'Behold,' said the Prince to Mansoul, 'my love and care towards
you; I have added to all that is past, this mercy, to appoint you
preachers; the most noble Secretary to teach you in all high and
sublime mysteries; and this gentleman,' pointing to Mr. Conscience,
'is to teach you in all things human and domestic, for therein
lieth his work. He is not, by what I have said, debarred of
telling to Mansoul anything that he hath heard and received at the
mouth of the lord high Secretary; only he shall not attempt to
presume to pretend to be a revealer of those high mysteries
himself; for the breaking of them up, and the discovery of them to
Mansoul lieth only in the power, authority, and skill of the lord
high Secretary himself. Talk of them he may, and so may the rest
of the town of Mansoul; yea, and may, as occasion gives them
opportunity, press them upon each other for the benefit of the
whole. These things, therefore, I would have you observe and do,
for it is for your life, and the lengthening of your days.

'And one thing more to my beloved Mr. Recorder, and to all the town
of Mansoul: You must not dwell in, nor stay upon, anything of that
which he hath in commission to teach you, as to your trust and
expectation of the next world; (of the next world, I say, for I
purpose to give another to Mansoul, when this with them is worn
out;) but for that you must wholly and solely have recourse to, and
make stay upon his doctrine that is your Teacher after the first
order. Yea, Mr. Recorder himself must not look for life from that
which he himself revealeth; his dependence for that must be founded
in the doctrine of the other preacher. Let Mr. Recorder also take
heed that he receive not any doctrine, or point of doctrine, that
is not communicated to him by his Superior Teacher, nor yet within