Read the Introduction by Rev. Robert Maguire, D. D.

Mr. Good-Deed

He was passed over to deliver the third petition of mercy from conquered Mansoul to Immanuel.[3]

"Ultimate success depends upon the spirit in which this prayer shall be presented; and ill-success had well nigh attended it, owing to the proposition to send the petition by one whose name was GOOD-DEED. This is designed to represent the soul resting upon its own merit and self-sufficiency, and in this spirit presenting itself as a suppliant. Well was it for the soul that this proposition was rejected; for when the sinner seeks for mercy, “boasting is excluded,” Romans 3:27."[2]
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1. Rev. George Burder, Explanatory, Experimental and Practical Notes. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [Pref. 1803.]
2. Rev. Robert Maguire, Annotations. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1866.
3. John Bunyan, The Holy War.
4. Charlie Doe, my own comments.