"The Diabolonian Recorder—is the besetting sin of most men. It thinks and reflects on evil, and forgets the good—"
“The evil things it writes on stone,
The good it writes on water!”
"It catches at the straws that float upon the surface, and gives no heed to the weightier matters, and more abiding good, hidden beneath the waters of the stream. This spirit of forgetfulness lays up no store of good and holy thoughts, no treasures of a consecrated memory, no remembrance of the Holy Word. The soul is utterly empty and void of all supply for Christian meditation, contemplation, and waiting upon God."[2]
Mr. Lustings
The first Diabolonian Mayor.[3]
"LUSTINGS is the body of the flesh—the carnal instrument of so much loss and damage to the soul; it is the law in our members warring against the law of the mind. This evil spirit remains long after Satan has been cast out. It is the inner nature, still untamed. It must be searched out, examined, convicted, mortified, crucified, utterly slain—“the body of this death.” It is to the renewed man what the dead body would be when, as in olden times, bound to a living man—“Oh, wretched man, that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Romans 7: 24."[2]
"LUSTINGS is the body of the flesh—the carnal instrument of so much loss and damage to the soul; it is the law in our members warring against the law of the mind. This evil spirit remains long after Satan has been cast out. It is the inner nature, still untamed. It must be searched out, examined, convicted, mortified, crucified, utterly slain—“the body of this death.” It is to the renewed man what the dead body would be when, as in olden times, bound to a living man—“Oh, wretched man, that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Romans 7: 24."[2]
Mr. No-Truth
He defaced the image of Shaddai, and replaced it with an image of Diabolus.[3]
"NO-TRUTH is that principle of the reprobate mind that strives to banish God from even the thought of the heart. It was this element of the soul that destroyed the image and erased the superscription of SHADDAI from the gates, and set up the image of DIABOLUS. When this rabid form of sin lays hold upon the heart, it seeks to destroy every trace and vestige of even the remembrance of God. Well is it for the soul when it gains the mastery over this element of the carnal nature."[2]
"NO-TRUTH is that principle of the reprobate mind that strives to banish God from even the thought of the heart. It was this element of the soul that destroyed the image and erased the superscription of SHADDAI from the gates, and set up the image of DIABOLUS. When this rabid form of sin lays hold upon the heart, it seeks to destroy every trace and vestige of even the remembrance of God. Well is it for the soul when it gains the mastery over this element of the carnal nature."[2]
Carnal-Lust
The daughter of Mr. Mind and the wife of Mr. Affection. Their children were Imprudent, Blackmouth, Hate-Reproof, Scorn-Truth, Slight-God, and Revenge.[3]
Mr. Affection
"When the affections serve the carnal Will, they are perverted into vile affections. Under such direction, the emotions of the soul become the promptings of evil. Nor do they abide alone, but become prolific of a cursed progeny. When Affection is wedded to Lust, the offspring will be a Diabolonian brood, There is a parentage and pedigree of sin. Sins produce sins; grow out of sins; grow into sins. Sins group themselves into families, and intermarry and propagate their kind, and reproduce themselves a thousandfold. “When lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death,” James 1:15."[2]
Mr. Mind the Clerk
"All the associations of the Will are consistent with its present depraved condition. The Mind is subject to the Will. As the Will dictates, so the Mind conceives and brings forth its thoughts, and develops them into deeds. The Will that is itself perverse will be sure to pervert the mind. Thus the joint action of the Will and the Mind in the service of Satan is for the uprooting of all holy principles, the casting away of the last small remnant of God’s word treasured up in the soul, the darkening of every gleam of light that dawns upon the understanding, and the violent resistance to the calls and admonitions of the conscience of man."[2]
Mr. Understanding
The Lord Mayor for Shadddai's Mansoul and Immanuel's Mansoul.[3]
"The Lord Mayor, Mr. Understanding.—The Understanding is the lord and umpire of the soul, holding the intellectual mastery over man. This power, having once a far-seeing eye, a quick perception, an understanding heart, and a lordly counsel, is now degraded, darkened, and imprisoned, “having the understanding darkened,” Ephesians 4:18."[2]
"The Lord Mayor, Mr. Understanding.—The Understanding is the lord and umpire of the soul, holding the intellectual mastery over man. This power, having once a far-seeing eye, a quick perception, an understanding heart, and a lordly counsel, is now degraded, darkened, and imprisoned, “having the understanding darkened,” Ephesians 4:18."[2]
Lord Mayor
Mr. Understanding is Shaddai's Lord Mayor.
