Read the Introduction by Rev. Robert Maguire, D. D.
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Burgesses and Alderman of Diabolus

Mr. Incredulity, Mr. Haughty, Mr. Swearing, Mr. Whoring, Mr. Heard-Heart, Mr. Pitiless, Mr. Fury, Mr. No-Truth, Mr. Stand-to Lies, Mr. False-Peace, Mr. Drunkenness, Mr. Cheating, Mr. Atheism.[3]
"The offices of state continued, though the former officers were removed. New ruling powers were promoted over Mansoul; their names indicating the strong contrariety between the new and the old. The authority that is set up in Mansoul is, not Mr. UNDERSTANDING, but a headless, eyeless, earless Body, all lust and passion, without reason or perception; brutish, carnal, and corruptible; “given over to a reprobate mind.” The once memory of the soul, the recorder of good, is now displaced; and forgetfulness of God, and of all good things, set up instead."[2]

Sources


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.