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The holy city, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and…The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and…
The holy city, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1669
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.
—And her Light was like unto a Stone most precious—
This Stone it is to represent unto us the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose light and clearness this City comes out of Babylon: for, as he saith, she hath the Glory of God, that is, his visible hand of Grace, Power, and Majesty, to bring her forth; so she comes in the light of this precious Stone: which terms, I say, both the Prophet Isaiah, and the Apostle Peter, do apply to the Lord Jesus, and none else; the one calling him, A precious Corner-Stone, the other calling him, The chief Corner-Stone, elect and precious, Isa. 28. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 6. Now then, when he saith this City hath the light of this Stone to descend in, he means, That she comes in the shining Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, and Influences of Christ, out of her afflicted and captivated State: and observe it, she is rather said to descend in the Light of this Stone, then in the Light of God (though both be true) because it is the Man Christ, the Stone which the ⟨p. 44⟩Builders rejected, in whom are hid all the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge, of whose fullness we do all receive, and Grace for Grace: for it hath pleased the Father that in him should all Fullness dwell, Col. 2. 3. John 1. 16. Col. 1. 19. see also Act. 2. 33. and Ephes. 4. 10, 11, 12, 13.
This Stone it is to represent unto us the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose light and clearness this City comes out of Babylon: for, as he saith, she hath the Glory of God, that is, his visible hand of Grace, Power, and Majesty, to bring her forth; so she comes in the light of this precious Stone: which terms, I say, both the Prophet Isaiah, and the Apostle Peter, do apply to the Lord Jesus, and none else; the one calling him, A precious Corner-Stone, the other calling him, The chief Corner-Stone, elect and precious,