CHAPTER V--THE KING'S PALACE.
'The palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.'-- _David_.
'Now, there is in this gallant country a fair and delicate town, a corporation, called Mansoul: a town for its building so curious, for its situation so commodious, for its privileges so advantageous, that I may say of it, there is not its equal under the whole heaven.

Also, there was reared up in the midst of this town a most famous and stately palace: for strength, it might be called a castle; for pleasantness, a paradise; and for largeness, a place so copious as to contain all the world.

This place the King intended for Himself alone, and not for another with Him, so great was His delight in it.' Thus far, our excellent allegorical author.

But there are other authors that treat of this great matter now in hand besides the allegorical authors.

You will hear tell sometimes about a class of authors called the Mystics.