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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
IV. Of the Strength and Defence of this House.
This House you may be sure will always stand She's builded on a Rock, not on the Sand; Storms, Rain, yea Floods have oft upon her beat; Yet stands She, here's a proof She is no cheat; •ear not therefore in her for to abide, She keeps her ground, come Weather, Wind or Tide: Her Corner-Stone has many times been tried, But never could the Scorn, or Rage, or Pride, Of all her Foes, by what force they could make, Destroy her Battlements, or Ground-Work shake. Here's God the Lord encamping round about His dwelling place; nor ought we once to doubt But that he as a Watch-Man succour will Those that do dwell upon his Holy Hill.
THis House you may be sure will always stand She's builded on a Rock, not on the Sand; Storms, Rain, yea Floods have oft upon her beat; Yet stands She, here's a proof She is no cheat; •ear not therefore in her for to abide, She keeps her ground, come Weather, Wind or Tide: Her Corner-Stone has many times been try'd, But never could the Scorn, or Rage, or Pride, Of all her Foes, by what force they could make, Destroy her Battlements, or Ground-Work shake. Here's God the Lord encamping round about His dwelling place; nor ought we once to doubt But that he as a Watch-Man succour will Those that do dwell upon his Holy Hill.
A Wall of Fire about her I will be And Glory in the midst of her, and she Shall be the place where I my name record; Here I will come and bless you, saith the Lord.1