, when their righteoufnefs had been like 
 the waves of th£ fea. 
 
 Now when EIianuel perceived that thro' the policy 
 of Mr. Carnal-fecurity the hearts of the men of Man- 
 foul were chilled and abated in their practical love to 
 him; ' 
 
 {a) We muft not troft in ourfelves, but derive all help from Jefu«. 
 
 D d 2 Firfr, 
 
212 'THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Tmawuri. Firfh he bemoans them, and bewails their ftate with 
 Maaipji. theSecretary, faying, " O that my people had hearkened 
 unto me, and that Manfoul had walked in my ways ! 
 I would have fed them with the fineft of the wheat, 
 and with honey out of the rock would I have fuftained 
 them." This done, he faid in his heart, I will return 
 to the court, and go to my place, till Manfoul fhall 
 confider and acknowledge their offence («). And he 
 did 10, and the caufe and manner of his going away 
 from theni was thus, for that Manfoul declined him, 
 as is manifeft in thefe particulars : 
 
 i. They left off their former way of vifiting him, 
 they came not to his royal palace as afore. 
 
 2. They did not regard, nor yet take no.tice, that 
 he came, or came not to vifit them. 
 
 3. The love-feafts that had wont to be between 
 their Prince and them, tho' he made them ftill, and 
 called them to them, yet they neglected to come to 
 them, or to be delighted with them. 
 
 4. They waited not for his counfel, but began to 
 be headftrong and confident in themfelves, concluding 
 that now they were ftrong and invincible, and that 
 Manfoul was fecure, and beyond all reach of the foe, 
 and that her ftate muft needs be unalterable for ever. 
 
 Now, as was faid, Emanuel, perceiving, that, by 
 the craft of Mr. Carnal-fecurity, the town of Man- 
 foul was taken off from their dependence upon him, 
 and upon his Father by him, and fet upon what by 
 them was bellowed upon it ; he firft, as- I faid, be- 
 moaned their ftate ; then he ufed means to make them 
 underftand that the way they went fcn in was dan- 
 gerous : for he fent my lord high Secretary to them, 
 to for.bid them fuch ways ; but twice when he came 
 to them, he found them at dinner in Mr. Carnal- 
 ■■■ > ' ' ' " • "" • 
 
 I &) A cardeif, felf-confiJent walk, brings darknefs and defertion of foul. 
 
 fecurity's 
 
\ 
 
 Bunyan's HOLYAVkR , with. Notes. 
 
 
 I^iUshaihy^ 4kr r Jfe<f.i< A "r- fo&rnaOerJbw. • ■ 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNY.AN. *i$ 
 
 fccuritv's parlour ; and perceiving alfo that they were Thty grieve, 
 
 .*,. r e ' . • . • the Holy 
 
 not willing to reafon about matters concerning their Ghoft a»4 
 
 good, he took grief and went his way. The which Clwia « 
 
 when he had told to the Prince Emanuel, he wat 
 
 grieved alfo, and returned to his Father's court. 
 
 Now the methods of his withdrawing, as I was fay- Chriftwitb5 
 ing before, we*e thus : aU?t7n«. 
 
 i. Even while he was yet with *hem in Manfoul, he 
 kept himfelf clofe, and more retired than formerly. 
 
 2. His fpeech was not now, if he came into their 
 company, fo pJeafant and familiar as formerly. 
 
 3. Nor did he, as in times paft, fend to Manfoul from 
 his table thofe dainty bits which he was wont to do. 
 
 4. Nor, when they came to vifit him, as now-and- 
 then they would, would he be fo eafily fpolcen with, 
 
 as they found him in times paft. They might now TheworV- -1 
 knock once, yea twice, but he would feem not at all afca'sons.'' 
 to regard them ; whereas formerly he would run and 
 meet them half way, and take them too and lay them 
 in his bofom. 
 
 Thus Emanuel carried it now ; and by this his 
 carriage he thought to make them bethink themfelves, 
 and return to him. But alas ! they did not confider, 
 they did not know his ways, they regarded not, they 
 were not touched with thefe, nor with the true remem- 
 brance of former favours, Ezek. xi. 21. Hofea v. 15. 
 Lev. xxvi. 21— 24. Wherefore what does he but in 
 private manner withdraw himfelf, firft from his pa- 
 lace, then to the gate of the town, and fo away from 
 Manfoul he goes, till they fhouid acknowledge their 
 offence, and more earneftly feek his face. Mr. God's- 
 peace alfo laid down his commiflion. and would for 
 the prefent a£t no longer [a). Thus they walked 
 contrary to him, and he again, by way of retaliation, 
 
 (<*) Chrift, the Spirit, anJ peac •, withdraw from the carnallj-feeore. 
 
 walked 
 
214 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 walked contrary to them, Jef. ii. 32. But alas! by 
 this time they were fo hardened in their way, and had 
 fo drunk in the doctrine of Mr. Carnal-fecurity, that 
 the departing of their Prince touched them not, nor 
 was he remembered by them when gone ; and fo of 
 confequence his abfence was not bewailed by them. 
 a trek pat Now there was a day wherein this old gentleman, 
 Coiiiy-iear » Mr. Carnal- fecurity, again made a feaft for the town 
 of Manfoul, and there was at that time in the town 
 one Mr. Godly-fear; one now but little fet by, tho' 
 formerly one of great requeft. This man, old Carnal- 
 fecurity had a mind, if potfible, to gull and abufe as 
 he did the reft, and therefore he now bids him to the 
 thcfe!ft t0 ^ ea ^ w^^ n i s neighbours. So the day being come, 
 and fits there they prepare, and he goes and appears with the reft of 
 the guefts ; and being all fet at the table, they ate and 
 drank, and were metry, even all but this one man (for 
 Mr. Godly-fear fat like a ftranger, and neither ate nor 
 was merry) ; which when Mr. Carnal-fecurity per- 
 ceived, he addrefied himfelf in a fpeech thus to him : 
 Ta!kt>e- < [^ rJ Godly-fear, Are you not well ? you feem to 
 
 CarnalWeru- be of ill body or mind, or both. I have a cordial of 
 Goaiy-fear!" ^ r ' Forget-good's making, which, Sir, if you will 
 take, I hope it may make you bonny and blithe, and 
 fo make you more fit for us feaftin£ companions.' 
 
 Unto whom the good old gentleman difcreetly replied : 
 * Sir, 1 thank you for all things courteous and civil ; 
 but for your cordial, I have no lift thereto. But a word 
 to the natives of Manfoul : You the elders and chief of 
 Manfoul, To me it is ftrange to fee you fo jocund and 
 merry, when the town of Manfoul is in fuch woful cafe.* 
 Then faid Mr. Carnal-fecurity, l You want fleep, 
 good Sir, I doubt. If you pleafe, lie down and take a 
 nap, and we the mean while will be merry.' 
 
 (4) The f e ar of the Lord is pure ; — a fovereiga prefcrvative fran fin. 
 
 Then 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 215 
 
 Then faid Mr. Godly-fear as follows : ' Sir, if you 
 were not deftitute of an honefr, heart, you could not 
 do as you have done, and do.' 
 
 Then faid Mr. Carnal-Cecurity, 4 Why ?' 
 
 Godly. ' Nay, pray interrupt me not. It is true, 
 the town of Manfoul was ftrong, and (with a provifo) 
 impregnable; but you have weakened it, and it now 
 lies obnoxious to its foes j nor is it a time to be filent ; 
 it is you, Mr. Carnal- fecurity, that have ftripped 
 Manfoul, and driven her glory from her ; you have 
 pulled down her towers, you have broken down her 
 gates, you have fpoiled her locks and bars. 
 
 * And now to explain myfelf : From that time that 
 my lords of Manfoul, and you, Sir, grew fo great, 
 from that time the Strength of Manfoul has been of- 
 fended, and now he is rifen and is gone. If any lhall 
 queftion the truth of my words, I will anfwer him by 
 this and fuch-like queilions : Where is the Prince 
 Emanuel ? When did a man or woman in Manfoul 
 fee him ? When did you hear from him, or taftc any 
 of his dainty bits r You are now a feafting with this 
 Diabolonian monfter, but he is not your prince ; I fay 
 therefore, tho' enemies from .without, had you taken 
 heed, could not have made a prey of you, yet lince 
 you have finned againft your Prince, your enemies 
 within have been too hard for you.' 
 
 Then faid Mr. Carnal-fecurity, * Fie ! Fie ! Mr. 
 Godly-fear, Fie ! Will you never fhake off you;* 
 tirhoroufnefs r Are you afraid of being fparrow- 
 blafted ? Who hath hurt you ? fit hold, I am or your 
 fide ♦, only you are for doubting, and I am for being 
 confident. Befides, is this a time to be fad in ? A 
 feaft is made for mirth ; why then do you now, to 
 your fhame and our trouble, break out into fuch paf- 
 iionate, melancholy language, when you ihoukl eat 
 and drink, and be merry I ' 
 
 Then 
 
216 THEHO'LYWA R, 
 
 Then faid Mr» Godly- fear again, * I may well be 
 fad, for Emanuel is gone from Manfoul : I (ay 
 again, he is gone, and you, Sir, are the man that has 
 driven him away ; yea, he is gone without fo much as 
 acquainting the nobles of Manfoul with his going ; 
 and if that is not afign of his anger, I am not ac- 
 quainted with the methods of godliness. 
 His fpetch « A n( i now m y lords and gentlemen, my fpeech is 
 
 to the elders J ° J . 
 
 ot Manfoul. ix 1 1 1 to you. You gradually declining from him, p'ro^- 
 voiced him to depart from you ; the which he did gra- 
 dually, if perhaps you would have been made fenfiblc 
 thereby, and have been renewed by humbling your-J 
 felvesj but when he faw that none would regard, or 
 lay thefe fearful beginnings of his anger and judgment 
 to heart, he went away from this place j and this I 
 faw with mine own eyes. Wherefore now, while you 
 boaft, your itrength is gone; you are like the man 
 that had loft his locks which before waved about his 
 fhoulders (a). You may, with this lord of your feafr, 
 fhake yourfelves, and think to do as at other times j-- 
 but fince without him you can do nothing, and he is 
 departed from you, turn your feaft into a figh, and 
 your mirth into lamentation.' 
 
 Confcieuce Then the fubordinate preacher, old Mr. Confciencfc 
 
 Kajtled tj 
 
 by name, he that of old was recorder of Manfoul, be* 
 ing ftartled at what was faid, began to fecond it thus : 
 
 Conf. * Indeed, my brethren, quoth he, I fear that 
 Mr. Godly- fear tells us true : I, for my part, have not 
 feen my Prince a long feafon. I c innot remember 
 the day, for my part ; nor can I aniwer Mr. Godly- 
 fear's queftion. I am afraid that all is naught with 
 Manfoul.' 
 
 Godly. * Nay, I know that you will not find him in 
 Manfoul, for he is departed and gone ; yea, and gone 
 
 ■■ ■ ■■*■ i ■ ' !■ » 
 
 ^a) Narae1y u Saoifon. See Judges xti, 91 
 
 40 
 
By Mr. JOHN BU NY AN. 217 
 
 for the faults of the elders, and for that they rewarded 
 his "grace with unfufferable unkindneiTes. 
 
 Then did the fubordinate preacher look as if he They are all 
 
 a&haft. 
 
 would fall down dead at the table ; alfo all there 
 prefent, except the man of the houfe, began to look 
 pale and wan. But having a little recovered them- 
 felves, and jointly agreeing to believe Mr. Godlyfear 
 and his fayings, they began to coni-ult what was befl 
 to be done {now Mr. Carnal -fecurity was gone into 
 his withdrawing-room, for he liked not fuch dumpifh 
 doings] both to the man of the houfe, for drawing 
 them into evil, and alfo to recover Emanuel's love. 
 
 Then the faying of their Prince came very hot into 
 their rninds, concerning the falfe prophets that fhould 
 arife to delude the town of Manfoul. So they took They con- 
 Mr. Carnal-fecurity (concluding that he was the per- f" 1 ^ a ' ,d . 
 
 J v r burn their 
 
 4on), and burnt his houfe upon him with fire, for he feaft-maker. 
 alfo was a Diabolonian by nature. 
 
 When this was pafi and over, they befpeed them- They apply 
 felves to look for Emanuel thek prince, Cant. v. 6. t V t he Holy 
 and " they foujrht him, but they found him not :" then f ,honr >. bnt 
 
 ' & ' h° is grief- 
 
 Were they more confirmed in the truth of Mr Godly- ed, &c. 
 
 fear's fayings, and began alfo feverely to reflect upon 
 
 themfelves for their vile and ungody doings ; for they 
 
 concluded now, that their Prince had left them (a). 
 
 Then they agreed and went to my lord Secretary 
 
 whom before they refuled to near, and had grieved 
 
 with their doings), to know of him, for he was a feer, 
 
 .and could teil where Emanuel w«:s, arid now they 
 
 might direct a petition to him. But the lord Secretary 
 
 would not admit them to a conference about this 
 
 matter, nor would admit them to his royal paiace, 
 
 (c) S : n grieves the holy Spirit, and caules 'he Lord to hide his face : - ■— 
 in humble, clofe walking v.':0.: Got), is our fatV'y, ;o~.ft»rt, and p'aca ; but 
 depirting from the Lord's ways brings darknefs and difhefs to the foul. 
 
 E c nor 
 
2j8 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 nor come out to them, Ifa. lxiii. 10. Eph. iv. 30, 
 1 Theff. v. 19. 
 
 Now wa 1 it a day gloomy and dark, a day of clouds 
 and of thick darknefs with Manfoul. Now they faw 
 that they had been foolifh, and began to perceive what 
 the company and prattle of Mr. Carnal-fecurity had 
 done, and what defperate darr :tge his fwaggering words 
 had brought poor Manforl into : but what further it was 
 likely to coft them, that they were ignorant of. Now 
 Mr. Godlyfear began to be in ereat repute with the 
 men of the town j yea, they were ready to look upon 
 him as a prophet. 
 A thunder. Well, when the fabbath-dav was come, they went 
 
 jng fermon. ' / » / 
 
 to hear their fubordinate preacher ; but Oh how did it 
 
 thunder and lighten this day ! His text was that in the 
 
 prophet Jonah, " They that obferve lying vanities, 
 
 forfake their own mercies," ch. ii. 8. But there was 
 
 then fuch power and authority in that fermon, and 
 
 fuch a dejection feen in the countenances of the people 
 
 that day, that the like hath feldom been heard or feen; 
 
 The people, when fermon was done, were fcarce able 
 
 to go to their homes, or to betake themfelves to their 
 
 employs the week after ; they were fo fermon-fmitten, 
 
 and alfo fo fermon-fick, that they knew not what to 
 
 Thefubor. do (tf), Hof. vi. 13. He not only fhewed Manfoul 
 
 B* l acknow- tne ' r ^ in ' ^ut trembled before them under the fenfe of 
 
 ledges his ^j s own? ftill crying out of himfelf, as he preached to 
 
 bewsdl h. s them, tc Unhappy man that I am ! that I fhould 
 
 "th P MT do a wicked thin g ! That h a preacher ! whom the 
 
 Carnal- Prince did fet up to teach Manfoul his law, fhould 
 
 ccunty. jnyfejf live fenfelefs and fottifhly here, and be one of 
 
 the firft found in tranfgreflion ! This tranfgreflion alfo 
 
 fell within my precincts : I fhould have cried out 
 
 fa) Ordinances muft not be flighted ; but are the mod effectual mean?, 
 under divine influence, for recovering the Lord's forfeited favour. 
 
 againft 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 2tg 
 
 againft the wickcdnefs ; but I let Manfoul lie wallow- 
 ing in it, until it had driven Emanuel from its bor- 
 ders. With thefe things he alio charged all the lords 
 and gentry of Manfoul, to the almoft diflra&ing of 
 them, Pf. lxxxviii. 
 
 About this time alfo there was a great ficknefs in a great 
 
 r • l i_ • ficknefs in 
 
 the town of Manfoul, and molt of tne inhabitants Manfoul. 
 were greatly afflicted : yea, the captains alfo and men 
 of war were brought thereby to a languifliing condi- 
 tion,' and that for a long time together ; fo that in 
 cafe of an invafion, nothing could to purpofe now 
 have been done, either by the townfmen or field offi- 
 cers, Heb. xii. 12, 13. Rev. iii. 2. Ifa. iii. 24. Oh 
 how many pale faces, weak hands, feeble knees, and 
 daggering men, were now feen to walk the ftreets of 
 Manfoul ! Here were groans, there pants, and yonder 
 lay thofe that were ready to faint (a). 
 
 The garments too, which Emanuel had given them, 
 were but in a forry cafe ; fome were rent, fome were 
 torn, and all in a nafty condition ; fome alfo hung fo 
 loofely upon them, that the next bufh they came at 
 was ready to pluck them off. 
 
 After fome time fpent in this fad and defolate con- 
 dition, the fubordinate preacher called for a day of 
 falling, and to humbie themfehes .'"or being fo wicked 
 ao;ainft the great Shaddai and h. 3 Son : and he defired 
 that captain Boanerges wou d preach ; which he con- Bomergfs 
 fented to do : and the day being come, his text was this, Maufoui. 
 " Cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ? " and 
 a very fmart fermon he made upon the text. Firft, he 
 (hewed what was the occafion of the words, to wit, 
 " becaufe the fig-tree was barren." Then he fliewed 
 what was contained in the ftntence, to wit, repentance, 
 
 • (a) A carnal careless walk oofcures the eye o# f aith, whofe evidences be- 
 come weajter, till revived by the word and Spirit of God. 
 
 E e 2 or 
 
220 *T HE HOLY WAR, 
 
 or utter defofation. He next fhcwed by whofe autho- 
 rity this fen-ten ce was pronounced, and that was by 
 Shaddai himfelf. And laftly, he {hewed the reafons- 
 of the point * and then concluded his fermon. But 
 he was very pertinent in the application, infomuch 
 that he made poor Manfoul tremble : for this fermon, 
 as well as the former, wrought much upon the hearts 
 of the men of Manfoul ; yea, it greatly helped to keep 
 awake thofe that were roufed by the preaching that 
 w?nt before (a) ; fo that now throughout the whole 
 town there was little or nothing to be heard or fecn 
 but forrow and mourning and woe. 
 hey con- Now rfter fermon they got together, and confulted 
 
 -^u-T * what was beft to be done. But, faid the fubordinate 
 pr cher, I will do nothing of my own head, without 
 ?dvif;ng with my neighbour Mr. Godlyfear. So they 
 cahed and fent for Mr. God'yfear, and he -forthwith 
 appeared. Then they defired that he would further 
 iiiew has opinion about what they had beft to do : 
 whereupon the old gentleman faid as followeth ; ct It 
 is my opinion that this town of Manfoul fhould, mthis 
 d;*v of h< r diftrefs, draw up and fend an humble petition 
 to their offended prince Emanuel, that he, in favour 
 and grace, will turn again unto them, and not keep 
 his anger for ever. 
 
 When the townfmen had heard this fpeech, they 
 unanimcufty agreed to his advice; fo they prefentlje 
 drew up their requcft : and the next queftion was, 
 
 Th ty r.rd But who fl^jj c it t At laft tb a jj agreed to fend 
 
 he lord- j j ..J 
 
 ...i n to it by my lord mayor ; who accepted the fez vice, and 
 
 addreiTed himft-if to his iourney ; af:cr which, he cams 
 
 to the court of Shaddai, whither Emanue t 
 
 the prince of Manfoul was gone, Lam. iii. 8. 44. but 
 
 (a) Such is the fluggifh nature even of the r?generatr, that they have 
 continual need that the golpel trumpet fhould abnn inc! awai:tn UV.m. 
 
 the 
 
 c&ort. 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 221 
 
 the gate was (hut, and a ftri& watch kept thereat j fo 
 that the petitioner was forced to (land without far 
 a great while together. Then he defired that fome 
 would go in to the Prince, and tell him who flood 
 at the gate, and alfo what his bufinefs was, Ac- 
 cordingly one went and told Shaddai and Emanuel 
 his fon, that the lord mayor of the town of Manfoul 
 flood without at the gate of the King's court, defiring 
 to be admitted into the prefence of the Prince, the 
 King's fon (a). He alfo told the lord mayor's errand, 
 both to the King and his fon Emanuel. But the 
 Prince would not come down, nor admit that the gate 
 fhould be opened, but fent an anfwer to this effect, 
 Jer. ii. 27, 28. " They have turned their back unto 
 me, and not their face j but now, in the time of their 
 trouble, they fay unto me, Arife and fave us. But 
 can they not now go to Mr. Carnal- fee urity, to whom, 
 they went when they turned from me, and make him 
 their leader, their lord, and their protector ? And now 
 in their trouble they viftt me, from whom in their pro- 
 fperity they went aflray." 
 
 This anfwer made my lord mayor look black in the 
 face j it troubled, it perplexed, it rent him fore, Lam. 
 iv. 7, 8. And now he began to fee what it was to be 
 familiar with Diabolonians, fuch as Mr. Carnal- 
 fecurity was. When he faw that at court (as yet) 
 there was little help to be expected, either for himfelf 
 or friends in Manfoul j he fmote upon his breaft, and The lord 
 returned weeping;, and all the way bewailing the la- ma y° rre * 
 
 n r\/r turns » * n<i 
 
 mentable ftate of Manfoul. how. 
 
 When he was come within fight of the town, the 
 elders and chief of the people of Manfoul went out 
 at the gate to meet him, and to falute him, and to 
 know how he fped at court. But he told them his 
 
 {<*) Humble, fervent prayer availeth much ; it is effectual for obtaining 
 aid from Jefus the good Physician, to heal the wounds that fin has made. 
 
 tale 
 
- 222 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Theftate tale in fo doleful a manner, that they all cried out and* 
 now. " mourned and wept. Wherefore they threw afhes and 
 duft upon their heads, and put fackcloth upon their 
 loins, and went crying out thro' the town of Manfoul ; 
 which when the reft of the townsfolk, faw, they all 
 mourned and wept. This therefore was a day of re- 
 buke, trouble, and anguifti to the town of Manfoul, 
 and alfo of great diftrefs. 
 
 After fome time, when they had fomewhat recovered 
 
 themfelves, they came together to confult again what 
 
 They again was yet to be done ; and they afked advice, as they did 
 
 confult Mr. before, of the reverend Mr. Godlyfear ; who told 
 
 Godlyfear, * } • 
 
 for his ad- them, that there was no way better than to do as they 
 had done, nor would he that they fhould be difcou- 
 raged at all with what they had met with at court ; 
 yea, tho' fc-veral of their petitions fhould be anfwered 
 with nought but filence or rebuke ; for, faid he, it is 
 the way of the wife Shaddai, to make men wait, and 
 to exercife patience ; and it fhould be the way of them 
 in want, to be willing to ftay his leifure (<?). . 
 See now Then they took courage, and fent again and again 
 
 what is the anc j a2 - a j n an( ] again : for there was not a day nor an 
 
 work of a ° e » j 
 
 backfliding hour, that went over Manfoul's head, wherein a man 
 
 kene/ Wa " might not have met upon the road one or other riding 
 
 poft from Manfoul to the court of king Shaddai, 
 
 Crowing and all with letters petitionary in behalf of, and tor 
 
 *.met. the Prince's return to, Manfoul. The road, I fay, 
 
 was now full of meflengers, going and returning, 
 
 and meeting one another ; fome from the court, and 
 
 fome from Manfoul ; and this was the work of the 
 
 miferable town of Manfoul all that long, that iharp, 
 
 that cold and tedious winter (b). 
 
 Amea.ento. Now you may remember that I told you before, that 
 
 after Emanuel had taken Manfoul, yea, and after he 
 
 (a) See Pf. xxv. 3. xxvii. 14. xxxvii. 7. lxii, 5. Lam. iii. 2&. Ho<". 
 xii. 6. [b) Sie C»nt. ii. u, Jer. iii. 13. 24. had 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 223 
 
 had new-modelled the town, there remained, in feveral 
 lurking-places of the corporation, many of the old 
 Diaholonians, that either came with the tyrant, when 
 he invaded and took the town, or that had there 
 (by reafon of unlawful mixtures in their birth, breed- 
 ing, and bringing up), their holes, dens, and lurking- 
 places in, under, or about the walls of the town : fome 
 of their names are, the lord Fornication, the lord 
 Adultery, the lord Murder, the lord Anger, the Lord 
 Lafcivioufnefs, the lord Deceit, the lord Evil-eye, the 
 lord Blafphemy, and that horrible villain the old and 
 dangerous lord Covetoufnefs ; thefe, with many more, 
 had yet their abode in the town of Man foul, even after 
 Emanuel had driven Diabolus out of the caftle («). 
 
 Againft thefe the good Prince granted a commifiion 
 to the lord Will-be-will and others, yea, to the whole 
 town of ManfouL, to feek, take, fecure, and ueftroy, 
 any or all that they could lay hands of; for that they 
 were Diaholonians by nature, enemies to the Prince, 
 and thofe who fought to ruin the bleffed town of Man- 
 foul. But Manfou! did not purfue this warrant, but Manfoul 
 neglected to apprehend, fecure, and deftroy .nofe Dia- ," panel's 
 boloni2ns j wherefore what do thefe villains, but by caution, nor 
 degrees take courage to fhew themfelves to the inha- miffion in "' 
 bitants of the town ; yea, and as I was told, fome of executl0D « 
 the men of Manfoul grew too familiar with feveral of 
 them, to the forrow of the corporation, as you will 
 hear more of in time and place. 
 
 Well, when the Diabolonian lords perceived that The Diabo- 
 Manfoul had, through finning, offended Emanuel p i ott 
 their prince, and that he had withdrawn himfelt and 
 was gone, what do they but plot the ruin of tliS town 
 of Manfoul ? Accordingly they met together at the 
 
 (a) Ctnverted perfons have ftill the world, tl \ riefli, and th* icvil to 
 cope with j but ths Lord has promifed to give grace and glory, Pf. lxxxiv. n. 
 
 hold 
 
224 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 hold of one Mr. Mifchief, who was a Diabolonian, 
 and here confulted how they might deliver up Manfoul 
 into the hands pf Diabolus a^ain. Now fome advifed 
 one way, and fome, another, every maw according to 
 his own liking. At laft it. / lord Lafcivioufnefs pro- 
 pofeu, that fome of the Diabolonians in Manfoul 
 fhouid oiler theinftives for fervant: . (brae of the na- 
 tives of the town ; for, laid he, if they do fo, and 
 Manfoul (hall accept of them, they may for us, and 
 for Diabolus our lord, make the taking ot the town 
 of Manfoul more eafy than otherwife it would be. 
 But theu flood up the lord Murder, and faid, This 
 may not be done at this time, for Manfoul is now in a 
 kind of rage, becaufc, by our friend Mr.Carnal-fecurity, 
 file hath been once enfnared already, and made to of- 
 fend againft her Prince ; and how mall me reconcile 
 herfelf unto her Lord again, but by the heads of thefe 
 men ? Bcfides, we know that they have in commiilion 
 to take and flay us where-ever they fhall find us ; let 
 us therefore be wife as foxes : when we are dead, we 
 can do them no hurt ; but while we live, we may. 
 They fend Thus when they had tofl'ed the matter to and fro, 
 
 they jointly agreed that a letter mould forthwith be 
 fent away to Diabolus in their name, by which the 
 Hate of the town of Manfoul mould be fhewed him* 
 and how much it is under the frowns of their Prince; 
 we may alfo, faid fome, let him know our intentions, 
 and afk his advice in the cafe (<?). So a letter was pre- 
 fently framed, the contents of which were thefe : 
 M To our great lord, the prince Diabolus, dwelling 
 below in the Infernal Cave. 
 ** O great father, and mighty prince Diabolus, we 
 the true Diabolonians, yet remaining in the rebellious, 
 
 (<) Thus poor finners are in league with hell againft thtir own fouls j 
 May the Lord, by his word and Spiiit, break the horrid confederacy ! 
 
 town 
 
 © hell for 
 advice. 
 
Bv Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. US 
 
 town of Manfoul, having received our beings from 
 thee, and our nourishment at [thy hands, cannot with 
 content and quiet endure to behold, as we do this day, 
 how thou art difpraifed, difgraced, and reproached 
 among the inhabitants of this town ; nor is thy long 
 abfence at all delightful to us, becaufe greatly to our 
 detriment. 
 
 " The reafon of this our writing to our lord, is, 
 that we are not altogether without hope that this town 
 may become thy habitation again ; for it is greatly de- 
 clined from its prince Emanuel, and he is departed 
 from them ; yea, and though they fend and fend and 
 fend after him, to return to them, yet can they not 
 prevail, nor get good words from him (a). 
 
 " There has been alfo of late, and is yet remaining, 
 a very great ficknefs and faintings among them ; and 
 that not only upon the poorer fort of the town, but 
 upon the lords, captains, and chief gentry of the place 
 [we only, who are Diabolonians by nature, remain 
 well, lively, and ftrong], fo that thro' their great tranf- 
 greffion on one hand, and their dangerous ficknefs on 
 the other, we judge they lie open to thy hand and 
 power. If therefore it fhall fland with thy horrible 
 cunning, and with the cunning of the reft of the princes 
 with thee, to come and make an attempt to take Man- 
 foul again, fend us word, and we fhall to our utmoft 
 power be ready to deliver it into thy hand. Or if what 
 we have faid, fhall not be thought beft and moil meet 
 to be done, fend us thy mind in a few words, and we 
 are all ready to follow thy counfel, to the hazard of 
 our lives, and what elfe we have. 
 
 " Given under our hands this day and date above 
 written, after a clofe confutation at the houfe of 
 Mr. Mifchief, who is yet alive, and hath his place 
 in our defireable town of Manfoul." 
 
 {a) '• It is an evil and a bitter thing to depart from the living God." 
 
 F f Whe a 
 
226 THE HOLY WAR,. 
 
 Mr. Profane When Mr. Profane (for he was the carrier) was 
 
 he brings' come with this letter to Hellgate-hill, he knocked at 
 
 HeiiTt" ,0 the S ate for cntrance - Then did Cerberus the porter 
 
 hill, and (for he was the keeper of that gate) open to Mr. Pro- 
 
 to Cerb:rus ^ ane '■> to whom he delivered his letter which he had 
 
 ihe porter, brought from the Diabolonians in Manfoul. So he 
 
 carried it in, and prefented it to Diabolus his lord, 
 
 and faid, Tidings, my lord, from Manfoul j and from 
 
 our trufty friends in Manfoul. 
 
 Then came together Beelzebub, Lucifer, Apollyon, 
 with the reft of the rabble there, to hear what news 
 from Manfoul. So the letter was read, and Cerberus 
 flood by. When the letter was openly read, and the 
 contents thereof fprcad into aJl the corners of the den, 
 Deadman's command was given, that, without lett or flop, Dead- 
 how it went, man's bell fhould be rung for joy. So the bell was 
 rung, and the princes rejoiced that Manfoul was like 
 to come to ruin [a). Now the clapper t>f the bell 
 went, " The town of Manfoul is coming to dwell 
 with us ; make room for Manfoul." This bell, there- 
 fore-, they rang, becaufe they hoped that they fhould 
 have Manfoul again. 
 
 o 
 
 Now when they had performed this their horrible 
 .mony, they got together again, to confult what 
 anfwer to fend to their friends in Manfoul ; and fomc 
 advifed one thing, and fome another : but at length, 
 becaufe the bufinefs required haftc, they left the whole 
 bufinefs to Diabolus, judging him the moft proper lord 
 of the place. So he drew up a letter in anfwer to what 
 Mr. Profane had brought, and fent it to the Diabolo- 
 nians in Manfoul, by the fame hand that brought theirs 
 to him ; and thefe were the contents thereof: 
 
 (a) As there is joy in heaven over one f nner that repenteth \ fa likcwife 
 js there joy in hell over every bjckHiding faint: but almighty grace mufj 
 prevail. AH hav^need to watch and pray. 
 
