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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 had a Wall great and high—
These words, Great and High, are added1 for illustration, to set out the matter to the height; and indeed the glory of a Wall lieth in this, that it is great and high; the Walls of the Canaanites were terrible upon this account, and did even sink the Hearts of those that beheld them: wherefore this City shall be most certainly in safety, she hath a Wall about her, a great Wall; a Wall about her, an high Wall: It is great for compass, it encloseth every Saint; it is great for thickness, it is compacted of all the ⟨p. 66⟩Grace and Goodness of God, both •• ritual and temporal: and for height, if you count from the utmost side to the utmost, then it is higher then Heaven, who2 can storm it? and for depth, it is lower then Hell, who can undermine it?
These words, Great and High, are added1 for illustration, to set out the matter to the height; and indeed the glory of a Wall lyeth in this, that it is great and high; the Walls of the Canaanites were terrible upon this account, and did even sink the Hearts of those that beheld them: wherefore this City shall be most certainly in safety, she hath a Wall about her, a great Wall; a Wall about her, an high Wall: It is great for compass, it incloseth every Saint; it is great for thickness, it is compacted of all the ⟨p. 66⟩Grace and Goodness of God, both •• ritual and temporal: and for height, if you count from the utmost side to the utmost, then it is higher then Heaven, who2