Mr. Incredulity is the first Diabolonian Lord Mayor.
Mr. Lustings is the second Diabolonian Lord Mayor.
Mr. Understanding is again Lord Mayor for Immanuel's Mansoul.[3]
Mr. Incredulity is the first Diabolonian Lord Mayor.
Mr. Lustings is the second Diabolonian Lord Mayor.
Mr. Understanding is again Lord Mayor for Immanuel's Mansoul.[3]
Mr. Recorder
Mr. Conscience is the Recorder for Shaddai's Mansoul.[3]
"Mr. Recorder whose name was Mr. Conscience is the memory of the heart, the moral memory of man, the recorder of the soul. This ruling power of Mansoul, having consented to the entrance of DIABOLUS, must now reap as it hath sown. The Fall has more than doubled the work of Conscience; for it has now not only to remember the height of glory from whence it has fallen, but also to preserve the records of its present degradation. Conscience is the detector of the heart, the ready-reckoner of the soul. A man’s conscience is his very self; he may escape from others, but he can never escape from himself. Men would banish Conscience to a far-off land, but he cleaves all the more closely to them still; they would drown it in the deep, but only to find that many waters cannot quench it; they would intoxicate it with the wine-cup, but only to be bound again in stronger bondage; they would bury the dead out of their sight, but the dead past will not be buried, but ever rises again in a daily resurrection, washed up on the wave of thought, exhumed from the grave of forgetfulness, by the unresting power of this inward monitor. Conscience is the undying exercise of memory here, and will be the immortality of remembrance hereafter."[2]
"Mr. Recorder whose name was Mr. Conscience is the memory of the heart, the moral memory of man, the recorder of the soul. This ruling power of Mansoul, having consented to the entrance of DIABOLUS, must now reap as it hath sown. The Fall has more than doubled the work of Conscience; for it has now not only to remember the height of glory from whence it has fallen, but also to preserve the records of its present degradation. Conscience is the detector of the heart, the ready-reckoner of the soul. A man’s conscience is his very self; he may escape from others, but he can never escape from himself. Men would banish Conscience to a far-off land, but he cleaves all the more closely to them still; they would drown it in the deep, but only to find that many waters cannot quench it; they would intoxicate it with the wine-cup, but only to be bound again in stronger bondage; they would bury the dead out of their sight, but the dead past will not be buried, but ever rises again in a daily resurrection, washed up on the wave of thought, exhumed from the grave of forgetfulness, by the unresting power of this inward monitor. Conscience is the undying exercise of memory here, and will be the immortality of remembrance hereafter."[2]
Lord Will-Be-Will
"LORD WILL-BE-WILL signifies that power of the mind called the will, by which we determine for or against an action."[1]
"The Will of man has always been a high ruling power in Man soul. It once served under SHADDAI; it now is the viceroy of DIABOLUS. It is the Will of man that determines and decides. It was this headstrong, self-willed, obdurate power that first yielded to the assault of Satan, and opened the gates of the town. And now he scorns to be a slave, and must still bear rule in Mansoul."[2]
"The Will of man has always been a high ruling power in Man soul. It once served under SHADDAI; it now is the viceroy of DIABOLUS. It is the Will of man that determines and decides. It was this headstrong, self-willed, obdurate power that first yielded to the assault of Satan, and opened the gates of the town. And now he scorns to be a slave, and must still bear rule in Mansoul."[2]
Ear-gate
"This was the gate of audience, and through this gate the words of the tempter must penetrate, if the temptation is to be successful. Into the ears of our first mother did the wily serpent whisper the glozing words of his seductive wiles; and through Ear-gate he assailed her heart, and won it. To give audience to the tempter is the next step to yielding up obedience to his will."[2]
Lord Innocent
"One of the chiefest and most honorable townsmen. His sensitive soul was poisoned by the contact of the breath of the lost. Keep innocence secure, for it is easily offended and made weak; it is a delicate plant, that finds it hard to hold its own amid the pollution and defilement of this naughty world."[2]
