' This done, he said in his heart, 'I will return
to the court, and go to my place, till Mansoul shall consider and
acknowledge their offence.' And he did so, and the cause and
manner of his going away from them was, that Mansoul declined him,
as is manifest in these particulars.
'1. They left off their former way of visiting him, they came not
to his royal palace as afore.
'2. They did not regard, nor yet take notice, that he came or came
not to visit them.
'3. The love-feasts that had wont to be between their Prince and
them, though he made them still, and called them to them, yet they
neglected to come to them, or to be delighted with them.
'4. They waited not for his counsels, but began to be headstrong
and confident in themselves, concluding that now they were strong
and invincible, and that Mansoul was secure, and beyond all reach
of the foe, and that her state must needs be unalterable for ever.'
Now, as was said, Emmanuel perceiving that by the craft of Mr.
Carnal-Security, the town of Mansoul was taken off from their
dependence upon him, and upon his Father by him, and set upon what
by them was bestowed upon it; he first, as I said, bemoaned their
state, then he used means to make them understand that the way that
they went on in was dangerous: for he sent my Lord High Secretary
to them, to forbid them such ways; but twice when he came to them,
he found them at dinner in Mr.
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