The Holy War – John Bunyan

CLERK. Mr. Incredulity, Thou art here indicted by the name of
Incredulity, an intruder upon the town of Mansoul, for that thou hast
feloniously and wickedly, and that when thou wert an officer in the town of
Mansoul, made head against the captains of the great King Shaddai, when
they came and demanded possession of Mansoul; yea, thou didst bid
defiance to the name, forces, and cause of the King, and didst also, as did
Diabolus thy captain, stir up and encourage the town of Mansoul to make
head against, and resist the said force of the King. What sayest thou to this
indictment? Art thou guilty of it, or not?
Then said Incredulity, I know not Shaddai, I love my old prince, I
thought it my duty to be true to my trust, and to do what I could to possess
the minds of the men of Mansoul, to do their utmost to resist strangers and
foreigners, and with might to fight against them. Nor have I, nor shall I
change mine opinion, for fear of trouble, though you at present are possessed
of place and power.
COURT. Then said the Court, The man, as you see, is incorrigible, he is
for maintaining his villainies by stoutness of words, and his rebellion with
impudent confidence; and, therefore, set him by, jailer, and set Mr.
Forgetgood to the bar.
Forget-good set to the bar.
CLERK. Mr. Forget-good, thou art here indicted by the name of Forgetgood,
an intruder upon the town of Mansoul, for that thou, when the whole
affairs of the town of Mansoul were in thy hand, didst utterly forget to serve
them in what was good, and didst fall in with the tyrant Diabolus against
Shaddai the King, against his captains, and all his host, to the dishonour of
Shaddai, the breach of his law, and the endangering of the destruction of the
famous town of Mansoul. What sayest thou to this indictment? Art thou
guilty, or not guilty?
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