Lord Ill-pause
"This man, the orator of DIABOLUS, is intended to represent halting and hesitation of the soul, while it stays to listen to the tempter. Satan has many mysterious angels who are ready to second their master’s temptations, and to commend his wily overtures."[2]
Captain Resistance
"Captain Resistance fell down dead quite over the wall. Resistance to the suggestions of Satan failed in our first mother. She parleyed with the temptation which she ought to have resisted and rejected with abhorrence. She paused: and it was an ill-pause. There was no occasion to pause or ponder on what the Devil had said, for he had given the lie to the God of truth. Whatever contradicts the word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical."[1]
"Captain RESISTANCE falls. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you;” but if he once beats down the spirit of man’s resistance, he draws to close quarters, and soon attains the mastery."[2]
"Captain RESISTANCE falls. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you;” but if he once beats down the spirit of man’s resistance, he draws to close quarters, and soon attains the mastery."[2]
Council of War
"A Council of War.—Devils hold conclave, and speak their mind, as wrath, or hate, or wily policy dictates. Unable to climb to heaven again, and loth to brook submission in their fall, they voted an assault on Mansoul—that holy, happy, innocent place, where Godlike man, the image of his Maker, dwelt. This met with universal approval, was hailed with shouts of joy, and pandemonium echoed to the sound."[2]
Alecto
"ALECTO, a feigned being among the heathen, one of the Furies; described by their poets as having her head covered with snakes, and breathing vengeance."[1]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
Legion
"LEGION, a name assumed by the Demoniac, (Mark 9:15);—a battalion of the Roman army, consisting of 4000 or 5000 men."[1]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
Lucifer
"LUCIFER, the Morning Star, another name of a fallen angel."[1]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
Beelzebub
"BEELZEBUB, the Lord of Flies, an idol of the heathen, and a name used by the Jews for the prince of devils."[1]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
A member of the Council of War.[3]
Diabolus
"DIABOLUS is the Greek and Latin name for the Devil, and properly signifies the Calumniator or Accuser. The word is used, in Scripture, collectively, for the whole body of fallen spirits, whose original state of holiness and happiness the author describes."[1]
Gates - The Five City Gates
"Ear-gate, Eye-gate, Mouth-gate, Nose-gate, and Feel-gate. The five senses are very properly described as so many gates of the city, for these are the doors by which good or evil must enter."[1]
Shaddai
"The Architect and Builder of the town was one SHADDAI. This is God's all-powerful name, indicative of his greatness, glory, and all-mightiness—'the pourer forth.'"[2]
"SHADDAI. This is a name of God often used in the Old Testament, but translated ALMIGHTY. It is a Hebrew word, signifying All-sufficient, or Almighty. It is derived from the Hebrew word for the breast, which affords nourishment to young creatures; and so intimates, that we derive all our support from God, as the helpless infant from the mother’s breast. This name is, in this work, applied to God the Father."[1]
"SHADDAI. This is a name of God often used in the Old Testament, but translated ALMIGHTY. It is a Hebrew word, signifying All-sufficient, or Almighty. It is derived from the Hebrew word for the breast, which affords nourishment to young creatures; and so intimates, that we derive all our support from God, as the helpless infant from the mother’s breast. This name is, in this work, applied to God the Father."[1]
Mansoul
"By the town of MANSOUL, as every reader must perceive, is intended the Soul of Man; figuratively represented, throughout this work, as a town. Just commendation is here given of it for the human soul, in its original state, was truly glorious, bearing the holy and happy image of God himself."[1]
Universe
"The world at large is here intended, displaying the wisdom, power, and goodness of the great Creator."[1]
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