'I know that thou art given to devotion, and that holiness pleaseth
thee; yea, that thy great end in making a war upon Mansoul is, that
it may be a holy habitation. Well, draw off thy forces from the
town, and I will bend Mansoul to thy bow.
'First, I will lay down all acts of hostility against thee, and
will be willing to become thy deputy, and will, as I have formerly
been against thee, now serve thee in the town of Mansoul. And more
particularly,
'1. I will persuade Mansoul to receive thee for their Lord; and I
know that they will do it the sooner when they shall understand
that I am thy deputy.
'2. I will show them wherein they have erred, and that
transgression stands in the way to life.
'3. I will show them the holy law unto which they must conform,
even that which they have broken.
'4. I will press upon them the necessity of a reformation according
to thy law.
'5. And, moreover, that none of these things may fail, I myself, at
my own proper cost and charge, will set up and maintain a
sufficient ministry, besides lectures, in Mansoul.
'6. Thou shalt receive, as a token of our subjection to thee, year
by year, what thou shalt think fit to lay and levy upon us in token
of our subjection to thee.
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