 ■«« To 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 227 
 
 M To our offspring, the high and mighty Diabo- 
 lonians, that yet dwell in the town of Man foul ; 
 Diabolus, the great prince of Manfoul., wifheth a 
 profperous iiTue and conclufion of thofe many 
 brave enterprifes, confpiracies, and defigns, that 
 you, of your love and refpeift to our honour, have 
 in vour hearts to attempt to dq aa;ain Manfoul : 
 " Beloved Children and difciples, my lord Fornica- 
 tion, Adultery, and the reft ; We have here, in our de- 
 folate den, received, to our higheft joy and content, 
 your welcome letter, by the hand of our trufly Mr. 
 Profane : and to ' mew how acceptable your tidings 
 were, we rang out our bell for gladnefs ; tor we re- 
 joiced as much as we could, when we perceived that 
 yet we had friends in Manfoul, and fuch as fought our 
 honour and revenge in the ruin of the town of Man- 
 foul. We alfo rejoiced to hear that they are in a dege- 
 nerate condition, have offended their Prince, and that 
 he is gone, Their ficlcnefs alfo pleafeth us, as does alfo 
 your health, might, and ftrength (a). Glad alfo would 
 we be, right horribly beloved, could we get this town 
 into our clutches again. Nor will we be fparing of 
 our wit, cunning, craft, and hellifh inventions, to bring 
 to a wiftied conclufion this your brave beginning. 
 
 " And take this for your comfort, our birth and off- 
 fpring, that if we again furprife and take it, we will 
 attempt to put all your foes to the fword, and will make 
 you the great lords and captains of the place. Nor need 
 you fear (if ever we get it again) that we after that fhall 
 be caft out any more ; for we will come with more 
 flrength, and fo take fafter hold than we did at firft. 
 Befides, it is the law of that Prince, which now ^hey 
 own, that if we get them a fecond time, they mail be 
 ours for ever. Matt. xii. 43 — 45. 
 
 (a) Departures from God grieve his Spirit, oblcure our evidences, propor- 
 tionally firengthen corruptions, and wound our peace. 
 
 F f 2 « Do 
 
lt% THE HOLY W- A R, 
 
 " Do you therefore, our trufty Diabolonians, yet 
 more pry into, and endeavour to fpy out, the weak- 
 nefs of the town of Manfoul. We would alfo that 
 you yourfelves do attempt to weaken them more and 
 more. Send us word alfo by what means we had beft 
 to attempt the regaining thereof, to wit, whether by 
 perfuafion to a vain and loofe life ; by tempting them 
 to doubt and defpair ; or by blowing up the town by 
 the gunpowder of pride and felf-conceit (a). Do you 
 alfo, O ye brave Diabolonians, and -true fons of the pit, 
 be always in a readinefs to make a moft horrid affault 
 within, when we fhall be ready to ftorm it without. 
 Now fpeed you in your project:, and we in our defires, 
 the utmoft power of our gates, which is the wim of 
 your great Diabolus, Manfoul's enemy, and him that 
 * trembles when he thinks^of judgment to come. All 
 
 the bleffings of the pit be upon you ! and fo we clofe 
 up our letter. 
 
 •? Given at the Pit's Mouth, by the joint confent of 
 all the princes of darknefs, to be fent (to the force 
 and power that we have yet remaining in Man- 
 foul) by the hand of Mr. Profane. 
 
 " By me, Diabolus." 
 This letter was fent to the Diabolonians that yet 
 remained in Manfoul, and that yet inhabited the wall, 
 from the dark dungeon of Diabolus, by the hand of 
 p , Mr. Profane, by whom they alfo in Manfoul fent theirs 
 
 comes home to the pit. Now when this Mr. Profane returned to 
 a£a,n ' Manfoul, he came, as he was wont, to the houfe of 
 
 Mr. Mifchief, for that was the place where the con- 
 trivers were met. Now when they faw that their mef- 
 fenger was returned fafe and found, they rejoiced at it. 
 Then he prefented them his letter ; which when they 
 
 (a) Sin is as poifon to the for.! ; a dreadful engine of Satan ! May we 
 boi \i t look to Jefus for vicToiy, ind be humbly devoted to him ! 
 
 had 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 229 
 
 had read and confidered, much augmented their glad- 
 nefs. They afked him after the welfare of their 
 friends j as how their lord Diabolus, Lucifer, and 
 Beelzebub did, with the reft of thofe in the den. To 
 which this Profane made anfwer, Well, well, my lords, 
 they are well, even as well as can be in their place. 
 They alfo, faid he, rang for joy at reading your letter, 
 as you will perceive by this, when you read it. 
 
 Now, as was faid, when they had read their letter, 
 and perceived that it encouraged them in their work, 
 they fell to their way of contriving again, how they 
 might complete their defign upon Manfoul ; and the 
 firft thing they agreed upon, was, to keep all things 
 from Manfoul as clcfe as they could (<z). Let it not be 
 known, let not Manfoul be acquainted with what we 
 defign againft it. The next thing was, how or by 
 what means they mould try to bring to pafs the ruin 
 and overthrow of Manfoul ; and one faid after this 
 manner, and another faid after that. Then flood up 
 Mr. Deceit, and faid, My right Diabolonian friends, 
 our lords, and the high ones of the dungeon, pro- 
 pound unto us thefe three ways : 
 
 1. Whether we had bed to feek its ruin, by making 
 Manfoul loofe and vain : 
 
 2. Or, by driving them to doubt and defpair : 
 
 3. Or, by endeavouring to blow them up with the 
 gunpowder of pride and felf-conceit. 
 
 Now I think, if we fhall tempt them to pride, that 
 may do fomething ; and if we tempt them to wanton- 
 nefs, that may help. But in my mind, if we could 
 drive them into defperation, that would knock the nail 
 on the head ; for then we mould have them, in the fu-ft 
 place, queflion the truth of the love of the heart of 
 
 (a) Ignorance of God, our hearts, and Satan's devices, ruins millions, 
 and diftrefT. s the believer i may the chofen few ftudy the divine oracles with 
 payer, and patiently wait in faith for the fuMilnient of every promi'e ! 
 
 their 
 
i 3 o THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 their Prince towards them,' and that will difguft him 
 much. This, if it works well, will quickly make 
 them leave off their way of fending petitions to him ; 
 then farewel earneft folicitations for help and fupply ; 
 tor then this cdnclufion lies naturally before them, 
 " As good do nothing, as to do to no purppfe (#).' 
 So they unanimoufly approved of Mr. Deceit's advice. 
 Then the next queflion was, But how fhall we do 
 to 'bring dur projecY to pafs ? And it was anfwered by 
 the fame' gentleman, that this might be the belt way 
 to do it : Even let, quoth he, fo many of our friends, 
 as are willing to venture themfelves for the promoting 
 of their prince's caufe, difguifc .themfelves with appa- 
 rel, change their names, and go into the market like 
 far-country men, and proffer themfelves forfervants 
 to the fam'otfs town of Manfoul, and let them pretend 
 to' do for their matters as beneficially as may.be : for 
 byfo doing they may, if Manfoul fhall hire them, in 
 little time fo corrupt and defile the corporation, that 
 her 'now' Prince fhall be not only further offended 
 •wHth them, but in conclufion fpue them out of his 
 mouth. And when this is done, our prince Diabolus 
 fhall prey upon them with eafe ; yea, of themfelves, 
 they fhall fall into the mouth of the eater. 
 
 This project was no fooner propounded, but was as 
 readily accepted, and forward were all Diabolonians 
 H->w to engage in the enterprife : but it was not thought 
 fit that all mould do thus ; wherefore they pitched on 
 two or three, namely, the lord Covetoufnefs, the lord 
 Lafcivioufnefs, and the lord Anger : the lord Covetouf- 
 nefs called himfelf by the name of, Prudent-thrifty ; 
 the lord Lafcivioufnefs called himfelf by the name of 
 Harmlefs-mirch ; and the lord Anger called himfeif by 
 the name of Good-zeal. 
 
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 believers live by prayer} fo the neglect of it is extremely hurtful. 
 
 So 
 
 / 
 
By Mr, JOHNBUN Y A N. 231 
 
 So upon a market- day they came into the market- 
 place ; three lufty fellows they were to look on, and 
 they were cloathed in fheeps-rufTet, which was now in 
 ■a manner as white as the robes of the men of Manfoul. 
 Now the men could fpeak the language of Manfoul 
 well : fo when they came into the market-place, and 
 offered themfelves to the townfmen, they were prefently 
 entertained j for they afked but little wages, and pro- 
 mifed to do their mafters great fervice. 
 
 Mr. Mind hired Prudent-thrifty, and Mr. Godly- 
 fear hired Good-zeal. True, this fellow Harmlefs- 
 mirth hung a little in hand, and could not fo foon 
 get a mafter as the others did, becaufe the town of 
 Manfoul was now in Lent ; but after a while, becaufe 
 Lent was almoft out, lord Will-be-will hired Harmlefs- 
 mirth to be both his waiting-man and his lacquey ; 
 and thus t hey got them mafters (a). 
 
 Thefe villains, being now got into the houfes of the 
 men of Manfoul, quickly began to do great mifchief 
 therein ; for, being filthy, arch, and fly, they quickly 
 corrupted the families where they were ; yea, they 
 tainted their mafters much, efpecially this Prudent- 
 thrifty, ami him they called Harmlefs-mirth. True, he 
 that wc;nt under the vifor of Good -zeal was not fo well 
 liked by his mafter, who quickly found that he was 
 but a counterfeit rafcal ; which when the fellow per- 
 ceived, he with fpeed made his cfcape from the houfe, 
 or I doubt not but his mafter had hanged him. 
 
 When thefe vag-abonds had thus far carried on their 
 defign, and corrupted the town as much as they could, 
 in the next place they confidered with themfelves, at 
 what time their prince Diabolus without, and them- 
 felves within the town, ftiould make an attempt to feize 
 upon Manfoul ; and they all agreed upon this, that a 
 
 («) Light talk or beruviour are as destructive to peace, as vice itlelf : what 
 ii not of faith, and to the glory of God, is finful, and pernicious to the foul. 
 
 market- 
 
232 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 market-day would be beft for that work j becaufe then 
 the .townsfolk will be bufy in their ways : and always 
 take this for a rule, iC when people are moft bufy in 
 the world, they leaft fear a furprife." We alfo then, 
 faid they, fliall be able with lefs fufpicion to ga- 
 ther ourfelves together for the woik of our friends and 
 lords 3 yea, on fuch a day fhould we attempt our work, 
 and mifs it, we may, when they give us the rout, the 
 better hide ourfelves in the croud, and efcape. 
 
 Having thus far agreed upon thefe things, they wrote 
 another letter to Diabolus, and fent it by the hand of 
 Mr. Profane ; the contents of which were thefe ; 
 " The lords of Loofenefs fend to the great and high 
 Diabolus, from our dens, caves, holds, and ftrong 
 holds, in and about the wall of the town of Man- 
 foul, Greeting. 
 " Our great lord, and the nourifher of our lives, 
 Diabolus ; how glad we were, when we heard of your 
 fatherhood's readinefs to comply with us, and to for- 
 ward our defign, in attempting to ruin Manfoul ; none 
 can tell but thofe, who, as we do, fet themfelves againft 
 all appearance of good, when and wherefoever we find 
 it. Rom. vii. 21. Gal. v. 17. 
 
 " Touching the encouragement that your Greatnefs 
 is pleafed to give us, to continue to devife, contrive, 
 and ftudy the utter defolation of Manfoul, that we are 
 not folicitous abbut ; for we know right well, that it 
 cannot but be pleafing and profitable to us, to fee our 
 enemies, and them that feek our lives, die at our feet, 
 or fly before us. We therefore are ftill contriving, to 
 the beft of our cunning, to make this work moft facile 
 and eafy to your lordfhip, and to us. 
 
 ** Firft, we confidered of that moft hellifhly cunning, 
 compacted, threefold project (a) that by you was pro- 
 
 (a) Covetoufnels, lafcivioufnefs, anger ; which are earthly, fenfual, devilish. 
 
 pounded 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 233 
 
 pounded to us in our laft ; and have concluded, that tho' 
 to blow them up with the gunpowder of pride would do 
 well, and to do it by tempting them to be loofe and vain, 
 will help on, yet to contrive to bring them into the gulf 
 of defperation, we think will do beft of ail. Now we who 
 areat yourbeck,have thought of two ways todo this : fir ft, 
 we, for our parts, will make them as vile as we can, and then 
 you with us, at a time appointed, fhall be ready to fall upon 
 them with the utmoft force. And of all the nations that 
 are at your Whiftle, we think that an army of Doubters 
 may be the moft likely to attack and overcome the town 
 of Manfoul (a). Thus mail we overcome thefe enemies, 
 elfe the pit fhall open her mouth upon them, and defpe- 
 ration fhall thruft them down into it. We have alfo, to 
 effect this our fo much wifhed defign, fent already three 
 of our trufty Diabolonians among them j they are difgui- 
 fed in garb, have changed their names, and are now ac- 
 cepted of them, to wit,Covetoufnefs, Lnfcivioufhefs, and 
 Anger. The name of Covetoufnefs is changed into Pru- 
 dent-thrifty, and him Mr. Mind has hired, and is almoft 
 become as bad as our friend. Lafcivioufnefs has changed 
 his name to Harmlefs-mirth, and he is o-ot to be the lord 
 Will-be-will's lacquey ; but he has made his matter very 
 wanton. Anger changed his name into Good-zeal, and 
 was entertained by Mr. Godly-fear, but the peevifh old 
 gentleman took pepper in the nofe, and turned our com- 
 panion out of his houfe : nay, he has informed us fince, 
 that he ran away from him, or elfe his old mafter had 
 hanged him for his labour. Now thefe have much helped 
 forward our work and defign upon Manfoul; for notwith- 
 ftandingthe fpite and quarrelfome temper of the oldgen- 
 tleman laft mentioned, the other two ply their bufinefs 
 well, and are likely to ripen the work apace. 
 
 {a) Doubting and dirtruft are the offspring of unbelief, and dishonourable to 
 the Cod of truth, who ever waiteth to be gracious. 
 
 G g Our 
 
234 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Our next project is, that it be concluded that you 
 come upon the town upon a market-day, and that when 
 they are upon the heat of their bufinefs ; for then to be 
 fure they will be mofl fecure, and leaft think that an af- 
 fault will be made upon them. They will alfo at filch 
 a time be lefs able to defend themfelves, and to offend you 
 in the profecution of our defign. And we your trufty 
 (and we are fure your beloved) ones, fhall, when you 
 make your furious aflault without, be ready to fecond 
 the bufinefs within. So fhall we in all likelihood be 
 able to put Manfoul to utter confufion, and fwallow them 
 tip before they can come to themfelves. If your ferpen- 
 tine heads, mod fubtle dragons, and our highly efteemed 
 lords, can find out a better way than this, let us quickly 
 know your minds. 
 
 To the monfteis of the infernal cave, from the houfe 
 of Mr. Mifchief in Manfoul, by the hand of Mr. 
 Profane. 
 Now all the while that the raging runnagades, and 
 hellifh Diabolonians were thus contriving the ruin of 
 Tnefadfta^ the town of Manfoul, they, to wit, the poor town it- 
 •f Manfoul. f e jf wa;s j n a f a( j anc j wo ful cafe, partly becaufe they had 
 fo grievoufly offended Shaddai and his Son, and partly 
 becaufe that the enemies thereby got ftrength within them 
 ■ afrelh, and alfo becaufe, though they had by many peti- 
 tions made fuit to thePrince Emanuel, and to his Father 
 Shaddai by him, for their pardon and favour, yet hitherto 
 obtained they not one fmile ; but contrariwifc, through 
 the craft and fubtlety of the domeftic Diabolonians, their 
 cloud was made to grow blacker am* blacker, and their 
 Emanuel to Hand at further diftance (a). The ficknefs 
 •alio ftill greatly raged in Manfoul, but among the cap- 
 tain; and tiie inhabitants of the town, their enemies, 
 
 (a) Thos fin -nngs diftrefs A foul, grieves the holy Jefus, ftrengthens cor- 
 ruptions, and, pcrfifted in, renders prayer M, e rFectual. If you love )our own 
 \fcul, have none of the accurled thing within your tabernacles. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 435 
 
 and their enemies only, were now lively and ftrong ;. 
 and like to become the head, whilfl Manfoul was made 
 the tail. 
 
 By this time the letter laft mentioned, that was writ- 
 ten by the Diabolonians that yet lurked in the town of 
 Manfoul, was conveyed to Diabolus, in the Black-den, 
 by the hand of Mr. Profane. He carried the letter by 
 Hel [gate-hill as afore, and conveyed it by Cerberus to 
 his lurd. 
 
 But when Cerberus and Mr. Profane met, they were 
 prefently great as beggars, and thus they fell into dif- 
 courfe about Manfoul, and about the project againft her. 
 
 Ah ! old friend, quoth Cerberus, art thou come to Hell- Talk be- 
 
 gate-hill again ! By St. Mary, I am glad to fee thee. ari d Cerbe- 
 
 Prof. Yes, my lord, I am come again about the con- ru8 ' 
 cerns of the town of Manfoul. 
 
 Cerb. Prithee tell me, what condition is that town of 
 Manfoul in at prefent ? 
 
 Prof. In a brave condition, my lord, for us, and for 
 my lords, the lords of this place, I trow ; for they are 
 greatly decayed as to godlinefs (a), and that's as well as 
 our heart can wifh ; their Lord is greatly out with them, 
 and that doth alio pleafe us well. We have already alfo 
 a foot in their dim, for our Diabolonian friends are laid in 
 their bofoms, and what do we lack, but to be mailers of 
 the place? Befides, our trufty friends in Manfoul are daily 
 plotting to betray it to the lords of this town ; alfo the 
 iicknefs rages bittrrly among them, and that which makes 
 up all, we hope at lafl to prevail. 
 
 Then faid Cerberus, No time like this to afTault them. 
 I wifh that the cnterprife be followed clofe, and that 
 the fticcefs defired may be foon efFecled : Yes, I wifh 
 it for the poor Diabolonians fakes, that live in the con- 
 fa) In the fime proportion as fin is encouraged, the ordinances, ways, and 
 will of God will be neglected. / 
 
 G g 2 tinual 
 
236 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 tinual fear of their lives in that traiterous town of 
 Man foul. 
 
 Prof. The contrivance is almoft finifhed, the lords in 
 Manfoul that are Diabolonians are at it day and ni^ht ; 
 and the other are like filly doves, they want heart to be 
 concerned with their ftate, and to coniider that ruin is 
 at hand (a). IkfiJcs, you may, yea, muft think, when 
 you put all things together, that there are many rea- 
 fons that prevail with Diabolus to make what hufte he 
 can. 
 
 Cerb. Thou haft faid as it is, I am glad things are at 
 this pafs. Go in, my brave Piofane, to my lords, they 
 will give thee for thy welcome as good a Ccranto as 
 this kingdom will afford. I have fent thy letter in 
 already, 
 profane's Then Mr. Profane went into the den, and his lord 
 
 entertain* 
 
 mem. Diaboius met him, and faluted. him with, Welcome, my 
 trufty fervant, I have been made glad with thy ktter. 
 The reft of the lords of the pit gave him alfo their falu- 
 tations. Then Profane, after obeifance made to them all, 
 faid, Let Manfoul be given to my lord Diabolus, and let 
 him be her king for ever. And with that the yawning 
 gorge of hell gave foloud and hiJeous a groan (for that is 
 the mufic of that place) that it made the mountains about 
 it totter, as if they would fall in pieces. 
 
 Now, after they had read and confidered the letter, they 
 
 confulted what anfwer to return, and the firft that fpake 
 
 to it was Lucifer. 
 
 They eon- Lucif. Then faid he, The firft project of the Diabolo- 
 
 anfwerto nians in Manfoul is like to be lucky, and to take ; to wit, 
 
 give to the t hat t h ev will, by all the means they can, make Manfoul 
 
 yet more vile (b) ; no way jo deftroy a fgul like this ; our 
 
 ■ ■ > ' 
 
 (a) Confideration and felf-examination are highly profitable means for 
 growth in grace, knowledge of God, and our true ftate. 
 
 (£) Sin, tontinued in, is of an hardening nature ; God will bring back, his 
 people, who fo» lake bit way», withfeourgetj they may fall foully, but not finally. 
 
 old 
 
By Mr. J O H N BUNYAN. 237 
 
 old friend Balaam went this way, and profpered many 
 years ago, Numb. xxxi. 16. Rev. ii. 14. Let this there- 
 fere ftand with us for a maxim, and be to Diabolonians 
 for a general rule in all ages ; for nothing can make this 
 to fail but graee, in which I would hope that this town 
 has no (hare. But whether to fall upon them on a mar- 
 ket-day, becaufe of their cumber in bufinefs, that I would 
 ihould be under debate. And there is more reafon why 
 this head mould be debated, than why fome other ihould ; 
 becaufe upon this will turn the whole of what we fhall 
 attempt. If we time not our bufinefs well, our whole 
 project may fail. Our friends the Diabolonians fay, that 
 a market-day is beft, for then will Manfoul be moil bufy, 
 and have feweft thoughts of a furprize. But what if they 
 {hall double their guards on thofe days (and methinks na- 
 ture and reafon Ihould teach them to do it) r and what 
 if they mould keep fuch a watch on thofe days, as the ne- 
 ceflity of their prefent cafe requires ? Yea, what if their 
 men mould be always in arms on thofe days ? Then you 
 may, my lords, be difappointe'd in your attempts, and 
 may bring our friends in the town to utter danger of un- 
 avoidable ruin. 
 
 Beel. Then faid the great Beelzebub, There is fome- 
 thing in what my lord hath faid, but his conjecture may 
 or may not fall out. Nor hath my lord laid it down as 
 that which muft not be receded from : for I know that 
 he faid it only to provoke a warm debate thereabout. 
 Therefore we muft underitand, if we can, whether the 
 town of Manfoul has fuch fenfe and knowledge of 
 her decayed ftate, and of the defigns that wc have on 
 foot againft her, as to fet watch and ward at her gates, 
 and to double the*m on market-days (#). But if, after 
 enquiry made, it fhall be found that they are afleep, 
 
 (a) W.»tch r ulnefs unto pra;er, efpecially amioft the evils and dif.radtions of 
 Jifc, is au intsprcllible mercy. May the Lord beftow it upon us ! 
 
 then 
 
138 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 then any day will do, but a market-day is beft ; and this 
 is my judgment. 
 
 Diab. Then quoth Diabolus, How mould we know 
 
 this ? And It was anfweivd, Inquire about it at the 
 
 mouth of Mr. Profane. So Profane was called in, and 
 
 afked the queftion, and he made his anfwer as follows : 
 
 Frofane's Prof. My lords, fo far as I can gather, this is at pre- 
 
 defetiption r ent tne condition of the town of Man foul : they are de- 
 
 of the pre- ' 
 
 Cent ftate of cayed in their faith and love ; Emanuel, their prince, 
 an ou ' has given them the back ; they fend often by petition 
 to fetch him again, but he makes no hafte to anfwer their 
 requeft; nor is there much reformation among them. 
 
 Diab. I am glad that they are backward to a reforma- 
 tion, but yet I am afraid of their petitioning. However, 
 their loofenefs of life is a fign that there is not much heart 
 in what they do, and without the heart, things are little 
 worth (a). But go on, my matters, I will divert you, 
 mv lords, no longer. 
 
 Beel. If the cafe be fo with Manfoul, as Mr. Profane 
 has defcribed it to be, it will be no great matter what day 
 we affault it ; not their prayers, nor their power, will do 
 them much fervice. 
 Dreadfulad- When Beelzebub had ended his oration, then Apollyon 
 vice againft k e2an jyj y opinion, faid he, concerning this matter, 
 is, that we go en tair and foftly, not aoing things in a 
 hurry. Let our friends in Manfoul go on ftill to pollute 
 and defile it, by feefcing to draw it yet more into fin (for 
 there is nothing like fin to devour Manfoul). If this be 
 done, and takes effect, Manfoul itfelf will leave off to 
 watch, petition, or any thing elfe, that mould tend to 
 her fecurky and fafety; for fhe will forget her Emanuel, 
 {he will not defire his company ; and can fhe be gotten 
 thus to live, her Prince will not come to her in hafte. 
 
 (a) If the heart be not right with God, all our fervice! will be. unacceptable 
 to him, and we fhall derive no blefiin&s to us. 
 
 Oui 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN YAN. 239 
 
 Our trufty friend, Mr. Carnal Security, with one of his 
 tricks, drove him out of the town, and why may not my 
 lord Covetoufnefs, and my lor i Lafcivioufnefs, by what 
 they may do, keep him out of the town (a) ? And this I 
 will tell you (not becaufe you know it not) that two or 
 three Diabolonians, if entertained and countenanced by the 
 town of Manfoul, will do more to the keeping; of Ema- 
 nuel from them, and towards making the town our own, 
 than an army of a legion that fhould be fent out from us 
 to withftand him. 
 
 Let therefore this firft project: that our friends in Man- 
 foul have fet on foot, be ftrongly and diligently carried 
 on with all cunning and craft imaginable ; and let them 
 fend continually under one guife or other, more and other 
 c-f their men to p!ay with the people of Manfoul ; and 
 then perhaps we fhall not need to be at the charge of 
 making a war upon them ; or if that muft of neceflity be 
 done, yet the more finful they are, the lefs able they will 
 be to refift us, and then the more eafi'y we fhall over- 
 come them. And befides, fuppofe (and that is the worlt 
 that can be fuppofed) thatEMANUELfhould come to them 
 again, why may not the fame means (or the like) drive 
 him from them once more ? Yea, why may he not, by 
 their lapfeinto that fin again, be driven from them for 
 ever, for the fake of which he was at the firft driven from 
 them for a feafon ? And if this fhould happen, then away 
 will go with him his rams, his flings, his captains, his 
 foldiers, and he leaveth Manfoul naked and b .re. Yea, 
 will not this town, when file fees herfelf utterly forfaken 
 of her Prince, of her own accord open her gates again 
 unto you f But this muft be done by time, a few days 
 will not effect fo great a work as this. 
 
 (a) A carelefs conduct will be deftruflive to pe ce 01 tonfeience : but clofe 
 tsaiking is comfortable walking, and enlures Cod's prefence. 
 
 When 
 
2+0 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 When Apollyon had made an end of fpeaking, Diabo- 
 lus began to blow out his own malice, and plead his own 
 caufe ; and he faid, My lords and powers of the cave, 
 my true and trufty friends, I have with much impatience, 
 as becomes me, given ear to your long and tedious ora- 
 tions. But my furious gorge and empty paunch, fo luft- 
 eth after a repoffeflion of my famous town of Manfoul, 
 that whatever comes on't, I can wait no longer to fee the 
 events cf lingering projects [a). I muft, and that with- 
 out further delay, feek by all means I can to fill my un- 
 fatiable gulf with the foul and body of the town of 
 Manfoul. Therefore lend me your heads, your hearts, 
 and your helps ; now I am going to recover my town of 
 Manfoul. 
 
 When the lords and princes of the pit faw the flam- 
 ins defire that was in Diabolus to devour the miferable 
 town of Manfoul, they left orf to raife any more objec- 
 tions, but confented to lend him what ftrength they 
 could : Though, had Apollyon's advice been taken, they 
 had far more fearfully diftreffed the town of Manfoul. 
 But I fay, they were willing to lend him what flrength 
 they could, not knowing what need they might have 
 of him, when they fhould engage for themfelves, as he. 
 Wherefore they fell to devifing about the next thing 
 propounded, to wit, what foldiers they were, and alfo 
 how many, with whom Diabolus fhould go againft the 
 town of Manfoul, to take it ; and, after fome debate, 
 it was concluded, according as in the letter the Diabo- 
 lonians had fuggefted, that none was more fit for that 
 expedition, than an army of terrible Doubters. They 
 therefore concluded to fend againft Manfoul an army of 
 fturdy Doubters. The number thought fit to be em- 
 ployed in that fervice, was between twenty and thirty 
 
 (a) The malice of Satan never abates. Be It our cowern to refill hire, fled- 
 fail in the faith j lookiag to Jefus for armour, ftrength, and riclory. 
 
 thou- 
 
B v Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 241 
 tfioufand (a). So then therefultof that great council of *■ ""rof 
 
 v ' ° Doubters 
 
 thofehigh and mighty lords was, ThatDiabolus (hould raifedtoga 
 *ven- now out of hand beat up his drum for men in the"*^ J c 
 land of Doubting, which land lieth upon the confines Manfoul. 
 o{ the place called Hellgate-hill, for.men that might be 
 employed by him againft the miferable town of Manfouk 
 It wasalfo concluded, that thefe lords themfclves (hou d Hi* rrinces 
 help him in the war, and that they would, to that end, ^^^5* 
 head and manage his men. So they drew up a letter, 
 and fent it back to the Diabolonians that lurked in Man- 
 foul, and that waited for the coming back of Mr. Pro- 
 fane, to fignify to them into what method they had put 
 their defign. The contents whereof follow. 
 
 From the dark and horrible dungeon of hell, Diabo- 
 lus, with all the fociety of the princes of darknefs, 
 fends to our trufty ones, in and about the walls of 
 the town of Manfoul, now impatiently waiting for 
 our mofl devilifh anfwer to their venomous and meft 
 poifonous defign againft the town of Manfoul, 
 Our native ones, in whom from day to day we boaft, 
 and in whofe actions all the year long we greatly de- 
 light ourfelves : We received your welcome, becaufe 
 highly efteenied letter, at the hand of our trufty and 
 greatly beloved, the old gentleman, Mr. Profane; and 
 do give you to underftand, that when we had broken it 
 up, and had read the contents thereof (to your amaze- 
 ing memory be it Ipoken), our yawning hollow bellied 
 place where we are, made fo hideous and yelling a noife 
 for joy, that the mountains that ftand round about Hell- 
 gate-hill had like to have been fhaken to pieces at the 
 /bund thereof. 
 
 We could alfo do no lefs than admire your faithful- 
 nefs to us, with the greatnefs of that fubtilty that now 
 
 (j) Doubters are dangerous and potent enemies; they are difhonoutablc to 
 find's tree, fovereign, onafked, unmerited, and everlafting love and mercy in 
 thrift Jefus. 
 
 H h Juth 
 
*4* THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 hath {hewed itfelf to be in your heads to ferve us agaiml 
 the town of Manfoul. For you have invented for us fa 
 excellent a method for our proceeding againft that rebel- 
 lious people, that a more effectual cannot be thought of 
 by all the wits of hell. The propofals therefore which 
 now at laft you have fent us, fince we faw them, we have 
 done little elfe but highly approved and admired them. 
 
 Nay, we {hall, to encourage you in the profundity of 
 your craft, let you know, that at a full aficmbly and 
 conclave of our princes and principalities of this place, 
 yeur project was difcourfed and tofTed from one fide of 
 Our cave to the other by their mightinefles 3 but a better, 
 and, as was by themfelves judged, a more fit and proper 
 way, by all their wits could not be invented, to fur- 
 prize, take, and make our own, the rebellious town 
 of Manfoul. 
 
 Wherefore, in fine, all that was faid that varied from 
 what you had in your letter propounded, fell of itfelf to 
 the ground, and yours only was ftuck to by Diabolus the 
 prince j yea, his gaping gorge and yawning paunch was 
 on fire to put your invention into execution. 
 
 We therefore give you to underftand, that our flout, 
 furious, and unmerciful Diabolus, is raifing for your 
 relief, and the ruin of the rebellious town of Manfoul, 
 more than twenty thoufand Doubters (d) to come againft 
 that people. They are all flout and fturdy men, and men 
 that of old have been accuftomed to war ; I fay, he is 
 doing this work of his with all the fpeed he can, for 
 with his heart and fpirit he is engaged in it. We defire 
 therefore, that as you have hitherto ftuck to us, and 
 given us both advice and encouragement, you ftill will 
 profecute our deftgn, nor {hall you lofe, but be gainers 
 thereby; yea, we intend to make you the lords of Manfoul, 
 
 (a) Difocliei of God's word, power, truth, faithfulnefs, and love, is as art 
 heft of enemies. May the Lord arm ut with the ftiield tf faith, and fword of 
 kh Spirit, to fubdue them ! 
 
 One 
 
By M*. j 6 H tf 3 U N V A N. 443 
 
 On: thing may not by any means be omitted, that is* 
 thofe with us defire, that every one of you that are iri 
 Manfoul would ftiil life all your power, cunning, and 
 foillj wifh dclufive perfuafions, yet to draw the town of 
 Manfoul into more fin and wicked nefs, evert that fin may 
 be finifhed* and bring forth death. 
 
 For thus it is concluded with us, that the more vile, 
 finful, and debauched the td'wn of Manfoul is j the more 
 backward will their Emanuel be to come to their help-, 
 either by prefence, or other relief; yea* the more finful* 
 the more weak 4 and fo the more unable will they be to 
 make refiHance, when weihall make our aflault upon then* 
 to fwallow them up. Yea* they may caufe that their 
 mighty Sh add Aihimfelf may caft them out of his protec- 
 tion ; yea, and fend for his captains and foldiers home, 
 with his flings and rams, and leave them naked and bare, 
 and then the town of Manfoul will of itfelf open to us, 
 and fall as a fig; into the mouth of the eater [a). Yea, to 
 be fure that we then with a great deal of eafe (hall come 
 upon her s and overcome her. 
 
