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fpeak to EMANUEL (but in fuch language as the town understood not), the contents whereof were as follow: The fpeech of O thou great EMANUEL, Lord of the Diabolus to the World, I know thee, that thou art the Son of the great SHADDAI! Wherefore art thou come to torment me, and to caft me out of my poffeffion? This town of Mansoul, as thou very well knoweft, is mine by right of conqueft; I won it in the open field: and "fhall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?" 2. This town of Manfoul is mine alfo by their subjection. They have opened the gates of their town unto me, they have fworn fidelity to ine, and have openly chofen me to be their king. They have alfo given their castle* into my hands; yea, they have alfo put the whole ftrength of Manfoul under me.

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Moreover, this town of Manfoul hath difavowed thee yea, they have caft thy law, thy name, thy image, and all that is thine, behind their back; and have accepted, and fet up in their room, my law, my name, my image, and all that ever is mine. (a) Afk elfe thy captains, and they will tell thee, that Mansoul hath, in answer to all their fummons, fhewn love and loyalty to me; but always difdain, defpite, contempt, and fcorn to thee and thine. Now, thou who art the Juft One and the Holy (and fhouldft do no iniquity), depart then, I pray thee, from me, and leave me to my juft inheritance peaceably.'

This oration was made in the language of Diabolus himself; for altho' he can to every man fpeak in their language (elfe he could not tempt them as he does), yet

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(a) The devil firft tempts, then accuses, and laftly torments, all who live and die in his vaffalage: but the dear Lord Jefus has conquered the powers of darkness in his own perfon: and has promised to deftroy fin's dominion in his people, thro' the prayer of faith. Chriftian, may the Lord beftow this precious gift on us, and on all who are dear to the chofen few!

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he has a language proper to himself, and it is the language of the infernal cave, or black pit.

ble to stand in the presence of

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Wherefore the town of Manfoul (poor Diabolus unahearts!) understood him not: nor did they fee how he crouched and cringed while he ftood before EMANUEL their Prince. Yea, they all this while took him to be one of that power and force that by no means could be refifted: wherefore while he was thus intreating that he might have yet his refidence there, and that EMANUEL would not take it from him by force, the inhabitants boasted even of his valour, faying, Who is able to make war with him?

Well, when this pretended king had made an end of what he would fay, EMANUEL the golden Prince food up, and spake; the contents of whofe words follow.

"Thou deceiving one, faid he, I have in Emanuel's my Father's name, in my own name, and fpeech to Diaon the behalf and for the good of this wretch- bolus. ed town of Mansoul, fomewhat to fay unto thee. Thou pretendeft a right, a lawful right, to the deplorable town of Manfoul, when it is most apparent to all my Father's court, that the entrance which thou haft obtained in at the gates of Manfoul was thro' thy lyes and falfehood: thy belyedst my Father, thou belyedft his law, and fo deceivedft the people of Manfoul. (a) Thou pretendeft that the people have accepted thee for their king, their captain, and right liege lord, but that also was by the exercise of deceit and guile. Now if lying, wilinefs, finful craft, and all manner of horrible hypocrify, will go, in my Father's court (in which court thou must be tried), for equity and right; then will I confefs unto thee, that thou

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(a) Satan was a liar, deceiver, and murderer from the beginning: he ftill hates the truth; fo do the wicked; they will not come to the light, left their deeds fhould be reproved, John iii. 20. Lord, caft this lying fpirit out of every heart, and fet up thy kingdom on the ruins of the Def troyer's!

haft made a lawful conqueft. But alas! what thief, what
tyrant, what devil is there, that may not conquer after
this fort? But I can make it appear, O Diabolus, that
The craft and thou, in all thy pretences to a conqueft of
fubtlety of Di- Manfoul, haft nothing of truth to say.
abolus expofed Thinkeft thou this to be right, that thou
by Emanuel.
didft put the lye upon my Father, and
madeft him (to Manfoul) the greatest deluder in the world?
And what fayeft thou to thy perverting, knowingly, the
right purport and intent of the law? Was it good alfo
that thou madeft a prey of the innocency and fimplicity of
the now miferable town of Manfoul? Yea, thou didst
overcome Manfoul, by promifing to them happiness in
their tranfgreffions against my Father's law, when thou
kneweft, and could not but know, hadft thou conful
ted nothing but thy own experience, that that was the way
to undo them. Thou haft alfo thyfelf (O thou mafter of
enmity!) of fpite defaced my Father's image in Mansoul,
and fet up thy own in it's place; to the
Shaddai. great contempt of my Father, the heighten-
ing of thy fin, and to the intolerable damage
of the perifhing town of Mansoul.

