Nor must thou think always to live by sense: thou must live upon my word. Thou must believe, O my Mansoul, when I am from thee, that yet I love thee, and bear thee upon mine heart for ever.
Bunyan's allegory of the town of Mansoul, seized by Diabolus and besieged by Emmanuel. A picture of the soul under the rule of Christ and under attack.
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Nothing can hurt thee but sin; nothing can grieve me but sin; nothing can make thee base before thy foes but sin: take heed of sin, my Mansoul.