 As to the time of our coming upon Manfoul, we as yet 
 have not fully refolved upon that, though at prefent fome 
 of us think, as you, that a market-day, or a market-day 
 at night, will certainly be the beft. However, do you be* 
 •toady* and when you fhail hear our roaring drum without, 
 do you be as bufy to make the moft horrible eonfufiori 
 within, i Pet. v. 8. fo &ali Manfoul certainly be dif- 
 trefl'ed before and behind, and lhaW not know which way 
 to betake herfelf for help. My lord Lucifer, my lord 
 Beelzebub* my lord Apollyon, my lord Legion, with 
 the reft, falute you, as doc^ alfo my lord Diabolus, and 
 *,vc wifii both you, with ail that you do or (hall poflefs* 
 
 (a) The heart of wnn i»-fu dfckt'jl, that litriefjnS lead io greater, that Cod 
 ii.fe's his taie, peace of coo^ience is (teftroyed forafeafor., an*. 4 the eneray 
 
 ^VtVaiU. W*K.1 t»j-r<f?")V-«. 
 
 H h 2 the 
 
244 THE HOL J Y WAR, 
 
 the very felf-fame fruit and fuccefs for their doing, zsy/t 
 
 eurfelves at prefent enjoy for ours. 
 
 From our dreadful confines in the moft fearful pit, we 
 falute you, and fo do thofe many legions here wiih 
 us, wiftiing you may be as hellifhly profpcrous as 
 we defire to be ourfelves. By the letter-carrier, 
 Mr. Profane. 
 
 Then Mr. Profane addreffed himfelf for his return to 
 ManJbul, with his errand from the horrible pit to the 
 Diabolonians that dwelt in that town. So he came up 
 the flairs from the deep to the mouth of the cave where 
 Cerberus was. Now when Cerberus faw him, he afked 
 how matters went below, about, and againft the towj| 
 of Man foul. 
 
 Prof. Things go as well as we can expecl. The Iet-» 
 ter that I carried thither was highly approved, and well 
 liked by all my lords, and I am returning to teW our 
 Diabolonians fo. I have an anfwer to it here in my bo- 
 ibm, that I am fure will make our matters that fent me, 
 glad ; for the contents thereof are to encourage them t« 
 purfue their defign to the utmoft {a), and to be ready alfo 
 to fall on within, when they fhall fee my lord Diab»- 
 lus beleaguering of the town of Manfoul. 
 
 Cerb. But does he intend to go againft them himfelf ? 
 
 Prof. Does he ! Ay, and he will take along with him 
 more than twenty thoufand all fturdy Doubters, and men 
 of war, picked men from the land of Doubting, to ferve 
 him in the expedition. 
 
 C«rb. Then was Cerberus glad, and faid, And are there 
 fuch brave preparations a making to go againft the mifer- 
 able town of Manfoul ? Anu would I might be put at 
 the head of a thoufand of them, that I might alfo fhew 
 my valour againft the famous town of Manfoul. 
 
 (4) Satan it a watchful and powerful foe : may we be enabkd to refill hinj, 
 f».tbe flreagth of Jefos, ftcdfaft in th; faith, 
 
 Pr«f. 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 245 
 
 XVof. Your wifh may come to pafs, you look like one 
 that has mettle enough, and my lord will have with him 
 thofe that are valiant and flout (a). But my bufinefs re- 
 quires hafte. 
 
 Cerb. Ay, (o it does. Speed thee to the town of Man- 
 foul, with all the dcepeft mifchiefs that this place can af- 
 ford thee. And when thou fhi.lt come to the houfe of 
 Mr. Mifchief, the place where the Diabolonians meet to 
 plot, tell them that Cerberus doth wifh them his fcrvice, 
 and that if he may, he will with the army come up agaiiw^ 
 the famous town of Man foul. 
 
 Prof. That I will. And t know that my lords that are 
 there will be glad to hear it, and to fee you alfo. 
 
 So after a few more i fuch kind of compliments, Mr. 
 Profane took leave of his friend Cerberus ; and Cerberus 
 2gain, with a thoufand of their pit wifhes, bid him hafte 
 With all fpeed to his matters. The which when he had 
 heard, he made obeifance, and began to gather up his 
 heels to run* 
 
 Thus therefore he returned, and came to Man- 
 foul, and going as afore to the houfe of Mr. Mifchief, 
 .there he found the Diabolonians afTcmbred, and waiting 
 for his return. Now when he was come, and had pre- 
 fented himfelf, he delivered his letter, and adjoined his 
 compliment to them therewith : My lords, from the con« 
 fines of the pit, the high and mighty principalities ani 
 powers of the den falute you here, the true Diabolonians 
 of the town of Manfoul : wifhing you always the moft 
 proper of their beneJiction, for the great fervice, high 
 attempts, and brave achievements, that you have put 
 yourfelves upon, for the refioring to our prince. Dtabolui 
 the famous town of Manfoul. 
 
 This was therefore the prefent ftate of the mifcrahlc; 
 ■ ' » . 1 » ■ .... .. ■ ■■. 
 
 ■(*} We fbould nerer be able to refift our numerous an i luetic enemies of 
 ourf:Ivcs ; but Chrirt has tngaged them i.\ t aad rriuo?i»id ovif them : may 
 he tabdue then Ls hi aif« ! 
 
 tewn 
 
* 4 6 T tt fc H O L Y W A fc, 
 
 town of Manfoul. She had offended her Prince, an<f'' 
 tic was gone ; fhe had encouraged the powers of hell^ 
 by her fooliftinefsi to come agatnft her to feek her utter 
 deftruftion. 
 
 True, the town of Manfoul was fomewhat rhade fen- 
 fible of her fin (a), but the Diabolonians were gotten 
 into her bowels; Ihe cried* butEMANUEt was gone, and 
 her cries did hot fetch him as yet againu Befidesj fhe 
 knew not whether ever or never he would return-, and 
 come to his Manfoul again \ nor did they know the power 
 and induftry of the ehemyv nor how Forward they were 
 *o put in execution that plot <i( hell that they had de- 
 vifed agai»ft her. 
 
 They did indeed ftill fend petition after petition to thfc 
 Prince, but he anfwered all with filehce. They did neg- 
 lect reformation* and that was as Diabolus would have 
 it ; for he knew, if they regarded iniquity in their hearty 
 their King would not regard their prayer ; they there- 
 fore ftill grew weaker and Weaker, and were as a rolling 
 thing before the whirlwind. They cried to their King 
 for help, and laid Diabolonians in their bofoms; what 
 cbercfore mould a King do to them ? Yea-, there feemed 
 now to be a mixture in Man (bo 1, the Diabolonians and 
 Manfoulians would walk theftrects together. Yea, they 
 began to feek their peace, for they thought* that fince 
 the ficknefs had been fo mortal in Manfoul, it was in 
 vain to go to handy-gripes with them-. Befides, the weak- 
 neft of Manfoul was the ftierigth of their enemies ; and 
 the fins of Manfoul the advantage of the Diabolbnians, 
 The foes of Manfoul alfo now began to promife thems- 
 elves the town for a pofTefliori ; there was no great dif- 
 ference now betwixt thcManfoulians and Diabolonians^ 
 both feemed to be maftcrs of Manfoul. Yea, the Diabo-<- 
 
 i*) This rftfoofuion of (ou\ h reoffary to Ntfafc h»mi!tty, erfery belieVer 
 »iii need while hctt below an Iphahitct of a Vocy of ho and death; 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. M7 
 
 Jcmians increafed and grew, but the town of Man foul 
 diminished greatly, There were more than eleven thou- 
 fand men (**), women, and children that died by the 
 deknefs of Manfoul. 
 
 But now, as Shaddai would have it, there was one 
 whofe name was Mr. Prywell, a great lover of the peo- 
 ple of Manfoul. And he, as his manner was, went liften- 
 ing up and down in Manfoul, to fee and to hear if at any 
 time he might, whether there was any defign again ft it, The fbry «f 
 or no. For he was always a jealous man, and feared Wf r {/ # r " 
 fome mifchief fome time would befal it, either from the 
 Diaboionians within, or from fome power without. 
 Now upon a time it fo happened, as Mr. Prywell went 
 liftening here and there, that he lighted upo» a place 
 called Vile-hill in Manfoul, where Diaboionians ufed 
 to meet; fo hearing a muttering (you muft know that * 
 it was in the'night), he foftly drew near to hear; nor Th « D '»fr«- 
 had he ftood long under the houfe-end (for there flood d!"™ "ered * 
 a houfe there), but he heard one confidently affirm, that an * k y 
 it was not, or would not be long, before Oiabolus mould 
 poffefs himfelf again of Manfoul, and that then the Di- 
 aboionians did intend to put all Manfoulians to the 
 fword, and would kill and deftroy the King's captains, 
 and drive all his foldiers out of the town. 
 
 He faid moreover, That he knew there were above 
 twenty thoufand fighting men prepared by Diabolus for 
 the accomplishing of this defign, and that it would not 
 be many months before they all Should fee it. Whsn irn *»* ,ni ' 
 Mr. Prywell had heard this flory, he quickly believed Science 
 it was true ; wherefore he went forthwith to my Lord 
 Mayor's houfe, and acquainted him therewith, who fend- 
 ing for the Subordinate Preacher, brake the bufinefs to 
 him, and he as foon gave the alarm to the town ; for he 
 
 (a) This greas number is here fet down, to denote, that the loft Curtained by 
 bickflidiag from theGod of our mercies, will be inconceivably great. 
 
 was 
 
M THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 was now the chief preacher in Manfoul, becaufe as yet 
 my lord Secretary was ill at eafe (a). And this was the 
 way that the Subordinate Preacher took to alarm the town 
 therewith. The fame hour he caufed the le&ure-bell to 
 be rung, and the people came together ; he then gave them 
 a fhort exhortation to watchfulnefs, and made Mr. Pry- 
 well's news the argument thereof. For, faid he, an hor- 
 rible plot is contrived againft Manfoul, even to maflacre 
 us all in a day ; nor is this itory to be flighted, for Mr. 
 Prywell is the author thereof. Mr. Prywell was always 
 a lover of Manfoul, a fober and j udicious man, a man that 
 is no tattler, nor ruifer of falfe reports, but one that loves 
 to look into the very bottom of matters, and talks nothing 
 of news but by very folid argument. 
 
 I will call him, and you {hall hear him your own 
 felres ; fo he called him, and he came and told his tale 
 fo punctually, and affirmed its truth with fuch ample 
 grounds, that Manfoul fell prefently under a conviction 
 of the truth of what he faid. The preacher alfo backed 
 Jiim, faying, Sirs, it is not irrational for us to believe it, 
 for we have provoked Shaddai to anger, and have finned 
 Emanuel out of the town ; we have had too much cor- 
 refpondence with Diaboloiiians, and have forgotten our 
 tender mercies; no marvel, then, if the enemy both 
 within and without fhouW defign and plot our ruin; and 
 what time like this to do it ? The ficknefs is now in the 
 town, and we have been made weak thereby. Many a 
 good- meaning man is dead, and the Diabolonians of late 
 grown ttrongcr and ftronger. 
 
 Befides, quoth the Subordinate Preacher, what I have 
 
 received from this good Truth-teller is one inkling fur- 
 
 They take t ner that he underftood by thofc that he overheard, that 
 the alarm. " J 
 
 fevcral letters have lately paffed between the furies and 
 
 * '••• • ' ' ' — * ■ i ■ 
 
 (*) The ho.ly Spirit was grieved. A carelefi or trifling conduit breaks off 
 co.-nmuaioa with God, and leaves the feul in a dark, dead, and delerted Rate. 
 
 the 
 
By Mr. JOHN B U N Y A N. 249 
 
 the Diaboloniam, In order to our deftruSion. When 
 Manfoul heard all this, and not being able to gainfay it, 
 they lift up their voice and wept. Mr. Prywell alfo, in 
 the prefence of the townfmen, confirmed all that their 
 Subordinate Preacher had faid. Wherefore they now kt 
 afrefh to bewail their folly, and to a doubling of petitions 
 to Shaddai, and his Son. They alfojbralce the bufinefs 
 to the captains, high commanders, and men of war in the The y te U 
 town of Manfoul, intreating of them to ufe the means to lo the cup- 
 be ftrong, and to take good courage, and that they would tain,< 
 look after their harnefs, and make themfelves ready to 
 give Diabolus battle by night or by day, mould he come, 
 as they are informed he will, to beleaguer the town of 
 Manfoul. 
 
 When the captains heard this, they being always true 
 lovers of the town of Manfoul, what do they, but like fo 
 many Sampfons, they (hake themfelves, and come together 
 to confult and contrive how to defeat thofe bold and hel- 
 lifh contrivances that were upon the wheel, by the means 
 of Diabolus and his friends, againfl the now fickly, 
 weakly, and much impoverifhed town of Manfoul j and 
 they agreed upon thefe following particulars : 
 
 1. That the gates of Manfoul fhould be kept fhut, Theirajre*. ' 
 and made faft with bars and locks (a), and that ajl per- ment * 
 
 fons that went out or came in mould be very ftriclly ex- 
 amined by the captains of the guards, 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 
 to the end, faid they, that thofe that are managers of 
 the plot amongft us may, either coming or going, be 
 taken ; and that we may alfo find out who are the great con- 
 trivers (amongft us) of cur ruin, Lam. iii. 40. 
 
 2. The next thing was, that a ftricSt fearch fhould be 
 made for all kind of Diabolonians, throughout the whole 
 town of Manfoul j and that every man's houfe from top 
 
 (a) It highly behoves us to wstch ftriftly over our fences, left they betray 
 us into fin : let us beg «f th* Lord to give us gr«e to taJte up o«r croft UaiJy. 
 
 I i to 
 
2 5 o T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 to bottom j fhould be looked into, and that too houfe by 
 houfe, that if poflible a farther difcovery might be made 
 of all fuch among them as had a hand in thefe defigns, 
 Heb. xii. 15, 16. 
 
 3. It was further concluded upon, that whercfoever 
 or with whomfoever any of the Diabolonians were found, 
 that even thofe of the town of Man foul, that had given 
 them houfe and harbour, fhould, to their fhame and the 
 warning of others, do penance in the open place, Jen ii. 
 34. chap. v. 26. Ezek. xvi. 52. 
 
 4. It was moreover refolved by the famous town of 
 Manfoul, that a publick faft, and a day of humiliation, 
 fhould be kept throughout the whole corporation, to 
 the juftifying of their Prince, the abafing of themfelves 
 before him for their tranfgreffions againft him, and 
 againft Shaddai his Father («), Joel i. 14. chap. ii. 15, 
 16. It was further refolved, that all fuch in Manfoul as 
 did not on that day endeavour to keep that faft, and to 
 humble themfelves for their faults, but fhould mind their 
 worldly employments, or be found wandering up or down 
 the flreets, fhould be taken for Diabolonians, and fuffer 
 as Diabolonians for fuch wicked doings. 
 
 5. It was further concluded then, that with what fpeed, 
 and with what warmth of rrynd they could, they would 
 renew their humiliation for fin, and their petitions to 
 Shaddai for help ; they alfo refolved to fend tidings to 
 the court, of all that Mr. Prywell had told them, 
 Jer. xxxvii. 4. 
 
 6. It was alfo determined, that thanks fhould be given 
 by the town of Manfoul to Mr. Prywell, for his diligent 
 feeking of the welfare of their town ; and further, that 
 forafmuch as he was fa naturally inclined to feek their 
 good, and alfo to undermine their foes, they gave him a 
 
 (a) We had need continually to humble ourfclves before the Lord, for our 
 multiplied tranf^refiions, that be may exalt us indue time. 
 
 com- 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 251 
 
 commiflion of Scout-mafter-gcneral ? for the good of the 
 town of Manfoul. 
 
 When the corporation, with their captains, had thus con- 
 cluded, they did as they had faid, they (hut up their gates, 
 they made for Diabolonians ftrict fearch, they made thofe 
 with whom any were found, to do penance in the open 
 place. They kept their faft, and renewed their petitions 
 to their Prince, and Mr. Prywell managed his charge," 
 and the truft that Manfoul had put into his hands, with 
 great confcience, and good fidelity ; for he gave himfelf 
 wholly up to his employ, and that not only within the 
 town, but he went out to pry, to fee, and to hear. 
 
 Not «nany days after, he provided for his journey, 
 and went towards Hell-gate-hill, into the country where Mr.Pryweii 
 Doubters were, where he heard of all that had been talked j ng< 
 of in Manfoul, and he perceived alfo that Diabolus was 
 almoft ready for his march, &c. So he came back with 
 ipeed, and calling the captains and elders of Manfoul to- 
 gether, he told them where he had been, what he had heard, 
 and what he had feen. Particularly he told them, that He returns 
 Diabolus was almoft ready for his march, and that he had news# 
 made old Mr. Incredulity, that once brake prifon in 
 Manfoul, the general of his army ; that his army confift- 
 ed of ill Doubters, and that their number was above 
 twenty thoufand. He told moreover, that Diabolus in- 
 tended to bring with him the chief princes of the Infernal 
 Pit, and that he would make them chief captains over 
 b,is Doubters. He told them moreover, that it was cer- 
 tainly true, that feveral of the black den would with Dia- 
 bolus ride reformades, to reduce the town qf Manfoul to 
 the obedience of Diabolus their prince. 
 
 He faid inoreover, that he underitood by the Doubters, 
 among whom he had been, t'qat the reafon why old Incre- 
 dulity wasmade general of the whole army, was, bccaule 
 none truer than he to the tyrant ; and becaufe he had an im- 
 placable fpite againft the town of Manfoul (a). Bcfide*, 
 
 (a) Nothing fo injurious to the foul, or fo d;fpleafing to the God of grace, as 
 Vnbslief : May the Lord give ut the prayer, and arm us with the fliieldcl f*ith ', 
 
 I i 2 faid 
 
j 5 2 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 faid he, he remembers the affront that Manfoul has given 
 him, and he is refolved to be revenged of them. 
 
 But the black princes fhall be made high commanders ; 
 only Incredulity (hall be over them all, becaufe he can 
 more eafily and dexteroufly beleaguer the town of Man- 
 foul, than any of the princes befides, Heb. xii. I. 
 
 Now when the captains of Manfoul, with the elders 
 of the town, had heard the tidings that Mr. Prywell 
 brought, they thought it expedient, without further delay, 
 to put into execution the laws againft the Diabolonians, 
 which their Prince had made, and given them in com- 
 mandment to manage againft them. Wherefore forthwith 
 a diligent and impartial fearch was made in all houfes in 
 Manfoul, for ail and all manner of Diabolonians. Now 
 In the houfe of Mr. Mind, and in the houfe of the great 
 Lord Will-be-will, were two Diabolonians found. In Mr. 
 Mind's houfe was one lord Covetoufnefs found ; but he 
 had changed his name to Prudent-thrifty. In my lord 
 Will-be-will's houfe, one Lafcivioufnefs was found ; but 
 he had changed his name to Harmlefs-mirth. The fe two 
 the captains and elders of the town of Manfoul took and 
 committed to cuftody, under thehand of Mr. Trueman, the 
 gaoler ; and this man handled them fo feverely, and load- 
 ed them fo well with irons, that they both fell into a very 
 lleep confumption, and died in the prifon (a) ; their 
 matters alfo, according to the agreement of the captains 
 and elders, were brought to do penance in the open place, 
 to their fhame, and a warning to the reft of the town 
 of Manfoul. 
 
 Now this was the manner of penance in thofe days. 
 The perfons offending, being made fenfible of the evil of 
 their doings, were enjoined open confeffion of their faults, 
 and a ftricT: amendment of their lives. 
 
 After this the captains and elders of Manfoul fought 
 yet to find out more Diabolonians, where-ever they lurk- 
 
 («) May we daily look to the blood of Jefus for pardon, to his righteoufnefs 
 for peace, and for bis grace and ftrength to fubdue the body of fin ! 
 
 ed; 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 253 
 
 ed, whether in dens, caves, holes, vaults, or where elfe 
 they could, in or about the wall or town of Manfoul. 
 But though they could plainly fee their footing, and (o 
 follow them by their track and fmell to their holds, evert 
 to the mouths of their caves and dens, yet take and do 
 juftice upon them they could not, their ways were fo 
 crooked, their holds fo ftrong, and they fo quick to take 
 fandtuary there (a). 
 
 But Manfoul ruled now with fo ftiffan hand over the 
 Diabolonians that were left, that they were glad to fhrink 
 into corners : time was, when they durft walk openly 
 and in the day, but now they were forced to embrace pri- 
 vacy and the night : time was, when a Manfoulian was 
 their companion, but now they counted them deadly 
 enemies. This change did Mr. Prywell's intelligence 
 make in the town of Manfoul. 
 
 By this time Diabolus had finiflied his army which he 
 intended to bring with him for the ruin of Manfoul ; and 
 had fet over them captains, and other field officers, fuch 
 as liked his furious ftomach beft: himfelf was lord para- 
 mount. Incredulity was general of his army. Their 
 higheft captains fhall be named afterwards; but now for 
 their officers, colours, and fcutcheons. 
 
 1. Their firft captain was captain Rage, he was captain 
 over the Election Doubters, his were the red colours ; his 
 ftandard-bearer was Mr. Deftru&ive, and the great red dra- 
 gon he had for his fcutcheon, Rev. xii. 3, 4, 13, 15, 17. 
 
 2. The fecond captain was captain Fury, he was cap- 
 tain over the Vocation-Doubters, his ftandard-bearer was 
 Mr. Darknefs, his colours were thofe that were pale, 
 and he had for his fcutcheon the fiery flying ferpent. 
 Num. xxi. 6. 
 
 3. The third captain was captain Damnation, he was 
 captain over the Grace-Doubters, his were the red co- 
 lours, Mr. No- life bare them, and he had for his fcut- 
 
 [a) In-dwelling &a will ever be a powerful foe : It conftitutes the chriftian 
 warfare ; May ChriA by bit Spirit make us more than conquerers over it ! 
 
 cheon 
 
i 5 4 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 cheon the black den, Matth. iii. 22, 23. Rev. ix. 1. 
 
 4. The fourth captain was captain Infatiable, he was 
 captain over the Faith -Doubters (a), his were the red 
 colours, Mr. Devourer bare them, and he had for his 
 fcutcheon the yawning-jaws, Prov. xxvii. 20. 
 
 5. The fifth captain was captain Brimftone, he was 
 captain over the Perfeverance-Doubters, his alfowere the 
 red colours, Mr. Burning bare them, and his fcutcheon 
 was the blue and (linking flame, Pfal. xi. 6. Rev. xiv. II. 
 
 6. The fixth captain was captain Torment, he was cap- 
 tain over the Refurre&ion-Doubters, his colours were 
 thofe that were pale, Mr. Gnaw was his ftandard -bearer, 
 and he had the black worm for his fcutcheon, Mark ix. 
 44. 46. 48. 
 
 7. The feventh captain was captain No-eafe, he was 
 captain over the Salvation-Doubters, his were the red 
 colours, Mr. Reftlefs bare them, and his fcutcheon was 
 the ghaftly picture of death, Rev. iv. 11. chap. vi. 8. 
 
 8. The eighth captain was captain Sepulchre, he was 
 captain over the Glory-Doubters, his alfo were the pale 
 colours, Mr. Corruption was his ftandard- bearer, and 
 he had for his fcutcheon a fcull, and dead men's bones, 
 Jer. v. 16. ch. ii. 25. 
 
 g. The ninth captain was captain Paft-hope, he was 
 captain of thofe that are called the Felicity-Doubters, his 
 ftandard- bearer was Mr. Defpair ; his alfo were the red 
 colours, and his fcutcheon was the hot iron and the hard 
 heart, Tim. ii. 4. Rom. ii. 5. 
 
 Thefe were his captains, and thefe were their forces, 
 thefe were the ftandards, thefe were their colours, and 
 thefe were their fcutcheons. Now over thefe did the 
 great Diabolus make fuperior captains, and they were in 
 number {even : As namely, the lord Beelzebub, the lord 
 Lucifer, the lord Legion, the lord Apollyon, the 
 lord Python, the lord Cerberus, and the lord Belial ; 
 
 (a) This and the reft are founded on difbelief of God's word. May the Lord 
 enable as to mix faifh with it, that we may fee our kitereft in every covenant, 
 f romife I 
 
 thefe 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN, 455 
 
 thefe feven he fet over the captains, and. Incredulity was 
 lord general, and Diabolus was king. 
 
 The Reformades alfo, fuch as were like themfelves, 
 were made fome of them captains of hundreds, and fome 
 fome of them captains of more. And thus was the army 
 of Incredulity completed. 
 
 So they fct out at Hellgate-hill (for there they had 
 their rendezvous), from whence they came withaftrait 
 courfe upon their march towards the town of Manfoul. 
 Now, as was hinted before, the town had, as Shaddai 
 would have it, received from the mouth of Mr. Pry well 
 the alarm of their coming before (a). Wherefore they 
 fet a ftrong watch at the gates, and had alfo doubled their 
 guards j they alfo mounted their flings in , good places, 
 where they might conveniently caft out their great ftones 
 to the annoyance of the enemy. 
 
 Nor could thofe Diabolonians that were in the town 
 do that hurt as was defigned they mould ; for Manfoul 
 was now awake. But alas, poor people, they were fore- 
 ly affrighted at firft appearance of their foes, and at their 
 fitting down before the town, efpecially when they heard 
 the roaring of their drum, 1 Pet. v. 8. This, to fpeak 
 truth, was amazingly hideous to hear, it frightened all 
 men feven miles round. The ftreaming of their colours 
 was alfo terrible and dejecting to behold. 
 
 When Diabolus was come up againfl the town, firft he 
 made his approach to Ear-gate, and gave it a furious He makes 
 aflault, fuppofing, as it feem?, that his friends in Man- nj n "Ear- 
 foul had been ready to do the work within ; but care was C ate - and * 
 taken of that before, by the vigilance of the captains. Cf>e 
 Wherefore milling of the help that he expected from 
 them, and finding his army warmly attacked with the 
 Hones from the dingers (for that I will fay for the captains 
 tains, that, confidering the weaknefs that yet was upon 
 
 (4) Fore-warned, fore-a-iaed. It is an unfpeakable mercy, not to be ig- 
 norant *f Satan's device?. B ? ye therefore fober, and watch un:o prayer. 
 
 them 
 
256 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 them by reafon of the long ficknefs that had annoyed the 
 
 town of Manfoul, they behaved themfelves gallantly), he 
 
 was forced to make fome retreat from Manfoul (*), and 
 
 He retreats, intrench himfelf and his men in the field, without the 
 
 andintren- 
 
 •heahimfelf. reach or the flings of the town, James iv. 7. 
 
 Now having intrenched himfelf, he' cart up four mounts 
 againft the town j the firft he called mount Diabolus, 
 putting his own name thereon, the more to affright the 
 town of Manfoul : the other three he called thus, mount 
 Aledto, mount Megara, and mount Tifiphone, for 
 thefe are the names of the dreadful furies of hell. 
 Thus he began to play his game with Manfoul, and to 
 ferve it as the lion his prey, even to make it fall before 
 his terror. But, as I faid, the captains and foldiers refitted 
 fo ftoutly, and did fo much execution, that they made 
 him, though againft ftomach, toxetreat : wherefore Man- 
 foul began to take courage. 
 
 Diabolus** Now upon mount Diabolus, which was raifed on the 
 
 ftandard fet _ t ,. / 
 
 up. north fide of the town, there did the tyrant fet up his 
 
 ftandard, and a fearful thing it was to behold, for he had 
 wrought in it by devilifh art after the manner of his 
 fcutcheon, a flaming flame, fearful to behold, and the 
 picture of Manfoul burning in it. 
 
 When Diabolus had thus done, he commanded that his 
 drummer fhould every night approach the walls of the 
 town of Manfoul, and beat a parley ; the command was 
 to doit at night («), as in the day-time they annoyed 
 him with their flings ; for the tyrant faid, that he had 
 a mind to parley with the now trembling town of Man- 
 foul, and he commanded that the drum fhould beat 
 every night, that through wearinefs they might at laft 
 if poflible (at the firft they were unwilling, yet) be forced 
 to do it. 
 
 {a) The enemy is ever watching for our halting. The Lord make us watch. 
 ful oter ourfclrei, watchful againft all evil and watching unto prayer 1 
 
 Sft 
 
Bv Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 257 
 
 So the drummer did as commanded ; he arofe, and did 
 beat his drum. But when his drum did go, if one looked 
 towards the town of Manfoul, behold darlcnefs and for- 
 row, and the light was daj-kened in the heaven thereof, 
 Ifa. v. 30. No noife was ever heard Upon earth more 
 terrible, except the vojceofSHADDAi, whervhe fpeaketh. 
 But how did Manfoul tremble ! it now looked for 
 nothing but forthwith to be fwallowed up. 
 
 When, this drummer had beaten a parley, he made 
 this fpeech to Manfoul: My matter has bid me telj you, 
 that if you will willingly fubmit, you fh;Ul have the 
 good of the earthy but if you fhall be ftubborn, he is 
 refolv.ed to take you by force* But by that the fugitive 
 had done beating his drum, the people of Manfoul had 
 betaken themfelves to the captains that were in the 
 Caftle,, fo that there was none to regard, rior to give this 
 drummer an anfwer j fo he proceeded no further that 
 night, bu-t returned again to his mafter to the camp. 
 
 When Diabolas faw that, by drumming, he could 
 not work out Maafoul to his will, the next night he 
 fendeth his drummer without hi.s drum, ftill to let the 
 townfmen know that he had a mind to parley with 
 them(rt). But when all came to all, his parley was 
 torned into a fummons to the town, to deliver up them- 
 felves : but they gave him neither heed nor hearing, for 
 they remembered what at firft it cofl them to hear him a 
 few words. 
 
 The next night he fends again, and then who fhould 
 be his meffenger to Manfoul, but the terrible captain 
 Sepulchre j fo captain Sepulchre came up to the walls of 
 Manfoul, and made this oration to the town : 
 
 O ye inhabitants of the rebellious town of Manfoul ! 
 I fummon you in ihe name of the prince Diabolus, 
 that without any more ado you fet open the gates of your 
 , . , , 
 
 (a) Lft us romember, that parlying with the tempter was the primary 
 ea%fc »f the f*ll of buuu O tiiat we may avoid the J«ift appearance of fin ! 
 
 K. k town, 
 
 \ 
 
i$8 T tf E tt O L Y W A K, 
 
 town, and admit your lord to come in. But if you {half 
 frill rebel, when we have taken the town by force, We 
 will fwaltow you up as the grav* ; wherefore if you will 
 hearken to my fummons, fay fa; 2nd if not, then let. roe 
 know. 
 
 The reatfcm of fhis my fummons, quoth he, is, for 
 that my lord is your undoubted prince and lord, as you 
 yourfelves have formerly owned. Nor fhall that aflauk 
 that was given to my lord^ when Emanuel dealt fo 
 diftionourably by him, prevail with him tolofehis right, 
 and to forbear to attempt to recover his own. Confider 
 then, O Manfoul, with thyfelf, wilt thou (hew thyfelf 
 peaceably, or not ? If thou wilt quietly yield up thy- 
 felf, then our old friendfhip fhall be renewed j but if 
 thou wilt yet refufe and rebel, then expect nothing but 
 fire and fword (a). 
 
 When the languifhing; town of Manfoul had heard 
 this- fummoner, and his fummons, they were yet moj?e 
 put to their dumps, but made the captain no anfwer at 
 all ; fo away he went as he came. 
 
 After fome confutation among themfelves, as alfo 
 with fome of their captains, they applied themfelves 
 afrefh to the Lord Secretary for counfel and advice from 
 him ; for this Lord Secretary was their chief preacher 
 fas mentioned before), only now he was ill at eaft j and 
 •*f him they begged favour in thefe two or three 
 thing?. 
 
 j. That he would look comfortably upon them, and 
 not keep hirnfelf fo much retired from them as formerly. 
 Alfo that he would be prevailed with to give them a 
 hearing while they fhoul'd make known their miferable 
 condition to him. But to this he told them as before, 
 
 (a) Satan and corrupt nature will to the lair breath war a gain ft th« foul. 
 X.c it our dit.rminauon, through grace, not to lay dowfc our fpirkual arms 
 but m:h our 5ife» 
 
 That 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 459 
 
 That as yet he was but ill at eafe, and therefore could 
 not do as he had formerly done. 
 
