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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688

"The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul"

He bid him also that he should build him a
palace near Eye-gate; and that he should build it in fashion like a
tower for defence. He bid him also that he should read in the
Revelation of Mysteries all the days of his life, that he might
know how to perform his office aright.
He also made Mr. Knowledge the Recorder, not of contempt to old Mr.
Conscience, who had been Recorder before, but for that it was in
his princely mind to confer upon Mr. Conscience another employ, of
which he told the old gentleman he should know more hereafter.
Then he commanded that the image of Diabolus should be taken down
from the place where it was set up, and that they should destroy it
utterly, beating it into powder, and casting it into the wind
without the town wall; and that the image of Shaddai, his Father,
should be set up again, with his own, upon the castle gates; and
that it should be more fairly drawn than ever, forasmuch as both
his Father and himself were come to Mansoul in more grace and mercy
than heretofore. He would also that his name should be fairly
engraven upon the front of the town, and that it should be done in
the best of gold, for the honour of the town of Mansoul.


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