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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.
Vers. 14. And the Wall of the City had twelve Foundations, and in them the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
In these words we have two things1 considerable:
- 1The foundations of the Wall.
1. That the City-Wall hath twelve Foundations.
2. That in these twelve, are the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
First, It hath twelve Foundations: This argueth invincible strength and support. That Wall that hath but one Foundation, how strongly doth it stand, if it be but