 2. The fecond thing they defired, was, that he would 
 %e pleafed to give them his advice about their now fo 
 important affairs, for that Diabolus was come and fet 
 before the town with no lefs than twenty thoufand 
 Doubters. They faid moreover, that both he and his 
 captains were cruel men, and that they were afraid of 
 them. But to this he faid, You muft look to the law 
 of the Prince, and there fee what is laid upon you 
 to do [a). 
 
 3. Then they defired that his Highnefs would help 
 them to frame a petition to Shaddai, and unto Ema- 
 nuel his Son, and that he would fet his own hand 
 thereto, as a token that he was one with them in it : 
 For, faid .they, my Lord, many a one have we fent, bujt 
 can get no anfwex of peace., but now furely one with 
 thy hand unto it, may obtain good for Manfoul. 
 
 But all the anfwer he gave to this, was, That they 
 had offended Emanuel, and had alfo grieved himfelf, 
 and that therefore they inuijt as yet partake of their own 
 devices. 
 
 This anfwer of the Lord Secretary fell like a mill- 
 ftone -upon them,; yea, it crufhcd them fo, that they 
 could not tell what to do, yet they durft cot comply 
 with the demands of Diabolys, nor wi.th the demands of 
 his captain {b) t £/am. i. 3. So then here were the irraits The fad 
 that the town of Manfoul, was in when the enemy came M^n* on i 
 wpon her : h"r foes were ready to fwaJUow her up, and 
 her friends forboxe to help her. 
 
 1 . . . . 
 
 [a) We fhould i'earch the Scriptures, p-l»ad the promifes, artf humbly wait 
 op the Lord, in .11 his wayr, /or direction, fuengrh, and comfjrr. 
 
 (b) The foul who his laded that the Lord is gracious, though cart down, 
 would not give up his little hope, nor reuuu to fin and folly, for t;n thoufcnd 
 
 worlds. 
 
 K k 2 Then 
 
*6o T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Then flood up my lord mayor, whofe name w^smy 
 lord Underftanding, and he began to pick and pick* 
 until he had picked comfort out of that feemingly 
 bitter faying of the Lord Secretary ; for thus he defcanted 
 upon it: Firft, faid he, This unavoidably follows upon 
 $he faying of my Lord, That we muft yet fufFer for our 
 fins. 2. But, quoth he, the word " yet" founds as if at 
 lad we mould be faved from our enemies, and that, after 
 a few more forrows, Emanuel will come and be our 
 help. Now the lord mayor was the more critical in 
 his dealing with the Secretary's words, becaufe my Lord 
 was more than a prophet, and becaufe none of his words 
 were fuch, but that at all times they were moft exactly 
 fignificant, and the towhfmen were allowed to pry into 
 them, and to expound them to their beft advantage [a). 
 
 So they took their leaves of my Lord, and returned to 
 the captains, to whom they told what my I<ord Secretary 
 had faid, who, when they had heard it, were all of the 
 fame opinion as was my lord mayor himfelf ; the cap- 
 tains therefore began to take courage, and prepared to 
 make fome brave attempt upon the camp of the enemy, 
 and to deftroy all that were Diabolonians, with the rov- 
 ing Doubters that the tyrant had brought with him to 
 ruin the poor town of Manfoul. 
 
 So all betook themfelves forthwith to their places, the 
 ^^ManT" I ca P ta,ns to theirs, the lord mayor to his, the Subordi- 
 in order, nate Preacher to his, and my lord Will-be-will to his. 
 The captains longed to be at fome work for their Prince, 
 for they delighted in v/arlike atchievements. The next 
 day, therefore, they came together and confulted ; and 
 after confutation had, they refolved to give an anfwer 
 to the captain of Diabolus with flings ; and fo they did 
 at the rifing of the fun on the morrow ; for Diabolus 
 had adventured to come nearer again, but the fling- 
 
 fa) A divinely enlightened underftanding is as the oracle of God : it will ever 
 feek his glory : Let us pray for a right underftaading in ail things. 
 
 ftones 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 261 
 
 flones were to him and his, like hornets. For as there 
 is nothing to the town of Manfoul fo terrible as the 
 roaring of Diabolus's drum, fo there is nothing to Dia- 
 bolus fo terrible as the well playing of Emanuel's 
 flings (a). Wherefore Diabolus was forced to make 
 another retreat, yet further off from the famous town of 
 Manfoul. Then did the lord mayor of Manfoul caufe 
 the bells to be rung, and that thanks mould be fent to 
 the Lord High Secretary by the mouth of the Subordi- 
 nate Preacher ; for that by his words the captains and 
 elders of Manfoul had been ftrengthened againft, Diabo- 
 lus. 
 
 When Diabolus faw that his captains and foldiers, 
 high lords, and renowned, were frightened and beaten 
 down by the ftones that came from the golden flings of 
 the Prince of the town of Manfoul, he bethought him- 
 felf, and faid, I will try to catch them by fawning, I 
 will try to flatter them into my net. 
 
 Wherefore after a while he came down again to the Diabolm 
 wall, not now with his drum, nor with captain Sepul- ^ a ln6e * hl " 
 chre, but having all fo befugar'd his lips, he feemed to 
 be a very fweet-mouthed, peaceable prince, defigning 
 nothing for honour-fake, nor to be revenged on Man- 
 foul for injuries by them done ; to him but the welfare, 
 and good, and advantage of the town and people there- 
 in, was now, as he faid, his only defign (b). Where- 
 fore, after he had called for audience, and defired that 
 the townsfolk would give it to him, he proceeded in his 
 oration : And faid, 
 
 Oh ! the defire of my heart, the famous town of Man- 
 foul, how many nights have I watched, and how many 
 weary fteps have I taken, if perhaps I might do thee 
 good ! 1 Pet. v. 8. Rev. xii. 10. Far be it, far be it 
 
 (a) The prayer of faith : holy breathings and ejaculations of the foul to the 
 Lord, who has promifed not to cart oot thq prayer of the poor dertitute. 
 (£) Satan flatters to deceive, and then devours. Watch and pray, 
 
 from 
 
iSi T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 from me to d^firc to make war upon you ; if ye will but 
 wulingly and quickly deliver up yourfelves unto me. 
 You know that you were mine of old, Matt. iv. 8. 
 Luke iv. 6, 7. Remember alfo, that fo long as you 
 enjoyed me for your lord, and that I enjoyed you for my 
 fubjefts, you wanted for nothing of all the delights of 
 the earth, that I, your lord and prince, could get for 
 Vou ; or that I could invent to make you bonny and 
 blithe withal. Confider, you never had fo many hard, 
 dark, troublefome, and heart-affli&ing hours, while you 
 were mine, as you have had fmce you revolted from me, 
 ner fhall you ever have peace again until you and I be- 
 come one as before. But be but prevailed with to em- 
 brace me again, and I will grant, yea, enlarge your old 
 charter with abundance of privileges, fo that your 
 licenfe and liberty (hall be to take, hold, enjoy, and 
 make your own, all that is pleafant from eaft to weft (a). 
 Nor fhall any of thofe incivilities, wherewith you have 
 offended me, be ever charged upon you by me, fo long 
 as the fun and moon endure. Nor fhall any of thofe 
 dear friends of mine, that now, for the fear of you, li e 
 lurking in dens and holes and caves in Manfoul, be 
 hurtful to you any more ; yea, they fhall be your fcr- 
 vants, and fhall minifter unto you of their fubftance, 
 and- of whatever fhall come to hand. I need fpeak no 
 more, you know them, and have fome time fince been 
 much deHghted in their company, why then fhould we 
 abide at fuch odds ? Let us renew our old acquaintance 
 and friendfhip again. 
 
 Bear with your friend, I take the liberty at this time 
 to fpeak thus freely unto you. The love that I have to 
 you, preffes me to do it, as alfo does the zeal of my 
 heart for my friends with you j put me not therefore to 
 
 («) The temptations of Satan, the allurements of the world, and the cor- 
 rnptions of the tie»rt, are fubtle and poweiful enemies: but grace is almighty 
 *' Aflt, ^ndye /hal! receive, that your joy ma/ be /all.'* 
 
 further 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYAN. 263 
 
 /urther trouble, nor yourfelves to further frights. Have 
 you I will, in a way of peace or war ; nor do you flatter 
 yourfelves with the power and force of your captains, or 
 that your Emanuel will fhortly come in to your help ; 
 for fuch ftrength will do you no pleafure. 
 
 I am come againft you with a flout and valiant army, 
 and all the chief princes of the den ara even at the head. 
 Befides, my captains are fwifter than eagles, ftronger 
 than lion?, and more greedy of prey than are the even- 
 ing wolves. What is Og or Bafhan ; what is Goliath 
 of Gath I and what are an hundred more of them to one 
 of the leaft of my captains ! how then fhall Manfoul 
 think to efcape my hand and force ? 
 
 Diabolus having thus ended his flattering, fawning, 
 deceitful, and lying fpeech to the famous town of 
 Manfoul, the lord mayor replied unto him as fol T 
 lows : 
 
 O Diabolus! prince of darknefs, and matter of all The Lord 
 deceit.; thy lying flatteries we have had, and made fuffi- ^J™ 
 cient probation of, and have tafted too deeply of that 
 deftrudlive cup already j fhould we therefore again hearken 
 unto thee, and fo break the commandment of our great 
 Shaddai, to join affinity with thee, would not our 
 Prince reject us, and caft us off for ever, and, being cad 
 off by him, can tli£ place that he has prepared for thee 
 be a place of reft for us ! Befides, O thou that art empty 
 and void of all truth, we are rather ready to die by thy 
 hand than to fall in with thy flattering and lying de- 
 ceits [a). 
 
 When the tyrant faw that there was little to be got 
 in parlying with my lord mayor, he fell into an hellifh 
 rage, and reiblved that again with his army of Doubters 
 he would another time ailaujt the town of Manfoul. 
 
 {a) Th's fliould be the resolution of every chrjftian 3 knowing thai no wea- 
 pon formed agair.fl the weakefl believer flul/ profper. 
 
264 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 So he called for his drummer, who beat up for his 
 men ( and while he did beat, Manfoul {hook ) to be 
 in a readinefs to give battle to the corporation j then 
 Diabolus drew near with his army, and thus difpofed 
 of his men. Captain Cruel, and captain Torment, 
 thefe he drew up, and placed againft Feel-gate, and 
 commanded them to fet down there for the war. And 
 he alfo appointed, that, if need were, captain No-eafe 
 fhould come in to their relief. At Nofe-gate he placed 
 captain Brimftone and captain Sepulchre, and bid them 
 look well to their ward on that fide of the town of 
 Manfoul. But at Eye-gate he placed that grim- faced 
 one, the captain Paft-hope, and there alfo now did he 
 fet up his terrible ftandard. 
 
 Now Captain Infatiable was to look to the carriages 
 of Diabolus, and was alfo appointed to take into cuftody 
 that, or thofe perfons and things that fhould at any time 
 as prey be taken from the enemy. The inhabitants of 
 Manfoul kept Mouth-gate for a fally port, wherefore 
 that they kept ftrong, for that was it by and out at which 
 the townsfolk fent their petitions to Emanuel their 
 prince j that alfo was the gate, from the top of which 
 the captains played their flings at the enemies, for that 
 gate flood fomewhat afcending, fo that the placing of 
 them here, and the letting of them fly from that place, 
 did much execution againft the tyrant's army ; wherefore 
 for thefe caufes, with others, Diabolus fo ught, if poflible., 
 to flop up Mouth-gate with dirt (a). 
 
 Now, as Diabolus was bufy and induflrious in pre- 
 paring to make his aflault upon the town of Manfoul 
 without, fo the captains and foldiers in the corporation 
 were as bufy in preparing within ; they mounted their 
 flings, fet up their banners, founded their trumpets, and 
 put themlelves in fuch order as was judged moft for the 
 
 {a) Satan dreads prayer: but it proves a fource of rich blefiings to thechrif* 
 
 annoyance 
 
£y Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 265 
 
 annoyance of the enemy, and for the advantage of Man- 
 foul, and gave their foldiers orders to be ready at the 
 found of the trumpet for war. The lord W ill- be- will JJjJ.^? 
 alfo, he took the charge of watching againft the rebels will rhys 
 Within, and to do what he Could to take them while 
 Without, or to ftifle them within their Caves, dens, and 
 holes in the town-wall of Manfoul. And, to f peak the 
 truth of him, ever fince he did penance for his fault, 
 he has {hewed as much honefty and bravery of fpirit as 
 mav be in Manfoul, for he took one Jolly, and h i s J5 J>1 ' y . a " d 
 
 J J Grlgglfll tfr. 
 
 brother Griggifti, the two fons of his fervant Harmlefs- ken and cx- 
 mirth (a) ; (for to that day, though the father was com- ecute *' 
 mitted to ward, the fons had a dwelling in the houfe of 
 my Lord) I fay, he took them, and with his own hands 
 put them to the crofs. And this was the reafon why he 
 hanged them up : after their father was put into the 
 hand of Mr. Trueman the gaoler, his fons began to 
 play their pranks, and to be tricking and toying with 
 the daughters of their Lord j nay, it was jealoufed that 
 they are too familiar with them, which was brought to 
 his Lordfhip's ear. Now his Lordfliip being unwilling 
 unadvifedly to put any man to death, did not fuddenly 
 fall upon them ; but fet watch and fpies to fee if the 
 thing was true ; of the which he was foon informed, 
 for his two fervants, whofe names were Find-out and 
 Tell-all, catched them together in an uncivil manner 
 more than once or twice, and went and told their 
 Lord. So when my lord Will-be- will had fufficient 
 ground to believe the thing was true, he takes the two 
 young Diabolonians, for fuch they were (for their fa- 
 ther was a Diabolonian born), and has them to Eye- 
 gate, where he raifed a very high crofs jufl in the face 
 
 (u) A light and trifling behaviour (as before obfen ed) muft be avoided, if 
 weexpett peace oltomwince, and communion, with God. 
 
 L 1 of 
 
266 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 of Diabolus, and of his army, and there he hanged the 
 young villains, in defiance to captain Paft-hope, and 
 the horrible ftandard of the tyrant. 
 Mottifica- Now this chriftian aft of the brave lord Will-be-will 
 ^Tif ***( greatl y abafhed captam Paft-hope, difcouraged the army 
 hopeoflift. of Diabolus, put fear into the Diabolonian runagades 
 in Manfoul, and put ftrength and courage into the cap- 
 tains that belonged to Emanuel the prince j for they 
 without gathered, and that by this very aft of my Lord, 
 that Manfoul was refolved to fight, and that the Diabo- 
 lonians within the town could not do fuch things as 
 Diabolus had hopes they would. Nor was this the only 
 proof of the brave lord Will-be-will's honefty to the 
 town, nor of his loyalty to his Prince, as will after- 
 wards appear («). 
 
 Now when the children of Prudent-thrifty who dwelt 
 with Mr. Mind, (for Thrift left children with Mr* 
 Mind, when he was alfo committed to prifon, and their 
 names were Gripe and Rake»all, thefe he begat of Mr. 
 Mr. Mind Mind's baftard daughter whofe name was Mrs. Hold- 
 faft-bad), I fay, when his children perceived how the 
 lord Will-be-will had ferved them that dwelt with him, 
 what do they but (left they fhould drink of the fame 
 cup) endeavour to make their efcape : But Mr. Mind 
 being wary of It, took them, and put them in hold in 
 his houfe till morning (for this was done eVer-night), 
 and remembering that by the law of Manfoul all Diabo- 
 lonians were to die (and to be Aire they were at leaft by 
 father's fide, fuch, and fome fay by mother's fide too); 
 what does he, but takes them, and puts them in chains, 
 and carries them to the felf-fame place where my Lord 
 hanged his two before, there he hanged them. The 
 
 («) When the will and heart areenlifted in the ferrice of Chrift, the foul 
 profpersj and Cod is glorified. Pray tor an und-rfliflding heart. 
 
 townfmeri 
 
 man. 
 
5v Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 267 
 
 townfmen aHb took great encouragement at this a£l of 
 Mr. Mind, and did what they could to have taken fome 
 more of thefe Diabolonian troublers of Manfoul j but at 
 that time the reft lay fo clofe, that they could not be 
 . apprehended.; fo they fet againft them a diligent watch, 
 and went every man to his place. 
 
 I told you a little before, that Diabolus and his army 
 were fomewhat abaihed aid difcouraged at the fight of 
 what my lord Will-be-will did, when he hanged up 
 thofe two young Diabolonians ; but his difcouragement 
 quickly turned itfdf into furious madnefs and rage 
 againft the town of Manfoul, and fight it he would. 
 Alio the townfmen and captains within had their hopes 
 and expectation heightened, believing at laft the day 
 would be theirs, i'o they feared them the lefs (a). Their 
 Subordinate Preacher too made a fermon about it, and 
 took that theme for his text, " Gad, a troOp (hall over- 
 come him, but he fliall overcome at the laft." Whence 
 he (hewed, that though Manfoul fhould be forely put to 
 it at the firft, yet the victory ihould molt certainly be 
 Manfoul'sat the laft. Gen. xlix. 19. 
 . So Diabolus commanded that hii drummer mould beat 
 a charge againit the town, and the captakis alio that 
 were in the town feuuded a charge againft them, but 
 they had no drum, they were trumpets of filyer with 
 which they founded againft them. Then thev which 
 were pf the camp of Di. .bolus came down to the town 
 to take it, and the captains in the caftle. with the {ling- 
 ers at Mouth-gate, played upon them amain. And now 
 there was no.hing heard in the camp of Diabolus but 
 
 horrible rage and bhfphemy j but in the town good 
 
 - 
 , — , . . J 
 
 (a) Faith grounded upon the ijnmntable fYithfulntfs of a covenant God, 
 products that hope fixed oo the rock (Thrift, which makcth not u'himsJ, 
 Jlora. v. 4. 
 
 I. 1 .' WOVCfe. 
 
 
268 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 words, prayer, and finging of pfalms. The enemy re- 
 plied with horrible objections, and the terriblenefs 'or* 
 their drum; but the town made anfwcr with the flap- 
 ping of their flings, and the melodious noife of their 
 trumpets. And thus the fight lafted for feveral days to- 
 gether, only now-and-then they had fome fmall inter- 
 miflion, in which the townfmen refrefhed themfelves, 
 and the captains made ready for another affault. 
 
 The captains of Emanuel were clad in filver armour, 
 and the foldiers in that which was of proof; the foldiers 
 of Diabolus were clad in iron, which was made to give 
 place to Emanuel's engine fhot. In the town fome 
 were hurt, and fome were greatly wounded. Now the 
 worft of it was, a furgeon was fcarce in Man-foul, for 
 that Emanuel at this time was abfent, Rev. xxii. 2. Pf. 
 xxxviii. 5. Howbeit, with the leaves of a tree the 
 wounded were kept from dying ; yet their wounds great- 
 wbo of Jy putrified, and fome did grievoufly flink (a). Of the 
 werewound- townfmen thefe were wounded, to wit, my lord Reafon, 
 td ' he was wounded in the head. Another that was wound- 
 
 ed, was the brave lord-mayor, he was wounded in the 
 Eye. Ano.her that was wounded was Mr. Mind j he 
 received his wound about the ftomach. The honeft Sub- 
 Hopeful ordinate Preacher alfo received a fhot not far off the 
 thoughts, heart, but none of thefe were mortal. Many alfo of the 
 inferior fort were not only wounded, but (lain outright. 
 - . Now in the camp of Diabolus were wounded and flain a 
 camp of Dia- confiderable number: for inftance, captain Rage was 
 b °oun<r<r C wounded, and fo was captain Cruel. Captain Damna- 
 •nd flain. tion was made to retreat, and intrench himfelf further 
 off of Manfoul; the ftandard alfo of Diabo!us was beaten 
 down, and his ftandard-bearer, captain Much-hurt, had 
 
 {«) By this, onderftand the loathfomenefs of fin in the fight of a pure and- 
 ho)y Qod, May it be fo to bs, and grace fubdue it ! 
 
 his 
 
By Mr. JOffN BUNYAN. 469 
 
 his brain* beat out with a fling-ftone, to the no little 
 grief and fhame of his prince Diabolus. 
 
 Many alfo of the Doubters were (lain outright, though 
 enough of them were left alive to make Mafifoul (hakes 
 and totter. Now the victory that day being turned to The viaory 
 Manfoul, put great valour into the townfmen and cap-» d "y n t e oM t i ^ 
 tains, and covered Eiiabolus's camp with a cloud, but fou, » **• 
 withal it made them far more furious. So the next Day 
 Manfoul refted, and commanded that the bells fliould 
 be rung, the trumpets alfo joyfully founded, and the 
 captains fhouted round the town [a). 
 
 My lord Will-be-will alfo was not idle, but did nota- 
 ble -fervice within agaiuft the domeftics, or the Diabo- 
 lohians, that were in the town, not only by keeping of 
 them in awe; for he lighted on one at laft, whofe name My lord 
 was Mr. Any- thing, a fellow of whom mention was W1 ji "Jj-'etfr 
 made before, for it was he, if you remember, that °™ Any- 
 brought the three fellows to Diabolus, whom the Dia- one Uofe- 
 bolonians took out of captain Boanerges's companies, ^' m "* k 
 and that perfuaded them to lift themfelves under the ty- them to 
 rant, to fight againft the army of Shaddai ; mylord war * 
 Will-be-will alfo took a notable Diabolonian, whofe 
 name was Loofe- foot ; this Loofe- foot was a fcout to 
 the vagabonds in Manfoul, and ufed to carry tidings out 
 of Manfoul to the camp, and out of the camp to thofe 
 of the enemies in Manfoul; both thefe my lord fen t 
 away fafe to Mr. Trueman the gaoler, with a. command* 
 inent to keep them in irons; for he intended then .to 
 have them out to be crucified, when it would be for the 
 beft to the corporation, and moil for the difeouragcment 
 of the camp of the enemies. 
 
 My lord- mayor alfo, though he could not ftir about 
 
 [a] It is matter of joy when fatan's kingdom is weakened by oar Ema. 
 yur.r. : but Benbadad will return: we have yet many enernijs : therefore 
 fiiil look unto Jefus : fee \ Kings xx. 2z. 
 
 fo 
 
ft)* THE HOL Y W A R, 
 
 fo much as formerly, becaufc of the wound that he had 
 lately received, yet gave he out orders to all that were 
 the natives of Manfoul, to look to their watch, and 
 ftand upon their guard* and, as occafton ftiould offer > 
 to prove themfelves men. Mr. Confcience the preach- 
 er alfo did his utmoft to keep all his good documents 
 alive upon the hearts of the people of Manfoul. 
 Tbeeaptains Well, a while after, the captains and ftout ones of the 
 confuhto town of Manfoul agreed, and refolved upon a time t$ 
 
 fall upon the , r ., , #.»*.'«. . ■ 
 
 enemy. make a tally out upon the camp of Qjabolus, and this 
 muft be done in the night («), and there was the folly 
 ©f Manfoul ("for the night is always the beft for the ene- 
 my, but the wqrft for Manfoul to fight in), but yet they 
 would do it, their courage was fo high j their laft victo- 
 ry alfo ftill ftuck in their memories. 
 Theyfiijht The night appointed being come, the Prince's brave 
 in the night, captains call lots whoihould lead the van in this new 
 
 Who lead , . . 
 
 the vac and defperate expedition againlt Diabolus, and againft his 
 Diabolonian army ; and the lot fell to captain Credence 
 and captain Experience ; captain Good-hope led the 
 Forlorn-hope (This captain Experience the Prince 
 created fuch when himfelf refided in the town of Man- 
 How they foul) j fo as I faid, they made their fally out upon the 
 fall on. army that lay in the fiege againft them ; and their hap 
 was to fall in with the main body of their enemies. Now 
 Diabolus and his men, being expertly accuftomed to 
 night-work, took the alarm prefently, and were as ready 
 to give the battle, as if they had fent them word of their 
 coming. Wherefore to it they went amain, and blows 
 were hard on every fide, the hell-drum alfo was beat 
 moft furioufly, while the trumpets of the Prince moft 
 iweetly founded. And thus the battle was joined, and 
 
 (a) A time of defertion : then felf-confidence prevails, and the foul dependt 
 on » fanfied, inherent ftrength of its own, which is perfect wcalcnefs: In the 
 J^ord alone have we righteoumefs, and ftrm^th for the battle. 
 
 > captain 
 
By Mr. JOH.NBUNYAN. *j\ 
 
 captain Infatiable looked to the enemies carriages, and 
 waited when he fhould receive fome prey. 
 
 The Prince's captains fought it ftoutly, beyond They^fight 
 what indeed could be expected they fhould ; they wound- 
 ed many, they made the whole army of Diabolus to 
 make a retreat. But I cannot tell how, but as the brave 
 captain Credence, captain Good -hope, and captain Ex- 
 perience, were upon the purfuit, cutting down, and 
 following hard after the enemy in the rear, captain Cre- ^P'* ; * £**' 
 dence ftumbled and fell, by which fall he caught fo 
 great a hurt, that he could not rife, till captain Expe- 
 rience helped him up, at which their men were put in 
 diforder; the captain alfo was fo full of pain, that he 
 could not forbear but aloud to cry out ; at this, the 
 other two captains fainted, fuppofing that captain Cre- 
 dence had received his mortal wound: their men alfo The reft of 
 were more difordered, and had no mind to fight. Now > he capui ** 
 
 ■ faint. 
 
 Diabolus being very obferving, though at this time as 
 yet he was put to the worft, perceiving that an hait was 
 made among the purfuers, what does he, but taking it 
 for granted that the captains were either wounded or 
 dead ; he therefore at firft makes a {land, then faces 
 about, and fo comes up upon the Prince's army with as Diabolus 
 much of his fury as hell could help him to, and his hap** ' scou * 
 was to fall in juft among the three captains, captain 
 Credence, captain Good-hope, and captain Experience, 
 and did cut, wound and pierce, them fo dreadfully, that 
 what through difcouragement, what through diforder, 
 and what through the wounds that now they had re- 
 ceived, and alfo the lofs of much blood, thev icarce J ne P" nce '* 
 
 ' ' forces b:aten 
 
 were able (tho' they had for their power the three beft 
 
 bands in Manfoul) to get fafe into the town again (<?). 
 Now when the body of the Prince's army law how 
 
 {a) Senfible finners, confcioiu of their weakoefo, will ever ufe the lan- 
 guage of good Jehoihaphat, and, fay, "Lord, we have no might aga'oft this 
 great company} but our eyes are upon thee: fee * Chron. xs. tz. 
 
 thefe 
 
2 7 2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 thefe three captains were put to the worft, they though* 
 it their wifdom to make as fafe arid good a retreat as they 
 could, and fo returned by the fally-port again, and fa 
 there was an end of the prefent action. 
 Dlaboluj Diabolus was fo flufhed with this night's work, that 
 
 he promifed himfelf in a few days an eafy and com- 
 plete conqueft over the town of Manfoulj wherefore 
 on the day following he comes up to the fides thereof 
 Hedemandswith great boldnefs, and demands entrance, and that 
 forthwith they deliver themfelves up to his government 
 (the Diabolonians too that were within, began to be 
 fomewbat brifk, as we (hall fliew afterwards), but the 
 The mayoA valiant lord -mayor replied, that what he got he muft 
 *nfwer. g et ^ force; for as long as Emanuel their prince was 
 alive (though he at prefent was not fo with them as 
 they wifhed), they could never confent to yield Man- 
 foul up to another. 
 Brave Win- The lord Will-be-will then flood up, and faid, " Di- 
 be-wiiis aDO l USj thou mafter of the den, and enemy to all that 
 is good, we poor inhabitants of the town of Manfoul 
 are too well acquainted with thy rule and government, 
 and with the end of thofe things («) that for certain 
 will follow fubmitting to thee, to do it. Wherefore, 
 though a while we were without knowledge, we fuf- 
 fered thee to take us (as the bird that faw not the 
 fnare, fell into the hands of the fowler), yet fince we 
 have been turned from darknefs to light, we have alfo 
 been turned from the power of Satan to God. And 
 though through thyfubtilty, and thefubtilty of the Dia- 
 bolonians within, we have fuftained much lofs, and alfo 
 plunged ourfelves into much perplexity, yet give upour- 
 felves, lay down our arms, and yield to fo horrid a 
 tyrant as thou, we will not; die upon the place we 
 
 («) Mifery without temedy and without end: eternal death, the being 
 Cut off from Cod, the root and fountain of happinefs. 
 
 chufe 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 273 
 
 chufe rather to do. Befides, we have hopes that in time 
 deliverance wil) come from court unto us, and therefore 
 we yet will maintain war againft thee." 
 
 This brave fpeech of the lord Will-be-will, with 
 that alfo of the lord mayor, fomewhat abated the 
 boldnefs of Diabolus, though it kindled the fury of 
 his rage. It alio encouraged the townfmen and cap- The cap" 
 tains ; yea, it was as a plaifter to the brave captain "' n * enwu * 
 Credence's wound; for you muft know that a brave 
 fpeech now, when the captains of the town, with their 
 men of war, came home routea, and when the enemy 
 took courage and boldnefs at the fuccefs that he had, 
 obtained, to draw up to the walls, and demand entrance, 
 as he did, was in feafon and alio advantageous. 
 
 The lord Will-be-will alio played the man within, will-be- 
 for while the captains and foldiers were in the field, j^ntry* * 
 he was in arms in the town, and where-ever by him 
 there was a Diabolonian found, they were forced to feel 
 the weight of his heavy hand, and alfo the edge of his 
 penetrating fword ; many therefore of the Diabolonians he 
 wounded, as the lord Cavil, the lord Brifk, the lord 
 Pragmatick, the lord Murmur ; feveral alfo of the 
 meaner fort he forely maimed : though there cannot at 
 this time an account be given you of any that he flew 
 outright («). The caufe, or rather the advantage that 
 my lord Will-be-will had at this time to do thus, was, 
 for that the captains were gone out to fight the enemy 
 in the field. For now, thought the Diabolonians within, 
 is our time to ftir and make an uproar in the town ; 
 what do they therefore but quickly get themfelves into 
 a body, and fall forthwith to hurricaning in Manfoul, 
 as if now nothing but whirlwind and tempeft mould be 
 
 [a) Tho* lufts rage, they fliall not reign in God's dear children : mayonf 
 Almighty Captain enable us, by his word an i Spirit, to fight the good fight of 
 faith, that we may lay bold of eternal life. 
 
 Mm there: 
 
174 THE HOL Y W A R, 
 
 there : wherefore, as I faid, he takes this opportunity 
 
 to fall in among them with his men, cutting and flafh- 
 
 ing with courage th^t was undaunted ; at which the Dia- 
 
 bolonians with all haile difperfed themfelves tp their 
 
 holds, and my lord to his place as before. 
 
 This brave a& of my lord fomewhat revenged the 
 
 wrong done by Diabohr. to the captains, and alfo let 
 
 them know, that Manfoul was not to be parted with, 
 
 Nothinglike for the lofs of a victory or two ; wherefore the wing of 
 faith to . . . . n . T 
 
 traftiDiabo- the tyrant was dipt again, as to boaihng, I mean, in 
 
 *•"• comparifon of what he would have done if the Diabo- 
 
 lonians had put the town to the fame plight to which he 
 had put the captains. 
 
 Well, Diabolus yet refolves to have the other bout 
 with Manfoul; for, thought he, fmcel beat them once, 
 I may beat them twice: wherefore he commanded his 
 men to be ready ar. fuch an hour of the night to make a 
 frefh afTault upon the town, and he gave it out in fpecial, 
 
 He tri« that they fhould bend all their force againfl Feel-gate (a), 
 
 ^hathe ran , ' .-. ' : . . & , , , 
 
 c!o upon the and attempt to break into the town through that : 
 fenfea/id rj- ne wor( j t k at then ne e to n j s officers and fol- 
 
 leelmps of ... 
 
 the Chrif- dicrs was, Hell-fire, And, faid he, if we break in upon 
 them, as I wi(h we do, either with fome, or with all our- 
 force, let them that break in look to it, that they forget 
 not the word. And let nothing be heard in the town of 
 Manfoul, but Hell-fire, hell fire, hell-fire! The drum- 
 mer was alfo to beat without ceafing, and the ftandard- 
 bearers were to difplay their colours; the foldiers too 
 were to put on what courage they could, and to fee that 
 they played manfully their parts againft the town. 
 
