He backs all with a Speech to them.

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and Arins, he addreffed himself to them in fuch like Words as thefe, Remember, quoth be, that I am your rightful King, and that you have taken an Oath, and entred into Covenant to be true to me and to my Caufe; I fay, remember this, and fhew your felves fout, and valiant Men of Manfoul. member alfo the Kindness that I have always fhewed to you, and that without your. Petition. I have granted to you external Things, wherefore the Privileges, Grants, Immunities, Profits, and Honours wherewith I have endowed you, do call forth at your Hands, Returns of Loyalty, my Lion-like Men of Manfoul: And when fo fit a Time to fhew it, as when another" fhall feek to take my Dominion over you into their own Hands? One Word more, and I have done: Can we but ftand, and overcome this one Shock or Brunt, I doubt not but in little Time all the World will be ours. And when that Day comes, my true Hearts, I will make you Kings, Princes and Captains, and what brave Days fhall we have then?

Giant.

Diabolus having thus armed and fore-armed his Servants and Vaffals in Manfoul, against their good and lawful King Shaddai, in the next Place he doubleth his They of Man Guards at the Gates of the Town, and foul fhew their betakes himself to the Castle, which was Loyalty to the his ftrong Hold: His Vaffals alfo, to fhew their Wills, and fuppofe (but ignoble) Gallantry, exercise them in their Arms every Day, and teach one another Feats of War; they alfo defied their Enemies, and fung up the Praifes of their Tyrant ; they threatened alfo what Men they would be, if ever Things fhould rife fo high as a War between Shaddai and their King.

Now all this Time, the good King, the King Shaddai, was preparing to fend an Army to recover the Town of Manfoul again from under the Tyranny of their pretended King Diabolus: But he thought good at the first, not to fend them by the Hand and Conduct of brave Emanuel his Son, but under the Hand of fome of his Servants, to fee firft by them the Temper

Shaddai prepareth an Army for the recovery of Manfoul.

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of Manfoul; and whether by them they would be won to the Obedience of their King. The Army confifted of above Forty Thoufand, all true Men: For they came from the King's own Court, and were thofe of his own chufing.

They came up to Manfoul under the Conduct of four out Generals, each Man being Captain of Ten ThouLind Men, and these are their Names, and their Signs. The Name of the First was Boanerges. The Name of the Second was Captain Conviction. The fame of the Third Captain Judgment. The Captains And the Name of the Fourth was Capin Execution. These were the Captains that Shaddai nt to regain Manfcul

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Names.

These four Captains (as was faid) the King thought fit the firft Place to fend to Manfoul, to make an, Attempt on it; for indeed generally in all his Wars, he did ufe fend these four Captains in the Van, for they were ry ftout and rough hewn Men, Pfal. Ix. 4. Men that ere fit to break the Ice, and to make'their Way by dint f Sword, and their Men were like themselves.

To each of these Captains the King gave a Banner, at it might be difplayed, because of the Goodness his Caufe, and because of the Right that he had to Vanfoul.

Firs to Captain Boanerges, for he was the Chief, to n, I fay, was given Ten Thoufand' Men; his Enfign s Mr. Thunder, he bore the Colours, and his Scutcheon ▸s the Three Burning Thunder-bolts, Mark iii. 17.

The fecond Captain was Captain Conviction, to him was given Ten Thoufand Men; his Enfign's Name was M. Sorrow, he did bear the Pale Colours, and his utcheon was the Book of the Law wide open, from ence iffued a Flame of Fire, Deut. xxxiii. 2. The third Captain was Captain Judgment, to him was en Ten Thoufand Men; his Enfign's Name was Mr. ror, he bare the Red Colours, and his Scutcheon was urning fiery Furnace, Matt. xiii. 40, 41.

The fourth Captain was Captain Execution; to a was given Ten Thoufand Men; his Enfign was

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one Mr. Justice; he alfo bare the Red Colours, and his Scutcheon was a fruitless Tree, with an Ax lying at the Root thereof, Mat. iii. 10.

Thefe four Captains, as I faid, had every one of them under his Command ten thoufand Men, all of good Fidelity to the King, and ftout at their military Actions.

Well, the Captains and their Forces, their Men and under Officers, being had upon a Day by Shaddai into the Field, and there called all over by their Names, were then and there put into fuch Harness as became their Degree, and that Service that now they were going about for their King.

