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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.
The Pomegranates at all her gates do grow, Mandrakes and Vines, with other dainties mo; Her Gardens yield the Chief, the richest Spice, Surpassing them of Adam's Paradise: Here be sweet Ointments and the best of Gums; Here runs the Milk, here drops the Honey-Combs.
The Pomgranates at all her gates do grow, Mandrakes and Vines, with other dainties mo; Her Gardens yield the Chief, the richest Spice, Surpassing them of Adam's Paradice: Here be sweet Oyntments and the best of Gums; Here runs the Milk, here drops the Honey-Combs.
Here are Perfumes most pleasant to the sense, Here grows the goodly Trees of Frankincense; Her Arbours, Walks, Fountains and pleasant Springs, Delightful formerly have been to Kings.1
Here are Perfumes most pleasant to the sence, Here grows the goodly Trees of Frankinsence; Her Arbors, Walks, Fountains and pleasant Springs, Delightful formerly have been to Kings.1
- 1Ezek. 47.1. Solom. 1.7.12.13. Song 4.12.13.14.15.16.
Such Mountains round about this House do stand As one from thence may see the Holy Land; Her Fields are fertile, do abound with Corn; The Lilies fair, her Valleys do adorn. The Birds that do come hither every spring, For Birds, they are the very best that Sing. ⟨p. 9⟩