 So the night being come, and all things by the tyrant 
 made ready for the work, he fuddenly makes his aflault 
 upon Feel-gate, and after he had a while ftruggled there, 
 
 v Our 6 :and eweray is potent, malicious, and reftlefsj neverihelefs hum* 
 Wtj fervent prayer, snd.faiti} in the promises, are irreMibie weapons. 
 
 he 
 
 tMn, 
 
By Mr. J O H N BUNY AN. 175 
 
 he throws the gates wide open; for the truth is, thofe 
 gates were but weak, and fo moft eafily made to yield. 
 When Diabolus had thus far made his attempt, he placed 
 his captains, to wit, Torment and No-eafe, there ; fo 
 he attempted to prefs forward, but the Prince's cap- 
 tains came down upon him, and made his entrance 
 more difficult* than he defired. And to fpeak truth, 
 they made what refinance they could ; but three of 
 their beft and moft. valiant captains being wounded, 
 and by their wounds made much incapable of doing the 
 town that fervice they would (and all the reft having 
 more than their hands full of the Doubters, and their, 
 captains that followed Diabolus ), they were over- 
 powered with force, nor could they keep them out of the 
 town. Wherefore the Prince's men and their captains 
 betook themfelves to the caftle, as to the ftrong-hold of 
 the town : and this they did, partly for their own fe- 
 curity, partly for the fecurity of the town, and partly, or 
 rather chiefly, to preferve to Emanuel the prerogative 
 royal of Manfoui, for fo was the caftle of Man foul. 
 
 The captains therefore being fled into the caftle (a\ 
 the enemy, without much refiftance, pofTefs themfelves 
 of the reft of the town, and fpreading themfelves as 
 they went, into every comer, they cried out as they 
 marched, according to. the command of the tyrant, 
 Hell-fire, hell-fire, hell-fire ! fo that nothing for a 
 while throughout the ;pwn of Manfoui could be hear J 
 but the direful noife of Hell -fire, together with the 
 roaring of Diabolus's drum. And now did the clouds 
 hang black over ManfouJ, nor, to reafon, did any thing 
 but ruin fejejm to attend it. Diabolus alfo quartered his 
 fbldiers i|i the houfes of the inhabitants of the town of 
 
 («) The heart. It is a bleffed prefage when that is right with God: 
 then may the feul, in the ftrength or the Lord, exult and fay, *' Rejoice 
 not againft me, O mine enemy ; for when I fall, i mall rife again." 
 
 M m 2 Manfoui. 
 
*7& THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Manfoul. Yea, the Subordinate Preacher's houfe -was 
 as full of thefe outlandifh Doubters as ever it could 
 hold; and fo was my lord-mayor's, and my lord Will- 
 be-will's alfo, Yea, where was there a corner, a cot- 
 tage, a barn, or a hog-fty, that- now was not full of 
 thefe vermin ? Yea, they turned the men of the town 
 out of their houfes, and vtould lie in their beds, and 
 fit at their tables themfelves. Ah, poor Manfoul ! now 
 thou feelcft the fruits of fin, and what venom was in 
 the Mattering words of Mr. Carnal Security ! They 
 .made great havoclc of whatever they laid their hands on ; 
 yea, they fired the town in feveral places ; many young 
 children alfo were by them darned in pieces, yea, thofe that 
 were yet unborn they deftroyed in their mother's wombs j 
 for you mufl needs think that it could not now be 
 otherwise ; for what confcience, what pity, what bowels 
 of compaffion can any expect at the hands of outlan- 
 difh Doubters (a) ? Many in Manfoul that were wo- 
 men, both young and old, they forced, ravifhed, and 
 beaft-like abufed, fo that they fwooned, mifcarried, 
 and many of them died, and fo lay at the top of every 
 ftreet, and in all by-places of the town. 
 
 And now did Manfoul feem to be nothing but a den 
 of dragons, an emblem of hell, and a place of total 
 darknefs. Now did Manfoul lie almoft like the bar- 
 ren wildernefs ; nothing but nettles, briers, thorns, 
 weeds, and ftinking things feem now to cover the face 
 of Manfoul. I told you before, how that thefe Dia- 
 bolonian Doubters turned the men of Manfoul out of 
 their beds, and now I will add, they wounded them, 
 they mauled them, yea, and almoft brained many of 
 them. Many, did I fay? yea, moft, if not aH of them. 
 
 (<j) Unbelieving doubts and guilty fears impeach God's veracity: Oh be 
 'nftant in prayer tor a removal or them, and »r increafe of faTth in tbe *n- 
 ftlliable nraaiife of unalterable tfgth. 
 
 Mr. 
 
ByMr.JOHNBUNYAN. 277 
 
 Mr. Confcience they fo wounded, yea, and his wounds p 
 
 lb fettered, that he could have no eafe day nor night, 
 
 but lay as if continually upon a rack (but that SHAD-Sad work 
 
 dai rules all, certainly they had flain him outright). J^™*^ 
 
 My lord-mayor they fo abufed, that they almoft gut 
 
 out his eyesj my lord Will-be-will got into the caftle, 
 
 they intended to have chopt him all to pieces, for theySatan has a 
 
 looked upon him (as his heart now Hood) to.be one offbfce^againft 
 
 the very worft that was in Manfoul againft Diabolus a f anftifi e<i 
 
 and his crew. And indeed he fhewed himfelf a man,. 
 
 and more of his exploits you will hear of afterwards. 
 
 Now a man might have walked for many days toge- 
 in Manfoul, and fcarce have feen one in the town that 
 looked like a religious man. Oh the fearful ftate of 
 Manfoul now ! now every corner fwarmed with out- 
 landifh Doubters j red-coats and black-coats walked the,The foul 
 town by clufters, and filled up all the houfes with f " llo [ ld,e , 
 
 J \ r thought»and 
 
 hideous noifes, vain fongs, lying {lories, and blafphe-blafphemies. 
 mous language againft SHADDAi.and his Son (a). Now 
 alfo thofe Diabolonians that lurked in the walls, and 
 dens, and holes that were in the town 1 of Manfoul, 
 came forth and fhewed themfelves ; yea, walked with 
 open face in company with the Doubters that were in 
 Manfoul. Yea, they had more boldnefs now to walk 
 the ftreets, to haunt the houfes, and to fhew themfelves 
 abroad, than had any of the honeft inhabitants of the 
 now woful town of Manfoul. But Diabolus and his 
 outlandifh men were not at peace in Manfoul j for they 
 were not there entertained as Were'the captains and 
 forces of Emanuel; the townfmen browbeat them 
 what they could: nor did they partake' or make de- 
 ftrudion of any of the ne'ceffaries of Manfoul, but that 
 
 (a) Such fs the dreadful nature of unbelief I It is the minifter of confufion, 
 Jyi.ig, iranitJV and blafpheming agakfl the faitbfulaefs of a covenant God. 
 
 which 
 
*r>* THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 which- they feized on againft the townfmen's will ; 
 what they could they hid from them, and what they 
 could not they had with an ill will. They, poor hearts, 
 had rather have had their room than their company, but 
 they were at prefent their captives, and their captives 
 for the prefent they were forced to be, Rom. vii. But 
 I fay, they difcountenanced them as mnch as they were 
 able, and (hewed them all the diflike that they could. 
 
 The captains alfo from the cattle held them in con- 
 tinual play with their flings, to the chafing and fret- 
 ting of the minds of the enemies. True, Diabolus 
 made a great many attempts to have broken open the 
 Mr. Godly- gates of the caftle, but Mr. Godly-fear was made the 
 keeper of keeper of that ; and he was a man of courage, con- 
 tbc caftle- fj u £t, and valour, fo that it was in vain, as long as life 
 lafted within him, to think to do that work, though 
 moftly defired ; wherefore all the attempts that Diabolus 
 made againft him, were fruitlefs (I have wifhed fome- 
 times that that man had had the whole rule of the 
 town of Manfoul (a). 
 The town Well, this was the condition of the town of Manfoul, 
 
 the feat of ! *° r * Dout two y ears an£ ^ an na ^> tne DOt ty 9*" tne tOWn 
 
 war. was t h e f eat) Q f war > tne p e0 pl e f the town were driven 
 
 into holes, and the glory of Manfoul was Laid, in. the 4 u .ft} 
 what reft then could be to the inhabitants, what peace 
 could Manfoul have, and what fun could inine u.pqn 
 it ? Had the enemy lain fo long without in the plain 
 againft the town, it had been enough to famifh them ; 
 but now when they (hall be within, when the town 
 fhall be their tent, their trench, and fort againft the 
 caftle that was in the town, when the town {hall be 
 againft the town, and fliall ferve to be a defence to 
 
 (a) The fear of God it afovereign prefer vative againft fin: let us befefch 
 :rt« Lord, according to his promife, to put hit fear i« pur hearts, that we 
 po' «-uart fiom hio>j Jer, xxxii. 40,- 
 
 thc 
 
By Mr. JOHN B U N Y A N. 279 
 
 the enemies of her ftrength and life : I fay, when they 
 fhall make ufe of the forts and town-holds to fecure 
 themfelves in, even till they fhall take, fpoil, and de- 
 molifh the caftle, this was terrible; and yet this was He * rt » 
 now the ftate of the town of Manfoul. 
 
 After the town of Manfoul had been in this fad and 
 lamentable condition for fo long a time as I have told 
 you, and no petitions that they had prefented their 
 Prince with (all this while) could prevail; the in- 
 habitants of the town, to wit, the elders and chief of 
 Manfoul, gather together, and after fome time fpent 
 in condoling their miferable ftate, and this miferable 
 judgment coming upon them, they agreed together to 
 draw up yet another petition, and to fend it away to 
 Emanuel fpr relief. But. Mr, Godlyfear ftood up, Mr. c<rfiy- 
 and anfwered, « That he knew his lord the prince f « r, ««™« 
 
 r about d>*w- 
 
 never did, nor ever would receive a petition for thefeing upape- 
 matters from the hand of any whoever, unlefs the lord p r |^. 
 Secretary's hand was to it (and this, quoth he, is the 
 reafon you prevailed not all this while). " Then they 
 iaid they would draw up one, and get the lord Secre- 
 tary's hand to it (a). But Mr. Godlyfear anfwered again, 
 cc That he knew alfo that the lord Secretary would not 
 fet'his hand to any petition- that himfelf had not an hand 
 
 '•in.'coniporing and drawing up ; and betides, - faid he, the 
 Prince doth know my : lord Secretary's hand from all the 
 hands in the worid ; wherefore he cannot be deceived by 
 any pretence whatever ; wherefore my advice is, that 
 you go to my lord, and implore him to lend you -his 
 aid." (Now he abode in the caftle, where all the cap- 
 tains and men at arms were). So they heartily thanked 
 Mr. Godlyfear, took his co'unfel, and did as he had 
 
 -bidden them ; fothey departed ana came to my lord, and 
 — — — — — . — — ' ■ — — «i 1 1 1 ■ • ■ f i 1 1 1 
 
 (a) We are exho.tcd to pray with the Spirit am) the underftanding alfo : the 
 prajsr of faith o»ly, in the name of Chrifl, it available. 
 
 made 
 
s8o THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 made known the caufe of their coming to him : to wit, 
 that fince Manfoul was in Co deplorable a condition, his 
 Highnefs would be pleafed to undertake to draw up a 
 petition for them to Emanuel, the Son of the mighty 
 Shaddat, and to their King and his Father, by him. 
 
 Then faid the Secretary to them, '« What petition is 
 it that you would have me draw up for you ?" But they 
 faid, Our Lord knows beft the ftate and condition of the 
 town of Manfoul, and how we are backflidden and de- 
 generated, f.om the Prince; thou alfo knoweft who is 
 come up to war agatnft us, and how Manfoul is now the 
 feat of war {a). My lord knows moreover, what bar- 
 barous ufage our men, women, and children have fuf- 
 fered at their hands, and how our homebred Diabo- 
 lonians walk now with more boldnefs than dare the 
 The Secre- townfmen in the ftreets of Manfoul. Let our Lord there- 
 cd^r^raw f° re > according to the wifdom of God that is in him, 
 «p a petition (j raw up a petition for his poor fervants to our Prince 
 
 forManfcul. _ l ___ ,,,_.,, , , „ 
 
 Emanuel. " Well (faid the lord Secretary), I will 
 draw up a petition for you, and will alfo fet my hand 
 thereto." Then faid they, " But when fhall we call 
 for it at the hand of.our Lord ?" Heanfwered, " Your- 
 felves muft be prefent at the doing of it. Yea, you muft 
 put your defires to it. True, the hand and pen fliall be 
 mine, but the ink and paper muft be yours, elfe how 
 can you fay, it is your petition ? Nor have I need to 
 petition for myfelf, becaufe I have not offended.*' 
 
 He alfo added as followeth : f* No petition goes from 
 me in my name to the Prince, and fo to his Father by 
 him, but when the people, that are chiefly concerned 
 therein, join in heart and foul in the matter, for that 
 muft be inferted thwein." 
 
 («) Thus it will ever be. The chriftian life is a warfare againft the world,, 
 the fle/h, and the devil : but an evil heart of unbelief it that fpiritual Goliath, 
 which we fhould coafbntly intreat the Captain of our falvation to fubdue. 
 
 So 
 
ByMr.JOHNBUNYA N. 2*i 
 
 So they heartily agreed with the fentence of the Lord, 
 and a petition was forthwith drawn up for them. But 
 mow who fhall carry it, that was the next. But the 
 Secretary advrfed that captain Credence mould carry it, 
 for he was a well-fpoken man. They therefore called 
 for nim, and propounded to him the bufinefs. Well, 
 /aid the captain, I gladly accept of the motion ; and 
 though I am lame, I will do this -bufinefs for you, with 
 as much fpeed, and as well as I ca« .(«).. ' The contents 
 of the petition were to this purpofet 
 
 <c O our Lord and Sovereign Prince Emanuel, the 
 potent, the iong-fuffering Prince : Grace is poured into 
 thy lips, and to thee belong mercy and forgivenefs, 
 though we have rebelled againft thee. We who are no 
 more worthy to ne called thy Manfoul, nor yet fit to 
 partake of common 'bene-fits, do oefeech thee, and thy 
 Father by thee, to do away our tranfgreffions. We 
 confefs that thou m'ighteft caft us away for them, but 
 do it not for fliy name's fake ; let the Lord rather take 
 an opportunity, at our miserable condition, to let out his 
 bowels of companion to us; we are compafTed on every 
 fide; Lord, our own backflidings reprove us, our Dia- 
 bolonians within our town fright us, and the army of 
 the angel of the bottomlefs pit diftrefs us. Thy grace 
 can be our falvatian, and whither to go but to thee we 
 &now not. 
 
 <c Furthermore^ O gracious Prince, we have weak- 
 ened our captains, and they arc difcouraged, fick, 2nd 
 <&f late fome of them grievoufly worfted, and .beaten out 
 9/ the field by the power and force of the tyrant. Yea, 
 even thofe of our captains, in whofe valour we for- 
 merly ufed to put moft of our confidence, they are as 
 
 • "" ' ; ""^ r- " "* 
 
 ^e) The prayer of faith, how feeble foever, grounded on the word qf 
 jromife, will not return void to .the waiting foul. 
 
 N n wounded 
 
a?« T & E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 wounded meii. Befides, Lord, our enemies are lively, 
 and they are ftrorig, they vaunt and boafl themfclves, 
 and threaten to part us among themfelves for a booty. 
 They are fallen alfo upon us, Lord, with many thou- 
 fand Doubters, fuch as with whom we cannot tell what 
 to do ; tluy are all grim-looked, and unmerciful ones, 
 and they bid defiance to us and thee, 
 
 *' Our wifdom is gone, our power is gone, becaufe 
 thou art departed from us, nor have we what we may 
 call ours, but fin, fhame, and confufjon of face for 
 ijn (a). Take pity upon us, O Lord, take pity upon 
 Hs, thy miferable town. of Manfoul, and fave us out of 
 the hands of our enemies, Amen." 
 
 This petitionj as was touched afore, was handed by 
 the lord Secretary, and carried to the court by the brave 
 and moil flout captain Credence. Now he carried it out 
 at Mouth-gate, for that, as I faid, was the fally-port of 
 the town ; and he went, and came to Emanuel with it* 
 Now how it came out, I do not know, but for certain; 
 it did, and that fo far as to reach the ears of Diabolus. 
 Thus I conclude, becaufe that the tyrant had it prefently 
 by the end, and charged the town of Manfoul with it, 
 faying, «? Thou rebellious and ftubborn-hearted Manfoul, 
 Sajan. pan- I will make thee to leave off petitioning ; art thou yet 
 prayer! 15 f or petitioning? I will majbe thee to leave off:" Yea, 
 he alio knew who the meffenger was that carried the pe- 
 tition, to the Prince, and it made him both fear and rage. 
 Wherefore he commanded that his drum mould be beat 
 again, a thing that Manfoul could not abide to hear ; 
 but when Diabolus would have his drum beat, Manfoul 
 rnufl abide the noife. Well, the drum was beat, and 
 the Diabolonians were gathered together. 
 
 (a) All our atidrefics to the throne fhould be clca'hed with the prcfoundeft 
 le^f.abafement and humility : nsverthslefs, Jet t*s rrmtrmker our God is nacre 
 wadjr to hear 4 and beilow blefli^s, than we ar«to afo or rersire tbem. 
 
 Then 
 
£y Mr. JOHN fi U ft Y AN. aSj 
 
 Then faid Diabdlus, ■«' O ye ftout Diabolonians, be 
 it known unto you, that there is treachery batched againft 
 us in the rebellious town of Manfoul ; for albeit the 
 town is in our poffemon, as you fee, yet thefe miterablet 
 Manfoulians have attempted to dare, and have bien fo 
 hardy as yet to fend to the court of Emanuel for help; 
 This I give you to underftand, that ye may yet knov? 
 how to carry it to the wretched town of Manfoul. 
 Wherefore, O my trufty Diabolonians, I command that 
 yet more and more ye diftrefs this town of Manfoul* 
 and vex it with your wiles, ravifh their women, de- 
 flower their virgins, flay their children, brain their" 
 ancients, fire their town, and do what other mifchief you 
 can (a) ; and let this be the reward of the Manfoulians 
 from me, for their defperate rebellion againft me." 
 
 This you fee was the charge, but fo iething ftept ifi 
 betwkt that and execution, for as yet there vas- but 
 little more done than to rage. 
 
 Moreover, when Diabolus had done thus, he went the 
 next way up to the caftle gates, and demanded that^ 
 upon pain of death, the gates fhould be opened to him, 
 and that entrance fhould be given him and his men that 
 followed after. To whom Mr. Godly-fear replied (for 
 he it was that had the charge of that gate), " That the 
 gate fhould not be opened unto him, nor to the men that 
 followed after him." He faid moreover, " That Man- 
 foul, when fhe had fuffered awhile, fhould be made per- 
 fect, ftrengthened, and fettled." 
 
 Then faid Diabolus, iC Deliver me theri the men thatSatari &« 
 have petitioned againft me, efpecially captain Credence™' a ^ 
 that carried it to your Prince, deliver that varlet into 
 my hands, and I will depart from the town." 
 
 [a) When temptations befef, fin invades, lulls rag* , and evil tempers rife, 
 and we are iu danger of falling, let us look up, and it), " Lord &«, or I 
 
 N n z Then 
 
»8 4 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Then upftarts a Diabolonian, whofe name wat Mr^ 
 Fooling, and faid, " My lord offereth you fair, it is 
 better for you: that one mam perifh, than that your whole 
 Manfoul fhould be undone." 
 
 But Mr. Godly-fear made him this replication, " How 
 long will Manfoul be kept out of the dungeon, where 
 fhe hathgivew up hep faith to Diabolus ! As good lofe 
 the town> as lofe captain Credence (»*) j for if one be 
 gone, the other muft follow- ' But to that Mr.. Fooling 
 faid nothing. 
 
 Then did my lord mayor reply, and faid, " O thou. 
 
 devouring tyrant, be it known unto thee,, we fhalfc 
 
 hearken to none of thy words ; we are refolved to refill 
 
 thee as long as a captain, a man, a fling, and a ftone 
 
 to throw at thee, {ball be found in the town of Man~ 
 
 feuk" 
 
 DUboi ^ ut Diabolus anfwered, " Do yoit hope,, do you? 
 
 xages. wait, do you look for help and deliverance ? You have 
 
 fent to Emanuel, bat your wickednefs fticks too clofe 
 
 in your fkirts, to let innocent prayer come out of your. 
 
 lips. Think you, that you fhall be prevailers, and 
 
 profper in this defign ? You will fail in your wifh, you. 
 
 will fail in your attempts ; : for. it is not only I,, but your 
 
 Emanuel is againft you. Yea r it is he that hath fent 
 
 rae againft you to fubdue you j. for what. then, do you. 
 
 hope,: or by what means will you efcape ? 
 
 The Lord Then faid my lord mayor, " We have finned indeed,, 
 
 f M e Vch Uiit DUt tnat ^ ia ^ ^ e no help to thee, for our Emanuel hath 
 
 at the timfffaid it^ and that in great faithfalnefs, " And him that 
 
 of •«JrIm" cerneth to mc, I wilB in no wife call out." He hath alfo= 
 
 Credence. tQ ^ us ^q our eRC my) that " all manner of fin and 
 
 blafphemy fhall be forgjven to- the fons of men." There - 
 
 fa.) VVfitn the ilileld of" faith is wanting, the foul is expofed to all the fiery 
 d»rt$ of LZi wUked-onc : u this-is the vi&ory— evea yourfaith. M 
 
 fore 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 2$$ 
 
 fere we dare not defpair, but will look for, ami wait for 
 mercy («J#^ 
 
 And now by this time captain Credence Was come 
 from the court from Emanuel to the caftle of Manfoul, 
 and he returned to them with a packet. So my lord 
 mayor, hearing that captain Credence was come, with- 
 drew himfelf from the noife of the roaring of the tyrant, * 
 and left him to yell at the wall of the town, or agarnft 
 the gates, of the caftle. He then came up to the captain's 
 lodgings, and, faluting him, afked him of his welfare, 
 and what was the beft news at court? But when he 
 afked captain Credence that, the water flood in his eyes. 
 Then faid the captain, Chear up, my lord, fur all will- 
 be well in time : And with that he firft prodaced his 
 packet, and laid it by, but that the lord mayor and the 
 reft of the captains took for a fign of good tidings. (Now 
 a feafon of grace being come, he fent for all the captains 
 and elders of the town that were here and there in thei? 
 lodgings, in the caftle, and upon their guard, to let 
 them know that captain Credence was returned from the 
 court, and that he had fbmetbing in general, and fome- 
 thing in fpeciai to communicate to them). So they all 
 came up to him, and faluted him, and afked him con- 
 cerning his journey, and what was the beft news at court } 
 And he anfwered them as he had done the lord mayor 
 before, that all would be well at laft. 
 
 Now when the captain had thus faluted them, he 
 
 opened his packet, and thence drew out of it feveral Toe P itj£eI 
 * * opened. 
 
 notes for thofe that he had fent for. And the firft note 
 was for my lord mayor, wherein was fignifted : " The a not.? <".* 
 Prince Emanuel had taken k well, that my lord mayor™ 
 had been fo true and trufty in his office, and the orcat 
 concerns that lay upon him for the town and people 
 
 (*) ** The yifion is for an aoaointed time — thou.h it tarry, wait for it— in 
 tie Lord's befl time, it ihali come, and not tarry," Hab. ii. 3, 
 
 Of 
 
 mayor. 
 
586 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 df Manfoul. Alfo he bid him to know that he took it 
 well that he had been fo bold for his Prince Emanuel, 
 and had engaged fo faithfully in his caufe againffc Dia- 
 bolus. He alfo fignified at the clofe of his letter, that he 
 fliould fhortly receive his reward (<?)." 
 A note for The fecond note that came out, was for the noble lord 
 wi!°bt- W^'^-wili, wherein there was fignified, "That his 
 wiii. Prince Emanuel did well underfhnd >how valiant and 
 
 courageous he had been for the honour of his Lord, now^ 
 in his abfence, and when his name was under con- 
 tempt by Diabolus. There was fignified alfo, that his 
 Prince had taken it well that he had been fo faithful to 
 the town of Manfoul, in his keeping of fo ftricl a hand 
 and eye over, and fo ftricl: a reign upon the necks of the 
 Piabolonians that ftill were lurking in their feveral 
 holes in the famous town of Manfoul." 
 
 He fignified moreover, " that he underftood that my 
 lord had with his own hand done great execution upon 
 fome of the chief of the rebels there, to the great difcou- 
 ragement of the adveife party, and to the good example 
 of the whole town of Manfoul, and thatftiordy his lord- 
 fhip fhould have his reward. 5 ' 
 A note for The third note came out for the Subordinate Preacher, 
 ai'nate" " wherein was fignified, "That his Prince took it well 
 Pteachv. f rom hi m> that he had fo honeftly and fo faithfully per- 
 formed his office, and executed the truft committed to 
 him by his Lord, while he exhorted, rebuked, and fore- 
 warned Manfoul according to the laws of the town." 
 He fignified moreover, " that he took it well at his 
 hand, that he called to failing, to fackcloth and afhes, 
 when Manfoul was under her revolt (r?}< Alfo that he 
 
 (a) The Lord will furely reward etery good word and work: O that wer 
 may poJTcfs our fouls ia patience, faith, hope, love, humility, and godly fear ! 
 
 (£) If we hturible ourfclves under the mighty (though aflftftmg) hand of 
 God, ht will emit us in due time: fee I Pet. v. 6. 
 
 called 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN, 287 
 
 called for the aid of the captain Boanerges to help in fo 
 weighty a work, and that fhortly he alio fhoulcl receive 
 his reward," 
 
 The fourth note came out for Mr. Godly-fear, where- MiToJiy- 
 his Lord thus fignified : " That his Lordfhip obferved, fe,r * 
 that he was the firft of all the men in Manfoul that d*r 
 tected Mr. Carnal-Security, as the only one that through 
 his fubtlety and cunning had obtained for Diabolus a 
 defection and decay of goodnefs in the bleflfed town of 
 Manfoul. Moreover, his Lord gave him to understand, 
 that he ftiil remembered his tears and mourning for the 
 ftate of Manfoul." It was alfo obferved by the fame 
 note, " that his Lord took notice of his detecting of this 
 Mr. Carnal-Security at his table among his guefls, iri 
 Tiis own houfe, and that in the midft of his jollinefs, 
 even while he was feeking to perfect his villainies againft 
 the town of Manfoul. Emanuel alfo took notice, that 
 this reverend perfon, Mr. Godly-fear, flood froutly to it 
 at the gates of the caftle againft all the threatfc and at- 
 tempts of the tyrant, and that he had put the townfmea 
 in a way to make their petition to their Prince, fo as that 
 he might accept thereof, and as that they might obtain 
 an anl wer of peace $ and that therefore fhortly he fliould 
 receive his reward." 
 
 After all this, there was yet produced a note which A note foT , 
 
 , , , r - , - - . the town of 
 
 was written to the whole town of ivlanloul, whereby Manfoul. 
 they perceived, jf That their Lord took notice of their 
 fo often repeating petitions to him, and that they fhould 
 fee more of the fruits of fuch their doings in time to 
 come (a)." Their Prince alfo therein told them, "that 
 he took it well, that their heart and mind now at laft 
 abode fixed upon him and his ways, though Diabolus 
 
 (a) H we perfevere in the ways of the Lord, nst one jot or tittle /hall fail 
 of all hie promifes, which will turvive heaven aad eaith, and be fulfilling 
 toward thep> that love him to all etemi'y. 
 
 had 
 
iSS THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 had made fuch inroads upon them, and that, neither flat- 
 teries on the one hand, nor hardfhips on the other, could 
 make them yield to ferve his cruel defigns (a). There 
 was alfo inferred at the bottom of this note, " That his 
 Lordfhip had left the town of Manfoul in the hands of 
 the lord Secretary, and under the conduct of captain 
 Credence, faying, Beware that you yet yield yourfelves 
 unto the governance, and in due time you fhall receive 
 your reward." 
 
 • After the "brave captain Credence had delivered his 
 notes to thofe to whom they belonged, he retired himfelf 
 to my lord Secretary's lodgings, and there fpends his time 
 in converfing with him ; for they two were very great 
 one with another, and indeed knew more how things 
 would go with Manfoul, than all the townfmen befides. 
 The lord Secretary alfo loved captain Credence dearly, 
 yea, many a good bit was fent him from my Lord's ta- 
 ttle; alfo he might have a mew of countenance when the 
 reft of Manfoul lay under the clouds j fo after fome time 
 for converfe was fpent, the captain betook himfelf to his 
 chamber to reft. But not long after my lord fent for 
 the captain again ; fo the captain came to him, and they 
 greeted one another with ufual falutations. Then faid 
 the captain to the lord Secretary, What hath my lord to 
 fay to his fervant ? So the lord Secretary took him and 
 had him afide, and after a fign or two of more favour, 
 he (aid, " I have made thee the lord lieutenant over all 
 the forces in Manfoul ; fo that from this day forward all 
 men in Manfoul fhall be at thy word, and thou fhalt be 
 he that fhall lead in, and that fhall lead out Manfoul. 
 Thou fhalt therefore manage according to thy place, the 
 war for thy Prince, and for the town of Manfoul, againft 
 
 («)Foro«r encourigement to hope for vi&oiy, let ui rely ©n the prorHife, 
 that " God will give grace and glory to his prople, and withhold from the up- 
 *ight no manner of thing that is good," Pf, lxxxiv. u. 
 
 the 
 
By'Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 289 
 
 4he force and power of Diabolus, and at thy command 
 ihall the reft of the captains be («)." 
 
 Now the townfmen began to perceive what intereft the 
 captain had, both with the court arid alfo with the lord 
 Secretary in Manfoul j for no man before could fpeed 
 when fent, nor bring fuch good news from Emanuel as 
 he. Wherefore what do they (after fome lamentation 
 that they made no more ufe of him in their diftreftes)', 
 but fend by their Subordinate Preacher to the lord Secre- 
 tary, to defire him that all that ever they were and had 
 might be put under the government, care, cufto'dy, and 
 conduct of captain Credence. 
 
 So their Preacher went and did His errand, and re- 
 ceived this anfwef from the mouth of his Lord, that 
 Captain Credence fhould be the great doer in all the 
 king's army agaihft the king's enemies, and alfo for the 
 welfare of Manfoul. So he bowed to the ground, and 
 thanked his lordfhip, and returned and told his news to 
 the townsfolk. But all this Wa's done with all imagin- 
 able fecrefy, becaufe the foes had yet great ftrength iji 
 the town. But to return to our ftoty again : 
 
 When t)iabolus faw himfelf thus boldly confronted 
 by the lord mayor, and perceived the ftoutnefs of Mr» 
 Godly fear, he fell iritb a rage, and forthwith called 4 
 council of war, that he might be revenged on Manfoul. 
 So all the princes of the pit came together, and old In- 
 credulity at the head of them, with. all the captains of 
 his army. So they confulted what to do. Now the ef- 
 fect and conclufiori of" the council that day was, how they 
 might take the cattle, becaufe they could not conclude 
 themfelves matters of the town fo long as that Was in the 
 
 (<j) Every profeilbr fliould examine whether they have the faith which works 
 it love, and opixifea <in and Satan : if hot, u afe of God, wld giveih liberally, 
 tni uxbrtldtch But." James i. j. 
 
 O o pcffeflion 
 
*90 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 polTeflion of their enemies (a). So one advifed this way, 
 and another advifed that ; but when they could not agree 
 in their verdict, Apollyon the prefident ©f the council 
 ftood up, and thus he began : <c My brotherhood 
 (quoth he) y I have fome things to propound unto- you ; 
 and my firft is this, let us withdraw ottrfelves from the 
 town into the plain again, for our prefence here wilt do 
 us no good, becaufe the caflle is yet inour enemies hands j 
 nor is it poflible that we mould take that, fo long as fo 
 many brave captains are in it, and this bold fellow Godly- 
 fear is made the keeper of the gates of it. 
 