Now when the King had muster'd his Forces (for it is he that mufter'd the Hoft to the Battle) he gave unto the Captains their feveral Commiffions, with Charge and Commandments in the Audience of all the Soldiers, that they should take heed faithfully and courageously to do and execute the fame. Their Commiffions were for the Subftance of them, the fame in Form, though as to Name, Title, Place and Degree of the Captains, there might be fome, but very fmall Variation; And here let me give you an Account of the Matter and Sum contained in their Commiffion.

A Commiffion from the great Shaddai, King of Mansoul, to his Trufty and Noble Captain, the Captain Boanerges, for making War upon the Town of Manfoul.

!Thou Boanerges, one of my flout and Thun

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dering Captains, over one Ten Thousand of my

• Valiant and Faithful Servants, Matth. x. 11. Luke x. 5. Go thou in my Name, with this thy Force to the miferable Town of Manfoul, and when thou ⚫ comeft thither, offer them first Conditions of Peace; and command them, that cafting off the Yoke and Tyranny of the wicked Diabolus, they return me their rightful Prince and Lord; command them alfo that they cleanse themselves from all that is his, in the Town of Manfoul, (and look to thyfelf that thou have good Satisfaction, touching the Truth of

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' their Obedience.) Thus when thou haft commanded them (if they in Truth fubmit thereto) then. do thou to the uttermost of thy Power, what in thee lies, to fet up for me a Garrifon in the famous Town of Manfoul ; nor do thou hurt the leaft Native that moveth or < breatheth therein, if they will fubmit themselves to me, ⚫ but treat thou fuch as if they were thy Friend or Bro⚫ther; for all fuch I love, and they fhall be dear unto me: And tell them that I will take a Time to come

unto them, and to let them know that I am merciful, Theff. ii. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

But if they fhall, notwithstanding thy Summons, and the producing of my Authority, refift, ftand out against thee, and rebel; then I do command thee to 'make use of all thy Cunning, Power, Might, and Force, to bring them under by Strength of Hand. • Farewel.'

Thus you fee the Sum of their Commiffions; for as I faid before, for the Subftance of them, they were the fame that the reft of the Noble Captains had.

Wherefore they having received each Commander his Authority, at the Hand of their King; the Day being appointed, and the Place of their Ren

dezvous prefixed, each Commander ap- for a March. They prepare peared in fuch Gallantry, as his Caufe

and Calling required. So after a new Entertainment from Shaddai, with flying Colours, they fet forward to march towards the famous Town of Manfoul. Captain Beanerges led the Van; Captain Conviction, and Captain Judgment made up the main Body, and Captain Execu

brought up the Rear. They then having a great Way to go (for the Town of Manfoul was far off from the Court of Shaddai) Eph. ii. 13, 17. they marched through the Regions and Countries of many People, not arting or abufing any, but bleffing wherever they came. They alfo lived upon the King's Coft, in all the Way they went.

Having travelled thus for many Days, at laft they came within Sight of Manfoul, the which when they faw, the Captains could for their Hearts do no lefs than

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for a while, bewail the Condition of the Town; for they quickly faw how that it was proftrate to the Will of Diabolus, and to his Ways and Defigns.

Well, to be short, the Captains came up before the Town, march up to Ear-gate, fet down there (for that was the Place of Hearing.) So when they had pitched their Tents, and intrenched themselves, they addreffed themselves to make their Affault.

The World are convinced by the well order'd Life of the Godly.

Now the Townsfolk at firft, beholding fo gallant a Company, fo bravely accoutred, and fo excellently difciplin'd, having on their glittering Armour, and difplaying of their Colours, could not but come out of their Houfes and gaze. But the cunning Fox Diabolus, fearing that the People, after this Sight, fhould on a fudden Summons, open the Gates to the Captains, came down with all Hafte from the Castle, and made them retire into the Body of the Town, who when he had them there, made this lying and deceivable Speech unto them.

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nates their Minds from them.

Gentlemen, quoth he, although you are my trusty and well beloved Friends, yet I cannot but (a little) chide you for your late uncircumfpe&t Action, in going out to gaze on that great and mighty Force that but Yesterday fat devin before (and have now intrenched themselves in order to the maintaining of the Siege againft) the famous Torun of Manfoul. Do you know who they are? Whence they "came? And what is their Purpose in fitting down before the Town of Manfoul? They are they of That's falfe, whom I have told you long ago, that they would come to deftrcy this Town, and against whom I have been at the Coft to arm you Cap-a-pee for your Body, befides, great Fortifications for your Mind. Wherefore then did you not rather, even at the first Appearance of them, cry out, Fire the Beacons, and give the whole Town an Alarm concerning them, that we might all have been in a Posture of Defence, and have been ready to have received them with the highest Acts of Defrance,

Satan.