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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 by John Bunyan
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this workman made in the town of Mansoul.

First, he maligned Mr. Recorder to death; he would neither endure
to see him, nor hear the words of his mouth; he would shut his eyes
when he saw him, and stop his ears when he heard him speak. Also
he could not endure that so much as a fragment of the law of
Shaddai should be anywhere seen in the town. For example, his
clerk, Mr. Mind, had some old, rent, and torn parchments of the law
of Shaddai in his house, but when Willbewill saw them, he cast them
behind his back. True, Mr. Recorder had some of the laws in his
study; but my lord could by no means come at them. He also thought
and said, that the windows of my old Lord Mayor's house were always
too light for the profit of the town of Mansoul. The light of a
candle he could not endure. Now nothing at all pleased Willbewill
but what pleased Diabolus his lord.

There was none like him to trumpet about the streets the brave
nature, the wise conduct, and great glory of the king Diabolus. He
would range and rove throughout all the streets of Mansoul to cry
up his illustrious lord, and would make himself even as an abject,
among the base and rascal crew, to cry up his valiant prince. And
I say, when and wheresoever he found these vassals, he would even
make himself as one of them. In all ill courses he would act
without bidding, and do mischief without commandment.

The Lord Willbewill also had a deputy under him, and his name was
Mr. Affection, one that was also greatly debauched in his
principles, and answerable thereto in his life: he was wholly
given to the flesh, and therefore they called him Vile-Affection.
Now there was he and one Carnal-Lust, the daughter of Mr. Mind,
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