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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.
These words are the Metaphor by which the Holy Ghost is pleased to illustrate the whole business. Indeed Similitudes, if fitly spoke and applied, do much set off, and out, any point, that either in the Doctrines of Faith or Manners, is handled in the Churches. Wherefore, because he would illustrate, as well as affirm, the Glory of this Jerusalem to the life; therefore he concludes his general Description of this City with these Comparisons: I saw, saith he, the holy City, the Lambs Wife: I saw her in her Spangles, and in all her Adorning, but verily she was most excellent; She was shining as the Jasper, and as pure and clear as Crystal. The Jasper it seems is a very beautiful and costly Stone, in as much, as that above all the precious Stones, is made use of by the Holy Ghost to show us the Glory and shining Virtues ⟨p. 54⟩of the Lord Jesus in this New Jerusalem: and yet, behold! the Jasper is too short and slender to do the business; there must another Stone be added, Even like a Jasper Stone, clear as Crystal. Yea, saith the Lord Jesus, Her Cheeks are like rows of Jewels, and so are the Joints of her Things: even like the Jewels that are the work of the hands of a cunning Workman, Cant. 1. 9, 10. & 7. 1.
These words are the Metaphor by which the Holy Ghost is pleased to illustrate the whole business. Indeed Similitudes, if fitly spoke and applyed, do much set off, and out, any point, that either in the Doctrines of Faith or Manners, is handled in the Churches. Wherefore, because he would illustrate, as well as affirm, the Glory of this Jerusalem to the life; therefore he concludes his general Description of this City with these Comparisons: I saw, saith he, the holy City, the Lambs Wife: I saw her in her Spangles, and in all her Adorning, but verily she was most excellent; She was shining as the Jasper, and as pure and clear as Crystal. The Jasper it seems is a very beautiful and costly Stone, in as much, as that above all the precious Stones, is made use of by the Holy Ghost to shew us the Glory and shining Vertues ⟨p. 54⟩of the Lord Jesus in this New Jerusalem: and yet, behold! the Jasper is too short and slender to do the business; there must another Stone be added, Even like a Jasper Stone, clear as Crystal. Yea, saith the Lord Jesus, Her Cheeks are like rows of Jewels, and so are the Joynts of her Things: even like the Jewels that are the work of the hands of a cunning Workman,