And we your trusty (and we are
sure your beloved) ones shall, when you shall make your furious
assault without, be ready to second the business within. So shall
we, in all likelihood, be able to put Mansoul to utter confusion,
and to swallow them up before they can come to themselves. If your
serpentine heads, most subtile dragons, and our highly esteemed
lords can find out a better way than this, let us quickly know your
minds.
'To the monsters of the infernal cave, from the house of Mr.
Mischief in Mansoul, by the hand of Mr. Profane.'
Now all the while that the raging runagates and hellish
Diabolonians were thus contriving the ruin of the town of Mansoul,
they (namely, the poor town itself) was in a sad and woeful case;
partly because they had so grievously offended Shaddai and his Son,
and partly because that the enemies thereby got strength within
them afresh; and also because, though they had by many petitions
made suit to the Prince Emmanuel, and to his Father Shaddai by him,
for their pardon and favour, yet hitherto obtained they not one
smile; but contrariwise, through the craft and subtilty of the
domestic Diabolonians, their cloud was made to grow blacker and
blacker, and their Emmanuel to stand at further distance.
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