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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.
AS her Foundation and her Beauty's much; Conveniences, and her Defences such As none can parallel, so doth the Field About her, richest, rarest Dainties yield. Moriah where Isaac was Offered, Where David from his Sin was ransomed; Where Solomon the Temple did erect, Compared with this, is worthy no respect;
AS her Foundation and her Beauty's much; Conveniences, and her Defences such As none can parallel, so doth the Field About her, richest, rarest Dainties yi•ld. Moriah where Isaac was Offered, Where David from his Sin was ransomed; Where Solomon the Temple did erect, Compar'd with this, is worthy no respect;
Under the very Threshold of this place Arise those goodly springs of lasting grace, Whose Crystal Streams minister Life to those That here of Love to her, make their repose;
Under the very Threshold of this place Arise those goodly springs of lasting grace, Whose Christal Streams minister Life to those That here of Love to her, make their repose;
Sweet is her Air, (as one may well infer,) Cause 'tis the breathings of the Comforter.