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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.
First, To show us that the Doctrine of the Twelve, is the Doctrine that letteth in at these Gates, & that also that shutteth out: Whose sins ye remit, they are remitted, 1saith Christ; and whose sins ye retain, they are retained: And hence it is that2 the true Ministers in their right administration, are called Porters; because as3 Porters stand at the Gate, and there open to, or shut upon those that make an attempt to enter in; so the Ministers of Christ by the Doctrine of the Twelve,4 do both open to, and shut the Gates against ⟨p. 76⟩the Persons that will be attempting to enter in at the Gates of this City.
First, To shew us that the Doctrine of the Twelve, is the Doctrine that letteth in at these Gates, & that also that shutteth out: Whose sins ye remit, they are remitted, 1saith Christ; and whose sins ye retain, they are retained: And hence it is that2 the true Ministers in their right administration, are called Porters; because as3 Porters stand at the Gate, and there open to, or shut upon those that make an attempt to enter in; so the Ministers of Christ by the Doctrine of the Twelve,4 do both open to, and shut the Gates against ⟨p. 76⟩the Persons that will be attempting to enter in at the Gates of this City.
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