The Holy War – John Bunyan

contains many divisions called hundreds, it would be foolish to lose a
county for the sake of gaining a small part of a county called a hundred.-
-Ed.
5. Great is the danger when the heart, here called the castle, which should
be the temple of the Lord, is turned into a warehouse.--Burder.
6. Well may Bunyan say, 'Look to it, Mansoul!' How rarely do men grow
rich and prosperous without entertaining these Diabolonians--profusion,
prodigality, pride, &c.! These are more destructive to the soul than an
army of external foes.--Burder.
7. 'Terrene and terrible,' dreadful to mortals.--Ed.
8. Portions from the Bible, probably meaning the epistles of the New
Testament.--Ed.
9. How heartily, or, as Bunyan says, 'roundly,' can we fight our implacable
foes, when thus armed with 'the Word of God, the sword of Emmanuel,
and faith'--the shield of Credence! These are invincible weapons when
the Holy Spirit enables us to use them.--Ed.
10. 'Kept by the power of God through FAITH unto salvation' (1 Peter 1:5).-
-Ed.
11. 'Dints,' blows or strokes.--Ed.
12. Election-doubters are the devil's life-guard. When the will, strengthened
by faith, attacks them, they are put into disorder, but not destroyed.
These doubts are first attacked, for until they are routed the soul has no
peace.--Ed.
13. The presence of the Lord decides the contest. Doubts and fears cannot
stand before the gracious manifestation of himself to the soul. 'But if
Emmanuel's face appear, My hope, my joy begins; His name forbids my
slavish fear, His grace removes my sins.'--Burder.
14. How gladly is Jesus received! None but those who have experienced it
can tell how delightful and welcome is his presence to the soul that has
long been vexed with an army of doubts. O let us beware of sin and
unbelief, which caused him to withdraw and the doubts to enter. Well
may the soul be humbled in the dust in the recollection of its
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