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Thou haft moreover (as if all these were but little things with thee) not only deluded and undone this place; but by thy lyes, and fraudulent carriage, haft fet them against their own deliverance. How haft thou stirred them up against my Father's captains, and made them to fight against thofe that were fent of him to deliver them from their bondage! (a) All these things, and very many more, thou haft done against thy light, and in contempt of my Father, and his law: yea, and with defign to bring under

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(a) Satan's ufurped power over men has produced a la mentable enmity against their own mercies. But the dear children of God, as they are not their own, but redeemed by a price, fo they are divinely taught to glorify their God and Saviour in all things. This is their reasonable service; and this alone will bring happiness and peace, in life and death. See Rom. xii, 1.

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his difpleasure for ever the miferable town of Manfoul. I am therefore come to revenge the wrong that thou haft done to my Father, and to deal with thee for the blafphemies wherewith thou haft made poor Manfoul blafpheme his name; yea, upon thy head, thou prince of the infernal cave, will I require it.

"As for myfelf, O Diabolus, I am come against thee by lawful power; and to take, by strength of hands, this town of Manfoul out of thy burning fingers: for this town of Manfoul is mine, O Diabolus, and that by undoubted right, as all fhall fee that will diligently fearch the most ancient and most authentic records, and I will plead my title to it to the confufion of thy face.

"First, For the town of Manfoul, my The town of Father built and fashioned it with his hand. Manfoul the The palace alfo, that is in the midst of the right of Shadtown, he built for his own delight. This dai, who built town of Manfoul, therefore, is my Father's, and that by the best of titles; and he that gaipfays the truth of this, muft lye against his foul.

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Secondly, O thou master of the lye, this town of ́ Manfoul is mine :

"1. For that I am my Father's heir, his firft-born, and the only delight of his heart, Heb. i. 2. John xv. 16. I am therefore come up against thee in mine own right, even to recover mine own inheritance out of thine hands. (a)

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2. But further, As I have a right and Alfo the inhe title to Manfoul by being my Father's heir, ritance of his fo I have alfo by my Father's donation, Son Emanuel. John xvii. His it was, and he gave it me; nor have I

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(a) Man's reftoration to the divine favour is folely of the Lord: for, being dead in trefpaffes and fins thro' the firft Adam; the Lord from heaven, the fecond Adam, is made a quickening Spirit. All glory to the eternal Three for this great falvation: See Eph, ii, 6, 1 John iv, 10. 1 Cor. XV, 45,

at any time offended my Father, that he fhould take it from me, and give it to thee, Ifa. l. 1. Nor have I been forced, by playing the bankrupt, to fell or fet to fale to thee my beloved town of Manfoul. Manfoul is fire, my delight, and the joy of my heart. But,

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"Manfoul is mine by right of purchase. I have bought it, O Diabolus, I have bought it for myfelf. Now fince it was my Father's and mine, as I was his heir, and fince also I have made it mine by virtue of a great purchafe, it followeth, that by all lawful right the town of Manfoul is mine; and that thou art an ufurper and ty- ufurper, tyrant, and traitor, in thy holding poffeffion thereof. Now the caufe of my purchafing it was this: Manfoul had trefpaffed against my Father. Now my Father had faid, that in the day that they broke his law, they fhould die: now it is more poffible for heaven and earth to pass away, than for my Father to break his word, Matt. v. 18. Wherefore when Manfoul had finned indeed by hearkening to thy lye, I put in and became a furety to my Father, body for body, and foul for foul, that I would make amends for Manfoul's O fweet Prince tranfgreffions: and my Father accepted thereof. So when the time appointed was come, I gave body for body, foul for foul, life for life, blood for blood, and fo redeemed my beloved Manfoul. (a)

EMANUEL!

"4. Nor did I this by halves; my Father's love and juftice, that were both concerned in the threatening upon tranfgreffion, are both now fatisfied, and very well content that Manfoul fhould be delivered.

5. Nor am I come out this day against thee, but by commandment from my Father; 'twas he that faid unto me, Go down, and deliver Manfoul.

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(a) If God had not first loved and chofen us in his dear Son, we fhould have remained in our fin and misery for ever. But eternal thanks to free grace for the Father's electing love, and the Spirit's effectual call. "Of his own will begat he us, with the word of truth." James i. 18. Rom. V, 8.

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