 " Now when we have withdrawn ourfelves into the 
 plain, they of their own atcord will be glad of fome little 
 cafe, and it may be of their own accord they again may 
 begin to be remifs, and even their fo being will give them 
 a bigger blow than we can poffibly give them ourfelves, 
 But if that (hould fail, our going forth of the town may 
 draw the captains out after us, and you know what it 
 coft them when we fought them in the field before. Be- 
 iides, can we but draw them out into the fields, we 
 tnay lay an ambuGi behind the town, which fhall, when 
 they are come forth abroad, raft in and take pofFeffion of 
 the caftle. But Beelzebub ftood up and replied,, faying, 
 It is impoflible to draw them all off from the caftle ; 
 fome you may be fure will lie there to keep that - x where- 
 fore it will be but in vain thus to attempt, unlefs we 
 were fure that they will all come out. He therefore con- 
 cluded, that what was done muft be done by fome other 
 means. And the moft likely means that the greateft of 
 their heads could invent, was, that which Apollybn had 
 advifed to before, to wit, to get the townfmen again to 
 
 (.1) Wh«n.the heart is on the Load's fide, all is well: but the heart is de~ 
 •eiitul afcd wicked : may the blood of Jefus cleaaft outfs, and make it an habi- 
 tation of God through the Spirit ! 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 291 
 
 $0 {a). For, faid he, it is Rot our feeing in the town, 
 apr in the field, nor our fighting, nor our killing of their 
 men, that can make us the mafters of Manfoul ; for fo 
 long as one in the town is able to lift up his finger againft 
 us, Emanuel will take their parts ; and if he mall take 
 their .parts, we know what time a day it will be with us. 
 Wherefore for my .part, quoth he^ there is in my judg- 
 ment no way to bring them into bondage to -us, like in- 
 venting a way to make them fin, 2 Pet. ii. 18, 19, 20, 
 21- Had we, faid he, left all our Doubters at home, 
 we had done as well as we have done now, unlets we 
 could have made them the matters and governors of the 
 caftle ; for Doubters at a diflance are but like objections 
 repelled with. arguments. Indeed, can we but get them 
 into the hold, and make them poiTeifors of that, the day- 
 will be our own. Let us therefore withdraw ©urfelves 
 into the plain (not expecting that the captains in Man- 
 foul mould follow us), but yet i fay, let us do this, and 
 before we fodo, let us advife again with our fruity Dia- 
 bolonians that are yet [n the holds of Manfoul, and fc£ 
 them to work to betray the town to us ; for they indeed 
 muft do it, -or it will be left undone for ever- By thefe 
 payings of Beelzebub (for I think it was he that gave 
 this counfel) the whole conclave was forced to be of his 
 opinion, to wit, that the way to get the caftle, was, to 
 get the town to fin. Then they fell to inventing by 
 what means they might do this thing. 
 
 Then Lucifqr flood up and faid, <c The counfel of 
 Beelzebub is pertinent; now the way to bring this to 
 pafs, in mine opinion, is this : Let us. withdraw ,o.ur force 
 
 {a) A delight in fin will prove a dreadfi 1 evil to a believer, and canfc the 
 holy Spirit to depart : on the contrary, a hatred thereof, tv£n in thought, de- 
 nominates a child of God. 
 
 O92 from 
 
ao2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 from the town of Manfdul (a) ; let us do this ? and let us 
 terrify them no more, either with fummons or threats, 
 or with the ncife of our drum, or any othef awaken r 
 ing means. Only let us lie in the field at a diftance, 
 and be as if we regarded them not (for frights I fee do 
 but awaken them, and make them ftand more to their 
 arms). I have alfo another frratagem in my head : you 
 know Manfoul is a market-town, a town that delights in. 
 commerce, what therefore if fome of our Diabolonians 
 fhair feign themfelves far country-men, and fhall go 
 out and bring to the market of Manfoul fome of our 
 wares to fell ; and what matter at what rates they fell 
 their wares, though it be but for half the worth ? Now 
 let thofe that thus trade in their market, be thofe that 
 are witty and true to us, and I will lay my crown to 
 pawn, it will do. There are two that are come to my 
 thoughts already, that I think will be arch at this work, 
 and they are Mr. Penny- wife-pound- foolilh, and Mr. 
 Get-ith'-hundred-and-lofe-ith'-fhire j nor is this man with 
 the long name at all inferior to the other. What al-fo if 
 you join with them Mr. Sweet-world, and Mr. Prefent- 
 good, they are men that are civil and cunning, but our 
 true friends and helpers, Rev. iii. 17. Let thefe, with 
 as many more engage in this bufinefs for us, and let Man- 
 foul be taken up in much bufinefs, and let them grow 
 full and rich, and this is the way to get ground of 
 them ; remember ye not, that thus we prevailed upon 
 Laodicea, and how many at prefent do we hold in this 
 fnare r Now when they begin to grow full, they will 
 forget their mifery, and, if we fhall not affright them., 
 
 fj) A rtafe nf fp ; n?ual rafe and profperity Is dangerou« ; for we muft, by 
 the wor<f and Spirit, ia the ftf«ngt}) o/jefus, fichc tvery inch of our way to 
 heaven icdglcty^ 
 
 may 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 293 
 
 may happen to fall afleep, and fo be got to negle£i their 
 town-watch, their caftle-watch, as well as their watch at 
 the gates. 
 
 * c Yea, may we not by this means fo cumber Man- 
 foul with abundance, that they fhall be forced to make of 
 their caftle a warehoufe, inftead of a garrifon fortified 
 againft us, and a receptacle of men of war ? Thus if 
 we get our goods and commodities thither, I reckon 
 that the cattle is more that half ours. Befides, could we 
 fo order it, that they fhould be filled with fuch kind of 
 wares, that then, if wc made a fudden afiaultupon them, 
 it would be hard for the captains to take a fhelter 
 there. Do you know that of the parable, Luke viii. 14. 
 " The deceitfulnefs of riches choaks the work ;" and 
 again, " When the heart is overcharged with furfeit- 
 ing and drunkennefs, and the cares of this life, all 
 mifchief comes upon them unawares," Chap. xxi. 34, 
 
 35> 3 6 - 
 
 " Furthermore, my lords, (quoth he), you very well 
 know that it is not eafy for a people to be filled with 
 our things, and not to have fome of our Diaboloniansas 
 retainers to their houfes and fervices. Where is a Man- 
 foulian that is full of this world, that has not for his fer- 
 vants and waiting-men, Mr. Profufe, or Mr. Prodigality, 
 or fome other of our Diabolonian gang, as Mr. Volup- 
 tuoufnefs, Mr. Pragmatical, Mr. Orientation, or the 
 like ? Now thefe can take the caftle of Manfoul, or 
 blow it up, or make it unfit for a garrifon for Emanuel, 
 and any of thefe will do (a). Yea thefe, for aught I 
 know, may do it for us fooner than an army of twenty 
 thoufand men. Wherefore, to end as I began, my ad- 
 
 (a) Let believer* beware of mixing with the carnal world ; and alfo avoid 
 idle difcourfc: bat rather attend to reading, exhortation, dothine, and prayer, 
 for growth in grace. 
 
 vice 
 
2 94 - THE HOLY W A R, 
 
 v.ice is, that we quietly withdraw ourfelves, not offering 
 any further force or forcible attempt upon the caftle, 
 at lcaft at this time, and let us feton foot our new pro- 
 ject, and let us fee if that will not make them deftroy 
 themfelves." 
 
 This advice was highly applauded by them all, and 
 was accounted the very matter-piece of hell, to wit, to 
 choak Manfoul with a fulnefs of this world, and to 
 furfeit her heart with the good things thereof. But fee 
 how things meet together. Juft as this Diabolonian 
 council was broken up, captain Credence received a let- 
 ter from Emanuel, the contents of which were thefe : 
 " That upon the third day he would meet him in the 
 field, in the plains about Manfoul." Meet me in the 
 field ! quoth the captain. What rneaneth my Lord by 
 this ? I know not what he rneaneth by meeting me in the 
 field. So he took the note in his hand, and carried it to 
 my lord Secretary, to afk his thoughts thereupon (for my 
 lord was a feer in all matters concerning the King, and 
 alfo for the good and comfort of the town of Manfoul). 
 So he (hewed my lord the note, and defired his opinion 
 thereon : For my part, quoth captain Credence, I know 
 not the meaning thereof. So my lord read it, and after 
 a little paufe, he faid, " The Diabolonians have had 
 againft Manfoul a great confultation to-day ; they have, 
 I fay, this day been contriving the utter ruin of the town ; 
 and the refult of their counfel is, to fet Manfoul into 
 fuch a way, which, if taken, will furely make her de- 
 ftroy herfelf (a). And to this end they are making ready 
 for their own departure out of the town, intending to 
 betake themfelves to field again, and there to lie till they 
 ihall fee whether this their project will take or no. But 
 
 (a) Surh being the continual danger believers are in from rheir refllefs ene* 
 rr.y, they fl-.ouW cry with David, " Hold up my going* in thy way, that my 
 feotft'ps Cip not," Pi", svii, 5, 
 
 be 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 195 
 
 be thou ready with the men of tby lord (for on the third 
 day they wilt be in the plain), there to fail upon the 
 Diabolonians ; for the Prince will by that time be rn the 
 field j yea, by that it is break of day, fun-rifing, or be- 
 fore, and that with a mighty force againft them. So he 
 frail be before them, and thou fhalt be behind them, and 
 betwixt you both their army fhall be deftroyed." 
 
 When captain Credence heard this, away goes he to 
 the reft of the captains, and tells them what a note he 
 had a while fince received from the hand of' Emanuel. 
 And, faid he, that which was dark therein has my lord 
 Secretary expounded unto me. He told them moreover, 
 what by himfelf and by them muft be done to anfwer the 
 mind of their lord. Then were the captains glad, and 
 captain Credence commanded, that all the king's trum- 
 peters fhould afcend on the battlements of the caftle, and 
 there in the audience of Diabolus, and of the whole town 
 of Manfoul, make the beft mufic that heart could in* 
 vent. The trumpeters then did as they were commanded : 
 they got themfelves up to the top of the caftle, and 
 thus they began to found. Then did Diabolus ftart, 
 and faid, What can be the meaning of this, they neither 
 found Boot -and- faddle, nor Horfe -and-away, nor a 
 Charge. What do tbefe mad-men mean, that yet they 
 fhould be fo merry and glad ? Then anfwered him one 
 of themfelves, and faid, This is for joy that that their 
 prince Emanuel is coming to relieve the town of Man- 
 foul ; that to this end he is at the head of an army, and 
 that this relief is near (<?). 
 
 The men of Manfoul alfo were greatly concerned ar 
 this melodious charm of the trumpets; they faid, vea, 
 they anfwered one another, faying, This can be no harm 
 
 (a) Thus are thefe gracious promises fulfilled, " When ins enemy cometk 
 in lit,-* a Rort!, the Spirit o'f the Lord will Uft up a ftindari againi him}'' 
 */:J « I will keep it night and day," ifa. Ux. 19. xxvii, 3. 
 
 to 
 
a 9 6 T H E H O L Y W A R* 
 
 to us j furely this can be no harm to us. Then faid 
 the Diabolonians, What had we beft to do ? And it was 
 anfwered, It was beft to quit the town ; and that, faid 
 one, ye may do in purfuanceof your laft counfel, and by 
 fo doing alfo be better able to give the enemy battle, 
 Kabo'w fhould an army from without come upon us. So on the 
 from the fecond day they withdrew themfelves from Manfoul, and 
 town, and a b d e in the plains without ; but they encamped them- 
 felves before Eye-gate, in what terrene and terrible 
 manner they could. The reafon why they could not 
 abide in the town (befides the reafons that were debated 
 in their late conclave), yeas, for that they were not 
 pofTefled of the ftrong hold, and becaufe, faid theyj we 
 {hall have more convenience to fight, and alfo to fly, if 
 need be, when we are encamped in the open plain. Be- 
 fides, the town would have been a pit for them, rather 
 than a place of defence^ had the Prince come up and 
 inclofed them faft therein. Therefore thev betook them- 
 
 J 
 
 felves to the field, that they might alfo be out of the 
 
 reach of the flings, by which they were much annoyed 
 
 all the while they were in the town. 
 
 The time Well, the time that the captains were to fall upon 
 
 captains to the Diabolonians being come, they eagerly prepared 
 
 fight them, themfelves for action ; for captain Credence having told 
 
 the captains over- night, that they fhould meet their Prince 
 
 in the field to-morrow, was like oil to a flaming fire 5 
 
 for of a long time they had been at a diftance ; they 
 
 therefore were for this the more earneft and delirous of 
 
 the work (a). So, as I faid, the hour being comej 
 
 They draw captain Credence, with the reft of the men of war^ drew 
 
 fWd'." 10 ' * out their forces before it was day by the fally-port of 
 
 the town. And being all ready, captain Credence went 
 
 (a) When the graces of the Spirit are in e*erofe (and not before), then t'ne 
 renewed foul can both act and fight for God, who givtth will, power, airi 
 victory. 
 
 up 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYA N. 297 
 
 up to the head of the army, and gave to the reft of the 
 caotains the word, and they to the under officers and 
 foldiers, which was, " The (Word of the Prince Ema- 
 nuel, and the fhield of captain Credence !" winch is in 
 the Manfoulian tongue, " The word of God and I a.m." 
 Then the captains fell on, and began roundly to front 
 and flank and rear Diabolus's camp. 
 
 Now they left captain Experience in the town, be- 
 caufe he was ill of his wounds which the Diabolonians 
 had given him in the lajft fight. But when he perceived 
 that the captains were at it, what does he but, calling 
 for his crutches with hafte, gets up, and away he goes 
 to the battle, faying, Shall I lay here when my brethren 
 are in the fight, and when Emanuel the Prince will 
 fhew himfelfln the field to his fervants ? But when the 
 enemy faw the man come with his crutches, they were 
 daunted yet the more, for, thought they, what fpirit 
 has poflefled thefe Manfoulians, that they fight me upoa 
 their crutches ! Well., the captains, as I faid, fell on, 
 and bravely handled their weapons, ftill crying out, and 
 fhouting as they laid on blows, " The fword of the 
 Prince °Emanuei, and the fhield of captain Cre- 
 dence !" (a). 
 
 Now when Diabolus faw that the captains were come 
 out, and that lo valiantly they furrounded his men, he 
 concluded, that for the prefent nothing from them was 
 to be looked for but blows, with the dints of their two- 
 edaed fwords. Wherefore he alfo falls upon the Prince's ThebaHk 
 army, with all his deadly force. So the battle was joined, 
 joined. Now who was it that at fifft Diabolus me: with 
 "in the fight, but captain Credence on the one hand, and 
 the lord Wili-be-Will on the other j now Will be-will's 
 
 (a) Every believer 13 kept, by the mkhty power of Go.', through faitb, 
 unto evtrlafline h.Vii.in, I Pa. i. 5. 
 
 p p blows 
 
298 THE HOLY' WA ft, 
 
 - blows were like the blows of a giant, for that man had 
 
 a ftrong arm, and he fell in upon the Ele£t,ion-Doubters r 
 for they were the life-guard ofDiabolus, and he kept 
 them in play a good while, cutting and battering 
 fhrewdly. Now when captain Credence, faw my lord 
 engaged, he ftoutly on the other hand fell upon the fame 
 company alfo, fo they put them to great diforder. Now 
 captain Good-hope had engaged 1 the Vocation-Doubters, 
 and they were fturdy men ; but the captain was a valiant 
 man : Captain Experience alfo fent him ibme aid ; fo he 
 made the Vocation-Doubters retreat. The reft of the 
 armies were hotly engaged, and that on every fide, and 
 the Diabolonians fought ftoutly. Then my lord Secre- 
 tary commanded that the flings from the caftle fhould be 
 played,, and his men could throw" ftones at an hair's? 
 breadth. But after a while thofe that fled before the cap- 
 tains of the Prince, began to rally again, and they came up- 
 The battle ftoutly upon the rear of the Prince's army, wherefore the 
 
 renewed. J r J 
 
 Prince's army began to faint j, but remembering they 
 
 Uiould fee the face of their Prince by and by (a), they took 
 
 courage, and a very fierce battle was fought. Then 
 
 ihouted the captains, faying, " The fword of the Prince 
 
 Emanuel, and the fliield of captain Credence ?' and 
 
 with that Diabolus gave back, thinking that more aid 
 
 had been come. But no Emanuel as yet appeared* 
 
 They both Moreover the battle hung in doubt; and they made * 
 
 in the'eime little retreat on both fides. Now in the time of refpite, 
 
 of refpite cap tain Credence bravely encouraged his men to ftand 
 
 captamCre- r n 
 
 dence makes to it, and Diabolus did the like, as well as he could, 
 hig P fojdier« But captain Credence made a brave ipeechtoliis foldiers,, 
 
 the contents whereof here follow : 
 
 " Gentlemen foldiers, and my brethren 1 In this defign*. 
 
 it rejoiceth me much to fee in the field, for our Prince 
 
 (a) This hotels as an anchor to the Ton),, furs and ftetffait, entering into- 
 that within the va'<!, Heb. vi. 19, 
 
 this- 
 
ByMr.JOHN BUNYAN. 299 
 
 ibis day, fo ftout and fo valiant an army, and fuch faith- 
 ful lovers of Man foul. You have hitherto, as hath be- 
 come you, (hewn yourfelves men of truth and courage 
 againft the Diabolonian forces, fo that for all their boaft, 
 they have not yet caufe much to boaft of their gettings. 
 Now take to yourfelves your wonted courage^ and fhew 
 yourfelves men, even this once only ; for in a few mi- 
 nutes after the next engagement this time, you (hall fee 
 your Prince (hew himfelf in the field ; for we muft make 
 this fecond aflault upon this tyrant Diabolus, and then 
 Emanuel comes." 
 
 No fooner had the captain made this fpeech to his fol- 
 diers, but one Mr. Speedy came poll to the captain from 
 the Prince, to tell him that Emanuel was at hand. 
 This news, when the captain, had received, he commu- 
 nicated to the other field officers, and they again to their 
 foldiers and men of war. Wherefore, like men raifed 
 from the dead, fo the captains and their men arofe (b) ; 
 made up to the enemy, and cried as before, " The fword 
 of the Prince Emanuel, and the fhield of captain Cre- 
 dence \" 
 
 The Diabolonians alfo beftirred themfelyes, and made 
 rcfiftance as well as they could, but in this laft engage- 
 ment they loft their courage, and many of the Doubters 
 fell down dead to the ground. Now when they had been 
 in heat of battle about an hour or more, captain Cre- 
 dence lifted up his eyes, and beheld Emanuel coming, 
 and he came with colours flying, trumpets founding, and 
 the feet of his men fcarce touched the ground, they 
 haired with that celerity towards the captains that were 
 engaged. Then captain Credence wheeled his men to 
 the townward, and gave to Diabolus the field. So 
 Emanuel came upon him on the one fide, and the cne- 
 
 (i>) Till the Lord the Spirit quickens us, and imparts wifrom and flrength, 
 we are unable to encount : 'he ieeblefi of cir fubtle and powerful enemies. 
 
 P p 2 rnies 
 
3 oo THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 mies place was betwixt them both ; then again they fell 
 to it afrefh, and a little while afterwards Emanuel and 
 captain Credence met, flill trampling down the flain as 
 they came. 
 
 But when the captains faw that the Prince was come, 
 and that he fell upon the Diabolonians on the other fide, 
 and that captain Credence and his Highnefs had got 
 them up betwixt them, they fhouted (they fo fhouted, 
 that the ground rent again), faying, " The fword of 
 Emanuel, and the fhield of captain Credence !" Now 
 when Diabolus faw that he and his forces were fo hard 
 befet by the Prince and his princely army, what does he, 
 and the lords of the pit that were with him, but make 
 their efcaye, and forfake their army, and leave them to 
 fall by the hand of Emanuel, and of his noble captain 
 Credence : fo they fell all down flain before them, be- 
 fore his Prince, and before his royal army ; there was 
 not left fo much as one Doubter alive ; they lay fpread 
 upon the ground like dead men, as one would fpread 
 dung upon the land (a). 
 
 When, the battle was over, all things came in order in 
 the camp ; then the captains and elders of Man foul came 
 together to falute Emanuel, while without the corpora- 
 tion ; fo they falutcd him, and welcomed htm, and that 
 with a thousand welcomes, for that he was come to the 
 borders of Manfoul again : So he fmiled upon them, and 
 faici, '* Peace be unto you." Then they addrefTed them- 
 felves to go to the town; they went then to go up to 
 Manfoul, they, the Prince, with al! the new forces that 
 now he had brought with him to the war. Alfo all the 
 gates of the town were fet open for his reception, fo glad 
 were they of his blefTed return. And this was the man- 
 ner and crder of his going into Manfoul. 
 
 (a) B;fore our pre:t ZrrubbabeJ, every mountain ihall btcome a plain l 
 Christ has conquered all our enemies in his owfl perfon, and has almighty power 
 to i'uidut thetn in us now. 
 
 Firfti 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 301 
 
 Firft, as I faid, all the gates of the town were fet 
 upon, yea, the gates of the caftle ; the elders too of the 
 town of Manfoul placed themfelves at the gates of the 
 town, to falute him at his entrance thither : And fo they 
 did, for as he drew near, and approached towards the 
 gate, they faid, " Lift your heads, O ye gates, and be 
 lift up, ye everlafting door?, and the King of glory Ihall 
 come in." And they anfwered again, " Who is the 
 King of glory ?" And they made return to themfelves, 
 " ^The Lord ftrong and mighty; the Lord is mighty in 
 battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them 
 up, ye everlafting doors," &c. (a). 
 
 Secondly, It was ordered alfo by thofe of Manfoul, 
 that all the way from the town-gates to thofe of the 
 caftle, his blefied Majefty fhould be entertained with the 
 fong, by them that had beft {kill in mufick in all the 
 town of Manfoul ; then the elders, and the reft of the 
 men of Manfoul anfwered one another as Emanuel en- 
 tered the town, till he came to the caftle-gates, with 
 fongs and found of trumpets, faying, " They have 
 feen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, 
 my King, in the Sanctuary. So the fingers went before, 
 the players on inftruments followed after, and anions 
 them were the damfels playing on timbrels." 
 
 Thirdly, Then the captains (for I would fpeak a word 
 for them) in their order waited on the Prince as he en- 
 tered into the gates of Manfoul : captain Credence went 
 b'-fore, and captain Good-hope with him ; captain 
 Charity came behind, with other of his companions, and 
 captain Patience followed after all, and the reft of the 
 captains, fome on the right hand, and fome on the left, 
 accompanied Emanuel into Manfoul. And all the 
 while the colours were difplayed, the trumpets founded, 
 
 (c) The redeemed, while on earth, afcribe all the glory of their falvation 
 10 the King of faints : he will be the everlafting theae of praife of the celeftial 
 beft in the realms of blifs, 
 
 and 
 
S-oi THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 and continual fhoutinp-s were among the foldiers. The 
 Prince himfelf rode into the town in his armour, which 
 was all of beaten gold ; and in his chariot, the pillars of 
 it were of filver, the bottom thereof of gold, the cover- 
 ing of it were of purple, the midft thereof being paved 
 with love for the daughters of the town of Manfoul. 
 
 Fourthly, When the Prince was come to the entrance 
 of Manfoul, he found all the ftreets ftrewed with lilies 
 and flowers, curioufiy decked with boughs and branches 
 from the green trees, that flood round about the town(tf)* 
 Every door alio was filled with perfons who had adorned 
 every one their fore-part againft their houfe with fome- 
 thing of variety and fingular excellency to entertain him 
 withal as he palled in the ftreets ; they alfo themfelves, 
 as Emanuel pafled by, welcomed him with fhouts and 
 acclamations of joy, faying, " Blefled be the Prince 
 that cometh in the name of his Father Shaddai." 
 
 Fifthly, At the caftle gates the elders of Manfoul, t» 
 wit, my lord mayor, lord Wiil-be-will, the Subordinate 
 Preacher, Mr. Knowledge, and Mr. Mind, with other 
 of the gentry of the place, faluted Emanuel again ; 
 they bowed before him, they killed the duft of his feet, 
 they thanked, they blefTed and praifed his Highnefs for 
 not taking advantage againft them for their fins, but 
 rather had pity upon them in their mifery, and returned 
 to them with mercies, and to buiid up their Manfoul for 
 ever. Thus was he had up ftraitway to the caftle ; for 
 that was the royal palace, and the place where his ho- 
 nour was to dwell ; which was ready prepared for hi; 
 Highnefs by the prefence of the lord Secretary, and the 
 work of captain Credence. So he entered in. 
 
 '(«) The foul that has tafted of the love of Jefus, and beholds the glory and 
 excellency of his perfon and work, and its intereft therein, cannot but be 
 enraptured with the adorable R^.-emer! 
 
 Sixthly, 
 
ByMr. JOHNBUNYA ft. 303 
 
 Sixthly, Then the people and commonalty of the 
 town of Manfoul came to him into the caftle to monro, 
 weep, and lament for their wicked nefs, by which they 
 had forced him out cf the town. So they, when they 
 were come, bowed themfelves to the ground feven times, 
 they alfo wept, they wept aloud, and afked forgivenefc 
 of the Prince, and prayed that he would again, as of 
 old, confirm his love to Manfoul (a). 
 
 To which the great Prince replied, " Weep not, but 
 go your way, eat the fat and drink the fweet, and fend 
 portions to them for whom nought is prepared, for " the 
 joy of your Lord is your {rrength." I am returned to 
 Manfoul with mercies, and my name fhall be fet up, 
 exalted and magnified by it." He alfo took theft: inhabi- 
 tants, and killed them, and laid them in his bofom. 
 
 Moreover, he gave to the elders of Manfoul, and to- 
 each town-officer, a chain of gold and aiignet. He alfo 
 fent to their wives ear-rings and jewels, 2nd bracelets, 
 and other things. He alio beftowed upon the true-born 
 children of Manfoul, many precious things* 
 
 When Emanuel the Prince had done all thefe things 
 for the famous town of Manfoul, then he faid unto them, 
 "Firft, warn your garments, then put on your orna- 
 ments, and then come to me into the cattle of Manfoul," 
 Ecclef. ix. 8. So they went to the fountain that was 
 fet open for Judah and Jerufalem to walh in \ and there 
 they wafhed, and there they made their garments white, 
 and came again to the Prince into the caftle, and thus, 
 they ftood before him, Zech. xiii. 1. Rev. vii* 
 
 And now there was mufick and dancing throughout 
 ihfc whole town of Manfoul ; and that becaufe their 
 
 1, I,. ! 1 ■■ 1 1 1 
 
 (a) No ftronjjer motive can there be for eod'y forrow, than a fenfibility of 
 our vile ingratitude on the one hand, anj a view of the ftup.-ndo^s love of th^_ 
 dcx Redeem :r towards us, on the other, 
 
 Prince 
 
3 04. THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Prince had again granted to them his prefence, and light 
 of his countenance; the bells alfo rung, and the fun 
 * fhone comfortably upon them for a great while to- 
 gether (a). 
 
 The town of Manfoul alfo now more throughly fought 
 the deftru&ion and ruin of all remaining Diabolonians 
 that abode in the walls, and the dens (that they had in 
 the town of Manfoul), for there was of them that had to 
 this day efcaped with life and limb from the hand of 
 their fuppreflbrs in the famous town of Manfoul. 
 
 But my lord Will-be-will was a greater terror to 
 them now than ever he had been before, forafmuch as 
 his heart was yet more fully bent to feek, contrive, and 
 purfue them to the death ; he purfued them night and 
 day, and put them now to fore diftrefs, as will afterwards 
 appear. 
 
 After things were thus far put into order in the famous 
 Orders given town of Manfoul, care was taken, and order given by 
 chedea b dT y the bleffed prince Emanuel, that the townfmen fhould, 
 without further delay, appoint fome to go forth into the 
 plain to bury the dead that were there ; the dead that 
 fell by the fword of Emanuel, and by the ftneld of 
 captain Credence, left the fumes and ill favours that 
 would arife from them, might infed the air, and fo an- 
 noy the famous town of Manfoul. This alfo was a 
 reafon of this order, to wit, that as much as in Manfoul 
 lay, they might cut off the name and being and remem- 
 brance of thofe enemies from the thought of the famous 
 town of Manfoul and its inhabitants (b). 
 
 {a) Though comforts are chearing, let not the believer reft in them, neither 
 be high-minded, but fear ; looking to Jefus for ftrength againft fin and Satan, 
 and grace to perfeveie. 
 
 (*) Diftruftofthe Lord's love mould be utterly foppreffed : we cannot be too 
 jealous over our own hearts ; but to doubt the mercy of a covenant God, is de- 
 rogatory to the divine faithfulnefs and truth, " 
 
-ETamUii/n delist, 
 
 2^ 
 
 BBHSB 
 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 305 
 
 So order was given out by the lord mayor, that wife and 
 trufty friend of the town of Manfoul, that perfons mould 
 be employed about this neceflary bufinefs ; and Mr. 
 Godlyfear, and one Mr. Upright were to be overfeers 
 about this matter; fo perfons were put under them to 
 work in the fields, and to bury the flain that lay dead in 
 the plains. And thefe were their places of employment ; 
 fome were to make the graves, fome were to bury the 
 dead, and fome were to go to and fro in the plains, and 
 alio round about the borders of Manfoul, to fee if a fkull 
 or a bone, or a piece of a bone of a Doubter, was yet 
 to be found above-ground any where near the corpora- 
 tion; and if any were found, it was ordered that the 
 fearchers that fearched jdiould fet up a mark thereby and 
 a lign, that thofe that were appointed to bury them might 
 iind it, and bury it out of light, that the name and 
 remembrance of a Diabolonian Doubter might be blotted 
 out from under heaven. And that the children and they 
 that were to be born in Manfoul might not know (if 
 poflible) what a fkull, what a bone, or a piece of a bone 
 of a Doubter was. So the buriers, and thofe that were 
 appointed for that purpofe, did as they were command- 
 ed ; they buried the Doubters, and all fkulls and bones, 
 and pieces of bones of Doubters, where- ever they found 
 them, and fo they cleanfed the plains. Now alfo Mr. 
 God's-peace took up his commiffton, and acted again as in 
 former days (a). 
 
 Thus they buried in the plains about Manfoul, the 
 Election-Doubters, the Vocation-Doubters, the Grace- 
 Doubters, the Perfeverance-Doubters, the Refurrection- 
 Doubters, the Salvation-Doubters, and the Glory- 
 Doubters, whofe captains were, captain Rage, and 
 paptain Cruel, captain Damnation, captain infatiable, 
 
 la) Thus we fee, when diftrefiing doubts 01 our intercft in the Hear Redeemer 
 are removed, peace rtvifits the foui: O therefore cleave to the word ofpromile> 
 asd intrcAt the Lord the Spirit effectually to apply it. 
 
 Q_ <j captain 
 
3 o6 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 captain Brimftonc, captain Torment, captain No-eafe^ 
 Captain Sepulchre, and captain Paft-hope : And old In- 
 credulity was under Diabolus their general ; there were 
 alfo the feven heads of their army ? and they were the 
 lord Beelzebub, the lord Lucifer, the lord Legion, the 
 lord Apollyon, the lord Python, the lord Cerberus, and 
 the lord Belial. But the princes and the captains, with 
 old Incredulity their general, all made their efcape ; fo 
 their men fell down upon the flain by the power of the 
 Prince's forces, and by the hands of the men of the town 
 of Manfoul. They alfo were buried, as is before related, 
 to the exceeding great joy of the town of Manfoul : they 
 that buried them, buried alfo with them their arms, which 
 were cruel inftruments of death (their weapons were ar- 
 rows, darts, mauls, firebrands, and the like) j thay bu- 
 ried alfo their armour, colours, and banners, with the 
 ftandard of Diabolus, and what elfe foever they could 
 find that did but fmell of a Diabolonian Doubter.' 
 
 Now when the tyrant was arrived at Hellgate-hill, 
 with his old friend Incredulity, they immediately de- 
 fcended the Den, and having there with their followers 
 for a while condoled their misfortune, and the great lofs 
 they fuitained againft the town of Manfoul, they fell 
 at length intq a paffion, and revenged they would be for 
 the lofs that they fuitained before the town of Manfoul j 
 The tyrant wherefore they prefently call a council to contrive yet 
 retoives to f urt h er w hat was to be done againft the famous town of 
 
 have yet a D 
 
 bout with Manfoul j for their yawning paunches could not wait to 
 fee the refult of their lord Lucifer's and their lord Apol- 
 lyon'i counfel that they had given before, for their raging 
 gorge thought every day even as long as a fliort for-ever, 
 until they were filled with the body and foul, with the 
 fkfh and bones, and with all the delicacies of Manfoul (a). 
 
