Diabolus set forth in oration to Immanuel why Mansoul could not respond to the prince's offers of mercy, judgment, and execution of judgment. And having ended his speech, Immanuel spoke. You deceiving one, said he. I have in my father's name, in my own name, and on behalf and for the good of this wretched town of Mansoul, some things to say to you. You claim a right, a lawful right, to the deplorable town of Mansoul, when it is most apparent to all my father's court that the entrance which you have obtained at the gates of Mansoul was through your lie and falsehood. You falsely represented my father, you falsely represented his law, and so deceived the people of Mansoul. You claim that the people have accepted you as their king, their captain, and true liege lord, but that was also by the exercises of deceit and guile. Now, if lying, wiliness, sinful craft, and all manner of horrible hypocrisy will pass in my father's court for equity and right, in which court you must be tried, then will I confess unto you that you have made a lawful conquest. But alas, what thief, what tyrant, what devil is there that may not conquer after this manner? But I can make it clear, O Diabolus, that you, in all your claims to Mansoul's conquest, have nothing of truth to say. Do you think this is right, that you lied about my father and made him seem to Mansoul as the greatest deluder in the world? And what do you say to your having knowingly perverted the right meaning and intent of the law? Was it good also that you preyed upon the innocence and simplicity of the now miserable town of Mansoul? Yes, you overcame Mansoul by promising them happiness in their transgressions against my father's law, when you knew and could not but know, had you consulted nothing but your own experience, that this was the way to undo them. You have also yourself, O you master of enmity, of violent hatred, defaced my father's image in Mansoul, and set up your own in its place to the great contempt of my father, the heightening of your sin, and to the intolerable damage of the perishing town of Mansoul. And you have moreover, as if all these were just little things with you, not only deluded and undone this place, but by your lies and fraudulent conquest have set them against their own deliverance. How you have stirred them up against my father's captains and made them to fight against those that were sent by him to deliver them from their bondage. all these things and very many more you have done against your light and in contempt of my father and of his law. Yes, and with a scheme to bring the miserable town of Mansoul under his displeasure forever. I have therefore come to avenge the wrong you have done to my father and to deal with you for the blasphemies by which you have made poor man's whole blasphemous name. Yes, upon your head, you prince of the infernal cave, will I requite it. As for myself, O Diabolus, I have come against you by lawful power and by strength of hand to take this town of Mansoul out of your burning fingers. For this town of Mansoul is mine, O Diabolus, and that by undoubted right, as all shall see, who will diligently search the most ancient and most authentic records, and I will defend my right and entitlement to it, to the confusion of your face. First, because my father built and formed the town of Mansoul with his hand. He also built the palace in the midst of that town for his own delight. This town of Mansoul, therefore, is my father's, and that by the best entitlements, and anyone who disputes the truth of this must lie against his soul. Second, oh, you master of the lie, this town of Mansoul is mine. Number one, because I am my father's heir, his firstborn, and the only delight of his heart, I have therefore come up against you by my own right, even to rescue my own inheritance out of your hand. Number two, but further, as I have a right and claim the mansoul by being my father's heir, so I also have it by my father's gift. It was his, and he gave it to me. Nor have I at any time offended my Father that He should take it from me and give it to you. Nor have I been forced to sell, as if being bankrupt, or set to sale to you, my beloved town of Mansoul. Mansoul is my desire, my delight, and the joy of my heart. But, number three, Mansoul is mine by right of purchase. I bought it, O Diabolus. I purchased it for myself. Now, since it was my father's and mine, as I was his heir, and since I have also made it mine by virtue of a great purchase, it follows that, by all lawful right, the town of Mansoul is mine, and that you are a usurper, a tyrant, and traitor, in even holding it as your possession. Now the reason for my purchasing it was this, Mansoul trespassed against my father. Now my father said that in the day that they broke his law, they should die. Now it is more possible for heaven and earth to pass away than for my father to break his word. For this reason, when Mansoul indeed sinned by listening to your lie and submitting to it, I took action and became a guarantor for my father, body for body and soul for soul, that I would make amends for Mansoul's transgressions, and my father accepted my offer. So when the time appointed had come, I gave body for body, soul for soul, life for life, blood for blood, and so redeemed my beloved Mansoul. Number four, nor did I do this halfway. My Father's law and justice, which were both matters containing consequences when disobeyed, are both now satisfied and very well content that Mansoul should be delivered. Number five, nor have I come out this day against you except by my father's commandment. It was he who said to me, go down and deliver Mansoul. For this reason, let it be known to you, oh you fountain of deceit, and let it be known also to the foolish town of Mansoul that I have not come against you this day without my father. To be continued. I'm glad we had a chance to pause on this episode from last week so I could look over it again, because this is a really key point in the story, and I love this with the Lord The Lord, they use this term in the military, dressing down. He dressed down Diabolus there. Here are the questions I have for today's episode. There's four little groups. Again, who does Emmanuel represent and who does Diabolus represent? In the first paragraph of Emmanuel's speech, what is the reason he gives for Diabolus' claim to Mansoul? In other words, how did Diabolus obtain possession of the town? In the second paragraph, Emmanuel says that Diabolus did all these things against his quote unquote light. What is meant by this? Read Isaiah 14 verses 12 to 15 and Ezekiel 28 verses 12 to 15 to assist you with your answer. Finally, excuse me, that shouldn't be a finally there, but Immanuel defends his right to Mansoul because first, it belongs to his father, and second, it belongs to him. Immanuel gives five wonderful reasons why Mansoul belongs to him. In your own words, briefly describe Christ's right to your soul. And then in reason number three, Emmanuel says he, quote, took action and became a guarantor, end quote, for his father. What did he mean by that? Read Hebrews 7 verse 22 and Hebrews 8 verses 6 through 12 to help with your answer.