Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Love me against temptation, and I will love thee notwithstanding thine infirmities.”
- Source
- The Holy War
- Date
- 1682
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Emmanuel
Meaning of “Love me against temptation, and I will love…”
Within Bunyan’s Christian allegory, Emmanuel asks Mansoul for continued loyalty amid temptation while promising continuing love despite weakness.
Where does it come from?
The Holy War, represented by Project Gutenberg #395. Emmanuel addresses the allegorical town of Mansoul in an explicitly Christian passage about redemption, temptation and divine love. Emmanuel is the Christ-like fictional/allegorical speaker; the sentence is not Bunyan autobiography or a nonreligious factual guarantee.
Why the local voice matters
The Holy War. Emmanuel addresses the allegorical town of Mansoul in explicitly Christian allegory; the character is Christ-like and the statement is not Bunyan autobiography.