 (a) The enemy, though caft out, and often foiled, will not give up the con- 
 trft, but r.ipe the more : he finds ftill enough of evil in us to work upon : O 
 for a watchful, prayerful, believing fpirit, to refift him I 
 
 They 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A tf. 307 
 
 They therefore refolved to make another attempt upon 
 the town of Man foul, and that by an army mixed, and 
 made up partly of Doubters, and partly of Blood-men (rf)» 
 A more particular account now take of both. 
 
 The Doubters are fuch as have their name from their 
 nature, as well as from the lord and kingdom where they 
 were born ; their nature is to put a qileftiort upon every 
 one of the truths of Emanuel, and their country is, 
 The Land of Doubting, and that land Iieth off, and 
 furtheft remote to the north, between the land of Dark- 
 nefs, and that called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 
 For though the land of Darkhefs, and that called the 
 Land of the Shadow of Death, be fometimes called as if 
 they were one and the felf-fame place j yet ih'deed they, 
 are two, lying but a little way afunder, and the rand of 
 Doubting points in, arid lieth between th'em. This is 
 the Land of Doubting, and thole that came with Dia- 
 bolus to ruin the town of Manfoul,' are the natives of 
 that country. 
 
 The Blood-men are a people that have their name de- 
 rived from the malignity of their nature, and from the 
 fury that is in them to execute it upon the town of Man- 
 foul ; their land Iieth under the Dog liar, And by that 
 they afe governed as to their intslle&uals. The name 
 of their country is the province of Loath-good, the re- 
 mote parts of it are far diftant from the land of Doubt- 
 ing, yet they do both bijtt and bound upon the hill 
 called Hellgate-hill. Thefe people are a'ways in league 
 •with the Doubters, for they jointly make queftion of 
 the faith and fidelity of the men of the town of Manfoul, 
 and fo are both alike qualified for the fcrvice of their 
 prince. 
 
 (a) iiy B!ood-m-n, undtrftand that earthly* carnal, fsnfu<l, desiliih nature,' 
 v.hich is enmity to God, an'.i which we are fo mu:h the unbar j,y lj'jjcc.ts.Ci". 
 Kit grjce'*lini 6 My reign., ; Ljrj/ b?^ow it n^n us! 
 
 Q_q i No* 
 
3 o8 THE HOLY W A $., 
 
 Now of thefe two countries did Diabolus by the beat- 
 ing of his drum raife another army againft the town of 
 Manfoulf of five-and- twenty thoufand ftrong. There 
 were ten thoufand Doubters, and fifteen thoufand Blood- 
 men, and they were put under feveral captains for the 
 war j and old Incredulity was again made general of the 
 army. 
 
 As for the Doubters, their captains were five of the 
 feven that were heads of the laft Diabolonian army, and 
 thefe are their names j captain Beelzebub, captain Luci- 
 fer r captain Apollyon, captain Legion, and captain 
 Cerberus, and the captains that they had before were 
 fome of them made lieutenants, and fome enfigns of the 
 army. 
 
 But Diabolus did not count that in this expedition of 
 his, thefe Doubters would prove his principal men, for 
 their manhood had been tried before •> alfo the Manfou- 
 lians had put them to the worft, only he brought them: 
 • tcJ multiply a number, and to help, if need was, at a 
 pinch ; but his truft he put in his Blood-men, for that 
 "they were all ragged villains, and he knew that they had 
 done feats heretofore. 
 
 As for the Blood -men, they alfo were under command, 
 The captains and the names of their captains were, captain Cain, cap- 
 men cBi °° d ' ta i n ^imro€, captain Ifhmael, captain Efau, captain 
 Saul, captain Abfalom, captain Judas, and captaia 
 Pope [a). 
 
 i. Captain Cain was over two bands, to wit, the 
 Zealous, and the Angry Blood-men ; his ftandard bearer 
 bore the red colours, and hi* fcutcheon was the murder- 
 ing club, Gen. iv. 8. 
 
 , (a) The names of thefe captains ferve to denominate the ungodly, carnal^ 
 profane, perfecuting, rebtllicu;, deceit ful, arid abominably wicked fpirit of 
 the unregencratc. 
 
 2. Captain 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 305 
 
 2. Captain Nimrod was captain over two bands, to 
 wit, the Tyrannical and Incroaching Blood-men, his 
 ftandard-bearer bore the red colours, and bis fcutcheon 
 was the great blood-hound, Gen. x. 8, 9. 
 
 3. Captain Ifhmael was captain over two bands, to 
 wit, over the Mocking and Scorning Blood-men ; his 
 ftandard-bearer bore the red colours, and his fcutcheon 
 was one mocking at Abraham's Ifaac, Gen. xxi. 9, 10. 
 
 4. Captain Efau was captain over two bands, to wit, 
 the Blood-men that grudged that another fhould have the 
 "Hefting; alfo over the Blood-men that are for executing 
 their private revenge upon others; his ftandard-bearer 
 bore the red colours, and his fcutcheon was one pri- 
 vately lurking to murder Jacob, Gen. xxvii. 42, 43, 
 
 44, 45- 
 
 5. Captain Saul was captain over two bands, to wit, 
 the Groundlefly Jealous and the Devilifhly Furious 
 Blood-men, his ftandard-bearer bore the red colours, and 
 his fcutcheon was three bloody darts caft at harmlefs 
 David (a), 1 Sam. xviii. 11. 
 
 6. Captain Abfalom was captain over two bands, to 
 wit, over the Blood- men that will kill a father or a 
 friend, for the glory of this world ; alfo over thofe 
 Blood-men that hold one fair in hand with words, till 
 they fhall have pierced him with their fwords ; his 
 ftandard-bearer bore the red colours, and his fcutcheon 
 was the fon purfuing the father's blood, 2 Sam. xv. 13, 
 14. xvii. 16. 
 
 7. Captain Judas was over two bands, to wit, the 
 Blood-men that will fell a man's life for money, and 
 
 (a) This perfecting fpirit is the effect of that carnal mind which fays, * We 
 will not have this man to reign over us f — which alfo is, and ever will be 
 enmity agaiaft God, his people and ways. But we are told, that <c whofoever 
 will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God," James iv. 4. fee alfo 
 •i Cor. vi. 15, 
 
 thofe 
 
3 io .THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 thofe alfo that will betray their friend with a kifs, hi$ 
 ftandard-bearer bore the red colours, and his fcutcheon 
 was thirty pieces of filver, and the halter, Matt* xxvi* 
 14, 15, 16. 
 
 8. Captain Pope was captain over one band, for all 
 thefe fpirits are joined in one under him ; his ftandard- 
 bearer bare the red colours, and his fcutcheon was the 
 ■flake, the flame, and the good man in it, Rev. xiii. 7, 8* 
 Dan. xi. 33. 
 
 Now the reafon why Diabolus fo foon rallied another 
 force after he had been beaten out of the field, was, for 
 that he put mighty confidence in this army of Blood- 
 men (a) y for he put a great deal of more truft in them 
 than he did before in his army of Doubters, though they 
 had alfo often done great fervice for him in the ftrengthen- 
 ing of him in his kingdom. But thofe Blood-men he had 
 often proved, and their fword feldorn retnrned empty. 
 Befides, he knew that thefe, like maftifFs, would fallen 
 upon any ; upon father, mother, brother, fifter, prince 
 or governor, yea, upon the Prince of princes. And 
 that which encouraged him the more was, for that they 
 once forced Emanuel out of the kingdom of Univerfe j 
 and why, thought he, may they not drive him from the 
 town of Manfoul ? 
 
 So this army of five-and-twenty thoufand ftrohg, was 
 by their general, the great lord Incredulity, led up 
 againft the town of Manfoul. Now Mr. Prywell, the 
 fcout-m after-general, went out to fpy, and he brought 
 Manfoul tidings of their coming : Wherefore they fhut 
 up their gates, and put themfelves in a pofture of de- 
 fence againil thefe new Diabolonians that came up againft 
 the town. 
 
 (a) The myflery of iniquity ?n our heart* Is as fuel for the eiwmy to kindle : 
 May we conftantly look io Chr.ft's facrifice for p;fJon, to his rigbreoufnefs 
 (bt peace, and to his gface t'oi vitlory. 
 
 So 
 
By Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 3 u 
 
 ' So Diabolus brought up his army, and beleaguered 
 the town of Man foul ; the Doubters were placed about 
 Feel-gate, and the Blood-men fet down before Eye-gate; 
 and Ear-gate. 
 
 Now when this army had thus encamped themfelves. 
 Incredulity, in the name of Diabolus, in his own name, 
 and in the name of the Blood-men and the reft that were 
 with him, fent a fummons as hot as a red hot iron to 
 Man foul, to yield to their demands, threatening, that if 
 they flill ftood it out againft them, they would pre- 
 fently burn down Manfoul with fire. For you muft 
 know, that as for the Blood-men, they were not fo 
 much that Manfoul fhould be furrendered, as that Man- 
 foul fhould be deftroyed, and cut off out of the land of the 
 living (a). True, they fent to them to furrender ; but 
 fhould they fo do, that would not quench the thirfts of 
 thefe men : They muft have blood, the blood of Man- 
 foul, elfe they die j and it is from hence that they have 
 their name. Wherefore thefe Blood-men he referved 
 while now, that they might, when all his engines proved 
 ineffectual, as his laft and fare card he played againft 
 the town of Manfoul, Pfalm xxix. 10. Ifa. lix. 7. Ifa, 
 xxii. 17. 
 
 Now when the tbwnfmen had received this red-hot 
 fummons, it begat in them at prefent fome changing 
 and interchanging thoughts ; but they jointly agreed in 
 Jefs than half an hour, to carry the fummons to the 
 Prince, which they did when they had writ at the bot- 
 tom of it, Lord, fave Manfoul from bloody men, Pfalm 
 lix. 2. 
 
 So he took it, and looked upon it, and confidered it, 
 and took notice alfo of that fhoit petition that the men 
 
 (a) Satan's uniform aim is, to deftroy body anti-foul in hell forever: but, 
 bl fled be God, he ftiall not be able to tike the fiebleft Iamb out of the em- 
 braces of covenant love ! 
 
 Of 
 
3 ,2 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 of Manfoul had written at the bottom of it, and called 
 to him the noble captain Credence, and bid him go and 
 take captain Patience with him, and go and take care 
 of that fide of Manfoul that were beleaguered by the 
 Blood-men, Heb. vi. 12. ver. 15. So they went and 
 did as they were commanded j then captain Credence 
 went and took captain Patience, and they both fecured 
 that fide of Manfoul that was befieged by the Blood- 
 men. 
 
 Then he commanded that captain Good-hope and 
 captain Charity, and my lord Wilj-be-will fhould take 
 charge of the other fide of the town; and I, faid the 
 Prince, will fet my ftandard upon the battlements of 
 your caftle (tf), and do you three watch againft the 
 Doubters. This done, he again commanded that the 
 "brave captain Experience mould draw up his men in the 
 market-place, and that there alfo he mould exercife 
 them day by day before the people of the town of Man- 
 foul. Now the fiege was long, and many a fierce aU 
 tempt did the enemy, efpecially thofe called Blood-men, 
 make upon the town of Manfoul, and many a fhrewd 
 brum did fome of the townfmen meet with from them ; 
 efpecially captain Self-denial j who, I fhould have told 
 you before, was commanded to take the care of Ear-gate 
 and Eye-gate now againft the Blood-men. This captain 
 Self-denial was a young man, but flout, and a townf- 
 man in Manfoul, as captain Experience alfo was ; and 
 Emanuel, at his fecond return to Manfoul, made him 
 a captain over a thoufand of the Manfoul ians, for the 
 good of the corporation. This captain, therefore, being 
 an hardy man, a man of great courage, and willing to 
 venture himfelf for the good of the town of Manfoul, 
 
 (a) Let us beg of the Lord to make good hispromife, namely, " When the 
 enemy cometh like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord fliaJl lift up a flandard againft 
 hie?," Ifa. lix. 19. 
 
 would 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 313 
 
 WOuld now-and-then fally out upon the Blood men, 
 and give them many notable alarms, and had fcveral 
 fkii.nifhes with them, and alfo did fome execution upon 
 themj yet you mult think that this could not ea-fily be 
 done^ but he muft meet with brufhes himfelf, for he 
 carried feveral of their marks in his face; yea, and fome 
 in fome other parts of his body (a). 
 
 So after fome time fpent for the trial of the faith, E.^vnuel 
 hopej and love of the town of Manfoul, the Prince ^"he' 
 Emanuel upon a day calls his captains and men of war en ""y bat- 
 together, and divides them into two companies; this orderethhla 
 done, he commands them at a time appointed, and that men. 
 in the morning very early, to fally out upon the enemy ; 
 faying, Let half of you fall upon the Doubters, and 
 half of you fall upon the Blood-men. Thofe of you 
 that go out agaihlt the Doubters, kill and flay, and 
 eaufe to perifh fo many of them as by any means you 
 can lay hands on ; but for you that go out againft the 
 Blood-men, flay them not, but take them alive. 
 
 Accordingly at the time appointed, betimes in the 
 morning, the captains went out as they were commanded 
 againit the enemies : Captain Good-hope, captain Cha- 
 rity, and thofe that* were joined with them, as captain 
 Innocent, and captain Experience, went out againft the 
 Doubters ; and captain Credence, and captain Patience* 
 with captain Self-denial, and the reft that were to join 
 with them, went out againft the Blood-men. 
 
 Now thofe that went out againft the Doubters, drew 
 up in a body before the plain, and marched on to bid 
 them battle: But the Doubters, remembering their laft 
 fuccefs, made a retreat, not daring to ftand the fhoek, 
 but fled from the Prince's men ; wherefore they ptfrfued 
 
 (a) While we fight the Lori's battle?, indwelling fin gives us many a 
 Wound; pride and felt" righteoufnefs cleave to us: we need th= blood ofChrifl 
 to clean'e our beft Services, and render them acceptable to Codi 
 
 R r them, 
 
3 i 4 THE HOLt WAR, 
 
 them, and in their piirfuit flew many, but they could 
 not catch them all. Now thofe that efcaped went fome 
 Of them home; and the reft, by fives, nines, and feven- 
 teens* like wanderers, went ftraggling up and down the 
 country where thev mewed and e*ercifed many of their 
 Diabolonian a&ions upon the barbarous people ; nor did 
 thefe people ri'e up in arms againft them, but fuffered 
 themielves to be enflaved by them (a). They would 
 alfo after this fhew themfelves in companies before the 
 town of Manfoul, but never to abide it ; for if captain 
 Credence captaih Good«hope, or captain Experience did 
 but ftiew themfelves, they fled. 
 
 Thofe that were againft the Blood- men, did as they 
 were commanded, they forbore to flay any, but fought 
 to compals them about. But the Blood men, when they 
 faw that no Emamjel was in the field, concluded alfo 
 that no tMANUEL was in Manfoul ; wherefore they look- 
 ing upon what the captains did, to be, as they called it, 
 a fruit of the extravagancy of their wild and foolifli fan- 
 cies, raiher defpifed nan feared them ; but the captains, 
 minding their bufinefs, at laft compaffed them round j 
 they alfo that had routed the Doubters, came in amain 
 to their aid ; fo in fine, after fone little ftruggling for 
 the Blo<>d-men alfo would have run for it, only now it 
 Was too late ; for though they are mifchievous and cruel 
 where they can ovcrc mc, yet all Blood-men are chicken- 
 hearted men; when they o.-ce come to fee themfelves 
 matched and equaled), fo, I fay, the captains took them, 
 a nd brought them to tne Prince. 
 
 -Nr«v when they were taken, had before the Prince r 
 and examined, he found them to be of three fevdal coun- 
 ties, though tney all carne out of one land. 
 
 (a) The --wicked, anu I'uch as know not God, are led captive by fatan at his 
 will, blinded to thm mifery and thsir remedy by the god of this woild, in 
 •wliofe jelufive arms many of tbem ft-.tp till death and judgment awake them, 
 to behold their awful and rcmcdilcfi Ante. Laid, pity them I 
 
 i. One 
 
Bimyan's 
 °Piai€Jin. 
 
 HOLY -WAR^th Notes 
 
 SiwiiZfy'ft delist 
 
 Wwdutp jvafe 
 
 
 5Pultishd ' fy~4lex VJTofjWriTaientcjtcrlfow. iXote tx '/st . 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 315 
 
 1. One fort of them came out of Biindmanfhire, and 
 they were fuch as did ignorantly what they did. 
 
 2. Another fort of them came out of Blindzealfhire, 
 and they did fuperftitioufly what they did. 
 
 3. The third fort of them came out of the town cf 
 Malice in the county of hnvy, and they did what they 
 did out of fpite and implacablenefs («). 
 
 For the frrft of thefe, to wit, they that came out of 
 Blindmanfhire, when they faw where they were, and 
 againft. whom they had fought, trembled, and cried as 
 they flood before him ; and as many of thofe as afked 
 him mercy, he touched their lips with his golden 
 fceptre. 
 
 They that came out of Blindzealfhire, did not as their 
 fellows, for they pleaded that they* had a right to do 
 what they did, becaufe Manfoul was a town whofe laws 
 and cuftoms were diverfe from all that dwelt there- 
 abouts j very few of thefe could be brought to fee their 
 evil, but thofe that did, and afked mercy, they alfo ob- 
 tained favour. 
 
 Now they that came out of the town of Malice, that 
 is in the county of Envy, they neither wept nor dis- 
 puted, but flood gnawing of their tongues before him 
 for angiifh and madnefs, becaufe they could not have 
 their will upon Manfoul. Now thofe laft, with all thofe 
 of the other two forts that unfeignedly afked par* 
 don for their faults ; thofe he made to enter into fuffi- 
 cient bond to anfwer for what they had cone againft 
 Ma 1 foul, and againft her King, at the great and general 
 afEzes'to be holden for our Lord the King, where^be 
 himfelf mould appoint for the country and kingdom of 
 
 (a) This is that infernal fpirit of t nroity which oppofes, and wcjW ifp©£» 
 fiWe defiroy the image of God. — Nothing Jefs than the mighty power ©f God 
 the Spirit can change thefe Sauls into Pauls— a perfecttUng Send i>iio a prov- 
 ing faint. 
 
 R r 2 Univerfe, 
 
S i6 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 Univerfe. So they became bound each man for hrmfelf 
 to come in when called upon, to anfwer before our Lord 
 the King for what they had done before («). 
 
 And thus much concerning this fecond army that was 
 
 fent by D'iabolus to ovenhrow Manfoul. 
 
 Three or JBut there were three of thofe that came from the land 
 
 Doubters go of Doubting, who after they had wandered and ranged 
 
 into Man- t } Je co , jn try awhile, and perceived that thev had efcaped, 
 
 foul, are en - , J 'A ' ■ 
 
 tertd.nr.d, were fo hardy is to thruft th~r.fclv s, kno.ving that yet 
 an ^ hy there were in the town fome who took part with Diabo- 
 . lus, I fay, they were fo haruy as to thruft th^mfelves 
 into Manioul among them. (Th r ee, did I fay? I think 
 there were four). Now to whofe houfe fliould thefe 
 Diaboionian Doubters go, bu o the houfe of an old 
 Diabolonian in iVJanfoul, wnofe n me wa< Bvir-queftioh* 
 ing, a very great enemv he was to Manfoul, and a ^reat 
 doer among the Diabolonians there. Well, tothisEvil- 
 queflioning's houfe, as was (aid, did thefe Diabolonians 
 come (you. may be fure that 'hey had directions how to 
 find their way thither), fo he made them welcome, pitied 
 theii misfortune, and fuccoured them with the beft that he 
 had in his houfe. Now after a little acquaintance, and 
 it was not long before they had that, rfiis Evil question- 
 ing afke the Doubters if they were all of a town ^hd 
 knew that they were all of one kingdom), and they 
 anfwered, No, nor of one (hire neither; for I, laid one, 
 am an Election- Doubter ; I, faid another, am a Voca- 
 tion-Doubter; then faid the third, I am a Salvation- 
 Doubter; and the fourth faid, h was a Grace-Doubter, 
 Well, quoth the old gentleman, be of what fhire you 
 will, I am perfuaded that you are town- boys, you have 
 the very length of my foot, are one with my heart, and 
 
 (a) To be judged at God's tremendous bar fi r t!uir uugo "y deeds, >ej (flion 
 of Chrift and his gofpel, and their hard fpeeches against the Saviour, his *ork, 
 1*rays, and people.— This fe^e&a the envious, malicious, and impenitent. 
 
 foaH 
 
Bimyan's 
 
 ^WAR^witklSfote 
 
 _Haj>u7f<»i iMzii 
 
 (rrairi/fw jmlf . 
 
 
 
 r Alhj7i*diy^-&etc''-Bi>yy • y?itlb&-rnc*$vItcw.Jiine »./«* 
 
By-Mr. J O H N B U N Y A N. 317 
 
 fcall be welcome to me So they thanked him, and were 
 ^lad that they had found themfelves an harbour in 
 Manfoul (a). Then faid Evil-queftioning to them, Taikbetwu* 
 How many of your company might there be that came andoldEviu 
 with vou to the fiege of Manfoul ? And they anfwered, ^usftionins. 
 There were but ten thoufand Doubters in all, for the 
 reft of 'he army confift d of fifteen thoufand Blood-men: 
 th fe Blood-men, quoih they, border upon our country; 
 but, poor men, we hear, they were every one taken by 
 Emanuel's forces Ten thoufand ! quoth the old gen* 
 tleman, I'll promife you, that's a round company. But 
 how came it to pafs, fince you were fo mighty a number, 
 that you fainted, and durft not fight your foes ? Our 
 general, faid they, was the firft man that ran for it. 
 Pray, quoth their landlord, who was that your -owardly 
 general ? He was once the lord mayor of Manfoul, faid 
 the\. But pray call him not a cowardly general, for 
 whether any from the eaft to the weft has done more 
 fervice for oui Krince Diabolus, than has my lord Incre- 
 dulity, will be a hard queftion for you to atnfwer. 
 But, had they catehed him, they would for certain 
 have hanged him, and we promife you, hanging is but 
 a bad bufinefs. 
 
 Then faid the old gentleman, I would that all the 
 ten thoufand Doubters were now well armed in Manfoul, 
 and myfelf at the head of them, I would fee what I 
 could do. Ah, faid they, that would be well, if we 
 could fee that : But wifhes, alas J what are they ? And 
 thefe words were fpoken aloud. Well, faid old Evil- 
 cjueftioning, take heed that ye talk not too loud, you 
 
 (a) In our beft eftate, we are too Drone to queftion the truth of God's word 
 ^nd his faithfulnefs — believe him able, but not willing to fave us. Lord, in- 
 tfeafe our faith ! 
 
 muft 
 
fxt THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 rauft be quiet and clofe (a), and mufl take care of year. 
 felves while you. are here, or I wiH aiTure you, you will 
 be frrapt. 
 
 Why i* Q^ioth the Doubters. 
 
 Why J Quoth the old gentleman: Why, becaufe both 
 th~ lincp and lord Seoe'ary, and their captains and 
 foldiers, are all at prefent in town j yea, the town is as 
 full of them as ever it can hold. And befides, there is 
 one whpfe name is Wili-be-will, a moft cruel enemy of 
 ours, and him the Prince hath made keeper of the gates f 
 and has commanded him, that with all the diligence- he 
 can, he fhould look for, fearch out, and deftroy al| 
 and all manner of Diabolonians. And if he lighteth 
 upon you, down you go, though your heatj be made of 
 gold. 
 *fl*r* re And now, to fee how it happened, one of the lord 
 Will be-will's faithful foldiers, whofe name was Mr, 
 Diligcncf, Hood all the while liftening under old Evil- 
 queftioning's eaves, and heard all the talk that had been 
 ■betwixt him and the Doubters that he entertained under 
 bis roof. This foldier was a man that my lord had much 
 confidence in, and that he loved dearly, and that both 
 becaufe he was a man of courage, and alfo a man that 
 wa^ unwearied in feeking after Diabolonians to appre- 
 hend them {b). 
 
 Now this nTan, as I told you* heard all the talk that 
 was hetv/een old tvilqueftioning and thefe Diabolo- 
 nians : wherefore what does he, but goes to his lord, 
 and tells him what he had heard. And fayeft thou fo 9 
 my trufty t quoth my lord. Ay, quoth Diligence, that 
 | do, and if your lordfhip will be pleafed to go with me, 
 
 (a) Satan and An aft Itcietly and by craft' "everyone that deeth evjf, 
 Jiateth, the light, neither cotpeth to it, left his deed) ftould be reproved," 
 John iii. 20k 
 
 (£) We are exhorted to nfe a)r diligence to make our calling aad ele&ioq 
 
 iuse : ftriviag agaiaft fin, and watching onto prayer, z Pet. i. 10> 
 
 you 
 
- By Mr. JOHNBUNYA& ^ 
 
 70U fhall find it as 1 have faid. And are they th~re, qd6th 
 my lard? I know Evil-queftioni^g well, for he and I 
 were great at the time of our ipffi&ff ; but I know no?? 
 How where h? dwells. But I do, f^id this mart, aft d if 
 yOfcr Idrd.h-ip will go, I will lead you the way to his den. 
 Go I quoth my lord, that 1 will. Come, my Diligence,' 
 let Us go find the n out. So my lord and his mdn went 
 togchei the direct way to his houfe. Now his man went 
 before,- to mew him the Way^ and thcv went till they 
 came even und r old ivJr; Evil-queftioning's wall : Then? 
 faid L/iligence, nark (my lord), do you know the old 
 gentleman s tongue when you hear it ? Yes, faid rtiy- 
 lofd, I "now it well, but i have not feen him'marry it 
 day. This i know, he is cunning, i wifh he does not 
 give us the flip. Let me alone for that, f*id his fervant 
 Diligence. But how ihall we find the door* quoth my 
 lord i Let me alone for that too, faid his man ' So he 
 had my lord Will- be will abiut, and fhewed him the 
 way to the door. Then my lord, without more ado, 
 broke open the door, ruih'ed into the hou:e, and caught 
 them all five together, even as Diligence his man nad 
 told him. So my lord apprehended nem, and led the . They «« 
 away, and committed triem to' the hand of Mr. Truetr.an a B / c ^. 
 the gaoler, and he commanded, and put them in m: }^ *» 
 ward tty m This done, my lord mayor was acquainted 
 in the morning with what my lord Will-be-will hid 
 done over night, and h s lordfhip rejoiced much at ih^ 
 new«, not only becaufe there were Doubters appre- 
 hended, but becau e that old Evil -queftioning was 
 tak-jn ; for he had been a very great trouble to Manfoul, 
 and much affliction to my lord mayor himfelf. He had 
 alfo been fought for often, but no hand could ever be 
 laid upon him till now. 
 
 (a) Thus btlieve*?, by the a org ity p**a i f grace, are ei.able- to take' 
 thjie captire*, whefe capti»w« they wcrr. I fa. sir. z, 
 
 Weif, 
 
320 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 Well, the next thing was, to make preparations to try 
 thefe five that by my lord had been apprehended, and 
 that were in the hands of Mr. Trueman the gaoler. Sq 
 Tfieyare the day was fet, and the court called and came together, 
 jElf' l ° and thc P^ifoners brought to the bar. My lord W ill-be- 
 will had power to have flain them when at firft he took 
 them, and that without any more ado,'but he thought it. 
 at this time more for the honour of the Prince, the com- 
 fort of Man oul, and the difcouragement of the enemy, 
 to bring them forth to public judgment. Hut I fay, Mr* 
 Trueman brought them in chains to the bar, to the 
 town-hall, for that was the place of judgment. Soto 
 be fhort, the jury was pannelledj the witnefTes fworn, 
 and the prifoners tried for their lives ; the jury Was the 
 fame that tried Mr* No- truth, Pitilefs* Haughty j and 
 the reft of their companions. 
 
 And firft, old Evil-queftioning himfelf was fet to the 
 t>ar j for he was the receiver, the entertainer, and com* 
 forter of thefe Doubters, that by nation were outlandifh- 
 men (a) j then he was bid to hearken to his charge, and 
 was told that he had liberty to object, if he had aught to 
 fay for himfelf. So his indictment was read, the man- 
 ner and form here follows : 
 
 " Mr. Queftioning, Thou art here indicted by the 
 name of Evil-queftioning, an intruder upon the town 
 of Manfoul, for that thou art a Diabolonian by nature 
 and alfo a hater of the Prince Emanuel, and one that 
 haft ftudied the ruin of the town of Manfoul. Thou 
 art alfo here indicted, for entertaining the king's ene« 
 mies, after wholefome laws made to the contrary : For, 
 I. Thou haft queftioned the truth of her doctrine and 
 ftate. 2. In wilrring that ten thoufand Doubters were 
 
 (a) Ensmies to faith, hope, and lovr. The foul, by reafon of its dcpTavi'y, 
 11 fubjeft to many doubts and unbelieving fears, which Adam, before the fall, 
 was a ftrangerto. 
 
 in 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUNYAN. 321 
 
 in tier. In receiving, entertaining, and encouraging of 
 her enemies, that came from their army unto thee 
 What fayeft thou to this indictment i art thou guilty, or 
 not guilty ?" 
 
 My lord, quoth he, I know not the meaning of this 
 indictment, forafmuch as I am not the man concerned 
 in it ; the man that ftandeth by this charge accufed be- 
 fore this bench, is called by the name of Evil-queftion - 
 ing, which name I deny to be mine, mine being Honed - 
 inquiring. The one indeed founds like the other, but 
 I trow, your Lordfhips know that between thefe two 
 there is a wide difference} for I hope that a man even in 
 theworft of times, and that too amongft the worft of men, 
 may make an honeft inquiry after things, without running 
 the danger of death. 
 
 Then fpake my lord Will-be-will, for he was one of 
 the witneffes : " My lord, and you the honourable bench 
 and magiftrates of the town of Manfoul, you all have 
 heard with your ears, that the prifoncr at the bar has 
 denied his name (<a), and fo thinks to fhift from the 
 charge of the indictment. But I know him to be the 
 man concerned, and that his proper name is Evil-quef- 
 tioning. I have known him, my lord, above thefe thirty 
 years, for he and I (a fhame it is forme to fpeak it) were 
 great acquaintance, when Diabol-us that tyrant had the 
 government of Manfoul ; and I teftify that he is a Dia- 
 bolonian by nature, an enemy to our Prince, and an 
 hater of the bleffed town of Manfoul. He has in times 
 of rebellion been at, and lain in my houfe, my lord, not - 
 fo little as twenty nights together, and. we ufed to talk 
 then (for the fubftance of talk) as he and his Doubters 
 have talked of late : True, I have not fecn him many a 
 
 (a) Sinners may give falfe 'names to, and find palliatives for fin, and thus 
 deceive men : but God omnifcient is not mocked ; for wbatfoever a man 
 foweth, that ftiallhealfo reap, Ga], vi. 7. 
 
 S f day, 
 
322 THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 day, I fuppofe that the coming of Emanuel to Man-* 
 foul has made him change his lodgings, as this indictment 
 has driven him to change his name ; but this is the man, 
 my lord," 
 
 Then faid the court unto him, Haft thou any more to 
 fay? 
 
 Yes, quoth the old gentleman, that I have „ for all 
 that has yet been faid againft me, is but by the mouth 
 of one witnefs, and it is not lawful for the famous town 
 of Manfoul, at the mouth of one witnefs, to put any 
 man to death. 
 
 Then flood forth Mr. Diligence, and faid, *' My 
 lord, as I was upon my watch fuch a night at the head 
 of Bad-flreet, in this town, I chanced to hear a mutter- 
 ing within the gentleman's houfe ; then thought I^What's 
 to do here ? So I went up clofe, but very foftly, to the 
 fide of the houfe to Ijflen, thinking, as indeed it fell out, 
 that there I might light of fome Diabolonian conven- 
 ticle. So, as I faid, I drew nearer and nearer, and when 
 I was got up clofe to the wall, it was but a while before 
 I perceived that there were outlandifh-men in the houfe 
 (but I undcrftood their fpeech (a), for I have been a 
 tiaveller myfelf) ; now hearirig fuch language in fuch 
 a tottering cottage this old gentleman dwelt in, I clapt 
 mine ear to a hole in the window, and there heard them 
 talk as followeth. This old Mr. Queftioning afked thefe 
 Doubters what they were, whence they came, and what 
 w^s their buiinefs in thefe parts ? And they anfwcrcd him 
 to all thefe queftions, yet he entertained them. He alfo 
 afked what numbers there were of them j and they told 
 him, ten thoufand men. He then afked them why they 
 made no more manly afiault upon Manfoul ? and they 
 told him. So he called their general coward, for march- 
 
 (a) A diligent, fenfible Christian, ever watchful over his own heart, will. 
 by divine ^ra-e, discover the device? of SaV.u, and be enabled to efcape their 
 baneful effsfts. 
 
 in.2: 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 323 
 
 ing off when he fhould have fought for his prince. Fur- 
 ther, this old Evil-queftioning wifhcd, and I heard hint 
 wifh, Would all the ten thoufand Doubters were now 
 in Manfoul, and himfelf in the head of them ! He bid 
 them alfo take heed of them. He bid them alfo take heed 
 and lie quiet ; for if they were taken they muft die, al- 
 though they had heads of gold." 
 
 Then faid the court, Mr. Evil-queftioning, here is 
 how another witnefs againft you, and his teftimony is 
 full : I* He fwears that you received thefe men into your 
 houfe, and that you nourifhed them there, though you 
 knew that they were Diabolonians, and the king's ene- 
 mies. 2. He fwears that you wimed ten thoufand of 
 them in Manfoul. 3. He fwears that you gave them 
 advice to be quiet and clofe, left they were taken by the 
 king's fervants. All which manifefteth that thou art a 
 Diabolonian ; but hadft thou been a friend, to the King, 
 thou wouldft have apprehended them (a). 
 
 Then faid Evil-queftioning, To the firft of thefe I 
 anfwer, The men that came into mine houfe were ftrang- 
 ers, and I took them in, and is it now became a crime in 
 Manfoul for a man to entertain ftrann;ers ? That I alfo 
 nourifhed them, is true ; and why fhould my charity be 
 blamed ? As for the reafon why I wifhed ten thoufand 
 of them in Manfoul, I never told it to the witneffes, nor 
 to themfelves. I might with them to be taken, and fo 
 my wifh might mean well to Manfoul, for aught that 
 any yet knows. I alfo bid them take heed that they fell 
 not into the captain's hands, but that might be becaufe 
 I am unwilling that any man fhould be flain, and not 
 becaufe I would hav3 the king's enemies, as fuch, ef- 
 cape. 
 
 (j) The foul tnaT if the iubjeS of grace, will hate fin even : n thoujht ; and 
 in the Lord's ftrerjgfh constantly fights syid drives againft the world, tire flefll, 
 and the devil. 
 
 S f 2 My 
 
324. THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 My lord mayor then replied, " That though it was- a 
 virtue to entertain Grangers, yet it was treafon to entertain' 
 the king's enemies. And for what elfe thou haft faid, thou 
 doft by words but labour to evade, and defer the execution 
 of judgment. But could there be no more proved againft 
 thee but that thou art a Diabolonian, thou mull for that 
 die the death by the law; but to be a receiver, a nou- 
 rifher, a countenancer, and a harbourcr of others of 
 them, yea, of outlandifh Diabolonians ; yea, of them 
 that came from far, on purpofe to cut off and deftroy our 
 Manfoul ; this muft not be borne." 
 
 Then faid Evil-queftioning, I fee how the game will 
 go. I muft die for my name, and for my charity. And 
 fo held his peace. 
 
 Tb.cn they called the outlandifh Doubters to the bar, 
 and the firft of-them that was arraigned, was the Ele£tion- 
 Dtfubter ; fo his indictment was read, and becaufe he 
 was an outlandifh man, the fubftancc of it was told to 
 him by an interpreter; to wit, " That he was there 
 charged with being an enemy to Emanuel the Prince, 
 a hater of the town of Alanfoul, and an oppofer of hcr 
 moft w r holefome doctrine (a)." 
 
 Then the judge afked him if he would plead'? But he 
 fiiid only this, " That he confefled that he was an Elec- 
 tion-Doubter, and that that was the religion that he had 
 ever been brought up in. And laid moreover, If I muft 
 •lie for my religion, I trow, I (hall die a martyr, and fo 
 I care the left." 
 
 Then the judge replied, To queftion election is to 
 overthrow a great doctrine of the gofpel ; to wit, the 
 
 (<z) Though ignorant perfens cavil and object, we are bold to affirm, that 
 Election by free grsce is confonant to the whole tenor of fcripture, a comfort- 
 able doctrine, exciting to obedience ; [' We love tiiw, becaufe ke firft loved 
 «i," i John, iv. 19. 
 
 omnifcience> 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN YAN. 325 
 
 •rnnifcience, and power, and will of God, to take away 
 the liberty of God with his creature, to ftumble the 
 faith of the town of Manfoul, and to make falvation to 
 depend upon works, and not upon grace. It alio belyed 
 the word, and difquiet«d the minds of the men of Man- 
 foul, therefore by the beft of laws he muft die. 
 
 Then was the Vocation-Doubter called, and fet to 
 the bar 5 and his indictment for fubftance was the fame 
 with the other, only he was particularly charged with 
 denying the calling of Manfoul. 
 
 The judge afked him alfo what he had to fay for him » 
 felf? 
 
 So he replied, " That he never believed that' there was 
 any fuch thing as a diftinct and powerful call of God to 
 Manfoul, otherwife than by the general voice of the word, 
 nor by that neither, otherwife than as it exhorted trrem to 
 forbear evil, and to do that which is good, and in Co 
 doing a promife of happinefs is annexed (a)." 
 
 Then faid the judge, Thou art a Diabolonian, an<f 
 haft denied a great part of one of the moft experimental 
 truths of the Prince of the town of Manfoul j for he has 
 called, and fhe has heard a moft diftinct and powerful 
 call of her Emanuel, by which fhe has been quick- 
 ened, awakened, and poflefled with heavenly grace to 
 defire to have communion with her Prince, to ferve 
 him, and to do his will, and to look for her happinefs 
 merely of his good pleafure. And for thine abhorrence 
 of this good doitrine, thou muft die the death. 
 
 Then the Grace-doubter was called, and his indict- 
 ment was read, and he replied thereto, That though 
 he was of the land of Doubting, his father was the ofF- 
 
 (a) This pharifaical unferiptural leaven of falvatlon by works is a conta- 
 gious cvi 1 , and as old as the fall : it is at this day very prevalent : but " the 
 law hath fliut up all under fin, that the promLiie might be &nen to them that 
 telievf," Cal, Hi. 22, 
 
326 TH£ HOLY WAfi, 
 
 fpring of a Pharifee, and lived in good fafhion amon? 
 his neighbours, and that he taught them to believe ( and 
 believe I do, and will) that Manfoul fhall never be 
 faved freely by grace. 
 
 Then faid the judge, Why, the law of the Prince is 
 plain; Negatively, " not of works :" 2. Pofitively, "By 
 grace you are faved," Rom. iii. Eph. ii. And thy reli- 
 gion fettleth in and upon the works of the flefh ; for 
 the works of the law are the works of the flefh. lie- 
 fides, in faying, c< Thau haft done," thou haft robbed 
 God of his glory, and given it to a finful man ; thou 
 haft robbed Chrift of the neceflity of his undertaking, 
 and the fufficiency thereof, and haft given both thefe to 
 the works of the flefh. Thou haft defpifed the work of 
 the Holv Ghoft, and haft magnified the will of the flefh, 
 and of the legal mind. Thou art a Diabolonian, the 
 ion of a Diabolonian j and for thy Diabolonian princi- 
 ples thou muft die. 
 
 The court then having proceeded thus far with them, 
 fent out the jury, who forthwith brought them in guilty 
 of death. Then flood up the recorder, and addrefl'ed 
 himfelf to the prifoners : You the prifoncrs at the bar, 
 you have been here indi&cd, and proved guilty of high 
 crimes a^ainft Emanuel our Prince, and ao:ainft tho 
 welfare of the famous town of Manfoul : crimes for 
 which you muft be put to death ; and die yc accord- 
 ingly (a). 
 
 So they were fentenced to the death of the crofs : 
 the place affigned them for execution was that where 
 Diabolus drew up his laft army againft Manfoul ; fave 
 only that, old Evil-queftioning was hanged at the top 
 of Bad-ftreet, juft over againft his own door. 
 
 (a) We are to lay afi^e every weiglit, ani every befetting fin, Heb. xii. i. 
 whatfoevtr does not tend to promote the glory of God, and cur progrefs in the 
 divine life cf faith. 
 
 When 
 
By Mr. JOHNBUNYAN. 327 
 
 When the town of Manfoul had thus far ricj them- 
 felves of their enemies, and of the troublers of their 
 peace, in the next place a ftrifl commandment was 
 •given out, that yet my lord Will-be-will fhbuld, with 
 Diligence his man, fearch for, and do his beft to ap- 
 prehend what town Diabolonians were yet left alive in 
 Manfoul. The names of feveral of them were Mr. 
 Fooling, Mr. Let-good-flip v Mr. Slavifh-fcar, Mr. No- 
 love, Mr. Miftruft, Mr. Fiefh, and Mr. Sloth. It was 
 alfo commanded that he fhould apprehend Mr. Evil- 
 queftioning's children that he left behind him, and that 
 they mould demolifh his houfe there ; Mr. Doubt wai 
 his eldeft fon ; the next to him was Legal-life, Unbe- 
 lief, Wrong-thoughts-of-Chrift, Clip-promife, Carnal- 
 fenfe, Live-by-feel, Self-love. All thefe he had by one 
 wife, and her name was No-hope, fhe was the kinfwo- 
 nian of old Incredulity, for he was her uncle, and when 
 her father old Dark was dead, he took her and brought 
 her up, and when fhe was marriageable, he gave her to 
 this old Evil-queflioning to wife. 
 
 Now the lord Will-be-will put into execution his 
 commifEon, with great Diligence his man. He took 
 Fooling in the ftreets, and hanged him up in Want-wit- 
 alley, over againft his own houfe. This Fooling was 
 he that would have had the town of Manfoul deliver up 
 captain Credence into the hands of Diabolus, provided 
 that then he would have withdrawn his force out of the 
 town : he alfo took Mr. Let-good-flip one day as he was 
 bufy in the market, and executed him according to law. 
 Now there was an honeft poor man in Manfoul, and his 
 name was Mr. Meditation (a), one of no great account in 
 
 (a) As it is for want of confideration, that multitudes go in the broad way, 
 till the bottomlefs pic of mi.'erv fwallowk them up: fo to want of meditation 
 m*ny of God's people do not enjoy thofe privileges and that communion which 
 their birthright entitles them to. 
 
 the 
 
3 2S THE HOLY WAR, 
 
 the days of apoftafy ; but now of repute with the beft 
 of the town. This man therefore they were willing to 
 prefer j now Mr. Let-good-flip had a great deal of wealth 
 heretofore in Manfoul, and at Emanuel's coming it 
 was fequefcered to the ufe of the Prince; this therefore 
 was now given to Mr. Meditation to improve for the 
 common good, and after him to his fon Mr. Think- 
 well ; this Think-well he had by Mrs. Piety his wife, 
 and flie was the daughter of Mr. Recorder. 
 
 After this my lord apprehended Clip-promife ; now 
 becaufe he was a notorious villain (for by his doings 
 much of the King's coin was abufed), therefore he was 
 made a public example. He was arraigned, and adjudged 
 to be the.firfr. fet in the pillory, and then to be whip- 
 ped by all the children and fervants in Manfoul, and 
 then to be hanged till he was dead. Some may wonder 
 at the feverity of this man's punifhment, but they that 
 are honeft traders in Manfoul, are fenlible of the great 
 abufe that one Clipper of promifes in little time may do 
 to the town of Manfoul. And truly my judgment is, 
 th2t all thofe of his name and life (hould be ferved even 
 in he. 
 
 He alfo apprehended Carnal-fenfe, and put him in 
 hold ; but how it came about I cannot tell, but he broke 
 prifon and made his efcape. Yea, and the bold villain 
 will not yet quit the town, but lurks in the Diabolonian 
 dens a-days, and haunts like a ghoft honeft men's 
 houfes a-nights. Where/ore there was a proclamation 
 fet up in the market-place in Manfoul, fignifying, that 
 whofoever could difcover Carnal-fenfe (a), and apprehend 
 bim and flay him, mould be admitted daily to the . 
 Prince's table, and fhould be made keeper of the trea- 
 
 ts) We are carnal, fold under fin: be it our prayer, to be enabled, through 
 the Sp-rir, to mortify the deeds* of the body; and to crucify the flefl>, with it 8 
 afr'.d.ons anJ lufis : fee Rom. vii. 24. Rom. xiii, »j. Gal. v. 24. 
 
 fart 
 
By Mr. JOHN B U N Y A N. 323 
 
 fare of Manfoul. Many therefore bent themfelves to 
 do this thing ; but take him and flay him they could 
 not, though he was often discovered; But my lord 
 took Mr. Wrong-thoughts-of-Chrifr, and put him in 
 prifon, and he died of a lingering confumption. 
 
 Self love was alfo taken and committed to cuflodv^ 
 but there were many that were allied to him in Man- 
 foul, fo his judgment was deferred; but at laff Mr. 
 Self-denial flood up and faid, If fuch villains as thefe 
 may be winked at in Manfoul, I will lay down my 
 commiffion. He alfo took him from the croud, and had 
 him among his foldiers* and there he was brained. But 
 fome in Manfoul muttered at it, though rionedurft fpeak 
 plainly, becaufe Emanuel was in the town. But this 
 brave ?.& of captain Self-denial came to the Prince's 
 earr^ fo he fent for him, and made him a lord in, Man- 
 foul. My lord Will-be-will alfo obtained great com- 
 mendations of Emanuel for what he had done for the 
 town of Manfoul, 
 
 Then my lord Self-denial took courage^ ahd fet tcr 
 the purfuing of the Diabolonians with my lord Will- 
 be-will ; and they took Live-by-feelinsr, and they took 
 Legal-life, and put them in hold till they died; But 
 Mr. Unbelief was a nimble jack, him they could never 
 lay hold of, though they attempted to do it often (a). He 
 therefore, and fome few more of the fubtieft of the Dia- 
 boloniart tribe, yet remained in Manfoul^ to the time 
 that Manfoul left off to dvvell any longer in the king- 
 dom of Univerfe. But they kept them to their den$ 
 and holes; if one of them appeared, or happened to be 
 feen in any of the ftreets of the town of Manfoulj the 1 
 whole town would be up in arms after them, yea, the 
 
 (d) The fc-blcft believer groans un^er an evil Verart of unb-'iief, anrl will 
 till the warfare is arcompliihed', and this coirupuon fhal! put on iaconuptioDj' 
 Therefo.e pray daily for an increafe of faith in Chrft and his infallible word. 
 
 T t ver/ 
 
3.30 THE HOLY WAR,. 
 
 very children in Manfoul would cry out after them a*' 
 after a thief, and would wifh that they might ftone them 
 to death with {tones. And now Manfoul arrived ta 
 feme good degree of peace and quiet, her Prince alfo 
 abode within her borders, her captains alfo, and her 
 foldiers did their duties, and Manfoul minded her trade' 
 that fhe had with the country afar off;, alfo (he was bufy 
 in her manufacture, Ka. xxxiii- 17. Phil. iii. 20. 
 Prov. xxx. 10, &c 
 
 When the town of Manfoul* had thus far rid them- 
 feives of fo many of their enemies, and the troublers of 
 their peace ; the Prince fent to them, and appointed a 
 day wherein he would meet the whole people at the 
 market-place, and there give them in charge concern- 
 ing the future matters, that, if obferved, would tend 
 to their farther fafety and comfort, and to' the condem- 
 on and deftruciion of their homebred Diabolonians. 
 bo the day appointed was come, and the townfmen met 
 together; Emanuel alfo came down in his chariot, 
 and all his captains in their ftate attending of him on 
 the right-hand, and on the left. Then was an O-yes- 
 made for iilence, and after fome mutual carriages of 
 love, the Prince began,, and thus proceeded : 
 Etnanusi's " You, my Manfoul, and the beloved? of mine heart, 
 many and great are the privileges that I have bellowed 
 upon you : I have fingled you out from others, and 
 have chofen you to myfelf, not for your worthinefs,- 
 but for mine own fake. I have alfo redeemed you, not 
 only from the dread of my Father's law y but from the 
 hand of Diabolus. This I have done, becaufe I loved 
 you, and becaufe I have fet my heart upon you to do 
 you good (a). I hare alfo, that all things that might 
 
 (a) Man's falvation is the effect of the F.uher's fovereign love in Chrift, who 
 has completed the work in his glorious perfon, which the holy Spirit reveals 
 to the foul. In this great falvation, all the divine perft&ions will be et-jiw 
 naily glorified by the fubjecls of it, 
 
 hinder 
 
 ip/tech to 
 
 M'anfoul. 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN YAN. 331 
 
 hinder thy way to the pleafures of Paradife might be 
 taken out of the way, laid down for thee, for thy foul, a 
 plenary fatisfa&ion, and have bought thee for myfelf ; 
 ■a price not of corruptible things, as of filver and gold, 
 tut a price of blood, mine own blood, which I have 
 freely fpilt upon the ground to make thee mine, So I 
 have reconciled thee, O my Manfoul, to my Father, 
 Rnd intrufted thee in the manfion-houfes that are with 
 my Father in the royal city, where things are, O my 
 Manfoul, that eye hath not feen, nor hath entered into 
 the heart of man to conceive. 
 
 " Befides, O my Manfoul, thou feeft what I have 
 done, and how Ihave taken thee out of the hand of thine 
 enemies ; unto whom thou haft deeply revolted from my 
 Father, and by whom fnou wait content to he ponefTed, 
 and alfo to be deftroyed. I came to thee firft by my law, 
 then by my gofpe], to awaken .thee and ihew thee my 
 glory. And thou knoweft what thou waft, what thou 
 faidft, what thou didft, and how many times thou re- 
 belledft againft my Father and me.; yet I left thee not, 
 as thou fecit this day, but came to thee, have borne thy 
 manners, have waited upon thee, and, after all, ac- 
 cepted of thee even of my mere grace and favour ; and 
 would not fuffer thee to be loft, as thou moft willingly 
 wo\ildft have been. I alfo compafled thee about, afflicted 
 thee on every fide, that I might make thee weary of thy 
 ways, and bring down thy heart with moleftatien to a 
 willingnefs to elofe with thy good and happinefs. And 
 when I had gotten a complete conqueft over thee, . I 
 turned it to thy advantage (a). 
 
 " Thou feeft alfo what a company of my Father's 
 &oft I have lodged within thy borders, captains and ru- 
 
 (d) Ey the whole of thrs evangelical fprech, all boafting and fret-will i.re 
 utterly excluded; agreeable to the oracles of truth, which declare, that " by 
 ^racc ye are faved, through faith, and not of yourfel ves : it is the gift of God . 
 i.ot of works, left my man fhould bosft," Eph. ii. 5, 6* 
 
 T t z iers a 
 
33 * THE HOLY WA R, 
 
 lers, foldiers, men of- war, engines, and excellent devi* 
 ces, to fubdue and bring down thy fotsj thou knoweli 
 my meaning, O Manfoul. And they are my fervants, 
 and thine too, Manfoul. Yea, my defign of pofTeiling 
 of thee with them, and the natural tendency of each of 
 them, is. to defend, purge, ftrengthen, and fweeten thee 
 for myfelf, O Manfoul, and to make thee meet for my 
 Father's prefence, bleffing, and glory; for thou, my 
 Manfoul, art created to be prepared unto thefe. 
 
 " Thou feeft moreover, my Manfoul, how I have 
 pafled by thy backflidings, and have healed thee. In- 
 deed I was angry with thee, but I have turned away my 
 anger, and mine indignation is ceafed in the deftru&ion 
 of thine enemies, O Manfoul. Nor did thy goodnefs 
 fetch me again -unto thee, after that I for thy tranfgrcf- 
 iions had hid my face, and withdrawn my prefence 
 from thee (a). The way of backlliding was thine, but the 
 way and means of recovery was mine. I invented the 
 means of thy return ; it is I that made an hedge and a 
 wall, when thou waft beginning to turn to things in 
 which 1 delighted not. It was I that made thy fweet 
 bitter, thy day night, thy fmooth way thorny, and 
 that alfo confounded all that fought thy deftruction. 
 It was I that fet Mr. Godly- fear to work in Manfoul. 
 It was I that ftirred up thy confeience and underftand- 
 ing, thy will and thy affections, after thy great and 
 woful decay. It was I that put life into thee, O Man- 
 foul, to feek me, that thou mighteft find me, arid, in 
 thy finding, find thine own health, happinefs and fal- 
 vation. It was I that fetched the fecond time the Dia- 
 
 (a) Mercy, from firft to lair. Wc mufr ever remember, that Jehovah in 
 covenant, by Jefus the Mediator, begins, carries on, and peift&s the whole 
 work of faJvation, by the powerful influence of the eternal Spirit: fo that 
 when the head-ftone is put on the fpirituaJ building in glory, it wyll be with 
 Routing of Gracej grace unto it, Zeihj iv, 7, 
 
 bolonians 
 
By Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 333 
 
 bolonians out of Man foul ; it was I that overcame 
 them, and that dcftroyed them before thy face. 
 
 t£ And now my Manfoul, I am returned to thee in 
 peace, and thy tranfgreflions againft me are as if they 
 had not been. Nor fhall it be with thee as in former 
 days, but 1 will do better for thee than at thy begin- 
 ning. For yet a little while, O my Manfoul, even af- 
 ter a few more times are gone over thy head, I will (but 
 be not thou troubled at what I fay) take down this fa- 
 mous town of Manfoul, flick and ftonc, to the ground. 
 And I will carry the (tones thereof, and the timber there- 
 of, and the walls thereof, and the duft thereof, and in- 
 habitants thereof, into mine own country, even into 
 the kingdom of my Father; and will there fet it up in 
 fuch frrength and glory as it never did fee in the king- 
 dom where now it is placed. I will even there fet it 
 yp for my Father's habitation, becaufe for that purpofe 
 it was at firft ercfted in the kingdom of Univerfe ; and 
 there will I make it a fpectacle of wonder, a monument 
 of mercy. There fhall the natives of Manfoul fee all 
 that of all which they have feen nothing here ; there 
 (hail they be equal to thofe unto whom they have been 
 inferior here. And there {halt thou, O my Manfoul, 
 have fuch communion with me, with my Father, and 
 with your lord Secretary, as is not poffible here to be 
 enjoyed, nor ever could be, fhouldft thou live in Uni- 
 verfe the fpace of a thoufand years (a). 
 
 " There, O my Manfoul, thou, malt be afraid of 
 murderers no more ; of Diaboionians no more. There 
 mail be no more plots, nor contrivances, nor defigns 
 againft thee, O my Manfoul. There thou (halt no more 
 
 (a) " There (hall our grateful fongs abound, 
 And ev'ry tear be wip'd away : 
 No f p no forrow fhal! be found, 
 No ni^ht o'eicloud the endlefs day." Watts. 
 
 hear 
 
^34- THEHGLYWA R, 
 
 liear evil tidings, or the noife of the Diabolonian drum (# )„ 
 There thou (halt not fee the Diabolonian ftandard- 
 fcearers, nor yet behold Diabolus's ftandard. No Dia- 
 bolonian mount fhall be call up againft thee there, nor 
 {hall there the Diabolonian ftandard be fet up to make 
 thee afraid. There thftu {halt meet with no forrow nor 
 grief, nor fhall it be poffible that any Diabolonian fhould 
 again (for ever) be able to creep into thy fkirts, burrow 
 in thy walls, or be fecn within thy borders all the days 
 of .eternity. Life fhall there laft longer than here you 
 are able to defire it fhould, and yet it fhall always be 
 iweet and new, nor fhall any impediment attend it for 
 •ever. 
 
 " There, O Mawfoul, thou -{halt meet with many 
 of thofe that have been like thee, and that have been 
 partakers of thy forrows ; even fuch as I have chofen 
 and redeemed, and fet apart, as thou, for my Father's 
 court and city royal. All they will be glad in thee ; 
 and thou, when thou feeft them, fhalt be glad in thine 
 heart. 
 
 ""'* There are things, O Man foul, e ^en things of thy 
 Father's providing and mine, that never were fcen fince 
 the beginning of the world, and they are laid up with 
 my Father, and fealed up among his treafures for thee, 
 till thou fhalt come hither to them (a). I told you before 
 that I would Temove my Manfoul, and fet it up else- 
 where ; and where I will fet it, there are thofe that 
 love thee, and thofe that rejoice in thee now, but much 
 more when they fee thee exalted to honour. My Father 
 will then fend them for you to fetch you j and their bo- 
 fems are chariots to put you in. And you, O my Man- 
 
 {a) Seeing there are fo many great and precious promifes made to us in 
 Chrift by the fcriptures, and fuch an exceeding and eternal weight of glory fet 
 before us, let us implore grace to run with patience the race fet before up* 
 locking uiito j<fu5, that we may be found of him in peace. 
 
 foul, 
 
Bv Mr. JOHN BUN Y AN. 33$ 
 
 Jour, fhalt ride upon the wings of the wind, Pfal. lxviii.. 
 17. They will come to convey, conduct, and bring 
 you to that, when your eyes fee more, that will be your 
 defired. haven. 
 
 " And thus, O my Manfoul, I have {hewed unto 
 thee* what fhall be done to thee hereafter, if thou canft 
 understand ; and now I will tell thee what at prefent 
 muft be thy duty and practice', until I fhall come and 
 fetch thee to my felf, according as is rekted in the fcrip- 
 tures of truth. 
 
 " Firft, I charge thee that thou doft hereafter keep 
 more white and clean the liveries which I gave thee be- 
 fore my laft withdrawing from thee. Do it, I fay, for 
 this will be thy wifdom. They are in themfelves fine 
 linen, but thou muft keep them white and clean. This 
 will be your wifdom, your honour, and will be greatly 
 for my glory. When your garments are white, the 
 world will count you mine. Alfo when your garments 
 are white, then I am delighted in your ways ; for then 
 your goings to and fro will be like a flafh of lightning, 
 that thofe that are prefent muft take notice of, alfo their 
 eyes will be made to dazzle thereat. Deck thyfelf there- 
 fore according to my bidding, and make thyfelf by my 
 law ftraight fteps for thy feet (a)., fo Hull, thy King 
 greatly defire thy beauty, for he is thy Lord, and wor- 
 fhip thou him. 
 
 " Now that thou mnyeft keep them as I bid thee, I 
 have, as I before told thee, provided for thee an open 
 fountain to wafh thy garments in. Look therefore that 
 
 (a) Holinefs of heart and life are indifpenfable ingredients in the romPofiiK.s 
 ef a true difcirle of the holy Jefusj — not to joflify us, but to evidence our 
 cleftioa to eternal life : " As he that hath called jrrll is holy, fo be ye n!f<j 
 holy in all manner of converfation and gndLinefs," I Pet. i. 15. A holy \v_;l(e 
 preferves communion with out laving Lotd, who is cur righteoufnefs an4 
 
 thou 
 
326 T H E H O L Y W A R, 
 
 thou wafh often in my fountain, and go not in defiled 
 garments ; for as it is to my difhonour, and my difgracei 
 {o it will be to thy difcomfort, when you fhall walk in 
 filthy garments, Zech. iii. 3, 4. Let not therefore my 
 garments, your garments, the garments that I gave thee, 
 be defiled or fpotted by the flefh, Jude, ver. 23. Keep 
 thy garments al way s^ white, and let thy head lack no 
 ointment. 
 
 " My Manfoul, I have oft-times delivered thee from 
 the defigns, plots, attempts, and confpiracies of Diabo- 
 lus, and for all this I afk thee nothing, but that thou 
 render not to me evil for my good, but that thou bear 
 in mind my love, and the continuation of my kindnefs 
 to my beloved Manfoul, fo as to provoke thee to walk, 
 in thy meafure, according to the benefit beftowed on 
 thee. Of old the facrifices were bound with cords to 
 the horns of the golden altar. Confider what is faid to 
 thee, O my blelTed Manfoul. 
 
 " O my Manfoul, I have lived, I have died ; I live^ 
 and will die no more for thee ; I live, that thou mayeffc 
 not die. Becaufe I live, thou fhalt live alfo. I recon- 
 ciled thee to my Father by the blood of my crofs, and 
 being reconciled thou (halt live through me. I will 
 pray for thee, I will fight for thee, I will yet do thee 
 good. 
 
 " Nothing can hurt thee but fin, nothing can grieve 
 me but fin ; nothing can make thee bafe before thy foes- 
 but fin : Take heed of fin, my Manfoul (a). 
 
 " And dolt thou know why I 'at firft, and do ftiil fuf- 
 fer Diabolonians to dwell within thy walls, O Mnn- 
 
 (J>) Sin hurled the angels out of heaven,— fin deprived men of paradifd 
 and the favour of God, — fin crucified ihe Lord 01 life and glory, — fin will corv» 
 fine myriads of devils and men in the bottomlels pit of milcry for ever — MaJ* 
 we hate it with a perfect hatred); and the grace of Jefus eradicate the love» 
 and deftrov the dominion of it, ia the hearts of his re cple ! 
 
 foul ? 
 
By Ur. John bunyan. zv 
 
 foul ? It is to keep thee watting, to try thy love, to 
 make thee watchful, and to caufe thee yet to prize my 
 noble captains, their foldiers, and my mercy. 
 
 " It is alfo that yet thou mayeft be made to remem- 
 ber what a deplorable condition thou once waft in, I 
 mean when, not fomc, but all did dwell, not in thy 
 wall, but in thy caftle, and in thy ftrong-hold, O 
 Manfoul. 
 
 ** O my Manfoul, fbo'uld I flay all them within, ma- 
 ny there be without that would bring thee into bondage ? 
 for were all thefe within cut off, thofe without would 
 find thee fleeping, and then as in a moment they would 
 fwalldw up my Manfoul. I therefore left them in thee* 
 not to do thee hurt (the which they yet will, if thou 
 hearken to them, and ferve them), but to do thee good, 
 the which they muft, if thou watch and fight againft: 
 them. Know therefore, that whatever they fhall tempt 
 thee to, my defign is, that they fhould drive thee, not 
 further off, but neater to my Father, to learn thee war, 
 to make petitioning defirable to thee, and to make thee 
 little in thine own eyes. Hearken diligently to this, my 
 Manfoul. 
 
 44 Shew me tfien thy love, my Manfoul, and let not 
 thofe that are within thy walls, take thy affections off 
 from him that hath redeemed thy foul. Yea, let the 
 fight of a Diabolonian heighten thy love to me* I came 
 Once and twice, and thrice, to fave thee from the poifon 
 of thofe arrows that would have wrought thy death ; 
 ftand for me, my friend, my Manfoul, againft the Dia- 
 bolonians, and I will ftand for thee before my Father, 
 and al. his court. Love me againft temptation ; and I 
 will love thee, notwithstanding thine infirmities (a). 
 
 «' O m} 
 
 (a) Reader, feeing than the love of our precious and adorable Emanuel ia 
 fo amaxingly great, and alfo unchangeable, let us witjio ut. ceiling addrefs the 
 
 U u throng 
 
338 T H E H O L Y W A R, &c. 
 
 <c Omy Manfoul, remember what my captains, my fcri-* 
 tliers, and mine engines have done for thee. They have 
 fought for thee, they have borne much at thy hands to 
 do thee good, O Manfoul. Hadft thou not had them to 
 help thee, Diabolus had certainly made a hand of thet. 
 Nourifb, them therefore, my Manfoul. When thou dofl 
 well,; they will be well \ when thou doft ill, they will 
 be ill, and fick and weak. Make not my captains fick, 
 O Manfoul j for if they be fick, thou canft not be well ; 
 if they be weak, thou canft not be ftrong ; if they be 
 faint, thou canft not be (lout and valiant for thy King, 
 O Manfoul. Nor muft thou think always to live by 
 fenfe, thou muft live upon my word. Thou muft be- 
 lieve, O my Manfoul, when I am for thee, that yet I 
 love and bear thee upon mine heart for ever. 
 
 <c Remember therefore, O my Manfoul, that thou art 
 beloved of me ; as I have therefore taught thee to watch, 
 to fight, to pray, and to make war againfl my foes, fo 
 now I command thee to believe that my love is conftant 
 to thee. O my Manfoul, now have 1 fet my heart, my 
 love upon thee, watch : *' Behold I lay none other bur- 
 den upon thee, than what thou haft already, hold fair 
 till I come," Rev. ii. 24, 25. 
 
 throne of his mercy, that he would enable us to be followers of God as dear 
 < hildren, till we obtain the end of our faith, the falvation of our fouls, and be 
 idmitted into his kinglom of glory, to praife redeeming love, and fing falva- 
 «'ion to God and the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
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